but they deny any abuse of that security delay policy. good morning, welcome to 9news now. today is thursday, may 5th. cinco de mayo. >> i forgot about that. >> happy birthday to a very loyal watcher, alice, a guest of our show as well. excellent, she'll have traffic in a moment. mr. bernstein, grab a sweater, huh? >> doesn't feel like cinco de mayo. starting in the 40es, 38, 39 in a couple spots. bundle up. the day planner, it is going to be another brisk day. winds will be strong out of the northwest, gusting to 40 miles per hour. 47 now. noon 60 degrees, not a great day to eat outside. that will have to wait until maybe over the weekend or next week. 65 by 5:00. sun's up at 6:06.

live doppler 9000, it's quiet, although this one area north of easton could be a light sprinkle or two, left over from some action that's come out of pennsylvania with temperatures of 44 in williams port, cumberland 45. 30 at pittsburgh and cleveland. we're in the mid and upper 40s with temperatures locally 50 in college park, 45 centerville, 46 sterling and crofton 47 degrees. upper 60s for highs, but a blustery day in spite of the sunshine. angie goff at 4:31 with traffic. >> early on we begin with the yellow light, we are dealing with a police investigation out in the riverdale area. right now we know all northbound lanes of the bw parkway at riverdale road remain shut down. best way to get around this early is going to be route 50 or 201 until they're able to clear that scene. let's move it over to the maryland beltway, show you how

things are shaping up north of the district. live from university here, no problems from 95 to 270. before this at arena drive we do have ongoing construction. 95 headed southbound at 198 you are losing a left lane because of the existing road work. that should be clearing by 5:00. 66 drivers you're looking great out of manassas, 395 finding lanes wide open and still ahead we're going to have more on that police activity out in riverdale at 4:40. mike and andrea back to you. today president obama travels to ground zero. he will meet with 9/11 families and first responders and lay a wreath at the site of the attack. now, the president's visit comes one day after he decided not to release postmortem photos of osama bin laden. randall pinkston has the story. >> reporter: president obama will visit ground zero for the first time since navy seals killed osama bin laden. he will lay a wreath at the site and meet privately with 9/11

families including gym riches, whose son died. >> president obama promised us that he would hunt osama bin laden and these other men down and he's a man of his word. >> reporter: the president's trip comes a day after he told 60 minutes that photos of bin laden's body would not be made public. >> we've done dna sampling and testing and so there is no doubt that we killed osama bin laden. >> reporter: he said releasing the pictures could put the u.s. at risk. >> it is important for us to make sure that verigraphics photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an in sight. to additional violence. >> reporter: the president is not expected to make any comments at ground zero. the white house says he wants to focus on honoring the victims, not exploiting the death of a killer. >> you're going to have people who criticize it. you're going to have people who

accept it. >> reporter: the mother of firefighter christian riginhard, says she wouldn't want to see the photos. but on capitol hill opinion is divided. >> it's in our national security interest to prove it beyond any reasonable doubt. >> if someone doubts right now with all of the verification that we have, they're always going to doubt. >> reporter: the obama administration is already moving forward, focusing on the wealth of evidence from bin laden's compound. a cbs news new york times poll shows president obama's approval rating did get a boost after the death of osama bin laden. 85% of americans approve how the president handled that situation, but the president still received his lowest ever rating to date on how he is handling the economy. 34% of the people surveyed approved of the way he was doing that. stay with 9news now for the latest developments surrounding the killing of osama bin laden and you can also get the latest details as they come out daily about the mission any time on

our website wusa9.com. 16 of the 41 people arrested last hospital during a d.c. voting rights protest are due in court today. the group is expected to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges of unlawful assembly and blocking passage. they were protesting the federal budget deal that imposes avoucher program on the city and bans it from using local money to pay for abortions for poor women. most of the protesters including mayor vincent gray, paid a 50 # dollars fine to get out of jail and have charges against them dropped. this group of 15 opted for a court day instead of paying the fine. last night d.c. councilmember mary jay joined a group of protesters who blocked traffic on constitution avenue. they came out to demand greater autonomy for d.c. government and a house bill that has little chance of ever becoming law. both president obama and senate democrats oppose the bill. several were eventually arrested. the medical examiner's

