mike, especially west of town where we've got clear skies and temps in the 30s. east of town a different story. clouds and even some showers but the showers should be gone pretty quickly. here's the day planner, we're expecting sunshine in washington very soon maybe in the next few hours, partly to mostly sunny by 9:00 and stay that way through noon. 60 in a few spots today with a north wind at 5 to 10. right now mostly cloudy and 47 in washington. here's the big picture. had the showers yesterday afternoon. and the ohio valley. then low pressure developed off to the south and east and really got southeastern virginia. the delmarva pretty good. off to our south and east on live doppler 9000 hd we've been watching the showers and upper marlboro ming to the south and southwest. north beach down to plum point and coastal areas in calvert county and prince frederick probably a couple of sprinkles this as well. on the eastern shore you guys are seeing the sprinkles and the temperatures are warmer, even 51 at annapolis to mid 30s

in the valley and again going up to the upper 50s to around 60. monika? well, we're going to take a look at the beltway first which is doing fine. but just by the way, if you're planning to head inbound on i- 66 over at route 7100 i just got word of an accident on the left shoulder. into downtown overnight there had been a shooting in the georgetown area at 28th street and m street. we have a live picture of that. so if you're heading inbound into georgetown, watch out for the police activity. of course it's very light this morning and not causing any delays, just be aware that's going on in the area, 28th and m. back to the maps this time we're going to go to the other side of town. no problems on 95 right now. in fact a live look at the 14th street bridge basically heading right up the line from the river all the way to the 14th street bridge and into downtown. you will be okay with the exception of the one shot in georgetown. coming up we'll go into maryland at 5:10. back to you. herman cain is facing some

serious questions about his past campaign stops? washington this week. >> he is having to respond to reports of prior sexual harassment claims made against him. 9news now reporter surae chinn is live in front of cain's former workplace the national restaurant association in northwest washington. good morning surae. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. yes, the republican front runner denies any sexual harassment but according to politico.com, two women came forward saying that herman cain sexually harassed them here in washington, d.c.. >> we have no idea the source of this witch hunt. which is really what it is. we have no idea. >> reporter: herman cain doesn't remember the specifics allegations he says of sexual harassment that were made against him in the 1990s. the former pizza company executive is responding to a political report that said the trade group gave financial

settlements to at least two female employees who had accused cain of inappropriate sexual behavior. >> while at the restaurant association, i was accused of sexual harassment. falsely accused i might add. i was falsely accused of sexual harassment and when the charges were brought, as the leader of the organization i recused myself. >> reporter: now the restaurant association has denied -- or has come forward at all. they are not responding to any calls. but herman cain himself doesn't remember any of the allegations but during the course of the day yesterday he says he does remember one woman and her claims and we'll hear about that coming up also one of the reporters with politico who broke this story. andrea, mike? >> all right, surae chinn reporting live from in front of the national restaurant association. we'll have more on the story as

we continue to hollow it. this morning, prince george's county police are investigating an accident that killed two people in upper marlboro. it happened in the 6600 block of wood yard road. three vehicles were involved in the crash and two remained in the middle of the road while the third was on grass near a telephone pole. rescuers found two people dead at the scene and took a third to the hospital with nonlife- threatening injuries. guilty of felony murder. that's the sentence for a drunk driver charged in a crash that killed a prince william nun last year. montano had two previous dui convictions before the august 2010 crash that killed sister jeanette mosier of bris toe and severely injured two other nuns. his lawyer says he may be appealing the murder conviction. d. c. police are investigating five halloween night shootings which injured six people. so far none of the victims has died. m street near the foggy bottom metro station and rushed to

george washington hospital. also in northwest washington two people were shot near georgia avenue around 9:30. we learned overnight the victims are an adult woman and a juvenile. both are expected to recover. a congressional committee has reached an interesting conclusions about former d. c. mayoral candidate sulaimon brown and his claims he made against mayor gray. they've decided there is no direct evidence the gray campaign ever promised brown a job for attacking other mayoral candidates, however, this is they say some indication he received some money from people with ties the gray. but the congressional investigators note that brown has quote a poor grasp of the facts. a federal grand jury is still investigating brown's claims however. 5:05. time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> jessica doyle is here with today's headlines. good morning jess. >> pretty ugly tuesday emerging for global markets. now we saw asian markets down some european markets are down. over 3% this morning.

