congratulations to the university of maryland marching ban. i'm andrea roane. howard bernstein is here. it might be an award winning forecast. >> yesterday we hit summertime levels. this morning, though we are watching showers to the east. but a change is blowing in the winds. look at the showers and thunderstorms up to the north this morning. heavy stuff from pennsylvania through jersey. look at live doppler 9000 hd and you are seeing shower activity in anne arundel county, northeast of seven that park and right where 32 and 97 come together you may see a couple of showers to the east. the temperatures are in a good place in the a 0s and 60s. i think you can get away one more day without the jackets as we look at highs from the mid- 70s to the mid-80s south. it is 6:00 a.m. see you again at 6:07. here's angie. >> we are ready to kick off the new hour and right now we have a problem on the map. let's zoom in an take you to

301 near route a 0. we have crash active reported. please be careful in this area. 495 in more, no incidents or accidents but the delay is starting to set in between colesville road and georgia avenue. next stop in the district, hello northeast. inbound new york avenue you are slow between the times building toward bladensburg road and wrap it up in virginia. 95 northbound, plus five minutes from the prince william parkway to lorton. back to andrea. at the top of the hour, here's a look at the stories happening today. president obama heads to george washington university tonight. he'll host a town hall meeting on improving the economy. dc's presumptive next mayor brings his open hours tour. there will be a meeting at the baptist church beginning at 6:30. on the prince georges county school superintendent will deliver his state of the school system address.

dr. william hyte will make the speech at the bowie center for the performing arts. police in college park are investigating a stabbing that left four men hurt. it's a story that's new this morning. in the last 40 minutes, portion county police told 9 news a fight began an 1:30 this morning at this thirsty turtle bar on route 1. i spread to the corner stone grill where the stabbing took place. all four victims should survive. so far, no arrests in the case. also new this morning, maryland police say a woman was killed while walking along interstate 270 in gaithersburg. i happened just before midnight on southbound i-270 near route 124. police tell 9 news the woman was hit by a car and out of service metro bus. both drivers stayed on the scene. expect machinety of roads to be closed around the national mall later today. it is for the filming of the

transformers movie. kristin fisher is live where the first day of filming didn't go according to plan. >> reporter: exactly. it did not go as planned. in fact, because of what happened yesterday, filming is actually been suspended on transformers 3 in washington. i want to read you the latest statement from the metropolitan police department. there was an unscripted crash yesterday afternoon with the dc police car. and metropolitan police released this statement that says the police department is investigating the facts of the crash and filming of this movie on closed dc city streets and it's been suspended until safety procedures can be reviewed. so what happened yesterday clearly could spell out big problems for the filming of this movie. i want to show you exactly what happened yesterday because it is pretty dramatic and it was caught on tape by a fan who was stopped by the national mall in hopes of catching some of the filming. here it is. it happened 3:30 yesterday

afternoon at third and maryland in front of the national museum of the american indian. this dc police k-9 you know was enroute to a suspicious package situation. the area had been shut down by police as part of a number of treat closings to accommodate the filming but these things happen. fortunately both the police officer and stun car driver and the k-9 inside of the car walked away with no injuries. as for bumblebee, he was shot as lucky. he was taken away on a flat bed truck. >> when i saw that bumblebee had just crumbled, oh my heart dropped. like no, not bumblebee. >> what is that, bumblebee. >> whipped out in to the road and there was a police car and whamo. >> every was surprised by it that's for sure. even the crew seemed to be surprised.

>> reporter: the filming has been suspended because of the incident. i want to make sure everyone is aware the street closure and parking restrictions do remain in afc until further notice. andrea? >> thank you. we have 33,000 new jobs. that's not me saying that. that's the bureau of labor statistic and we have to continue to create jobs because we have a deep hole to climb out of. >> i believe in job creation. that's why the national federation of business, the number one job creation group in the country, the small business people, the people who are the backbone of the country support me. they have always supported me

and certainly support me this this election. we can't have an economy in maryland dependent on the nature of spending. >> reporter: the two will debate on thursday. you can watch it noon here on wusa9.com. in virginia, voters have until 5:00 today to register for the november election at any dmv or dmv select. you have to be 18 by november 2nd. residents can check their voter status and polling places on the virginia state elections board website. we have a link. just log on to wusa9.com and click on our election voter guide. it is 6 after the hour. jessica doyle is back with another "living $mart" report and tips on avoiding spending pitfalls when you go shopping. >> that's right. of course we have the holiday shopping season quickly approaching. we are making our list and i don't know if this happens to you but i go to a store and resist the urge of going crazy and buying everything there. this is not an accident.

