into the weekend. 45 in washington. going into the 60s today. south winds 5 to 10. outdoor plans, aeven this evening it is going to work out aokay. we have high clouds and this looks worse than it is. these are fairly thin, star light is coming through this cloud cover. a touch of fog. fog has much better in cambridge. temperatures this is why you are going to need a jacket range from 48 in southern maryland to 40 in easton. monika santani stepping in. she's got an update for you on the thursday morning commute. >> as promised, i'm updating you on this accident. this happened at 5:15 this morning. northbound on route 28 north ofbert street north of old centerville road. prince william county police tell us one lane is getting by in each direction. no problems to report on 66.

we'll zoom into the beltway. no problems on the beltway through silver spring. let's take a live look here. if you are planning to head between 95 and university boulevard and over into the bethesda rockville area. we'll end with a live look south of route 50 in new carrollton. southbound the wilson bridge into alexandria. coming up we'll go back into maryland at 6:12. mike, back to you. monika, we are following breaking news out of montgomery county this morning. there is a huge house fire that left at least one person hurt. this is all taking place right now in the aspen hill neighborhood. the fire is on irish street just off aspen hill road. the fire chief joins us live right now from the montgomery county fire department. where does this stand mr. mcadams? >> the fire trucks were

dispatched at 3:50. they arrived on the scene and found a single family home with a large amount of fire. four people have been injured as a result of the fire, they have been transported to the local hospitals. at this point the fire is under control. montgomery county fire rescue investigation team will be looking at the origin of the fire at this point. it was our understanding there were two people in the home. now you are telling me four people are injured. do any of those include firefighters? >> good point. we have two injured firefighters that have been transported to the local hospitals as well as both residents of the home. >> understanding the investigation is ongoing, do we have an idea of a cause yet? >> mike, at this point, we do not. the fire has just been placed under control. our fire investigators will be looking if a root cause.

>> reporter: oftentimes when people start turning on their heat, we start to understand things can actually flame up. could smoke detectors be an indicator? >> we need to determine whether we had any active smoke detectors within the house and our investigators will determine that as they sort through the facts here. >> reporter: michael mcadams at the montgomery county fire department. sentencing is scheduled for january 27th now for brittany norwood. she could possibly get life in prison without the chance of parole. jurors said she planned to kill her coworker, jayna murray, inside the lululemon store march. murray suffered 331 injuries. here's how murray's mother reacted to the verdict. >> i questioned it. i thought, did i hear it right?

i was so afraid, it could be anything but that. but yet at the same time i was so concerned that i didn't catch it right. and then my husband had a deep sigh, and i knew it was right. >> norwood's attorney never called a single witness. he was hoping jurors would believe the murder was not premeditated. that would mean a lesser prison sentence. mike for more on this quick verdict we are joined by jim shall can i, jim, good to have you here with us. were you surprised the jury returned a verdict of first degree in such a short time? >> not at all. the evidence was so overwhelming, i was surprised it took an hour. >> the next phase is the sentencing phase. january 27ing. the jury is done. so this is just a submission to the judge. tell us more about what happens in this phase. >> the jury participation is over. we should thank them.

they did a great job. i saw the pain in their faces during the trial. judge greenburg will decide the sentence. life without parole or life in prison without the possibility of parole. if they want to talk he will hear from the victim's family and he will also get a report from the probation department a pre sentence report outlining brittany norwood's history and all the facts of the case. each side will make a recommendation. the state and the defense will make a recommendation to him. he will decide the sentence. >> jim we knew the jury had already heard from the defendant that she admitted the guilt. whether it was premeditated or not it was such a brutal case. the prosecutor provided such overwhelming evidence. >> why didn't this raise it to the level of a death penalty case? >> reporter: a lot. >> a lot of people have asked me that. you have to have certain conditions met, you have to have a confession and dna evidence.

if it is not a police officer, you have to have more than one victim. they have made it almost impossible to seek the death penalty. >> this was an incredible case the prosecutor, you have said has done a wonderful job. the curtis lopez murder case and the deaths of mrs. mcquain and her young son, would that also be one of those premeditated death penalty or some other kind of charge? >> i don't think it is a death penalty case. it will be a murder one type case just like this, yes. >> reporter: thank you very much and thank you for your analysis throughout this trial. >> thank you. we have more from the trial and reaction to the verdict on our website. visit wusa 9.com. 6:06 and jessica doyle is here. she is watching your money again this morning. relief is on the way for the biggest complaint about the new iphone. what is the deal?

