nba, they're all having labor problems. the showers are pulling away. just a few clouds are left over. another hot, humid day and yes, there will be a pop-up shower or two but i think mothers of us stay dry -- but most of us stay dry. 75 degrees at reagan national. mid 80s by noon. this afternoon, partly sunny. that stray shower or thunderstorm. 5:00 p.m. temperature around 90. a code orange air alert. unhealthy for sensitive groups. very young, very old or have respiratory ailments, you're more susceptible to the air quality than the rest of the population. last night, look at all of the heavy storms from southern maryland, the northern neck down richmond, points east. also had a couple of heavier ones. the fireworks went off ok in d.c. some light showers overnight. they're pulling away now. in southern maryland, some very light sprinkles here coming in from southern charles through st. mary's. most of it to the northern neck

from bill telling me real, real light. the temperatures as we step out of the way, excuse me, in the low 60s from martinsburg and petersburg and oakland to the mid-70s. lou ann at 76. andrews 71. we're at 75. monika? >> good morning, everybody. if you're planning to head into arlington, we'll start off with that. there have been downed wires. authorities have been there overnight. basically blocking off old dominion drive between north glebe road and williamsburg boulevard. not difficult to get around it. use rock spring road back over to old dominion. you should be ok. let's head over to the beltway and zoom in to 95 coming in virginia. take a live look. if you're planning to head up from dale city up into lorton, you're good to go up on to 395. this time, we'll zoom into 66. if you're planning to head in from the west, you'll be fine. let's take a live look. no problems from manassas into centreville and fairfax. it is a clear ride this morning. and now over to your travel

times. we'll start off with the outer loop of the beltway, 95 to 270. the beltway, route 4 to the wilson bridge, 9 minutes this morning. in my next report, let's take a look at the gw parkway at 5:09. police have a driver in custody after an early morning crash that could have been much worse. >> the vehicle did some demolition work on a home in aspen hill, maryland. surae chinn is live at the scene with details. good morning. >> good morning to both of you. a pretty unbelievable story, thinking that no one was killed. check out the house right here. folks are working on it right now. to shore up the house. right back there, you'll also see what was once a washing machine. we have keith avery here to talk about what exactly happened. i know, keith, you said you were sleeping at the time when this all happened. >> yes, i was taking a nap and i heard this loud crash and i opened the door to see an suv

in my dining room. i tried to get out but it was blocking the door and i couldn't get out so i had to climb out the side window to come back around inside the thousands see what extent the damage was. >> reporter: you were thinking you were dreaming all of this. >> i was. it is not every day you see a truck in your dining room. >> reporter: let's talk about the rest of your family. your son was cleaning up his room. your wife, talk about how close this car came to her. >> my wife was in the back living room and she had just gotten up to turn off the television on the far left side of the back living room. when this truck came crashing through the back door. and with all of the debris, when she actually came to the truck was three inches from her face. so, she was literally almost killed. she's lucky to be alive. >> unbelievable. >> it is crazy. >> reporter: she's resting in the car. you guys aren't able to get inside the house. what are they doing here?

>> they're boarding up the house and securing the structure. they said it was structurally unsound. we're not allowed to go back in until they fix some of that. >> keith, we're thankful all of you are ok. your wife is ok. some bumps and bruises and she still has some aches and pains. >> she is lucky to be alive. she will be fine. thank you, keith. >> some things to note that a woman was taken into custody with alcohol influence and so she was arrested last night, spending the night in jail. speed was also a factor. >> thank you, surae chinn. an incredible story. thank goodness everyone in that family is doing well this morning. well, hundreds of thousands of people saw fireworks light up the sky over the national mall. the annual fireworks display capped off july 4th celebration on our nation's 235th

birthday. 14,000 pounds of explosives were used for the 17-minute show. the massive pyrotechnics capped off a day of activities and follow the annual a capital 4th concert. >> police are investigating serious july 4th incidents on water ways. the washington harbor patrol pulled a man out of the potomac river about a half-mile south of memorial bridge. the man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. doctors are trying to save a man who nearly drowned a gunnar's lake in germantown. he was playing with a toy boat on the water last night. the toy stalled and when he tried to swim out to get it, he went under. when rescuers finally pulled him out, he was unresponsive. he was last listed in critical condition. a 6-year-old boy couldn't be saved at sandy point state park in anne arundel county. he may have been underwater in an unguarded section of the beach for up to half an hour. when the boy was pulled from the waters, rescuers

