we're 58. we were 63 when we came on at 4:25. 54 by 9:00. then we get back toward 59 at noon and then 60 at 5:00 with highs in the low 60s and you can see the word windy? southwest winds today 15 to 25. gust 30 to 40 at times so a very windy day out there. that's going to take a lot of leaves down. i think we're going to be near peak here with the weekend. a couple of sprinkles still going on. montgomery county up to frederick and washington counties. you can see them from here urbanna and from sharpsburg down just north of harpers ferry right now. the temperatures again are in the 50s and grab a jacket. here's monika with your thursday morning timesaver traffic. unfortunately we have a very serious situation, we're going to take a live look from sky 9. on route 301 northbound here out of waldorf heading into brandy wine where sheriffs

a pedestrian struck -- there was a pedestrian struck and it was a fatal situation. i know the car involved did stick around and the accident investigation is going to be continuing. in the meantime here's where it is exactly on the northbound side of route 301 between pierce road and substation road. i know that all lanes are blocked there. so you want to plan early if you're just heading out the door. you can use branch avenue as your alternate route. that's going to take you around that point but if you're heading north on route 301 go ahead and veer off on route 228 over to 210 and then again you can take that all the way up to the beltway. this is going to be there for a while and we'll keep you posted on this situation. let's take you over to the wilson bridge if you're already on the beltway or heading there anyway, no problems from oxon hill across the bridge span into alexandria and over to 395 which is where we'll take you now. on the northbound side ott edsall road looking good up to the 14th street bridge, all lanes are open. no big incidents to report here. back over to the maps, planning to heads over on to the trains i want to warn you that mark penn line 505 and 511 both are

running 15 to 20 minutes late this morning. another update on the situation on route 301 at 6:11. mike back to you. thanks monika. the top of the hour let's check on the stories happening today. facebook and the department of labor will announce a partnership. they're joining forces to create a new place to help americans find jobs. the announcement begins at 10:00 this morning. some excitement today at round hill elementary school in loudoun county. a u.s. coast guard helicopter will land there this morning to do a simulated sea rescue. it's part of the star spangled school year theme there. vice president joe biden heads to new hampshire today. he'll be filing the paperwork at the state capitol so he and president obama can officially get on the ballot in the state. the pair won new hampshire back in 2008 by four points. breaking news, a deadly shooting in the district. >> this all happened this morning near suitland parkway and alabama avenue in southeast washington. kristin fisher joins us live from the scene which is still

ongoing. kristin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning mike. well, the victim hire is described as being an adult man and he was a passenger on a metro bus that had been parked at this bus stop on alabama avenue just on the other side of this police unit. you can see that's the crime scene and they've got this section of the street just one block shut down at the moment. now this all started around midnight when this passenger was shot several times. he was then taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. as for exactly where she was hot, we're still trying to figure that out. it could have been on the metro bus itself. it could have been right in the doorway or it could have been just outside. we're still -- police are still actively trying to work through all of that. as for the suspect, well, they got away. we don't have any description about the suspects nor do we have any motive but we do know the metro bus was just taken to the crime lab and on that metro

bus are cameras, both inside and outside. detectives are hoping that those cameras were rolling and they caught the suspects. we don't know if they were waiting at the bus stop possibly for this person. but if they too were passengers on the metro bus. still a lot of things we are working to actively sort out here on this scene. as i said this section is one block of alabama avenue. it's still closed. no idea exactly how long it will be closed but it will likely stay that way for at least the next half hour as we head into the beginning of the morning rush. mike? excuse me. >> that's okay. thanks kristin. live in southeast washington this morning. investigators suspect an immigration scam may be at the root of a 12-year-old girl's murder. jessica nguyen was found stabbed to death inside her family's home in gaithersburg last may and the stepfather, david rich hang is charged in the case. he and jessica's mother were embroiled in a bitter divorce.

