visit. so did south african bishop desmond tutu. while in search of comfort the congregation finds a way to help others. the annual pumpkin patch continues outside. all of the money raised will go to outreach ministries. they say their faithful community and god's work are beyond brick and mortar. >> life at church will go on. >> reporter: surae chinn, 9 news now. >> investigators are still looking for the cause of the fire. from the first local station with news in high definition this is 9 news now. good morning. welcome to 9 news now. today is monday, october 25th. i'm andrea roane. >> thanks for joining us. i'm mike hydeck. howard is starting with the weather first. >> she is still pregnant. >> i know. >> feels like spring out there. we have temperatures 60s in spots and a rather warm

afternoon for late october. let you know what to expect here. as we head through 9:00 n the low 60s, mostly cloudy skies. could have a few showers by noon. and this afternoon some showers and isolated thunder. 72 for the drive home. the winds from the south 10 to 15. a little bretcy. overnight the clear skies are giving way to increasing high clouds. showers are back in kentucky and tennessee and alabama. they have a while before they get here. we will be dry throughout the morning the way it looks now. 60 in town. look at the 60s out there. with the warm air in place we expect a mild afternoon. in in spite of the shower threat. 72 gaithersburg and laurel. 75 manassas and also at reagan national. it is 4:31. let's get the time-saving traffic. >> that's what i'm here for. rise and shine, washington. hope you are off to a great monday. we are dealing with a little construction early on

specifically on the inner loop here at forestville road. drivers are losing a right lane. should be clear in the next half hour or so. stick with the realtime graphics and show you 95 and the bw parkway heading southbound no construction to report. clean and green. outside we move to the camera shot. 270 southbound, our roadwork is at montgomery village avenue. going northbound you want to watch for it at falls road. you are losing a right lane out there. in virginia, see if we have that camera for you. lanes are wide open. no construction to report from 95 up to 66. and coming up the next traffic report. i will have a realtime look at flying 50 westbound from the bay bridge to the beltway. back to you. now to news we have been following while you slept. a bomb planted on a motorcycle kills five and wounds 13 at a gate in pakistan. it is the latest in a string of

attacks. also happening today the opening arguments are set to begin in the trial of the chandra levy murder trial. >> after weeks of interviews the panel is set. 12 women and four men make up the jury. there are four alternates. ingmar guandique is charged with attempted sexual assault and murder of levy back in 2001. and that washington intern's disappearance made headlines when she was romantically linked to gary condit. condit says he expects to be called to testify in the trial. we now know the names of the men suspected of operating a drug lab in a dorm at georgetown university. police say charles smith and john romano, both georgetown university students and a guest have been charged with manufacturing a controlled substance. the three will be arraigned later this morning. police and emergency crews responded to the freshman dorm on saturday after a strange

odor was reported. about 400 students were evacuated. one man is dead and dozens of families need a place to stay this morning after a fire ripped through an apartment complex in prince georges county this weekend. the carriage hill apartments went up in flames on saturday. they found a 27-year-old man dead in an apartment where they think the whole thing started. three residents and three firefighters were take on the the hospital with minor injuries. eight days to go until marylanders decide who will sit in the governor's seat the next four years. >> both candidates are really campaigning down to the wire now, especially after the latest poll results. >> reporter: maryland governor o'malley was doing retail politicking throughout the state on sunday, including in chevy chase. the governor is discounting the latest polls showing he has a 14 point lead. >> none of the polls matter right now. what matters is whether or not the citizens of the state go out and vote were with nine

days to motivate voters, republican candidate and former governor ehrlich who was found in clarksburg with a popular republican star. >> you need not the worst governor for maryland but the best governor in america and it's my pleasure to introduce your next governor, bob ehrlich. >> it is a serious time in our country and our state. that 401-k you have has been halved. the smart kid you have can't get a job. the small business you have has been hammered by martin o'malley and the largest tax increases in maryland history. >> reporter: his strategy has been to angry voters and win over teapot supporters. >> everyone is aware of the job situation. i'm a small businessman being taxed out of work. >> reporter: the strategy may not be enough to overcome the 2- advantage that they have over republicans when it comes to registered voters. >> i like how things are going.

