weather-wise, we got a couple of sprinkles early. and then we're looking at sunshine and windy conditions. couple of passing clouds this afternoon. 59 by noon. by 5:00, 60 degrees and we stay windy there. the winds could be gusting over 30 miles an hour at times. satellite and radar from last night. boy the big heavy showers across loudoun county. this morning notice just a couple of stragglers and sprinkles, there they are. i'm going to show you this on live doppler 9000 hd. not much to talk about from poolsville to boyd up to clarksburg and north of jermantown there but that's it. there are a couple of very light sprinkles. temps have fallen into the 50s now north and west. 63 on the day and 55 now down in fredericksburg and culpeper and in the 40s in luray. today we're going to be dropping but look at the winds gusting to 36 at pax river. our gusts are in the mid 20s but picking up again in the next few hours, an update on timesaver traffic from monika with the new maps and new

clicker. thank you very much howard. a look at the big picture, aren't they pretty? it goes with my hairment everything is fine all around town. we're going to zoom into the west side of town. no problems on the dulles toll road. 66 is fine. we're looking good through the tyson's corner area, from leesburg no problems on route 7 or route 123 in tyson's corner. a live look on 95. i know that for you that get up early, 95 buzz a real nightmare at the prince william parkway with the construction going on. right now the lanes are open and you should be okay back to normal as you head up from that point past the fairfax county parkway and into springfield. we'll now take a look at 395 at duke street again looking fine here through landmark up to the 14th street bridge. no delays with all lanes open. coming up we'll take a look into maryland at 5:10. back to you mike. thank you monika. this morning police are investigating a shooting that killed a metro bus passenger. >> the gunfire erupted shortly

after midnight in southeast washington. 9news now reporter kristin fisher is there with the latest. good morning kristin. >> reporter: good morning. well, the victim here was an adult male passenger. he was on the w 4 metro bus to deanwood and the bus was stopped right at this metro bus stop just on the other side of this police car and around midnight. early this morning, two men shot this passenger several times. the passenger that was shot was then taken to the hospital but he was pronounced dead on arrival. now we don't know exactly where he was shot in relation to the bus stop. was he shot on the bus or the doorway or just outside? we still don't know. that's what police department detectives are still trying to figure out right now. and they're still on the scene. the big question now though is what about these suspects? where are they? two of them still on the loose. police still trying to track them down at this hour but we

don't know about the motive or any description about these suspects. but what we do know, the good news here is that this metro bus has been taken to the d. c. police crime lab and there are cameras both inside and outside of that bus. so chances are that whatever went down, was caught on camera. so that's something that police are also trying to sift through right now at this hour. but you can see this section of alabama avenue still shut down as we start to head into the morning rush hour. back to you. >> all right, kristin fisher reporting live from southeast washington. a falling tree branch has killed a personal trainer in northwest washington. ben mufti's landlord found the man on the ground yesterday. he had just left his home and was walking to work at the sport and health club as he usually did. d. c. public works crews inspected the tree and found that the tree is healthy. montgomery county police say they have surveillance

video which may show 11-year- old william mcquain just minutes before he was killed. the video is from a camera at liberty gas station. william's body was found in some woods close by. police say the video shows the suspect, william's stepfather curtis lopez paying for some gas at the station as williams was playing near lopez's car. his mother was found murdered last week in their home. lopez is accused in both slayings. police have revealed a possible motive now in the murder of a 12-year-old gaithersburg girl. suspect david rich hang was jessica nguyen's stepfather and back in may she was found stabbed to death in the basement of her home. police say hang was in the midst of a bitter divorce with her mother and they believe that he married her as part of an immigration scam. d. c. mayor vincent gray signed an executive order against cooperating with federal authorities, that is at least when it comes to illegal immigration. the directive orders police and