administered cpr but they couldn't revive him. >> come inon, virginia says the customers still without power in arlington should get it back by 6:00 tonight at the latest. this is a live picture just outside one of the dark neighborhoods at glebe road and old dominion drive. entrances to those streets are blocked off this morning. verizon crews worked by the light of last night's fireworks display. this morning, they tell 9news, the crews can't get to some areas until vdot clears down trees. about 1600 people in northern virginia are still waiting for the lights to come back on after sunday night's storm. it is now time for the latest "your money" report of the morning. wall street gets back to work. investors will look at the latest report on how america's factories are doing. new numbers showed improvement in manufacturing. that gave wall street a pop last friday. the dow finished up 168 points to close at 12,582.

the s&p 500 up by 19 points. when it comes to living expenses, which cities are the priciest? it probably won't surprise you to learn the washington area ranked in the top ten in a new list from kiplinger magazine. some of the factors, high real estate, rising energy cost especially for gasoline and electricity. here is your top five. new york city came in at number one in the country. number two, honolulu, hawaii. number three, san francisco. san jose, california was number four. stanford, connecticut number five. as for washington, d.c., we came in as the sixth most expensive city in the country. incomes are well above average here thanks to the strong job market but the cost of living is -- rental prices are double the national average. for anybody who's tried to rent a place lately, they can tell you. >> you told us more people are renting because the mortgages are so high and just trying to

get into a home, you have to jump through hoops to impress the banker. >> rents are up. foreclosures are up. it is part of one vicious cycle. >> hunker down. well, most of us went to or hosted a cookout and maybe watched a parade and fireworks for our 4th of july. >> a few of the adventures were out west celebrating america's independence on the slopes. >> ahead in sports, quite the auspicious beginning for the nationals top draft pick in his first aa game. you're watching 9news now.

it is 5:09 on this tuesday morning. the showers from overnight, they have left the region. only a slight chance to see something pop up later today. your day planner on this tuesday, july 5th, calling for sunshine. 86 by noon. 90 at 3:00. high today around 90, 91. again, just an isolated storm possible later on. monika is in now with a look at timesaver traffic. >> if you're planning to head southbound on the gw parkway, we'll take a fly from the beltway past route 123 and the scenic overlook to the potomac river. crossing, everything is looking fine. in my next report, we'll take a look at maryland roads at 5:17. andrea, back to you. making news now at 5:10, the mexican navy plans to expand its search for seven american tourists. the seven fell into the gulf of california sunday when a storm capsized their fishing boat. one tourist's body was recovered while 19 others on

the boat and the 16 crew members were rescued yesterday. the missing tourists could survive in the warm gulf of california. the problems are not over for dominique strauss-kahn. today, a french author is expected to file a criminal complaint accusing the former international monetary fund director of attempted rape. the rape case against strauss- kahn in new york is weakening because questions have emerged about his accuser's credibility. here is a way to celebrate july 4th. go skiing! and we mean snow skiing! a record breaking season for snowfall left utah's snowbird ski resort with enough powder to open on independence day even though temperatures reached the 70s. the resort stayed open 202 days this season beating the old record by one day. probably a little icy but they're still going to take it. >> then when they get back down, it is 70 degrees. not bad. the u.s. senate is ending

its holiday earlier than scheduled. we'll have the latest on efforts to reach the deal on the debt ceiling at 5:34. at 5:24, pro tennis servers start serving at a new facility in washington tonight. next, howard says get ready for the heat, really hot toward the end of the seven-day forecast. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com.

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>> hopefully you're up and ready to go to work the day after a great holiday. jessica was talking about something in her throat. you said it was a code orange day today and yesterday. what's out there? >> we didn't get the allergy update. we've had the mold around. with a little rain showers we've been having, mold spores are probably moderate. grass pollen and the weed pollen up there a little bit. could be any of those. >> i was trying to figure it out because i don't normally get allergies. >> lucky you. >> good time. >> maybe you just got a summer cold. hopefully not. just a brief little froggy in the throat. this morning, we're dealing with a cloudy sky to our south. areas north and west are seeing the moonshine. sun will be up in about half an

