40s and 50s this morning. if you're thinking about spring dress, you might want to grab a sweater set instead. that's for the mrs. if she's paying attention because she said i can't wear that, it will be too cold. that will be the case today. highs only around 60. here is a look at our day planner where temperatures are going -- no short sleeves to my boy. put on long sleeves and a jacket. still with some rain, maybe lingering sprinkles at noon. most ofly cloudy. northwesterly winds all day 10 to 20 gusting higher than that. by 5:00, sunshine returning. we'll have a temperature of 59. you can see live doppler 9000 hd hd, got it over on the eastern shore right now. lit up pretty good here along route 50 going from easton down to cambridge. bigger picture showing areas of rainfall from around manassas through fredericksburg and spotsylvania and again for front royal through martinsburg, hagerstown toward charlestown. watch out for some moderate rain at times especially over the next few hours.

that will slow you down this morning. with more on that, i toss it over to angie goff. >> thanks, hb. we still keep on the green light. not too much going on. a lot of the construction with few problem spots. all clear. let's take a wide view of the region. drivers still moving at speed as we move it outside. show you the outer loop here from route 1 college park over to 270. a lot of spray, a lot of slick roads. as i mentioned, still moving at a decent pace. still, good reason to factor in maybe an extra minute or two for your commute this morning. we know everything slows down when we've got the rain to deal with. 270, that will be our next focus as we zoom on up. show you the southbound trip. no real delays out of urbana just yet. we'll take a live look outside past 109 and it looks like no stackups, taillights here moving fine. your travel times, that's our next stop. we'll show you virginia, 66 headed eastbound from the fairfax county parkway to the beltway. about 11 minutes. we get to the toll road from

395 and the toll road itself. still ahead, we're tracking 95 headed southbound in maryland. andrea and mike, we'll have that at 5:09. back to you. >> now to breaking news we're following out of montgomery county. firefighters are at the scene of a house explosion in rockville. >> the scene is in the 11200 block of ashley drive. 9news now reporter surae chinn is at the scene with more. >> reporter: i want to show you the sheer destruction here at the 11000 block of ashley drive. a massive explosion that shook this house, destroyed it and the neighboring house also received some damage. we have chief richard bowers here to tell us the very latest of what happened. >> good morning. around 3:00 a.m. this morning, fire rescue units were called to a 911 call in the 11200 block of ashley drive for an apparent explosion or emergency in the house. units arrived on the scene to see a house that was completely destroyed.

apparently by some sort of explosion. right now, we've transported two adults to the local burn center. they're in serious condition but not a life-threatening situation for them. right now, we're going to conduct an initial investigation probably around daybreak with other local authorities to determine what may have caused this incident. >> tell us also, we heard that people felt the impact a mile away. >> i don't know about the exact area that the percussion was felt but it simply was an explosion of this magnitude, it would be felt quite a distance. >> reporter: can you talk about what could cause such a huge explosion? people have said maybe a propane tank but is it just too early to say? >> too early to say right now. initial stage of investigation, as you can see, what's on-going right now, all of the utilities have been shut down. all of the people have been evacuated. we're waiting to make sure as i

said, we have some daylight. we look at the houses that are still around to make sure with rescue personnel. >> what happens now with cleanup? >> the fire explosive unit investigators from montgomery county rescue will begin their initial investigation. right now, nothing will be touched. until the investigation gets started. >> thank you, chief richard bower telling us the very latest. obviously they'll be here for some time trying to figure out exactly what caused this massive explosion. back to you. >> wow, surae, thank you. the video is amazing. we'll continue to follow that story throughout the morning. as we learn more about the killing of osama bin laden, a new debate is emerging. >> should the government release photographs of the al- qaeda leader's body to prove he's dead. since president obama announced bin laden's death late sunday, more details have come out about the navy seal raid on bin laden's compound in pakistan. some people say they won't believe without more proof. one local homeland security expert says releasing more

could quell most doubters. president is under pressure to release evidence. i'm not saying he has to release some of the evidence but some would be good. >> canewski says one way to do this would be sharing the evidence with congress since they cab get the word out that bin laden is really dead. >> soon, more d.c. area shoppers will be paying a bag tax. the montgomery county council has approved ike leggett's proposal. most stores will have to charge 5 cents for each bag whether it is paper or plastic. it is expected to general rate about a million dollars next year for water and litter cleanup. prince charles will be spending part of his three day trip to the united states with the president at the white house today. he will also deliver a speech on sustainable agriculture at georgetown university. yesterday, the prince made stops at the supreme court. he visited wounded american troops and he also stopped by

