winds are still gusty out of the north and northwest now 20, 25, by noon 52 and a breezy afternoon with highs in the mid- to upper 50s and the drive home temperature of 54. unlike yesterday you will need the jackets. here's the rain over the last couple of hours and you can see the back edge over northern virginia and now approaching ice 95 and areas south and east of washington. we'll show you this on live doppler 9000 hd. cheering the beltway now in southern prince george's county, southern anne arundel. all of southern maryland and also starting to see this almost clearing 95 into stafford county but the heavier shower is now east of centreville and pulling away. and annapolis, you are done with the rain. shady side. maybe another 10, 20 minutes. st. michael's you need another half hour before this will clear you. quick look at temperatures before you go. down to the low 40s in hagerstown. winchester 43. la plata is 48 and we're 51.

to monika samtani with timesaver traffic now. good morning everybody, things are looking great, no problems to report if you're traveling on the beltway you may just find a few wet roadways but otherwise traffic volume friday morning. very, very light. if you're planning to head over on to the northbound side of i- 95 a heads-up there was a minor tractor-trailer accident after the occoquan river. sitting along the left side. inside the beltway. you can sew volumes are light and -- see volumes are light and moving well above the speed limit on the northbound side of 395. barely anybody there head up to the 14th street bridge. you'll make it to work on time. to the inbound side of i-66 again no problems out of manassas and centreville into fairfax. dulles toll road looks pretty much the same. all of the main corridors in tyson's corner as well and a live look inside the beltway. 66 at the bridge, a good indication of the potomac and anacostia river crossings this morning. coming up in my next report, a look into maryland at 5:10. a montgomery county officer is recovering this morning after

being shot during a gunfight with a suspect. >> this morning that suspect is in the hospital in critical condition. the shooting happened at eastern avenue in northwest d.c. and that's where we find our delia goncalves this morning. good morning delia. >> reporter: good morning andrea. we just talked to captain paul starks with montgomery county police. he confirmed that at this early hour the suspect is indeed still in critical and surgery at this hour although we don't know the exact condition and we don't know how many times he was shot. but the scene is still very active several hours after police first responded. it starts here at 13th and eastern and extends a block or two down. some video shot earlier in the evening. suspect was in the middle of the street firing his gun and somehow that led to an exchange of gunfire with police. three montgomery county police officers were on the scene though we don't know the one or all of them fired their weapons. listen to captain paul starks and hear what he has to say. >> at about 12:39 this morning,

montgomery county emergency call center received multiple calls for the sound of shots in the 8100 block of eastern avenue. officers from our third district responded to that area. when they arrived, they encountered an armed subject. shots were exchanged, subject was hit. and one officer was injured. >> reporter: now that officer who was injured was injured in the hasn't and treated and released at a -- hand and treated and released at a local hospital. all three officers are being very viewed can montgomery county is handling that part of the investigation. the internal part of the investigation. mpd and d.c., well, they're handing the actions of the suspect who was first firing his gun. you see two police jurisdictions are covering the scene because the scene actually splits right down the middle down to border of -- the

border of d.c. and silver spring. we have the two jurisdictions handling the case after this hour. coming up in my next report, at 5:30, i'll have a bit more on the police officers who were all involved in this shooting early this morning. back to you mike, andrea? >> thanks. okay, this morning the calvert county sheriff's department is trying to determine how an infant died. officers were called to the intersection of sixes and halloweens point roads just after 6:30 last night. they found the body of a baby in the trunk of a car. investigators say they know the owner of the car and at this point no arrests have been made. baby's body is now at the office for an autopsy. more envelopes filled with white powder were found at another school yesterday. similar envelopes were also found in a rest rabbit and a building that -- restaurant and a building that houses a government agency. it was toasted and -- tested and deemed harmless but the scares have kept them very busy. in the past few days six locations in the d.c. area got

these filled with the white boulder and also happened in six locations up and down the east coast as well. it's d day for leslie johnson. today johnson is scheduled to begin serving her sentence at alderson prison in west virginia. that's the same facility martha stewart served time. she will spend a year and a day behind bars for obstructing an investigation into her husband jack johnson's corruption scheme. he's serving his seven year sentence in north carolina. he began last month. now 60 d.c. classrooms are under scrutiny in relation to possible cheating on 2011 standardized tests. the "washington examiner" reports the office of the state superintendent of education identified 24 classrooms with unusual numbers of incorrect answers erased and changed to correct ones or classrooms with unusually high test score gains on the d.c. comprehensive assessment system's test. d.c. public schools identified