>> the technology blogs have been abuzz about the phones. they say the batteries are running down way too fast. there is a problem it is not just with the new phone. battery life is being zapped by the new iphone system. so the battery problem is also affecting i phones, ipads and ipods that upgraded to this. apple found bugs in the program and will release a software fix in a few weeks. the blogs say there are a couple of things you can do now to extend your battery life. turn off location serves, location based reminders and also turn off the phone when you are not using it. two places to bargain hunt are going out of business. discounter sims and its filene's basement chain are filing for bankruptcy. you may think of filene's because of the running of the

bride sale, the two brands linked up after sims bought filene's at a bankruptcy in 2009. both are going out of business in january. and will result in 2500 job cuts. sims and filenes has several stores. i bet somebody else is going to pick up the running of the brides thing. it is absolutely hysterical. >> i was thinking that too. thank you. it is 6:08. we want to get your morning started off in a heart healthy way. >> in four minutes, we head to the kitchen, a simple recipe. up next howard has your weather forecast. your weather first, straight ahead, here on 9news now.

6:11 on this thursday morning. grab a jacket. you are going to need it. 30s and 40s. 50s upper 50s by noon and a sunny afternoon with high clouds at times. highs will be in the low to mid-60s. i'll be back with the weekend forecast right now. timesaver traffic. we are taking a live look at 66, just to slow traffic in the usual spots. but an accident on northbound route 28. north of old centerville road. more on virginia roads coming up at 6:18.

mike and andrea? another clash between occupied protesters and police. this one in oakland, california. just about three hours ago police fired tear gas on the protesters. they started marching through the streets of the city. earlier today protesters shut down the port of oakland. that is the fifth busiest ports in the nation. another coming forward saying she was sexually harassed by herman cain. the other two alleged accusers settled out of court. the republican candidate calls the stories a smear campaign against it. circle january 10th on the calendar. first in the nation primary. state officials announced it yesterday. the iowa caucus is one week before on january 3rd. howard? >> andrea in the kitchen this morning the heart week is this saturday. we have been giving you advice on staying heart healthy. this morning we are talking

breakfast. chef dave willard, dave and i have walked the heart walk together. so great to see you again. people are so busy, they take a quick breakfast. so many things we were talking off camera. you have great ideas for us. >> very simple. when you are in a hurry you just need to get breakfast done. a simple way to do that is to start with a simple flour tortilla. >> reporter: how important is it to read labels? >> very personality. you want to have the right stuff in your food. you want to eat healthy and look at how much salt. we are using a whole wheat flour tortilla. i know you like egg whites. >> right. takes time to separate them. but i think it is worth it. >> you can use anything in the refrigerator. i like to use what i had from dinner last night. have it cut up and ready to go. i sauted that up and i have a

simple egg taco, just like that. super simple. when you say quick, how quick are you talking? if you cut up your vegetables tonight you are done in a minute. >> >> you also have a nice breakfast drink for us. >> so this is a play on a smoothie. the frozen fruit at the grocery store is quite good. i pureed orange juice and added additional orange juice. what is the green in there? >> a little bit of mint. mango and orange juice in there makes it refreshing. >> all of this is very healthy for you. a lot of countries are starting to talk to their health departments about salt. >> it is important to get salt out of the diet. we do that in the cooking and ingredients we use to continue to reduce salt so you can have a nice, balanced meal throughout