stores try to increase the time customers spend in the aisles and the direct contact they have with merchandise or sales people to lure you in to buying more stuff. stores use these tactics that you should be on the lookout for. they encourage employees to have meaningful conversation to increase your interaction with sales people. now, if they have a complete look on display it is to convince you to buy a whole collection instead of one piece and setting the mood with soft music to make you linger and target specific departments with relaxing smells such as baby prouder in the infan clothing department and coconut in the swim wear department and they offer free samples, services and special offers in hopes of increasing direct contact with all of that merchandise. but think before you spend. think about what is actually urging you to make these purchases. >> never thought about those whole looks that does encourage you. we have other tricks to be

mindful of. >> shopping carts. are you going to buy one item if you are pushing a cart around, no. you throw everything in there. another thing to think about when you pay all of those convenience items, all of those splurge items a the register, none of them are on sale. they are higher price point items and one last thing to look for. commodity items. go in if you go for socks or underwear, jeans and t-shirts so you are buying socks and you say let me pick up a pair of $50 jeans because they are there. >> i'm the one guying the gifts if i like it for you, that would look good for me, too, i usually buy two. thank you for the tip. >> you got it. after you go shopping you have to unwind. red door spas in northwest dc is one of scores of spas in the region offering a number of services for just $50. there are special offers on facials, massages and body treatments. spa week runs until sunday.

it'sle after the hour. in ten minutes your reaction to the school district adding a muslim holiday to its calendar. and in three minutes, teenagerses use nutmeg to get a high. learn what it does and the dangers it poses. right now the daily focus on maryland's traffic and weather. here's howard. >> we will begin with live doppler 9000 hd because we have a shower or two off to our east. you can see it in 7 that park. north of annapolis over to chestertown. those areas probably going to clip north of the bay bridge. seeing a shower this morning. otherwise on thes, we will talk about what to expect for today. a relatively mild day. start in the 60s to near 70s south. to lunchtime in the 70s an don't get much warmer than that

. northbound traffic is slowing down approaching the scene. moving outside to georgia avenue and viers mill road, everything is moving nicely. all clear and 355 and bradley boulevard, bethesda traffic, still appears to be incident free. the time is 6:10. you are watching 9 news now. hope you are having a great tuesday. we'll be right ♪ [ female announcer ] yoplait's real fruit and the goodness of dairy... gives you a little slice of happy. and happiness comes in 25 delicious flavors. explore them all. yoplait. it is so good. now the yoplait you love in a new four pack. try it today.

this may sound strange but a health alert involving nutmeg. for $6.99 children can use it to get high. it is easily accessible and cheap, but as anita brickman reports there are concerns with the long-term affects could be for anyone who uses nutmeg for anything other than cooking. >> a -- i laughed a lot, at nothing. every line was funny. >> reporter: this is video posted on-line of a teenager on nutmeg [ laughter ] >> very large amounts it can be hallucinogenic. >> reporter: alex, not his real name, knows about tripping on in the spice. >> first time i used it, i felt very delirious. everything seemed surreal and ridiculous. >> reporter: nutmeg contains a compound that belongs to the drug family causing delirium. when taken at high doses it can

mimic a marijuana buzz. >> terrible to get down. took forever. >> kids either chug it straight from the bottle or mix it in a liquid. it can take hours before an affect is felt. >> for me it was about probably four, three or four hours. >> reporter: but alex says the side effects made him stop using it. >> difficulty in urination, panic, to some degree and dry mouth, dizziness. >> we don't know the long-term afcs of it. >> reporter: mark siegel is with the alcohol and drug organization second genesis and said it has not been studied in humans but i has in lab animals. >> mice wound up having cancer of the liver, rabbit and guinea pigs have lesions of the brain and liver and cats wind up with central nervous excitement which sometimes results in comas as well as liver damage. >> definitely not wto it. >> reporter: there are no known

deaths linked to nutmeg highs directly but he said that one friend felt suicidal after taking it and put on a suicide watch until the affects wore off. this morning you can go to wusa9.com and there we have a complete list of side effects children report getting after taking new mega-- nutmeg. here's what is in the knew now. a embryonic stem cell treatment is used for the first time on a human patient in hopes of treating a spinal cord injury. doctors stress the work is a long way from being complete. tomorrow should be the day the rescue begins for those trapped miners in chile. the 33 men have been there for two months. it will take 48 hours to rescue them all. check out this hailstorm video. it's from brooklyn, new york. a sudden thunderstorm swept across the big apple last night after an unseasonably warm day. howard is here and, this storm