d. c. unites charlie davies is suing a nightclub and the makers of red bull for $20 million. the suit stems from a fatal car crash that ended the player's chances of joining the 2010 world cup team for the u.s.. davies suffered numerous broken bones. 22-year-old ashley roberta of phoenix, maryland was killed in the crash. the suit claims the shadow room nightclub and red bull served excessive alcohol to the driver. the woman maria espinosa is receiving two years -- serving two years now. d. c. mayor gray will get a look at the earthquake damaged national coo need ideal later today. the -- cathedral later today. repairs to the cathedral are expected to cost at least $15 million. it is expected to reopen november 12th. at the epicenter of the august quake, people will decide if a new tax will pay for earthquake repairs. the federal government refuse today provide any disaster aid

to louisa county, virginia. so next month voters will decide on a referendum imposing a 4% tax on food and drinks in the restaurants. the money would go to fixing damaged schools. moms and dads if you have little ones, we want to warn you the next story has a few aimenings in it that some -- a few images in it that some may find disturbing, all of the animals in ohio are now president and account -- present and accounted for this morning. almost all of the animals had to be put down. greg black takes a look at what happened and whether this could have been prevented. >> reporter: 56 animals in all have been running loose in the ohio countryside. everything from bears to lions and tigers. this is how most of them ended up. their owner 62-year-old terry thompson is accused of freeing them before killings himself. deputies say they had no choice but to shoot the animals. >> if this had been a 9:00 or

10:00 incident in the middle of the day, odds are high that we may have been able to surround the area. and keep everything contained. but our biggest problem we had in this whole thing was nightfall. >> darkness set in. at that point the sheriff had the say the ones that aren't getting out of the compound ha v to be put down. >> reporter: the humane society says lax laws in ohio are to blame for the tragedy. the governor john kasich is coming under fire for allowing a ban to expire on buying and selling exotic animals. >> what had been proprosed was frankly not doable. >> reporter: but huskies a committee is working on a -- he says a committee is working on a new law. activists say the sooner the better. i'm greg black for 9news now. >> one of the animals accounted for was a monkey. it appears that monkey was eaten by one of the big cats which was freed. the cat was later put down.

6:07. still ahead going green can cost some green. >> you'll meet a local guy driving one of the chevy volt plug-in hybrids. up next a cooler thursday forecast. howard has your weather first when 9news now returns.

6:10 on this windy thursday

morning. couple of sprinkles up in frederick and washington counties. we're looking at partly to mostly sunny today. windy too. look at the winds. southwest. 17, 19, 20. temperatures dropping to the mid 50s by 9:00 around 60 at 1:00 and only topping out in the low 60s. taking a look at the weekend when i return. right now monika? we're going to take a live look from sky 9 right now. northbound route 301 is shut down between pierce road and substation road coming out of waldorf with a fatal pedestrian accident. more on this situation coming up in my next report. back to you mike and andrea. more than 100,000 people are expected to fill the streets of athens, greece again today. it's day two of a general strike. >> one of the stories making news right now at 6:11. check out these live pictures outside of greek parliament. look at all the people there. they are trying -- protestors are to block lawmakers from getting inside to vote on new austerity measures there. those are needed the make sure bailout money from the european

union keeps flowing. a huge win for rebel forces in libya. witnesses say they've taken control of muammar gadhafi's hometown and it was one of the last holdouts in the country. no confirmation yet from the libyan government. engineers on the outer banks are trying to figure out how to repair highway 12 the main road was damaged by hurricane irene back in august on hatteras island. a bridge there opened last week. at 6:12. jessica doyle joins us for a special your money report. >> i'm excited to see this report on the new chevy volt although there could be sky high markups with it. >> the volt has been taking the country by storm. it's been lacking up industry awards, motor trend car of the year. north american car of the year and this month the highly coveted "consumer reports" recommendations. so how much would you pay to get behind the wheel? one owner ran into some major sticker shock when he went shopping for his car.

