howard. just a few sprinkles left to the bay. really across the bay but for the rest of us a good looking morning. our day planner calling for sunshine and 55 degrees by noon and 57 at 5:00. clearing out here in washington with temperatures now in the mid 40s but some mid 30th to the west. here we are live doppler 9000 hd, coastal calvert county, north beach down to st. leonard, more showers on the eastern shore and some have snuck into st. mary's but fairly light. temperatures they're running into the mid 40s and even 51 in annapolis and down at the pax river naval air station. frederick down to 32 and 35 in martinsburg, definitely jacket and glove weather here this morning but a nice afternoon as temperatures shoot to upper 50s and even lower 60sment here's monika samtani with the timesaver traffic. good morning, if you're planning to head out on the roads you have one incident way up here in myersville area. it's an overturned truck

eastbound on i-70. just after route 17 so watch out for that. authorities are on the scene. there's also another accident all the way down here near downtown. kennel withavenue at normal frolic lane. be aware of that. let's go to the north side of town, outer loop is slowing down now as you leave university boulevard to georgia avenue. no big deals in the roadway and we'll end with a live look at the beltway south side of town here at route 4 pennsylvania avenue heading southbound through oxon hill to the wilson bridgings all lanes are -- bridge, all lanes are open. back to you. we are just over one yore away from the -- year away from the 2012 election and it's our top story at 6:01. >> republican presidential candidate herman cain is fighting back for what he calls a witch hunt. allegations of sexual harassment made against him in the 1990s. >> they were made while cain was the head of the national

restaurant association and surae chinn is live outside in northwest washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. good morning to you mike. yes, the republican front runner is denying any of these accusations but according to politico.com, two women claim that herman cain sexually harassed them while he was heading this national lobbying group. the national restaurant association 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 says he doesn't remember the details of these allegations 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 this 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: the restaurant association has declined to comment about this situation and you might be wondering how this might affect herman cain's campaign and also know he's not your conventional candidate. he has skyrocketed to the top of the polls edging out mitt romney in some cases and some of the polls and so his conservative base is rallying around him. as he casts himself as a victim of the media and liberals but at the same time, it could cause some donors to shy away if his campaign at the same time. -- from his campaign at the same time. we'll see how all this affects his overall campaign. back to you andrea and mike.

virginia governor bob mcdonnell is calling on federal republicans to apologize for an e-mail picture. it's even captured the attention of the secret service. judge for yourself, take a look. the main image shows president obama as a zombie and also includes a bullet wound to his head. also in the e-mail image an image of disfigured house minority leader nancy pelosi. but no comment from the white house or congresswoman pelosi's office on this. new at 6:00 a.m., is d. c. city council member is telling a prominent congressman to butt out. democrat counselor mary cay will bring up an emergency resolution in the districts affairs. it's a reaction to congressman darrell isay. he wants a federal bill requiring federal background check for any mayoral appointees in the city. chay backs a similar bill but says his bill is unnecessary

and basically insulting. her bill was prompted by sulaimon brown who was fired after about a month. a violent halloween night in the district. six people are shot across five different spots in the city. and you can see that the scenes are quite spread out stretching from georgetown to pet worth to congress heights no one was killed in any of the shootings. police are still on the scene of at least one of the shootings. this is a live look at 28th and m streets in georgetown. police have deemed this spot one of the most serious. they're talking with at least one possible suspect right now. a child and woman were shot in the pet worth neighborhood. this shooting happened just after 9:00 at georgia avenue and decatur streets northwest. boast of the victims were hit in the leg and no suspects or motive in this indebt. when hid brittany norwood go from a supposed victim to jayna murray's systemed killer? suspected killer? monday, prosecutors laid out a timeline explaining how norwood tried to cover up the killing