was in the midwest, you said it delayed this monday night football game. >> >> ya it came out of pennsylvania through northern new jersey and they had to wait a while for this to pass. you can see the line as i moved across the new york metro. >> we got a few report of thunder an lining last night. south of howard county. i want to go the weather computer and show you what is happening. last night we had thunderstorms up in pennsylvania. they moved to the east. i'm stopping this at 9:35 and you can see what popped up there. that had a lot of lightning and thunder as it moved to the east. this morning big showers and storms have been in pennsylvania and new jersey. locally on live doppler 9000 hd, we are still seeing a couple of showers not far from zeverna park and annapolis. breaking up across the bay. other than that a nice quiet morning. the mom pom bus stop forecast this morning, partly cloudy, mild. we're back in the 50s and 60s. this will be the last warmish

morning for a while. after today you will need the jackets. what we are looking at today. 66 at nine. 76 at noon and 79 at 5:00. you have a chance of a shower later on. and notice the winds have a northernly component and that will change things an here the next few days. isolated shower possible this evening. partly to mostly sunny, seasonably cool for wednesday. 65 to 70. no more 80s. we're 65 in town now. 55 in cumberland. charlottesville 63 an ocean city at 62. looking around the region, 59 gaithersburg and columbia. 56 ft. belvoir. 59 haymarket and centreville and manassas is 54 and sterling 58 along with the reston town center. 65 and a few clouds.

winds are calm at reagan national and our humidity is 73%. frontal boundary up here, cool air to the north and mild to warm air to the south and the coolness will win out. we are getting in to october now and with the cool air coming in we will watch for a couple of showers possible later on. otherwise we should be dry until perhaps thursday which could turn cool an damp and not the prettiest day for thursday. today 81. gun a shower is possible this afternoon. -- again a shower is possible for this afternoon. 5 with the a cold rain on thursday. and great for friday night football and saturday and sunday look good, as well. here's angie. good morning. looks like a couple of issues out there. begin on the main roads. we take you outside 270 southbound past shady grove. an accident is taking away a couple of left lanes. obviously starting to stack up and looks like a good amount of congestion all the way to

interstate 370. virginia, 66, no accidents or incidents out this way. you are below speed between route 50 and 123. 395 northbound, you are slow from edsall to seminary. right now this is plus five minutes to make that stretch and that is growing. five to ten i would say. live from 15th and pennsylvania. that's where we end it. lanes out here are nice and quiet. still wide open. andrea, back to you. it is 6:18. i'm in the web center getting your reaction to a story 9 news brought you at this time yesterday. we told you that the school board in cambridge, massachusetts is adding a muslim religious holiday to the school calendar. all tunes will get the day off instead of muslim students having to take a day off and make up their home work. this is the topic of the website poll at wusa9.com. 62% of you say this is a bad idea. 23% like the idea saying it shows respect for religion. while 15% believe the decision is best left to people who know

the community. and a lot of you left comments on our facebook page, as well. daniel writes -- while matthew writes -- leave your comments on the story by becoming our facebook friend. the address is facebook.com/wusa 9. it's 6:19. next in sports the end of an era in baseball as one of the managers ' historic career comes to an end. the capitals and senators go to overtime. in three minutes, see who would be the hero. we'll be right back. with capital one bank's new checking with rewards,

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and now nine sports the best sports in town. good morning, everybody. anyone can get a base hit but if you need a walkoff home run in the bomb of theatine ninth of a tie game you want a-rod or albert pujols. if you need a game winner with 30 secs left in overtime you want ovechkin with that puck. caps an senators last night. gabby one happy with him at all. game tied at one in the second. a gorgeous feed from matt to eric. second of the year for him. the game goes to overtime tied at two and with under a minute to play in that extra frame ovechkin gets locked in. uses defenseman as a screen and ball game. third goal in three games for ove. caps win. game four nlds, braves

enneagons. would it be the end for cox. ross base hit. posey scores. 3-giants. in the ninth cabrera harmless grounder to third. with that giants move to the nlcs an in the glorious baseball career of bobby cox comes to an end. 25 seasons managing the braves. 14 division titles one world series, 158 ejections. there will never be another one like him. that's a quick look at sports. i'm brett haber have a great tuesday, everybody. in monday night football, bret harv favre goes to new jersey to face the jets. vikings trail by two with 90 seconds left. he gets picked off and returns it for a touchdown. new york tops minnesota 29-20. it is 6:24. there's more to come here on 9 news now. in four minutes, we get you ready to head out the door with howard's forecast and angie checks the roads for you. in six minutes, details on

