the planet. >> i'm surae chinn. monika samtani will be back with timesaver traffic. >> i will. >> and we've got howard bernstein talking about the string of nice weather is gone. >> that's right. we've got some rain showers out there this morning. it won't rain all day. we've got the threat for showers on and off all day into this evening. maybe a few thunderstorms mixed in well. mid-60s at noon. mid-60s for the drive home. highs today only get into the upper 60s. showers coming in from the south to the north. heavier rains in pennsylvania out toward ohio and west virginia now. locally, live doppler 9000 hd, got a decent little break right in the immediate metro with scattered showers out to the west and to fauquier county, prince william down toward around colonial beach into dahlgren. we'll watch this lift north of us. later this afternoon with a little bit more heat than we've got now only in the upper 60s. we're currently 64 in town with upper 50s up toward frederick and the shenandoah valley. monika samtani has been a busy lady in the traffic center.

>> it has been busy for a wednesday morning. it is all due to the rain and the wet road conditions. let's take a look at the maps. on the beltway, we're fine. we'll zoom into 95. you've already got the slow traffic basically from the prince william parkway up to the occoquan river. then that stretch of volume between newington and springfield up ahead. we'll take a live look at 395 at edsall road. back over to the maps, and this time, let's zoom into the west side of town. you can see all of the yellow cars, once again, all of the slow traffic on the beltway as well. leaving the toll road toward 66 and inbound on 66 here, let's take a live look at the american legion bridge. if you're planning to leave bethesda, you'll be ok. you hit the brakes more closer toward 66. now, we'll take a look at your travel times. on the northbound side of 295, it will be a little slow for you. let's see if the map will switch. northbound 295 from the beltway to the 11th street bridge, you'll be ok. no problems on the outer loop leaving 95 in toward silver

spring. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look into the district at 6:11. andrea and surae? >> this definitely sounds like something out of a spy movie. one country plans on assassinating an official from a second country right here in the u.s. >> but uncle sam says this plot was a reality it stopped. iran was behind it, the target, the saudi ambassador to the united states here in washington. >> kristin fisher is live outside the embassy with more on these accusations. >> that's right. surprisingly quiet outside the saudi arabian embassy one day after news of this plot broke. this is actually the official complaint from the justice department and it names two defendants. one is in custody. the other allegedly a member of the iranian special operations unit is still at large, likely in iran. now, the man in custody is 56- year-old arbabsiar. he's an american and iranian

citizen accused of hiring a hitman he believed worked for a mexican drug cartel but the hitman was an informant for the d.e.a. he was arrested at jfk on september 29th. the justice department says since then, not only has he confessed, he's already identified iranian officials. those men were charged in new york federal court on conspiring to kill a foreign official. so far, iran has denied any of the charges. this conspiracy was conceived, sponsor and was directed from iran and constitutes a flagrant violation of u.s. international law. >> this kind of action which violates international norms must be ended. >> secretary of state hillary clinton is now calling for what she calls a chorus of international condemnation of iran. she and other state -- senior state officials will be calling on countries to either enforce

existing sanctions and possibly implement new ones. this will likely have huge implications in the international community but it also had real consequences here in washington. afterall, the whole plot was to bomb one of the saudi arabian's favorite restaurants right here in washington. likely when several people were still inside. we'll talk about that coming up in half an hour at 6:30. andrea? >> kristin, a couple of weeks ago, we had a warning from the state department about americans traveling abroad and now another one. what does this travel alert say? >> this travel alert was issued just late last night by the  state department and it is a worldwide travel alert for u.s. citizens. the idea behind it is that in the wake of this plot, there is a fear that the plot may indicate a renewed aggressive focus by the iranian government on more terroristic type activity, especially on

diplomats overseas. so, there is no concrete threat as of yet. just something to certainly be mindful of if you're planning on traveling overseas. andrea? >> kristin fisher reporting live from outside the saudi embassy in northwest washington. >> testimony resumes in a few hours in the terrorism trial against umar farouk abdul mutallab, a nigerian man charged with attempting to blow up a northwest airlines flight in 2009 using explosives in his underwear. yesterday, witnesses testified pandemonium ensued once abdul mutallab attempted to detonate the device. prosecutors told jurors the defendant openly admitted his alevening tunes al-qaeda after the botched attempt. the group's protesting the wars in afghanistan and iraq along with the economy can stay in the district through the year. the national park service approved a permit through december 30th. now, we're taking a live look outside of freedom plaza northwest washington. where they've been staying. the group, the october 6th