that's after wall street got clocked on two problems. new concerns about the viability of a plan to contain europe's debt crisis and a u.s. bank going bellyup because of its investments in europes. checking the numbers -- now still wall street wrapped up one of its besetments in 20 years. in -- best months in 20 years. in october the dow rose 900 points. the s&p 500 rose 10.8%. the dow is up 83% from its march 2009 low. its lowest point after the financial healthdown. still though it -- meltdown. still though it needs 2200 points to set another all time high. toyota will start selling robots that help the sick and

elderly. the car company is aiming for commercial products sometime after 2013. now toyota says technology for cars such as sensors, motors and computer software are being used in such computerized gadgets to help people get around. interesting change and interesting transformation at toyota. >> absolutely. >> trying to diversity maybe. of course wave heard the phrase a lot, too big to fail. a company that was too small to save. that's coming up. >> all right jess. thank you. this morning, the power is still out for close to two million homes in the northeast. >> and the chain saws are wearing out as crews try to clear thousands upon thousands of downed trees. and to our south, flash flooding catches even the animals off-guard in the sunshine state. seven after the hour. you're watching 9news now.

5:09. you know if you're living in calvert, st. mary's counties even southeastern prince george's county, you might need an umbrella for the next couple of hours, otherwise, no problems today. sun will return pretty quickly. here's a look at the day planner, expect a sunny day in spite of early showers east. mid 50s by noon and 5:00 upper 50s and north winds 5 to 10 and 57 to 61 for highs. a look at the seven day forecast when i return in about five, right now monika's got timesaver traffic. thank you so much howard. we're going to take a look at the roosevelt bridge on the inbound side right near constitution avenue. watch out for construction in the left lane. it is still in place. no problems to report otherwise across the bridge span. and police activity at 28th and

m in georgetown. more coming up at 5:17. andrea, back to you. thank you. at 5:10. authorities if thailand are issuing new emergency evacuation orders for parts of bangkok. the capital city has flood waters from three sides creeping in. right now some vendors are still selling their products at the city market despite knee deep flood waters. so will the sunshine state live up to its name today? people around fort lauderdale are sure hoping so. then more storms hit in the afternoon. drivers found themselves stranded on streets that were more suitable for canoes than cars. the chain saws are humming around booster, massachusetts. one of the cities hardest hit by the weekend storms. trees are still down on power lines, cars and roads after saturday's blizzard. in massachusetts alone, more than 400,000 people still don't have power this morning. well, not a whole lot of rain in our forecast. howard also has plenty of 60s on the seven day. that's coming up next at 5:14.

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good morning, welcome back to 9news now. it is the first day of a new month. how about this? what does that mean, 60 something days left until the end of the year? >> 61. or 60 now. >> 60 now. 5:14 and it's starting the feel the way -- to feel the way november should and that's a good thing. >> warming up out of the weekend freezer box. >> easy to walk to the car without a jacket this morning. >> you kept up the tradition. >> just wanted to celebrate fall a little more. >> we've got some nice days coming this week. maybe a little bump in the road on friday. the weekend looks pretty good so all in all i've got a pretty nice seven day forecast coming up. the bus stop forecast this morning and montgomery back to school yesterday afternoon going today. sunshine, we've got some clouds east. sun central and west. 37 to 50. so big range because temperatures stayed a lot warmer this morning than last

