really about tomorrow's forecast. a look at getting through today before i talk about tomorrow. here's a look at the conditions for today. by 9:00 this morning, temperatures in the lower 80s. by 5:00 though, looking at a chance for some scattered showers and thunderstorms. temperatures in the lower 90s. a couple could be strong to severe but they'll really be isolated in nature. here's a look at the visibilities, areas of fog reported in culpepper, less than two miles. orange, down to a quarter mile visibility. around the beltway though looking pretty good here. just some cloudy conditions out there. right now, it is 71 degrees in arlington. good morning to you. great falls, 72 degrees. laurel, you're coming in at 71. here is a look at live doppler 9000 hd, around the beltway, we're look good. but some mist to the south of 66 around warrenton and in between around fredericksburg as well. highs for today, lower 90s in downtown. manassas, 94. and frederick, you're warming up to 90 degrees. annapolis in the lower 90s.

here's anny with a look -- angie with a look at your timesaver traffic. >> happy thursday to you. starting off the 5:00 hour with the green light. not too much going on as we take a wide view of our maps here. want to show you the outer loop a little closer. everyone appears to be moving at speed as we take a closer look, you notice the green car is out there, tells drivers moving at a great pace past university. a good example across the capital beltway. keeping things going back to the map. we'll keep it in maryland to take you over to 270, show you the southbound trip out of the germantown area or even before that past 109. still seeing a lot of taillights, not stacking up just yet. let's move it over to the travel times. 66 if you're traveling eastbound. fairfax to the beltway, construction has cleared out of the way. that's only about a 10 minute commute. 267, dulles toll road is checking out in the green. the inner loop, no problems

from 395 to 267. over to you. thank you, angie. if your child brought home a report card like the one metro is getting, you wouldn't be happy about it. >> the metro board is receiving a new review of its safety and reliability. 9news now reporter surae chinn is live at the foggy bottom station where escalators have become a very sore subject. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, you bet. haven't we seen this before? this is a pretty familiar sight. we've got escalators not working or under repair. you see all of the big signs and the boarded up area for the new escalator that will be in place. we found the down escalator here is actually working and the one going up is also working. good news here because it was broken down yesterday. well, metro's latest report card is not giving good remarks. the report due out today says dozens of escalators are out throughout the system this morning. the escalator problem came to light last october when the brakes failed at l'enfant plaza

during the sanity rally sending dozens of riders tumbling to the bottom number may, the number of escalators out of service was 103. today, it is around 80. >> i wish they would take the money from the signs and invest it in getting this thing finished. >> many of the 82 are out of service not because they're broken but we're rebuilding them. >> reporter: well, the report card is officially going to be presented in today's board meeting later on this morning. andrea, mike? >> surae, what else is in the report besides the problems with the escalators? >> there's actually a host of issues. metro transit police have complained about their radio system and that can be a huge problem, some officers have refused to actually go to some areas in underground stations because of safety issues and other problems that can be a problem for riders and transit officers.

they also have complained about delays and rail reliability in terms of the doors not opening and injuries to riders have increased as well. so, this report card all around has nothing positive that we've seen so far, andrea. >> surae chinn reporting live. we'll have more on what else was in that report on metro. d.c. police are investigating a late night accident which left a pedestrian with life- threatening injuries. the crash happened in the 3000 block of wisconsin avenue in northwest. the driver did stay at the scene to talk to police but the victim was in critical condition when rescuers took them to the hospital. a laurel family is now planning a funeral after georgia police confirmed the death of one of their loved ones. police in macon, georgia, have identified a body found last week, a 24-year-old lauren giddings. she had just graduated law school and was preparing for the bar exam. her body was found feet from her apartment. giddings neighbor who was a suspect in several burglaries is now a person of interest in her death. the national park service

is looking for bilingual volunteers to spread a life saving message about the dangers of swimming in the pot only am river. the recent deaths all involve victims who are not fluent in english. >> the last two and a half to three years, 14 persons, none of whom is native english speaking, all of whom are either spanish speaking or vietnamese speaking. >> the park service is hoping to arrange large meetings in predominantly spanish and vietnamese communities to tell residents while the river may look pretty, it is too dangerous to wade and swim in. >> prince george's county has a new police chief. sort of. mark mcgaw has been named -- has been named the interim chief. he's been that since december so the county has approved, giving magaw the official title. previously, he served as deputy chief of narcotics. he's credited with giving lower level supervisors more responsibility. he's a 27-year veteran of the