other agencies not to detain people on the basis of their immigration status. city officials say the goal of the order is to foster more cooperation between residents and police when it comes to reporting serious crimes. five minutes after 5:00; time for the latest your money report this morning. >> and jessica doyle is here with a preview of the day ahead on wall street. good morning. >> good morning, we are seeing more red arrows this morning for folks waking up to wall street. yeah. european and asian markets. >> great. great. >> not so great today. now wall street sank late in the session yesterday on reports that european leaders were impassed over european bailout talks. we're going to have to see if new reports out this morning can change this tone. checking the numbers for you, the dow stands this morning at 11,504. the nasdaq fell by 53 and if s&p 500 was down by 15.5. couple months ago investors couldn't wait to get a crack at

groupon but now months after volatile tradings and concerns about the business model and management, groupon is scaling back the plans to go public. the original offer valued the company at $20 billion, now it's more like $12 billion. and the writing is on the wall, pcs are a diagnose breed but not tootoo fast -- dying breed but not too too fast. consumers are snapping up smart phones and tablets, but india up 21% and turkey 14% and indonesia 23%. emerging markets love their pc. >> around here mobile is what it's all about. >> we love the tablets. what do you have in the next half hour? another reminder why you have to pay more for your airfare over the holidays. >> i'm driving instead. >> we're saving up for the million dollar fountain. >> yes. >> the bellagio fountain.

police tack down the last of more than 50 exotic animals that escaped from an ohio farm, that story is coming up. plus a second day of massive demonstrations gets underway this morning in athens, greece. and ahead in sports, they used to be a shoo-in for the mls playoffs but d. c. united was playing for its postseason life last night. we'll tell you if they survived. we'll be back.

it is 5:08. still a stray sprinkle across parts of upper montgomery county. to howard county. otherwise, we're clearing out and the winds are starting to pick up and temperatures, they're dropping here into the 50s over the next few hours. if they haven't already where

you are. we'll slowly recover to near 60 by noon. and only into the lower 60s for highs this afternoon with a 5:00 p.m. temperature of 60. brisk southwesterly winds at 10 to 20. 25 at times gusting to 30, 35 miles an hour. now to monika samtani. we're going to take a live look into the certain corners area, route -- seven corners area. nice and quiet early. no problems to report on 66 inside the beltway or the beltway across the legion bridge. a closer look into virginia coming up at 5:16. back to you. making news now at 5:09. the fbi spent the day searching the home of the missouri couple whose baby has been missing for more than two weeks now. lisa irwin's parents reported her missing on october 24th. police say that's not the case that they're cooperating. and police in ohio now have accounted for all of the exotic

animals that their owner set free before he committed suicide. it turns out one of the big cats ate the monkey that police had not located. of the 56 wild animals police had to shoot and kill 49 of them. the six survivors were taken to the columbus zoo. the second day of a general strike and mass protests underway in greece this morning. this is a live look at what's going on there. about 100,000 people marched through the streets of athens wednesday. they're upset over another round of layoffs and benefit cuts to greek parliament is set to vote on today in order to keep receiving international bailout money. a local food pantry overwhelmed with needy families within the last month. how you can help restock the shelves coming up at 5:39. at 5:22. the redskins reat to the change at quarterback and next at 5:14. howard has cooler temperatures in his seven day forecast.

good morning, welcome back to 9news now. 5:13. it didn't turn out as severe a weather day yesterday and that is a good thing as far as we're concerned. and now we're on the upswing again. >> we are on the upswing but one of the things i was looking at the pressures this morning. the barometer. really, really low.