night than they are where the skies have cleared. sunrise not until 7:35. so keep it in mind with the kids and when you're driving this morning. still kind of dark. 45 degrees by 8:00. by noon, 55. we're going to warm up nicely. north wind 5 to 10 miles an hour. 58 degrees at 4:00. that will be pretty close to the high for the day. and at 8:00 p.m. we're back with clear skies and lower 50s. we'll be going into the 30s in most areas by tomorrow morning. few spots stay at that 40- degree mark. look at the showers overnight and this morning. that have been falling. northern neck, down to the middle peninsula and southeastern virginia just clipping areas to the east this morning and we're still looking at them on live doppler 9000 hd east of town in prince george's county and anne arundel and calvert counties this morning. not a lot, this stuff is fairly light. although easton was reporting moderate rain to cambridge and vienna to salisbury but calvert county along with areas in prince george's county and

northwestern calvert county as well. this stuff may flip into charles county. through baden, headed your way. also in calvert county we're talking about plum point and there's oxford east of us on the other side of the bay and this is moving down to southern st. mary's. temperatures where the clouds are thicker, they're in the mid and even upper 40s. baden's 47. andrews 46. but look west and northwest where we've cleared. it's in the 30s in haymarket and lovettsville at 34. sterling is 38. 37 in gaithersburg and here in washington, with mostly cloudy skies, we sit at 47 degrees. feels like 43 though with the north northwesterly wind at 9 miles per hour. two things on the weather map. the system in the northern plains this may bring us some showers on friday. and then the other system we're watching is this guy, coming just off the delmarva pulling away from us. once we get rid of this this morning, we'll be in fine shape today, tomorrow and probably

into thursday as well until some clouds may get here late. today 59. tonight, light winds and tomorrow 60 degrees with sunshine. thursday, 65. showers possible friday and then this weekend looks good. low to mid-60s and don't forget you set the clocks back an hour late saturday night. monika? already looking forward to the extra hour of sleep howard. to the beltway. no problems to report all around town. we're going to zoom in first of all to relate you know about trains everything is running on time. a live look over to 66. here's what it looks like at route 7 inside the beltway. there's an accident on the shoulder. no issues to report though beyond that as you head for the roosevelt bridge. back over to the maps and this time, if you're planning to head first of all on the inbound side of the dulles toll road in from the reston area, no problems. route 7, route 123. everything in this area looks fine in the tyson's area. we'll go now to the live shot of northbound i-395 and edsall

road. incident free from the oww awwan river to this point. there's police activity at this point in 28th street and m. andrea and mike? virginia governor bob mcdonnell is republican is calling on loudoun county's gop to apologize. >> a halloween themed photo the group e-mailed to republican voters shows president obama as a zombie with a bullet wound through his head. also prominently featured, is disfigured nancy pelosi. gop chair mark sell called the image a light hearted attempt to inject some satire humor into the halloween holiday. now founder of the capital steps says the image is over the line with them. >> comedians always gappen with you know what's -- grapple with you know what's too far? what is satire and what is just

offensive? the line is always moving. >> if their group did make fun of vice president dick cheney's shooting of his friend, once it was obvious the friend wasn't seriously hurt. another losing season for the redskins. >> but the players say not so fast. hold on. the team is team isn't quitting yet despite a losing streak. we have more on that coming up in sports. and here's another look at the question of the morning -- on our wusa9 facebook fan page, michelle proctor-hall wrote -- >> log on to wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response. we'll have the answer coming up in the next hour. [ man ] i got this citi thank you card

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the nationals decide to keep manager davey johnson around for a while. >> while redskins fans may be wavering, the team is keeping the faith. dave owens has the morning sports. >> good morning everybody. well, if you're a jaded redskins fan you're probably saying to yourself i've seen this movie and i hate the ending. promising start turns to a frustrating finish. the team's 3-1 start seems like a memory now and their place in the division flip-flopped from first to worst compliments of sunday's shellacking at the hands of buffalo. total domination by the guys wearing blue. if you listen to sports talk radio or even some analysts on tv you think the end is near at redskins park. in other words the confidence meter is low. >> i guess what i saw it's easy to think. but we don't feel that way. >> this is a different group of guys and all we can do is hope for the best. >> if someone wants to get up and scream and yell, if that

helps then hell, let's do it. >> i don't think coach shanahan is going to let anybody fold it in. you know even you going to get with us or you going to get out of the way. >> and some more problems, mike shanahan says fred davis has a grade 1 ankle sprain. he was sewn on monday at redskins park in a walking boot and avoided reporters. he hopes davis will be available for sunday's game against san francisco. his resume is pretty impressive and johnson is coming back to the nats. he won a world series in 1986. the team exercising his option for 2012. johnson went to 40-43 with the nats last season after taking over for jim riggleman. have a great tuesday everybody. well, he's now the gop front runner but presidential candidate herman cain finds himself embroiled in a controversy about his past. that story is coming up. plus, halloween was a