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unisom. good night. good morning. that was the reaction last night in college park. the maryland marching band won a nationwide contest for the best performance of the "hawaii five-o "theme song weapon brought you the story last week. with the win comes a $25,000 prize. congratulations to them and thank you for starting your tuesday with us. i'm andrea roane. meteorologist howard bernstein is on the weather terrace with the forecast. another warm one today. >> it will be warm. maybe not as warm as yesterday when we were upper 80s, but still in the 80s in some spots. show you what is happening outside right now. we have clear skies rover head in northwest. a lot of action last night, especially to our north an this morning, up around south of new york through central jersey, pennsylvania p.a. and to our east, north of annapolis and across the bay seeing a light shower.

that's it right now. temperatures are running a 0- degrees in the shenandoah valley to 65 here in washington. 54 a in catlett and 55 cross junction north of winchester. 76 at noon. 76 for the drive home and may see a shower today but a cool down on the way. that's coming up. here's angie with a look at the traffic. >> good morning. looks lake we have an issue out there. it -- it comes to us from maryland. we take you out from sky 9. 270 southbound at shady grove road. the accident has been pushed to the left shoulder. that's good news. all the lanes are getting by. you can tell we are below speed. looks like we are slow approaching the scene, and this this will continue all the way down to irks-370. -- to i-370. outer loop, your delay is dragging from new hampshire avenue to georgia avenue. no incidents along the way but plus five ten minutes to make

it through that stretch. virginia 95, drivers are below speed between the prince william parkway and route 1. and then again between newington to backlick. no incidents to report. andrea, over to you. this morning a reported terrorist threat aimed specifically at washington. an al-qaeda publication is urging jihaddist to target. >> reporter: s in our region. it says the goal is to kill government workers. the new york daily news reports the publication is made by a man from north carolina who now works for al-qaeda. a senior u.s. official calls him "bad news. " there's no official comment from the government. a u.s. army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people during his shooting rampage is due in court today. that's when officials will determine if there is enough evidence against major hassan to put him on trial. survivors are expected to testify about what they saw

during last november's shooting spree. a ceremony will be held today in norfolk to mark the 10th anniversary of the attack on the uss cole. 17 people were killed when al- qaeda suicide bombers used a small boat, loaded with explosives, to blow a huge hole in the ship's hull. the ship was refueling in the yemeni port when it came under attack. charges have been dropped against the saudi man accused of masterminding the attack. the holiday weekend will stretch an extra day today for 1300 federal workers. they all work at the usda's animal and plant health inspection service on riverdale road in riverdale, maryland. there was a small electrical fire there this weekend so employees are getting this day off. the usda is telling anyone who can telecommute to do so. some streets will be close near the national mall today for the filming of transformers 3 which got off to a weird start on monday. kristin fisher is live in

southwest washington to explain. >> reporter: good morning. this street right here, third street in between independence and constitution is going to be shut down starting at 6:30 on the an will likely stay that way until thursday. this is one of many street closures dc commuters will have to deal with the next few days because of the movie transformers three. as i have been showing all morning we have three pages of street closures and parking restrictions to deal with. so if you want to see them and learn more about how they might be affecting your commute and where you are parked, go to our website at wusa9.com and we will have a full list. that's the bad news. more bad news for people who have been opening to get a sight of their favorite autobot or decepticon. this was filming yesterday at the arlington air force memorial and that's where a lot of families brought out their kids on the federal holiday, columbus day in hopes of

catching a glimpse of their favorite hollywood star. take a listen. >> great movie. i wanted to bring the kids our and see a little bit of it. >> he will love the cars for sure. >> my favor transformers is bumblebee and the autobots are trying to kill the decepticon. >> it was awesome. >> pretty cool. pretty impressive. >> reporter: without a doubt the thing that had everyone talking is not the stars or street closures but an unscripted crash between auto bot bumblebee and a dc police car. it happened at third and maryland 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 i slammed in to bumblebee. the police officer and the stunt car driver walked away