hour or less now. we're getting a later sunrise since we've crossed the solstice a couple of weeks ago. day planner calling for sunshine. unlike yesterday, cloudy all day. by 1:00, upper 80s. by 3:00, around 90. this afternoon with the heat, we may pop one or two showers here or there. the coverage will be fairly sparse. most of us stay dry today. it won't be the case tomorrow into thursday as some of the moisture returns with the frontal boundary. look at the dry air up to our north. dew points have dropped into the mid-50s. even into the 40s. unfortunately, our dew points are still in the 60s. the muggies are really close. this is tough to get rid of this time of year. down with the higher dew points, we're still dealing with light showers this morning. quickly racing away from areas in southern maryland where a couple of sprinkles around leonardtown. even down in the northern neck,

route 360 here. other than light sprinkles, that's it from the overnight showers. temperatures where the air is a little bit drier and the skies have cleared some. the low to mid-60s. we're still in the low to middle 70s with 75 degrees now at reagan national under mostly cloudy skies. winds, drier direction. north-northwest at 7. that will turn southerly. dew point at 65. want to show you this frontal boundary. this things gets close to us late tomorrow into thursday. with this coming toward us. another boundary off to the south. getting a little squeeze play tomorrow into thursday. while we've got the slight chance, real slight chance of a storm this afternoon and there you see them popping up, it looks like tomorrow afternoon, we'll have a better chance to pop a couple of showers and storms and again on thursday as well. looking ahead toward the next three days, today, we've got forecast high 91 degrees with the isolated storm out there. wednesday, some storms in the

afternoon. better chance d.c. points south as opposed to north. thursday, scattered thunderstorms. as we head toward friday, storms in the upper 80s. we start to dry out for the weekend. slight chance of a storm. i think hotter sunday and monday. storm chances off as temperatures rise from the lower and possible middle 90s. let's get a look out at the traffic. there's no construction out there. >> that is good news. >> construction has been delayed because of the holiday. that's good news especially if you're travelling in virginia on the beltway. no need to worry this morning. in the meantime, we do have a problem in arlington where there have been downed wires overnight. we'll take a look live where authorities are on the scene and they've blocked off basically old dominion drive between north glebe and williamsburg boulevard. it isn't too tough to get around it. take rock spring road back on to old dominion. we'll keep you posted on this situation. on the beltway, we'll zoom into

the outer loop and take a live look where there are no problems. traffic is moving freely between 95, university boulevard and 270. back over to the map and this time, let's zoom into 270 heading southbound and take a live look. here's what it looks like in germantown headed down to rockville. you'll be ok. now a look at your travel times starting off with the beltway, 395 to the toll road. the toll road in from hunter mill is 6 minutes and 295 up to the 11th street bridge, only 7 minutes right now. a look at 95 in maryland at 5:25. a very important person will be at tonight's nationals game. details coming up. >> plus, pitcher levon hernandez plays the hero but not on the mound. at the plate. highlights next in sports. >> it is 5:19. tyke to take another look at the question of the morning. >> the 4th of july is biggest holiday for sales of this one item is. it a, hot dogs? b, beer or c, crabs? >> here's a look at a response

you left on the facebook.com/wusa9 page. we know this person, bishop wrote i say d, all of the above. >> log on to facebook.com/wusa9 and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer later this morning. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them.

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a couple of showers overnight quickly pulling away from the region. by 9:00, temperatures should be around 80 degrees. we'll warm up quickly. like to exercise outdoors, do it this morning. going to be a hot, humid afternoon. 86 by noon. 90 by 3:00. notice the little specks of green. isolated storms here and there. that will be the case with the 6:00 temperature. upper 80s to around 90. over to you. if you're headed to nationals park tonight, look for first lady michelle obama. she's going to the game to help recognize military families. >> she'll take part in pregame ceremonies and tribute during the third inning. here's brett haber with the rest of your morning sports. >> good morning, everybody. here's how you know the nationals offense has some issues. their go-to guy in the tenth inning was a 270 pound pitcher. if you think that's funny, what's even funnier is he

delivered. roger wants to be the nat's long-term solution in center field. this is not going to help his cause. carlos pena was going to triple on that. he would later score. even if you can forgive him for that, you probably wouldn't forgive him for this. lost at sea out there. two runs score. game would go to the 10th tied at 4. livan hernandez, he could be a position player if he didn't pitch. perfect sacrifice. that was key because moments later carlos, a walk-off wild pitch as jayson werth scores, 5-4 victory for the nats. another day, another hero. meanwhile, national teen sensation promoted. here is the first aa pitch he ever saw. he strokes it in for a single. a run scored. helps the senators to an 8-1 win.