coalition got approval from the national parks service to stay. it is in charge of that square and the park service says the group will be asked to move on days other groups have permits to use the space. the occupy wall street movement in new york went uptown tuesday. activists said union members went on what they calmed a millionaires march. they went through some of the highest income neighborhoods of manhattan and they're upset that new york's so-called millionaire tax ends this december. at 6:06, a story you'll only see on channel 9, the parents of jayna murray are talking about their daughter's death. murray was kill inside the lululemon athletica store last march. police accuse her coworker brittany norwood. murray's parents spoke with our andrea mccarren. >> do you see -- do you think jayna would somehow forgive brittany norwood? >> it is hard to answer. i feel right now, yes, she

would absolutely forgive her. if she were on earth and if she had been injured, i think she would be struggling for good for right. >> to watch all of andrea's interview, tune into wusa9.com. police have not yet released the name of a man struck and killed by a car in prince george's county. it happened around 11:30 last night along montgomery road in beltsville. police responded to the call of a man injured and lying in the road. the man was taken to a local hospital where he died. just a few blocks away, police found the driver and car they say hit him. so far, no charges have been filed. jessica doyle is off today. we're still watching your money. we're only about seven weeks from thanksgiving. now is the time to buy that holiday plane ticket if you want to avoid paying too much. now, on average, tickets are about $40 more than last year.

here is a look at the average thanksgiving holiday airfares between the top 50 states as of -- cities rather as of right now on southwest. the ticket will cost you about $266. jetblue about $319. southwest, delta, united are all about $335. so, when should you buy your ticket? right now! our partners at "usa today" say last year, the average fare went up $100 between october 10th and november 19th. avoid the sunday after thanksgiving. it is busy and some airlines tack on a surcharge. other surcharge days coming up are december 22nd, 23rd, 26th and january 2nd. if you're taking a lot of carry-on luggage, this may be the time of year paying for an early boarding fee is definitely worth it. cheaper way to get around town using two wheels. a new city is joining capital bike share. alexandria city leaders voted to take part in the bike rental

program. you've probably seen the red bikes around the district in arlington. alexandria will install six bike station in the carlisle and old town areas by next spring. there is a lot more coming your way in this hour of 9news now. >> a federal program aims to bring more jobs to the shaw neighborhood of the district. at 6:30, whether the plan will actually work. g.o.p. candidates aim at each other and president obama in a debate focused on the economy. i'm randall pinkston in hanover, new hampshire. i'll have that story. >> it will be a rainy day across the region. howard has your weather first when 9news now returns.

it is 6:12 on this wednesday morning. looking at some light rain showers. through parts of virginia and along and south of 66 into the shenandoah valley. we'll be watching the rain on and off all day. maybe thunder later on. temperatures barely moving mid to upper 60s with northeast to east winds. a little brisk at times. looking ahead to the weekend. monika is looking toward this weekend's commute. >> we'll take a live look on pennsylvania avenue. heading from the southeast freeway in toward the sousa bridge. no problems in toward the anacostia river. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at maryland roads at 6:18. surae and andrea? >> this morning, at least 22 people are dead in iraq.

terrorists are apparently targeting security forces this morning. >> it is one of the stories making news at 6:12. two suicide bombings after bombers went after police stations in baghdad this morning while a car bomb went off near another police station nearby. so far, no claims of responsibility. the university of california is trying to stop a mumps outbreak. students lined up on the berkeley campus yesterday to receive vaccinations. there are at least nine confirmed cases of muchs with another 35 under investigation. big ben is starting to lean. the tower which holds the famous clock is about a foot and a half off center. engineers fear if nothing is done, it could topple over in another 10,000 years. like the leaning tower of pisa. it is still up. they propped it up a little bit. >> the camera works over us. >> i did my lean. >> we could be about ten weeks out from the first caucus of primary votes in the 2012 presidential campaign.

