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in construction before next week's thanksgiving holiday. that could lead to backups on the beltway. it is all part of a decade long woodrow wilson bridge project. here is a live look at the beltway in alexandria. kristin fisher has suggestions from the construction zone on how you can avoid gridlock. >> it can get dicey. traffic can back up. >> reporter: vdot officials have a message, stay away from the outer loops of the capital beltway this weekend. starting at 8:00 friday night, all exit ramps will be shut down in between eisenhower avenue and telegraph road. >> this is one of the larger pieces. it is the last piece of the puzzle that completes this woodrow wilson corridor. >> reporter: what this means is that the road i'm walking on right now by monday morning will be the wantal beltway outer loop's brand new local lanes right here in alexandria.

that's not before a lot of construction has to take place over the weekend. >> we have paving, striping. >> reporter: vdot crews will be working around the clock but will take all weekend to complete. the best alternative is to take route 1. it should be back to normal sunday night in time for the monday morning rush. kristin fisher, 9news now. a dramatic moments after a fire broke out in a northwest washington home. officials tell 9news now that firefighters responded to la ray place northwest, which is near park place before 9:00 this morning. flames engulfed the second floor of the home when crews arrived and a 93-year-old woman had to be rescued. >> the fire was on the second floor. right now, we're in the process of determining the cause and origin. then what we'll do is know more about the fire and what caused it after that. >> that woman who was rescued is listed in critical condition in a nearby hospital.

a tractor-trailer accident is being blamed for major traffic delays in prince william county. sky 9 was over the scene at southbound i-95 and rippon landing this morning. the exit ramp was shut down for a while as crews worked to clear the overturned trailer. there were no reports of injuries. it is day three of the jury deliberations in the shawn extra leevy trial. the 12 men and women remain behind closed doors debating the fate of the defendant. palace leshan is live outside the d.c. superior courthouse. bruce? >> reporter: i wish i had more news for you. we now one juror turned up a little late about 11:15, about 45 minutes ago so they were not able to start deliberating until then. there have been very, very long lines outside the courthouse going through new security

procedures here. that's kind of held up some of the deliberation as well. but one exhort spokesman -- court spokesman tells us that it's not that unusual for a jury to take seven to ten days. these are careful jurors, well- educated jurors to make sure they are doing exactly the right thing as they do this. but i will also tell you that plenty of the attorneys down here will say to you that the weekend is an incentive, especially because it's a holiday weekend. thanksgiving's coming up. that's putting probably some pressure on some of the jurors to try and come forward with a decision. so a lot of the smart money at the courthouse suggests they might come up with a verdict this afternoon. that's sheer guesswork because of course it's secret and we have no idea what the heck they are doing back there. ingmar guandique is charged with two murder counts here. you may know more about this

case than some of jurors know because you probably know there were multiple confessions. the jurors heard just one. if there is a verdict, we'll bring it to you as quickly as we can. jc, back to you at broadcast center. >> and we'll have the latest on our web site, wusa9.com. a man who was pushing his car down a dark highway was struck and killed by another car. this happened around 1:00 this morning on the baltimore washington parkway just north of route 197 in laurel. the victim was pushing his car on the southbound side of the parkway. according to police a car struck him and the man died on the scene. police say this is a reminder of the dangers of doing repairs on a dark highway. >> when people are disabled on the highway, they should stay in their vehicles, notify the police or a tow truck to come to assist them. we can make sure that the scene is a lot safer for you if you

need to make repairs to the vehicle. >> this incident closed the southbound side of the parkway until 6:00 this morning. it was a slow morning commute on i-270 after a car burst into flames on the roadway. sky 9 captured the scene in gaithersburg on the southbound lanes of the interstate near route 124. montgomery county fire and rescue rushed to put out that smoky blaze. it closed down two lanes of the highway and the lanes were able to reopen a short time later. no one was injured in that incident. displaced victims are trying to heal right now after a fire ripped through their northwest washington building. late last night, fire officials rescued six people from a burning building on kennedy street northwest. they pulled at least two people out of windows and one person off the roof. d.c. fire and e.m.s.

