not as warm as yesterday when we were in the upper 80s. upper 70s to lower 80s and a threat of a shower. so far, most and i mean most of the rain and thunderstorms have stayed in pennsylvania. a few snuck in to maryland. last night we had a few in eastern montgomery county, prince georges county ' points east and over to philly and williamsport where they are seeing rain. we are looking at temperatures in the 50s and 60s. by 9:00 56. at noon, north wind, nine miles an hour. and cannot rule out shower this afternoon. upper 70s to low 80s. drive home temperature 79. it is 5:00 a.m. how's the tuesday commute? >> good morning, everybody. so far so good. let's check it out. no major accidents to report. an accident at montgomery village avenue is gone. 95 an the bw parkway, pretty much smooth sailing out of baltimore past 198 to powder mill on both of these roadways. we want to move it outside and take you to virginia.

95 northbound. looks like lanes are wide open between the prince william parkway and the capital beltway. no delays yet. 495 in virginia, the construction on the inner loop is out of the way right now. you want to watch for a new traffic pattern near 123 near the exit out there. you want to shift over to the left more. on the outer loop, the lanes are wide open. moving at speed on the inner loop you are doing fine, as well. a live shot at university. and andrea, that's how we will wrap it up. back to you. maryland state police are investigating a deadly pedestrian accident on 270. the crash happened right before midnight in gaithersburg. the driver remained on the scene after hitting a woman in the southbound lanes near route 124. she's not been identified. most of the southbound lanes were shut down overnight for accident reconstruction, but are now open. police have now charged 25- year-old roman of rockville with dui in a deadly pedestrian crash and authorities say he

could face additional charges. two men in their 20s died in the crash. both are from silver spring. it happened early on sunday at rockville pike and marinelli drive. police say roman left the scene for a while before returning. traffic experts say pedestrians usually suffer the most no matter who's at fault. >> pedestrians understand, unfortunately, drivers may not be paying attention. you don't have the protection of a one ton or two ton vehicle around you. you need to make sure you are paying attention because if you are not you could lose your life. >> reporter: and after the rash of pedestrian crashes in the dc area, this morning u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood is hosting a pedestrian safety event. it starts at 9:00 a.m. at the yards park in southeast washington. police say two women have critical injuries after their car crashed. once the driver sped away from an approaching officer.

it happened in riverdale, maryland. the car ended up in the front yard of a group home after taking out poles, traffic signs and a fire hydrant. both women were thrown from the car as it went up in flames. police say alcohol and speed were factors in the crash and they don't know why the driver sped away in the first place. the officer was checking out a suspicious car report. an investigation is underway after a police cruiser struck a teenager in gaithersburg. the teen was crossing the street at darnstown and quince orchard road. he was not seriously injured and police say he was outside of the cross walk at the time. a crash headline day one of filming the new transformers movie in dc but it one planned by producers. kristin fisher is live on location where some scenes, some chase scenes were being shot in northwest. good morning, kristin. >> good morning. well, without a doubt the thing

that had everyone talking yesterday on the first day of filming of transformers in washington wasn't the stars or all of the street closures, it was an unscripted crash between auto bot bumblebee and a dc police car. all right. now i know you want to see it. put down your coffee. here it is. it was caught on tape by a fan of the movie who wanted to stop by and see the filming, and this person got more than they bargained for. the crash happened around 3:30 yesterday afternoon at third and maryland in front of the national museum of the american indian. the dc police k-9 unit was enroute to a suspicious when it slammed in to to bumblebee while they were filming the movie. the area had been shut down by police as part of a number of street closings to accommodate the filming but heying accidents happen. and the police officer and the stunt car driver walked away with no injuries but bumblebee

not so much. he was taken away on a flat bed truck. >> when i saw bumblebee got crumbled my heart dropped. like oh, no. not bumblebee. >> the police car and whamo. >> everyone was surprised for sure. even the crew seemed to be surprised. the crash was the talk of the town. yesterday was columbus day. not a lot of people at work and not as much traffic on the national mall as there typically is. so people were not as focused op the street closures as they will be today and today there are a ton of them. check this out. there are three pages of either street closures or parking restrictions in or around the nation's capital and in arlington. i'm not going to read all the locations or we would be here all morning but if you want to see where they are and if you want to figure out whether they