an inner city farm in northwest. ok, 5:05. time for the latest your money report. >> jessica doyle is here with today's headlines. >> good morning. last two weeks have been pretty good for wall street. we've been enjoying the nice rally thanks to strong earnings but that rally took a pause yesterday on weaker than expected results. we though get fresh out with a new batch of financial results to digest from aol, time-warner and news corp. checking the numbers wall street, dow standing at 12,807, climbed a fraction in trading yesterday. meantime, the nasdaq was down by 22 points and the s&p 500 was off by 4. >> you don't hear this very often. attention, shoppers, 30% off in aisle 4. the safe way in district heights is closing so the grocery store in the 5800 block of silver hill road is selling merchandise for up to 30% off. safeway says it is closing the store because it wasn't performing as well as

anticipated. maybe you can pick up some discounted peanut butter. that might be the only way you'll get a break nowadays. analysts believe peanut butter is about to reach its highest price in 25 years because this year's peanut crop not looking so good. the prices for plastic jars and sweeteners are going up as well. it's gotten to the point where you just say food item xyz at all-time highs because everything is high right now. >> unbelievable. >> peanut butter. >> i use almond butter. i'm sure that's going up, too. what's the difference? >> what do you have for us next? >> speaking of higher prices, would you pay double to stay in a room say a barbie themed suite? we'll talk about that coming up. >> i for one, no. however maybe some people would. >> you're a daddy. >> i'm a big barbie fan. >> uva students honor a lost classmate. >> plus, police find some money but not the robbers who made a

daring daylight strike of an armored car. >> ahead in sports, the capitals are just one loss away from a premature topped another promising season. we'll be right back.

it is wet. it is also breezy out there. live doppler 9000 hd really busy there up between hagerstown and martinsburg. winchester down to front royal. also to our south. western charles county, down toward fredericksburg, east of 95, that's approaching southern maryland and also around easton. today, wet this morning. partial clearing this afternoon. low 50s at noon with highs today only around 60 degrees.

angie goff, all sorts of problems weatherwise. >> the rain is definitely something to consider as you hit the road this morning. we already have a problem headed on d.c. 295 northbound past oxon hill. obviously volumes still very light. not impacting traffic but just another reminder to take it easy this morning. watch the spray, watch the speed and maybe factor in a couple of extra minutes for your wednesday commute. >> in our next traffic report, another look around the region. that's coming up at 5:17. back to you. making news now at 5:10, investigators believe three people found murdered in central virginia may have been killed in a car then dumped. the bodies two of men and a woman were found laying in a road yesterday in greene county near charlottesville. officers discovered the bodies while investigating a home invasion robbery nearby. students at the university of virginia remembered yeardley love one year after her death. they painted a beta bridge in her memory. she was found dead in her off- campus apartment may 3, 2010.

prosecutors say her estranged boyfriend, george huguely, is responsible for her death. prince george's county police are looking for two suspects in an armored car robbery. it happened yesterday morning in front of a 7-eleven atm on martin luther king highway in glen arden. police say the robbers wrestled away the driver's gun and grabbed a bag of money and ran. a tracking guys led officers to bags of money on e street in southeast washington. still ahead, if you can't afford a trip to europe, there is a new exhibit here in d.c. showcasing the works of the italian master. that's coming up at 5:39. >> the first no-hitter of the 2011 baseball season is now in the books. plus, how long will we need the umbrellas? howard bernstein is back and he'll tell us next at 5:14. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today.

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working there are great. the program coming to an end hangs large over them. not sure what they'll be doing. some good, some bad, like the weather. this morning, we've got wet weather. lightning and thunder well to the south. perhaps some sunshine this afternoon. and it won't be nearly as warm as it has been. here's a look at radars right now. regional radars in motion. you'll see the rain as it is coming through from southwest to northeast, the whole line sliding east. it will be with us for the morning. tapering off starting late this morning into early this afternoon from west to east. even an isolated shower can't be ruled out later this afternoon. look at live doppler 9000 hd, it is lit up. some areas even seeing moderate to heavy rain. other areas, a little bit of a lull there toward southern copper county and parts of st. mary's county. light to moderate rain here in the washington metro. heavier rains off to the south moving north and east. we'll start that. we'll go up toward the shenandoah valley. we'll come down toward the