36 others. in 2010, a test security investigated 18 classrooms suspected of cheating. one teacher was fired and two others left the system as a result of the inquiry. 5:06. time for the latest your money report now. >> and jessica doyle is here with the look at wall street. getting closer to that 13,000 mark again. >> you know the trend is our friend right now. we're seeing lots of green arrows in part because of -- >> greece. >> greece helping things. >> what until they're holding us hostage. they have a good day, we have a good day. >> at least it's not because we're laying off thousands of -- i mean -- >> true. >> i'm trying to find the upside here. i'm trying but we have an upside. that's right. wall street did get a boost of confidence yesterday. we're going to have to see if new job numbers this morning can boost stocks again. we are seeing asian and european stocks rallying today and checking the numbers from here at home -- mortgage rates, listen up

people. they've dipped into record territory yet again. a popular choice among homeowners looking to refinance. the 15 year fixed averaged 3.13% last week. that's down slightly from the record low set back in february. freddie mac also says the average rate of a 30 year fixed rate mortgage, unbelievable number here, 3.88%. just a hair above the previous record low. retailers feeling lucky this st. patrick's day doesn't exactly rank among the top holidays with retail spending but more than half of americans will celebrate this year. spending about $30 rather $35 per person and ringing up almost 4.$6 billion in sales. for retailers st. patrick's day can be considered the gateway to spring and the shoppers are more likely to spend a little green, they may be more in the mood to buy other things as the weather gets warmer your outdoor furniture and gardening items may be a new spring

wardrobe. but i think the fact that st. patrick's day falls on a saturday this year is a big deal. >> maybe the spending will be more. you need a guinness and you get a little sleepy and you don't spend any more money. >> it's a pretty heavy beer. >> or you spend a lot of money on a couple of guinnesses and then you don't worry about anything. >> here's the credit card sweetie. what do you have for us next? >> we're doing to take a look at -- going to take a look at the hottest jobs in america. tens of thousands of jobs are available. we're going to look at five specific professions. u.s. appeals court is okay to search is suspect's cell phone. that happened in at least three states, why it could happen here too. plus, what the governor is saying about the late coach paterno and the jerry sandusky investigation.

it is 10 after 5:00 on this friday morning. colder air moving in. the rain moving out and it won't be as warm but still not a bad day. you're just going to need a jacket. here's a look at the day planner. sunshine will return this morning once we say good-bye to the showers over the next hour or so. it's going to get chilly though. noon only recovering to 52 with afternoon temperatures in the mid to possibly upper 50s and

still a bit of a breeze. now to monika samtani and find out the commute looking this friday morning. north of town between 95, route 29 and route 270 and all of the northern corridors are incident-free. there's an accident in southern maryland and that's coming up in my next report,. making news now at 5:11, it lasted only 20 minutes but when the shooting happened two people were dead including the gunman after the suspect opened fire in the lobby of a psychiatric hospital at the university of pittsburgh. seven other people were injured and pittsburgh mayor says the gunman was armed with to semiautomatic -- two semiautomatic handguns and he was shot and killed by police. tom corbett says he wared the late -- wishes the late joe paterno had done more after telling child officials about the child sex abuse by jerry sandusky. his fellow university trustees were right to fire the legendary coach and before he

was fired paterno says he too wishes he would have been done more. police officers have the right to search your cell phone without a warrant. the ruling stems from an indiana case where a suspected drug dealer had his cell phone call logs searched by police. the decision also affects parts of illinois, indiana and wisconsin. however a local attorney believes it could set a precedent in d.c. because the judges' opinions are well respected. the lawyer also says it's your right to and police to get a warrant before searching your phone. well, we are getting closer and closer to the ipad 3 release date. >> but one expert says you may not want to rush out to buy it. at 5:18, five good reasons why you should wait to shell out the big bucks. we'll be back.