department. time for our "your money" report. >> jessica is going to help us get through what feels like greek to a lot of us in the big conference at the white house talking about the federal debt ceiling. >> the latest here, this is obviously a huge problem. today, president obama will meet with congressional leaders at the white house. the goal is to try to reach a deal on the debt limit. the president spoke about the negotiations last night at a twitter event at the white house. today's talks come at a time when it appears democrats and republicans may actually be moving toward a compromise. the white house is now pushing for more deficit reductions and republicans say they're open to closing tax loopholes but the tensions are still running high. >> the way to break this gridlock is to agree. is to agree to certain tax increases in closing loopholes. but only in return for an overall reduction of the corporate tax rate.

>> republicans want any debt limit increase to include $2.4 trillion in spending cuts. now, democratic sources say president obama called all four top congressional leaders yesterday. he made the case for doing an even bigger deal cutting close to $4 trillion. it would require republicans to raise taxes and cut defense spending. democrats would have to agree to deep cuts in medicare and medicaid. lawmakers now have less than four weeks before the critical august 2nd deadline. if no deal is in place by then, it is very likely the nation's credit rating could be downgraded by some to junk status. that would push up interest rates for businesses and all americans and possibly force the economy back into recession. and in the next half hour, we're going to go in-depth into the dire consequences to take a look at how this will affect you at your own home. >> your own checkbook. >> your own budget. >> right now, it seems like it is their problem, not ours. >> very much our problem.

we'll get into the details on that. >> thanks, jess. >> sure. >> well, could we be turning at a -- at a turning point in libya's civil war. >> rebels grow closer to the country's capital. and still ahead, a gusty -- helps nationals win yet another 1-run game.

on your thursday morning, it is pre-friday around here. grab the umbrella before you head out the door. we do have a chance for scattered thunderstorms. here's a look at your day

planner. by noon, temperatures pushing near 90. partly cloudy. but late this afternoon and evening, we have a chance for some scattered showers, thunderstorms. i think a couple could be heavy to severe and temperatures topping out in the lower 90s. here's angie with your traffic. >> good morning, thank you, anny. we're taking a look at the baltimore washington parkway. drivers making their way out of laurel down toward powder mill, construction has cleared out of the way. it is free flowing. still ahead, a look across the region in my next traffic report coming up around -- in a few minutes. over to you. thank you, angie. making news now at 5:10, military prosecutors will seek the death penalty for armny major nidal hasan. he's accused of killing 13 people in the november 2009 shootings in fort hood, texas. 32 other people were wounded. hasan worked here as a psychiatrist at walter reed before being transferred over to texas. the driver in may's deadly tour bus accident in virginia

pled not guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter. police say 37-year-old cheung admitted he was asleep when the sky bus overturned. a trial is set for september 12th. as people in rebel held cities call for moammar gadhafi to leave, a senior official is accusing nato of intensifying its bombing attacks. rebel forces are pushing west out of misrata in an effort to advance into the capital of tripoli. nato is operating under united nations mandate to use air strikes to protest civilians. some parking lots commuters have been using are going away soon. we'll have more on some local parking woes coming up at 5:39. >> at 5:22, nats manager davey johnson makes a gutsy call. we'll take a look at weather. you'll want to be outside this weekend in the seven-day forecast. outh

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good morning and welcome back to 9news now. 5:14 on this pre-friday morning. anny hong is here for howard bernstein. what do you have to tell us about this summer-like day? >> well, that summer pattern continues.

pesky frontal system just kind of hanging out, come close to our area today and stall tomorrow. then we're look at storm chances this afternoon and more so tomorrow. here's a look at your day planner for this thursday. where we're going to see partly cloudy skies by 9:00 this morning. temperatures pushing up into the upper 80s by 11:00. by 3:00, a chance for some storms. scattered storms and some showers. temperatures in the lower 90s by 5:00 lower 90s as well. a couple of the storms could be heavy to severe but they'll be more isolated in nature. here's a look at live doppler 9000 hd where around the beltway, yep, it is dry. cloudy conditions out there. but it is really out to the west and south of us. just south of 66 where we're looking at most of this report into fog and mist around warrenton, culpepper, orange and visibility is down to even a quarter of a mile. here's a look at the current conditions right now. we're in downtown, it is fairly mild if not warm outside. near mid-70s.