south. i-81, look at the red, the heavy rains. just as you cross the state line into west virginia, this is all tracking toward hagerstown, parts of frederick counties, you'll see that as well over toward 340, that will be a rough ride. 95 woodbridge to quantico, across the river to charles county. we're seeing more heavier showers. this is going down toward the northern neck headed toward st. mary's and calvert over the next 20 to 30 minutes. keep that in mind. the eastern shore, it is really coming down now. east of oxford. this may get up toward denton as we go over the next 30 to 40 minutes. some of the areas could see a little lightning and thunder as we're watching all of the lightning north of the williamsport headed toward parts of the northern neck. our viewers in newland over toward reedville, maybe southern st. mary's county, you could see some lightning and thunder from this. your momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, we've got the wet weather. it is breezy, it is cool. temperatures upper 40s in spots. upper 50s. little south and east.

sun is up at 6:07. a wet day. at least to start this morning. low 50s from 11:00, lighter rain showers. this afternoon, partial clearing. still breezy and cool. upper 50s by 3:00 to around 60 for a high. winds will gust over 20 miles per hour. temperatures still in the 60s down in the tappahannock airport. upper 50s in maryland. 45 in hagerstown. winchester and gaithersburg at 46. cumberland, 45. very chilly start. good news is the rain will be out of here for the most part by midday. and some clearing this afternoon. 60s today. breezy. tonight, 40s, even some upper 30s not out of the question. breezy and 68 tomorrow. showers and storms could return. saturday looks dry. mother's day may feature a rain shower or two. 74 and a couple of showers and storms possible. monday and tuesday with highs in the 70s. it is 5:17. here's timesaver traffic. >> right now, we turn the yellow light on. we're dealing with an accident

already. from d.c. 295 northbound travelers, you watch out. it is near south capital street, slowing down obviously approaching the scene. we're dealing with that rain on the roadway. so, things are extra slick this morning. please be careful as you hit the road. let's move it on out and in. 95 in virginia, right now, no significant delays. we're starting to build the volume starting around woodbridge. in that area. no incidents along the way. as we take you over to 66, we're slick. no problems though from 234 making your way outside all the way to inside the beltway. it looks like we still got our lanes wide open. 95 to 270 as we track your travel times. we're moving at speeds just about 10 minutes. 95 headed northbound from 216 to the beltway, no problems. the inner loop from route 4 pennsylvania to crossing the wilson bridge, only about a nine minute commute. a look at the gw parkway, andrea and mike, that's still ahead at 4:24. back to you. >> the nationals hit the road against one of their toughest

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5:22. we start quickly with live doppler 9000 hd with moderate rain here in the shenandoah valley, hagerstown to winchester and martinsburg. heavy rains coming out of virginia over toward maryland and over toward easton with moderate rain in town. future cast has the rain this morning. by 9:00, things are still wet but starting to clear a little bit. by noon, some lingering showers with some clearing out to the west and this afternoon, a mix of clouds and sun. highs only around 60. mike and andrea? >> thank you, howard. if the capitals lose to the lightning once again tonight, the season is over. >> and game four of the playoffs series is tonight. brett haber is in tampa with

more on what happened. >> reporter: good morning from tampa, everybody. they had it! three goals for the capitals in the second period last night including one on the power play and with 15 minutes to go in the game, caps had a lead. you could smell the first whiff of doubt coming to the tampa bench. and then in less than the time it takes to play the jeopardy theme, it all went very, very wrong! game three last night, what a second period for the caps already with two goals in the frame when they got 1:26, 5-3 hockey, bruce budreau was going to jump in the ocean if they didn't score. fortunately he didn't have to. 3-2 caps but it all went south in the blink of an eye in the third. first steven for tampa wheeling and firing. that ties the game at 3. and then just 27 seconds later, the centering pass goes off the skate of ryan malone. they reviewed it. upheld it. 4-3 lightning and that is how

it ended. caps squander a late lead and now trail three games to none. >> it is not over. it is just -- they win three. we can win three. it is a battle. >> going to take everything we have. we can definitely come back. i know we can. i think everybody knows we can. we've got the personnel to do it. we just gotta put it all together. >> but here's the history that you do not want to hear. only three times ever in the nhl has a team gone down three games to one in a playoff series and come back to win that series. that mission for the capitals starts tonight with game four. i will have live coverage right here beginning at 5:00 p.m. until then, have a great day, everybody. >> in other sports news, nationals player jayson werth is visiting his old team in philadelphia and things did not go washington's way. ryan howard beats the shift and ropes an rbi hit to right. nats fall 4-1. they play philly tonight and again tomorrow