will affect your commute, where you park as you are heading in to work, go to our website. we have a full list at wusa9.com. time for another "living $mart" report. and jessica doyle has the preview of the day ahead on wall street. of course we hit 11000 last week and investors would like to take it up a notch. little gains yesterday but traders will look at the minutes from the policy setting session and they have been hoping the central bank will take extra steps to boost the economy. we have new earnings reports on tap today. checking wall street -- the federal reserve's new vice chairman warns record in low interest rates may give companies an insen ty to take excessive risk and that would wind up being bad for the

economy. switching gears, did you know it is spa week in this washington area? all of this week spas in dc, maryland and virginia will offer a number of spa services for 50 bucks. from facials, body treatments, massages and eyelash extensions. spa week runs until wednesday and you can find more details at spa week.com. >> another vacation. >> i'm going again. >> save us more in the next half hour. we have a new tool. we will focus on today's money saver that helps you find an inexpensive vacation. we will check it out for you. >> vacation and a spa. i like it. now to campaign 2010 and the first televised debate in the more p.a.'s governor's race. bob ehrlich is trying to take his job back from the man who unseated him four years ago, o'malley. the two faced off on a multitude of topics, including the economy. >> business people need answers

and consistency and a welcoming environment. not hostility. this election is really about how we view small business, the small business sector. >> the key to creating jobs is making the transition, in to this new economy of invasion and we have some strong sectors. >> reporter: before the debate, an ehrlich spokesman said they considered cancelling when they discovered supporters camped out in front of the debate site, w jay-z television in baltimore as well as other democrats like senator mikulski observing in the studio. today is the last day virginians can register to vote in the november 2nd midterm elections. the deadline is 5:00 p.m. you can register to vote at any virginia dmv or the local registrar's office and if you are not 18 yet but will be before election day you can go ahead and register now. a possible ground-breaking medical test is underway. for the first time a human embryonic stem cell is approved in a government study.

that study is coming up. a group of voters missing in the atlantic more than 24 hours is being towed back to shore. it is nine after the hour and you are watching 9 news now.

in the news now, the white house says president obama has agreed there must be a full investigation in to a botched hostage rescue attempt in afghanistan. alternate officials say american forces may have detonated a grenade that killed linda norgrove, a british aide worker last friday. she was abduct last month along with three afghan co-workers. president obama is back from a trip to miami. he greeted a crowd at the airport before heading to the home of former georgetown star alonzo mourning for a private fund-raiser. the president will hold a town hall meeting at george washington university. the coast guard says six voters

are in good shape after found 120 miles off the new jersey coast. the boat failed to return from a fishing trip on sunday night. last night they found the disabled vessel. a coast guard cutter is towing it back and should reach land sometime this morning. the redskins launch a drive to get more fans in shape. that story is coming up. and a layer of hailstones pounded part of the northeast. we are not getting anything like that, are we, howard? >> the same front will come through and that means big changes for us through the rest of the week. we will have the details when we return. and wake refreshed. melt to sleep fast. unisom sleep melts.

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at first glance it may look like snow that fell in we'll be right back lynn new york but this is evening thunderstorms. >> howard bernstein is here with our forecast and no hail falling on us. >> we had some thunderstorms and this time of the year and the spring when it is colder upstairs, the freezing levels aren't as high as the summertime. it is easier to get hail. so you may see it in lesser thunderstorms but they certainly had enough of that yesterday. delayed the monday night football game. and for us, before we get to

the weather, we will talk about fall color for a moment. right now we are looking at the fall colors and i was up in pennsylvania on saturday. up at the i-99 border. and there's some good color up there. they have lost leaves due 0 the drought but the leaves there, 50 to 70% are in good shape. we are seeing color here. good color to the shenandoah valley and really approaching peak in western maryland. all right. let's get you going with the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast this morning. we have a decent looking start out there. partly sunny, mild, in the 50s and 60s. there's a slight chance of a shower up near the pennsylvania border. otherwise no real worries. later today a couple of showers around, late this afternoon. 66 by 9:00, 76 by noon and 79 for the drive home with highs today 77 to 83. winds becoming northwesterly. mostly cloudy, isolated showers this evening. 48 to 55. definitely turning chilly out