in bethesda. yesterday a judge ruled that evidence pointed to a possible motive for a deadly attack in march was inadmissible. testimony in the case against norwood resumes in rockville later this morning. 6:06. jessica doyle is here and she's saving some of your money. >> one big company is hoping we all think small this holiday season. what does that mean? >> that's right. well the christmas shopping rush is right around the corner and this year there's a big perk for shopping small. we head to the mall overnight on black friday. we shop at work on cyber monday. but do you have any plans for small business saturday yet? free money is available for you to shop at small businesses on november 26th. american express started the holiday last year sandwiched between black friday and cyber monday to help support small

rammier commands. participating. -- smaller merchants. they reported a 28% increase on sales in small business saturday last year. >> small business saturday. >> small business saturday. >> a day when we all shop small. >> reporter: this year the ante gets upped with free money and aloes of big businesses look -- a host of big businesses all supporting the effort. >> there are organizations everywhere promoting and reminding people that shopping small is good for the economy. but it's a tremendous change to have american express come on board and say know what? that is right. >> reporter: there are a lot of freebies to go around. fedex is giving away $1 million in $25 shop small american express gift cards to 40,000 consumers. that's free money. 30,000 gift cards if you register on fedex's facebook page starting at noon on november 1st. the other 10,000 to customers. amex will give cart holders a

-- card holders a credit. and the savings for consumers can get even greater when you combine your free money and free statement credit with sales at retailers or daily deals available through services such as deal chicken, groupon, and living social. >> they're going to drop you $25 and go try out that diner that you saw that you thought might be good. try. just go give somebody else a shot and see if you might change some of your habits. >> reporter: so many ways to help the mom and pops while getting your holiday budget to go further. now again, that fedex gift card give away begins at noon today. and to get the american express statement credit, you have to register starting thursday at facebook/smallbusinesssaturday. $50 for free per person. everybody can get it. >> that's not bad. >> they say small business helps drive the economy. let's help drive it. thanks jess. in four minutes, staying heart healthy. the simple things you can do to

live longer and the simple way you can donate do this weekend's heart weak. up next, it's the tuesday forecast. howard has your weather first when 9news now returns. stay with us.

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i'm glad we got that settled. hey, we're looking pretty good today. a couple of showers across the bay and right along the coast there of calvert county. st. mary's county but we'll have sunshine today. highs today 57 to 61 with a

5:00 p.m. temp of 57. monika samtani. a live look at 66 on the inbound side. you've got slow traffic at route 234 through manassas and then through vienna. andrea and mike? thank monika. halloween will be delayed until later this week for thousands of children in new england. the reason? that snowstorm that moved through last week. >> power lines in a lot of places, that's making news this morning at 6:12. some might not be getting it back until thursday. at least 21 deaths though are blamed in connection with this storm. most of them from falling trees. the owner of nascar's hendrick motor sports and his wife are recovering from this plane crash. rick and linda hendrick were hurt in key west. none of the injuries is serious. doctors are giving president obama an excellent bill of health. the white house released a

report by the president's physician. he deems the president fit eating a healthy diet and he says he's tobacco-free. now over the howard. thanks mike. you know all the week we're talking about keeping your heart healthy leading up to the greater d. c. heart walk this saturday. this morning we're joined by dr. shawn howell. she's a cardiology. thanks for coming in early. >> thanks howard. >> yesterday we were talking to a young 42-year-old woman who had a heart attack and they weren't quite and she was having it. why such a difference between men and women and why do doctors sometimes maybe not recognize when women are having heart attacks like men? >> sometimes women, we don't always present with the typical crushing and chest discomfort as men have. sometimes our symptoms will be subtle. instead of crushing chest pain it might be a chest ache, tiredness, fatigue, shortness of breath and palpitations and