down to 29.39 in spots. if you watch it. you know normal's about 30. we get a deep storm system like we got in the midwest can that's one of the reasons we're seeing such a low pressure here. we had a little low near us and that's one of the reasons we didn't get the warm and severe weather. if you are sensitive to that pressure changes, big pressure changes, this is going to be a painful day for you and nothing we can do about it except get through it. and when the pressure settles out you know, your joints will feel a little bitter. blame the earth -- better. blame the weather. the bus stop forecast. winds are going to be howling at times today. temperatures up into the low 60s after falling back into the 50s here over thefection few hours. starting -- next few hours, starting over the next few hours. some of the gust today will be in the 30-mile an hour range. by noon at 59-degrees and by 5:00 60. look at the sustained winds. 19. 19. out of the southwest and normally, southwest is a warm

breeze for us. but it's not normal. this is a big storm and that cold air is already south and west of us. so the cold will be coming from the southwest. here's a look at the radar and satellite in motion and you can see the showers that are pushing through to the north no. much here now -- not much here now. however on live doppler 9000 hd the last of the stragglers, a few sprinkles, boyd, clarksburg into jermantown on the north side there moving up into damascus, that's about it in the local area. a couple of showers in far northeastern maryland also pulling away. we've got 50s and hagerstown through martinsburg and winchester. oakland apt 37. while culpeper, fredericksburg in the 50s. we're still 60. so for us the cold air is coming in from that direction the southwest. we're gusting 25 here in washington. to 36 at patuxent river. southwesterly winds here. that front that will be sweeping through and you guys are going to be cooling down too into southern maryland over the next couple of hours as the

chill returns. we're down to 60. dew point 535 and that's what i'm talking about the barometer. watch this number how quickly that's going to rise throughout the day today and into the evening and you can also see as we look at the national temps the cold which has come behind the storm. little rock's at 38. national's 44. we're still 60. so the cold wrapping around this big storm spinelling here across indiana and michigan. sucking the cold air from canada all the way down to the deep south and eventually it comes around and toward us. and that's what will be happening during the day today and over the next couple of days. we're done with the rains, big rains here. keeping a nice chill in the air for st. louis for the world series last night and again tonight and for us we're just going to get the winds to blow off the rain out of here. bring mostly sunny skies back. but keep us on the cool side here for the next couple of days. our futurecast pushing the rain away. some mountain snow showers developing in the higher elevations of west virginia. snow shoe or so. the wind is with us today and

tonight. and windy again tomorrow but not as windy. then saturday we'll have lighter winds and still a few showers possible in the mountains here friday night into saturday morning but saturday looks nice and sunny. and pleasant. highs in the low 60s again but without the wind it will feel better. windy today 62. gusts 30 to 35. breezy tomorrow. 62. gusts 25 to maybe 30. cool on saturday. 63. sunday looks good as 64. slight chance of a shower monday and then back to 70 by tuesday. monika samtani, good morning. good morning. i'm actually starting with the smile and that's because i don't have any big issues to report in virginia on 95. but there was an accident on the peltway north side of town. go there live first on the outer loop at the beltway at connecticut avenue just past the camera shot. they moved it quickly to the left shoulder and you okay getting by and no problems on 270 right through rockville. back to the maps and this time zoom into 95 heading into springfield leaving the

woodbridge area. yesterday's paving operation, this time was a success, there are no problems past the prince william parkway and 395 at springfield. a live look at the 14th street bridge, you're going to be okay across the potomac river and this is basically what the anacostia river crossings like look as well. back to you. the redskins head to carolina this sunday with a new starting quarterback. indeed. plus, is the rest of the world series goes like game one, you can expect a lot of nail biters in days ahead. highlights coming up in sports. now let's take a look at the question of the morning -- >> well, now here's a response you left on the wusa9 facebook fan page. it's from karen martin, wrote --

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5:21. just a couple of sprinkles up in montgomery county, temperatures dropping into the 40s in parts of the shenandoah valley. 50s to around 60 here in

washington. we're going to be dropping into the mid 50s here. brisk southwesterly winds at times gusting to 30, 35 miles per hour. low 50s in the shenandoah valley. to noon, little recovery. 59 in town and 62 in easton and pax river. 58 for andrews and mid- afternoon, could be a few clouds just bubbling up in the daytime heating and instability. maybe a shower toward hagerstown. definitely need a jacket for the wind and the chill moving in. thank you howard. game two of the world series tonight in st. louis after a close game one. >> plus, the redskins prepare to put a new starter against the panthers sunday at quarterback that is. kristen berset has the details in your morning sports. good morning everyone. here's your first look at sports. the washington redskins have 11 turnovers all 11 of them are credited to rex grossman. this is been his m. o. and unfortunately it came to a head last sunday. so now the john beck era begins in ashburn.

how long that will be is yet to be determined. mike shanahan announced yesterday that beck would be the starter sunday when the skins travel to face carolina. beck says he worked out this off-season with super bowl quarterbacks aaron rodgers and drew brees and hopes the time to lead the team could woman. it's here -- would come. it's here. >> you have to go with your gut. like i said we got two guys that we can win with. but i'm going to give john an opportunity to see what he can do this week. >> definitely excited and you know there's been a lot of hard work that's gone into this and you never know h1n1 the opportunity is going -- the opportunity is going to come and you always have to stay ready. just want to perform my best. >> practicing yesterday, running back tim hightower practiced fully. as did receiver anthony armstrong. however atogwe sat out with a knee injury. to baseball -- so soccer

sorry. let's start with soccer. d. c. united must win situation dwayne de row zaire owe for the score but it doesn't count. the referees ruled that a d. c. united player was offside and the game ends in a draw and d. c. united fails to make the postseason for the fourth straight year. now to the world series. first lady and mrs. biden at the game. rangers versus cardinals. down by two. mike napoli with a two run homer to tie the rangers at 2. bottom of the 6th. cards have the answer in pinch hitter allen craig. the cards win game one 3-2. that's going to do it for the morning sports, i'm kristen berset, have a great day. one morn virginia county launches a -- northern virginia county launches a program to help kids stay safe on the internet. plus, if you're planning to fly over the holidays you need to unload some extra cash. how about moving on the roadways right now? >> i think that will be a good

idea right now because on pennsylvania avenue over the sousa bridge, a live look on the traffic cameras, no problems on and all the river crossings are incident free. in my next report we'll go into maryland starting at 5:29. you're watching 9news now, stay with us. state farm. this is jessica.

hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ]

i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. >> it's thursday, you're almost there. hang in there. i'm mike hydeck, thank you for joining us. here's monika samtani. new clicker, new graphics, life's good. >> life is great. >> howard bernstein is here. >> we're getting rid of the rain this morning, just a couple offspring couples left over but -- of sprinkles left over. if you're going in any areas in western maryland, maybe even higher in the mountains and also in the bay bridge, if you travel that, the winds are going to be that factor there

as well. we are expecting partly to mostly sunny skies, a few clouds at times and generally it's going to be a dry sunny day. 59 degrees at noon. we're 60 now but we should be dropping into the mid 50s over the next few hours with colder air moving in. windy this afternoon as we're talking southwest winds at 15 to 25 but the 65 would be south and east of town. southern maryland maybe by the bay. showers came in waves yesterday. we never got into the warm warm air so we didn't get the severe weather which is fine. and as far as doppler is concerned this morning, couple of sprinkles there you can see them just south of clarksburg over to body in montgomery county and that's it. the temperatures now 60 in town. low to mid- 50s in the shenandoah valley. 49 in luray right now and still holding on the to 61 in easton but the chill is moving to the east as the winds start to kick up. over to monika samtani. she's got an update on the timesaver traffic.

i'm happy to say i have nothing but good news right now. here's the beltway. we're going to zoom in first to the district where there are no problems to report downtown and here's what it looks like on the beltway north side of town. we're looking fine. there was an accident on the outer loop at connecticut avenue that was moved to the left shoulder and didn't cause any mobs heading west on -- problems heading west on the beltway from silver spring to bethesda. 270 from frederick, all lanes are open. in fact a live look right now at falls road. again, just a little bit of volume. it's early. 5:30 and all the people are out headed to work but they're not going to encounter any delays heading down to the point where the lanes divide and we'll head over to the american legion bridge on the best side of town. -- west side of town. we're good from tyson's corner up from bethesda and down from bethesda into virginia. back to you mike and andrea. 5:31 just about now. president obama is waking up at the white house this morning after the three day bus tour of north carolina and virginia.

>> now that president has put the importance of the jobs package outside the beltway. more arm twisting lies ahead in capitol hill. the senate trying to pass a portion of the bill this week. it would give states $35 billion to try to avoid more cuts in public sector jobs. like firefighters and teachers. >> we are going to make sure there is a vote on our bill this week. >> they're actually designing legislation to fail on the other side so they'll have someone else to blame for the economy 13 months from now. >> republicans accused democrats of playing political games to try to win votes. president obama won't stay put for long though. he's headed out west on another jobs tour next week. police are investigating a deadly metro bus shooting right now. they're on the scene. a passenger on a bus died shot just after midnight in southeast washington. 9news now reporter kristin fisher is live there on alabama avenue and i believe 21st.

good morning. >> reporter: that's correct mike. good morning. we still have two suspects on the loose. we don't really have any description of them at this point but at least there were cameras on this metro bus and right now, that metro bus has been taken to the crime lab. there are cameras both inside and outside the metro bus so police are hoping that those cameras may have caught something to find out who these suspects are. they're accused of shooting and killing a passenger on the metro bus. it was taken away but -- excuse me the bus stop is just behind this police car over here. and it happened right around midnight. these two suspects shot the victim several times we don't know exactly where. was it inside or outside the bus? they may have even been passengers, that's again something that detectives are still trying to sort through. as for the victim, he was transported to the hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival. really a sad story out here. still trying to piece together exactly what happened and why. but that is all part of the

investigation that is as you can see still going on behind me. mike? >> thanks kristin. live in southeast d. c. this morning. prince george's county firefighters found a body inside a burning car early this morning. this was in forestville, maryland. crews were putting out the fire in the 2900 block of haverton road. there were human remains inside. no word yet on the approximate age, race or gender of the body. police are now working on the investigation. a montgomery county jury could start deliberations later today in the trial of a teacher accused of abusing her students. susan burke was the first grade teacher at green castle elementary until her arrest in january. she's accused of choking, scratching and punching several children. burke took the stand wednesday and testified about school policies. the defense also called two educators to the stand who said they never saw burke inappropriately touch a child or even yell at her class. the new program is being

launched in loudoun county, virginia to help protect children from online predators. it's called "computer cops." software program that lets parents permanently delete images and information that may have been downloaded on home computers. the software is free. the sheriff's office is offering the program to residents as part of a series of courses on internet safety. 5:34. time for another your money. if you are flying to grandma's for the holidays, start saving and booking now says jessica doyle. >> that's right. the reason why, airfares going up yet again. we see this a bunch of times of course this is happening just in time for the holidays. major airlines are joining in the first widespread airfare increase since the summer. now delta got things started raising one way fares by $4 to $10 on most routes. even before the hike airfares were up. average ticket prices over the thanksgiving holiday week are running 6% higher this year according to hot wire. and in december, airfares are

projected to be about 10% higher. than this time last year. for the first time in two years social security recipients will receive bigger checks. they will receive a 3.6% cost of living adjustment next year. that takes effect in january. the increase amounts to about $40 more each month and brings average monthly benefits to $1,229. maryland and the district are joining nine states to form a new regional network for charging electric cars. it's called northeast electric vehicle network and it will work to plan and install charging stations throughout the region as well as attracting investment and clean vehicle infrastructure. coming up at 6:12. a look at the chevy volt. shop around to avoid extreme sticker shock in the washington area. >> cool looking cars though. >> i got to test drive the volt. awesome. >> really? okay. >> looking forward to it. thanks jess. well, it looks like the

controversial redistricting plan in maryland is going to become law soon. plus a local food papeterie is forced to -- pantry is forced to close its doors when it runs out of food and supplies for needy people. we'll be right back.

welcome back. 5:38. got a jacket on, the winds are kicking up. the temperatures are dropping into the 50s but skies they are clearing, seeing stars overhead here in northwest washington. today is going to be a windy day, partly to mostly sunny. couple of sprinkles in montgomery county just about gone. by noon we'll have dipped into the mid 50s and then back to 59 by noon. low 60s for highs with those winds today could be gusting 30, 35, maybe even up to 40. you're going to want to hold on tight to the steering wheel. monika samtani inside to you. well, if you're one of the commuters that takes trains in the morning, is heads-up for you. penline number 505 is running 15 to 20 minutes late this

morning. metro and vre are both on time. more on an incident down in brandy wine coming up at 5:47. back to you mike? a local food pantry ran out of food because of a huge increase in demands. the action community through service food bank is in dumfries, virginia. demand jumped nearly 50% last month after tropical storm lee wiped out most of a nearby mobile home park. now if you'd like to donate look for the story on the website at wusa9.com. there you will find a link to donation information. maryland's house of delegates passed governor o'malley's redistricting plans. the bill will now head back to the senate which actually passed it on tuesday. then governor o'malley is expected to sign it into law. the plan drastically alters both the sixth and eighth congressional districts. you can help find a cure to -- key to the cure by shopping this weekend. that story is coming up. that doesn't sound so hard does it?

the windy city sure lived up to its name wednesday. howard tells us just how windy and it is supposed to get windy here. coming up on 5:40, here's who's celebrating a birthday today, october 20th -- if it's your birthday, happy birthday to you. we'll be right back.

welcome back to 9news now. 4:43 on this thursday morning. 5:43. >> please. please. don't do that. >> and it is thursday.

okay. very good. 5:43. i obviously need a break howard. >> maybe another hour? maybe that's it. hey good morning everybody. a couple of stragglers on the radar. that's it. the rain is about gone. many areas have cleared and the rinds, they're going to be the -- winds, they're going to be the factor today. gusting at 35, 40 miles an hour sometimes. our bus stop forecast this morning, we've got the winds and a sprinkle or two but really we're going to be in most areas partly to mostly sunny. breezy to windy. temps in the 50s with the sunrise not until 7:21 this morning. and still a couple of weeks until we get to the daylight savings time, november 6th. the sunrise is late and sunset about 6:20 this evening. our day planner today and watch out for the falling leaves and the winds. it could be a little slippery in spots. we're going to drop into the 50s -- mid 50s over the next few hours and recover to 60 by noon and not much warmer than that. highs in the low 60s this afternoon. brisk southwesterly winds and i know the southwest wind is normally not colder for us but

with the big storm the air is colder south and west. we'll be back in the 50s by 8:00 and winds then southwest 15, gusting 20 to 25 tonight. look at this. we've got the rains pushed through. lot of clearing here east of the mountains. clouds and some showers still in the mountains. and live doppler 9000 hd, we've got a couple of sprinkles one near clarksburg headed to damascus and one near -- make it three and look at this from harpers ferry up to sharpsburg, this is tracking into parts of washington county coming just north of charlestown there on 340. that's about it rain-wise. wind-wise. that's another story. gusting to 25 here, 31 in annapolis and 36 down in southern maryland. so the winds are kicking up behind the front. the drier air is moving in and temperatures are also starting to get on the chilly side especially on the west side of things. springfield now down the 57. great falls 56 and it's 55 for lovettsville.

53 in haymarket. you guys are the cool spot on the board. 63 on the bay at the naval acad may. we've got -- academy. we've got partly cloudy skies in washington with 59 and dew point 54 and we talked about this a little bit earlier. the pressure, very, very low that may cause you some aches and pains if your joints are sensitive to that sort of thing. the storm system to the west has really dragged cold air from canada. bismarck 35. kc 32. another world series tonight in st. louis. another chilly one for them and even new orleans 49. in fact it's colder in new orleans and houston than it is around here right now. we're near 60. so this big storm spinning here responsible for all the cold coming behind it and eventually that goldier air is going to sweep towards us over the day today in the next couple of days it's just going to be chilly. but the rains are moving north of us and we're going the break out and stay sunny to partly sunny most of the day with the winds being the big story as that front sweeps away from us.

a low pressure will pull up and driving the westerly winds and as the cold hits the mountains, it may get cold enough later today and tonight we'll have snow showers falling here at the higher elevations in snow shoe and maybe into garrett county. tomorrow another breezy and windy day and by saturday the winds will start to relax but still be on the cold side. but overall i think the weekend looks nice. today, low 60s. winds again will gust 30 to 40 miles an hour. sustained 15 to 25. in the 40s to around 50 tonight for a low with low 60s tomorrow. saturday, cool pleasant and 63. howard university's come homing, the autism and diabetes walk all look good and monday still in the 60s and warmer tuesday and went. monika? we're starting off with actually a pretty bad situation. if you're planning to head over in southern maryland just heading out the door, on the northbound side of route 301 between pierce road and substation road, so you're coming out of waldorf and

heading toward brandy wine. it is a fatal accident involving a pedestrian struck. it happened about 25 minutes ago. maryland state police tell us they are directing traffic through the area all lanes are blocked. northbound on route 301 right in this area. so i suggest that you go ahead and veer off on route 228 over to route 210 and you make your way up to the beltway that way if you can and just plan early and give yourself extra time through that area. let's take a live look at the beltway at branch avenue. heading south through this one on the beltway itself you're fine through oxon hill and heading to the bridge and take a quick live look on the beltway north side of town on the outer loop. just a little bit of congestion in silver spring but incident free from laurel. coming up we're going to take a look into the accident coming in from waldorfment back to you guys. mike? thanks monika. making news now at 5:48. the windy city living up to its name.

strong gusts pushed the waters of lake michigan on to the roads in chicago. people even had a hard time just trying to walk outside. emergency crews closed the lake front. however, curious people just showed up anyway. authorities in coastal colombia, south america say they are no reports of casualties so far but flooding has left entire neighborhoods underwater. the flood waters also washed out roads and cutoff communities if the water keeps coming. now to some welcome water. the new larger and improved panama canal is being filled up now. it should improve access for the vessels using the canal. tonight, the key to the cure cancer fundraiser kicks off at 6:00 at the saks fifth avenue store in maryland. it includes nancy flo reen a breast cancer survivor. proceeds are going towards

research and treatment of cancers in women. monies raised tonight will benefit the breast care center at suburban hospital. look for me there. i'm a member of the honorary chair committee. and last night monika and i were at another key to the cure event at tyson's corner, it's saks fifth avenue store there. >> yes, the kickoff event and in fact it benefited health systems life with cancers and what's so amazing about that is it's an amazing resource to help people that have been diagnosed. to help cope with it and the management and not only them but also the families and friends involved in this. kids and teens. there we are hosting the event last nigh. we were picking out the winners and by the way my mother-in-law won as well. >> i know. >> it was -- >> i picked the ticket so it wasn't -- right. >> we thought that was hilarious. [ laughter ] and this is benefiting like we said live foot cancer -- >> there we are.

>> with heather. who beinterviewed here the other day and she was one of organizers and i think we have a picture of another organizer as well. she was instrumental in making this happen last night with the 20 and 22 restaurants last night as well. her neighbor passed aid way with cancer as well. so very involved in the event. just wonderful. >> and of course this is breast cancer awareness month and it was a great time, great shopping and our effort here buddy check 9 marked the 18th anniversary a couple of weeks ago. read more about the ongoing effort to fight breast cancer. see inspirational stories from local survivors including my buddy check interview with nancy and sign up for text alert reminders to do your own self-exam. that's on the buddy check 9 page at wusa9.com. okay, before we head to break, let's take another look at the question of the day -- one of the regular facebook

friends, terry said -- >> well, we'll take your guess and put it on the facebook fan page and leave the response. we'll reveal the answer in about an hour. well, it's scheduled to reopen next month but will the repairs to the national cathedral be done in time? we'll check in on the process. plus, a heartwarming reunion as a firefighter meets a little boy he dropped when a relative dropped him from a building. the chevy volt is considered the wave of the future and coming up sky high mark ups for the customers who haven't done their homework. you are watching 9news now.