the day. >> remember the heart walk is this saturday at nationals park. events star at 8:30. the walk begins at 10:00. if you can't make it there is really a very easy way you can be a donor. text the phrase gw r walk to the number 50555 and a $10 donation will be made to the heart walk. let's switch gears for you and the bus stop forecast. it is a chilly morning out there. we have temperatures running in the 30s and 40s. look at that sunrise at 7:36. real late. be careful when you are driving because there are going to be kids out there. we'll change that up next monday as we fall back to standard time. sunrise monday will be 6:40. as far as our day planner, looking good. high cloudiness, 63 at 3:00, by 6:00, 60 degrees. winds coming out of the south

between 5 and 10 miles per hour. breezy as we head through the day tomorrow. that will leave us in decent shape, but a chilly weekend. perhaps low 50s on saturday upper 50s to near 60 on sunday. look at this. temperatures down to 37 in college park this morning. 39 in croftton. down to our south, anywhere from 37 to 42 now. in springfield and fairfax. officially for washington 45. with a south wind at 6 miles per hour. so it is making us feel like 40 to a slight wind chill. the big area of cold is all out west. some of the warmth is coming up

too. even in the 40s in detroit. this is the storm that hit denver with their second snowstorm in a week. it is coming through missouri and illinois. this is what is going to be moving toward us. the low pressure is going to get a little kick to the south. while it looks like there is a good system headed our way with this front sagging south, this will push the storm from southern virginia into the carolinas. by tomorrow afternoon the clearing is moving in. a dry weekend expected. 64 this afternoon, tonight we are down in the 40s. a couple of showers south. breezy tomorrow, north winds. saturday chilly, will be in the 30s and low 40s for saturday morning. 54, sunday in the upper 50s with sunset sunday just after

5:00 p.m. as we change the clocks back an hour. the big story is at accident on route 28 atbert street. one lane will get you by in each direction. by the way 66 stretches in centerville, route 50 and at the beltway. let's take a live look here's what it looks like in springfield. the big problem is heading up from dale city past wharton. all your through lanes are open. that is causing a delay. no problems to report on 395. we are doing well here all the way up toward the 14th street bridge. 395 this morning has been incident free. back to the maps right now. pretty much everything is running on time on metro mark.

v r u e, run -- v r e, running on a ten minute delay. up next a little magic. we are going to tell you how you can turn $1 into three meals in our region. our question of the morning, it is ladies 95% of us hate it when our man does which of these things? looks at other women or leaves the cap off the toothpaste? >> our facebook friend barbara said there should be an all the above choice. >> keep your guesses though coming to our took fan page. we'll have the answer at 6:53.

welcome back. high clouds, a nice quiet morning. we have a nice thursday ahead of us. our day planner calling for sunshine. look at these temperatures. 57 in town by noon low to mid-60s. 61 for the way home at 5:00 p.m. andrea and mike. for the next few days you are going to see all of this food behind us, because it is a reminder to us and to you. >> we are teaming up with the boy scouts once again and the capital area food bank to help feed families in need in our community. if you can't donate food or other items, cash is always a good idea. the capital area food bank can do magic with that cash. it can turn a $1 donation into into $14 worth of food. the five bucks you'll probably

spend at starbucks could feed a family of five for an entire day. >> just go on our website at wusa 9.com and learn more about the scouting for food. if you are in maryland or virginia, boy scouts are going to be leaving bags on your front door, on the front porch, and they are going to come back as part of the scouting for food program. a lot of bags they are going to come back a week later coming up on november 12th. because of the bag tax in the district it would cost the scouts money to leave bags at dc homes. they are not going to be left there, but the scouts will be at attention at every safe way across the district on the 12th to take your donation. dc residents don't feel left out of this. all of the food goes to the capital area food bank. you missed -- if you missed any of this information, there

is more information on where you can go to safe way and other places to donate. we are grad you are helping and we appreciate it. thank you in advance. 6:25. still ahead. we have the latest on breaking news. there is a huge house fire in the aspen hills section of montgomery county. today you can start winning tickets to the national christmas industry lighting. we'll tell you how to do it. >> reporter: there are two accidents in prince william county, one being cleared up. moisture on other area roadways, coming up in my next reports, you are watching 9 news now. stay with us.

