>> check out this video from yesterday afternoon along i-95 in quantico, virginia. sent to us from a viewer. it is confirmed a tornado hit there. you can see debris flying between cars again. luckily no one was hurt. >> that video had several different angles of that tornado that crossed near training and quantico yesterday afternoon at about 5:30. a weak tornado but weak tornadoes do damage, obviously. thank you for watching us at 6:00 a.m. monika will have more on traffic. howard do we have more of the tough stuff coming today? >> reporter: more showers and storms will be occurring. they will be moving in over the next two to three hours. the morning will start wet but the afternoon will finish sunny. right now cloudy and 66. we will be in the mid-60s at 9:00 with showers west of town. midday showers and storms

around. this afternoon the sun comes back. we finished sunny and 6 8 degrees. grab the rain gear and sunglasses. you'll need them both today. there is a little tiny bit of lightning south and west. i'm seeing yellow and his reds now from charlotte south. all of this moving north and east. the rains are getting close and closer. here's interstate 66. the light green you see these are a few light sprinkles. when you get south of orange and culpepper, i-64, that is where we are getting steadier rains to be developing in the next couple of hours. mid-60s in town. mid 60 in the shenandoah valley and cambridge 68. annapolis 6. going about 70, 71. giving the yellow light all morning long because of the road conditions and we have had incidents around town. look at the beltway, see the red cars, let's zoom in there. there was an early morning accident on the outer loop just past this camera shot after

connecticut avenue. everything was cleared up, add another 15 minutes at this point to your ride. back over to the maps. no problems on route 5, route 4, route 301 heading to the beltway. a live look at the beltway on route 202. you are going to be fine as you head south toward andrews air force base. a quick look at your trains, everything is running on time. metro and mark. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at virginia. surae and andrea? >> nearly 36 hours into the search for a missing boy. we know his mother is dead and his stepfather is in custody. this is the case that stretches from montgomery county to north carolina. the most important thing is to find this 11-year-old boy. >> reporter: you said it best. the most important part of this investigation right now is to find this little boy and that

is what montgomery county police are doing if full force this morning. his mother's alleged killer who was her estranged husband and this little boy's stepfather with his arrested yesterday and charged with first degree murder. but the 11-year-old boy, william mcqueen, was not with him when he was arrested. police described the boy as a biracial male, 85 pounds. he hasn't been seen in school since september 30th. exactly two weeks ago from today. it's been almost as long as anyone saw his mother, 51 -- mcqueen. her body was found in her germantown apartment wednesday night. there was obvious evidence of trauma to her upper body. she had likely been dead for 10 to 12 days. they also believe the man responsible, her estranged husband, 45-year-old curtis lopez. now he is in custody, it is all about finding his stepson. >> our priority, our focus,

right now, is to locate william mcqueen. we were hoping that we would find him with mr. lopez, and we did not. so we are asking for the public's help. >> reporter: let me tell you a bit more about the suspect. he was arrested at 9:30 yesterday morning while leaving a hotel in charlotte, north carolina. he is now being charged with first degree murder. he is behind bars this morning in north carolina. hopefully that will be the only murder charge he is face and go hopefully this little boy will be found safe and alive. andrea? >> that is definitely the hope. kristen fisher. there could be a showdown later today in new york city. the mayor says the occupy wall street protesters must leave the park so it can be cleaned. protesters say they won't go.

>> the protesters rally through the night also spent night cleaning up the park. they hope to postpone the scheduled cleaning which protesters say is just an excuse to evict them. they have been told to get out by 7:30 this morning. more arrests thursday for some of the protesters here in washington. seven people were taken into custody by capital police after disrupting a hearing. defense secretary leon panetta was testifying before the house armed services committee. a house committee voted 24- 3 to block a bill which would have allowed people with concealed weapons permits in other states to carry their guns in the district. it was part of a larger bill allowing people with concealed permits to carry weapons in states which don't issue those permits. keep an eye on your surroundings in the parking garage at the metro station.