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good morning and welcome back to 9news now. 5:15. we're all excited about it being friday because the weekend is just a few hours away for us. >> uh-huh. >> tonight it's going to be a bad weekend. just kind of chilly on saturday. sunny and dry and sunday it's going to be milder. so -- >> right. good deal. >> know some folks who are out there already working on the lawns and gardens getting ready here. >> wiffle ball? >> wiffle ball. you know what? wind is going to be light on sunday morning. >> all right, that's when we're doing it. >> get the slider working. >> game on. >> hey weather-wise a good start for you, just kind of breezy this morning. the rains are just about over. southern maryland you got some sprinkles going on. another 30 to 60 minutes and it should be out of your neighborhood as well. our bus stop forecast, skies are mostly cloudy this morning and i believe anyway that all the showers will be gone in the next hour or so. so i'm keeping them off the bus stop forecast with temperatures

in the 40s and still some low 50s well south and east of d.c.. sunrise at 6:28. and then this morning, the sun will return here shortly. and then we're looking at temperatures struggling to get back to the low 50s by noon. winds will be out of the northwest 10 to 20 miles an hour and colder air is coming in. that's why we're not making too much progress here. this afternoon, mid, maybe upper 50s for highs with a 54- degree reading at 5:00 p.m. and a northwest wind still at about 18 miles an hour not as windy as yesterday but still a breezy day all behind this front which is now to the south and east and this rain is almost all south and east of us. little colder up here a few snow showers up in michigan and pennsylvania. just want to show you closer in what we're looking at. southern maryland, southern prince george's county, calvert, st. mary's, now east of i-95 and even over the stafford how quickly the rains are pulling away. quantico just about done as the rain will be crossing the potomac here in the next 10

minutes or so. lighter showers from waldorf down to la plata. down toward ridge and st. mary's city and over to the lower eastern shore but even shady side and baden you guys will be done with the showers very, very shortly. this morning, weather headlines the showers are pulling away. so they'll be done quickly. breezy and cooler today. highs only in the mid, maybe upper 50s. a chilly saturday. we'll be down in the 20s and 30s tomorrow morning with near 50 that's it for the high on saturday. and then that time change saturday night as we spring forward. set the clocks ahead one hour. looking at temps this morning, they're down in the mid 40s now. gaithersburg and bladensville at 44. we've got 45 for lovettsville and leesburg. centreville's 49 along with springfield and still 50-degree readings from alexandria, baden and fort belvoir. outside on the michael & son weather camera, clear skies -- clearing skies anyway.

winds north-northwest at 15 and still gusting to 23 or so. and for us high pressure is going to build in. so we'll say good-bye to the showers and hello to the sunshine. only 57 today. tonight down in the 20s and 30s but 50 tomorrow. so a chilly day. light northwest wind 5 to 10 but there's the rebound by sunday. back to 64. monday, we're back to 70 and could be some showers on tuesday. still around 70 and then wednesday and thursday? mid 70s, maybe some late showers or storms even possible on thursday. springtime. monika? very happy to hear that howard. and you'll be very happy to hear that generally speaking for this friday morning, we've got light traffic all around the beltway and all the interstates are doing well. there's one accident i want to tell you about in southern maryland right here on brinkley road between st. barn bus road and fisher road. accident investigation both directions there in oxon hill and keep that if mind. but route 5 great out of brandy wine. no problems on route 4 and on the beltway to the wilson bridge a live look right now, both loops of the beltway look

great across the span here as you can see very light volumes between alexandria and oxon hill south of town. we'll go back to the maps many this time to the bv parkway on route 50. incident-free. live if you're planning to head to bwi airport i-97 at route 100 is running incident-free so you should be on time. coming up in my next report, we'll go back into maryland in a couple of minutes. back to you. believe it or not, someone has found reasons why you shouldn't buy if newest ipad. >> according to deal news there are a couple of things you probably should consider before you buy the computer. the first is you might want to save some money. the high end ipad, the newest one $629. consider getting the previous one, the ipad 2 on clearance or get a refurbished one instead and just hang out for maybe the next one. second wait and see what android tablets are going to offer and do some comparison shopping. and next, you don't want to upgrade too soon because of

course ipad puts out a new thing every six months it feels like. and don't buy into the 4 g hype they say. there are only a few areas that have 4 g towers so you won't take advantage of the higher speed in many cases. finally you've got other app investments already. if you've spent some serious cash on the android market or the amazon app store you will have to buy all new ones when switch to the apple. no one is saying that the new ipad isn't necessarily a good thing. just take it easy on the bucket for now. >> you know and again if you have the other one you thought it was great and now here's this one so fast. so just wait. be calm. don't rush. >> don't keep up with the i joneses. >> i know. >> keep your money in your pocket on that. the capitals are fighting to stay in the playoffs and georgetown took on uc in a heated overtime battle. kristen berset has all of the highlights. that would be cincinnati. >> yes. yes. now we'll take another look at the question of the day, it is --