office says a north carolina teenager phylicia barnes was murdered. police found the body of the 16-year-old girl floating in the susquehanna river last month. barnes went missing in december after visiting her family in baltimore. so far no one has been arrested in the case. the body of the 16-year-old will be laid to rest saturday in georgia. a memorial service for barnes is also set for may 14th in baltimore. the army corps of engineers is now debating whether or not to blast more holes in the levees along the mississippi river. that in order to spare some communities, others from severe flooding. dents in several states have been racing to fill sand bags as the water levels continue to rise in the river. memphis, tennessee could actually see a near record crest of 48 feet this week. >> the last known combat veteran of world war one has died. he started training in 1915 with the british royal navy, one month after turning 14 years old. that was the beginning of

a 41 year military career. he was 110 years old. workers in japan have entered the reactor building that was damaged in the fukushima nuclear power plant. tokyo electric power says the workers have installing ventilation machines to absorb radiation, and a new cooling system will be installed. this is the first time workers have entered the plant since shortly after the earthquake two months ago. today marks the 50th anniversary of the first u.s. manned space flight by astronaut alan shepard. wednesday the postal service dedicated a stamp in his honor. shepard went on to command the apollo 14 mission. our time is 4:37. at 4:41, nurses at the city's largest hospital are one vote away from having a new contract. and at 4:48, $20 to drive the dulles toll road? it's a possibility that could become a reality soon. up next a quick check on the forecast to get you out the door. we're back with your weather

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it is 4:40 on this thursday morning. you know, it's going to be clear to partly cloudy to start the day, but chilly. we're in the low 40s in some spots now. 52 in town, noon, 60 degrees. northwest winds all day, those are the arrows the wind direction, 15 to 20 at times gusting 25 to 30. i'll be back in a few minutes looking toward the weekend and mother's day. happy thursday everybody, we are dealing with police activity, an investigation ongoing in riverdale northbound the bw parkway northbound lanes are closed at riverdale road.

you'll want to use route 50 or 201 as your alternate. the latest on this investigation, that's still ahead in my next traffic report coming up at 4:48. back to you. it is 4:41. time for the first your money report of the morning. >> wall street numbers, it is time jessica is here. not a good day yesterday. >> not a good day, no. wall street is focused on the jobs picture. we found out that this economy added fewer private sector jobs than expected last month, that dragged stocks loader. traders looking to the weekly jobless claims numbers. tomorrow's april unemployment report for a bigger picture of the job market recovery, hopefully good news there. checking the numbers, the dow stands this morning at 12,723, dropped 83 points in trading. the nasdaq was off by 13 and the s&p 500 was down by nine. a tentative agreement has been reached between management and news at washington hospital center.

the nurses held a one day strike in march but were locked out for an additional four days. the hospital's 1700 nurses have been working without a contract for nearly a year now. details of the agreement are not being released. nurses are scheduled to vote this friday and saturday on whether to ratify this contract. a the rich keep getting richer, there are ten and a half million millionaires in the u.s. by 20/20 that number is expected to jump to 20 million. california is the state with the most millionaires, 1.3 million. emerging markets including china, india and brazil are minting new millionaires at a faster rate because of the rapidly expanding economies. >> not me, unfortunately. >> not us. >> i guess california must be all tech companies. >> it's all the tech millionaires. >> we have a fair share in our region as well. >> here in town. well, unfortunately, the capitals season came to a screeching halt last night in

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to add a little happy to almost any meal. french's. happy starts here. good morning, welcome back to 9news now on this cinco de mayo. it is 4:45. it is a reason to celebrate the forecast. >> you're wearing yellow for the sunshine we'll see today. >> great. >> i have short sleeves on, but it's going to be chilly. >> that's wishful thinking. >> when i brought baby andrew home all those years ago, beautiful sunshine but chilly. >> ised to his birthday? >> sunday, he was a worker baby. >> laurie adams, it is her birthday. >> weather wise, let's talk about your momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, the chill in the air, it is. we have a few spots down in the upper 30s right now. most areas in the 40s, but one