the republican hopefuls took part in a debate last night in new hampshire. >> the focus of the debate, the economy. randall pinkston has this campaign 2012 from hanover, new hampshire. >> i'll tell you -- all eyes were on mitt romney, the front runner who outpulls g.o.p. presidential hopefuls. in a debate from bloomberg television and "the washington post" tuesday night, romney's rivals got a chance to disrupt his momentum. >> can you name all 59 points in your 160 page plan? >> the whole discussion around this campaign is going to be job creation. how can you win that debate given your background? >> the american people in the kind of financial crisis they're in, they need someone who knows how to create jobs. i do. >> the sit-down format was tightly scripted. the candidates repeated now familiar remedies and criticisms of the obama administration. >> we've got to get our spending house in order. >> they want to really change things, the first person to fire is bernanke who is a

disaster as chairman of the federal reserve. the second person to fire is geithner. >> some voters like what they heard. >> who helped himself most so far? >> well, i think actually romney probably did, in my opinion, because he was taking questions from almost everybody. and he seemed to handle them fairly well. >> this is home turf for mitt romney. he owns a vacation home here and he was governor next door in the state of massachusetts. he spent considerable time and money here in new hampshire after losing the g.o.p. presidential primary in 2008. stakes were high for texas governor rick perry who has plunged in the polls after weak debate performances. >> six years to be working on a plan. i've been in this for about eight weeks. >> romney picked up a key endorsement from new jersey governor chris christie. that could lead to more campaign cash as the g.o.p. race inches closer to first contest. randall pinkston, cbs news, hanover, new hampshire. just thinking about the primaries and snow in new hampshire and maine.

oh, boy. >> that type of weather might be coming soon. >> no, no, no, no! >> back in the mountains, about a week to ten days, there could be snowfall. >> mountains. >> a mild day, a wet day at times with showers and few thunderstorms this afternoon. looking ahead toward the bus stop forecast, it is cloudy. it is damp out there this morning. it is not raining everywhere and the rain we've got, there are lighter showers. temperatures from the upper 50s to mid-60s. sun is not up until about 7:14. be careful this morning. it is dark. it will stay dark long and some of the leaves are down. that will add to the slick factor as well. midday temperatures barely moving into the mid-60s. upper 60s this afternoon. 66 at 4:00 here in washington. even at 8:00 p.m., still a threat for a couple of showers and storms. looking at the regional doppler put together, and the lightning, look at this coming out of greensboro into

southwestern virginia, we've got thunderstorms there. a sign of some of the energy off to the south. scattered light showers all over the place this morning. live doppler 9000 hd, quiet in and around the beltway at the moment. as we zoom in, we'll show you if you're going out to work here in the next 20, 30 minutes, we should be ok in washington. west of town, west on 66 as we get over toward haymarket and gainesville going outbound on 66, we've got the light showers through northern fauquier county. this is tracking up toward loudoun county. front royal and luray seeing the showers. to the south, we've been watching the showers fall apart some around dahlgren and colonial beach. there's stuff out there. temps low to mid-60s right now. with a brisk east to northeast wind running 10 to 15. grab the rain gear. other times, could have a

couple of heavy downpours. 66. early shower thursday. partly sunny in the afternoon. 74. friday, couple of showers around with another disturbance. 68. then the weekend, here is the payoff. the weekend looks good. sunday, low 70s. great for the 'skins game. great monday as well. monika, over to you. >> i've had the yellow light all morning long because of the road conditions being wet. if you're planning to head over to the beltway, things are doing ok. we'll zoom in first of all to 270 and show you what it looks like. there was an accident on the southbound side near the beltway. coming south on 270, past old georgetown road heading toward the beltway. this time, let's zoom into the other side of town. if you're planning to head over on the northbound side of route 5 at brandywine road, watch out for the accident, fire equipment is on the scene. we'll take a live look on the northside of the beltway.