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5:23 this friday morning. this showers, they are just about gone but pulling away from southern maryland and the eastern shore and by 9:00. partly to mostly sunny skies will move back in but low to mid-40s and upper 40s 234 town and still 50 down in southern maryland. to lunchtime. partly to mostly sunny. highs this afternoon under partly to mostly sunny and breezy conditions in the mid- to upper 50s. enjoy. good morning everybody. heading into last night's game the capitals were on the outside look income when it came to the -- looking in when it came to the playoff race which means that every one of the remaining games has become a must-win situation especially considering eight of the games will be on the road. the capitals closing out their home stand last night against tampa bay. he shoots and just tips it in. big week for coyne. two goals for the new daddy. down 2-1 in the third.

johannson takes it himself and all tied up at 2. in overtime, cue the captain. ovechkin, big goal coming through. the capitals win in overtime 3- 2. the hoyas facing cincinnati in the big east tournament with just seconds left in regulation, hoyas down two. porter, generous roll to tie things up. overtime. ot winding down. sims again big man takes it to the hoop lays it in. headed to second overtime. in double ot, game tied 11 seconds left. wright banks it in and heart- breaker for georgetown. they blow an 11 point lead and lead 72-70. maryland and their acc tournament opener taking on wake forest. terps pulling away in the second. stoglin had a game high 25 points and then with the steal there. finds the freshman nick foust. maryland rolls wake forest 82-

60. they face north carolina later today. virginia tech also won and they face duke today. that's a quick look at sports. terps, cavs and hokies all in action later today. have a great friday. looking to get hired? just jessica has the hot jobs and how you can land one of them coming up in your money. plus also a live update on the shootout that left an officer injured and a suspect in critical condition. monika? on the southbound side of i- 270 at father hurley boulevard 689 volumes beginning to increase but no big delays right now heading down to the down to the point where the lanes divide. 395 is incident-free as well. coming up in my next report, a closer look at maryland roads. you're watching 9news now. stay with us.

good morning and welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. >> it's friday! yeah. and it's going to be nice. i'm mike hydeck. glad you're here. and now here's sam with traffic in a moment -- monika samtani

with traffic in a moment. >> it's going to be a good weekend. the rain is just about done ask not going to see hours around here until probably tuesday. maybe late monday but i think hold off until tuesday at this point. let's get you going though with a look this morning at the day planner and unlike yesterday, i did not leave the jacket at home. i have it with me. we're going to need it. temperatures dropping this morning and winds are kicking out of northwest. we're 51 in washington but lots of 40s and some windchills become a factor. this morning we're going to dip a little more and by 9:00 recover back to 49. by noon 52 and kind of breezy. northwest wind 10 to 20. highs mid- to upper 50s with a 5:00 p.m. temperature of 54 degrees. there's the last of the rain pulling east of 95 now south and east of washington. heaviest stuff well south and east of us and on live doppler 9000 hd waldorf, la plata still raining there this charles county. almost done in southern enarun dell. i think in another hour this radar is going to be fairly clean as the rain will be continuing to pull to the south

and east. the temps this morning low 40s in the shenandoah valley. mid 40s frederick down to gaithersburg and temperatures still around 50 in d.c.. monika and the commute this friday morning. friday morning light. no problems to report in terms of big problems. there's one in southern maryland that i do want to tell you about. it's right here in oxon hill on brinkley road shut down between fisher road for the accident investigation. so you want to choose the alternate route there if you choose to use route 5 you will be absolutely fine. no problems as you head up to the beltway. and into oxon hill on the beltway to the wilson bridge. up north again no problems to report on 270 out of frederick, the beltway is running smoothly between college park and bethesda. first of all on the beltway here between new hampshire avenue where of course the volume is starting increase leaving new hampshire avenue into silver spring.