metro police have increased patrols after a string of crimes there. authorities say five people have been robbed at gunpoint in the garage since late last month. fortunately, no one has been hurt. just last week police arrested a man and charged him after several women arm tacked at the same station. >> it is 6:06. i'm in the web center with jessica doyle for a very special your money report. a tasty one. we are bringing home the bacon this morning. >> that's right. we are a nation in love with bacon. >> we are going to the farmer's market. bacon is having a real renaissance. the second fastest growing category for pork at food service outlets in the last eight years. according to the industry, americans eat more than 1.7 billion pounds of bacon. this is really moving off the breakfast plate. up to wear some bacon, we'll

wear some bacon. let's take a look at a bacon t-shirt. this is the infinity symbol made with bacon. this has really gone main industrial. even an angry birds bacon t-shirt. what you are looking at right there is bacon toothpaste. >> it is $4.95. the caption reads get your mouth bacon fresh. you can also get bacon floss. that is also $4.95. let me introduce you to bacon, this is a bacon fragrance for men and women. smells like spicy maple with a hint of bacon. it will cost you $36. >> do-it-yourselfers romantic men out there, scroll up that

website for us. something really spells romance if we can scroll that up to the web computer, it is bacon roses. how to make your own. all you need. you need a mini muffin pan a broiler pan a drill with a bit and bacon. now, moving on for the crafty ladies out there. you are cold and hungry. why not a bacon scarf. you can make it yourself. google bacon scarf and finally, what bacon segment would be complete without this guy? kevin bacon. >> six degrees of separation. >> we are having a little bit of fun with this. coming up later on show, we are going to be cooking because it is an entire week of bacon. >> we are going to cook bacon with arlington, restaurant

three, it is a whole week of bacon. you are not going to want to miss some of the treats they are coming up with. >> i'm hungry. is -- is that scarf made out of bacon? >> yes. the new iphone 4f goes on sale in about two hours here in washington our partners at usa today say this could be a landmark event and could mean more people have smash phones than regular, old wireless phones. >> the phone went on sale overnight in japan. more than 200 people lined up there to get their hands on one. nearly 1 million have been sold through pre orders. among those waiting for the new iphone, apple co-founder steve woes yak and yes, he ordered a new iphone for himself. why wouldn't he? he should be handed one. still ahead this morning,

we are talking about a rail meeting. in four minutes, monika santani gives us a preview. and should we expect more rain today? howard, there is your weather first when 9news returns.

it is 6:12. we are looking at live doppler 9 hd with rain west of us that will be here in the next couple

of hours. grab the rain gear but also, grab the sun shades. you are going to need them mid afternoon. sun to finish the day, highs around 70. monika. southbound side of 25 at howard road we are just getting word of an accident. no problems on the beltway's south side of town or 35 at the 14th street bridge. surae? we are talking about smart growth, we were talking about a planned community sort of. so explain what this conference is all about. >> reporter: the rail pollution is a national conference on livable communities with transit. it is a chance to show off neighborhoods right here in washington. i did get a chance to speak with john robert smith, the president of reconnecting america. >> a local community is one where people can afford to live, and are connected to jobs, education, healthcare, to every day needs of life, buy seamless

public transportation. that includes walking, biking, bus and rail. >> a number of good examples already of livable communities. i'm thinking of capitol hill east of market in particular, very livable. eighth street with the development of a streetcar line. tyson's corner has the new metro line with the opportunity to greatly improve live lilt. >> actually have an opportunity to enjoy your life. you are not stuck behind the steering wheel of your automobile in traffic. your blood pressurizing, you are able your quality of life greatly improves. and you actually capture not only hours, but days of your life back. when you live in a livable community. >> it starts with your own two feet. revolution takes place from october 16-1 at the washington marriott ward man park 2660

woodley road it is located on the metro line. the conference is open to everyone. for more information, go to wusa 9.com. the whole revolution thing. >> started in 18. now includes five shops. even small towns and rural areas can be very livable. >> that sounds so appealing. >> i imagine rails could be the sticking point. >> but that is what is happening in tyson's corner. >> hopefully that will be a prime example of what we are talking about. thank you monika. to howard and andrea. whether you are walking or taking the bus or whatever you need to have the rain. >> the rain returning rapidly, areas west. the good news is we finish off the day with sunshine and that sets the door for a nice weekend. opens the door. sets the table. sometimes the brain does that