with no injuries but bumblebee was taken away on a flat bed truck an filming has been suspended on the movie transformers 3 until dc police say they have had enough time to adequately review all of these safety procedures and make sure this kind of accident will not happen again. >> all right. thank you. and washington of course is no stranger to the hollywood spotlight. more than 200 movies have been filmed here including the angelina jolie spy thriller salt, line of fire. the watergate saga of course, all the president's men and the exorcist which made those steps in georgetown a tourist site. a living smart report and a look at how much it cost to be financially stable in our region. >> of course we know it is ridiculously expensive to live in the washington area. this is no surprise. but now we can put a price tag on that. a cost of living survey is

south out for the wider students for women profit. this report looks at the needs of a family of four. two working panels, one preschooler and one school aged child. the family needs an income of more than $108,000 to be financially secure in fairfax county. fairfax county ranks as the most expensive area to live in the washington region this this report. montgomery county, though, season far behind at $104,000 a year. dc clocks in at $94,000 and prince georges county at over $84,000. microsoft wants to give the iphone a run for its money. they are making a last-ditch effort to be a real player in the smart phone market. they are in the works for samsung, at&t, lg electronic and t-mobile set to launch in november. they will have a real iphone feel with a colorful touch screen, easy to access e-mail, web navigation and a deal with x-box if so if you are tired of

surfing or talking you can play halo 3. gap is back to blue. they will keep the white on navy blue logo after all. it is one week after gap swapped in a new logo. you can see it on the screen. a white background with black letters and little blue box and put it on the website and fans were confused and complained on- line. gap now says it realizes how much people like the old logo so it will stick with it. >> what's that thing, if it ain't broke don't fix it. we like the blue. the white on the blue. very good. you will be an emcee for an important even this weekend. >> that's right. we have the kidney walk coming up this weekend. details are on the screen. saturday 9:00 a.m. registration. opening ceremony at 10:00 a.m. this will be at rfk stadium and this is a kidney health expo. they will do rapid screening for kidney failure and basically give you quick signs whether you are having low

kidney function. a friend of mine went last year and realized he was and made some lifestyle changes as a result. >> so it is important and fun to do. look for jessica there this saturday. the latest edition of oh my baby is six minutes away. this morning the ultrasound goes 3-d. we check it out with our mom to be angie goff. right now we cheka virginia's forecast. we start with howard. >> you were pushing 90 in a few spots yesterday. and you have to watch for a threat of passing shower. this morning we start off with generally clear to partly cloudy skies. temperatures in the 50s and 60s out there. as we go throughout the morning hours, we will see temperatures climb from the 60s at noon up to 80 in fredericksburg, manassas, partly cloudy, winchester 76. low to mid 80s down south. up north 80 again. not much more than that

winchester and leesburg actual slight chance of a shower. here's the mom to be. angie with the virginia traffic. >> thank you, howard. we are focusing on the virginia roadways. here's rout 7 and tollson road. looks like everything near the tysons area is checking out clear. 50 and 29 in fairfax is the next stop. no incidents or accidents to report out this way. obviously very nice and quiet. on the dulles toll road, traveling it from hundreder mill to route 7, you are going to find the drive at speed. a report of an accident. more traffic, weather and news just for you when we return. stay with us. a sip of my real fruit smoothie from mccafé?

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welcome back. in less than 16 minutes the start of the "early show." harry smith is in new york with a preview. good morning, harry. >> reporter: andrea, good to be with you. coming up, three weeks to the day until the midterms.

we are going to speak live and exclusively with former arkansas governor about how the gop is going to do in three weeks. plus, do you think gossip is mean? or maybe just plain meaningless? new research says it might actually be good for you. we will explain that. and forget the fountain of youth. we will tell you surprising longevity boosters that will help you live to 100 if you want to. all that and more coming up on the "early show." >> thank you, harry. we will be watching. time for the latest oh my baby report. like so many things, a private moment in a pregnant couple's life doesn't have to be so private anymore. >> that's right. check it out as peggy fox tags along with me as i go for a 3-d ultrasound. >> this is not the typical sonogram. it's more like home movie night. the star of the show angie's