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sure right now. i like snow but i'm just saying. >> and as a skier and i love snow, that was a wasted storm. did all the damage too. not good. all right, let's talk about this morning though because our day planner has sunshine. once we get rid of a few clouds early out to the east and lots of sunshine as temperatures will be climbing into the mid 50s by noon. highs today 57 to 61. with your 5:00 p.m. temperature of 57 degrees. right now we're in the wills in town but -- 40s in town but to the west you need jacket and maybe some gloves. you can see the showers that hit us last night and this morning they're at the delmarva and eastern shore. a few down in southeastern prince george's county and southern anne arundel and calvert. st. mary's and eastern charles too, but right now calvert from around the bridge and solomons northward to plum point and route 4. a little rain there. also head today baden right now and you -- headed to baden right now. our temperatures as i said clear skies and mid 30s west

but with the clouds, we've got 40s to even 51 in annapolis. monika samtani. good morning. good morning. we've got couple of minor incidents around town but nothing too big to report especially on the beltway which is good news. first a look at 95 and the vw parkway from baltimore on the corridors you will be fine at the beltway as well as on route 29. no problems heading into silver spring. we'll take a live look at the beltway at connecticut avenue and again looking good here all lanes are open basically between 95 and 270. we'll go back over to the maps, this time it's 270 we're talking about. an accident just reported on the northbound side at falls road southbound right now the lanes are open. i'll keep you posted on that situation. again that unless just coming in. in the rock -- information just coming in. in the rockville area, very quiet here. same story on route 355 heading through rockville and down to the beltway. coming up i'll update you on area incidents. back to you guys.

thanks monika. parents kept a close watch on the trick-or-treaters in spotsylvania county, virginia. >> that's because police are investigating three attempted abductions there in recent weeks. so concerned parents either tagged along or followed closely behind their youngsters in the car. deputies also beefed up patrols in the area. the jury in the lululemon murder case is adjusting to very difficult testimony as the case heads into the second week. monday, prosecutors put three witnesses on the stand including an expert to explain blood splatter. it was found on the walls near jayna murray's body. brittany norwood is accused of killing murray. on the campaign trail, the good news is he's just become the front runner in the presidential race.

the bad news is herman cain is now having to talk about sexual harassment claims made against him more than 10 years ago. 9news now reporter surae chinn is live outside the national restaurant association in northwest washington where cain worked at the time of these allegations, good morning surae. >> reporter: good morning to you andrea. the presidential candidate says this is all a witch hunt and yesterday he tried to set the record straight. >> i have never sexually harassed anyone and those accusations are totally false. >> reporter: the gop front runner denies any sexual harassment but according to a report by politico.com, two female employees made the complaints while cain ran the lobbying group here the restaurant association here in d. c.. at the national press club, he says he couldn't remember any complaints but changed his tune during the course of the day. >> one incident that i recall as the day has gone on, she was in my office one day.

and i made a gesture saying oh -- and i was standing close to her. and i made a gesture -- you have the same -- height as my wife and brought my hand, didn't touch her you have to my chin and said you're the same height as my wife because my wife comes up to my chin. >> i was talking to a source today who said that one of the women told him that herman cain invited her up to his hotel room during a national restaurant association event and made sexually explicit suggestions to her that made her feel uncomfortable. that could be an examine million of what we're talking about here. >> reporter: in the case there was a financial settlement but herman cain says he was cleared of any wrongdoingment back to you. fairfax county investigators are filing charges this week in the death of a little girl in reston. 1-year-old wreef wafy almutiri died in a reston hotel room on

september 18th. both of her parents are there and now 27-year-old wafy abdulah almutiri and 21-year- old money-saving mom have turned themselves in to -- almutiri have turned themselves in to face charges. her name nicky dawson of columbia heights, neighbors noticed something change in the food bowls left outside for the cats. it turned out it was rat poison. dauphne was studying how doe nestic cats can harm wildlife including birds. now if you need one for next tuesday's election, you have to get your request in by 5:00 today. but if you want to vote absentee in person, you have until saturday to do that. sitcomming up on 5 -- it is coming up on 5:356789 time for another your -- 5:35. time for another your money report. >> that one is going bellyup. >> we can add to the

vernacular. the phrase too small to save in this particular case. the european debt crisis claimed the first casualty and meted by none other than former governor of new jersey, we're talking about jon corzine and that global holding filed for bankruptcy protection. the company took the risk of buying $6 billion in european debt then last week the company's debt was downgraded to junk status because of its large exposure to european government debt. investors pulled back causing a severe cash crunch. the bankrupt company solindca a auctioning off. you can purchase an array of heavy equipment and tools. the auction ends tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. because the company is still up

for sale, its facilities and major manufacturing equipment will not be auctioned. they came into the spotlight after receiving a $528 million federal loan guarantee. it was touted by president obama as a national example of the evolving economy but the company filed for bankruptcy in september and laid off over 1,000 employees. two very interesting bankruptcy cases for the two different companies. >> ouch. >> yeah. >> thanks jess. big unveil happens later this morning at reagan national airport. we'll tell you what it is coming up. plus, there's been a snag in plans to move maryland students on to a bet instead. we'll be back -- a boat instead. we'll be back.

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p.m. with 58. i'll be back in a few minutes talking seven day forecast and a nice weekend. right now here's monika samtani. we're taking a look live at the northbound side of i-270 here at falls old. there's the accident. it's in the right lane and local lanes. it is not causing any delays getting by. coming up in my next report, a closer look into maryland at 5:47. we have a commuter alert for people heading to reagan washington national airport this morning. the airport is advising passengers to be dropped off or picked up before 11:00 a.m. or after noon today. a statue will be unveiled at noon today in front of terminal a.. it is nine feet tall and weighs 900 pounds. students from st. mary's college may be move into the new cruise ship dormitories today. they were set to move in on monday but the coast guard found a problem with the way the sea voyager was docked at the pier. 240 points though were forced

out of their dorms at st. mary's college because of a mold issue and clean-up of that could take months. the college decided rather than scattering kids why not put them aboard a rented ship? >> there's new cause for parents in the military to worry about the effect it's having on their children. plus, an inside look at the work that helped so many needy families at the capital area food bank. it is 5:40. let's see who's celebrating a birthday today, november 1st -- >> if it is your birthday,

happy birthday. we'll be right back.

we are back at 5:44 on this first day of november. howard says you will like the forecast. >> a little chilly out there this morning but overall it's typical really. we should be down in the 30s and 40s exactly where we are. we have a few showers still south and east of d. c.. it will be a fine day. here's our bus stop forecast, the jackets will be needed this morning. the temperatures have dropped into the 30s and areas east of town 40s and even near 50 with a scatrd shower across parts of southern maryland. calvert county really seeing most of it right now. the day planner 47 degrees at 9:00 and 55 by noon and in the afternoon, 57 to 61 for the

high with a 57-degree reading still at 5:00 p.m. north winds all day 5 to 10. though this will be a day if you're runner you can get outside and enjoy it and just sunglasses, it's going to be bright this afternoon. this morning look at the clouds and showers off to the east. out west you can see the clear skies here from d. c. and points west now. and over on live doppler 9000 hd, i want to show you the rain because in calvert county and st. mary's county this is what we're looking at on live doppler 9000 hd. it's really much closer to the coastal areas. st. mary's has been missing most of it but southern anne arundel county to the eastern shore we've got the showers from mcdaniel here. headed toward areas right along the bay. from plum point northeast down toward oh lusby and solomon and st. leonard, all seeing that. over to areas just across -- just across the bridge there into st. mary's county and this is drifting slowly to the south and just a sprinkle here not far from aquas koa and

