plenty of sunshine midday and latedy. a fair weather -- late day. a fair weather cloud pass on through, but if all a great forecast for most of us. the 70s by your lunch break hitting 82 degrees. i'm expecting national airport to make it at least to 87 degrees and a few locations in the southern zones will make it a bit higher than that. then back things off towards sunset and headed in toward the overnight another comfortable night is coming our way ahead. in the 50s above the maryland state line. but for most of us, hovering into the middle 50s and low 60s for us. we'll see about 88 degrees up to gaithersburg and even down to fort belvoir, another warm day coming our way. the heat is going to dial up in earnest through the weekend. tomorrow, lower 90s but still low humidity. by the time we get to sunday though, humidity really rises and the temperatures pushing the middle and even those upper

90s. a hot fourth of july with only a slight chance for an isolated shower or storm. now time for a check of the roads. hello everybody. we are starting off the 5:00 hour keeping that green light on. no real problems to report. in fact, a lot of the destruction is clearing -- construction is clearing out of the area. 270, we are tracking the volume around route 80 but overall outside this is what we're seeing, lanes wide open past 121 all the way down to the split. back over to the graphics, this time north of the district on the outer loop. everything checking out all great. as you move it outside 95 to 270. more drivers out this way but you can tell they're moving at speed. as far as the travel times are concerned, virginia, we're going to begin with you -- still ahead a look at your prince george's county roads.

surae and andrea, that's coming up in my next traffic report. one man is dead and four others are hurt after a fight broke out at a movie theater. >> it happened in america boulevard at hyattsville. this is the city's first homicide of the year. lindsey mastis joins us live with the story. tell us what happened. >> reporter: well, good morning surae. this happened just after 6:30 last night and it happened down here at the theater. we're told that two groups of young people and teens got into a fight. a man in his 20s was stabbed to death, four others were injured. now prince george's county is doing the investigating because hyattsville doesn't have a homicide division. it is still very early -- in their investigation. >> two individuals were fighting, one of the suspects pulled out a knife and the victim received trauma to the upper body.

he was transported to the hospital, a local area hospital, and short time later she was pronounced deceased -- he was pronounced deceased. >> police have tot released any -- not released any details about suspects, it's still very early in their investigation. back to you. >> all right, lindsey mastis reporting from hyattsville this morning. thank you. d. c. police are investigating an injury to one of their officers. police say a speeding car on massachusetts avenue struck another car at randall circle. then suspect's vehicle also hit a d. c. police sergeant who was standing nearby. both drivers and the sergeant were taken to a hospital and all injuries that are -- all have injuries that are considered serious, but not life-threatening. the suspect is facing several charges. seven years after a murder mystery in charles county maryland, police make a second arrest. chris mader was shot and killed

after leaving his job. police say they've arrested 33- year-old sean myers of waldorf. matthew correll was arrested last year and charged with murder and attempted robbery. right now, fairfax county fire marshals are investigating is suspicion fire at a high- rise in falls church. last night fire marshals were showing a woman's photo to drivers coming in and out of the gated complex. the woman is a person of interest in that case. vets at the fairfax county animal shelters had to euthanize every cat staying there. about 80 total. it took in some cats a couple of weeks ago that had a deadly and extremely infectious respiratory virus. the virus doesn't affect dogs or humans. for now, leslie johnson

will be a member of the prince george's county council. this despite her guilty plea yesterday in federal court. she admitted to a single count of conspiracy to commit evidence and witness tampering. that charge is related to johnson's actionings november 12th when she talked about flushing a check down the toilet. and then followed husband jack johnson's suggestion to stash cash into her underwear. all as fbi acts arrived at the -- agents at the home in mitchellsville. the successor called for leslie johnson to resign. but she's not required to do so until the sentencing in october. former prince george's county state's attorney glen ivy will join us to discuss the case. time for the latest your money report. jessica is off today. most asian markets climbed overnight thanks in part to a triple digit gain yesterday on wall street. the dow jumped 152 points the close at 12,414.