in texas monday, chris pitching for the orioles. his last name is two letters shy of being the longest in major league history. that and $3 will get him a cup of coffee at starbucks. chavez, the former nat takes him deep. 13-4. that is a quick look at sports this morning. i'm brett haber. hope you had an awesome 4th. have a great tuesday, everybody. one more sports note for you especially if you love tennis. tonight, the washington castles begin their season at the new waterfront stadium in southwest washington. venus williams will play for the castles while serena will play on thursday. the men's new number one player in the world after his wimbledon win. after her early exit, serena is ranked 175th. she's only won four matches in the last year. ven us so ranked at 34th. >> that's remarkable. >> she had the foot injuries and everything else.

>> now, they don't use fuel and they aren't very demanding. still ahead, we'll tell you what animals will be taking up mowing duties in one local town. >> plus, we'll get a live update on an overnight crash where an suv plows through someone's front door. here's monika. >> if you're planning to head southbound on 95 in maryland, everything is looking good from jessup into laurel and down to beltsville and the beltway. coming up, we'll take a look at district roads at 5:30. you're watching 9news now. stay with us.

good morning and welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm jessica doyle. mike has the day off. thank you for joining us this morning. the lovely monika is in for the lovely angie with traffic. >> thank you, lovely jessica. >> the lovely howard bernstein has a lovely forecast. >> i don't know what to say.

>> there is love in the room. >> feeling good this tuesday morning. >> is it a forecast we'll love? >> i think you'll like it a lot. some people love it when it is 90 degrees and humid and sticky. you're not a big fan of the heat, andrea but we can handle this. we'll only see a slight chance for a thunderstorm this afternoon. rain chances will be lower today. coming up a little bit tomorrow and on thursday as well. hey, temperatures this morning in the mid-70s. we'll climb to the middle 80s by noon. you want to go to the pool this afternoon, maybe didn't like it yesterday. it was too cloudy. we'll see more sunshine. except like yesterday, we've got the code orange air quality. some showers last night. got a couple. boy, 9:00, fireworks down from richmond to williamsburg. even parts of the northern neck at southern maryland. damp there and also to the north and west. some sprinkles overnight. those things are pulling away quickly. we're down to the northern neck. this is readville and newland.

there may be a leftover sprinkle in st. mary's county. temps running 60s northwest to 70s in town. monika has the latest timesaver traffic. >> good morning, everybody. if you're planning to head out around town, there is only one issue right now. that's been in arlington. we've been telling you about this with downed wires overnight. it is right here on old dominion drive blocked between north glebe road and williamsburg boulevard. just go ahead and use rock spring over to old dominion. you can follow direction in that area as well. the beltway is looking great. let's zoom into the district and take a tour starting off with the northwest corridor. no problems here on constitution avenue at 23rd street. you may see cleanup of course from last night during the day today. let's take you over to the topside of the district. 16th street and u street. no problems in northwest. now over to southeast on pennsylvania avenue. if you're planning to head over to the sousa bridge, a little bit of volume but no problems

right now. let's go over to the trains, everything is running on time on metro, vre and marc. this one heads up on the foggy bottom station, the escalators are out. jessica, andrea? >> this morning, hundreds of people in arlington are still wait for the lights to come back on. >> they lost power in sunday night's round of thunderstorms. the storms knocked out a lot of trees and power lines in north arlington. you're looking at live pictures of one of the neighborhoods along glebe road and old dominion drive. dominion power tells us the workers are waiting on crews from vdot. they have to wait for the trees to be cleared before they can get the power back on. they hope to have everyone back on by this afternoon. >> montgomery county police have arrested a driver after an suf crashed into a home. it happened very early this morning in aspen hill. 9news now reporter surae chinn

joins us live from the scene with more. good morning. >> good morning, andrea. festivities on the 4 july may have been a little too much for one driver. police say someone, a woman, who was under the influence of alcohol came speeding down this road right through the backyard of the avery home into the back door, into the living room. and that's where three people were inside of the home and also a woman was just turning off the tv at the moment when the car came crashing into this living room, just three inches from her face. right now, folks are shoring up this home. it is not inhabitable right now. they're trying to make sure the ceiling does not cave into the home but right now, a major disaster here. the family is on the scene. we talked to them in the last half hour. here's what the father had to say.

>> the suv was in the back living room. and my wife had just gotten up to turn off the television when the suv drove through the living room where she was sitting. i think some of the debris hit her. i think she told me she blacked out a little bit. the truck was three inches from where she was sitting. >> this close to her face. she's lucky to be alive. >> reporter: lucky to be alive is keith avery speaking this morning. an unbelievable story and yes, everyone is ok. the wife just a little bit injured. very shaken this morning. but right now, you can see folks shoring up the home. it will be quite awhile before they clean up. also, we want to note the woman was taken into custody who was behind the wheel. >> thank you, surae chinn, reporting live. a man attending the salem fair in southwest virginia could be liable for damages after a roller coaster accident. six people were hospitalized after two cars on the riptide

coaster collided. the fair's safety consultant is blaming an unrhuli passenger. officials say the man was told it remove his hat before boarding. once on the ride, he put the hat back on. it blew off and got jammed into the wheel of one of the cars. virginia lawmakers passed a rider safety act in 2002. it allows riders to be held financially responsible for any accident that happens when they fail to follow written and verbal instructions. there is a little good news for drivers fearing what the opening of the mark center will do to traffic. the defense department has reassured them that 6400 workers aren't showing up at their new offices in alexandria by september 15th. that's according to today's "washington examiner." only a third of the workers will be there by that date which should reduce the immediate effect on commuters. area lawmakers have been pushing the pentagon for a delay until road improvements can be made around the country. time now, 5:35. time for another "your money"

report. after their holiday break, the u.s. senate heads back to work this afternoon. now, that's earlier than originally scheduled. senators can try to reach an agreement on raising the nation's debt ceiling. joel brown reports. >> reporter: the senate may be cutting its holiday recess short but it is unclear just how much work will get done. republicans and democrats remain at odds over how to raise the nation's debt limit. the biggest sticking point, taxes. >> the last thing that employers need is further disincentives to not hire people and that's what the higher taxes would mean. >> while the g.o.p. wants tax hikes off the table, democrats say they're needed to carve the $2.5 trillion out of the deficit republicans demand. >> democrats are calling for so- called revenue raisers including ending tax breaks for oil companies and corporations that send jobs overseas. democrats are also calling for the elimination of subsidies for corporate jet owners.

congress has about four weeks before the treasury department says the government will start to default on its bills. with time running out and so much at stake, there's talk lawmakers could agree on a short-term deal. a smaller compromise could keep the government running for another six to eight months and includes cuts negotiators have already agreed to. >> the white house does not want to kick that can down the road because what they worry is they lose leverage in a mini deal. they have to agree to a trillion dollars in spending cuts. they get none of the tax increases they want. >> so far, the white house hasn't scheduled any new talks with g.o.p. leaders. joel brown, cbs news, washington. the government technically hit the debt ceiling in may but some creative accounting extended the deadline until august 2nd. for an economical and ecofriendly way to cut the grass, one montgomery county city is turning to goats. that story is coming up. >> plus, the crew of the final mission of the space shuttle program is now at the launch

site.

a lot of breaks in the cloud cover. temperatures running in the 60s to low 70s. we'll have a nice day ahead. a lot more sunshine than yesterday. by 9:00, around 80. noon, mid-80s. by 5:00, 90 with a slight chance for a pop-up shower or thunderstorm. rain chances go up a little bit more tomorrow and thursday. that forecast coming up. right now, monika is in with timesaver traffic. >> thank you so much, howard. we'll take a live on 395. duke street, people headed back to work after the holiday. but beyond this, it is ok to the 14th street bridge. another look at virginia roads at 5:48. andrea, back to you. fox news is apologizing for any distress caused by tweets reporting president obama had

been assassinated. the cable news network says a hacker is to blame for a series of tweets yesterday reporting the president had been shot and killed in iowa. in a statement released on its web site, fox news calls the tweets ma leashes and false and -- malicious and false and says the hacking incident is being investigated. vice president joe biden is exercising his freedom of speech. he sent his first ever tweet on the 4th of july. mr. biden and his wife, jill, asked americans to take time to think of the troops in battle. it is part of the white house's growing battle on social media. his user name is at dc. >> you may spot a mowing crew along muddy branch crew. why is this newsworthy? they won't have any of the usual equipment. take a look on your screen because the city is using goats to eat up some of the grasses and plants near the isaac walton building. the goats will be out there for about two weeks and inside of

an electric fence. the goats have been used by the maryland state highway administration, anne arundel county and st. mary's. i love that idea! >> it is going to cause some slowdowns in the area of muddy branch. a new warning for millions of americans using an antismoking drug. that story is coming up. >> plus, we check out some reports that our national bird is finding a lot of places to nest in virginia. >> let's see who's celebrating a birthday today. the 5th of july. the first daughter, julie nixon eisenhower is 63. here's news for you. rocker huey lewis is 61. hall of fame pitcher rich is 60. >> she played a mob wife on the sopranos, actress edie falco is 48. her series law & order criminal intent just ended. she's a member of lady

antebellum, haywood is 29. oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪

good morning and welcome back to 9news now. 5:46 on this tuesday morning. it is a little bit more bearable. out last night watching fireworks, people were still talking about the storms that devastated parts of arlington and alexandria. >> also loudoun county, viewer sent me some pictures. had about 20 trees knocked down. big trees. sunday afternoon and sunday evening. >> more storms today? >> isolated chance. i don't think today's storms will bother that many people but then the storm threat will be a little bit more tomorrow, thursday and friday. it is july. we're into this pattern. we're up around the 90 degree mark. we get any sort of trick or trigger, that will help. we won't have much in the way

of storms. temperatures will push the 90 degree mark by 4:00 p.m. wind will turn from north to southerly. again, just a slight chance. 20, maybe 30% chance of a shower, thunderstorm popping up during the afternoon and evening hours. overnight, we had a few showers. you can see how they're quickly moving east and southeast and falling apart. just about done with southern maryland, st. mary's county. the northern neck. all of it son the eastern shore. -- all of it is on the eastern shore. slightly drier air has moved in. temperatures have dropped into the middle 60s. york, pennsylvania down to 61. bwi is 69. 73 across the bay in easton. here in town, we've got mid-70s at national. 65 in lay tonsville. 66 for reston and haymarket and 72 at fort belvoir. national airport, officially 75 degrees. still clouds with a north-

northwesterly wind. a relative humidity 71%. the air is slightly drier. boundary to slip through. another boundary producing showers and storms there. that will get closer to us later tomorrow and into thursday. with the boundary to our south, also starting to lift north, kind of get squeezed by the two of them. that will increase the chances tomorrow. watch this. some spotty speckles of green here and there. those will be the very isolated showers we'll see. tomorrow, you'll notice things start to develop especially south of town into the afternoon and evening hours. we'll see it again on thursday afternoon, also with showers and storms scattered about the region. the next three days, it is going to be warm to hot. 91 today with that isolated shower or storm. couple of storms tomorrow, especially south of town. 89. more widespread activity. thursday in the upper 80s to near 90. as we head toward the weekend, we're decreasing the rain chances. upping the temperatures.

by monday, 95 is what we're looking at right now. >> yellow light around town. one incident in arlington with authorities on the scene. we'll go over to a map or a live picture. it is in arlington with downed wires. we've been talking about it all morning blocking old dominion drive between north glebe road and williamsburg boulevard. take rock spring to old dominion. it shouldn't be too difficult this morning. let's take a look at the maps again. zooming into 95 northbound. let's take a live look. a bit of volume in lorton and heavy and steady basically from newington into springfield. everything is back to work. back over to the maps. let's zoom into 66. same story on 66. lanes are open. got a bit of volume around route 50. now, a look at your travel times. we'll start off with the outer

loop north of town. 95 to 270, 10 minutes on 95 from 216 heading south, 9 minutes, the beltway route 4 to the wilson bridge with your lanes open. jessica, back to you. monika, making news now at 5:50, today is the first full day of deliberations in the casey anthony murder trial. the jurors who are sequestered got the case around noon yesterday. anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, caylee and could face the death penalty if convicted. there is a new warning out about the most popular antismoking drug on the market. doctors say chantix may increase user's risk for heart disease after a study linked the pill to a 72% increase in heart problems. chantix was already linked to an increased risk of suicidal thoughts. the four astronauts who will embark the shuttle program's final flight are now in florida. the atlantis crew arrived at the kennedy space center yesterday. the launch countdown begins

today. liftoff is scheduled for just before 11:30 friday morning. >> kristin fisher will be there bringing a unique perspective since both her mother and father flew on shuttle missions. we'll be looking forward to her report. >> more people in virginia are reporting sightings of our national bird. >> some in spotsylvania county believe they've seen a bunch of bald eagles flying around. brittany morehouse takes a look at the growing population and other little-known facts about our national bird. >> boaters passing the water way in prince william county can't get enough of these birds. and the sounds they make. they tell me they're bald eagles. only juvenile because they're a mixture of brown and white but i zoom in and realize no, these are ospreys, bummer. even still, nowadays, you'll hear all kinds of stories from virginnians who spotted the national bird in their backyard. >> i've seen a bald eagle nest

on our -- >> we had one fly over us as i was kayaking. >> we got to see it from the water. >> a sign of their successful comeback. by 1960, there were only 400 nesting pairs. now, there's roughly 10,000. >> in arizona, they're still on the endangered list. >> one of the many random facts we learn in mt. vernon when i ask -- >> what do i know about the bald eagle? >> it is the national symbol but it is rather a predator. >> pretty good fisherman. >> right, right and right. they are predators at the top of the food chain. they live by large bodies of water in 48 states and the strong swimmers are able to lift a four pound fish! they can fly up to 10,000 feet and can reach speeds of 35 miles per hour which this woman has seen in person. >> i never dreamed it was so big. >> its wingspan measures up to 90 inches but my favorite fact of all -- >> i think they mate for life. >> once paired, bald eagles

stay together until one dies. fidelity our founding fathers would admire. brittany morehouse, 9news now. the bald eagle protection act of 1940 outlawed the killing of bald eagles in all of the states except alaska. that's because at the time, alaska wasn't a state. it was still a u.s. territory. >> interesting fact. >> really. >> it is 5:53. time to take another look at the question of the morning. >> the 4th of july is biggest holiday for sales of this item. are we talking about hot dogs, beer or crabs? >> here is a look at the response you left on the facebook fan page, monika johnson wrote crabs, crabs, crabs and more crabs. >> you can log on to facebook.com/wusa9 and leave your response. we'll reveal the answers later this morning. well, britain's royal newlyweds square off against each other in a race. we'll show you how it turned out.

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5:56. pretty quiet out there this morning. overnight showers are pulling away. this afternoon by noon, we're 86. we'll see spotty showers at worst today. most of us will be dry. temperatures around 90, 91 for a high. even as we're headed home at 6:00, still in the upper 80s to around 90. over to you. this morning, the duke and duchess of cambridge will wake up in yellow knife, canada, the capital of the sparsely populated canadian territories. prince william showed off his helicopter training. the prince learned how to make an emergency water landing in a sea king helicopter. then he and the duchess got into separate boats to race each other. the prince scored a narrow victory over his wife. the world jump rope championships were recently held here in d.c. this year's competition drew participants and teams from 12 countries. they were broken up into two different competing categories. junior novice and senior age. there was a total of 18 of them

ranging from freestyle to double dutch. >> where you're from, doesn't matter what background you come from. there is an event here for you. >> besides showmanship, one major thing you need to compete is stamina. one jumper we spoke with compared it to running anallout sprint for two to three minutes straight. >> every year, millions of americans are thankful we won our freedom from britain because otherwise, how could we have the nathan's hot dog eating could be test to. coney island we go. the contestants were trying to dethrone the champ chestnut. but chestnut won the title for the fifth straight year. forget the bun. that makes it easier. it appears women in the d.c. area are the best female competitive eaters. back to the nathan's contest. this was the first year organizers held a separate

contest for women and alexandria virginia's sonya thomas finished off 40 hot dogs in 10 minutes. the runner-up, juliet lee from gaithersburg, maryland. >> she's no andrea roane. >> that's right! >> forget the bun. go right to it. >> i think the rules require you to eat the bun. >> that wasn't in our rules here. thank you for watching. forget what howard says. i'm not giving back the trophy. we're watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> mike and angie are off today. monika is keeping tabs on the timesaver traffic. >> howard has some weather for us to take a look at. >> looking pretty good this morning. put that mantle up on the -- put that trophy up on the mantle on the fireplace? >> no, i have it here. >> a decent start today. a pretty good day except for the air quality being code orange, unhealthy for