manassas 72. fredericksburg, 72. now, dew points, yep, it is still muggy. they're in the 70s around downtown. even winchester in the lower 70s. the humidity is not going anywhere today. warm and muggy to start your day. hot again this afternoon. some afternoon and evening thunderstorms are possible. it could impact the commute for some folks. it won't be widespread and then friday, even more storms and it is looking better to have severe storms tomorrow afternoon. so, i think tomorrow will be pretty stormy day. here's a look at your future cast for the rest of today. now, until late this afternoon, i think it will be pretty quiet. some partly cloudy conditions out there. this model here showing most of the storms to the north of the d.c. area late this afternoon. moving more toward the mason dixon line. some storms could produce local heavy downpour and damaging wind gusts. and then tomorrow, we'll setting up for more stormy

conditions. highs for today, lower 90s around downtown. andrews air force base, 94 degrees. leesburg at 95. a hot one for you. martinsburg, around lower 90s. here is your next three days. hot today. but look at tomorrow's temperature. in the mid-80s. storm chances do increase for your friday. here's a look at your seven-day outlook. saturday in the lower 90s. maybe a lingering shower or two. then monday, we bump up the heat. mid to upper 90s. here's angie with your traffic. >> hope you're off to a terrific thursday, everyone. thanks so much, anny. 17 minutes after the 5:00 hour. we continue to keep the green light on. we're tracking the roads, especially in virginia. let's start off 95, we'll take you there. going northbound, everything nice, clean and green as drivers make their way past dumfries, even on to 395, no real problems to report at this time. back over to the maps, check on

66 reveals that trip out of haymarket is doing just fine through manassas, continuing in toward falls church making in your way to inside the beltway. pretty much crystal clear, drivers are moving at speed. as far as your travel times are concerned, hello, maryland. on the outer loop from 270, no construction to contend with right now. southbound 95, no problems, same for the bw parkway. the inner loop as well from route 4 pennsylvania to the wilson bridge. still ahead, andrea and mike, we'll check on commuters on 395 in virginia. now, over to you. thank you, angie. it is called a suicide squeeze for a reason and coming up, we'll show you why the nationals tried it twice last night. >> plus, some is video to prove summer fun on the slip and slide will not work without water! >> at 5:18, it is time to look at the question of the morning. >> 47% of people said this was their favorite toy to play with when they were a kid.

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now, 5:22 on your thursday morning. here's a look at your day planner for today. temperatures in the lower 80s by 9:00. partly cloudy skies by noon pushing upper 80s. then late this afternoon, around 5:00, lower 90s but a chance for some showers and thunderstorms. a couple could be heavy to severe. and right now, it is mostly cloudy out there. temperatures around 73 degrees. here's mike and andrea. good morning, guys. >> good morning, anny. another williams center is in town tonight. >> a gutsy call by the new nationals manager leads to another curly w up on the board. brett haber has your highlights. >> good morning, everybody. the yankees don't bunt a lot. when you're the yankees and you hit eight million home runs, you don't need to but the nationals hitting .233 as a team, they need to bunt and even when they screw up the bunt, they must bunt again. nats and cubs, you won't see ryan zimmerman bunting very much because he's capable of doing this.

absolutely vaporizes the home ball. game would be tied at 4 in the 7th. davey johnson calls the suicide squeeze. ramos swings away. almost kills michael moore coming from third. davey, not amused. so, he calls the suicide again and this time, ramos lays it down perfectly. moore scores, nats win 5-4. now, two games over .500. well-done. in philly last night, venus williams and the washington castles and a huge come back for murphy and the d.c. squad down 17-14 entering the final event. venus and leander pulling it out. they win the last set 5-1 and the match 19-18. serena will play for the castles tonight. finally, the old backyard slip and slide is one of the great summer fun traditions. this young lady is going to give it a try. she will walk back to the fence. only one thing you want to make sure of, that it is wet!

i think mom might have set her up there by not turning the hose on. she's young. she'll bounce back. gotta turn the hose on. that's a quick look at sports this morning. it was kind of funny. i'm brett haber have a great thursday. >> a parent was there taking the video. they could have -- they knew? >> but it was brett who kept showing it over and over again. >> they probably forgot. >> i hope she's ok. >> that's another story. >> it may make you want to hit the remote. we'll tell you why the debt ceiling is important to you, your personal budget. >> pay attention to that. >> plus, police stage a scene to show the dangers of too much aggression on the road. speaking of on the road, here's angie. >> drivers on 395, we're tracking you going northbound, everyone still moving at speed from the beltway past shirlington all the way to the 14th street bridge. still ahead, a check on your district drive in my next traffic report at 5:29. good thursday morning,