or two will climb above that 50-degree mark over the next couple hours. sunrise at 6:06, it sets at 8:05. look for a good deal of sunshine and a good deal of wind. 49 in washington, by noon we'll climb toward 60. a stiff northwest wind at 18 miles an hour. the gusts though, 25, 30 miles an hour, not out of the question. mid afternoon 65. highs today in the upper 60s, by 8:00 p.m. back to 60 degrees and a west wind of 11 miles per hour. the outside story a chilly start. grab the jacket and shades. lots of sunshine today. and it looks like showers will return as early as tomorrow afternoon. probably later in the afternoon as opposed to earlier in the afternoon. this may leave ball fields wet for saturday morning. fast moving systems. yesterday afternoon, a few sprinkles bubbled up with the cloud cover. this morning you notice a few clouds here and there, but we'll call it clear to partly cloudy and relatively quiet and

chilly. it's 47 in town, 47 in winchester, hagerstown 43. they had been at 39 last check. stanton 38, and pax river and baltimore 47 with wind chills this morning down into the lower 40s in many areas. consider that as you get dressed. 47, mostly cloudy -- excuse me partly cloudy at reagan national with a northwest wind at ten giving a winds chill of 42. nationally as you look at the satellite and radar, the thing we're noticing, this system in the middle of the country, this is our next shower maker for tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night with showers and even thunder from minneapolis back toward kansas, approaching kansas city. the storms from yesterday morning still plagueing parts of new england and new york state. for us high pressure builds in, no problems today. then tomorrow we watch this system, it's all quiet in the morning, maybe a few clouds early. and then as we go throughout the day, notice how the showers develop in the afternoon. by 8:00 still looking at showers.

i wouldn't be surprised to see thunder. this will scoot out overnight friday night. part of the weekend will be looking dry. the next three days breakdown like this: today 60 degrees this afternoon -- you know what, not 60. we're going to be in the upper 60s, scoot past that. i don't think i updated that one. 67 this afternoon, there we go. 68 tomorrow, although tomorrow afternoon we have showers, a chance of some thunder as well, later on in the afternoon, tomorrow night. saturday looks decent, 72. on mother's day, a shower or two, maybe a rumble of thunder. tuesday and wednesday, mid to upper 70s with a chance of a shower on wednesday. nighttime lows rising from the 40s into the 50s. it is 4:48, 47 degrees. how is your morning commute? >> it's going slow on the bw parkway, that's because we have this ongoing police investigation that has all northbound lanes of the

baltimore-washington parkway shut down. this is at riverdale road in the riverdale area. as you move over to our maps and take a look. a way to get around, use route 50 or 201, at least there are options early on. let's move it over to 270, southbound construction at 80 and 124, all of this should be clearing by the 5:00 hour. 495 in virginia same story on the inner loop, the construction over the dulles toll road. the dulles toll road until 5:00 a.m. you will not be able to access the capitol beltway toward baltimore, go south and use the detour through tysons corner. 66 the road work at 123, stay to the left to get by. 95 northbound no complaints out of fredericksburg past lorton to the mixing bowl. i'll have the latest on the bw parkway investigation at four before 5:00. 20 bucks, imagine paying that to drive the dulles toll road one way. that could actually happen according to a new report

released yesterday by metropolitan washington airport authority. it could be soon. dulles toll road costs around $2 right now, but that could claim as much as 19.25 each way by 2040. that would be a pay off of construction of dulles rail expansion. this it happens, projections for the higher toll fees would drop if mwaa was approved for a federal lento pay for the rail extension. 20 dollars, that's a lot of money. montgomery county council panel is voting to end the misuse of the county's take of home vehicles. this is after an audit of 394 vehicles are being used during nonwork hours. the county is reviewing all county vehicles. council members want to end the take home use of those vehicles, but they say they will wait for results of the review before they make the final decision. prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men. now a new study gives hopes to