there. and tomorrow will be a cooler day, even though the sun will be back. highs 65 to 70 which is about average for this time of october. yesterday's 88 was almost 20 degrees above average. there were showers and storms. you see a couple of them. they popped yesterday evening in to montgomery, prince georges, anne arundel county be and the heavy stuff is up north. and in northern maryland doesn't appear to be reaching the ground. switching over to therein and we will show you we have this area to the north of here, north of thurmont and that is about it. other than that a quiet morning. on the weather computer, we are talking about the temperatures in the 50s and 60s. 65 washington. 60 winchester. culpeper at 54. easton 63. locally we have 55 for manassas, ft. belvoir 57 and 62 at andrews. a comfortable start to the day. we are at 65. the winds, as i said, out of

this northwest. and the humidity is 78%. this front will sink south. that will bring us a chance of a shower later on but also a cool down over the next few days and as low pressure rides up the front on thursday, thursday could be rather ugly around here. 81 today. slight chance of a shower this afternoon. tomorrow 68 and sunny. could be showery and a cold rain on thursday. near 60. and back in the low 60s. friday looks good and so does the weekend. see you at 5:30. here's angie. >> thank you, howard. hello, everybody. right now we are looking at the viewing area. virginia, maryland, dc, you remain incident and accident free. let's take it to 270. everyone is okay from father hurley down to the split. 66, good morning, virginia. we are tracking the traffic all morning. things appear to be moving well out this way between 50 and 495. we'll skip that camera and take you to 395 northbound. no problems to report out this way. a little volume is building

around the duke street exit. in to the district we go and that's how we will wrap it up. the suitland parkway at south capitol street giving you the double thumbs up. andrea, back to you. in the living well headlines, doctors are now testing a human embryonic stem cell treatment on spinal cord injuries. it's the first time the controversial medical treatment has been used on a human in a government-approved study. the procedure took place at a spinal cord and brain injury hospital in atlanta. the stem cell drug is injected in the spine within two weeks of an injury to see if it helps nerves regenerate. doctors will see whether the treatment is safe and should know if it is working in one or two months. a new way to predict a woman's risk of breast cancer is causing controversy. some are trying at-home dna test kits to see if they carry the brca gene. its presence indicates an 80% chance a woman will develop breast cancer.

however, in the at hoff home tests -- however, the at home tests are not government approved and some worry will opt for a severe treatment. shanahan finished the press conference and snyders wife took to the podium to announce an event to help washington fans get in shape. >> fans are encouraged to rally around their love of fitness, friends, family and football by coming out to the walk and run in their redskins gear. >> the fit for you 5-k walk/run event will be saturday, november 13th before the redskins host the eagles on monday night football. it's at national plaza in national harbor. the even starts 8:30 in the morning. registration is $5. you can get more information at nfl.com/women. redskins defense is enjoying credit for keeping the team in sunday's game. and ovechkin proves he is great

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screenful ball game. i know it is with a puck but it doesn't sound as good. great recovery by the great ace. >> go ask him how he played. he'll tell you, not so good. but he got the overtime goal and that's what super stars do. >> reporter: indeed they do. redskins fans spent yesterday celebrated and mcnabb spent the day icing himself. it is what happens when you get sacked down five times. i'm sure he would say the pain is worth the outcome. they beat the packers and they can send a thank you card to their defense who held rogers and company to 13 points. a week after they held the eagles to 12 points. and suddenly the redskins defense has gone from iffy to spiffy. >> the object is not to give up points and if you don't give up points you have good things

going. we understand we have done some good things but we have to be better to be the type of team we are capable of being. >> reporter: good news on the injury front, both starting tackling williams and brown had mris on their knees yesterday. both came back clean and they should be good to go against the colts. while thomas is carolina's problem. the second round pick of the redskins cut on saturday claimed off waivers by the panthers yesterday. they will stew now assume hi contract. that's a look at sports. have a great tuesday, everybody. in other sports, tonight the rays play the ragers in the fifth and deciding game of the alcs who will face the yankees in the american league championship series. the nlcs is set and atlanta manager bobby cox's career has ended. the braves gave up the game- winning hit in the 7th last night. the giants take the series 3-1 sending cox in to retirement. san francisco will face

philadelphia in the national championship series. despite the high-tech world, using old-fashioned cash may save you more and more money. that's coming up in the living mart report. treasure in the attic. a family discovers a painting they packed away is a michelangelo. and the unplanned crash during the dc filming of transformers that is getting all of the attention this morning. what's capturing your attention. >> the filming of the movie will affect the roads. 267 eastbound is smooth sailing. more when 9 news now

welcome back to 9 news now. students a george washington university appear to have netted a spot in the guinness book of world records.