night. while the phillies' pitching is considered "nasty," you could not touch what francisco did last night. clinch pincher hurled the 2011 first no-hitter this year! minnesota's first in 12 years for that team. he lost six chicago batters but none hit the ball or crossed home plate. he was 1-4, possibly facing a demotion going into this start. congratulations. cool! >> buy him a little bit more time. >> at least. >> a closer look at what americans are buying in the next your money report. >> plus, one of the most seriously wounded survivors of the 9-11 attacks at the pentagon. reacts to the killing of osama bin laden. quick check of traffic. angie? >> thanks, mike. we've got an accident alert for you on the outer loop at route 50. lax like the crash activity is off to the right shoulder. still ahead, a check on your district drive. we'll have that at the start of the half hour. stay with 9news now. ♪

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>> welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. the lovely angie goff will have traffic in a bit. feeling better? >> i'm here. >> howard bernstein is back from vacation. >> not a relaxing time though. i was gone but not completely relaxing. >> in florida? >> compared to what you missed? >> i saw manatees and gators, walked on the beach. >> your vacation was perfect according to facebook. >> ok. weatherwise, let's talk about it. it is not per they -- perfect this morning. look at facebook. it is all silver. we've got rain this morning. by this afternoon, the clouds, the weather graphic, let's go, people. day planner here. temperatures a lot cooler than yesterday. 9:00, 52. by noon lingering showers.

then this afternoon, partial clearing as temperatures get into the upper 50s to around 60. you gotta notice the wind, too, at times gusting 25 even 30 miles per hour. pockets of heavy rain just south of town through southwestern prince george's county, charles county coming out of the northern neck. pockets of heavy rain.in the shenandoah valley and also the eastern shore with temperatures this morning running in the mid- 40s to low 50s, bundle up! you're going to need the rain gear and something to keep you warm. angie goff, it is 5:30. >> we kick this half hour off with the yellow light staying on because we've got new problems to tell you about. problems on the capital beltway. let's get straight to it. the outer loop at route 50, this is where we have the crash. this is in virginia off to the right shoulder. traffic is able to get by. definitely good reason to use caution this morning. now taking a wide view of the area, notice that other places, they're checking out ok. we're going to zoom into the district, show you that district drive as we promised out in georgetown, nothing but slick pavement out here. this is m street at wisconsin,

obviously still very nice and quiet. our next stop, m street and south capital street, you can barely see through our soggy wet camera here. let me tell you no real issues to report out here in southeast. as your trains, better news out here, also. metro, vre, marc, everyone is running smoothly. still ahead, a look at the outer loop accident and if things are improving. that's at 5:39. andrea, mike, back to you. thank you, angie. a scary morning in montgomery county. firefighters are right now at the scene of a major house explosion in rockville. >> it is amazing but two people were inside the home. they were injured. the explosion happened in the 11200 block of ashley drive. our surae chinn is at the scene with more. >> reporter: what neighbors are telling me is this was a massive explosion. here's what's left of the house that exploded just a pile of debris right here. there's damage to the neighboring homes as well. we have jorge fuente who was asleep at the time this happened.

tell me what you heard. >> one massive explosion. there was just a tree that fell on our house. then glass shattered. glass fell on my back. debris everywhere. we didn't know what to think. we went outside. we heard voices. trees up there. it actually spread into the neighbor's house over there. thankfully, they were quick enough to get it off and that's all that really happened. >> reporter: describe the sheer noise you heard that woke you up. >> it was massive. like one massive thunderbolt and the whole house shook. apparently about a mile and a half away to two miles felt it. we had a guy come in telling us he felt the shock wave. he came over here to find out what happened. he started recording video of it and then police came over to try to take control. >> thank you, jorge fuentes.

we're being told by the assistant chief that two people were taken to the hospital with burns, serious condition. but nonlife-threatening. we'll bring you the latest and stay on the scene and bring you the latest as soon as we get it. back to you. >> surae chinn reporting live from the scene in rockville, maryland. >> this morning, there is growing pressure for the white house to show more proof that osama bin laden is really dead. >> officials have now revealed that bin laden was not armed when a navy seal shot and killed him. but they do say he was resisting while cia director leon panetta believes the images will eventually be made public. some are describing them as gruesome and possibly inflammatory. >> it could, in fact, be used to try to develop a lot of the revengeful nature of what al- qaeda is all about. >> there are also growing questions about officials with pakistan's government who insist they knew nothing about bin laden's whereabouts.