we've got some winds behind this tremendous storm that's out to the north and west. low pressure really low pressure right now. one area that's coming up to the north and east and our pressure will start to rise. on this storm you can see it spinning back here some of the heavier rains across michigan down through indiana and ohio, kentucky. for us, we have a couple of stragglers left nearby and little bit of lightning and thunder toward williams port here and that's moving up into new york state and northeastern pennsylvania. so the overall trend is at

least for improvement right now but a couple of showers here up toward urbanna. this may get up to buck keys town as well as it goes into southern frederick county. a sprinkle just north of gaithersburg there and also around harpers ferry and sharpsburgs this headed up to myersville and it is just north of charlestown. our futurecast today. couple of sprinkles north and west in the next hour or two. by 9:00 though, our temps will drop to 54 or so maybe the upper 50s east of town. we'll go toward the noon hour, sunny. near 60 degrees. but the winds today are going to whip near 30, 40 on the gusts, might see a sprinkle near hagerstown mid-afternoon with temperatures only getting into the lower 60s. andrea? thank you howard. today the defense could start presenting its case in the trial of michael jackson's doctor. the last scheduled prosecution witness is expected to wrap up his testimony today. an expert anesthesiologist testified the drug propofol is

safe in an operating room but not designed to be used as a sleeping aid. dr. conrad murray is charged with manslaughter in michael jackson's death. lindsay lohan has posted bail after a judge revoked her probation. a los angeles county judge revoked lohan's probation wednesday after the actress encountered problems during the community service assignment at a women's shelter. the judge will decide whether to send her back to jail november 2nd. the actress has been released early on four previous jail stints because of overcrowding. she was already on probation from a 2007 dui case. there's a new honorary member of a boston fire house. he's not old enough to be a firefighter, but he is old enough to realize those firefighters saved his life this week earlier. reporter karen anderson tells the story. >> reporter: an emotional reunion between a boston fire

lieutenant and a 6-year-old boy. >> this is your house all right? you lost your home but this is your house. >> reporter: lieutenant glen is once again holding the little boy he caught after xavier was dropped from the third floor of his burning rock bury home early monday morning. what did it feel like when he caught up? >> it feel like -- feel good. >> reporter: his grandmother was dangling him out the window waiting for someone to help. >> when i let xavier go, he grabbed on to the window sill. he was kicking and screaming and i saw the officer there and i let him go. >> reporter: today xavier's grandmother didn't want to let go of the lieutenant. >> please don't let him miss the catch and when i saw my grandson screaming as he fell, and he just fell right into the officer's arm right there. >> reporter: the firefighters gave xavier a new boston fire

department hat and t-shirt. xavier's mother also rescued calls them heroes. >> i'm just so happy. i'm so happy that he was there. i'm just so happy that he made the catch. >> it's good to see him smiling and happy. >> reporter: xavier now knows what he wants to be when he grows up -- >> a firefighter. >> reporter: here at this fire house he seems right at home. in boston, karen anderson, wbz news. >> cool. >> great, story. >> so, so cute. >> the smile is fantastic. >> nice. >> nice to tell a story about adults helping children rather than harming children too. thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> thursday's here and so are we. i'm mike hydeck, here's monika samtani with timesaver traffic momentarily, but howard bernstein is here and he of course has the weather first. on the books at the end of the day high temperatures will be near 70 because of the midnight temperature but we are down in the 50s in many areas and temperatures continuing to drop and we'll be lucky to get up to the low 60s this afternoon. a look