the nasdaq rose 33 points and the s&p 500 climbed 13. service appears to be back to normal for a discounted bus company that runs from d. c. to places like new york and north carolina. megabus service ground to a halt yesterday frustrated travelers were left waiting in the hot sun. megabus told 9news now it had equipment issues. the company promises to refund travelers' money and offer them a free round trip. the union station parking garage has become part of what some are calling the electric vehicle revolution. a ceremony was held thursday to unveil some of the first public car charging stations in washington. there were on site demonstrations and testive drews. president obama -- test drives. president obama wants to see one million electric vehicles on the roadways by 2012. >> that's pretty neat. well, budget woes have led to state government shutdowns this morning. that story is coming up. also this morning, nba

owners have joined nfl owners in locking out their players. and still ahead. you can spot some really low flying nasa planes if you're driving around today. we'll be right back.

and i'm olga breese in for howard: time now is 5:08 and we're definitely looking at some sunshine this morning. clear skies mainly and low humidity values. forecast today is going to take us through the 70s. right now we are sitting at about 72 degrees and top out about 87. now for a look at the morning drive. all right, thank you olga.

we are keeping our eye on your area roads and right now we are taking a look at the clinton brandy wine area, all is a go out here. still ahead aye got a full traffic report. that's coming up pretty soon. 5:17. now over to you. thank you angie. making news now at 5:09. today the former head of the international monetary fund is headed back to court. and dominique strauss-kahn could get his bail on sex assault charges reduced dramatically although forensic tests found unambiguous evidence of a sexual encounters with strauss-kahn and his accuser, prosecutors have questions now about the credibility of the woman. the housekeeper of the new york hotel. venezuelan president hugo chavez reveals detailed of the surgery in cuba. he underwent successful surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. he didn't say when he would return to venezuela. the minnesota state

government shutdown at midnight with democrat and republican state lawmakers bitterly split over taxes and spending. the state has a $5 billion deficit. this is the second minnesota shutdown in the last six years. a new law is designed to better protect young athletes. we'll have a trainer from the pro d. c. teams talk about the long-term effects of concussions coming up at 5:48. brett haber finds a funny side bar to the last time the nba was in a lockout. and next at 5:14. that all important holiday weekend forecast. stay with us. these sweet honey clustery things have fiber?

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lot of sunshine and don't forget to take the sunglasses stepping out the door this morning. in toward midday. we should start shooting the lower 80s. i say around 11:00, 12:00, past 82 and 83 degrees, by early afternoon, well into the mid # 0s for most of -- 80s for most of us and reagan national at 87 with plenty of sunshine. into the afternoon, a passing cloud from time to time. but these are the fair weather variety-type of clouds so it's not going to bring us any real moisture or any rain chances for today and we're looking dry for tomorrow as well. there are some details in the seven day forecast that could bring a shower by the fourth of july. that's come up in just a moment. the satellite and radar, very very quiet right now. high pressure is ruling, you can see the clouds actually rotating around that center of high pressure and as we get in towards midday and late day. definitely an opportunity for a little bit of a shower -- a little bit of cloud cover to come on through. so here's your weather in the nutshell. what you need no know as you step out this morning. dress for the warm weather.

it's going to be much hotter today than it was yesterday. but you'll feel comfortable. then for saturday, even warmer still as we push into the middle range 90s. we'll hold back on the humidity with northwest wind for saturday. but by the time we get to saturday afternoon, overnight and into sunday, we switch the winds to the southwest and that's going the lead to quite a bit of a warmup and by the time we get to sunday afternoon, in fact, very hot for sunday and monday. could see isolated showers and thunderstorms by the time we get to the fourth of july forecast. so, here's our future track forecast model. it depicts what will happen over the next couple of days. for us, we're going to stay dry for the most part. notice the time stamp this morning at 5:00 a.m., not much change midday and late day and a bit of a sun glare on the morning drive and your afternoon drive as well. then into the overnight tonight. we'll keep things clear and calm. winds mainly out of the northwest as well with the drier air moving on through. with our next three days at least the forecast is staying

fairly consistent. sunny skies, clear conditions overnight. and overnight lows quite reasonable. we'll push the upper 80s for today. lower 90s for tomorrow. but then by the time we get to sunday and even into monday, the temperatures are going to really start to soar and the humidity values are going to make et feel even more than that. so let's breakdown the seven day forecast for you. great weather for today. weevil take it up to the -- we'll take it up to the upper 80s and maybe a peek of a 90- degree temperature somewhere along that temperature map by the end of the day. but the city center should stay right around those upper 80s. overnight tonight, still fairly comfortable with northwest winds into the 60s. but for saturday and sunday, a bit more of a warmup. notice the overnight lows are going to get much warmer into the 70s and then muggy days as well for sunday and monday. if you have plans for the fourth of july, it looks like it should be great even if you're headed out to the shore or any of the beaches.