lightheadedness and dizziness and sometimes the symptoms aren't always triggered as heart attacks. >> how do you test for that? how do you know? >> basically the first step could be the ekg. that can tell us right then and there if they're having a heart attack. >> i remember my dad had the history of heart attack disease and they did the enzyme tests, are they still doing that? >> they are. cardiac enzymes are usually drawn every eight hours. >> you can see whether or not that changed. what should i be doing? we're taking statins and got the fish oil and baby aspirin. is that enough? >> actually, exercise, trying to lower your weight will actually help to lower your blood pressure as well as your cholesterol. and your blood sugars and these are all risk factors that will lead to coronary artery disease. >> as a doctor you must see people coming to your office

and you tell them these things but they don't change their ways until something traumatic happens. >> you're right. a lot of times it takes a traumatic event for themselves or a family member for parents to turn around -- patients to turn around and do the right thing. >> for statins, this has been a wonder drug. anything coming down the pipe as good as or better than statins to make life easy? everyone wants to pop a pill and be healthy. >> statins are important as well as the omega 3 fatty acids. so very important. >> all right, well, dr. howell, thanks for coming in. the heart walk this saturday and remember that, you can join us at nationals park the event begins at #:30 be the -- 8:30 with the walk starting at 10:00 and this is a very easy way to contribute. just text the phrase gwr walk to the number 50555 and a $10 donation will be made to the heart walk and it goes right on the cell phone bill and you can

also go to wusa9.com and join the channel 9 team. we have a link at the top of the home page again at wusa9.com. let's switch gears and get to weather the morning with -- this morning with the bus stop forecast. many temperatures down in the 30s. good morning though to get out and take a walk and be heart healthy. the 40s and even 50 by the way and we've got clouds east and some folks are looking at a few sprinkles along the chesapeake and especially on the eastern shore from a storm system that just missed us overnight. 47 at 9:00. by 11:00, 52. north winds are running 5 to 10 miles an hour today with upper 50s to even 60ish for a high. so a pretty nice afternoon to start the month of november. and considering just a couple of days ago we had snow across the region. this morning you can see the showers that have been falling basically southeastern virginia to the delmarva but look back here to the east and southeast. still have some showers which are lingering right along coastal areas especially calvert county right now.

you can see this as we look over to live doppler 9000 hd, well, some of the showers along the bay having a tough time on the east side but see a little yellow there? that's a heavier shower. and that's it. so this storm system is pulling away. but with the clouds in that storm system,mages like a blank -- acts like a blanket that holds that heat in. 40s and low 50s from southern maryland but where the skies have clears it's a completely different story. lots of 30s, a very cold morning out there jackets and gloves needed for sure. now we're down to 45 as we start to clear out at reagan national. feeling like 41 with that wind out of the north-northwest at 8 and our dew point a very comfortable 40 degrees. start thinking about humidifiers soon. one stretched out front here in the northern plains, that's the one piece of weather that may get us here before the week is out. and other than that, we're just watching the storm system off

the mid-atlantic in morning with those few showers, that is going to be pulling away. so hey, there's not much weather the talk about fortunately. we need the break. today 59. tonight we're back in the 30s to around 40 with light winds. 60 tomorrow and it will be a fine day as we head to thursday, 65. could be a late cloud or two with some showers possible. thursday night into friday, but that storm system may also track south of us. 58 friday and then look at your weekend. low to mid-60s and terps are home saturday and skins are home sunday. this is the weekend, clock back one hour with daylight saving time. monika samtani, happy november. happy november. thank you joy. this is what traffic reporters call a beauty shot. although it's not so beautiful if you're on the road. inbound 66 at route 234 in manassas, going to slow down through the area through centreville. route 50 and vienna. but the good news is that all lanes are open. there are no incidents along your trip inbound on i-66 right now. other to the beltway and we're

going to zoom into 95 first of all and take a live look. you've just got again a slow traffic. it's the egg bin accidents wen't -- big incidents we can't deal with. basically from the harbor off and on and then dale city through springfield. back to the maps this time all the way north. accident clean-up continues involving an overturned truck on i-70 eastbound right after route 17 in myersville. up north here. 270 itself slows down off and on father hurley boulevard down to the point where the lanes divide. coming up in my next report, we'll go into the district at 6:25. back to you. we just received word that elementary school in frederick county, maryland is closed again today. again the power is -- problem is power. the school has no power. just waking up with us, coming up next in sports the future of west virginia

mountaineers heading to the courtroom now. and right now we want to get another check on the question of the morning -- >> one of our facebook friend regulars terry always has something good to say. he says -- >> keep the guesses coming, we'll have the answer at 6:48.