american legion bridge still running well at the potomac river. coming up in my next report, a look into virginia. back to you guys. thank you. a virginia family is houring the loss of their -- mourning the loss of their child this morning. >> a 3-month-old little girl died at a home that appeared to be operating as an unlicensed day care center. the home was on sapphire ridge place in bristow, virginia. police were called after the little girl was found unresponsive. she was pronounced dead at the hospital. and as of right now investigators sightly no sanes of -- there are no signs of foul play. metro knew about the failing brake part on some of its rail cars. one board member told the "washington post" metro had known for six years but did nothing about it. he says the transit agency created a plan to fix the problem but it was canceled for financial reasons. part of the brake system known as a friction range fell off -- ring fell off rail cars twice in the last five months including once in december. a report released yesterday says 98% of hubs on the 5,000

series cars have been replaced. montgomery county police officer is recovering from a gunshot wound in a suspect is in the hospital after being shot by officers. this all unfolded at the intersection of blare mill road in eastern avenue. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live at the scene and been talking to investigators this morning. what do we know? >> reporter: investigators have confirmed to us the officer indeed is an eight year veteran of montgomery county police force. he has been treated and released from the hospital and currently being interviewed along -- interviewed along with two other officers in regards to what happened here. the suspect we don't know a whole lot about him at this point. but i can tell you he is in critical condition at washington hospital center. let's take a look at some video hot earlier today. -- shot earlier today. it all started with several reports of shots fired just after 12:30. in fact when police arrived they heard the shot themselves. the suspect was in the street approaching the officers when they exchanged gunfire and the

suspect was shot. one officer hit in the hand as well. there were a total of three officers on the scene including a rookie cop who just graduated from the academy two months ago we're told. he was still in training and in fact he responded here to the scene with his training officer. all three officers are now on routine administrative leave. what we don't know at this early hour is why the suspect was out here allegedly shooting himself in the first place. i'm sorry, shooting -- in the first place. d.c. police will handle that part of the investigation. you see because the scene borders both silver spring can the district and d.c. police will handle one portion of the investigation, montgomery county police will handle the internal investigation. mike, andrea back to you. >> thank you delia goncalves reporting live. supporters of maryland's gay marriage law say they've launched a petition to make sure the law is upheld should the issue be put to a public vote. the group marylanders for

maryland equality will hold community meetings on the plan. the governor o'malley signed the measure into law last week. it is 5:35 on this nose. jessica doyle is here with another your money report. >> it's about getting some of the hottest jobs in the country to the people who want them the most. >> you bet you. that's right. well later today we're going to find outside out the job market is doing. the government will release the latest snapshot and economists expect the unemployment rate to hold steady. now the unemployment numbers are still high but there are some professions that are red hot right now. and our partners at career builder say there's actually a shortage of applicants for the five jobs, account executive or sales representative. careerbuilder.com with 58,000 open positions. the national salary has a mean of $85,000. and an example of who's hiring right now, adp. top college majors for the job,

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united health group is firing and -- hiring. some food for thought great for targets for job seekers or if you have a kid in college. that may get you thinking about majors for your kids. >> you don't necessarily have to leave your area to find some of these jobs. >> oh absolutely like right now the jobs are available in the washington area for sure. huge numbers nationwide but all available here as well. >> very good. >> thanks jess. when we come back howard will let us know what we can expect this weekend. plus, if you're planning on taking metro to get around the weekend, we have a -- this weekend, we have a commuter alert that will help you plan. stay with us.

5:39 out on the weather terrace morning. the chill is returning. i've got the jacket on. don't really need the gloves just yet but some areas north and west they're down in the low 40s. a look at the day planner going

to be breezy today. not as windy as yesterday but still have northwesterly winds 10 to 20 miles per hour and upper 40s here. 49 by 9:00. by noon sunny, breezy 52. highs mid- to upper 50s and still around 54 by 5:00 p.m. i'll have the weekend forecast coming up. right now inside to monika with timesaver traffic. all the potomac and anacostia river crossings downtown are incident-free. no problems to report there but there's police activity blocking eastern avenue between georgia avenue and 16th street. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at virginia roads. but first, i have a commuter alert now for metro riders this weekend. starting tonight at 10:00 the shady grove, rockville and twin brook stations on the red line will be closed for track work and reopen first thing monday morning. shuttle buses will be provided and on the blue and orange lines trains will share a single track between eastern market and stadium armory. jessica back to you. thank you monika. we've been combing through the