you'll be on the brakes from university boulevard over toward georgia avenue. let's go over to your trains. metro and vre are on time but marc trains, because of an incident on the brunswick line, 874 and 878 are suspended. either go to use the trains from brunswick or point of rock. metro is honoring marc tickets this morning for bus 991 out of hagerstown is another option for you. we'll keep you posted on the marc situation coming up in my next report at 6:25. back to you guys. >> thank you so much, monika. president obama will be the keynote speaker at this weekend's dedication of the martin luther king jr. memorial. >> we're getting a look at some of the other people who will address the crowd sunday morning. among them, civil rights leader julian vaughn, georgia congressman john lewis and dan rather as well as members of dr. king's family. you may recall, the original dedication ceremony was planned for august but hurricane irene postponed it. the memorial opened to the

public nearly six weeks ago and has drawn thousands of visitors. it is 6:19 right now. next in sports, baseball playoffs move to the motor city and it is never too late or too early to start making super bowl plans for 2015. right now, time for another check on our question of the morning. 35% of women say they've ended a relationship with a man because of his obsession with which of these things? >> our facebook friend kevin weighs in and he's a reb sans man. i say c. it can't be a or b because most women like sports and drink beer. >> keep your guesses coming. we'll have the answer at 6:53. we'll be back.

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we've had light showers pushing through the region

during the last few hours. while we may get light showers, approaching charlottesville on live doppler 9000 hd, picking up some of the returns there. the yellows, oranges now starting to show up and later this morning and this afternoon, that threat of showers and storms will be with us. temperatures only getting into the upper 60s today. keep the rain gear handy. surae? >> all right, thank you, howard. in sports, the national league championship series resumes tonight with game three in st. louis. the brewers and cardinals are tied at a game apiece. >> this afternoon, game four in the alcs. game three last night in detroit. doug pfister made his pitching day few for the tigers and he went 7 1/3 innings, striking out three, giving up two runs. detroit, miguel cabrera had a big night at the plate. he drove in a pair of runs and hit this solo home run in the 7th. tigers top the rangers 5-2 but texas still leads the series two games to one. >> it is now time to start making your na shows and --

nachos and stocking up on soda. we're looking at the calendar for the next four super bowls. the big game will be held in indianapolis february 5th is the date. in 2013, it heads back to new orleans for super bowl 47. a game you'll see on channel 9. after that, the big game makes its first cold weather stop at the new met life stadium in the new jersey meadowlands. the nfl announced tuesday super bowl xlix will be held in glendale, arizona in 2015. mark your calendars right now. >> i know where i'm going to get my guacamole from. well, it is 6:25. in about 20 minutes, we'll be talking about paws for a cause. artwork made by dogs with money going to a good cause in africa. >> check out this picture. it is no work of art. inside the rosslyn metro station last night, what were they doing? what caused this huge jam.

>> monika has a quick check on traffic. >> we have news about marc brunswick lines. 874 and 878. both have been suspended because of an overnight incident. use your metro because they're honoring marc tickets this morning or use bus 991 out of hagerstown. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back.

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don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. at 6:30, your weather first on this wednesday morning. and we have a concern about some rain today. in fact, the umbrella with me, thankfully it is closed at the moment here in northwest. we've got more showers we'll be dealing with later today. here's a look at our day planner calling for that storm threat on and off with chances of thunder. temperatures will not be moving very much. mid to upper 60s. maybe near 70 in southern maryland. cloudy and 64 in washington. you can see the rain lifting north, heavier in pennsylvania, ohio, west virginia. but also areas of southwestern virginia and western north carolina. we're picking up the heavy showers. that's extended now near the charlottesville area. thunderstorms down toward greensboro. later this morning, don't be surprised if some of that heads

our way. still in the upper 50s in the shenandoah valley. leesburg is 63. we're at 64 and tappahannock airport, the warm spot at 68. let's go inside to monika samtani who's been a very busy woman this morning. >> because of the wet road conditions. yellow light this morning. here's what it looks like on the beltway. we'll zoom into the southside of town. a couple of slow stretches, 95, going to take you about five minutes to get toward the occoquan river. it is slow from lorton into springfield. 395 here from the beltway up toward seminary road. we'll take a live look at the 14th street bridge. looking good across the bridge span. normal rush hour volume here. back over to the maps and this time, let's zoom into the westside of town. you see the yellow cars. there was an accident 66 westbound at the beltway. it left delays off and on from route 50. we'll take a live look at route 7 in tysons corner. that's all of the metro construction. no significant delays to talk about here. looking good on route 123