spokesperson pete pairinger says three people suffered serious injuries from smoke inhalation. smoke detectors were working, and they alerted the residents to the fast-moving fire. there's no word yet on the cause. president obama is spending the weekend in portugal at a two-day nato summit. he faces sufficient questions on his plan to end the war in afghanistan and of course his stimulus spending from some of america's greatest allies. cbs's joel brown has more. >> reporter: president obama arrived in rainy lisbon with a full agenda for his two-day nato summit. pray or the number one, afghanistan and when to start reducing nato troops. >> the summit is an important opportunity for us to align an approach to transition in afghanistan. >> reporter: the secretary of state hillary clinton has no doubt nato partners will sign off on the president's plan. >> we will agree tomorrow on the beginning of a transition

to afghan security starting next year with the intention and goal of turning over afghan security to the government and people of afghanistan in 2014. >> reporter: the president's actually attending two separate sets of meetings during his brief european stay. at today's nato meeting, the focus is on security. tomorrow he'll sit down with european leaders where the subject's going to be fixing the global economy. discussions began this morning with portugal's prime minister. >> the focus of our meeting was on the highest priority of both our countries. that is creating jobs and prosperity for our people. >> reporter: many europeans aren't happy with the federal reserve's plan to pump $600 billion into the u.s. economy to try to get it moving. they say that'll give the u.s. an unfair trade advantage by lowering the cost of american goods. the leaders are expected to try and paper over those differences in our public statements. the bigger question is whether

they will be able to make any progress towards finding a way to fix the economy. joel brown, cbs news, the white house. helping some of america's bravest stand tall. coming up on 9news now at noon, the new weapon in the fight to heal some wounded warriors. trapped in the trance of their shopping routine,

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when they marry, but a surprising number of married people hide how poor or rich they are from their spouse. we now have advice on financial infidelity. >> reporter: erin rich has a weakness for shoes and pursesp. >> my spending habits have changed with the times. with that, there are times i see something that i have to have. >> reporter: erin admits she smuggles items home. >> a laptop bag is perfect to fold up a pair of jeans, maybe a shirt or two. >> reporter: her secret strategy isn't as strange as you might think. in 80% of married couples, one of the partners admits spending money without telling their spouse and nearly one in five has a secret credit card or bank account. many of these secret spenders are buying clothes. while the occasional purchase isn't likely to cause financial strain, some can be

devastating. here are some tips to help couples stay financially true. first spend time each month to get on the same financial page. take into account your income, expenses, and extra costs such as vacations. >> what is necessary is we need to find some kind of a balance such that each of us will feel free and yet we're going to keep our responsibility to us as a family. >> reporter: next, combine some portion of your finances. set up automatic payments from your joint account to guarantee shared financial obligations such as your mortgage are met. finally, if you find a suspicious charge on your statement, ask your spouse, but don't accuse. >> it might have been something that your wife bought for your mother, so you'll have to thank her rather than get mad at her. >> reporter: plus, a thoughtful surprise can keep the spark in your marriage.

i'm sumi dasz. >> you can take a quiz to see if you and your significant other are financially compatible. just go to our web site, wusa9.com. look under our consumer section. just ahead, could defriending facebook help your health? the surprising condition that is made worse by the social networking site. and howard has the forecast. >> what a great midday we've got going on. good shape as we head toward thanksgiving and beyond, major changes are coming this way. i'll have the full forecast when 9news now returns. xx

the fate of 27 miners is unknown this afternoon after an explosion at a new zealand work site. rescue workers are not able to enter that mine because of safety concerns. officials, however, suspect that the explosion was caused by a buildup of gas, and they fear for their own safety if they try to rescue the men.

five miners were able to make it to the surface with only minor injuries. as the search for missing second grader kyron horner continues, his father is concerned people are forgetting his son. >> i worry about it all the time. we went out yesterday to one of the local malls and passed out fliers and a couple of comments, oh, i thought he was home already. that just reaffirms that we've got to keep getting it out there. >> his biological parents are no longer married, but they stand together in their belief that the boy's stepmother kerry horman is responsible for his disappearance. his mother says that she has a severe hatred for her son and could have injured him in the worst possible way. if you have asthma, you might want to defriend

facebook. a group of italian doctors warn that the social networking site could trigger asthma attacks. the physicians report treating an 18-year-old man whose asthma attacks were sparked by logging onto facebook and seeing how many men his ex-girlfriend had friended. and when his ex blocked him from her profile, his condition got worse. the doctor's findings are published in the medical journal "lancet." some of our nation's bravest wounded warriors have a new tool to heal after leaving the battlefield. amputees at san antonio's brook army medical center are getting back on their feet with a bionic power foot system. it uses sensors and a moater to propel the foot through each step, keeping simple walking from being a drain on people who have lost a leg. >> felt like a real leg again. it just helps out a lot.