spotty shower possible in the late afternoon. but in all, it should be dry for our fourth of july celebration here in the nation's capital. then on tuesday and wednesday, we start the really settle down with our weather. lower range to middle range 90s. and again, the heat and humidity are going to stick around for some time to come. time now for a check of the roads. thank you very much olga. hey everybody, hope you're having a fantastic friday. yellow light is on right now because of a new crash activity with us. it's on the outer loop near brad dockroad and what we've leaned is that it's taken away -- learned is that it's taking away a right lane of traffic. still if you can imagine if they don't get it off the roadway things will back up more than usual. 95, that's going to be your next focus on down there in virginia. we want to show you the northbound trip, so far, so good outside from what we can tell looking through the cameras from dumfries to past the mixing bowl. everyone is moving at speed. back over to the ma'ams and this time a look -- maps and this time a look at 66. we have green on the map.

great pace. pretty much no problems from centreville to inside the beltway. the travel times, on over to maryland and show you -- still ahead we're in virginia. taking a look at 395, surae and andrea, that's coming up in my next report. now over to you. if you're driving in maryland today, you may spot really low flying planes. >> we've been telling you about this. nasa pilots are taking samples in the skies over the baltimore and washington traffic corridor. it's part of the discover a. q. mission to test air quality at different altitudes. so some of the planes will be flying just 1,000 feet off the ground. today's flights are scheduled from 10:30 until 6:30 and they'll be happening throughout this month. this morning, a second major sport is in a lockout. >> if this nba lockout goes

like the last one, the season coming up will be shortened or canceled. it's time to take a look at the question of the morning. >> it is -- >> here's a look at a response you posted on the wusa9 facebook fan page. velvet hughes anderson wrote -- isn't that the truth? >> i don't know about that. well, yeah, we do. log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer later this morning.

welcome back everybody, we have a forecast that aims the please. sunshine today and temperatures already starting out on the mild side. most of us are into the leer 70s and mid 70s by the 9:00 hour and we're going to keep on going. pushing through the 80s by your lunch break. take the sun glasses and maybe have the lunch outside and hit the middle 80s by early afternoon. lake forecast though features a bit of a warmup. reagan national airport near 89 degrees as we head toward into the afternoon. could see a cloud pass from time to time. but no moisture in the air, we're going to keep things dry. the seven day forecast looks just as nice. of the four major pro sports in america, two of them are now under a lockout. >> by the way, the nba lockout

will actually be profitable for one of the parties involved. brett haber explains in your morning sports. >> good morning, everybody. at the very least all the 32 nfl teams made money last year. which is why you have to figure at the end of day that lockout is going to get involved before the -- solved before season begins. nobody wants to kill the golden goose of the nfl. the thing is, the nba has no golden goose. three quarters of their teams lost money last year. for them a lockout is a good thing. they make more money not playing than they do playing which is why the nba began the lockout last night. there was no progress with the meeting on thursday. the owners want a hard salary cap and change the revenue split from the players getting 57% to the owners getting more than 50%. the players say that's not happening and that leaves us with no hoops. >> it worries me that we're not closer and that we spent all this time trying to get closer. we have a huge philosophical

divide. >> a lot of our fans still don't like the prospect of a lockout. we don't like it either. it's something our owners feel i guess is the best way the maybe get what they want. >> you may remember the last nba lockout was in 1998 and it lasted until january 20th. they play an abbreviated 50 game season that year and while that lockout was on, many nba fans found other venues to satisfy their basketball jones as this 1998 nike commercial reminds us. >> regina miller, you stink, you stink! she got nothing. she got nothing. >> that was luck. that was luck. >> you shut up. eighth grade girls basketball, it's fantastic. >> man, if spike can't taunt reggie, he's got the taunt regina. that's a quick look at sports this morning, i'm brett haber,

have a great friday everybody,. there are some new laws in the books for virginia and maryland today. and plus one company announces it will no longer hire people who smoke. thank you surae, a look at 390 headed northbound and we are doing okay from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. still ahead a look at the outer loop accident. we'll have an update on your d. c. roads at 5:29. keep it here.