>> cc is one of the first markets to get the volt. >> jim was really excited to buy the electric car. he had a special 240-volt charger installed in his garage during a recent green renovation of the arlington home. >> you click it and you plug it in. you got a little light on it and then you hear a little click and you see a little light on the car and it goes on really easy. and charges in about four hours. >> but car shopping for his beloved chevy volt turned out to be a cautionary tale of buyer behair -- beware. >> we got to the dealer. he said you're going to get a deal on what i call the up charge. they didn't call it an up charge. they called it the man charge or something like that. >> what a charge it was. >> he said we're only going to charge you $5,000 over sticker price. we looked like huh, what? >> he walked.

volt spokesperson robert peterson tells 9news now -- hawk turned to the internet to find another dealer who was not charging the extra dealer fee. >> within hours, i had four or five people from dealerships around the country contacting me saying i bought it in fredericksburg because they had the exact model that i wanted. it worked out great. >> he loves the car and its small impact on the environment. >> right now i'm averaging 80.5 miles to the gallon. i've only used 35.6 gallons of gas. >> car shoppers across the country have been complaining online about the dealer up charges of $5,000, $10,000, even $20,000 over stickers. shop around before you sign on the bottom line.

>> 80 miles per gallon of gas? >> it's amazing. yes. >> unbelievable. and you drove one of these. you really like the feel of it? >> it's a great feel and the funny thing you have to remember with the electric cars is they're silent. be very careful with pedestrianed because they don't hear you coming. >> they only had 3900 sell. did the up charge have more to do it? >> probably more of the stoicker. the sticker is around $40,000. a little bit on the ricier side. you're not -- pricier side. you're probably not going to recoup the sales in your savings but it is the wave of the future. it is something that a lot of other models will probably rip off in the coming years if they try to bring the price point down with new technology. >> comparable right now to the prius? >> prius is like $25,000? >> the prius is a lot cheaper but what you tend to be seeing are a lot of luxury car buyers who are turning in their luxury

cars and going to the volt instead. it's sort of the new luxury that's taking the country by storm. >> isn't that amazing. no electricity from mother nature today. >> well, no the winds may be -- you know the wind may knock some power out to people. we get winds gusts 30 to 40. got some soggy grounds so -- >> more trees could come down? >> you know exactly where i'm going with that and that could be a problem and leaves are going to be coming down too? spots especially north and west further on into the drop season. the bus stop forecast, mostly sunny skies. in most areas. couple of sprinkles still going on across frederick and washington counties in maryland. we'll call it partly cloudy. breezy to windy. sunrise 7:21. setting about 6:25 or so this afternoon. the day planner, a good deal of sun as temperatures continue to drop to the mid 50s by 9:00. mid 60 by noon and windy too.

gusting over 30. 5:00 temperature around 60. with highs today in the low 60s. storm system came through with some heavier rains overnight. since they've really lifted away from us. still though some stragglers here and one heavier shower along the frederick and now montgomery county border there from dickerson headed up to urbanna. but that's ate. temperatures down in the 40s in luray and stanton. 52 petersburg and 37 in oakland. still 60 in annapolis. 59 in easton and then washington eight now we are in the upper 50s with winds gusting to 21 in town and 29 in easton but i think later today, that's when we're going to see the winds pick up gusting 30, 35, maybe even 40 miles an hour. right now 58. partly cloudy conditions. a south-southwest wind came down a little bit at 11 and the dew point at 52. the barometer is rising very quickly. 66 in new york but to the west look at all the 40s. in fact lexington is only 40 and the colder air will be coming in behind the storm system. westerly winds will drive it

will cold from kentucky toward us. and we will be on the chilly side although mainly dry over the next few days. 62 this afternoon. but winds could gust 30, 35, 40. tonight we're not 40s. -- in the 40s. tomorrow still breezy to windy, 62. not as windy. saturday cool day but nice, 63. you folks in the diabetes walk and autism and howard university homecoming looking good. maybe a passing sprinkle on monday but still highs in the mid 60s. monika samtani has an update on the timesaver traffic. here's a live look from sky 9. you just saw the closure -- here's the closure, northbound on route 301 where there's been a fatal pedestrian accident between pierce road and substation road. so if you're coming out of waldorf this is already what you should expect at 6:182349 morning. no traffic getting by with the accident and investigation ongoing. it happened at about 5:25 this morning. let's take a look at a map so i can show you exactly where