bin laden's compound is in the city of abbottabad, also home to more than 100,000 retired and active military officers. we've learned an anonymous tip from our area led to the capture of the suspected east coast rapist and that tipster will now be rewarded for leading police to aaron thomas. investigators say the person called prince george's county's crime solvers and identified a suspect who is also being investigated. the tipster will get cash rewards from many counties. thomas is accused of sexually assaulting more than a dozen women. police say his victims included women in prince george's, fairfax and loudoun county. >> the montgomery county council has decided to comply with a program that it doesn't like and has been public about that displeasure about it. the secure communities initiative requires local police departments to send finger prints of all jail inmates to a federal immigration agency. while that can help agents

track down illegal immigrants, opponents of the program like the group casa, in maryland, say it is also making many people too afraid to report crimes or suspicious activity to police. >> today, britain's prince charles will visit the white house and later make a speech at georgetown university. that keynote address will be about sustainable agriculture after his arrival yesterday in washington, the prince of wales visited the common good city farm. volunteers cultivate the plots of vegetables on the site in northwest washington. when the crops mature, the food is distributed to low income residents. prince charles also visited wounded troops and the supreme court yesterday. time now for another your money report of the morning. >> jessica is back with what we're all spending our money on. >> that's right. we've been storming the malls lately. we've been snapping up spring and summer wardrobes. fun, doesn't it? monthly spending figures show this year's late easter holiday helped boost clothing and luxury sales in april but it

did nothing for electronics and appliance retailers. clothing sales rose more than 4% compared with april last year. there was a greater than 12% rise in men's clothing. 7% hike in sales of women's apparel. sales of luxury goods rose nearly 10% during the month but sales of electronics and appliances fell almost 2%. overall sales climbed 19%. nintendo is offering the wii now in a package that cuts the price to less than $150. i love that. for $149.99, you can get the white or black nintendo wii, and a copy of mario cart with a black or white steering wheel for the game. it goes on sale may 15th. nintendo will sell the newly priced wii along with the current $199.99 wii system with sports games and so inventory runs out before the summer and now to barbie suites.

would you stay in a barbie dream suite hotel? would you pay more money for it? more hotels are doing just that. and our partners at "usa today" report that they can charge you up to 50% more for children's fantasy icon rooms such as barbie, shrek and snow white. and they're doing this more often, more hotels are moving to these types of rooms. >> it is apparently working. >> apparently people like it. >> the types of hotel rooms outside of theme parks and whatever. >> absolutely. >> paris. >> you know. there you go. you want to go to paris and stay in the barbie suite, you can, nowadays. >> how about that. thank you, jess. >> today on capitol hill, there will be a free screening for a disease that is becoming more common in america. that story is coming up. >> plus, dozens of art works from a private collection are about to go on public display at the national gallery of art. we'll be right back.

good morning, everybody. light rain right now here in northwest out on the weather terrace where it is a lot chillier than it has been. temperatures now only around 60 degrees. live doppler 9000 hd, you'll see we've got late rain here. moderate to heavy rain south and southeast of washington. even a little lightning and thunder in far southern maryland and the northern neck. wet weather around this morning. start to taper off late this morning toward midday. some sunshine. partial clearing this afternoon. highs only around 60. we'll talk about the seven-day forecast when i see you next. right now, here's angie goff. >> we'll have timesaver traffic in just a moment. now to the news, a new government report finds more americans have asthma apparently. the latest cdc statistics show the number of asthma patients in the united states grew by

more than four million people just in the last decade. the number of diagnosis in black children almost doubled. one in 12 americans has been diagnosed with some sort of asthma. today is asthma awareness day on capitol hill. and there will be some free screenings at the rayburn building from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. >> we're getting a first look at a new exhibition at the national gallery of art. a private collector is lending his collection of drawings by italian masters to the gallery. the artwork was created over more than three centuries between 1525 and 1835. the exhibition will open to the public this sunday and remain on display until the end of november. >> still ahead, we'll answer the question of the day coming up. >> plus, more reaction to osama bin laden's death from the most seriously injured person at the pentagon who returned to work there. >> here is a look at who's celebrating a birthday today. he had momentous few months actually. former egyptian president hosni

mubarak turns 83. columnist george will is 70 years old today. "saturday night live" comedian, anna gas tier turns 34. >> model and designer simmons so fabulous at 36. singer lance bass turns 32 today.