baby. >> oh! he's adorable. >> no doctor here and the room is filled with family and friends, ooohing and aahhhing. >> oh, that's cute. she has pretty lips. >> reporter: the sonographer gives no medical advice but images of the baby in outrow. something angie's parents have never seen. >> it is wonderful. >> i love it. i think it is great. i always welcome new girls to the family. >> angie's sister a mother of two traveled to be there. and jenny, who dunn have kids yet is impressed. >> don't realize it is actually real until you see it. there's something moving inside. >> reporter: to take advantage of the trend some doctors offices have offered three 3-d

sonograms. and you actually get a cd with all of the images and a dvd that record the entire session so you see your baby in movement. and just to clarify my husband wasn't there because he lives in south carolina. soar for someone like me this is wonderful to be able to share it with other loved ones. >> an he will see the baby defend. >> she has a name for baby girl goff but she is not telling her but having the name and seeing her face has to be so special. >> it is hardit is really fun and one thing you discover your family lies. i don't know if your family saw the images she is so beautiful an cute. >> she is. >> i'm thinking it is a little weird to me. but very sweet. >> she is gorgeous and i'm not family. >> it is cute but funny to see

all the stuff that is inside of you. >> keep those feet elevated. >> there wow we go. >> howard has an update on the forecast. we will perhaps see a shower. we have seen a couple overnight. this morning a few more slid in to eastern areas and those are pulling away now and we are left with partly cloudy skies. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast today, partly cloudy, mild, shower north and east. for the most part that has pulled away now. 50s and 60s. sun coming up at 7:14. looking at today expect sunshine with clouds. 66 at 9:00. noontime 78 and a chance of a shower around in one or two spots this afternoon. 5:00 p.m. temperature 79 with highs 80, 81. warmer south and southwest. mostly cloudy, isolated showers this evening. 48 to 55. cooler, too. north winds five miles an hour and then for your wednesday, partly to mostly sunny and

cooler. back to october levels. 65 to 70 and this will be a lot better than what i expect on thursday. could be a chilly rain then. 57 gaithersburg, columbia 58. college park, crofton, andrews air force base, arlington, rockville and bethesda 61. ft. belvoir is 66 and manassas is 54. leesburg you sit at 61. one of the warmer spots at reagan national. their winds are calm right now. we have relative humidity 73%. it is a pretty decent morning out there. there is a front though. this guy up here will be sliding to the south. you can see it coming through evening. cooler air moves in and i want you to watch the moisture to the south and west as we head in to wednesday night and then thursday morning. this is why thursday, even through midday could be kind of

wet and damp and chilly. really temperatures on thursday may struggle to get out of the 50s. in the tropics, we are looking at this system here. this is actually hurricane paula, with winds of 75 miles an hour. could be close to a category two here. it will head to cancun by wednesday evening and then look at what happens. forecast track slows it down to the western tip of cuba. could be plenty of rain here. right now warnings for the yucatan for a hurricane warning and honduras seeing this rain and tropical storm conditions. 81 today. 68 tomorrow. tomorrow a better day. won't have a shower threat until thursday. thursday cool an damp, 59. much better for friday night football. and for sunday night skins game looking good after a high of 70. temperatures falling in to the 60s. good morning, everybody. looks like we are getting close to the 7:00 hour and finding problems on the roadways.

dulles toll road, 267 eastbound approaching the toll plaza. the drivers are trying to gee to 66 or perhaps 495. they are getting by to the left. they are probably starting to stack up around the hundreder mill area trying to make their way more crash activity past shady grove road. it continues to take away the left shoulder out there and drivers are stacked up starting at the father hurley exit. as we move back though the realtime graphics more crash activity to report. northbound rockville pike at park avenue and drivers out this way are losing a right lane. stay to the left to get by. finally 395 northbound. no incidents to report but you are slow from the beltway to seminary and again approaching the 14th street bridge. back to you. >> thank you, angie. our time is 6:50. 65 degrees here in northwest

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it stretches starting around beulah road. the accident is off to the shoulder. all lane lanes are getting by but it will impact 66 driver and 495. 270, you are crawling from father hurley to shady grove. the accident is pushed to the left shoulder and 95 and the bw parkway, a report of an accident to let you know about. it's on 95. you are slow from 32 down to the scene. howard? a few clouds. sunshine and a chance of a shower this afternoon. still warm and 81, just not as warm. near 60 with rain on thursday and then a nice weekend ahead. very october like for a change. >> there we go. as for wall street, we are looking lower this morning, but we have economic data that is due out. we will have to see that that could boost things. nancy has a report on the heated senate campaign in west virginia and tips to live to 100 years old. the next news is at noon. until then get the latest