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good morning and welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. >> we're glad you're here. i'm mike hydeck. here's angie who will have traffic in a moment. anny hong is in for howard with your weather first. boy, is it sticky already. >> not a whole lot of relief from the humidity. we're also looking at some storm chances this afternoon. here is a look though at your day planner for this thursday. whereby this morning, we're expecting partly cloudy conditions. temperatures in the lower 80s by 9:00. noon hour, near 90. then 5:00, a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms. temperatures in the lower 90s. a couple of the storms could be heavy to severe. they'll be isolated though. we do have some fog out there. visibility, culpepper, less than two miles.

d.c., no problems there. just cloudy conditions. right now, it is 71 degrees in arlington. rockville, good morning to you. you're at 72 degrees. here is a look at doppler where just south of 66 around warrenton, culpepper, orange reporting some really light mist and some fog. highs for today, lower 90s around downtown and andrews air force base near mid-90s. in martinsburg, 90 degrees. here's angie with your traffic. >> thank you very much, anny. right now, no big issues to report. we get into your timesaver traffic report, halfway through the 5:00 hour, green light is on because we're moving all over the place. let's take a closer look inside the district as promised. we begin in georgetown. if you're making the right out of rosslyn crossing the key bridge via m street, everything obviously still very nice and quiet. also in northwest, move the shot over to georgia avenue and irving street. everything out here remains incident free. in southeast, same situation on

maryland avenue near h street and benning road. as far as your rails are concerned, trains, all of them, appear to be on time. great news there. still ahead, we're taking a look at the gw parkway in virginia. that's in my next traffic report at 5:39. now back to andrea and mike. >> from the gw parkway to the bw parkway, police are looking for the man who caused a shutdown on that span. >> this was scary. police say the man tapped on the back of a speed camera vehicle with a gun. the contractor inside started honking his horn. he was nervous. the man walked to the front of the jeep, struck the windshield with a hammer. started yelling incoherently then walked into the woods. police shut down the parkway trying to find the suspect. they couldn't. >> engineers will be examining the damage to a bakery after a car struck it overnight in wheaton, maryland. the car had to be pulled out of the wall of the building in the 11400 block of georgia avenue near the intersection with

university. the driver suffered minor injuries and no one else was hurt. no word yet from police on what caused the crash. so, how would you rate the metro system and the escalators and everything else. >> metro board will get a report card on the system this morning. most likely they won't be pleased with the findings about rail car reliability and the station escalators. surae chinn is live at the foggy bottom station with more on this. >> despite metro pouring in $150 million for escalators alone. we still have escalators. >> the of service. in metro's defense, they can't fix all 588 of them overnight. but we do have one here that is being replaced. you can see the sign that says this is part of their improvement project. well, why some riders will have to hoof it up the long escalators this morning and an update on how metro is doing doesn't look very good. the reports come out from time to time. rail car reliability has gotten

worse and that means trains are late or the doors aren't opening properly. also, injuries to riders have increased. the mounting problems and improvements that metro is trying to make have forced metro to lower their goals and standards. >> we're stopping here for a few minutes. the few minutes turns into like seven. >> we haven't lowered standards to make our jobs easier. we've lowered the goal because we are doing so much track work on the system. it is a short-term reflection of reality. >> well, this report will be officially presented in front of the metro board meeting later on this morning. mike? >> thank you, surae, live at the foggy bottom station. metro transit recently paid tens of millions of dollars for a new radio system for its police force and a number of its police officers say the system simply does not work. according to the union which represents the transit police officers, the main problem,

reception is spotty. there are some places the radios work perfectly fine. other places where officers know they can't get any reception. one metro rider voiced concern about this. >> there is a situation going on and you need back-up, you have to call your buddy and be able to reach them. you can't get in touch with them, you know, that's a real issue. >> metro transit released a statement saying whenever an officer reports a communication issue at any time day or night, technicians are dispatched to investigate and make any necessary repairs. we're also advancing projects intended to improve radio communication within the tunnel environment. a dramatic demonstration from police in prince george's county. listen. >> on its first rollover, you'll have damage on the passenger side then the roof will start collapsing. there it goes. >> with a little help from a tow truck, police demonstrated the dangers of aggressive driving at parkdale high school

by showing what can happen to a car and the people inside when it rolls over. this is part of the traffic enforcement unit's program called smooth operator. to discourage reckless driving. >> 5:34 on the nose. time for your "your money" report. >> why today's meeting at the white house is so important to you and to me. good morning. >> good morning. you tend to say the words debt ceiling and people go to sleep. but americans need to know we're facing down a potential nightmare. let's think of this as debt ma geddon. like a lot of families nowadays, our nation's leaders are fighting about how to pay the bills. think of the problem like a credit card that the nation has maxed out. the federal government can charge $14.3 trillion and then we're cut off. time is ticking down to an august 2nd deadline for congress to increase the amount of money it can borrow or

default on its financial obligations. >> we need to come together over the next two weeks to reach a deal that reduces the deficit and upholds the full faith and credit of the united states government. and the credit of the american people. >> if a solution is not reached by august 2nd, the consequences could be dire. the bipartisan policy center says the treasury would only have enough noun pay about half of its bills. some federal employees could get ious instead of paychecks, potentially including the military. but even more fallout would come from a historic default which would slash our credit rating with some to junk status. like missing a payment on a credit card, interest rates on national debts would soar and so would your rates. for nearly every other kind of loan. mortgages, credit cards and consumer and business loans. across the board shock in borrowing rates would cascade through the auto and housing

industries and could send them back into a full recession. without the availability of loans, consumers might be unlikely to buy cars or homes or pretty much anything but the bear necessities. with spending drying up, companies could have no other choice but to start laying off workers all over again. a downward spiral that could plunge the economy back into darker times. the president has asked congressional leaders from both parties to come to the white house today for another round of talks to move toward a final agreement on the debt ceiling but very significant consequences if they do not reach agreement. >> that means your credit card, you're trying to buy a car, you want any kind of loan for a home. >> that's right. as the economy tries to sputter back into growth mode, small businesses are so important with that. a credit crunch means they wouldn't be getting access to capital. they couldn't move forward. consumers not spending. it could be a very significant downdraft. >> we're looking at this in the microversion in minnesota where

they had to shut down parks and whatever and still haven't reached an agreement on their debt. >> absolutely. just here in the washington area, you start talking about ious instead of paychecks for federal workers, that's 3/4 of our population somehow affected by the federal government. it would be massively detrimental to this local economy. >> the place that normally is considered -- we talk about we're in the bubble -- >> we're recession proof. >> not when that happens. >> it would be ground zero. >> thank you, jessica. she'll have more because it still has that ripple effect. hundreds of local commuters could soon losing the parking spaces they've been relying on. >> prince william and wife catherine take a break after their latest stop on the north american tour. here is your united airlines travel cast. right now at dulles international, temperatures 72 degrees. we're seeing some fog out there. winds are out of the south at 6 miles per hour. visibility is around 4 miles.

let's head over to chicago o'hare first. the high there for today, lower 80s, lots of sunshine. let's go to the mile high city in denver. 85 degrees and scattered showers and storms possible. delays may be a possibility. in los angeles, mid-70s, lots of sunshine at l.a.x. and in seattle, no need for the umbrella there. lots of sun! and nice day in the pacific northwest. temperatures in the lower 70s and lots of sunshine.

>> 5: 39 on your thursday morning. temperatures warming up around 81 by 9:00. noon, near 90 degrees. by 5:00, lower 90s. a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms. a couple could be strong or severe producing damaging wind gusts. here is a look at live doppler 9000 hd. we're just out to the west and

south of 66 and warrenton. some areas of fog where visibility can be down to maybe even a quarter mile like an orange and otherwise, misty conditions. here's angie with your traffic. >> thank you, anny. right now, all is a go as we travel down the george washington parkway. making the southbound trip from the parkway to the key bridge. no incidents along the way. still ahead, a look at your d.c. roads coming up at 5:47. now, over to andrea and mike. >> thank you, angie. we have a couple of commuter alerts for you about parking. after tomorrow, commuters will no longer be able to park at the first baptist church of woodbridge. the church has been leasing 370 spaces since february. when potomac mills mall eliminated approximately 750 spaces. starting monday, there will be more spaces available at the existing lake ridge commuter lot on miniville road. >> bethesda will be saying gob a parking lot this small. capital crescent, woodmont avenue, gone in november.

that's the lot across from the barnes & noble there on bethesda row. montgomery county officials awarded the developer the right to build two mixed use retail buildings in its place. about 1400 parking spaces will be built there. it is an underground parking garage. that won't be completed for about two years though. >> casey anthony is back in court today but she could walk out a free woman. >> plus, it appears researchers have discovered the key to making sunburns less painful. at 5:41, let's see who's celebrating a birthday today, the 7th of july. >> pierre cardin is 89. doc severinsen is 64. georgia fox is 43. former wnba star lisa lessey turns 39 today. michelle kwan is 31. if it is your birthday, happy birthday. we'll be right back. what makes the sleep number store different?

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welcome back to 9news now. it is 5:45 and this is the place you turn to, you always get your weather first here. anny hong has the forecast. >> good morning, guys. looks like we're going to see stormy conditions in some areas. it won't be widespread today. some of the storms do contain possibly some damaging wind gusts and some isolated large hail. for today though, here is a look at the day planner. partly cloudy conditions. 1:00, around lower to mid-90s. by 3:00 and 5:00, we can see some scattered showers and thunderstorms. better chances for today will be really to the north of us. here is a look at live doppler 9000 hd. around the beltway, it is dry. we have cloudy conditions out toward the west around south at 66, around warrenton into culpepper, looking at a little bit more like misty conditions and also some fog out there. culpepper and orange.

fog visibilities down to maybe two miles to even around a quarter of a mile in some locations. you might encounter that as you're heading out the door this morning. right now, temperatures around 73 degrees in downtown. culpepper, 73. winchester 72 degrees. dew points today still not a break from the humidity because dew points in the lower 70s at this hour. 73 for culpepper. fredericksburg, 72. so, it is still sticky out there. warm and muggy morning for today. and hot again this afternoon. some thunderstorms are possible. impact the evening commute in some locations. it will not be widespread. i think some of the storms today could be strong and severe. friday even more storms and the severe threat is larger tomorrow compared to today. here is a look at the future cast. you can see here where some of the storms i think will start out to the north of us. around the mason-dixon line because the front eventually heads down and then it will

stall in our area through tomorrow. but the storm chances really will start around late this afternoon and in the evening. you can see it is going to be kind of scattered in nature and again, some of the storms could produce damaging wind gusts and some isolated hail. tomorrow, showers, storms, are likely and the severe threat is higher. here's a look at your highs for today. lower 90s for downtown. annapolis, 90 degrees. culpepper warming up to 94 degrees. leesburg mid-90s. winchester 92 degrees. so, friday, not as hot. warm instead. mid-80s. a better chance for showers and thunderstorms for tomorrow afternoon. saturday, temperatures in the lower 90s. here is your seven-day outlook. the weekend looking better especially on sunday. storm-free, temperatures in the lower 90s then on monday, a burst of heat. temperatures in the mid-90s. here's angie with your traffic. >> all right, thank you so

much, anny. hello, everybody. just 47 minutes after the 5:00 hour, getting close to 6:00. right now for the first time, we turn on that yellow light because we do have a couple incidents to tell you about. let's begin in lie at-sville. -- in hyattsville. we have this accident taking away all lanes right now. keeping an eye on it, we'll let you know when things start to open up. meanwhile, we'll take a wide view of the area and zoom on in to the outer loop. i want to show you this closer. it looks like we have better news on the beltway. outer loop near university. off to the right shoulder. just learned that has cleared out of the way so overall, we've got all lanes moving here past that exit. back over to the maps, this time, we're going to shift our focus on to 270. drivers making their way out of frederick. looks like we've got foggy conditions we're dealing with. but overall, everything is checking out ok. a little bit of volume already building around the 109 exit. overall incident had been free down toward the beltway. as drivers make their way on

66, we're still in the green from fairfax over to the capital beltway. about an 11 minute commute or so. no incidents along the way. dulles tollway is checking out just fine as well. the inner loop is moving from 395 up to the toll road. still ahead, the very latest on the hyattsville wreck. i'll have that to start off the 6:00 hour. >> she spent nearly three years in jail but today legal experts expect casey anthony to become a free woman. >> tuesday, a florida jury found the 25-year-old not guilty of killing her own 2- year-old daughter back in 2008. the jurors did, however, convict her on four counts of lying to investigators. as karen brown reports, today, the judge is going to sentence anthony on those charges. >> casey anthony could walk away a free woman this morning. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> just two days after being acquitted in the murder of her daughter, caylee. the 25-year-old will be sentenced on four misdemeanor counts of lying to investigators. each charge carries a maximum

sentence of one year in prison. but since anthony has already spent nearly three years behind bars, she could be released for time served. because of the high profile nature of the case, the court will take extra precautions to keep her safe upon her release. >> let's be honest. she's despised by most of america. if you read twitter and facebook. >> but casey anthony's future outside of jail remains unclear. she'll need to find a place to live and get a job. but some say an interview or book deal could fetch a half a million dollars or more. >> this story has demonstrated its ability to capture national attention and she has a good chance to bankroll herself forethe rest of her life. >> whether that life will include her family remains to be seen. her father, george, became the defense team's main target during the trial and a lawyer for anthony's parent says they haven't spoken to their daughter since 2008. >> at some point, i imagine

there will be some sort of family meeting. >> a family meeting that will be missing little caylee anthony. karen brown, cbs news, orlando, florida. >> there are a few legal experts that say there is a chance she will have to serve a few more months or be released on probation. making news at 5:51, if you're traveling overseas, you may face extra security screenings on your return flight. the government is warning airlines terrorists are considering surgically hiding explosives inside suicide bombers to blow up planes. federal officials say they have not covered an actual plot. british scientists say they may have found a way to reduce the pain of sunburns. researchers pinpointed a molecule which cause the pain and tenderness when you're exposed to the sun's ultraviolet rays. it could lead to drugs to reduce the pain from sunburns and other inflammatory conditions. >> the duke and duchess of cambridge are enjoying a 24

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four minutes before 6:00 on this thursday morning. here's a look at your day

planner for today. by 9:00, temperatures in the lower 80s. partly cloudy conditions. noon, close to 90 degrees. by 5:00, lower 90s and a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms. better chances will be to the north of d.c. toward the mason- dixon line. a couple of the storms could be strong to severe. here is a look at live doppler 9000 hd. around the beltway, it is dry. we have mostly cloudy conditions out there. but you look out toward warrenton and south of 66, fredericksburg, most of this is actually fog and some light mist at this hour. also, up toward north of baltimore looking at some really light rain activity as well. the highs for today, lower 90s around downtown. 95 in leesburg. winchester, warming up to 92. culpepper, 94 degrees. definitely today, bring the umbrella. just in case then tomorrow, we'll talk about the chance for some severe weather as well. here's a look at angie with oh my goff. >> thank you, anny.

oh my goff, a politician's comeback story comes to an abrupt end. eliot spitzer who resigned as new york's governor following a text scandal has had his show canceled. his talk program in the arena debuted last summer. cnn will move cooper from 10:00 to 8:00. the network is hoping to -- >> we know who will replace steve carell on the office. it is actor james spader. he debuted as robert california. the ceo of gender mifflin. the office is headed into its eighth somebody. spader has won emmys for his characters on the practice and boston legal. some kids might have said mommy, who's that really big man reading a book? >> the nba's all-time leading

scorer, kareem abdul-jabbar joined u.s. attorney general eric holder and arne duncan yesterday at the department of education headquarters. they're promoting the let's read, let's move summer enrichment series. after some reading, the kids also took part in fitness activities. even after july 4th, military families continue to celebrate america's birthday. >> nancy, i want you out here riding the intimidator, the biggest, baddest coaster on the east coast. >> not brave enough, sorry. these people were photo ops. military members from across the nation got the chance to enjoy it. all for free. the park is north of richmond, hosted its annual two-day event set aside for those who serve. water rides were the most popular due to the crazy heat. service members and veterans got in free while military

children got discounts. the numbers are in the third annual powerball has made a big difference. founder of the tiger lily foundation which helps survivors of breast cancer tells us the ball raised $100,000. money that will provide financial assistance to women in treatment. >> you can read more on the home page at wusa9.com and of course, you can send me your pictures and story ideas as well via facebook at facebook.com/tvangie. >> thank you, angie. thank you for watching 9news now. it is 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. angie will be right back with traffic in a moment. anny hong is in for howard. steamy and 74. >> yeah. that steamy -- it will not leave us. i'm trying to wake up still. >> we're look