last night 167 people took part in knockout, a type of basketball shootout. if this number of participants is verified by guinness, it would easily set a new world record. welcome back to 9 news now. thanks for joining us this tuesday morning. angie is here. she will have the traffic in just a moment. howard is starting us off with the forecast. i was in cumberland, maryland two weeks ago and could see the changes of the seasons. it was beautiful. >> been a beautiful few days and it will still be nice today. not summer like yesterday but still somewhat warm and then we will really cool down a lot, especially by thursday where jackets, sweaters and rain gear, i hope you have it ready it. we had showers and storms last night even across montgomery, prince georges, southern how war and eastern shore. big stuff this morning toward philly. it is a i approaching williamsport and points west and it will stay north of us. we have 65 in washington.

upper 58s in the shenandoah valley. stanton clear skies and 48. that's at the shenandoah valley regional airport. mid-60s cambridge and pax river, as well. highs with a slight chance of a shower this afternoon ranging from the mid-70s in hagerstown to the mid-80s south. we will top off around 80. 5:31. hello, angie. >> look at the big picture here. looks like where you live checking out fine across the map on the outer loop in maryland is where we take it outside and show you we have have a good amount of volume starting to build around 29 colesville road. no incidents or accidents making your way to virginia. back to the maps we move to crane highway. finding lanes wide open out here. and 95 northbound in virginia is where we will wrap it up. a one hour commute out of fredericksburg up to the springfield spore change. back to you. a crash headline day one of filming the new transformers movie in dc by it wasn't

planned by producers. 9 news now reporter kristin fisher is live on location where some chase scenes are being shot in northwest. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning. no auto bot or deseptembericon sightings. i'm embarrassed to admit i'm not too familiar with the transformers movies but haven't seen any actual filming yet but you are going to see a ton of road closure signs our here throughout the day. and through the end of the week. this is third street and starting 6:30 on the the street will be closed between independence and constitution. also no parking along here until 6:30 at night thursday night. there are a ton of street closures and parking restrictions. three pages long, in fact. so if you want to see all of the street closures and parking restrictions because of this filming, go to our website at

wusa9.com. now, yesterday, before all of these street closures, transformers was filming at the air force memorial in arlington and because it was a federal holiday, columbus day a lot of families brought their kids out to see if they could spot any hollywood stars. they didn't see any but they did get to see some auto bot and decepticons. >> he will love the cars for sure. >> bumblebee and the auto bots are trying to kill the decepticon. >> it was awesome. >> pretty cool, impressive. >> without a doubt the thing that had everyone talking yesterday wasn't the stars of the street closures but an uncrypted crash between auto bot bumblebee and a dc police car. it happened yesterday afternoon in front of the national museum of the american indian.

the dc police k-9 unit was enroute to the scene of a suspicious package when it slammed in to bumblebee. the officer and the stunt car driver walked away with no injuries but poor bumblebee was taken away on a flat bed truck and my favorite part of the video is the fact that those film crews actually covered up the crumpled front bumper of bumblebee. didn't want any photos taken of an injury autobot. i thought that was great. >> thank you. we have a heads up for federal workers. the u.s. department of agriculture health inspection services building will be closed because of a electrical fire that broke out over the weekend. no word if the building will reopen tomorrow. a person of interest is in custody in connection with a sexual assault inside of a college library. saturday at montgomery college's takoma park campus a student was sitting in the