welcome back. 6:23. howard bernstein with your weather first on this tuesday morning. still some sprinkles along the bay but the rest of us skying starting to clear especially from d. c. and points west. lots of 30 this has morning. it will be a nice day. we'll be warming up into the 40s by 9:00. by this afternoon, highs 57 the 61. north wind at 5 to 10 miles an hour. mike? thank you howard. west virginia university wants out of the big east and they

want out now. >> the school is suing to leave immediately to join the big 12. now the lawsuit claims the big east is too unstable and it could end up hurting the mountaineers financially. west virginia wants to join the big 12 by next fall. there's normally a waiting period of more than two years. in monday night football last night, the chiefs hosted the chargers. tied at 20, less than a minute left and san diego on the move. but kansas city recovers a fumble by phillip rivers, into overtime. the chiefs hit a chip shot for the win. the chiefs shock the chargers. the capital wax on the ice tonight -- back on the ice tonight at 7:30. the caps are trying to snap a two game losing skid. they are 5-0 at home this season though. the nationals confirm what we knew for the most part. davey johnson will be back on the bench next year as the manager. the nats were 40-43 under johnson last season after he

took over when jim riggleman basically just up and left. they finished in third place the best finish since 2002. it is 6:25. guys forget shaving today. in 20 minutes we'll give you a good reason not to pick up your razor aliment long. plus, bank of america now reconsidering the debit card fees. and ahead learn which other big bank in our area is avoiding another similar charge. we've been looking live from sky 9 at 66 this morning. although it's incident-free a lot of heavy traffic for you right through manassas, centreville and route 50 and vienna. come up in my next report we'll into into maryland. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. ♪

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welcome back. 6:29. the place you always can get your weather first. so we're glad you're joining us this morning. a live look if morning at the -- this morning at the u.s. capitol. it's dark outside right now but it will be light this morning after the daylight savings time this weekend. >> thank you for starting your tuesday with us. also a new month. i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm mike hydeck. meteorologist howard bernstein live on the weather terrace this morning. i think he's got a jacket on.

definitely arguable if you need gloves, 30s in many of the sub you ares and today's sunrise is about 7:25. next monday, 6:40. so yes it will be much lighter by then. good morning, bundle up we've got a cold start especially west but a decent day ahead. to the east we've got some clouds still but good deal of sunshine. by 5:00 57 degrees with highs 57 to 61. look at the rain this morning to the south and east of washington. live doppler 9000 hd pretty quiet easton seeing few showers and across the bay. but your coastal areas in calvert and anne arundel will have to watch it the next couple of hours, temperatures they're cold. low 30s luray, cumberland is 34, leesburg holding on the 41. barely into the 40s there while we're 45. your high temperatures today will range anywhere from the mid 50s in hagerstown and cameleer band to 61 in -- cumberland to 61 in manassas.