>> 5:45 thisness with morning. howard bernstein is back with us. he has a soggy forecast. >> right. at least for the morning. this afternoon, we'll see partial clearing and sunshine. a lot cooler than it has been and if you're getting ready to get out, you'll need a jacket, wet weather gear as well. keep in mind, it won't be 80. we'll be lucky to get to 60 this afternoon. here's a look at the radar. you're looking at the moisture moving in from southwest to northeast. back edge of the rain approach western maryland, parts of west virginia. but around here, we still have plenty of rain to go over the

next several hours. put it through mid to late morning. moderate to heavy rains where you see the yellow to our north and west and even here in town, east of washington or eastern and southern suburbs getting hammered with heavier rain and have much of prince george's county now, route four into calvert county, charles and st. mary's as well. heavy rain and this is where we're going to focus in. still moderate rain out to the west in loudoun, fairfax and prince william. you see the yellows here across southern prince george's county, charles county. 301 is a tough ride. even central avenue southbound here, route 5 from clinton to brandywine to waldorf there on 301. also as you head into southern maryland into st. mary's county, into calvert county, the northern neck of virginia. this is where we're starting to see heavier stuff especially from st. leonard and likely, we're seeing a little bit of lightning and thunder there as we're switching it over. this has the lightning on it. we've seen some stuff especially in southern st.

mary's county. reedville getting hammered this morning with some thunderstorms down there and some very heavy rainfall. your momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, no surprise. breezy and damp. temperatures anywhere from the mid to upper 40s to upper 50s far south. most of us around the 50 degree mark with hagerstown and winchester at 45 now. 50 in washington. 55 in southern maryland. the winds have been up north- northwest at 14. we've had gusts 25 to 30 miles per hour. and what we'll see as we go throughout the day as the front continues to pull away. drier air moves in. we'll start to see partial clearing. some wet weather this morning. 60 this afternoon. 40s tonight, maybe some upper 30s, tomorrow, 68, breezy. friday, some showers. later on in the day, 58. sunday, looks like we could have a shower or two for mom on mother's day. temperature of 74. it is 5:47. here's angie goff. >> thank you, howard. yes, right now, we keep the

yellow light on. still following that big tie-up on the outer loop. this is in virginia. at route 50. that's where we have the crash activity off to the right shoulder. take a look here, drivers are able to get by just a little bit slowing down approaching the scene. taking a wide view. other places checking out ok. as you can see from 270 as we focus on up here, a lot of yellow on the screen because drivers definitely using the brakes from 80 down to 109. no incidents along the way. back over to our real time graphic, this time, we'll take a look at the outer loop this time in maryland north of the district. we're still moving quite well here between new hampshire and georgia, just watching the volume pick up. check out the spray out here. still very slick pavement. you'll want to factor in extra minutes for your wednesday commute. taking a look at the travel times, d.c. 295 feel the impact of an earlier accident looking at 11 minutes from the beltway to the 11th street bridge. 66 still in the green. you're doing just fine on 395. andrea and mike, a check on

your virginia roads. back to you. >> thanks, angie. he says going back to his job at the pentagon was his way of fighting osama bin laden. johniates barely survived the 9- 11 attacks. >> he's the only person seriously injured in the pentagon attack who still works there. peggy fox got john's reaction to the death of the man responsible for his injuries and the murder of his friends and coworkers. >> i always knew that we would find him. >> reporter: on september 11th, john yate was watching the coverage of the attacks on the world trade center at a coworker's desk. at 9:35, his world changed. >> i remember the explosion. and the noise and the fire coming over me. i remember the tv in front of me just exploding. >> the hijacked american airlines flight 77 had slammed into the pentagon. >> i was thrown through the air. i remember everything in the room went instantly black. the floor burned my hands. >> all 64 people on board the plane and 125 people in the building were killed.