libraries reresource center when a man exposed himself and ejaculated on her arm. he victim reported the crime right away. >> she contacted our library employee and she asked the library employee to call 911 and our security office. >> reporter: the department fled but then returned to say something to the woman. he then left in a four-door maroon colored sedan with maryland plates. the victim told police she does not know the suspect. the co-owner of a washington business landmark has died, carla cohen. she founded the politics and prose bookstore in 1984. over the years it has grown in size and stature and is a key political stop for political and literary figures promoting their books including former president clinton and j.k. rowling she died of cancer at her home in dc. she was 74. it is 5:35. time for another "living $mart" report. jessica doyle is back with a look a our wallets and i like

what she has in her hand. >> we go to the store and ask ourselves, cash versus credit and in the future how you pay, cash versus credit could determine how much you are paying for these items. this is what i'm talking about here. every time you swipe the credit card there are fees attached to the purchase the store picks up. some of the rules are in question or are already changing and as a result our partners at "usa today" report you may see discounts for using cash in the future since no fees are attached to this type of transaction and you could see discounts for using debit cards or less expensive credit cards. here's good news for folks trying to sell their homes. homes are selling faster in the washington area. regional information systems report that homes spent eight fewer days on the market in september compared to a year ago. 40% of homes last monday sold in less than 30 days. between baggage fees getting to and from the

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jesus. a family member sent it to them and they have moved it to a bank vault for safekeeping. more on a different precious collection uncovered after a crime coming up. and high powered explosives are found at a cemetery. it is 5:38. here's angie with traffic. we are live at fox hall and canal and right now everything is nice and clear this morning. hope it stays this way. we have the top news headlines when 9 news now returns. keep it here.

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unrelated charges. her father says it is possible his wife could have been involved in the disappearance. the u.s. army psychiatrist charged in the deadly shooting spree at court hood, texas is due in court today. major hassan is expected to appear at a military hearing to determine whether there is enough evidence to put him on trial. he's accused of killing 13 people and wounding 32 more last november. the hearing is expected to last three weeks. military grade c-4 plastic explosives were found in a cemetery in manhattan. a volunteer cleaning up over the weekend found it and initially left it before informing police. investigators say the explosives had actually been dug up by a gardener in nay or june of 2009 but were left near a fence. as more two and four- wheeled vehicles share the road, there are more conflicts between drivers and cyclists. more on that coming up. plus, in the wreckage of a huge hedge fund fraud, auction nears uncover a major collection of

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welcome back to 9 news now. paul greenwood was a hedge fund manager who pleaded guilty to fraud charges earlier this year. tomorrow, the collection of toys seized from greenwood's home is going up for auction in london and it's an amazing find. german steif teddy bears, were stored all over the property. the collection is valued at $1.6 million. keep that teddy bear you bought all of those years ago. it could been be worth something. >> 1300 toys is that a

collection or obsession. >> a little bit. >> how's weather looking. >> weather is okay today. not as warm. and then we are going downhill. >> we almost made it to that 67th day of 90. >> we were two degrees shy. 86 was the record at dulles yesterday. 88 not a record at national but 18 above the average. let's get you going. let's talk about the rain that fell and is falling this morning up to areas to the north. last night we had the storms, might have felt them or heard them in eastern montgomery county, prince georges county and going east. out of the north we are seeing action to philly and york and a shiver of rain in our -- sliver of rain in our neck of the woods. you can see it here out of anne arundel county on the southeast side of baltimore and northeastern carroll here, northeast of westminster moving to northern baltimore county. that's all that we have on the radar this morning. so for the rest of us it is

nice and quiet. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, an isolated shower otherwise partly cloudy, mild, back in the 50s and 60s. sunrise 18 here in washington -- 7:14 here in washington. partly sunny mid-70s at noon and for the drive home can't rule out an isolated shower or two. we will be near the 80-degree mark once again today. tonight it will get cooler. a few isolated showers, upper 40s to mid 580s. north winds at five. 6:34 on the sunset. tomorrow, a seasonably cool day with highs between 65 and 70. skies at least will feature a good deal of sunshine. we have 63 in easton this morning. 66 in southern maryland. 50s to the west. 52 luray. cumberland 585. winchester is 58 and culpeper 55 degrees. so 65 at national as we said. the winds are north northeast at six and the humidity is 73%. what we are looking a nationally besides this swirl