good morning and welcome back to 9news now, i'm andrea roane, happy friday. >> yeah, no kidding, i'm surae chinn, mike hydeck has the day off. thank you for joining us this morning, angie will have traffic in just a moment. >> yes. and we start with olga breese in for howard bernstein. >> everyone wants to know the fourth of july weekend? i know a lot of people are wrapping up their workweek today. getting ready to take off and head on out.

looks like we're going to have some pretty good weather, but it's going to warm up saturday, sunday and monday and be prepared for that. forecast for today. so far, so good. we started off very cool this morning. most of us down into the 60s, some of us already into the lower range 70s. national airport coming in at 72 degrees this hour. we will continue our warming trend through midday and late day. push out of the 70s and into the lower 80s by your lunch break. and then later on this afternoon, i'm expecting many of us to top out into the upper range 70s. featuring sunshine throughout and the forecast actually a little bit on the warm side for some in towards the weekend. this morning though, things are comfortable with northwest winds and lower humidity. here's the next three days, we'll stay into the upper 80s for today and keep it hot for tomorrow. the humidity values remain fairly reasonable even into saturday afternoon. a tiny bit of cloud cover late in the day on saturday. but not expecting any rain chances until your sunday forecast. that's when we really start to heat things up sunday's high

should make it to about 95 degrees and you'll notice a touch of humidity pushing back in. so heat index will be a feature as well by sunday afternoon. a check of the seven day forecast in a couple of minutes. now it's time to look at the morning drive. halfway through the 5:00 hour right now, yellow light stay osen. we continue to track this tie- up on the capital beltway. it comes to us from the outer loop near braddock road. overall volume not so bad. the realtime graphics and zoom on into the district drive. overhead a short camera tour for you, this is our condition out by m street and south capitol. everything is all clear in northwest georgia avenue and irving, the same situation. nice and quiet this morning. as far as your train report is concerned, we've checked all lines and it appears everyone, they're running on time. no major delays to report. still ahead a look at the gw parkway. i'll have that coming up. for now over tow.

coming up on 5:31 this morning, it appears firefighters have won a major battle in new mexico. >> crews believe they've stopped the advance of a wildfire which has been threatening the los alamos government nuclear laboratory. more than 1,000 firefighters have now at the scene. thousands of residents forced to evacuate this week won't be allowed back until sunday. today d. c. police officer richmond phillips is due in court. phillips is accused of murder in the death of 20-year-old wynetta right and manslaughter in the death of her infant daughter, jaylin. wright had filed a paternity case. she disappeared may 30th. the night before a hearing in that case. she and her daughter's bodies were found june 2nd. a young man in his 20s is dead after being stabbed at a theater in hyattsville. lindsey mastis joins us live

from the scene. >> reporter: good morning, it did happen right down here at the movie theater. this is america boulevard. we're in the university town center. this is the first homicide in hyattsville this year. police say there were two groups of young people and teens that got into fight. they've not released any information about the suspects. >> pulled out a knife and the victim received trauma to the upper body. he was transported to the hospital. a local area hospital. and short time later he was pronounced deceased. >> reporter: now police have handed the case over to prince george's county police. that's because hyattsville doesn't have a homicide division. surae, back to you. >> all right, thank you lindsey mastis. with today being july 1st, a number of new laws are now in effect in virginia, it's now easier for victims in abusive relationships to get protective court orders. if a voter has cast an absentee ballot it will count even if they die before election day.