we are become at 62:00 -- we are back at 6:29. here's a live look at the washington monument. you can see it there twinkling in the background. it is so beautiful a shot. this time, on monday, it won't be as dark behind it. don't forget, the clock is falling back. we gain an hour. 45 degrees out there right now. i have set miya large so that i -- my, alarm so that i will not

wake up. >> makes sense to me. thanks for joining us. about 45 degrees, a little brisk. i'm mike hydeck, glad you are here. i'm andrea roane. meteorologist howard bernstein has a jacket on. >> reporter: you know i have a jacket on, even lighter gloves this morning. a great day ahead. high clouds out there. still see some stars overhead. as you look at the day planner, temperatures rising into the upper 50s by noon. low and middle 60s winds out of the south at 5 to 10. 7:37. looks like we have overcast skies. that is why we have the stars showing through that. a little bit of fog out toward cumberland. the fog is back. you are reporting zero visibility. temperature 41 in cambridge. 41 in fredericksburg. from winchester to fredericksburg. highs in the 60s.

enjoy it. monika santani can we enjoy a nice commute for a change? >> reporter: not if you are traveling in prince william county. northbound route 28 north of old centerville road, right now one lane will get you by in each direction. now the prescription william parkway on brentsville road just heard of an accident on the georgetown pike. i know sky 9 is head that had way. let's go over to 95 on the northbound side. it has been a real bear basically trying to get from dale city into horton. it is cleared, but the delays remain. now to the 14th street bridge on the northbound side of 395. we are looking good to this point. then it low as down across the bridge span. no big deals here. we'll end with a live picture. looks good here in college

park. i'll update you on the accidents in virginia at 6:45. andrea and mike? thank you, monika. we continue to follow breaking news out of montgomery county, maryland. four people are being treated for injuries, after an early morning fire on irish street. the cause of the fire is under investigation just moments ago. mike mcadams spoke to us about what happened. he is the fire chief for montgomery county. >> they arrived on the scene for a single family home. at this point, what we have is we had four people that have been injured as a result of this fire. they have been transported to the local hospitals. at this point the fire is under control. >> we have been told at least one person who was transported to the hospital had serious

injuries. the victim's identities have not been released. we'll have an update on 9news now at noon. brittany norwood will be sentence in january for planning a murder and killing her coworker, jayna murray. >> since she was convicted, norwood should expect to get life in prison without the chance of parole. norwood killed murray inside the lululemon store. one juror spoke with andrew mccarron. he said everyone leaned toward a guilty verdict from the moment deliberations began. >> we wanted to be thorough and make sure there was nothing that could cause reasonable doubt. we discussed possible scenarios and people try to play devil's advocate. >> and that same juror added it was the vicious wounds all over murray's body which convinced

him of murray's guilt. the family of jayna murray was in the courtroom when the verdict came down. >> surae chinn joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. yeah the verdict came around 7:00 last night. as you said it was about an hour of deliberation before the 12 member jury came to their decision. yes the family was in the courtroom when this verdict was read. they wept as the decision was made and they held on to each other. it was the decision they had hoped for. the family has said the last seven months have been traumatic. during closing arguments, more graphic photos were shown and the family could only look down. brit if any norwood guilty of first degree murder. >> more than anything, i know the trauma our family has been

through. i want no other family to go through this. and i felt the brutality was indescribable and again, i want no other victims. >> reporter: that was jayna murray's mother, very emotional yesterday after the verdict. sentencing for brittany norwood is set for january. back to you andrea. >> that was surae chinn reporting live outside the lululemon store in bethesda. we have more visit wusa 99.com, it is right there on the front page. jessica doyle is watching your money and making sure it is not wasted. especially when it comes to all the halloween candy that you probably have sitting around and it is very difficult for you not to eat it. >> you get this massive trick