to me. >> let's get you going. >> it has been a touch of fog out in the mountains in western maryland and west virginia. sunrise at 7:16. your weekend plans hey, we have got good news once we get rid of the showers and storms early this afternoon, the sun returns in much better shape. the winds will pick up. we could have gusts over 20. we finished the day sunny. gusting over 20. by 5:00 temperatures will have fallen with a high of 71. the coming out of north carolina and southwestern virginia. as we look at live doppler 9000 hd, knocking on the doorstep, the sprinkles are knocking on the doorstep. you see a little bit of light green in fairfax county. up toward marshall and the

plains here. toward south central virginia, south of culpepper, down route 29, this is where we are picking up more moderate rains moving toward madison right on route 29 moving toward the north. you guys toward south and west are going to see it before we do. we have a coastal flood warning in effect until noon around dc, arlington and fairfax counties. the darker green areas those tides could be running a foot and a half above average. mid-60s in most areas to low 60s north and west. at reagan national, the temp 66, dew point 64. the humidity high is 93%. once we get rid of the rain that will come through today, nice and clear. that is your weekend into early next week. today 71. we finished the day with sunshine after the showers and storms moved through midday.

windy tomorrow 67 after starting in the 40s in many areas. sunday beautiful, 72. what a great finish for the weekend. slight chance of a shower. monika is stepping in. >> reporter: north on the beltway there was an early morning accident. that is what it left for you. since about 5:00 this morning on the westbound side of the beltway, let's take a live look there and show you the back-up. i would proceed a 15 minute extra ride to your commute this morning because of the earlier accident heading through the top side of this area. this time we are going to zoom into the south side of town. northbound 95 there are no problems heading up to springfield. we'll show you a live picture. there had been an accident out of this camera shot sitting on the shoulder. as you can see beyond that north of edsel road you are fine to the 14th street bridge. northbound 295 to the 11th

street bridge 7 minutes. outer loop 95 to 270, 24 minutes and 66 coming in from 7100, 14 minutes at this point. come up another look around the area at 6:25. thank you monika. next in sports the redskins get ready for the eagles and the caps go to overtime. among all the canned fruits and vegetables on your grocery store shelves which is considered to be best for vitamin a? carrots, pumpkins or asparagus? >> our facebook friends are weighing in. camille says carrots. >> tell us what you think. go to facebook.com/wusa 9. we'll have the answer at 6:53.

welcome back. howard has your weather first. we are staring to pick up some of the rain returning, especially south and west of town around madison and ruckersville. we see the yellows and oranges and will watch that move toward us later this morning and be with us through early afternoon. showers and storms through midday. we get to around 70, 71 we finish with sunshine and 78. thank you, howard. in sports,. >> reporter: it was 1999 the last time the skins were in first place this late in the season. hopefully they stay there. dc is counting on rushing offense to score and it is hoping for help in the passing game as well. >> we have to go out there and examine our technique and releases and make sure we are in the right place at the right

time. no word on the status of chris cooley for this weekend's game. he was limited at practice thursday. the coach said he had to get his knee drained to relieve swelling. the washington caps are a perfect 9-0 to start their season. that includes a win last night over at their big rivals, the penguins. dc had a big lead but with less than four minutes left the penguins scored a power play goal and that knotted it up at 2 all. it stayed that way until halfway through overtime. dennis' wideman's power play goal, won it for washington. the caps beat the penguins 3-2. dc hosts ottawa tomorrow.

the national league championship series is now down to the best of three. the brewers tied this at two games apiece last night. game four in st. louis, it was tied at two in the fifth. former national morgan comes in to score. milwaukee wins 4-2. game five is tonight in st. louis. over in the american league the tigers lived to fight another day. this two run homer in the sixth, tigers win 7-5. rangers lead the series 3-2. game six is tomorrow in texas. ahead the latest on efforts to repair earthquake damage at the national cathedral. president obama and the president of south korea head to michigan today, touting mr. obama's job plan. coming up, details on a new republican jobs plan. a tough morning monika sny it

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we are coming up on 6:30. this is always the place to get your weather first. this is a live look at national airport. we just checked the departure bored and weather has cancelled at least one flight this morning. 66 degrees out there right now. good morning, and welcome back to 9news now. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm andrea roane. and i'm surae chinn. mike is off today. we had a rough day yesterday and are in for wet weather today too howard? >> reporter: this is fairly light stuff here. but later this morning heavier showers and again a few thunderstorms are possible but not expecting anything tornadic like we had yesterday. notice up toward madison, some of the heavier showers moving over, that stuff is driving north at 30 miles per hour. light showers into northwest, fairfax, prince williams, toward the shenandoah valley as well.

winchester, you could be seeing light sprinkles as well. we have showers and storms at 9:00, showers and storms at noon, but this afternoon from 1:00 to 3:00, it will start clearing out west to east. 5:00 p.m. temperature 68. here's monika with a look at traffic. >> reporter: howard, i have been the bearer of bad news for commuters on the north side of town. i'm so sorry. let's look at the beltway. a second accident on the outer loop this time just passed through 355. let's take a live look at the beltway in bethesda. this is what it looks like as you approach 270 and the accident. you have the back-up forming already, if you are headed out there, expect this. beltway again east side of town, good news, no problems coming in on the parkway route 50 to the beltway. a live look inside the beltway eastern avenue kennelworth, nice

and quiet. no problems to report in the northeast or the potomac river crossings. a quick look at your trains. no problems. coming up in next report another look around town at 6:45. andrea and surae? thank you monika. police are expanding their search for a missing 11-year- old boy. william mcqueen hasn't been seen in at least two weeks. >> investigators are trying to piece everything together and really find this little boy. keep in mind this time yesterday morning, police still hadn't found the suspect and still hadn't found the missing car of the victim. the hope was this little boy was with either the suspect or the car. but now both have been found and 11-year-old william mcqueen is still missing. look at this picture. it was released by police. they need the public's help in finding this little boy. he is described as being

biracial, five feet tall, 85 pounds and hasn't been in school since september 30th. that is almost exactly two weeks ago. meanwhile, his stepfather, 45-year-old curtis lopez -s in custody, charged with first degree murder for allegedly killing the boy's mother, his estranged wife. he was arrested thursday morning while leaving a hotel in charlotte, north carolina. montgomery county police chief talked about their chances of finding this boy alive. >> my hope is he may be with a family member or friend that perhaps has no idea what has occurred with his mother. but as time goes on, it becomes, i guess more and more of a long shot that that is the case. >> now the boy's mother, 51-year-old jean mcqueen was found dead in her germantown apartment late wednesday night. we don't know exactly how she

was killed, but police said she had been ten likely for 10 to 12 days. the investigation is now entirely focused on finding 11-year-old william mcqueen. back to you. thank you chris fischer live in rockville, maryland. today the family of 27-year-old ali mohammed will file a $15 million wrongful death suit against the owners of the dc 9 nightclub. he was believed to have thrown a brick through the window of the club after he was asked to leave. he was chased down and a struggle ensued and he died. charges were dropped after a medical examiner concluded mohammed had an underlying heart condition. >> he was dead. what did they do wrong? they killed him. >> reporter: once the suit is filed, the defense will have some time before they respond. the entire case could take several weeks is that a part of

virginia -- a part of virginia still cleaning up. a suspected tornado hit louisa county last night. it damaged an historic residence, ripping the roof off an historic house. the landmark home dates back to 1746. frank lehman says you can see the path of destruction. >> reporter: took two big oak trees, knocked the fence down. put the roof right there. >> reporter: fortunately, no one was hurt last night. engineers are repairing the damage at the national cathedral, caused by the august earthquake. crews removed two tons of stone work from one of the damaged pinnacles. a crane helped get the debris down from the 350-foot tall central tower. some of the stone work removed dates back to 963.

today president obama hits the road again the stump for his $450 billion jobs plan. >> the president of south korea will join president obama on his trip tie gm plant in michigan. susan mcginniss reports this comes as republicans are crafting a jobs bill of their own. >> just days after creating a new free trade act with south korea, president obama will show how he thinks it will help put americans to work. he will head to michigan today to tour a gm plant using south korean parts. thursday the president said the united states auto industry along with american farmers and manufacturers will benefit in particular from the new agreement. he also used it to prove compromise is confident it will happen on cap hill. >> we are willing to work with

republicans where they are willing to put politics behind the interests of the american people. >> reporter: but whether it comes to creating jobs president obama and the gop are still far apart. senate republicans are now floating their own jobs plan. >> gop proposal calls for repealing the healthcare law and a balanced budget. it would lower corporate and individual tax rates and ease government regulations on business snooze this is a bill that can pass if the democrats will open their eyes and work with us. >> reporter: president obama says he is willing to work with republicans, but he is not giving up on his own plan yet. monday he will kickoff a three day bus tour to promote it. today's trip to michigan with south korea's president comes hours after a state dinner at the white house. the president and first lady

welcomed the president and his wife. the entertainment included three korean american sisters playing classic music. dinner included texas beef, virginia cured ham and chocolate devil's food cake. >> they will have to keep moving after that right? >> howard says we have been seeing some rain this morning. but it will clear out by the weekend. up next a look at a sunny and warmer weekend. >> reporter: here's a live look at the american legion bridge. monika's next time traffic saver report seven minutes away. bacon is not just for breakfast any more. that is still pretty darn good. i'm eating bacon ice cream here in the studio. coming up, lots of tasty bacon

goodies. it is a bacon week here. keep it here.

welcome back. we are trying to dry out, but it is going to be hard pressed today. >> give us another eight, nine hours. we will dry out this afternoon. we will finish the day with sunshine. but we have showers and thunderstorms we will be dealing with over the next as i said, eight, nine hours, because we have more rain now knocking on our door stop. coming down at a good clip right now. here's your bus stop forecast. grab the rain gear as you get ready to go out or the little ones ready to go out. we have the showers returning. fog north and west of town. winds aren't too bad yet but they will pick up out of the west this afternoon and our day

planner calling for wet weather through midday. temperatures in the upper 60s. winds picking up. by 4:00 we should have a good deal of sunshine. southern maryland, by the bay of the eastern shore, but we will be done 2:00, maybe 3:00 at the latest. by 8:00 p.m., 62 degrees with partly cloudy skies. you can see in this doppler and lightning combined we have all this rain south and west of washington, mainly west of 95 here. it is approaching southern maryland, too. not too much lightning just yet. here's live doppler 9000 ht. some of the rain winchester and then yellows and even oranges well south of town. we have had a few sprinkles in northwest. western mont gmail.com friday, fairfax. -- montgomery, fairfax. you see the lighter showers here.

yellows showing up here from west of culpepper. lifting toward flint hill and amosville. and as we go to the northern neck in southern maryland, now we are starting to see rain moving in toward you. check this out. that could be a developing thunderstorm we will be watching as well over the next few hours. temperatures as we talked about. in the mid-60s in town. still a few upper 50s in the shenandoah valley. due .64. humidity is real, real high. once we get rid of the showers and thunderstorms we are dealing with today, from the great lakes back through the carolinas, earlier this afternoon, that will be it for several days. saturday, sunday, even most of money, i think we are in pretty good shape around here and this front will be coming through. toward this afternoon, 7:00. >> there is the rain, new

jersey, pushing away. the clearing skies with going to be with us for a few days. today as we clear out 71. tonight 40s and 50s and only in the upper 60s on saturday. winds again gusting over 20 miles per hour. slight chance of a shower north. monday afternoon, late tuesday wednesday. here's monika with timesaver traffic. >> reporter: thank you howard. yellow lights this morning because we have had several separate accidents on the beltway north side of town. see allred cars, we are going to zoom in there. there was an accident second part of the morning. let's take a look at 270. coming in from urbana. a ten minute ride at route 80. slowing down at route 28. this time we are going to zoom into virginia. accident-free all the morning from fredericksburg to

springfield. near edsel road the accident was moved to the shoulder. and to your travel times northbound side of 295, 7 minutes to the 11th street bridge. 495, 42 minutes outer loop 95 to 270. and 66 coming in from 7100 is 17 minutes. another look around the area in my next report. jessica, i smell breakfast. >> it is delicious, monika. forget about christmas and the 4th of july and new years, it is a week of bacon. it started yesterday at three bar and grill. joining us this morning with amazing bacon treats, we have sue chef sean, right here and executive chef brian, who doesn't like being called an executive, but he is. so what is a week of bacon? >> a week of bacon is pretty much our tribute to the bacon

we cure and sell in-house. we do seven or eight items for the week we have a bacon menu. >> reporter: you regularly do really fun stuff with bacon. i'm eating bacon ice cream. tell me about some of the unusual stuff you guys do. >> we have bacon crusted chicken wings. really good. the wing sauce has bacon in it as well. we have a country fried bacon. think steak but bacon instead. >> country fried bacon. >> topped with white bacon gravy. >> reporter: oh, my arteries hurt. >> we have a bacon bloody mary, uses vodka infuse with our bacon, and a bacon martini. >> reporter: what are you doing here? >> making bacon on a stick. one of our appetizers.

this is like bacon candy. >> it smells ridiculous. i can't wait to try it. sean what are you make something. >> bacon and beer braised brussel sprouts. >> reporter: what are these? >> this is our pulled pork and bacon wrapped pork loin over corn bread and bacon stuffing. this is our wedge salad topped with blew cheese, home cured bacon and tomatoes. >> you have other events coming up, you want to share a couple of those? >> we are doing our bacon curing class. we have bacon happy hours, where we are doing limited prices on our bacon and bacon drinks. coming up, we are going to try some of the bacon. and i'm sure we will have company for that. keep it here. you are watching 9news now.

6:53. already raining westover washington this morning. showers and storms will move in shortly and be with us through early afternoon. we clear and go home with sunshine mid afternoon. shaping up to be a decent weekend. today is friday, october 14th. a check of news before you go. montgomery county detectives haven't said if they have any idea where 11-year-old william mcqueen might be. her estranged husband was arrested yesterday, his mother was found dead. president obama will be the keynote speaker at the dedication of the martin luther king jr. memorial. it opened to the public in august but the formal dedication

was delayed because of hurricane irene. and congratulations to sierra fisherman the teacher at mckinley high won the $25,000 educator award. fisherman was an educator. you guys have been weighing in. among all canned fruits and vegetables, which one is considered to be the best source of vitamin a? carrots, pumpkin or asparagus? the answer is b. pumpkin. i bet it goes with bacon, too. up next, one more check on traffic and weather, keep it right here with 9news now. [ speaking french ]

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welcome back. 6:58. your weather first. we have showers and storms moving in for the metro right now. they will be with us earlier afternoon but clearing. windy today, tomorrow and through monday look nicest a live look right now 40 minute ride 95 past this point to georgia avenue. a quick look route 50 on the beltway. coming out of annapolis a -- an accident on the ramp heading to i 97. i'm in my happy place. bake con on a stick right now. like candy. you guys also sell bacon? >> we do. by the pound and literally bag it up straight from virginia farms through us to you. this is a time where you

want smell-a-vision at home. >> we thank you guys for coming in and giving us lots of bacon. thank you. what else do we have here? brussel sprouts. it is healthy. >> there is a salad. >> i love those. >> give me a fork. >> united states your fingers howard, we wouldn't mind. the vodka in this is infused with bacon. >> but the ice cream is really what i'm interested in trying. >> i'm heading to the treadmill after this. "the early show" is coming up, while we are munching on bacon and they will have more on the looming protesters, and the confrontation possibly with police i want and a great weekend -- have a