and restaurants can now allow customers to bring in their own wines. if you are buying alcohol for your july fourth festivities in maryland, you will notice a price jump. today the sales tax on alcohol sold in the free state rises from 6% to9%. it's the first alcohol specific tax increase in the state in 38 years. advocates say the tax will reduce underage drinking and alcohol bruce and it's estimated the state will collect $85 million a year from the increase. some other new maryland laws include an income tax credit of 20% off electric vehicle recharging equipment, collective bargaining rights will be specified for in-home care providers. there's also good news for dog owners. dogs can now legally go with their owners to any restaurant which has an outdoor dining area. they must first receive the

owner's okay and also provide a written notice to the local health department. it's time now for another your money report. jessica doyle is off today. if you would like to be the first to own the latest high- tech gadget. get ready this morning. hp debuts the touch bad in stores today. the company released this video to give a public a first look. hp touts the touch bad as the next level of -- pad as the next level of networking. it automatically card stacks activities and has face-to-face chat. so far, the early reviews have been mixed. smokers need not apply. that's not an ad for a roommate. that's a new message from humana insurance to potential employees. it will use urine tests to screen applicants and not hire those whose tests are positive

for nicotine. experts say there's no law against rejecting smokers for jobs. is naked ambition a good or bad thing when it comes the looking for a job in a struggling economy? when the stadium club in northeast wanted the hire exotic dancers, it placed an ad on the official website of. the c.'s department of employment services. some department employees were offended and the department asked the club to voluntarily withdraw the job listing. which it did yesterday. the department spokesman waters declined repeated requests for an on camera interview to discuss this policy. >> interesting. they met the requirements you can't be kicked off the listing. >> right, i guess they're just to appease the employees huh? >> you wonder how many people go to the website looking for something like that. coming up. a look at some special events at local museums this holiday weekend. including why bunch of

people were grooving over the latest donation to the smithsonian. we'll be right back. and it's time now for your united airlines travel forecast. 61 degrees this hour at dulles international airport. winds have been calm to light this morning. we'll take our winds today out of the northwest and keep things clear and dry. this is quite nice, should be taking often time and it will be a bit of a warmup if you're headed off to the the west. stopping in chicago, chance of late day shower or thunderstorm a possibility. but very warm into the lower 90s. then out toward the denver area, i expect sunny skies and a high of about 86 degrees, definitely see the forecast warming up down to the south and up to the southwest as well. temperatures in the 70s and 60s in the pacific northwest.

off to a beautiful start on this thursday morning. i'm enjoying the breeze here on the weather terrace. top temperatures are very comfortable. most of us in the upper 60s and lower 70s in the nation's capital and keep the sunny skies in the afternoon. be prepared though, today is going to be a bit of a warmup. right now although we are on the cool side, keeping the air dry and a little bit warmer. today we're headed for the upper 80s near 90-degrees and even more ochoa warmup on the way with holiday weekend. a full seven day forecast in a couple of minutes. but right now with angie and the morning ride. all is a go right now from the george washington parkway to the key bridge on this friday morning. still ahead a look at your

maryland roads. now back to you. the national air and space museum opened 35 years ago today. and it quickly became the most popular museum in the world. so deliberate the anniversary the museum will show the same movie that premiered on july 1st, 1976. adults can catch "to fly" for just 50 cents and tickets for kids are just 25 cents the way it was back then. today, the authors will discuss their books. a new exhibit about our 40th president opens today at the national portrait gallery. the show is called one life -- ronald reagan and it chronicles his early years in illinois, his acting and political career, the show also features images of the assassination attempt in 1981. it runs through the late may 2012. will, the latest donation to the smithsonian will have many people flashing back to

the 1970s. "soul train's" impact on american culture happened last night on the national mall. deejays played a bunch of tunes you might have heard on the original show as people danced the night away. "soul train" nostalgia is being donated to the museum of african-american history and culture. got to have the voice of don cornelius somewhere in that exhibit for sure. a new law taking effect in maryland today aims to protect young athletes from concussions. the capital's head key physicians will join us to talk about it coming up. plus, the royal newlyweds are on this side of the pond for their first official trip overseas together. >> here's a look at who's celebrating a birthday today --

good morning and welcome back to 9news now. 5:44 this friday morning: as we said it's the beginning of a long weekend for many of you. so let's get right to olga breese's forecast. food one or good and hot one? >> well, it depend on how you like it. for those who like it hot, we're going to satisfy you before you the weekend is out. for right now though, cool start to the morning, the day planner starting off on the mild side. most of us into the upper 60s and low 70s for the overnight