we're talking about. again it's northbound route 301 coming out of waldorf into brandy wine between pierce road and substation road. all lanes are blocked. you just saw the backup from sky 9. so you need to plan early just heading out the door go ahead and stick to branch avenue or take route 228 to route 210 and that will take you up to oxon hill and over to the beltway. if that's where you're headed. let's take a live look right now if you're planning to head over to 395. no problems here at edsall road heading up to the 14th street bridge. all lanes are open on 95 to the prince william parkway. mark train penn line 505, 15 to 20 minutes late. i'll keep you posted on the situation on 301. up next in ports we hear from john beck on being named the new starting quarterback of the redskins. and after take contest game one of the world series we've got the highlights. first it's time for another

check of the question of the morning and this is for the fellas -- >> and our facebook friends have a lot to say on this one. jason says -- our facebook friends debra says -- >> keep your guesses and comments coming. we love them and we'll have the answer at 6:53.

welcome back. 6:23. your weather first on this thursday morning. get ready for a windy day and a colder day. you know we actually got to 70 last nite at 10:00 and we'll be there for the midnight high but back in the 50s now in many areas. still a few sprinkles on live

doppler 9000 hd. near sugar loaf mountain there by the frederick and montgomery county border there toward urbanna and diminishing showers toward myersville. high temperatures today only in the lower 60s and breezy too. mike? two months ago basically considered an afterthought in the national league central. now the st. louis cardinals are three wins away from a world series title. >> they hosted the texas rangers last night. st. louis led in the 5th but texas catcher mike napoli tied it up with one swing. a two run home run to right. the score was all even. until the bottom of the 6th. two on for cardinals' pinch hitter allen craig and he hit one last night and he made it count. an rbi single that just escaped the right fielder. david freeze scored and st. louis wins game one 3-2. game two is tonight. exit grossman and enter beck. john beck will be the redskins' starting quarterback in this weekend's game against the panthers. the coach wants to give him the opportunity to get the skins'

offense going and beck says he'll ready for the challenge. >> there's been a lot of hard work that's gone into this and you always have to stay ready and i've tried to do that you know and just want to go out there and perform at my best. >> beck becomes the 21st quarterback to start a game for the redskins over the last 19 seasons. and to the ice the capitals try to extends the winning streak to six games tonight. puck drops at 7:00 in philly. the hope for a playoff berth officially gone for d. c. united. they hosted the timbers last night. dwayne de rosario scored but no win means mo playoff for the team. when you can enter the online lottery. a local food pantry is forced to close its doors because the shelves are bare. in 10 minutes the most important items you can give to

help get them back in service. right now monika with a quick check on traffic. >> there's an ongoing situation northbound route 301 is shut down between pierce road and substation road coming out of waldorf. more details on this coming up in my next report, you're watching 9news now. stay with us. ñññ

welcome back. just about 6:30. this is the place you can always get your weather first. a live look by the lake forest mall in montgomery village. 53 degrees there right now. and boy, it is a expected to get windy today. >> thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm mike hydeck, meteorologist howard bernstein live on the weather terrace and the forecast his hair not blowing around. >> it's windy out here, the hair is just kind of short. i think that's why. it's not going to be a great hair day if you have longer hair. keep it kind of contained. winds later 30, 35, maybe 40 miles an hour but the colder air is definitely moving in. here's the day planner. look for sunshine in fact we've got clear skies overhead here in northwest. 59 by noon and we're going to drop to 54 in the next few hours and only recover into the low 60s here. some mid 60s still possible well south of town in southern maryland. showers last night went through. some moderate rain and then this morning a couple of

sprinkles to the north in parts of montgomery and frederick county on 270 north of clarksburg up to urbanna on the south side of frederick, from route 85 to 109 that's going to be wet for you. monika will have traffic in a moment. low 50s north and west now. upper 50s in town. 60 in annapolis. that's our warm spot but yes 37 in oakland and a quick look at the winds gusting at 21 at national and 25 in annapolis and 29 in easton. i'll be back in a few minutes and talk more about the weekend. right now monika samtani about timesaver traffic. it's been a busy and tough morning down south as you head northbound on route 301 the traffic is because of an accident up ahead on route 301 closed coming out of waldorf near pierce road. a pedestrian struck and killed this morning at about 5:25 and the investigation is ongoing. i can show you what it looks like here and where it is.