through tysons corner as well. speaking about metro, i have a new map for you. it is a draft of the new look metro map. the site is called greatergreater washington.org. the map includes dash lines for rush hour service and it adds a little sub for the silver line to tysons corner and dulls airport. it also makes changes to station names, adding subtitles to others. metro's board will get its first official look at the map tomorrow. whatever the version, guys, that is approved, metro will begin rolling them out next summer. it has to update 2600 signs and 5,000 maps. we were discussing what do you think they should name it? i guess it will be the silver line. i don't think it matters. i think all commuters care about is that it is done. >> and it doesn't cost too much more. >> exactly. >> which the numbers are piling up on that. >> all right. thank you. >> thank you, monika. thousands of virginia commuters are hoping for a much easier morning.

the trip home last night was a mess. a guy jumped in front of a train at clarendon. police closed down the station meaning outbound orange line trains were terminating at rosslyn. blue line trains were delayed. the station couldn't handle the overflow rush hour crowds which led to the mayhem. when you get off in rosslyn, it was a sea of people. >> you were also up against the moving train as it was trying to leave. >> anybody going to stafford? that's where my vehicle is at. >> the escalators at rosslyn shut down because of the overload of people and those are the really long ones so people were starting to get overheated. normal service resumed by about 8:00 last night. the state department has issued a travel alert for americans overseas this morning. >> it is reminding them to be vigilant and it comes hours after the government says it stopped a plot by iran to kill the saudi arabian ambassador here in washington. >> kristin fisher is live outside the saudi embassy with

this twisted tale. >> reporter: good morning. the plan was to kill the saudi arabian ambassador by bombing his favorite d.c. restaurant while he was eating there. now, what we don't know is exactly which restaurant they were talking about. what we do know is that mass casualties were accessible. the iranian defendants were willing to kill innocent americans just to take out the saudi arabian ambassador to the u.s. take a listen to the fbi director at yesterday's press conference at the justice department. >> these individuals had no regard for their intended victim. no regard for innocent citizens who might have been hurt or killed. this attempted assassination. >> reporter: now, the justice department says the assassination attempt was planned to go down at one of the saudi ambassador's favorite restaurants and they describe it as a restaurant that he ate at about two times a week. the defendants thought they had hired a hit man from a mexican

drug cartel to do the job but really, it was an informant for the d.e.a. who then spilled the beans. one of the defendants is in custody in new york. his name is arbabsiar. he's a 56-year-old iranian american citizen. the other is allegedly a member of iran's special operations unit. he is still at large. now, both were charged yesterday in federal court in new york, charged with conspiring to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. so far, iran has denied all of the charges. andrea? >> i'll take it from here. thank you, kristin. live outside of the saudi embassy in northwest washington. "the early show" will have much more on this coming up at the top of the hour. the saudi embassy released a statement tuesday thanking the united states for breaking up the alleged plot. the statement added the attempted plot is a despicable violation of international norms, standards and conventions and is not in accord with the principles of

humanity. >> president obama says he will now divide his $450 billion jobs bill into sections in order to get some of it passed. it stalled in the senate tuesday night. every republican along with two democrats voted to block a debate on the package. i guess if the economy improves, it might help president obama so they root for the economy to fail and post every effort to improve it. >> if voting against a stimulus is the way to get democrats to abandon the failed approach to job creation, then so be it. >> west virginia democrat joe manchin says he voted against the package but voted yes tuesday -- or he will vote against the package but voted tuesday in order to allow a debate. >> the district shaw neighborhood is one of 14 the president wants to put on the fast track. the news is being met with cautious optimism by many who live in the community. some fear many of the jobs will not go to the people living in the neighborhood.