or treat candy haul right? there is a bunch of stuff the kids don't want and you worry about the impact on the kids' teeth and overall health. there are a bunch of things you can do, including arts and crafts, which you guys can start working on. we are going to give you a good option first. get money for that halloween candy that is left over. halloween candy buy back.com. you plug in your zip code and you are going to find dentists that will actually exchange cash, coupons, a toothbrush or other prizes for some or all of the candy stash. this organization uses the candy to fill up care packages for troops stationed overseas. another option, of course, food pantries do accept left over candy, so you can call around to see which ones are in need in your area. another option is to decorate with the stuff.

mike and andrea make great arts and crafts for the kids. remind them, you can't eat the candy once they put glitter all over it. >> you can even turn hershey's kisses. if the kids just don't want to part with that hard-earned sweet, you can store it with these guidelines. dark chocolate can be stored for up to two years. if it is kept in the foil in a cool, dry place. hard candy up to a year. unopened soft candy also up to a year and that halloween favorite, candy corn. you can keep that for nine months in an unopened package. i love what you guys are doing over here. >> don't give food to people who are near breakfast. trying to create a face

eyebrows and a nose and teeth. >> i spent more time eating than i did anything else. since andrea's been such a good girl. >> only one in the bag, god wanted me to have it. >> god wanted me to have it. >> the one thing that i wanted there this morning at 10:00, the national park service sells its annual tickets to the christmas tree lighting ceremony. 17,000 tickets are available. the online lottery close on his monday. we have made it easy for you to log on. just go to wusa 9.com, search national christmas tree and it is the first thing you'll see there. one of the biggest problems for adoption agencies nationwide, finding homes for children between 8 and 12 years old.

coming up, we'll tell you how you can sandeep and howard says we are going to have another warm ask sunny day with highs in the 60s. next, details on the weekend forecast and monika has a check on our commute. thanks so much for choosing channel 9 this morning. 8:00 the big bang theory followed by rules of engagement. join us for 9news now at 11:00 and now we can enjoy what cookie monster calls a sometime treat. [ screaming ]

[ zapping ] there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that thing does not like dwayne. [ male announcer ] state farm's got you covered. nice landing. it was. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. good morning, welcome back. our time is 6:43. another nice day on tap. showers overnight but we'll be asleep, we won't care. >> and they will generally be

south of dc. i think our best chance of rain really might not be until next thursday. here's our bus stop forecast. grab the jackets, actually those are the highs today. readings will be in the 60s around here. back to the bus stop forecast, readings this morning in the 30s and 40s under mainly clear skies. 7:37 until we get that sunrise. 46 at 8:00. by noon 57. this afternoon 62 at 4:00. high temperatures low to mid-60s, and then back in the 50s by 8:00 tonight. not nearly as cold. we stay in the 40s area wide. 30s in spots like baltimore, inwinchester -- winchester, frederick and york, cumberland

34. we have had some fog too. cumberland is looking good now. cambridge, zero mile visibility reported at cambridge right now. the rest of us pretty good shape. mostly cloudy skies. but these are thin, high clouds. lots of rain st. louis, back toward memphis this morning. that system is going to be moving east. it will miss us, for the most part. we'll get some clouds from it. as we put the futurecast in motion, the bulk of this is going to stay south of us. so today, enjoy. 64. didn't a couple of showers and tomorrow morning winds will gust to 20, 25. saturday a chilly start for the