the closure again northbound route 301 between pierce road and substation road. go ahead and take route 2208 to 210 or stick to branch avenue to get around this problem. let's take you over to the district. right now police activity closes alabama avenue between 21st street and the suitlands parkway. over to the 14th street bridge on the northbound side. just the typicalledlies right now at -- delays right now at duke street and over the bridge span with the lanes open. to the train, if you're planning the take the penn line this morning on marc trains, you have delays on train 505. that is 15 to 20 minutes late and train 511 is running 30 to 40 minutes late. i need to change that there. just delays remember that on penn line 505 and 511. now time for a commuter alert. not very encouraging news with the bridges in the region. dozens of bridges have been deemed structurally deficient. that includes some big ones like the 14th street bridge and

also the group transportation for america issued the report. it says that 215 bridges in the region are in need of immediate repair. also on the structurally deficient list the key bridge. the memorial bridge, now that report breaks things down by state. and it finds that 12% of bridges in the district rank as deficient. 12%. compare that to 9% in virginia and just under 7% in maryland. it's important to know that structurally deficient does not mean a bridge is unsafe but it needs major repairs, some good news, spots like the 11th street bridge are undergoing repairs. we had a story on that 11th street bridge. that has been ongoing since december of 2009 and you know, they try and do these series of inspections basically between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. but you will have lane closures, check things out. >> exactly. just brings back the awful memories of what happened in minnesota a couple of years ago when it collapsed. >> remember that.

>> oh my god you looked at other deficient bridges in the country. >> might as well do the repairs before things like that happen. the head of metro's silver line thinks the first part of the projects will come in close to budget. that would be $2.8 billion from east fall church through tyson's corner to way lee avenue in reston but it is said -- he said it's going to be close. it could go as much as $150 million over budget. the first part of line should be open by 2013. the extension to dulles airport and ashburn will be open in about 2016. 6:34. up to speed on the breaking news now. a murder investigation going on in the district. >> the shooting happened a little after midnight. one man is dead and the killers are on the loose. >> the scene is along alabama avenue in southeast washington. right near the suitland parkway. kristin fisher's been there all morning and she's live now giving us an update. any more information yet kristin? >> reporter: no new information except that right now detectives here are focused on

tracking down these two suspects. and they are accused of shooting a passenger on a metro bus multiple times just after midnight this morning. now it happened at this bus stop just behind me right on the other side of that police car. we're not sure exactly where the shooting took place if it was on the bus, in the doorway or just outside at the fall bus stop. but this -- actual bus stop. but this man, an adult man was shot several times and he was transported to the hospital and pronounced dead on aryal. as for the suspects we don't have any description except for the fact they were described as being adults but here's the interesting part. that metro bus that was parked just over there, that metro bus has now been taken to a crime lab. and detectives are hoping that the cameras -- both inside and outside of the bus will have caught some of the shooting on tape and that way they'll be able to identify these two suspects. but likely we've got two people

out on the streets armed and believed to be dangerous. back to you. >> thanks kristin. kristin fisher live in southeast washington this morning. a northern virginia food pantry will be closed until november 1st. it's turning people away because it just doesn't have enough food to give away. the emergency assistance pantry in dumfries, virginia closed the doors yesterday. it blames a spike in demand coupled with a drop in donations. it's a scene repeated at other food banks in the region. organizers say et was tough. >> it was heart-breaking, a very difficult decision to make. having families come up to the door and seeing them leave in tears. it's very hard. >> the food pantry was inundated with requests for help after hurricane irene and tropical storm lee hit several weeks ago. here's a list of some of the most needed items -- if you'd like to make a donation to the food pantry, go

to wusa9.com. the story is on our front page and we thank you in advance. okay, we are not even at halloween yet but you know what? it's already time to start thinking about christmas. >> circle november 3rd. yeah on the calendar if you want to see the lighting of the national christmas tree. that's when the ticket lottery begins. >> 3,000 seats and 14,000 standing room tickets will be given out this year. you have to enter online. it runs from 10:00 in the morning on november 3rd and you have until november 7th to enter. the lighting itself will be december 1st right in front of the white house. our time 16:37. it will be windy today and a bit cooler than yesterday with highs in the 60s. next, howard gives us a look ahead to the weekend. let's go live again to sky 9 northbound 301. closed past pierce road and waldorf, maryland. all because of a police investigation. monika will have another check on this and the rest of the roads in seven minutes. now a check on what's on channel 9 tonight --