right now, unemployment in the shaw neighborhood is around 11%. many in the community say they want to work but jobs are scarce. >> a lot of them come up to me and ask me is my job hiring, is my company hiring. i try to give them different leads. >> the president's plan will give quicker approval for projects of the sitting market at o street in the shaw community. the woman charged with stabbing a stranger outside of a target store has a history of violence. this is surveillance video moments before the stabbing in mitchellville. the woman you see in the black hoody is antoinette starks. investigators say she bolted out of the store with a pack of knives after her credit card was declined. she then allegedly stabbed a woman several times moments later. the victim survived but is in the hospital. records show starks was found not criminally responsible for 2005 attack at the nordstrom in westfield montgomery mall and ordered into a mental

institution. a health alert for women who take dietary supplements. some of those supplements can be linked to increased risk of an early death. that's according to the archives of internal medicine. it found women who took multivitamins, b6 pills, zinc and copper supplements died at higher rates than women who didn't take them. researchers believe this is more evidence that most supplements don't have health benefits for most women. you should talk burr doctor first before changing what you take. for men, a new link that high doses of vitamin e are linked to an increased risk of process state cancer. men who took it were 17% more likely to develop prostate cancer. guys, talk with your doctor before changing your routine. it is 6:38. howard says grab your rain gear because we'll have on and off showers through the day. up next, we look ahead at the

weekend forecast. >> here is a live will be at the inbound 14th street bridge. you can see the cars are starting to slow down. monika's next timesaver traffic report is 7 minutes away. >> let's check what's on channel 9 tonight...

welcome back to 9news now. it is 6:43. check out this new video from nasa showing the surface of mars from the viewpoint of the rover opportunity. it spent three years on the red planet and snapped more than 300 photos on its 13-mile trip. wow, howard, what do you think? >> cool. >> i love to see it in person. don't think that's going to happen. >> i don't think that's going

to happen. >> this is the rover that could. these things were supposed to only be around for a few months. they've been around a few years. >> it is amazing. >> good for overachievers. weather won't overachieve. it did well for last weekend. >> can't complain. >> right now, today, tomorrow, friday -- a reality check. >> we'll have showers around at times. here is a look at the bus stop forecast. cool and damp. right now, probably for the next hour or so, not too active weatherwise. rainwise here in the immediate metro. things are picking up once again out toward the shenandoah valley and down toward charlottesville. 50s and 60s this morning. sun not up until about 7:14. we're looking at the day planner today. that's calling for temperatures to barely move into the mid and upper 60s. that's it. for highs. 3:00 temperature, 67. maybe a couple of rumbles of thunder. that threat for showers will be with us. heavier stuff north and east of us. west of feelly toward redding

and southern ohio, west virginia, down south, greensboro, some lightning and thunder. this is all tracking out toward the shenandoah valley here over the next couple of hours. we'll also watch it. here's live doppler 9000 hd. i jumped it a little fast. the immediate metro, pretty quiet except for areas in charles and calvert county. as we go west, starting to pick up more activity to the southwest here. a little bit. light shower activity around markham and marshall and northern fauquier county headed out 66 toward front royal. and south and west of that as you head out toward luray if you're going up to the park, madison down toward charlottesville. these are heavier downpours that have been developing as that moisture comes in from north carolina and screened to the north. we're 64 in town. upper 50s in the shenandoah valley this morning. the humidity is up as well. as you can imagine with some showers around. the humidity, 88%. with only a 3 degree spread

with the dew point and temperature. storm system passing us. look at the showers and storms from charleston, columbia through the carolinas. we'll be dealing with this on and off all day today. the forecast, today, we're looking at temperatures only in the upper 60s with scattered showers and some thunder. becoming partly sunny thursday after starting in the 60s. we finish at 74. friday, a few more showers. that will clear up. the weekend looks good. sunday, sunny and low 70s. >> it has been a busy morning with tons of fender-benders around town because of the wet road conditions. we'll zoom into the district. there is an accident right here south capital street at potomac avenue just across the douglas bridge. let's take a live look at the sousa bridge coming in on pennsylvania avenue. there is an accident pennsylvania avenue at 14th street in northwest. back over to the map. we'll zoom into the other side of town over to the northside.

southbound 270 is quite slow from germantown into rockville. that's a good 20 minute ride for you. let's take a live look at the beltway and bethesda. delays as you come around from 95 to georgia avenue. here at the american legion bridge you'll be ok. if you're taking trains, marc brunswick lines 874 and 876 are canceled. metro will honor your tickets this morning. another look at the big picture at 6:58. some pampered pooches are putting their paws to good use. they're painting for paws for a cause to raise money for charity. the folks at dog topia, a doggy day care are behind the huge drive. this morning, i'm joined by jacob hunt and claudia. let's talk about what this is all about.