lows. we're gone to keep on moving, out of the 70s into the 80s by late morning. in fact, midday. good time to stroll outside and go to a park and even have the lunch outdoors as we push into the lower 80s. by late afternoon though, expecting the city temperature to get into the upper range 80s and even 90s across the southern zones and a passing cloud from time to time. but in all a very nice day as temperatures back off as we get closer to sunset. forecast for today, satellite and radar has been quiet. we've been talking a lot about this high pressure system that has been basically dominating the eastern seaboard. it's still with us. and the know around that system is still northwest and we're going to continue with mainly clear skies and dry conditions with cooler drier air filtering in from the north. as time goes by though, the system is going to push offshore and that's going to open the door for more south southwesterly wind flow before the weekend is out. a warmup will be underway and that's going to keep us very hot as he head to sunday and

even our monday forecast. so let's take a look around and see what the weather headlines have in store for us. very hot day for us compared to the last few. push the 90-degree mark. i think most of us will stay below 90 for today, but humidity values are going to continue to be low. then for saturday, we really heat it up. middle range 90s for most of us by saturday afternoon, passing clouds and the humidity is still in check. the change occurs from saturday night into sunday. we'll dial up the heat all weekend long particularly sunday and even on monday. temperatures will really push into the middle range and upper 90s with an opportunity for some showers and thunderstorms each day. but it shouldn't interfere with your festivities for the fourth of july. the futurecast forecast model breaks it down for us hour by hour beginning at 5:45 this morning i'll set this in motion and you can see not much happening. we have the high pressure

system keeping the clouds clear. a little cloud from time to time particularly on saturday afternoon, but in all a great day tomorrow as well with temperatures back into the lower and middle range 90s. forecast for today. dress accordingly because it is going to be warm later on this afternoon. expecting to hit the upper 80s for city center and close to 90- degrees the further you get down to the south and overnight tonight another comfortable sleeping night tonight. as we're back down into the 6 #s. overall the beach forecast looks pretty good at the beach. even a shower on saturday, but in all looking pretty good with the seven day forecast. we are expecting again that warmup coming our way which is going to keep us into the upper 90s by your tuesday forecast. now let's take a look at the morning ride. all right, my pleasure. my pleasure. thank you so much olga. just 13 minutes away from the start of the 6:00 hourment green light kicks things offment to the maps, show you the outer loop north of the district.

want to show you the outer loop north of the district that from 95 over to 270. everyone is moving at speed. outside there's a clear example of that at 193 and university. over to the maps again and take a look at 270 for you southbound travelers, so far, so good. no incidents to report. frommable 0 down to 109, we -- from 80 down to 109, a little bit of congestion there building, but overall doing okay from 121 to the split. we've got your travel times for you -- still ahead, more roads for you, andrea, that's coming up at 6:00. over to you. thank you angie. outathletes who suffer con suggestions will now get more protection. the maryland youth concussion law went into effect this morning under the new law students won't be allowed to practice or play until they're cleared by a doctor. the maryland state department

of education also asked to implement concussion awareness programs for coaches, student- athletes and parents who don't know the signs of injury. some symptoms include -- joining me now is dr. ben schaffer, if head team physician for the washington capitals and you deal with adults and we've seen what happens with concussions in kids like we saw during the championship game with nathan horn and aaron rome. the hit he put on him. talk about a severe concussion in a young person. what affect does that have on area brain? >> a young person has a risk of significant injury. the symptoms can persist and impact their ability to not only return to the sport and play effectively. but also in their school work and community functions. this is a risk of a problem when you have that kind of a

hit. >> you work with camps -- the washington capitals youth camp, you also work with students k- 12. are their parents aware of what the risks are? are you more involved now in making sure players don't get back on the field after they've had some sort of hit? >> well, i think hits like you talked about in the playoffs and the hit to somebody like sydney crosby has really brought to the forefront the fact that this is kind of the silent epidemic. and i think this law has done a great job to bring awareness both to parents, to coaches, and to the players in terms of the significance of continuing to play in light of the potential concussion. >> if you come back from a concussion and suffer another and maybe even another as you talk about sydney crosby, what is the lasting effects of this type of head injury? >> fortunately, most kids who have a concussion are ultimately going to be fine. but there is a relationship between the number of