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good morning, welcome back to 9news now, you know who rides a bike with three four inch heels on? >> people in italy you saw. >> how about fashion? ciao. >> i suppose it's -- can happen. normally. >> yeah. of course. hey, weather-wise -- >> better to look good. >> wear wide -- so well. -- weather-wise. so well. you know we have a chill coming back after yesterday's 70s, we're going to be down in the 40s this morning. already there in north and west and won't recover too much. here's a look at the bus stop forecast, you can pretty much keep the umbrellas away except if you're in southern maryland. but i think skies are going to

be mostly cloudy and even partly sunny here over the next few hours. breezy, temps in the 40s and 50s. but those winds, they're still gusting 20, 25 miles an hour this morning. today, sunshine returns we'll call it partly. even moment by midday. -- mostly sunny by midday. 50 degrees and going to dip a little more and recover some but with the northwest wind at 13, jacket and sweatshirt weather today. mid 50s at 5:00 p.m. high today about 57 degrees or so and for comparison yesterday we got to 74. the rain this morning now south and east of d.c. and it continues to pull away from us. over the last couple of hours it left northern virginia and now into southern maryland and southern prince george's county. almost, almost out of pg into calvert county. anne arundel just about done with ited as well. charles county east of 301 still some showers and also st. mary's still dealing with a rain right now -- a little bit of rain right now. north and west you can see the

colder air moving into cumberland at 39. oakland in the upper 20s while hagerstown is 41 and closer to town, we've got the 51 degrees. good visibility in spite of cloud cover here in washington. and 51 degrees on the michael & son weather camera. north northwesterly wind at 15 and there's a chill out there this morning. and the humidity stands at 52%. as we start to dry out and we're going to dry out for the entire weekend. as opposed the areas in texas -- to areas in texas and the gulf coast, look at the rain down here. blossoming once again approaching dallas. we've got heavier rains in east texas, louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and all of that rain is moving off toward the east and even the southeast. the front is cooling through can it's like -- coming through and it's like a big sweep, sweeping all the moisture out of here and for bus it's also bringing in the colder temperatures. by noon northwesterly winds, sunshine, most of the clouds now norfolk is seeing some showers well south and east of us. we get into the afternoon, sunny and breezy. temps in the mid- to upper 50s.

chilly tonight and then into tomorrow, it's going to be a cold day. relative to where we've been with highs only around 50 before we begin the recovery by sunday. here's the forecast. 57 today. still with the northwest winds at 10 to 20 miles per hour. tonight upper 20s to low to mid- 30s. tomorrow only about 50 and we turn it around on sunday. 60 to 65. a milder day. how about 70 on monday? by tuesday, showers and 70. this weekend saturday night we spring forward. clocks ahead one hour and some of us have some functions at 7:45 a.m. sunday morning. that's going to be tough but we'll make it. we'll make it. >> ouch. >> monika? >> we'll survive. you know what? aim happy so -- i'm happy to say this generally speaking not too rough. an accident on the ramp from the inner loop of the beltway to get on the westbound i-66 and it is blocking the left lane. authorities are on the scene. otherwise, as i said things are fine. no problems out of manassas

into centerville. a live look at route 50 on the inbound side of 66 and again, you just got that normal volume forming right now as you leave route 50 toward 123 and the beltway all lanes are open right now. we'll go back to the maps which this time taking a look at the northbound side of i-95. you got the volume building out of woodbridge. it's across the occoquan river right now springfield, northbound side some volume here and on 395 no problems to the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next report, we'll focus on maryland roads. back to you mike. in many cases it seems to be missing from the public consciousness but it's a disease that's a national epidemic among women. we're talking about hiv/aids. tomorrow, is national women and girls' hiv/aids awareness day and organizers are hoping to help women turn the tide on this devastating disease. this morning i'm joined by latisha james from the women's collective. wow i was floored to understand

that a lot of people still consider this a really, really big problem, especially women. why is it such a -- fallen into the backburner kind of thing? >> well, mike i think what's happened with the hiv/aids epidemic is that a lot of people still see it as a gay man's disease. >> right. >> you know when it came on the scene 30 years ago that's what it was. it was seen in the gay population and a lot of people felt they didn't have to worry about it. but women now especially women of color are getting hit really hard. they have such small pools to choose from. we're least likely to mary outside of the -- mary outside of the race and you're talking about having unprotected sex. the rates are getting higher and higher especially among black women. >> the goal in this campaign is to make awareness of that? have protected sex. what are some of the suggestions? >> some of the suggestions are just one toic yourself.