>> we'll be right back.

well, good morning if you're just waking up, we are back at 6:42 with your weather first. at 9:30 yesterday morning, if you look closely, it's faint but our producer, dan gusman see the rainbow going right through the washington monument? he took it from the 14th street bridge after the morning rain moved out and before the afternoon rain moved in. >> you've only going to see rainbows early in the morning or late in the afternoon, the sun angle has to be low enough or else the rainbow will end up in the ground. >> i remember i told mike, we've got the sun, that means

we're going to fire up the atmosphere but it didn't heat up the atmosphere. >> we stayed with the northeast winds. cool and damp and drizzly. the warm stuff down in southeastern virginia. thought that was going to come up? it didn't happen. we didn't destabilize a lot and we didn't get the severe weather. that's okay. i'd rather be aware of the possibility of not happen and than actually happening. today you have to be aware of the winds because that's definitely going to be a problem in spots, gusting 30, 35, maybe 40 at times. the bus stop forecast, a chilly start out there compareed to what it was at midnight when we had temps in the upper 60s. now down in the 50s and even some upper 40s in a couple of spots. 7:21 on the sunrise. almost a good 40 minutes sunrise and a couple of weeks until we do the fallback with day light savings time. partly to mostly sunny. 54 by 9:00. but 19. 20, 18. these are the sustained winds speeds. not the wind gusts, 30, 35, 40

at times, by 3:00 we're at 61. maybe 62, 63 but the daytime high will probably go down about 68, 69. that would happen just around midnight. showers last night. hit loudoun county hard with the heavier rains, they had a flood warning until 3:45. on the montgomery frederick county line here coming through urbanna and hyatts town here. heads to new market and mount airy up to carroll county. otherwise it's quiet. just windy now clearing skies 48 in luray. 54 for winchester and leesburg and frederick. it's actually colder to the south. the colder air is coming in from the southwest behind a big storm out in indiana and ohio. 55 at national. south-southwest winds at 14. that barometer low and rising quickly. that's going to cause you some aches and pains and the winds gusting anywhere from 18 in manassas to 20 in easton at

this hour and that will only be increasing this morning. so that cold wrapping around this storm. this storm will actually bring some mountain rain showers into the higher elevations late today, tonight, tomorrow morning. you know above 3500, 4,000 feet, i would not be surprised to see some snow falling out there like at snow shoe and wisp and the valley, those areas, tonight we're not 40s. still kind of windy. 62 tomorrow. saturday, less wind. delightful. good looking weekend. 63 still in the morning. in the morning just need a jacket. should be nice. sunday looks good as well before the isolated shower returns on mondays. monika samtani. we've got problems on the rails and roads. we really do. we're going to start out with a live picture, coming out of waldorf to pierce road this ongoing situation where a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle this morning. and police have been on the scene and right now as you can see they're letting the single

right lane get by. but delays are there coming out of waldorf trying to get into brandy wine expect this this morning or maybe just stick to branch avenue as the alternate route. over to the maps. first of all there's police activity right here on alabama avenue. it's been closed between 21st street and the suitland parkway with a situation. our kristin fisher has been on scene all among long talking about thisment -- morning long talking about this. there's an accident on the shoulder, a bit of slow traffic there and then slow again through rockville but luckily the lanes are open through this area as you head to the point where the lanes divide. back to the maps and this time m. a. r. c. trains, penn line number 505 has been running 15 to 20 minutes late. 511 is 20 to 30 minutes late this morning. coming up i'll update you on the situation in 301 at 6:58. jessica back to you. thank you monika. all week long we are highlighting the problem of diabetes and giving you advice