hughesville. a couple of light sprinkles. 52 down in southern maryland and 45 in easton. you've had some rain this morning. upper 40s on the delmarva with the clouds and the showers but west, now we're dipping into the 30s in fact the mid 30s at luray and winchester and cumberland this morning. culpeper is 37. dulles is in the upper 30s right now about 38, 39 while here in d. c. we're 47 with mostly cloudy skies on the hour at reagan national i have a feeling next hour it will be partly cloudy if not clear. wind north-northwest at 9:00. so we've got -- 9. so we've got a windchill this morning. this boundary is going to come to us thursday night and friday. this morning we've got the storm system off the delmarva we'll have several days of dry quiet weather once we get rid of that area of low pressure. by 11:45, a few clouds out here. even the clouds will burn off later today. tonight, clear to partly

cloudy. another chilly night. 30s to maybe 40 in town. it could even be a flurry in the mountains here as we head to tomorrow morning. tomorrow another mostly sunny day. and then on thursday, we watch that boundary that's up in the northern plains, that will get closer to us really thursday nigh into friday. so we've got a few nice days coming up. today, sunshine, 59 -- 57 degrees excuse me, 57 to 51 for the high. tonight light winds and 30s to around 40. thursday 65 and some late clouds and a shower possible friday. 58 and then the weekend looks pretty good. saturday and sunday, low to mid- 60s and don't forget this is the weekend where we gain an hour of sleep. monika's loving that. love that. >> turn the clocks back. >> i'll take that. definitely. i think we'll all take that right? if you're coming out of frederick eastbound on i-70 right near route 17 in myersville. there is an accident. it's an overturned truck along the right side of the road.

to the south side of town now. eing is running on time on 295, 395 and even on 66 although on 66, there is an accident route 7 and it's in the right lane inside the beltway with crews on the scene there. let's take a live look around town. we're going to start off first with 395 north here at glebe road. a couple of callers saying there's an arrow board in the roadway. keep that in mind. 95 closed down at the harbor and then the prince william parkway up to the occoquan river over to 66. you have some slow traffic in manassas route 29 to 28 and then again heading to route 50 here on lynn street in the rosslyn area, everything is incident free. back to you. thanks monika. making news now, the doctor charged in michael jackson's death says he will tell a judge whether or not he'll testify in his own defense. he'll say that later in court this morning. conrad murray is charged with

manslaughter in michael jackson's 2009 death from the anesthetic propofol. his lawyers contend jackson self-administered the fatal dose. secretary of state hillary clinton canceled a trip because her mother, dorothy rodham is ill. she was scheduled to depart monday for international conferences on cyber security and afghanistan. a state department official says she will now remain in washington. the new study suggests children of military personnel may be more prone to violent behavior. a survey of teens in washington state found those who is importants have been deployed are more than twice as likely to carry a weapon or get involved in a fight. doctors say the behavior may reflect the stress of having a parent in danger. our colleagues j.c. hayward and anita brikman will be live during the 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. newscasts at the capital area food bank and take a closer look at the need for food donations especially with the weather terning coulder and the

-- urning colder and the -- turning colder and the problems. peggy fox takes a look. >> reporter: this is a place that performs miracles. it can turn $1 into $14 thanks to all the donations that come in and volunteers like these 30 employees from black board help sort it all out. >> it's really interesting. it's really rewarding. i had no idea how this all worked and so it's great to be here and just kind of give back. >> reporter: the food bank serves more than 700 nonprofit agencies that provide food directly to a growing number of hungry people. >> between losing homes, losing jobs, jobs going away overseas, it's a perfect storm. >> reporter: she is the director of food services for the spanish catholic center. he's picking up food to feed 70 families. >> i guess distribute to the immigrants that come here from el salvador, guatemala and all over latin america and they really have nothing when they come. so it's really good to give them a bag of food when they're