we have the -- to educate yourself. we have the international aids conference coming in july. know your status and get tested and use protection. minimize the amount of partners that you're having. but definitely once you are armed with this knowledge, you know, the fact that black women are 15 times more likely than white women to be infected. >> wow. >> things like this need to be known in the community. >> this is important to you specifically yes? >> yes. it's very important to me. i was born to an hiv positive mother and i've been in this fight for a very long time. she unfortunately passed when i was very young and i took up the tog after this. >> there's an event going on the today that you would like people to participate in in addition to becoming more aware about this. >> i work for the women's collective and we are having a community event today called passport to health at the office, 1331 rhode island avenue northeast. everyone should come out. we'll have free hiv and std testing free education, games,

prizes. you name it it will be there. >> good advice, from the women's collective. thank you for joining us this morning. nice to meet you. andrea over the you. thank you much. another look at the question of the day. it is -- and here's one of the responses posted on our wusa9 facebook fan page by tina harding anish, she wrote -- log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page and reveal your response and we'll reveal answer in about an hour. hi, you want to say this woman is bad to the bone. >> she's a cancer survivor giving my meaning to what a biker -- new meaning to what a biker chick is all about. jessica? thanks, how would you like your mortgage principal, get

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and a good morning, it's 5:552-6789 showers are leaving us now down across southern maryland and pulling away. temperatures north and west have already dipped into the low to mid-40s and the cooler air moving forward us. by 9:00, more sunshine but still, on the chilly side.

mid- to upper 40s here. we'll bounce back into the low 50s by noon and with the stiff northwest wind jackets, sweatshirts, not going to be running around in shorts like yesterday afternoon. and then this afternoon, sunshine, breezy. highs in the mid maybe upper 50s. andrea back to you. thank you howard. it's the 9th of the month. please call your buddies and remind them how to take charge of their breast health. that means breast self-exams and mammograms and make the lifestyle changes, linda reinvented herself after cancer struck her family twice. how she made that turnaround on two wheels is the subject of today's buddy check 9 report. ♪ motorcycles and women? forget the image of the tough tattooed broad too up on her guys bike. check out linda cell. >> i'm a momma, i'm a woman. i'm a good friend. >> and one of the new breed of

biker babes breaking those old stereotypes. professional women, older women like linda are among the fastest growing segment of the motorcycle community. >> you feel the wind. you taste the salt in the air. you -- you see the glimmers of light because nothing is obstructed. so to me it's a way of being full out there in nature and there's just nothing quite like the rush. when you're on that bike nobody knows who you are. they just see a woman rider. >> but there's even more to linda than that. she is a breast cancer survivor. >> i found a lump that was the size of a gumball and i wasn't worried because 85% of all lumps are benign. >> but several tests later doctors confirmed it was stage 1 breast cancer. good news because the cancer was detected early and less frightening heading into what linda calls mind curves because

of what she learned from riding a motorcycle. >> when you survivor there's something that comes about inside you that says look what i've done. >> her first time linda is retired fortune 100 executive make the bike survivor connection was seven years ago when her husband bill died of cancer and the business they built together folded. she was at a loss for what to do next. a friend suggested she register for a 2500-mile trip on a harley. she didn't know how to ride but took a crash course online and learned in 30 days. >> with the making is for me it gave me my self-esteem back. it showed me that i wasn't a quitter. >> after eight months of healing from a lumpectomy. radiation and breast reconstruction, linda is back on the bike and back on track. she finished a book about her journey managing change, loss and survival. she hopes the publish in the spring.

until linda's memoir is pubbished you can keep up with her through her blog at www.blindcurves.com. and to keep yourself and your buddy in check, text buddy check 9 to 25543 for a monthly early detection alert. they are sponsored by washington radiology associates. >> sharp motorcycle man. >> she went to that one, not the harley because she wants to do some of the really exotic trips where she needs a bmw. thank you linda for letting us ride with you. thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. again, it's buddy check 9 day have you called your buddy? i'm andrea roane. >> please do. i'm mike hydeck, early detection saves lives, here's monika samtani with traffic momentarily. >> and howard bernstein has the weather first. a good looking wait a second ahead. >> we're getting rid of the should haves right now and shouldn't really impact you