takes the strain off my back, my hips. i don't feel as tired at the end of the day. >> over the past four months, a dozen wounded warriors, who fought in iraq and afghanistan, have been fitted with the new power foot. >> that's cool. >> i like that. that's wonderful. congratulations. all right. it's friday. time for the weekend. >> this is going to be a good weekend. if you've got plans this weekend, you have the homeless work tomorrow morning, the maryland game or maybe going to see fed ex or rake your leaves, it will work out for enthusiasm weekend. i suggest you do it this weekend because next weekend will not be nearly as nice to be outside. i'll tell you about that in just a moment. let's get you going with a look at the day planner for this afternoon. we've got temperatures which are below average this time of year. we should be in the mid-50s. we may make 54 with a little luck. 53 degrees at 3:00.

we're looking at clear to partly cloudy. 9:00 p.m. 4:00 to 6:00 with winds not bad, turning southerly 5, 6, 8 miles per hour. i think many areas will see winds drop down tonight and go calm. that will allow temperatures to really fall off. outside story, another nice weekend. looking at the books, it's seven in a row. this early october, we had rain on a sunday. until then, we've been on a nice roll so far. there is going to be some rain. that will start late tuesday into wednesday. got one of those road trips planned on wednesday for thanksgiving. that may slow you down. then next weekend, cold. some of the models candidating we may see highs in the 30s and 40s here. satellite and radar starting to pop up north of gaithersburg really.

out in the mountains, lots of sunshine. upper 40s here to low 50s. even fredericks to culpepper. springfield to 56. that is one of the warmest spots we've got. gaithersburg, rockville 48. andrews 50. upper columbia 50 and baden 51. nashua's sunny, 52. there is a bit of a breeze out there in a spew spots like north of 15. the winds are a little stronger than expected. you see great falls, montana 0. bismarck is 16. the idea is this cold will be coming. tomorrow we warm up decently ahead of the next front. by sunday, we're cooling off again. today, 54. don't for get d.c., the high school sports.net. mild tomorrow, cool on sunday at 54. monday and tuesday look pretty nice. low to mid-60s, although there could be late showers. thanksgiving, some early showers and 52. colder after that. stick around.

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for me, it just wouldn't be thanksgiving without the sweet potato pie. i really don't know how to prepare sweet potato pie, but

i've got the experts here from henry's soul food cafe. they have a great new idea. if you can't go to the restaurant and sit down and eat a full meal and have sweet potato pie, why not order the pie, bring it home, prepare it yourself. it's just like home made. let's show 'em how to do it because they sent me one and it was delicious. it's just like home made. it's their filling. it comes in a packet like this. this is jermaine and bernard smith. co-owners of henry's soul cafe. 5431 indian head parkway in oxon hill, maryland. there's also a location at fourth and k street northwest. and 17th and u street northwest. if you want to get the pie, go online to henry's sweet potato pie.com and order it. they will ship it any place. >> you can pick it up from either location. >> oh, you can pick it up? so it comes like this.

you put it in the freezer & thaw it out. >> of course you can get it already done. but we just could not keep up with the demand of having them already baked. >> it's the best. >> we're going to bake about 20,000 this week. >> good grief, are you? >> and those that we don't bake or those that want to bake them at home and claim that they made them and don't give us the credit. >> don't give 'em credit. when people say oh, that pie was so good. >> you can show them coming out of the observep. you can see i made this. we'll miss out on a lot of the credit, but at least a lot of homes will have a great tasting sweet potato pie on the table. >> all right. so the crust comes already prepared? >> everything's already prepared. >> and the filling. you put it in. you pour it into the fillingp and put it in the oven for how long. 45 minutes.

if you like it darker, maybe about an hour, 45, 50 minute. >> what degree? >> 350. all of the directions are on the bag. >> okay. 350 for about 45 mines to an hour. just as easy as pie is what we like to call it. >> it is. henry's easy as pie one, two, three kit or you can come in and get a great pie already prebaked. >> 5431 indian head highway in oxon hill, fourth and k street northwest, 17th and u street northwest or you can go online at henryssweetpotatopie.com. >> how much do they cost some. >> $9.95. >> that's not bad. >> what is the secret ingredient you have in the pie? >> sweet potato. >> it's something else. >> this is the only place that's really peeling potatoes. gruff missed the main ingredient, love. >> definitely love. the sweet toe tate toes.

everything is fresh peeled, not out of a cane. everything is done right there on the premises. >> i see. so you really are getting a good home made pie. >> yes. great, nice carolina yams. >> and you have sweet potato pie and collard greens, macaroni and cheese. >> potato salad. >> oh, gosh, come back and join ups at 5:00. trapped in the trance of their shopping routine,

some people don't notice the difference between meat... and mystery, when they enter... the frozen zone. is it real chicken? or something else? some chicken nuggets and tenders look like they have mystery meat. with my perdue frozen nuggets, there is no mystery. just real all white-meat. made with 100% natural ingredients. no fillers. no preservatives. and a delicious taste your family will love.