inside now to monika samtani with your timesaver traffic. start off with a look at the beltway which is looking fine all around town and heading in from baltimore using 95 or the vw parkway, they've both been running incident free. a live look at the beltway once you get there on the outer loop from 95 to georgia avenue you'll be on the brakes pretty much that whole stretch westbound on 495. back to the maps this time a look at 270. there are no problems coming down on 270 but we'll take a live look at it right now. it's slow basically from father hurley boulevard most of the way down to i'd say rockville. also in myersville eastbound on i-70 at route 17, an overturned truck it happened an a hour ago along the right side of the road. authorities are on the scene. before i go i have a commuter alert. you'll be paying more today for most of the tolls in maryland. cash tolls are now $3 at the fort mchenry and harbor tunnels in baltimore as well as the key bridge. it's up to $4 at the nice bridge on route 301 and across

the bay bridge, $6 on northbound 95 in cecil county. there's some good news, the state will waive its $1.50 ez pass account fee if you use it three times in a month. higher rate for trucks and buses will take effect january 1st. now this is happening after decades. it's the first time and after like 10 huge public debates. do you ever go into baltimore? by 2013 to go through the crossings it will be $8. >> ahh. feels like new york. feels like new york. yeah. >> so there you go. well, all aboard. and you can surf the web amtrak is a adding wi-fi to a dozen routes on its system. it includes the northeast regional trains that run from d. c. to virginia beach, new york and boston. amtrak says 60% of riders now have access to freebie fife. it's already available on the

acela express. later today we could learn if names of two people killed in prince george's county overnight. it looked like this around 11:00 last night. wood yard road in upper marlboro. this happens near melwood pond park. it sent the car into a patch of grass. authorities say the two people died were killed at the scene. medics rushed a third person to the 4079. police blame a sneezing fit for that fatal van wreck. he had one apparently monday along route 50 in salisbury. a passenger died when that white van crashed into a tree. the driver may wind up facing criminal charges in the case. it didn't take a judge long to convict an illegal immigrant of felony murder in a drunk driving crash that killed a nun. carlos montano struck and killed sister denise mosier and hurt two other nuns.

montano is an illegal immigrant from believe yea. he had two previous dui convictions and now facing up to 70 years in prison in february. montano's lawyer may appeal the judge's ruling. he may be the front runner but he still can't the shake the harassment allegations from more than a decade ago. surae chinn is live in northwest washington with more on what the author of the initial report on this is saying. surae, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the republican candidate says he's got a big target on his back and yes, that these accusations are a witch hunt. but yesterday, the national press club he tried to set the record straight. >> i have never sexually harassed anyone. and those accusations are totally false. >> reporter: the gop front runner denying any sexual harassment but according to a report by politico.com, two

female employees made the complaints while cain ran the lobbying group here at the national restaurant association. well, at the national press club yesterday, he says he couldn't remember any complaint 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. up to my chin and said you're the same height as my wife because my wife comes up to my chin. my wife of 43 years. >> 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 and made sexually explicit suggestions to her that made her feel unconfidentable. that would be an examine million here. >> reporter: and herman cain

went to say that the financial settlement was between three to six months of severance and also added the internal investigation here at the national restaurant association cleared him of any wrongdoing. mike? >> thank you surae. surae chinn live in northwest washington this morning and of course as we said "the early show" is going to have much more on the story come up just at the top of the hour. cain's closest rivals getting some financial support. some big financial support. new jersey governor chris christie is going to hold a fundraiser for mitt romney. it will be in december and tickets start at $500. he threw his support behind romney earlier this month. jessica doyle is here with another your money report. >> and you have a story that's guarantee today make just about anyone mad. >> i'm even mad a little bit about that. no, i'm kidding. we're talking about golden parachutes, these are the big severance packages for

departing executives. they were created to be a poison pill for hostile takeovers but that never worked. they just got bigger. like this one. neighbors industries is an oil drilling company. eugeneizeenberg is getting a $100 million payout and here's a bigger catch. he's not even leaving the company. he has been relieved of his ceo post but going to stay on as chairman. believe it or not his package was supposed to be worth $264 million. but it was cut back after shareholders objected. several years ago. there's new pressure on bank of america to drop the $5 monthly charge it's planning for customers who make purchases with their debit cards. the latest companies backing away from the fee, suntrust will no longer charge a $5 a month fee for debit card purchases and regions financial will nix the $4 monthly fee.