i like what the governor has done on education, and i like the social policies. >> reporter: both candidates are urging voters to take advantage of early voting in polling places like this one in silver spring. it will continue until thursday. in silver spring, armando trull, 9 news now. a new baltimore sun poll shows that o'malley may be pulling away in this race and the poll has a lead. but there are other polls that show the races closer. >> on nbc's "meet the press" this weekend, michael steel said his party will a absolutely win control of the house and even possibly the senate he said. his counterparts tim kaine predicts his party will keep the majority in both chambers. >> i think we will be there.

this this wave continues the way it is going the last few weeks you could see the senate as well. >> we are not taking a single race for granted. so let me start there but four or five months ago the republicans thought they had a good chance of taking both houses. for a variety of reasons the senate has gotten much more difficult for them. >> the republicans need 40 seats to gain control of the house and ten to gain control of the senate. stay with 9 news now and wusa9.com for the latest information as election day approaches. and visit our website for a list of the early voting places in our area. just click on extras. good morning if you are just waking up. a pilot walks away from an emergency landing in frederick this weekend and police say the small plane landed safely at frederick regional airport after the landing gear malfunctioned. >> the airport was closed during the landing. police say there was only minor damage to the plane. still ahead, a hospital

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only at target. . welcome back. we have a mild air mass with us. that's going to lead to a chance of a few showers lair on. grab the rain gear before you head out. what can you expect for today? clouds will thicken up. 63 by nine. noontime 70. maybe a shower with a better chance of showers and maybe isolated thunder this afternoon. 5:00 temperature 72 with a high of 75. it is now time for your time saver traffic. >> the realtime sensors reveal one smooth ride on 50 westbound heading from the eastern shore to bowie and the beltway at 4:49. up next a check on the longer commutes our of virginia. specifically 95 from fredericksburg. back to you. it is time for your first your money report of the

morning morning. wall street is waiting for the latest update on the housing industry. reports on due on home sales and home prices. corporate profit reports this week and have been better than expected. researchers say 83% have beat analysts forecasts. on friday the upbeat reports were not enough to help the stock market. the dow closed down 14. the nasdaq gained 20. chipolte was a big winner. the stock jumped 15% after the chain released a glowing profit report. earnings were up 40% in the last quarter as they expanded to over 1,000 restaurants. and gold finally snapped the winning streak. the precious metal dropped more than 3% last week to $13,025 an ounce. the retreat came after prices climbed to record highs for five straight weeks.

the french parliament -- unions have been protesting the plan to raise the retirement age. the walkouts have occasionally turned violent and left cities piled high with garage and low on gas. in new york. a teething tablet is being pulled from store shelves. the food and drug administration says the teething tablets may pose a risk to children. the tablet maker is recalling them and there have been reports of serious adverse affects in children. they contain inconsistent amounts of a substance that can cause harm in larger doses. still ahead, the odd contradiction between congressional ethics cases. we'll explain. and it's the transplant that went horribly wrong before it could be even started. we'll explain. it is 4:42. 3q

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good morning. welcome back to nine fuse now. howard is here with the latest. >> we are quiet and mild. grab an umbrella because we will have some showers later on. i'm going to warn you now. >> beprepareed. >> the party is just about over. it's a great weekend, and we start off well, but here's the changes. your day planner for today, we -- oh, the bus stop forecast and then the day planner. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, mild, coolest spots in the upper 40s. most of us in the a 0s an low 80s south. the sunrise this morning at 7:28. here's our day planner. 9:00, mostly cloudy, 63. you notice the winds will be up. south nine to ten miles an hour. a little breezy and can't rule out a shower even by midday but a better chance of showers, if not isolated thunder by 5:00 with temperatures mild, low