really hanging on to nothing. >> reporter: and thanks to a local philanthropist, the produce is free. >> fresh produce. daily. canned goods, the essentials, cereal. basically everything that you can get in a grocery store we try to have here. >> reporter: many come from local grocery stores, giant, safeway and shoppers food warehouse but many individuals also bring donations every day. in northeast washington, peggy fox, 9news now. >> and as peggy said some individual also contribute to the food pantry. jamie is an extreme couponner who puts her skills to work monday to help the acts food pantry in dumfries virginia. that just reopened thanks to generous donations after a run on supplies left its shelves bare. cur lieu says you can turn the coupons from sunday's paper into hundreds of dollars of free groceries to help others. >> i get the subscription to my door and i run to the grocery

store and buy 30, 40 papers every weekend. >> with enough coupons, you can get lots of surplus items that food banks need for free. >> wow. that's a great cause. yeah. another look at a question of the morning before we head to break -- >> our facebook friend nicole tate wrote -- >> log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer in about an hour. >> do you have a cell phone? can you send a text? you can help support this week's heart walk. more on that at 6:15. and in heroes' central, a look at good shepherd housing. free money for your holiday shopping and the program helps the businesses in your community. this good news story coming up at 6:06. you are watching 9news now.

five before 6:00 a.m. we've got clear skies west and temperatures in the mid 30s. east of us clouds and a few showers, not as much as we're depicting here on the computer modeling but a few sprinkles left this morning. they'll pretty much be done

with by 9:00 and maybe something left along the coast of the chesapeake. temperatures climbing into the 40s here in town. still some 30s by 9:00. and the shenandoah valley. by noon, mid 50s and sunshine and north wind 35 to 10. going to be a nice day out there. little bit on the cool side but we'll call it comfortable with highs upper 50s to even 60, 61. mid 50s up north this afternoon but all in all a nice stretch of weather except for maybe friday. andrea? thank you howard. if you missed her fairytale wedding show it's scheduled to air again this morning but she won't be watching. that's because reality tv star kim kardashian has already filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differents after only 72 days of wedded bliss. of course, she married nba player kris humphries who has no job right now because of the lockout in a star-studded wedding august 20th. it was her second marriage.

the filing reveals the couple had a prenup agreement. senator on her part. -- smart on her part. in a statement kardashian said quote -- it was not an easy decision. had hoped this marriage was forever but sometimes things just don't work out. mike? >> thank you andrea. [ laughter ] moving on now. what time is it? 5:57. how does someone who graduated from college and then worked as an electrical engineer for 30 years become homeless? in this hero central report, j.c. hayward shares the story of a man who was on top. fell to the bottom and now is pursuing dreams he never thought were possible. >> reporter: james clark was cruising through life. he had a great job in georgia until he fell on hard times. his company downsized. a flood struck, destroying all of his belongings, and later, he endured a tornado. >> when i first lost

everything, i felt hopeless. i felt empty. i felt to the point to where is it really worth living? >> reporter: clark came to alexandria to rebuild his life. good shepherd housing was the answer. >> i just do it all. >> reporter: but 37 years they have reduced homelessness, increased community support, and promoted self-sufficiency. >> they assisted me in moving to this apartment which i truly love. i've taken care of and it's also given me a foundation that i can start to experience life as a prosperity versus looking at what a loss was. >> we hope equip people with -- help equip people with the skill asks with anything that is going -- skills and with anything that's going to help them stabilize their current situation. and then learn how to continue that into the future. and so that they don't need good shepherd housing forever

and always. >> reporter: not only does clark have a home, he has a new business. he makes organic spray body cleansers. they are called god's gift. a name that could easily describe good shepherd housing. >> just the fact of knowing that i have a stable environment that's really what's helping me today and thanks to good shepherd housing that stable environment is truly something that i really look forward to each and every day i come into this apartment. >> reporter: good shepherd housing and family services received a $5,000 grant from the gannett foundation an arm of our parent company and also been funded by the fannie mae help the homeless walk-a-thon. for more information, go to my website, jchayward.com. >> thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> glad you're here, howard bernstein here, monika samtani here, weatfi