hour without major problems on the roadways. good job. 270. not so bad a good amount of volume building around german town road. okay making your way to the split. as we take you back to the maps and show you route 4, route 5, crane highway. so far so good. usual volume at this time. no incidents to report. in dc, we take you crossing the sousa bridge. a smooth ride is what we are tracking in to the district and we will wrap it up in virginia. 66 eastbound, looks like the volume and delay is building between route 50 and 823. jessica, back to you. at the top of the hour, here's a look at the stories happening today. security will be increased at the wake and funeral of ya mall coats. he was killed last week in a daytime shooting on u street. it happened after the funeral of another victim of violence. today president obama will bestow the medal of honor on staff sergeant miller who died two years ago in afghanistan, saving 22 men from an ambush.

he will be the third person to receive the medal of honor for service in afghanistan. it is walk to school day nationwide. the goal is to have parents or children walk or ride bikes to school. they say it helps the environment and cuts down on obesity. also today a heated first amendment case before the supreme court. it involves protesters outside of the funerals of fallen u.s. troops. kristin fisher is live outside of the court with a preview. >> good morning, jessica. this is a case that will likely take several months for the u.s. supreme court to issue a ruling on, but the process all starts right here this morning. and the big question the justices will have to decide on is whether or not these protesters are protect -- protected by the constitution, first amy, freedom of speech or whether the military families win the right to privacy, the right to bury their loved ones in peace without these protesters shouting or singing

nearby. now, this is a case that started in maryland more than four years ago when members of the kansas-based west borough baptist church protested across the street from a funeral of a marine killed in iraq, lance corporal matthew snyder. these people believe that u.s. soldiers are being killed because god is punishing america for tolerating homosexuality. they carried picket signs at his funeral that read thank god for dead soldiers. his father says the protesters were clearly in the wrong. >> my son and hundreds of thousands of other men and women have died to protect freedom of speech. and to have a group of 80 people degrade it and mock it is disdust -- face gusting. to so al snyder sued the church for causing him extreme emotional distress and then a baltimore jury awarded him $5 million in damages, but an

appeals court later overturned the ruling, citing freedom of speech and now that case is right here at the highest court in the country. the u.s. supreme court and the opening arguments will begin at 10:00 today. >> kristin i at some funerals we have seen opponents of the church taking matters in to their own hands. what have they been doing? well, jessica, it is actually an incident that happened right here at arlington national cemetery this past monday. a group of motorcycles, some of them veterans themselves actually came right up in front of the protester and parked their bikes right in front of them and then as the funeral procession rolled past they literally drowned out the chanting and singing and all of the signs they were holding up by revving the engines of their motorcycles as loud as they could. people in the funeral procession, some of them gave

them thumbs up because the protesters were holding signs that again read thank god for dead soldiers and another one said thank god for ieds. the whole purpose was for these counter demonstrators to block out that noise. >> thank you, kristin. new this morning, talks reportedly underway to end the war in awful. the "washington post" reports the afghanistan government and taliban are in secret talks. the goal to end the nine year war there. the taliban rejected negotiations in the past but is considering joining the afghan government an allowing the withdrawals of u.s. and alternate troops. nearly two weeks after she was hit by a car a silver spring, maryland woman has died. she was struck by a car on september 25th as she was walking along carroll avenue. the driver took off. she died yesterday. they are still looking for the mid 1990s model pickup truck

that witnesses say hit her. a scaled down version of a on-line voting site is up this morning. you no longer get this when you try to submit a ballot ♪ [ music ] ♪ students at the university of michigan hacked in to the site. they got it to play the school's fight song when a vote was sent in. the site will let troops vote on-line. the city invited people to try to hack the site so problems could be found. >> this is exactly why we had this public examination period so we would discover these issues now. not when ballots are being transferred. >> reporter: the michigan hack wasn't the only test to dc's system. more than 50 comments have come in from site testers with problems, but none of them played fight songs. we have another "living $mart" report for you. the tarp bank bailout program is coming to a close and looks like it is way under budget.