>> i was standing in the middle of five people and i'm the only one that survived. >> somehow, he crawled his way through the searing heat and black smoke to a door that led to the pentagon courtyard. >> they took me down and put me underneath this tree over here. >> yates was burned over 38% of his body with second and third degree burns. you can see the cheesecloth like marks on his hands and discoloration on his forearms where he had skin grafts. he spent two and a half months in the hospital including ten days on a respirator because his lungs were burned. >> even for a couple of weeks after i got off the respirator, i was still coughing and sneezing up black soot. >> john yates lost 24 friends and coworkers on 9-11 and his injuries were so severe, he could have retired on worker's comp but he says that's the last thing he wanted to do. >> bin laden, you know, he changed my life forever. i can never go back to being who i was. i wouldn't let the bastard win.

because if i didn't go back to work, then he would have accomplished what he wanted. >> reporter: in arlington, peggy fox, 9news now. john yates also says he kept working because he didn't want to be a burden on society. and as long as he can work physically and emotionally, he will. president obama will be on "60 minutes" this sunday night in his first interview since the bin laden raid. that airs sunday at 7:00 p.m. here on channel 9. >> making news now at 5:51, the effort to save others from flooding is putting some farmers out of business. at least for this year after engineers blew holes in levees, thousands of acres of missouri farmland could be underwater until midsummer. the levees were breached to protect people in nearby cairo, illinois. >> a group of louisiana boy scouts stranded in, , arkansas are back with their families. the group was sighted monday,

national guard helicopters weren't able to evacuate them safely until yesterday due to the flooding. >> the pepco power company has released video from inside a reactor one at japan's crippled if you fukushima nuclear power plant. workers plan to enter the reactor to install filtering equipment needed to remove the radioactive contamination from the air. >> it is time to answer our question of the morning. >> which one celebrity pet most men said they would like to most hang out with. what do you think? >> scooby doo, mr. ed or lassie? >> here's a look at some of the responses you left on our facebook fan page. he wrote nobody tops scooby doo except for my doberman, nitro. he rocks! >> lassie. you just can't beat man's best friend. >> the answer? >> scooby doo as andrea predicted. >> he solves mysteries. that's why i like scooby doo. that's for playing along with us this morning. >> another well-timed event in

d.c. recognizes the children directly impacted by the 9-11 attack. >> the duke and duchess of cambridge are back at home days after their marriage instead of their honeymoon. wo

this afternoon, clouds and sunshine. maybe a passing spritz. temperatures about 60. right now in cross junction, virginia, right here north of winchester, 41 degrees. talking to steve, he was 83. we'll be lucky to get to 60 later on. angie, over to you. >> oh my goff, the prince of wales was heading back to work. prince william and his new wife, catherine, the duchess of cambridge are back in wales after their wedding. the royal couple is postponing their honeymoon. instead, returning to the island where prince william is

on duty as a helicopter search and rescue pilot for the royal air force. officials say the couple will eventually take a honeymoon overseas. >> the best musical are the book of mormon -- >> the broadway musical the book of mormon tops this year's tony nominations up for 14 awards including best musical. the 1930s era musical is next with 12. some actresses and actors include al pacino, vanessa redgrave in driving miss daisy, edie falco in the house of blue and ellen barkin in the normal heart. the tony awards air live from new york city june 12th here on wusa9. >> jamie lee curtis came to northwest d.c. for an important cause. she's honorary chair for the national children's health awareness event put on by the

substance abuse administration. this year's exhibit at the shakespeare theatre featured artwork from children directly impacted by the 9-11 attacks and recognized their resilience. >> white house correspondents weekend is over and what better way to unwind than with a mimosa at the traditional morning after brunch. from actress morgan fairchild to congressman jim moran, local and hollywood celebrities attended. from white house correspondent reality tv stars, they filled the rooftop at the hay adams hotel by the white house. well, why let all of the humans have the fun. this week, pet expert wendy diamond from animal fair magazine once again hosted her annual white house pet correspondents benefit held at art and soul on capitol hill. the evening was dedicated to

pets, an organization that connects returning veterans with pets. michelle obama made an -- bo obama made an appearance there. well, he's an imposter. go to my blog, oh my goff, you can see the link on the morning show page. go to my page at facebook.com/facebookangie. >> a house explosion in rockville, maryland. ashley driver into scruple road, two people were hurt when a house reportedly exploded there around 3:00 a.m. crews are still on the scene. we'll get a report coming up in about two minutes. thank you for starting your day with us. angie will have timesaver traffic in just a moment. >> howard is here. he has your weather first and you'll need the umbrella. >> at 11:00 this morning, the frederick keys up in frederick, maryland, have a baseball game. and while that team