in the middle of the country, this front and i want to tell you about paula. paula just got upgraded to a hurricane with 75-mile an hour winds. going to head to cancun and cuba but should not be a real problem for the u.s. the seven- day forecast, 81 today. 68 tomorrow. maybe a chilly rain on thursday, 59. by friday we are clearing out, 63 and a decent weekend ahead. good news there. 5:48. good news from angie goff perhaps. >> uh-huh. that's what i am here to deliver. rise and shine, washington. we will make it a great day. hope you are off to a terrific tuesday right now the viewing area is checking out clean and green. 395 northbound, we move it outside and show you we are dropping a little speed here already past the duke street area. not much surprise there. inner loop in virginia things are moving wed braddock to 66. speaking of 66 looks like we are slowing down between 50 an 123. the delay is clearly on the

way. finally, maryland, we will wrap it up with you. 270 tracking the southbound trip. looks like plenty of volume around germantown road. drivers are making their way to i-370. that's a quick look at traffic. now, back to you. >> all right. we have a couple more commuter alerts for you. ten bus routes in the city of annapolis are back in service. some service was halted on october 1st because of maintenance problems that left just five buss in operation. while the buss are now fixed, officials say a new schedule will take effect november 8th. there are a bunch of changes and closures near tysons corner this week because of the dulles corridor metro rail project. i-66 westbound will be closed at the dulles connector road. tysons boulevard will be closed between galleria drive and route 123. the eastbound dulles connector road will be closed at route 123. these load yours will happen mostly between -- these road

closures will happen between 11:00 and 5:00 a.m. and construction crews will be at work along route 7 in that area and further west along the dulles connector road. when a bicycle collides with a car, truck or suv the consequences are usually dire for the person on the bike. in the washington area, 20 people were killed in bike and vehicle accidents in 2008. but bruce johnson reports it's not always the driver's fault. >> reporter: you know you are going the wrong way, right? >> yep. >> reporter: drivers are having to hair roads with bicycles. it is leading to more accidents. >> right through the light. >> police should enforce the law. that's it. they don't. >> a bike collided with an suv on 20th and m streets in northwest. michael was injured but dc police say he was at fault. he was ticketed for riding south on a northbound one-way street. >> this is how it is supposed

to work. the biker is supposed to be in the street riding with the traffic. on this one-way street the biker was coming in the opposite direction, facing traffic when he collided with the suv. >> that's a bummer he was ticketed going the wrong way. >> i didn't know you could get ticketed for that. >> reporter: this rider can see some bikers have their own set of rules if the road. >> i try to follow the rules as much as i can. it is a little dangerous. >> reporter: visitor from beijing, where there are more bikes than cars. >> there are rules for bikers but usually vehicles feel more superior to bikers. >> reporter: washington is the 8th largest city for bike commuters. city leaders are looking to move up in the ranks. already there are 48 miles of new bike lanes. lon anderson of aaa sees problems. >> we have a truck parked in a bicycle lane. if you are a a bicyclist coming this way you have to swerve in to traffic to get an that

truck. >> reporter: bikers have their own concerns. belligerent motorists who feel bikes should be on sidewalks and opening doors for bikers to crash in to it. nationwide, 51,000 people were injured in bike and vehicle collisions last year. the federal department of transportation says that is a slight decline from 2008. a local home with a history could be used to help a lot of sick children. that story is coming up. plus, after a lot of practices and special performances, live here on 9 news now, the university of maryland band has reason to celebrate. it is 5:52. here's jessica. >> well, this has happened to all of us. you walk in to a store with one specific purchase in mind but you walk out with a bag full of stuff. what happened? coming up, i will tell you the

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students spell out the catch phrase in their performance an the band felt like it was plenty to win over american voters. >> yes we are biased because i marched it but i think we have a solid chance at it. our show is really good. >> we put a lot of time and effort and going through the drill we have specific places we need to be at and on certain times and the music of course. >> reporter: the prize is $25,000 an the band already knows what the money will go toward. >> when i go in asking for money to the powers to be here on campus, i ask how many 13- year-old suits do you have in the closet? we have hoping that can be some money to get the program started because it is time to get new uniforms. >> reporter: and with the win an upgrade could be coming soon. >> it you fun reporting the story on our end. they deserve to win for being that good of a sport. >> thank you for watching