patients who choose aggressive treatment. >> some doctors say the study should end the debate about what the best way to treat younger men with prostate cancer is. >> reporter: 59-year-old patrick gallagher found out he had prostate cancer from a biopsy. he was given several treatment options but chose the most aggressive action, he had his prostate removed. >> the ability to go through life afterwards not thinking about it. >> reporter: a new study finds more men should do what gallagher did. researchers looked at more than 600 men, one group took a wait and watch approach. the other had surgery to remove the prostate. >> if you were treated with surgery, you had a 25% reduction in your death rate. >> the study also found those men who had surgery were 60% less like three have their cancer metastasize or spread. >> prostate cancer grows slowly and surgery comes with risk, including incontinence and

sexual dysfunction. the study results are for men under 65 years old. >> a landmark study. we can tell those men with great confidence that there is significant benefit as far as your overall survival if you choose radical surgery. >> reporter: gallagher's prostate cancer was undetectable at his last check up. now he is looking forward to the future. >> i have a loving wife, she loves me, she wants to spend time with me. she wants to spend a long time with me i do too with her. >> reporter: he says the results of this study reinforce that his decision was a good one. >> 217,000 new cases of prostate cancer are detected each year in the united states. the smithsonian may soon have a new museum in its collection. a federal commission is calling for a national museum devoted to american latino history and culture to be built next to the capitol. in a report submitted to

congress today the commission recommends congress provide half of the $600 million needed to build the museum near the reflecting pool on the capitol grounds. private donations would cover the rest. at 4:53, our question of the morning. >> what do you think is the one mistake 32% of us have made on a computer, one, visited an inappropriate website at work. two, remained log on to to a public computer or three, forwarded an inappropriate e-mail.

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howard is back with the weather. partly cloudy and chilly this morning, we start in the 40s, toward 9:00, upper 40s and low 50s with partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies. 60 degrees by noon. the winds will blow all day at times gusting to 30 miles per hour. low to mid-60s mid afternoon. we'll have highs in the upper 60s. it is going to be a windy and sunny afternoon. it's 4:56. here is angie goff with traffic. >> we do have a traffic alert early morning drivers, northbound lanes of the baltimore washington parkway remain shut down at riverdale road due to an ongoing police investigation. use 50 or 201 as your alternate. still ahead a live report from the scene. we'll take you live to what's going on. now back to you. thank you, angie. 4:56. a washington capitals season is

over. last time in tampa, scoring twice to stop 33 shots, the tampa bay lightning swept top seeded washington. five to three. the lightning have won seven straight playoff games and going to the eastern conference final for the first time since their 2004 stanley cup championship. four straight early exits in the playoffs for the caps. some are suggesting the coach's future are in limbo now. hollywood is coming to virginia. steven spielberg will shoot his film about abraham lincoln in washington, d.c., daniel day lewis will play lincoln and sally field will play his wife. it will be in theaters sometime next year. an all star cast is performing in the broadway revival of the house of blue leaves. >> edie falco mixes it up with

jennifer jason leigh. >> i bring out how i feel. >> ben stiller took singing and piano lessons in the house of blue leaves. >> it was birds, now not blue leaves. >> stiller plays artie shaughnessy, a zoo keeper. >> edie plays a schizophrenic wife, aptly named bananas. >> i grabbed bob hope, i pushed spellman into the back seat, get in i'll take you where you want to go. >> she says research was not necessary for this role. >> i know all about bananas, she is crazy. >> stiller's mystery is the downstairs neighbor bunny. >> i know, i don't know them, but i mean i know. >> played by jennifer jason leigh. >> it's so shocking, you know, it's so funny and then not funny at all. >> reporter: this dark comedy set in 1965 during the pope's visit to new york city has special meaning for stiller,

his mother star in the original stage production 40 years ago. he was in the first revival 25 years ago, playing ronnie, artie's son. stiller says the play still resonates. >> themes in the play about fame and celebrity and need for validation in our culture is as relevant if not more than when the play was originally written. >> reporter: in the end we learn bananas. >> are you going to the looney bin? >> may be the sanest of the bunch. it's a good show, the house of blue leaves is on broadway in a limited engagement through july 9th. and good morning, thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. thank you for waking up with us this thursday i'm mike hydeck. angie goff will have traffic in a moment. meteorologist howard bernstein says grab a sweater. if you don't like it when it's chilly on a walk or run, it may