30s and 40s. clocks back saturday night. sunday for the skins 58. still looking good through early next week. here's monika? >> reporter: there has been an accident in mcclain. if you drive through the area you know how much it curves and winds. police are on the scene they are directing traffic. especially if you are trying to get to the beltway on the georgetown pike, be aware of that. give yourself the extra time you are going to need. now over to inbound 66 at route 50. there is an accident in the two left lanes. delays from route 7100 all the way to route 50. again stay to the right to get by. there is also an accident on route 28 north of old centerville road that should be in its clearing stages. this one is at the wilson bridge south of town looking good

basically between oxen hill. >> reporter: just got word of an accident on telegraph road at beulah. coming up a look at the big picture at 6:58. did you know that november is national adoption month? finding homes for children between the ages of 8 and 12 can be pretty difficult. but you can help. as their slogan goes, you don't have to be perfect to be an adoptive parent. what are some of the challenges? >> a lot of families want infants or small children and in foster care, most of the children tend to be older. the inchoate -- the average age is about eight years old. once a child reaches that age the chances of finding a family for them begins to decline.

nationwide there is a total of over 100,000 kids freed for adoption and waiting for families. >> in my lifetime i have had friends and family try to adopt kids and that can be costly and a difficult process. >> not the case in adopting children from foster care. it costs nothing. if you work through a private agency to adopt a child from the public agency, you may have some up front costs, but they are all reimbursed at the end. >> what are some of the concerns for parents? and can we allay some of those concerns? >> i think the slogan says it all. you don't have to be perfect to be a perfect parent. families are very afraid they are going to fail a child who has already suffered a lot of failure. and you just don't have to be afraid of that. kids don't need perfection, they just need families. >> they need somewhere to lay their head and have someone care. >> a dad runs out of the house. the kids are asking for ice

cream and mom says no and the dad chases the ice cream truck down the road. fantastic. it will be on wusa 9.com. kathy thanks for joining us. national adoption month is november. 6:49, a check of the news before you go.

6:52. looking good this morning. some 30s and 40s, high clouds as well. a nice day, noon up in the 50s. winds will be south 5 to 10. a 5:00 p.m. temperature of 61. today is thursday, november 3rd. here's a check on the news before you go. suspected killer curtis lopez could make his first appearance this morning in a courtroom. he is accused of murdering his

estranged wife and his 11-year-old stepson. lopez was brought back from charlotte, north carolina yesterday. part of metro's red line will be closed friday night and stay closed all weekend long. no service between glenmont through silver spring. three shuttle buses will get you around that closure. the nationals are close to a deal to resign pitcher chin ming wong. wong was 4-3 in 11 starts last year. 6:53. time to answer our question of morning. 95% of women hate when their men do one of these things? leave up the toilet seat, look at other women or leave the cap off the toothpaste? >> we hate a. but we really hate c. when they leave the cap off the toothpaste. i thought for sure it would be the toilet seat. >> thank you. never mind.

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join me on the national mall for the help the hopeless walkathon. one more thing before we go. one of the television staples in the washington, d.c. market is not going away but changing. one of the legendary hosts is stepping down. >> you know we are fierce and competing with our colleagues at the other stations, but this goes across lines w want to salute and say hello to mack

mcgarry, for 50 years he has been the host of the local version of college bowl. he took some time off and has now announced he will step down permanently as host of the academic. he is 85 years old. a cheerleader for young people, he believes in them so staunchly and he believes learning and education can be fun, which he has proved for 50 years on the air. as we were talking, everybody was saying golly, can't remember, it will be one of the bell weather changes people will recognize immediately. >> our former colleague and voice on wt op radio hillary howard, will fill in for him. so congratulations to mack and good luck hill. 50s and 40s 9, a nice day. low to mid-60s. high clouds late tonight early tomorrow showers mainly south of dc. chilly over the weekend and

cent for -- don't forget your clocks and batteries and smoke detectors. >> reporter: a live look from sky 9, crews are on the scene of this accident on the georgetown pike. be aware of this if you are trying to get to the beltway. springfield northbound side of 95. and over to college park outer loop delays from route 1 to georgia avenue. wall street looking a little lower watching the g20 overseas. join us tomorrow morning starting at 4:25. kindred family soul joins us live in the studio. plus the tastiest pizzas for this time of the year. talking about herman cain and are you tired of the bank fees? the pros and cons of switching money. they'll talk about that. see you tomorrow.