70s. the average high is only 65. we have been seeing the clouds overnight. it is dry here. lighter showers in pennsylvania. they pick up out in kentucky and a few in ohio and parts in to michigan. most areas in the a 0s. well to the a 0s. winchester is 62. it is 58 andrews. 53 cambridge. frederick is 46. locally we have 60 degrees with that wind south at 11:00 and the -- at 11 and the barometer 20.97. visibility is no problem at reagan national with ten miles. we're in good shape to start the day. however, you will need the umbrella not just here. pittsburgh has a chance of storms. same with philly and new york. temperatures in the 70s. virginia beach and norfolk upper 70s. charlotte and atlanta a chance of storms. look at memphis with storms and cincinnati storms and 77.

flying to detroit or chicago should be hardly any problems there with partly to mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s. the big picture, yes, a tornado watch at this hour in alabama until 9:00 this morning. you see the heavy rains coming from the deep south through tennessee, kentucky. all moving up to the north and the east. that's going to increase the available moisture. and that will also increase our rain chances and the nice weather from yesterday pulling away from the region at this hour. the warm front up here. that's why we are so mild and the southerly and southwesterly breezes continue to funnel in all of that gulf moisture. put it in motion for you and you see waves of moisture the next couple of days. the next big weather maker is this cold front. it will be pushing through on benz. looks like wednesday morning. with it showers and storms. once this passes on wednesday, this will end the threat for showers and storms, which will be off and on over the next couple of days. and then the cooler weather

tries to get in here on thursday and friday but nothing terrible. friday will be the chilliest day this week as we look for temperatures only 60. for this afternoon, mid-70s. 75, 76, upper 70s perhaps in culpeper and manassas and hagerstown 74. 77 luray. 69 at annapolis. the bay temperatures are kind of on the chilly side right now. the next three days, 75 today with the showers, maybe storms this afternoon. lesser chance tomorrow, 76 and then wednesday with the front and showers and storms, still in the upper 70s. beyond that, we start to recover. by thursday, 72. still not bad. a breezy and cool friday at 60. another chilly friday night for the football game and then oweekend, saturday and halloween late shower is possible. and 72. let's get to time saver

traffic. >> take a wide view of the area here and we will look at 95 in virginia. we are finding lanes wide open fredericksburg past quantico. tracking a one hour commute. as we move back to the graphics, we want to take you to 66 eastbound. notice the green cars. moving it outside, we are finding all the lanes pretty much wide open from gainesville to fairfax, moving to inside the beltway. okay. let's stick with our maps and we will take it to maryland and show you 270 how things are shaping up out here. overall, out of frederick, no problems to report. we are incident and accident free. construction should be clearing around montgomery village avenue. still losing a right lane out there. coming up in our next traffic report, we will have a focus on maryland roads. for now, back to mike and andrea. >> thank you. overnight street sweeping for the most part is about to

come to an end in the district. >> yes. those parking restrictions will be lifted after this friday. that means motorists can park along posted alternate side say daytime street sweeping routes without moving cars on cleaning days. >> overnight sweeping on the district major roadways including pennsylvania, georgia, constitution and independence avenue will take place as usual as long as weather permits. first an earthquake and now this, the growing concern of the cholera outbreak in haiti. health officials and aide workers are worried it could spread to the camps for earthquake survivors in the capital port-au-prince. the disease has already killed 250 people in rural areas and sickened more than 3,000. doctors, attending to cholera patients in the countryside, say the steady stream of sick has not let up. a woman, who was waiting for a liver transplant at georgetown hospital never got the chance because the hospital apparently couldn't reach her. even though the woman was a patient at georgetown at the time.