concussions and the frequency with which they occur that have a more lasting impact and can decrease the work -- or can increase the period of time before they can come back to play. >> is the biggest benefit of this law awareness -- awareness on the part of coaches, awareness on the part of parents? >> i think so. i mean, it's definitely mandating to kids who have a suspected concussion get out of the fame or whatever the activity is. but they have to be evaluated before they're cleared to return and they must be evaluated by an appropriate professional and i think what it really does is raise the public's awareness about the underlying problem of concussions that really are pretty pervasive. >> again the symptoms, the vomiting, the slurred speech and headache. could it really be a silent injury where maybe a student doesn't have that and further down the line, they may pass out or something? >> yeah, you bring up a good point. the fact is, that concussion

symptoms are not always what we have been led to believe which is a sudden loss of consciousness which happens really one out of 10 times, most of the symptoms can be variable and mild. something like being lightheaded or maybe feel a little sleepy or mild memory impairment. i can't remember exactly what happened at the time. but there's a broad spectrum of symptoms and signs that patients present with and it only be several hours or several days later when they first present. >> dr. ben schaffer, thank you for coming in this morning. >> thank you for having me. surae? all right, thank you andrea, making news now at 5:51. a nigerian born man is set to appear in los angeles federal court today on charges-a stowaway on a plane. he's accused of sneaking on to a plane from new york to los angeles last week without a valid boarding pass or government issued id. people in mexico sought shelter from tropical storm arlene. the first named storm of the

atlantic hurricane season. arlene dumped lots of rain on the area causing serious flooding and bringing down frees. now authorities are on alert for possible mudslides. the duke and duchess of cambridge are waking up in canada this morning. prince william and his wife catherine arrived in ottawa yesterday. they attended a couple of events there and will visit seven cities in nine days including a stop in los angeles next week. 5:53. time to take a look at the question of the morning -- well, here's a look at a response you posted on the wusa9 facebook fan page, eric johnson wrote -- >> just log on to wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response.

we'll reveal the answer later this morning. well, the author of "sex and the city" promotes her prequell book in d. c., that story is coming up. plus a look at some of the new movies you can catch in theaters when it gets too hot outside this weekend. she notices when my skin's rough.

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good friday morning everyone, hope your day is off to a great startment wear wise, we are looking good. forecast for today is going to start to warm up a little bit. but still comfortable. the winds out of the north fairly light. hit the lower 80s by your lunch break and later on this afternoon, i'm expecting most of us to hit the middle range and hit the upper 80s by the rest of the afternoon. angie? thank you olga. oh my goff. it's finally friday. yes! all right. so let's take a look at the new movies you can see in the cool movie theaters this weekend. "transformers -- dark of the moon" is the third film in the series. some of the scenes were shot on the streets of d. c.. you might remember, shia labeouf is back as the star, although megan fox is not in the movie. critics call this one heavy on the special effects and like on

the story. tom hanks and julia roberts co-star in "larry crowne." hanks also stars in the film. so he heads to a local community college and meets roberts' character who is one of the professors. disney discharge selena gomez stars in -- darling selena gomez stars in the movie along with leighton meester. the three are swept up in an adventure to monte carlo. the mind behind the manolos helps us get carried away over d. c.. candace bushnell, the author of "sex and the city" was here promoting her new book. "summer and the city" is a prequel that features a young carrie bradshaw at the age of 17. the private party overlooked

washington from the rooftop of the avenue condos on i street. inside, guests got a preview of carrie's closet courtesy of neiman marcus. call it the last hurrah. well, or crawfish fan? as the season of the mud bugs draws to an end, the hungry gathered for a big crawfish boil hosted by the cajun experience. they were on the menu and in addition to dining, there was dancing with louisiana senators david vitter and his family. also having a good time. our very own andrea roane and she sucks the head and pinches the tail. all right. >> yes, we do. >> you can get more on the blog. >> they're having a big $35 all you can eat weekend and they're going to go fast. >> heard you were good at eating. thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.