additional both banks will refunds encompass hers previously charged. suntrust -- any customers previously charged. regions started charging in june and suntrust in august. we will keep our eye on bank of america to see if there's any movement. >> start chirping customers. starting to go away. real estate agents trying to make a tough sell are taking to the skies. high end sellers in california are using drone helicopters to take clients all across a property. this mini chopper is checking out a $25 million property, mike to go with that fountain you're buying. the commission on that sale is probably worth it. >> i have always wanted is bellagio fountain and it will go perfect at that house. >> i know and you can get the drone helicopter thrown in for free i bet. 6:39. howard says another sunny and dry day and highs in the 50s.

and here's a live accurate 66 in -- lock at 66234 rosslyn, you can see -- look at 66 in rosslyn. you can see traffic is looking good but it's going to build as the morning progresses, monika's next timesaver traffic is coming up next. thanks for choosing channel 9, here's what's on tv tonight -- don't forget.

we're back at 6:43 with a little halloween recap. check out these little ghosts and goblins inside the mall at prince george's county. there was a magic story as well. adults hit the vote as hell. this was the tee -- streets as

well. this was the streets yesterday. the parking restrictions were in place yesterday. they are now lifted. lot of nice young people dressed in costumes rang the doorbell before 8:30. thank you very much. and took away most of the candy we had some i was happy about that. >> the showers held off until really late. most of them were overnight. worked out okay. cold this morning though down in the 30s in many areas. west of washington. you guys didn't see any of the clouds and the showers you've been clear all night. that's why the temperatures are down in many cases in the mid 30s. he's the bus stop forecast. bundle up with this one. temperatures ranging anywhere from 37 to even 35 in the real cold spots to 50 near the bay. pax river naval air station. those folks, sunrise not for a while until 7:35. by noon 5, a these hours are the -- noon, 55, these hours

are wind direction. that's pretty pleasant for november 1st and by 8:00 back down into the low 50s. cool off pretty quickly tonight with 30s in most areas by wednesday morning. this morning looking at the showers which have been off to the east. also look at the clouds here. now mulling away from us -- pulling away from us for d. c. and points west, skies are clear and if you're living right along the bay area and on the eastern shore, that's where we've been seeing still just a couple of sprinkles out there. here's queenstown and the upper part of the bay down to easton and tillman. a couple of sprinkles just moving south right over the bay just south of annapolis you may have an isolated sprinkle. temperatures also tell the story where the clouds are. but look at the 30s here back into the ohio valley. locally down to the freezing mark now in lovettsville but 39 for sterling and 36 in haymarket. we'll go east and remember the clouds were thicken. these temperatures if places

like coughton and andrews and baden. and reagan national right now 45 degrees. skies are clearing. winds out of the north- northwest at 8 so it feels like 41. other spots west we've got the windchills way down in the 30s. we'll say good-bye to the storm system and behind it clear skies will be building in. sunshine and clear skies not just today and tonight but tomorrow and i think for the first part of thursday as well. as there goes that area of low pressure and there's just nothings that headed in our direction. until late thursday night probably friday. that's our next chance for a shower. today 59. tonight back in the 30s. tomorrow 60ish in the afternoon. we'll have pretty light winds tonight and tomorrow. by thursday ahead of the front, 65. friday, there could be a couple of showers best chance looks like going to be south of d. c.. and then this weekend, sunny and pleasant and 60 on saturday. terps have a home game with virginia if i'm not mistaken and the skins are home sunday, 64 and this is the weekend,

daylight savings time. we gain an hour of sleep on the 25 hour sunday. thank you very much howard. unfortunately we have a serious accident on dumfries road just west of i-95 near the shops at quantico center. a medevac helicopter has been called to the scene. we shoup that for new our next report. in the meantime. downtown everything is fine and if you're planning to take the trains this morning, metro, m. a. r. c. and vre, everything is on time. a live look at 395 on the northbound side. got the brake lights around duke street and here at the 14th street bridge. still looking good into the downtown area. in my next report, an update on the accident at dumfries at 6:58. notice anything different? >> no, no, just a new month right? today, november 1st. but that also means it's the start of movember. and guys you can put down the razor this morning and keep it