two years ago the government approved the troubled asset relief program for banks. congress authorized $700 billion. well, now it looks like the price tag will be closer to $50 billion. >> i think that the taxpayers can get comfort from the fact that a program that was lit rally hated and is still very much disliked by the public for understandable reasons will be less costly than was feared. >> reporter: critics say tarp helped wall street more than main street and add banks may now expect bailouts every time there is trouble. congratulations, you might have a grade a credit score. credit scores aren't like a report card but the higher the score the more you can save. lenders and even your boss could use the scores to determine if you are financially responsible. a bad score can mean low rate and the worse-case scenario being declined for a new account.

transunion says that 22% of consumers in the washington arlington alexandria area have a credit score of 901 and aboveful that's a grade a. it is 11 -- 18% higher than the rest of the country. minneapolis stop topped the list with the average credit score of 787 but that's only a c. texas had the lowest score of 684. want help raising your score, here's some stepping to follow. most important, pay bills in full and on time. be sure to check your credit report for errors an don't open new credit cards that you don't need. an embarrassing moment for president obama on tuesday, even more embarrassing for the person who put together his podium and it was put on tape. check it out. >> we cannot sustain -- oops -- [ laughter ] was that my -- oh,

goodness. that's all right [ laughter ] all of you know who i am [ applause ] >> reporter: of course that's the president dealing with falling off the podium after cracking a few jokes president obama went on with his speech. up next bonus money for our troops there for the taking. >> there are no strings attached with this. we want them to get the entitlement they justly deserve. >> reporter: in three minutes the stop loss money being offered to servicemen and women. how to get it and why you have to act fast. it is our daily focus on maryland's traffic and weather. here's howard. >> good morning, maryland. we start off cool and in a couple of spots some sprinkles this morning. keep the umbrellas because we will have a few more later on. get the forecast for this wednesday. across maryland we start off with temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s this morning. mid-40s if not 30s to parts of garrett county. by 9:00, sunshine and low a 0s.

a few sprinkles up north. lunchtime, still a threat of a few sprinkles up north. mid-50s in western many many. the 60s from cambridge and 57 on the bay and we go to the afternoon, few more clouds and sprinkles. highs in the low 60s. maryland, we are hovering over you. here's a live shot from sky 9 to the right. the bw parkway, southbound travelers, near 197 looks like a very good amount of volume but no major delays to report at this time. doors are making their way to powder mill and beyond. we will move the shot over to 355 where it meets shady grove. this intersection remains incident and accident free out this way. looks like things are moving well. and come fly with me. 50 westbound we are traveling it from the bay bridge to bowie all the way to the beltway. looks like smooth sailing. drivers are moving at speed. hope you are off to a great wednesday. 9 news now will be right back.

last night we told you about the millions of dollars the government is looking to hand out to veterans. $350million to be specific but with weeks to go before the program cuts off our derek mcginty looks at what the pentagon is doing to get the word out. >> reporter: they call it stop loss. that's pentagon speak for put your life on hold and that's an

order. >> what it entails for the individual is they have to stay on activity duty past their separation date or retirement date until we can grow replacement. >> reporter: the pentagon's learner -- says 140,000 troops found themselves stop loss inside the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. but now, almost nine years later, uncle sam is saying thanks with a retro active bonus, $500 for every extra among served. all they have to do is ask for it. there are no strings attached. we want to give them the entitle. nay justly deserve. >> while there is one string, you must apply for the cash by october 21st. >> we have tens of thousands of individuals who have not pushed the button. >> i'm getting $2,200. >> not bad. >> not bad at all. >> eric pushed the button months ago. he was stop losed back in october of one but the only way he found out about the bonus is

an e-mail from an old friend. >> it said eric, you were on stop loss you should look in to this. you probably got a couple of bucks. >> reporter: the pentagon is doing everything it knows thou get the word out from snail mail to social media and he says i was pretty easy to fill out the application on-line. >> how long did it take between the time you made the application and the time you had a check in your hand. >> a little over a morn. >> that's not long. >> no. not for the government. >> reporter: derek mcginty, 9 news now. >> again the deadline to apply for the top loss bonus is october 21st. for information on how to file, go to wusa9.com. you can look under the military section. on this wednesday morning here's what is in the news now. a vigil to honor the 29 miners killed six months ago in west virginia. family and friends gathered last night to honor those who died in the upper big branch mine them cause remains under investigation. the coast guard is watching

over us. it is taking on water off the coast of norfolk. no people were on board. an look at this, toxic red sludge from a metal refinery has flooded several towns in hungary. it killed four people and hurt 120 others. officials are calling it an ecological disaster. a tough situation to deal with. >> that's a mess. >> bad, bad. but the weather looks good, good, good the next couple of days. >> we are in far better shape. will have a couple of showers and clouds an a few peeks of sunshine. the same storm system that got us sunday afternoon and monday and tuesday getting us again today. the mountains with a little snow. three inches is the biggest earliest snow for them and snow shoe had a few flakes, as well. go to the weather computer and show you the thing spinning across western pennsylvania. most of the wet weather on the west side of the storm, surface lows over new york and a lot of moisture heading to new england

today. live doppler 9000 hd we have a couple of showers to tell you about. most of it is out to our west in the winchester area and northern virginia. nothing in the metro. you can see the showers down 81, between 81, 66 and the state line. had a couple of sprinkles earlier. frederick and howard counties. those seem to be few and far between. stevens city to winchester, route 7 in to berryville and purcellville as it is drifting to the east. this is heading toward you. likely clip extreme faulkier county. a threat of an isolated shower or two. otherwise mostly cloudy and cool. anywhere from 47 to 55 at the bus stop. 7:09 on the sunrise. today mostly cloudy. some peeks of sunshine. more sun south and north with occasional showers. highs in the low 60s and a west wind not as bad as yesterday five to ten. evening showers are possible north of town. partly cloudy after midnight. we will be in the 40s to around

50 and nice thursday. so a bit breezy and highs in the low 70s. 48 now at pax naval air station. fredericksburg is 52. 47 orange. upper 40sin the shenandoah valley. leesburg and annapolis 52. reagan national reports 54. still on the cool side but not much wind. west southwest at seven and a barometer holding steady at 30 inches even. the big storm that's been around for days, still here. it is spinning right here. this guy will be going north and east. once we get rid of it, behind it high pressure will build in. we will be in far better shape. we'll say good-bye to this but a few showers this afternoon and this evening and then tomorrow it is out of here. front coming, well, that run fall apart as it gets here. we will be in nice shape for five to six days. the seven day, low 60s. again a shower or two, especially north of town. breezy tomorrow and 73. and then look at the weather, on friday, saturday, sunday, monday, upper 70s. great weather for friday night

football an the skins game and through columbus day we are looking good. >> who can complain? we are loving you howard. >> thank you, everybody. notice on the maps here, we have one tieup to tell you about. we are looking at 95 and that is going northbound at 123. that's where we have an accident. we are losing one right lane and looks like you are slow making your way from that point starting an the prince william parkway. here we are looking at route 4, rout 5 and crane highway. looks like we are experiencing the usual volume. no major slow goes to report at this time. move it outside and show you 395. delayed here from edsall to seminary. and 270 is where we will wrap it up. looks like we are filling out a bit between germantown road to montross and 395 in virginia looks like we have a good amount of volume from the beltway to seminary. over to you. thank you. a followup to a story we brought you yesterday morning,

the critter bill in the district. the city council tentatively approved the measure on tuesday. i toughens standards for animal and pest control companies. the most controversial part it requires exterminators to try to keep critter families together. a final vote is expected later this month. an emotional meeting in montgomery county where a laytonsville couple met the man who saved their lives. fedex driver earl spence was honored as an everyday hero. he spotted them on a road side this summer unconscious in a van. they don't remember the event because they have been overcome by gas fumes. >> didn't have an opportunity to thank him for saving our lives. >> emotional an trying to keep myself together because i wanted to look them in the face. i heard they were all right but it was a pleasure seeing them. >> reporter: police say that in all likelihood the couple would have died had he not stopped and called 911. it is 6:19.

ahead in sports the latest on portis ' condition for sunday's game against the packers. and the wizards begin their pre-season campaign in dallas. in three minutes how top draft pick john wall faired in his debut.

good morning, everybody. ever since the wizards drafted wall in june, people wondered how he and arenas would coexist in the same back court. last night flip saunders upped the ante even more starting three guards in the preseason opener, wall arenas and heinrich, all starting against dallas last night. here's young wall and this is what 20-year-old legs can do. end to end for his 2:00 of his 21 in the game. for dallas, butler, dunkin' all over mcgee. he had nine.

haywood had seven. it would be tied at 94 with ten seconds to play and who would the wizards call on -- whom would the wizards call on, i want to be da grammatically correct, how about hudson. he nails it with two seconds left an the wizards win. the big three, lebron, wade and baushc making their debut for the heat and this is what you thought it would be. lebron coast to coast. two of his 18. then, get for this combination all year. king james to cb, chris bausch. heat cruise by 16. skins news and looks like portis is out for the game against the packers. he strained his groin against the eagles on sunday. mri results are pending but portis says the team will not let him risk further injury by playing this week. that's a look at sports. have a great wednesday, even.

the baseball playoffs begin in about seven hours an the american league texas visits tampa bay just after 1:00 this afternoon. tonight it is the twins hosting the yankees. in between the nlds starts with the reds and phillies. the game begins just after 5:00. the braves and giants have game one tomorrow. it is 6:24. still to come, the new treat at ben's chili bowl. and changes to the parking meters in old town alexandria. learn what is bringing the change. 95 northbound at 123 we have an accident and losing the right lane. backed up to dale city. howard? >> it is cool and dry here in northwest but not everyone is dry this morning. we will look at live doppler 9000 hd and have the wednesday forecast when 9 news now returns. [ mom ] my son ryan didn't know his voulez-vous

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>> make fun if you want, i put the gloves on i. it is 50ish with a breeze. standing at the bus stop or something your hands will get a little cold. show you what is happening upstairs. it has been plaguing us for days. sprinkles across northern maryland and southern maryland have dissipated. in the winchester area, showers on live doppler 9000 hd slowly moving off to the east over to berryville. moving along route 7 and route 50 between those two. upperville, middleburg, heading toward you. in stevens city and winchester you will need the windshield wipers. it is fairly dry but chilly. the temperatures in the upper 40s in the shenandoah valley. 48 gaithersburg and manassas. 85 national. -- 54 national and we have clouds and lakely will have clouds most of the day with a few breaks of sunshine and a couple of sprinkles. high temperatures in the low 60s. angie, how's the traffic doing? >> as we soldier through the

6:00 hour, we are finding a couple of issues out there that could slow you down. not in the immediate area inside the beltway on the outskirts. 95 northbound at 123. let's take you there. we have crash activity taking away for lane for drivers on the right side. an looks like head lights are stacking up around dale city and past this point at 123. we want to take you to maryland and show you live from sky 9. this is the situation at route 29 an blast blackburn road and burtonsville. police are on the scene to the right of the screen. you can see the involve -- vehicle involved in the accident here. doesn't look like it is affecting the flow of traffic. going at a decent speed. moving to the outer loop in maryland. a good amount of volume. delay is building between new hampshire avenue over to georgia. that's the latest. back to you. >> in a few hours, the u.s. supreme court takes up a heated first amendment case.

it involves protests following at a funeral of a soldier. >> the supreme court justices will hear opening arguments in this case in just over three hours at 10:00 this morning. now, of course, no ruling is expected today. it is likely several months before the supreme court justices issue a ruling in this case. this started four years ago in maryland. take a look at the signs that started it all. some read "thank god for dead soldiers. " others read "thank god for ieds." these members of the kansas- based west borough baptist church protested at the funeral of lance corporal snyder. these people believe u.s. soldiers are being killed in places like afghanistan and iraq because god is punishing america for tolerating

homosexuality. snyder one gay but members of the west borough baptist church have been targeting the funerals of all soldiers, not just gay soldiers and for matthew's father, he says the protesters are cherry in the wrong. he sued the west borough baptist church for causing extreme distress and baltimore jury awarded him $5 million in damages but a supreme court overturned it citing freedom of speech. >> most speech will offend somebody and we have to protect that. we can't have rules that make speech illegal or subject to incredible penalties just because it offends people. >> reporter: that is kind of the line of defense that the west borough baptist church will be taking in the case. but snyders attorney doesn't think it is a free speech issue but it is a matter of whether an individual can sue for the infliction of emotional distress and for the invasion

of privacy. so really this case, after all of that, has now ended up here at the supreme court and the big question the justices will have to decide is whether or not those protesters are protected by the first amendment, or whether or not these military families winnow and win the right to privacy when they bury their loved ones. >> thank you, kristin. this morning on our website, we are asking you should west borough baptist church be allowed to continue its protests outside of the funerals of fallen troops. vote in our poll when you visit wusa9.com. dc's presumptive next mayor is holding a series of town hall meetings. in his first meeting last night, gray urged citizens to ask him the tough questions. >> that's the kind of administration you are going to find with the gray administration and that is a transparent willingness to be able to hear from the citizens of the district of columbia and we want to have that during

this process [ applause ] >> reporter: in last night's meeting, gray called jobs and education reform his top priorities. the next town hall meeting is tomorrow at the saint columbus episcopal church at 421 4a lbormoro street in southwest. police in arlington are looking for would be shoplifter who made a daring escape. she was caught trying to steal shoes at ballston common mall and used mace or pepper spray as she was approached. seven people were treated for irritated eyes or skin. none of the injuries considered serious. the shoplifter got away. alexandria is promising to remedy an issue with parking meters. a sharp channel 9 viewer alerted us to the problem in old town. people putting nickels in the meter are losing money because they are not receiving credit for their change.

>> i have to put in coins if the company vehicle and i lost $3. i was coming from the store getting change to put it in the machine so i wouldn't get a ticket. >> this is a classic case of literally nickeling and diming taxpayers to death. >> reporter: the alexandria city council authorized the replacement of all of the single-space meters in old town. the cost $1,250,000 to taxpayers. the city officials insist the multi-space meters will pay for themselves in two years and will be customer friendly by accepting credit cards. for more stories where you live go to wusa9.com and find your community in our where you live section and keep up with what is happening in your neighborhood. got a story or news tip? we want to hear from you. so contact us and be part of the wusa9.com team. time for a "living $mart" report. the guide to greed is out. the 84th annual christmas book

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if it is walk to school weather in virginia. >> most areas it is. good morning, virginia. although a couple of us are watching sprinkles fall out of the skies. we be will go to live doppler 9000 hd and you can see out of the winchester, stevens city area. 81 strasburg north to the state line, showers are moving east on route 7 from berryville to purcellville and upperville to middleburg. leesburg may see a couple of sprinkles. the sprinkles off and on will be around. temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. lunchtime some sunshine. even in the afternoon low 60s with occasional showers. angie. >> good morning, everybody. right now traffic alert in virginia. comes to us on 95 northbound. this is at 123. an accident continues to take away the right lane. drivers are backed up starting around dale city. moving to fairfax, 236 and picket road no problems out

here. an flying over the dulles toll road past the airport doing fine but approaching route 7 is where the volume picks up and lasts until you approach that capital beltway. it is 6:38. we'll be right back. a sip of my real fruit smoothie from mccafé?

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we go to top of the charts. this morning the number one album we have from the itunes down load, country singer kenny chesney and his album hemmingway whiskey. 40 years ago, 41% of american kids walk or biked to school. well, now it is closer to 10%. today is walk to school day, and with more on what is going on. we are joined by montgomery county fire chief richard bowers. he is joining us live from outside of east silver spring elementary. thanks for joining us this

morning. >> good morning, jessica. >> reporter: now parents are available to drop the kids off or to get them to the bus, why promote walking to school? what's the value added? >> well, certainly even with a little bit smaller number of children walking to school it is very, very important for us to make sure we concentrate on any of the children that are walking to make sure they get there safely. >> absolutely. safety is a huge factor for folks. what are some of the things we can do, as drivers, and as parents, to ensure these little ones are getting to school safely, walking to school on the crowded roads we have here in the washington area? >> the first thing we can do is slow down. that's the most critical thing, jessica. an the second is where schools are located or during the school hours that children are walking, what's very important is that we look, listen and certainly slow down, as i said. >> reporter: obviously we'd love to give our kids the

latest toys. a lot of kids have ipods and head phones on. should we allow them to walk to school with this equipment on or tell them to take it off? >> it would be a great idea for us to encourage them not to have them on. as pedestrians these small children need to be aware of their surroundings. >> one of the things we have been hearing is the health benefits as well as the impact on the environment because we are driving a little less. what can we expect for the kids if they walk to school in terms of getting healthier. >> reporter: obviously the. >> obviously the exercise for walking to school for children or anyone is a great benefit and secondly with the emissions being reduced will certainly help the environment. so all of those things are extremely positive and we encourage everyone to walk as much as they can. >> reporter: we thank you for joining us, montgomery county fire chief richard bowers. thank you so much. >> thank you, jessica.

>> absolutely. howard bernstein is joining us with a look at the weather and you are thinking it might be a good day to walk to school. >> from school you may have showers so consider that but we used to walk to school or bike in light rain. wasn't the end of the world back then either a few years ago when i went. just a few. weather wise, starting off with the clouds in most areas. jan said it is bright. we have stars going on down there and a cool night. we have an upper level storm across pennsylvania, ohio and west virginia with rain and some elevation snows around snow shoe. tennessee has accumulating snows there, above 5,000 feet. we are watching the storm system bring in the cool air and clouds and in some cases showers like the winchester area. on live doppler 9000 hd, we will zoom in, here's routes 50, 7, upperville back to stevens city we are seeing the showers coming out of winchester and it is moving to the east. trying to hold together.

berryville, where 340 documents in to route 7 you will see some rain on the window. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, we have a threat for the isolated showers this morning. otherwise mostly cloudy and cool. sunrise is 7:09. today, well, mostly cloudy. some peeks of sunshine. drive home around 59 degrees. air quality not much of an issue, code green. evening showers possible north of town for the most part. otherwise mcpacific later on. 40s to around 50 and then for thursday, sunny, breezy, warmer, highs in the low 70s han that's just to start of what will be a great weekend. we have 51 at andrews air force base. 48 cambridge. petersburg also. 30sin garrett county. 36 in oakland. a chilly start for them. we sit at 54 at national. winds are not so bad out of the west southwest at seven and relative humidity is 69%.

if we could shake this storm we'd be in much better shape and that's what will happen once we pass today. look at the rain going up to boll boston. get ready for a wet day. around here some showers and sprinkles will pop up as an upper storm pulls away with a surface low, as well. you can see through the afternoon some green coming across the northern areas in west virginia, northern virginia, maryland, basically north of washington. by the time we get in to thursday morning, we watch to the north and west. there's the front but it will fall apart on thursday. so sunshine, warmer temperatures. and then as we head in to friday, even warmer weather moves this way and that will be with us through monday. subtropical depression 17 developed near the southeast bahamas. it won't be a problem. upper 70s on friday, saturday, sunday and monday. looking great. angie? good morning, everybody.

let's begin with a traffic alert that is looking better out there. what we are finding as we move it outside, i want to show you colesville road and university we had an accident going southbound. looks like it is in the clearing stages. actually looks like they might be off to the side of the road but all traffic is able to get by. we also have another accident to tell you about. a report of an accident on 210 southbound. if we go back to the maps real quick. it is at the wilson bridge radio drive. -- wilson bridge drive. move to the outer loop from 95 to georgia avenue a good amount of volume here. tracking a lot of taillights and we will wrap it up in virginia with that traffic alert on 95 northbound at route 123. still there'll thans of an earlier crash. it is off to the right shoulder. you are delayed there starting around the prince william parkway past the scene. back to jess. >> now a story we have been following for months.

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maryland they lanham woman that went missing there drown. they found her body. police are not calling her death suspicious. prince william county lawmakers are giving an initial green light to a wartime museum. it will go south on 95 in dale city and could open by 2014. we have a few light sprinkles in the winchester area this morning and that will be the case today. still cool and mostly cloudy. highs 59 to 64. an improving forecast in the seven day period an your wednesday traffic with angie when

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