on staying healthy. this morning, the growing link between diabetes and obesity. joining me now is dr. kund ra from the washington hospital center. thank you for joining us this morning. and getting up early. >> thank you for having me. >> there's some startling statistics out there projections that one in three americans will have diabetes by 2050. what's behind that startling increase? >> so if you look at the number right now it's about one in eight americans now. by 2050, that's a sharp rise. we're talking about a third of the population statistically. the link between that there are two issues driving that. one is obesity is an epidemic and it is rising but also as the population ages by 2050 people are going to live much longer. as we age, diabetes is one of

the predominantly type ii diabetes. >> i'm from a family that's been afflicted with diabetes, all perceived it as being essentially a genetic disease but people are getting diabetes just -- well, not just because but in part because they are obese. tell me a little bit about that. >> yeah, that's absolutely true. when you look at genetics and diabetes, type 2 diabetes which is the more common adult onset is genetically driven but if you have a family history with diabetes, your risk of developing diabetes may be only 39% to 40% more. if you have both parents with diabetessing maybe about 50% more but nonetheless we know that predominantly type 2 diabetes is linked to insulin and resistance. the best way to prevent diabetes is through diet and exercise regardless. >> a lot of folks nowadays are turning to gastric bypass to control the weight and also

control diabetes potentially but that doesn't necessarily solve the problem. does it? >> not necessarily. we are using gastric bypass more commonly particularly in the patients who have large body mass indexes. so that's you know kilograms per meter squared of 35 or more and they have other problems like diabetes, high blood pressure or more. in the patients they can very quickly lose weight but the key as you said is keeping the weight off and maintaining your good diet and exercise habits so that in 10 or 20 years you haven't put back the weight and now back to the diabetes and taking insulin and meditation. >> good food choices, thank you doctor for coming in this morning we really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and you can take part in this weekend's diabetes walk, it is saturday morning at nationals park. andrea, monika and yours trillo are emceeing. -- truly are emceeing. the registration begins at 8:00 and the walk begins at 10:00. you can learn more by going to

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6:53. couple of sprinkles still in frederick, northern montgomery and howard counties, 54 by 9:00 and 59 at noon. highs only back in the low 60s. michael? thank you howard. today is thursday, october 20th. here's the check of the news before you go. d. c. police are investigating an overnight shooting. now they say a man was shot and killed near the metro bus station alabama avenue suitland parkway. this is in southeast d. c.. the gunmen remain on the loose. the name is not being released. interstate 66 in virginia could soon become smarter. a system is in the works which

could open and close lanes and adjust speed limits based on travel conditions. it would go from rosslyn to hay market and work will begin next year. craig's hit in the 6th inning gave the cardinals the go ahead run last night. cardinals beat the rangers last night. game two tonight. now it's time to answer the question of the morning and the question was -- >> the answer and i would not agree with this is c., being in the delivery room. when their wives gave birth. i would not have missed it. twice. >> i'm glad he was there. just glad he was there. some other hand to hold on to. we have one more check on traffic and weather up next here on 9news now. çñ

one more thing before you go. a staple in washington, d.c. in and around the mall is going away very soon. >> we're talking about the tour mobiles, you know they take you all around and want to be the premiere venture for you to see the sights and whatever. i remember when my grandmother first came here, we jumped on and you could get on and off. going out of business after 42 years october 31st. >> the big blue tour mobiles no more. >> unbelievable. >> sort of sad. >> it is sad. it is sad. >> weather time howard? all right howard. we've got a windy day today. a couple of sprinkles north of town but they'll be gone.

partly to mostly sunny. windy 62. tomorrow 62. still kind of breezy to windy and then less wind and still cool over the weekend. monika? we've been talking about the ongoing investigation of a pedestrian struck and killed this morning. northbound route 301 north at pierce road at waldorf. quick look at a map. alabama avenue closed with police activity between suitland parkway and 21st street and a quick look at 95 northbound. delays dale city to springfield earlier accident cleared. jessica? right now wall street is actually looking higher thanks to some earnings data we've got out this morning. >> "the early show" is next with more on the escaped animals in ohio and controversial comments by vice president biden on president obama's jobs plan. >> howard and i will be back in just 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. >> while you're at work today. get updates on news, weather and traffic by visiting wusa9.com. >> we'll see you back here tomorrow morning at 4:25. have a great day everybody. >> bye bye. [ capt b