>> this is all according to her sister. the woman died a few weeks after not getting the transplant. no one knows if a new live would have saved her life, but as peggy fox reports the woman's sister filed a lawsuit hoping it forces changes. >> this is one year from the day she died. >> reporter: dorothy's sister died two years ago on thanksgiving day. she was 59. she had nonalcoholic sir row situation of the liver and had been on the transplant list at georgetown university hospital. >> she was desperate for a liver. >> reporter: in november of 2008, a liver match was apparently found and a georgetown employee tried to reach donna at home, twice. >> hi this is martha calling from georgetown transplant. i'm calling to offer you a liver, a liver offer. >> reporter: that would have been great news, except donna didn't get it because she was a patient at georgetown at the time. and dorothy found the messages

on her sister's answering machine too late. >> i returned martha's call and she said, oh, no, someone else got the liver. >> reporter: dorothy said she spent every night at the hospital with her sister. >> it's just unreal. she had been seen by a dozen doctors at georgetown, the transplant team, dr. sheddy, dr. lauren, everyone knew she was at georgetown. how did this happen that they called her at home? >> reporter: did georgetown have your number? >> i was her emergency point of contact. they had my home number and my cell number. >> reporter: they didn't call you? >> they did not. >> reporter: georgetown university hospital declined to comment on the case because it is in litigation. i called the number left on the answering machine and confirmed it goes to the on call coordinator for the georgetown transplant institute. >> reporter: dorothy hopes that someone who needs a liver more than her sister got it but says she is filing the lawsuit because she wants answers.

>> i want to know why donna did not get that liver. what happened to the liver? >> reporter: peggy fox, 9 news now. >> the organ center uses a computer system to match organs to a list of several patients. a spokesperson says a patient is not called unless they are at the top of the list and their physician okays it. >> reporter: at this point there is no confirmation that she was first on the list but she was called. a georgetown spokesperson says it is too early to comment on the case right now. after waiting more than a decade, one community is finally getting a new recreation center. and next, is there a double standard for some congressional members who are facing ethics charges? you be the judge. if you are grabbing the morning cup of joe, as mike said he would give a thousand for a cup of coffee right now, grab some water to go with it. >> pretty good idea. the question of the morning, to prevent your skin from becoming

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chance of showers or thunderstorms especially this afternoon. mike and andrea. we are looking a news where you live now. after waiting more than a decade, north potomac red dents have the final construction plans now for a community recreation center. >> construction should start next summer and be completed by 2012. for more stories where you live go to wusa9.com an keep up with what is happening in your neighborhood. got a story? contact us and be part of the wusa9.com team. well, the ethics cases against two democrats in the house of representatives charles rangel of new york and max seen waters of california highlight an odd paradox. >> it is interesting. it is that other members of congress do similar things but did not face charges. cheryl atkinson reports. >> reporter: that's congressman sam gray introducing a witness at a hearing promoting renewable energy interests. >> thank you for being here. >> reporter: congressman gray failed to mention that brooks

was an old friend. he also left out his own wife and hers invested money in the same missouri fuel plants. congressman waters argues that is the same thing she's accused of, helping a good friend and a company where her spouse has stock. when it comes to ethics, congress largely polices itself. it has two separate ethics bodies but turns out they always almost always disagree. too often critics said they made excuses for colleagues rather than holding them accountable. to fix it in 2007, they created an independent office of congressional ethics. the independent office investigates cases and refers them to the house ethics committee which decides whether to bring charges but critics say some members of congress, all of whom deny wrongdoing are getting a free pass. take the case of john carter.

that's him criticizing rang for among other things failing to disclose income. >> these are violations of the rules of the house. >> reporter: listen to cart area few weeks later. >> i made an error on my house financial disclosure forms. >> reporter: that's right. he got caught just like rangel failing to report income, $300,000 in profits from selling exxon stock but carter isn't facing an ethics trial. in 11 out of 12 cases referred by the independent office, the house ethics committee decided not to charge members. they are looking up to 42 unnamed members of congress. if history is an indicatorring the members are little to fear. anyone should worry it might be the independent office that serves at the pleasure of congress and those they investigate. cbs news, captiol hill. good morning. thank you for watching 9 news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> thank you. i'm mike