howard bernstein is here with the forecast. >> i vote for today's weather. >> i second that. >> over and over again. nice day ahead. a little on the chilly side. grab a jacket and get ready for october weather. crazy after the 80s the last couple of days. in southern virginia showers mark where the cold front progressed. behind t the northernly winds are bringing in the chill. 30s in pennsylvania and new york. colder air is moving in. 88 gaithersburg. 52 sterling and leesburg and 57 down to our south there in springfield. all right. let's talk about the temperatures near 70 today and sunshine. a wet frat 6:15. right now it is traffic time. >> good morning, washington. right now the only big thing going on is in the district and that's near pennsylvania constitution and third street. we have the "transformer 3 "movie shoot starting to wrap up. it should be clear in the next 30 minutes or so.

road closings are lifted at wusa9.com. move to 95 northbound. things are filling out between the prince william parkway to 183. we are thinking plus four minutes for that commute and growing. 66 eastbound, it's a slow ride from 834 to route 28. nothing along the way. no incidents or accidents. and then we are using brakes again between route 50 and 123. wrapping up -- let's take it to the outer loop. why not. volume between new hampshire and georgia avenue plus five minutes for that thanks to an earlier accident. and end with route 4, route 5 and branch avenue and 801 crane highway. usual volume. no incidents to report. that's a quick look at traffic. back to you. at the time of the hour we begin with breaking news and it's a story everyone is talking about today. the rescue of the trapped miners in chile. the operations began seven hours ago. this is a live look at the rescue mission. so far seven of the 33 miners

have been pulled to safety. and if chile's president said the mission will go on until all 83 miners are out. we have been watching the scene all morning long. it's been taking about an hour for each miner to be pulled to the surface. most of them are in good health and in good spirits. they have spent 69 days a half mile under the surface. the rescue will go on all day again until all 33 men are out and safe. as i said the whole world is watching this rescue mission. the chilean embassy here if washington threw a watch party along massachusetts avenue in northwest last night ♪ [ music ] ♪ there was singing and dancing outside of the embassy on tuesday night. people were in a great mood, especially after that first miner was pulled to safety. the chilean ambassador to the u.s. thanked everyone for their well wishes. >> we are extremely thankful

for the nations, all the spirit we received during the weeks from the people over the country here in the u.s. >> reporter: the public is invited to watch the rescue mission outside of the embassy. there's also a book of well wishes. people are welcome to sign. it will be sent to the miners and if you are there outside of the embassy here in washington and looking at the big screens you will probably see what we are looking at on our screens right now. this is a live picture. the eighth miner is now being pulled from underground after 69 days trapped there. again, the 8th miner, meaning 25 are left underground is being pulled out right now. all of the miners were checked out bay doctor who was sent below but they will all be taken to a hospital for observation, both physical and mental evaluations of that long, incredible ordeal. there he is.

number eight [ applause ] and you can watch the rescue mission live by going to wusa9.com anytime during the day. keep track of the rescue while you are at work. just click on the banner on the top of our home page. the other big story locally. in a few hours, michelle rhee will announce she is stepping down. this news is getting mixed reaction. it's a developing story we fist brought you last night at 11:00. kristin fisher is live with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. michelle rhee is expected to announce she will indeed be stepping down as dc school's chancellor by the end of this month. and she will likely be replaced by her close colleague, the deputy chancellor of dc schools kya henderson. the news is not that surprising. it has been a question of when would she resign, no if she would resign ever since her boss, mayor fenty lost the

democratic primary to vincent gray. one day after the loss she called the defeat devastating for dc's school children. rhee did meet with gray after the comments were made. clearly they were not able to work through their differences. during her tenure she closed dozens of schools, fired principals and teachers and took on teachers union and created a system of merit-based pay, a controversial system in which compensation was determined by improvement in test scores. he was aggressive, unapologetic. supporters credit her with turning around the troubled school system but opponents say her aggressive reforms were divisive and cost her and fenty their jobs. >> i think what she attempted to do was a little drastic to those who were content with nothing being done. but with those who wanted something done, we knew that is what you had to do to make

change. >> reporter: now when this is said and done, michelle rhee would have been the school's chancellor more than three years and that may not seem like too long of a time but it is actually the longest of any dc school chancellor in the past 20 years. >> thank you. police in prince georges county want to find the man who stabbed four people outside of a bar on tuesday morning. while the university of maryland's police chief wants that bar, the thirsty turtle, shut down. >> this is not acceptable this will stop. i'm ready to padlock it tonight. but it's not my call. i want the thirsty turtle to comply with local and state law, like when i met with the proprietor i asked him to. >> reporter: the chief says he bar is known for serving under- aged customers them three students stabbed are all under 21. a 23-year-old man who tried to stop the fight was hurt. all four will recover from

their injuries. jessica doyle is back with another "living $mart" report. and you are here to save us money on shopping. >> that's right. you know, we all looking for a bargain and want to save some money but sometimes some of the best bargains are places you already shop, costco membership card, we all know about that. >> got one. >> did you know there's an executive membership at costco? did you know that? if you upgrade to an executive level membership for $100 a year you are going to get 2% back on almost all of your purchases. the maximum rebate here $500 a year. if you shop at costco a lot that's a nice savings. sam's club offers an upgraded plus membership. that's is $100 a year and allows extra savings on select items and services. let's take a trip over to kohls. the store's credit card can save you 15 to 30% off of merchandise and give you $10 in kohls cash for every $50 you spend on a single shopping trip. if you spend over $600 a year

on the card you can qualify for pick a day savings six times a year. open a macy's card for a 15% discount on the day you are approved and the next day and qualify for special sales and coupons and this fall, target's red card will give you 5% off at the check out if you pay for five prescriptions with the coupon you will get 5% off on the next trip. these are good savings and if you are thinking of holiday shopping it may be time to put these together. >> pay the bill and so you don't have huge breast rates. >> absolutely. >> -- interest rates. >> absolutely. >> up next, news from the campaign trail. in three minutes what went wrong and the candidates ' reaction. right now our focus on maryland's weather and traffic. >> maryland much different than yesterday where we have a chill this which has moved in. jackets for sure this morning

enemy you might have to hold on to a windbreaker throughout the afternoon. as temperatures will struggle here. this morning we a start off 40s and 50. clear skies to get you out the door. as we go through lunchtime, the temperatures in the low to mid- 60s. this afternoon 60s to perhaps 70 in one or two spots but a lot of 60s in maryland. warm on the over side of the river. we will talk about that in a half hour. right now here's angie. small traffic alert for you. live from sky 9. we are tracking a disabled vehicle on the outer loop at university and looks like we have a little bit of rubbernecking delays going on. past the scene you are doing all right. not causing many problems. on inbound river road. the next shot, trying to make your way to the district, lanes are wide open. no major stackups just yet and finally we are flying southbound on the bw parkway from 32 all the way to the beltway. we are still finding drivers moving at speed early on this wednesday. it is 6:09. 9 news now will be back after

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we bring you an update on campaign 2010 and the governor's race in maryland. a big mixup. the montgomery county league of women voters information guide lists bob ehrlich as a democrat. of course the former governor is a republican. the league has apologized but doesn't plan a reprint. the ehrlich campaign says the mistake is no big deal. torment we will bring you

live coverage of the latest gubernatorial debate. watch it here at channel 9 and on wusa9.com. you'll also be able to watch a rebroadcast tomorrow night at 7:00 on our digital channel 9.2. now to west virginia with three weeks left the senate campaign there is heating up and polls show it is a dead heat. we see why the mountain state is getting national attention. >> reporter: west virginiaens have never seen their governor like this. leveling a rifle at the agenda of his fellow democrats, president obama. >> and i'll take dead aim at the cap and trade bill. >> reporter: don't you think it is over the top to be firing a gun when you are talking about the president. >> we are not talking about the president. we are talking about cap and trade. it is dead on arrival and should be. >> reporter: the add is a calculated move. rescue teams are prepared. they are charged up, ready to

go. >> but in ad after ad his opponent calls him a rubber stamp for president obama and it's sticking. >> being a rubber stamp for president obama. >> reporter: republican industrialist john racey has run for senate twice before he favors abolishing the minimum wage and likes to joke he's to the right of the tea party. >> governor manchen was a advocate of the stimulus and used it throughout virginia. >> wasn't every republican. >> oh, no. >> reporter: a firm they hired to produce this ad -- >> we better keep joe here in west virginia away from washington. >> reporter: without a casting call for hickey blue collar types. >> that upset me terribly. >> why? >> because it portrays west virginia as being red neck and they are not. we're all kinds of educated people here. >> reporter: they are running to replace the late robert byrd who served in the senate a record 51 years. and because this is a special

election, whoever wins will head to washington, not in january, but right away. cbs news, west virginia. it is coming up on 6:18. here's what is in the news now. this is reality tv at its best. a live look at the ongoing rescue of those miners in chile. so far eight of the 33 miners have been pulled to safety. they are bringing about one miner up per hour in a small rescue capsule dubbed the phoenix. once they get back to the surface, the miners are receiving medical attention and some have already been transported to the hospital. this rescue operation is nearly eight hours in to its ongoing mission of getting all 33 miners, who have been trapped a half mile underground for 69 days. as we said before, no miner, especially a group this large,

has survived that long underground and lived to tell about it. and all 33 men are being pulled to safety. they say the only problem with the rescue operation, could be some sort of rock dislodging and trapping the phoenix but they have a rescue plan for that, as well. so they are concerned, as always, and making sure that all emergency operations are up to standards, but they have a plan to get all 33 of these guys out no matter what. >> amazing engineering, uplifting story and eight out and got to get the other 25. >> i love a quote from a miner who said while underground i saw god, i saw the devil and they fought each other and god won and he came to the surface thanking god and his rescuers. another came to the surface and said, this kind of operation, this kind of labor operation must be changed and you have to

take better care of your miners underground. we know changes will be made. change in the weather right now. here's howard. >> a lot cooler weather has moved in for the 80s the last couple of days and yesterday etching what a gorgeous sunset. red at night sailors lighting and it was a beautiful sunset. the front came through without too much fanfare and we have great weather to talk about. let's get you going with the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast. it is feeling like october, finally. little late but here it goes. upper 40s to the low 60s. low 60s would be well to the south and southeast. clear and cool and crisp. that's one way to put it. today a lot of sunshine. temperatures by noon mid-60s. by 5:00 upper 60s. toppling off near 70 in town and even low 70s not out of the

question. some of the rain could be moderate at times. 40s to the north. mid-40s in frederick to gaithersburg. 50s in town. manassas 48. tappahannock at 61. bill in newland called in with 57. in cross junction, virginia, steve is saying down to 45. a temperature of 56. winds from the north northeast at 13 and the barometer is rising at 30 inches even thanks to an area of high pressure which is building down, pushing the front south of us. so a northeasterly wind and the cooler air is coming in. we will watch tomorrow as low pressure organizes to the west. it moves toward us by thursday morning. look at the rain. light rain on thursday, 7:00, heavier rains to the west. they spread in over us throughout the day and by

evening. it will be breezy and windy tomorrow night, friday and saturday. seven-day forecast, 70 today. real nice one. 62 wet ones tomorrow. friday, clear, cool, crisp, especially for high school football games. and by sunday, warmer with less winds and highs of 70. here's traffic. >> go redskins. good morning. hope you are off to a great wednesday. right now all we are dealing with is some of the movie shoot involving transformers wrapping up in the district. we will get to that in a minute but first a new accident in virginia on 66. this is heading eastbound near the car rest area. taking away couple of right lanes for drivers. obviously they are stacked here. the delay stretches back before 234. moving to 395 northbound, from edsall to seminary a total drive time of 12 to 15 minutes. in to dc we go. i want to tell you about the movie shoot going on. it is affecting third street between constitution and

independence. and pennsylvania between third and constitution. and also maryland between third and 6th street. all of that is posted on-line. we are hearing it should be opening up the roadways in the next 15 minutes or so. 270 southbound a slow ride from germantown road to montross. total is probably taking 10 minutes. over to you. >> our time is 6:19. more than three years after a devastating fire the georgetown public library is ready to reopen. flames destroyed the historic library on the same day as the eastern mark fire. firefighters had trouble putting out the massive blaze because hydrants had limited water pressure or no water at all. the building reopens on monday but we got a sneak peek on tuesday. >> the tables and many chairs are restored. some of the wainscotting are restored, too. and we built the space in order to house the rare and important materials so they are climate

controlled and humidity controlled. temperature controlled in order to be able to be sure they will be here. >> reporter: the restored library features 40,000 new books along with plenty of historical books which destroyed the fire. ahead in sports for the first time in nearly a half century, the texas rangers win a playoff series. arenas is scratched from last night's game. in four minutes brett haber will tell us why. we'll be right back.

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welcome back. time for the wakeup sports. the first time in team history the rangers are moving in the playoffs. it was a 0 seasons ago they began as the second version of the senators. game five of the alds against the rays last night. life lee pitched a great game for texas. he struck out 11 and gave up six hits. b.j. upton helped to end the game. they will host the yankees on saturday and now with the rest of the morning sports here's brett haber. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. when arenas missed three

practices last week with a sprained ankle. nobody blinked. all basketball players rain their ankles. >> when he announced he was missing a game because of knee pain everyone blinked. the knee has been surgically repaired three times was not good to 0 show go. so they hosted the hawks would you him. wall living up to captain. big night for mcgee off the bench. 16 points, 11 board and that dunk off the steal. mcgee looking good and finish with a little wall montage. high off the window there and the youngster with a steal and two more of his 19 points. wizards win by 15. hey, coach, how did the kid do? i like the way he competes. that's the main thing. when you have your guards to compete like that that's the first line of defense. what that does, that carries things through to the baseline people. >> reporter: the caps will host

the islanders tonight. it seems they will do so with a reshuffled number one line. at practice yesterday, flier man was the center. back rum moved to line two. coach gabby the mad scientistment don't question his moves. that's a look at sports. have a great wednesday, everybody. ahead the latest on the rescue effort of those miners in chile. traffic in tysons corner. like it wasn't bad enough already. it is about to get worse. and cool weather is moving in today and rain isn't too far off. howard has the forecast when 9 news now returns. stay with us. look at you.

body rested. stress gone. mind sharp. because unisom gave you deep restful sleep all night. morning early birds. unisom. good night. good morning. at 62 t, we continue to follow the amazing breaking news out of chile. eight hours since the start of the rescue. eight of the 33 trapped miners have been pulled to safety and they'll soon send the phoenix rescue capsule back down in the mine, a half mile below the surface for number nine. this is video of the rescue of miner number eight just a fews ago that happened. again, there are now 25 still underground. the capsule will be going down for number nine. so far all of the men are in good health.

we will be watching this all morning long and we will have an update for you in a few minutes. thank you for starting your wednesday with us. i'm andrea roane. meteorologist howard bernstein is on the weatherer the brass with this latest on the forecast. we are returning to the month in which it finds itself. >> it is october and feels like it this morning. the crispness is back. the air has dried out and cooled down and it will be cool for sometime now. i don't think we will see the 80s for a while, maybe until next spring. there is a front to the south. that's allowed the coolness from new york and pennsylvania to start to move on south. we have readings in the mid-40s across parts of montgomery county. you will notice 48 in manassas. columbia 49 to 47 in alexandria. 55 ft. belvoir. the chill is there. later today, andrews will get to 68. 70 at national and much cooler weather is moving in.

wetness is coming up. the transformer 3 filming should be wrapping up right about now at constitution and third street and pennsylvania. the main problem right now outside of the beltway on 66. take you there. heading eastbound past 234, we have a live picture from sky 9. we have crash activity pushed to the right shoulder. this is taking drivers anywhere from 20 to 25 minutes to get out of gainesville past the scene. adding to that slow go. 495 from braddock to little river, we are looking at an overall drive time of seven minutes. take note, we have a new traffic pattern in place for northbound 123 drivers. not going to be able to access the capital beltway. stay to the left and make a left at that light to get to the beltway. on the outer loop, we are slow from new hampshire to georgia avenue. that's how we are will wrap it up. an overall drive time or crawl of seven to ten minutes. over to you. at 6:31, we want to update

you on the breaking news story. this is now a live look at the ongoing rescue mission in chile. eight of the 33 trapped miners are back on the surface this morning. the rescue mission began just before 11:00 last night. its eight hours in to operation and you saw live on 9 news now at 11:00, the first of the trapped miners returning to safety. about one miner an hour is being brought up. it's been ten weeks since they last dawe daylight. as each man comes to the surface, he is met by loved ones. this is miner number eight. we're told his name is claudia nonez. they are excited to see their family and are in good spirits the rescue will take place until all 33 men are pulled out. again, the rescue capsule phoenix is going back down for number nine. the chilean embassy is celebrating the rescue of the miners.

it invited the public to watch the rescues unfold. the assistant secretary of state was also will and called this a feel-good story that brought people together. >> whether we prayed for them or helped them out, whether we worked with the government of chile to accomplish its objectives. it is a wonderful human story. >> reporter: the chilean embassy has a book which will be sent to the miners. they are inviting the public to write well wishes inside. you can watch the rescue of the miners all day long. go to wusa9.com get a link to the live streaming video at the top of the home page. another story we are watching this morning. a shake-up in the district government. school keys chancellor rhee will announce her resignation. it is story that is happening today and kristin fisher is live in northwest with the latest. good morning, kristin.

>> reporter: good morning, andrea. the fact that michelle rhee is resigning isn't surprising at all. but what is surprising is the timing of all of this. many people thought that michelle rhee would at least wait until the general election was over before she announced her resignation or at least would wait until perhaps even the christmas holidays. we now know she will indeed be out by the end of the month. michelle rhee is expected to make this announcement at 10:30 this morning. a press conference here at the mayflower hotel and she will be standing alongside her boss and current supporter mayor fenty and vincent gray. we have become a central -- rhee has become a central primary figure in the bat between fenty and gray. the race had become a referendum on her job in overhauling the district's troubled school system but it is a race rhee and fenty lost. we found many residents who

praised rhee's reforms after news broke last night that she would indeed be announcing her resignation. take a listen. >> it is a total shame. she's got kids in public schools and, we really see the improvement. >> i would have liked her as a school chancellor. hoping that her and vincent gray could have reached an agreement. >> reporter: no word yet as to what exactly will be re's next move, but we are getting word about her most likely replacement, and that is her close colleague dc's deputy school chancellor henderson. >> thank you. rhee has been a controversial figure during her time her in washington. here's a sample of the comment you are leaving on our facebook page. gary writes?

leave your comments on this story and others. just visit our page at facebook.com/wusa. nine. add 20 minutes to your commute in order to get through tyson corner. new traffic patterns have been imposed so vdot crews can work on the beltway hot lane. for the next 18 months the ramp from the inner loop to 123 will be shut down. also this morning the lanes on the inner loop will shift to prepare for the demolition of the old beltway bridge. that sounds like a lot of hassle but vdot officials say it will be worth it. >> for the first time people will be able to leave their car at home. get on a bus. come in to tysons corner. >> for an immediate impact it will be a lot of inconvenience for everyone. >> reporter: anytime you need updates on this project or road construction in our area, visit wusa9.com and click on the traffic tab. no pay hike now for

nonunion workers in prince georges county. last night, the county council delayed a planned 2% pay raise. council members say county executive jack johnson is hiding the county's dire financial picture and say without the best information, they couldn't vote on the pay increase. this move affects 1600 county workers. a popular, but smoky dupont circle burger joint is temporarily shut down after a court order. the owner of the restaurant is meeting with his architect and landlord today. he wants to install a vent through the roof of the building. folks at a nearby law firm complained that it sent smoke and fumes straight to their offices, making many employees sick. we want to go to the information center where jessica doyle is working on her next "living $mart" report. what's up, jess? >> well, an important deadline is coming up on friday. one that may mean you need to write a big check or are due

money. i will have the details in eight minutes. right now i will send it to howard and he begins the focus on virginia's weather and traffic. >> looking cool in virginia this morning. temperatures in northern virginia in the mid-40s up outside of winchester. this morning, grab the jackets as the cool air has certainly moved in. we start you 40s and 50s. 45 cross junction. charlie in catlett 49. 9:00 we are looking at low 50s north. perhaps upper 50s in tappahannock. throughout the day a lot of sunshine and lunchtime temperatures if you are going to be outside, need a light jacket as temperatures in the leesburg will be 63 to 65 in fredericksburg and one or two spots will top off in the low 70s and upper 60s north. live from sky 9 looking at the traffic alert on 66 eastbound. this is near the car rest area. it is off to the right shoulder. partially taking away the right lane. drivers are slow out of

gainesville. a 25-minute commute making it from that point past the scene. what we are looking at here is the tysons corner area. 123 northbound. remember, that new traffic patten is in place the next couple of years. no longer will you be able to travel 123 and access 495 northbound. detours are in place. you have to merge left and make a left at the next light past the previous exit. taking you to route 50 in arlington. no problems to report out here. lanes are wide open. 6:39. you are watching 9 news now. more traffic, weather and news just for you when we come back. a sip of my real fruit smoothie from mccafé?

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new song "back to december "on the rock chart one republican is number one with its song "secret." jessica is here with another "living $mart" report. the wall street cats are getting fat all over again. do you think they went on a diet. >> only to the texent this people were losing their jobs hand over fist but salaries never went away. it is boom time for wall street workers on the heels of record financial bailout and lackluster stock returns. for people working for investment banks and hedge funds are about to break another record. the top firms will pay out $144 billion in salaries, bonus and benefits up 4% from 2009. many firms say they risk losing top talent unless they pay top dollar. this will be the second year in a row that wall street compensation sets another record. a deadline for procrastinating

income tax filers looms on friday. if you got an extension in april your taxes are due on friday. the irs expects up to 10 million returns for individuals who got extensions. friday is the deadline for thousands of small nonprofit organizations to file paperwork under an amnesty program. sony's lineup of sleek television boosting is boosting googles web surfing system. it will test how much consumers are willing to combine access to the internet with their regular programming. hi-def sets have lcd screens. prices $600 to $1,400. sony's on-line store will sell them on saturday and should be available in best buy u.s. stores by early next week. the price is 8800 to $300 -- 200 to $300. >> up to 4 inches. >> we need a bigger one.

>> how big is yours? >> 50. you look wonderful in 50 inches. >> our forecast is wonderful. >> we are in for a good day today. a cool one. got 42. it is a cool one. crisper picture. i'm spoiled. grab the jacket and get ready because we are back to october. no more 80s, people. fall is upon us. your momslikeme.com bus stop forecast this morning, we have temperatures holding in the 40s and 50s. a slight breeze out there. tiny bit of a wind chill. sun is coming up closer to the 7:25 hour now. keep that in mind. it gets and stays dark for a while. today a lot of sunshine. temperatures by 9:00 in the upper 50s. mid-60s by noon and upper 80s at 5:00 p.m -- upper 60s at 5:00 p.m. near 70 with a little luck today but a much dump atmosphere has moved in.

crowds roll in and showers after midnight toward tomorrow morning. southeast winds at five. southwest of town, some of the rain may get moderate overnight. period periods of rain and showers for thursday. highs in the low 60s. winds southeast at five to ten and gusty tomorrow night behind the storm. had a front push through, down south with showers in southern virginia. few clouds northern neck, well south of washington right now and with the clear skies temperatures have dropped off to the mid-40s in montgomery county, up to fred ring and hagerstown, up to northern frederick county, virginia. cumberland, all the way to 48 and still in the upper 50s in southern maryland but the chill is coming toward you, as well. 56 at national. winds are north northeast at 10 to 15. and the dry air will be in place for a while before the rains move in. it is courtesy of this storm

coming from the mississippi valley. this is paula with winds of 100 miles an hour but a small hurricane. so we will have to watch it. it could head to south florida. right now the track is toward cuba. for us we will watch this low track this way but the rains return tonight and will be with us tomorrow. behind the storm, we will stay cool low 60s with the rain. low 60s on friday but the winds pick up. highs in the low 60s. 30s in the suburbs. sunday turns out to be a nice day with less wind an warm up to 70. it is 6 listen 48. time for traffic, angie. >> hasn't been a bad wednesday so far. knock on wood. knock on wood. inside the beltway looking clean and green. move it outside and show you 66 eastbound. this is a live look from sky 9. we are looking at the remnants of crash activity to the right shoulder. police are standing by. all lanes getting by. and looks like we are slow out

of gainesville. 25 minutes past to 23 and slow approaching route 50 to nutley. switching the shot to the ground level. 395 northbound, 15 minutes or so from the capital beltway moving to seminary. no incidents along the way. in to dc we go, we want to show you no incidents or accidents out here. but it is taking five minutes on inbound new york avenue from the times building to bladensburg road. a good amount of congestion. on 270, a 20 to 25 minute drive from father hurley to the split. that's a quick look at traffic. now back to you. the illegal immigrant charged in the drunk driving accident that killed a none and injured two of her fellow sisters will be in court today. many want to know how 23-year- old carlos martine will, li went two years without a deportation hearing. he had two previous drunk driving convictions. the obama administration is withholding reservations of its results. prince william county police say he was drunk when he struck

and killed a nun last august. starting tonight, prince georges county presumptive next county executive will hold a series of listening sessions. baker won the democratic primary last month, and there are no republicans running against him in november. again, baker's first listening session is tonight and it will focus on public safety. it goes from 7 to 9:00 p.m. at frederick douglas high school in upper marlboro. two more sessions are planned. go to the news where you live section at wusa9.com an visit the upper marlboro page to learn more about those sessions. 56 degrees mere in northwest washington. it's nothing short of a miracle. miners trapped beyond ground for ten weeks are being rescued this morning. the story is three minutes away. we are two days away from the latest edition of the game

night report. campus correspondent play of the day from isaac at eleanor roosevelt in greenbelt. taking on oxon hill. this is cook with the pick and the 85-yard return on the third play of the game as the roosevelt raiders take out the clippers of oxon hill and we get a second look at the interception. final 48-13. hey, high schooler, if you would like to become one of our campus correspondents and get a free flip video cam and a chance to win a $5,000 scholarship, log on to dc.high school sports.net to apply. hi there, i'm ian wright

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underground. the fort mchenry tunnel in baltimore is open this morning. a school bus fire shut down one of the tubes on tuesday. despite the smoke and flames, no one was hurt. >> fired up and ready to go. michelle obama hits the campaign trail today. she will head to milwaukee and chicago to stump for democrats. mrs. obama will visit at least six other states before election day. howard? >> a chill is in the air. 40s and 50s now. in the mid-60s lunchtime. upper 60s for the drive home. seven-day forecast has some rain in it. when and angie's forecast when we return. i came up with this mobile art gallery

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an impromptu concert. after the concert they took off in another car leaving the band behind and traffic backed up for miles. other drivers and police were not happy. three band members were later arrested. >> terrible. flinch 56 eastbound near the car rest area. better news. the accident off to the shoulder. all lanes getting by. 20 minutes out of gainesville to pass the scene. on the outer loop 15 minutes from 95 to georgia. no incidents or accidents. and eastbound 50 this is new. the ramp to 202 batch out an accident is blocking the right lane. sunny and cool. wet tomorrow, 62. breezy on friday and saturday and warm up again on sunday. we are looking at live shots from chile. the ninth man, the oldest at age 68 has just been pulled to the surface. mine nine miners are on the ground, all in good spirits. 24 left to go. they will have the latest on the "early show." and we will have more at noon.