>> well, claude came to us about a year ago and shortly thereafter, he started telling bus a charity he had started in his hometown in mozambique. claude is one of those guys who a lot of people talk about changing the world, he looked at what needed to happen and he came up with a great idea to do so. you want to tell them about it? >> yes. i am a cofounder of the small community in my hometown. so, yes, we use art to teach children how to -- how they can grow up with education. >> tell you what, let's get started. we can talk more about your program and so the whole idea is to get dogs involved. and so you're going to help me out, right? we're going to paint mr. boss will it's paws. this is white paint.

you can pick any color you want? >> we would do this with your dog. >> so, just -- if your dog has really hairy paws, it will come up a little more abstract. so, mr. bosley, yeah, no, that's fine. you can notice from the three on the table, each one looks a little different. we want it to look like your dog's personality. we just lay it down. >> mr. bosley is blind by the way. blind art. >> so, you can see that is going to come up. >> not bad for the first try. >> if we lay it down again, it will have less paint on it. >> sorry, mr. bosley. >> he's abstract. >> folks can actually come into dog topia and they pay what? $10. >> $20 for the small one and $40 for the large. you can decide on the colors. we have a huge array of colors.

we wanted something that would incorporate rate what they're doing in mozambique with what we do with our dogs. where claudio came from, they have an h.i.v. rate at 40%. they're considered to be the highest nationally and so claude saw what happens is as a result, we've got a lot of displaced orphans whose parents have passed away. but the cycles continued because they also started the cattle herding project because a lot of the kids were being put to work in the fields so they're not being educated about h.i.v. andade which is continuing the cycle. they teach them art and recognize are iiation to end the cycle. >> terrific. thank you both so much from dog topia. great program to help those in need in south africa. a check of the news before you go is up next. stay with us.

6:53. cloudy skies here in the metro right now with rain off to the south and west. 64 at 9:00. not going to be raining all day. the threat for showers and storms will be with us all day. maybe even this afternoon, a better threat of thunder. highs in mid to upper 60s. >> today is wednesday, october 12th. here is a check on the news before you go. the protestors in freedom plaza in northwest washington could be there past christmas. the national park service approved an extension to the permits through december 30th. protestors are rallying for economic reforms and against the wars in iraq and afghanistan. virginia's governor is inviting president obama to tour mineral. that town was the epicenter of last august's earthquake and it was severely damaged. the president turned down virginia's request for federal money to rebuild. a hazmat scare tuesday night at the bethesda medical center, an 11 person crew came

into contact with low level radioactive medical waste. they all got checked out. everyone was fine. time to answer our question of the morning. 35% of women say they've ended a relationship with a man because of his obsession over which of these things? is it sports, beer or video games? >> the answer is c, video games. not surprising. not the way people are addicted to them. we'll have one more check on traffic and weather up next. stay with 9news now. [ male announcer ] itchy dry scalp?

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off to the south in the next couple of hours. take advantage of the lull. 67. some showers early tomorrow. clearing. a little bit in the afternoon with more showers on friday then a nice weekend. monika? >> we've been talking about marc trains, 874 and 878 on the brunswick line being suspended because of a serious accident last night. metro is honoring your marc train tickets this morning. let's go over to 270, about a 30 minute ride. from germantown down to rockville. off and on from the beltway to edsall road to seminary road. >> "the early show" is next. of course, they'll have more on the alleged assassination plot by iran and the target was here in washington. reaction to last night's republican presidential debate. >> howard and i will be back in 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. >> with weather today, you can check out live doppler 9000 hd and our interactive doppler any time, anywhere at wusa9.com. >> we'll see you tomorrow morning at 4:25. have a great