all hidden all month long. >> this is a global movement to raise money for prostate cancer funding. >> come back. and other cancer initiatives. >> uprolls not to -- you promise not to shave for a whole month and get people to sponsor you for not shaving. last year they raised over $80 million, we have more information on the front page at wusa9.com. and if you take part in movember, post your photos on the facebook page, we want to see that mustache. >> tom selleck run amok here. that's what we think. have you ever grown a mustache? >> i can't. it takes forever to grow a mustache. >> this is the only way mike can achieve that. >> i can participate this way. thank you, all right. get ready to answer our question of the morning? >> indeed. >> the question was -- >> the answer is grocery

shopping and hopefully you clean your mustache before you do that. >> check on the news before you go is up next. looking good mike. dinner's ready.

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at 6:52. chilly out there. we're 45 in town but dulles is 39. even low 30s in some spots in the suburbs. in fact lots of sunshine today. highs today 57 to 61 degrees. today is tuesday, november it's. here's a check on the news before you go. six people are hurt in five separate shootings across the district. investigators aren't sure if any of the shootings are linked. police remain on the scene of one along m street in georgetown. metro expects up to 5% fewer riders in the next year. predicts 215 million trips the

lowest number in five years. fewer riders means less cash for the transit system. which is already trying to find ways to save money. give yourself extra time if you're driving to reagan washington national airport today. a statue of the 40th president will be dedicated between 11:00 a.m. and noon. then that will block part of the airport roadway. the airport says the simplest solution is to use metro. "the early show" starts in just about six minutes. >> and chris wragge has a preview. >> good morning, coming up on "the early show," herman cain rejects allegations he sexually harassed two employees. we'll ask john mccain's former campaign strategist about the effect. kim kardashian filed for divorce on monday and we're going to look at how it might affect the split. i can't believe it's over already. mike, back to you. >> i'm heart broken chris. 6:54. we have one more check on

weather and traffic when 9news now returns. you think counseling would have helped? >> who cares, we'll be right back.

one more thing i think i'm going to ask my boss if i can keep this for the month of november. we like to do whatever we can to raise money for cancer research. >> prostate cancer awareness. >> they raised millions and millions of dollars last year. >> if you're like mike and you cannot grow a mustache, you can

do this. >> that's right. >> still send in money and support this great cause. >> absolutely, feels good. howard, who refused to wear the mustache? >> we tried to get him to participate. >> i wanted it clean first on mike's face. >> new tape on it. >> oh, new tape. i didn't realize there was new tape. that would have changed everything. a couple of sprinkles along the bay this morning they'll be pulling out over the next couple of hours and then sunshine today. we'll be in the upper 50s to near 60 around 60 tomorrow. and then by thursday, mid 60s and might see a shower friday but looking good for the week. a live look from sky 9. a serious accident come and gone. westbound dumfries road just west of i-95. so watch out for the police direction. we'll go to 66 on the inbound side after route 50 an accident blocks the right lane. slow traffic getting by. and let's go over to southern maryland. wilson bridge looks okay for the accident. jessica? i tried on the mustache but it won't stay on my face. as for wall street actually headed for a selloff this

morning. it looks like because of issues with the greek bailout deal overnight. >> always that. >> yep. >> and "the early show" is coming up next, more on the accusations against herman cain and a controversial new industry that's created one million new jobs. we have the information about movember on the page at wusa9.com. >> monika and i will be back in 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. >> check out wusa9.com at work today or download the free news and weather app for your smart phones. >> and with or without the mustache -- >> it's amazing what happens in -- >> 4:45. have a great day -- 4:25. have a great day. >> take care everybody. >> bye. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ]