>> no more for you. >> traffic may be affected by the wet roads that are out there in some spots. >> and we have fog down south. west has probably been the quietest area all morning because it's not too foggy or rainy. showers and storms have been bothering some folks this morning during the overnight. here's a look at our day planner. temperatures this morning rather mild in the 60s with the cloudy skies and some showers here and there. by noon, though, some sun will break out. upper 60s. this afternoon like yesterday we're going into the 70s but there could also be an isolated shower or thunderstorm. we're watching this morning. this little disturbance coming through with showers and storms right over the area. it's been up north most of the night although over the last couple of hours it started to drift south through montgomery county and prince george's county. in fact, this guy is drifting off to the south so earlier everything was across 270. now down toward 370 in

rockville. you've got these heavy downpours, maybe a little lightning in the sky as well coming out of gaithersburg. this will be tracking down toward montrose and falls and potomac as well. we have colesville and silver spring dealing with some of this. this extends through college park, through beltsville, lanham. this is coming towards you. other showers just to the west of forestville through bradywine, baden. not as strong in prince george's county but enough to wet the roads and slow you down. fog the other problem this morning where visibilities especially south a quarter mile or less. dense fog advisory southern maryland, king george till 10:00 a.m. monika santami, it is tuesday b 6:00 a.m. over to you. it hasn't been too bad this morning. everyone seems to be behaving themes selves. i -- themes selves -- themselves. a funeral procession began at 5:00 out of baltimore. it's scheduled to hit our beltway between 6:00 and 6:30 this morning right here on 95 and college park and then head

west across the beltway and down to the gw parkway and to the arlington national cemetery. so they will be closing portions of the beltway as they move through. i will keep you posted on that situation. in the meantime right now we're looking fine. on 270 southbound coming out of frederick, you see all that red. that's just slow traffic about 24 miles an hour as you leave i- 70 down toward urban that and then you're okay as you -- urbana and then you're okay as you head to the point where the lanes divide. back over to the beltway on the north side of town, as i said right now things are fine between college park and silver spring. we'll take a live look closer to new hampshire avenue right now where traffic is moving pretty well into silver spring. coming up in my next report, an update on virginia roads. back to you. we have just 11 days left until this month is over. have you ever been told to watch your speed because at the end of the month cops have to make their ticket quotas? >> you hear that comment oftentimes tongue in cheek, but a memo obtained by 9news now

may prove that it sully does exist at a local police department. reporter delia goncalves is live in arlington with more on what seems like a quota. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. it certainly seems that way. however, police have a different story of course. folks, if you're at home getting ready for your morning commute, you may want to listen to the story before you hit the road. we got our hands on an internal memo by the arlington police department. and captains apparently wrote a memo that outlined specific numbers of arrests and traffic tickets officers must make each month. we're talking three to seven arrests and 16 to 28 traffic tickets. while the memo clearly states there is no and there's never been a quota system, it also says officers will be disciplined if they don't meet these expectations. >> one would hope that that is not the criteria that's being used as to whether we hire or

fire or discipline or not discipline an officer. again quotas? bad. on the other hand, you know, guidelines for officers probably good. >> certain times of the month, certain areas that we always know they're going to be sitting there for a certain amount of time. i've been saying that for years. >> reporter: critics say even if this is not true and police say it isn't, you know, they say it does cause some doubt within the police department. you certainly don't want to doubt the police officer's actions which he's out on the road. coming up in my next live report, i'll have more on police's reaction to this internal memo that we obtained just the other day. back to you. >> thank you, delia. delia is live in arlington this morning. the attorney who descended serial -- who defended serial killer ted bun dee is now

representing the soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians. robert bales could be fortunatelyally charged this week with killing 16 of began civilians, including nine children. brown described his conversation with the 38-year- old father of two as an emotional one. >> he's in shock. he's fixated on the troops left on the ground and what they're accusing him of and how that might have negative ramifications on his friends and compatriots and he's concerned that there would be retaliation, there would be cause by what people think he's done. >> attorney brown says his client has no memory of these horrible events. bales joined the military after 9/11 attacks and did four tours in the middle east. he was injured twice and his lawyer says bales lost part of his foot and suffered a concussion during his service.

french president nicholas car cozy has raise -- sarkozy has raised the country's terrorist alert to its highest level following a shooting at a school. a gunman on a motorcycle opened fire killing three children and a rabbi making it the worst ever school shooting in france. police say one of the weapons used was the same used to kill three paratroopers in two different attacks in the same region last week. french media reports the soldiers in last week's attacks were of arab and caribbean desent. security is now tighter at both jewish and muslim buildings around toulouse. voters in illinois will be casting ballots in the primary for the republican candidate who would like to take on president obama in the general election coming up in november. rick santorum is looking for an upset. he finds himself trying to clarify, however, remarks he made about the economy just hours before the polls open. susan mcginnis explains. >> reporter: rick santorum is defending comments he made in illinois yesterday.

>> we need a candidate who is going to be a fighter for freedom, who's going to get up and make that the central theme in this race because it is the central theme in this race. i don't care what the unemployment rate is going to be. doesn't matter to me. >> reporter: the former pennsylvania senator says he'd like a doover in trying to explain what he meant. >> of course i care about the unemployment rate. i want it to go down but my candidacy doesn't depend on whether the unemployment rate goes up or down. it's about freedom. >> mitt romney tried to capitalize on santorum's flub. he stressed the economy is his top priority. >> one of the people who's running also for the republican nomination today said that he doesn't care about the unemployment rate, that doesn't bother him. i do care about the unemployment rate. it does bother me. i want to get people back to work. >> reporter: the latest poll shows romney with a 14-point lead over santorum heading into today's illinois primary and romney is showing confidence in a win. >> together we're going to get this job done.

i'm going to get the nomination. we're going to defeat barack obama and take back this great country. >> reporter: romney has an advantage even before the polls open. santorum didn't file the necessary paperwork in four districts making him ineligible for ten of illinois's 54 delegates at stake today. that could help romney extend his lead as he tries to clinch the nomination before the convention in august. sue sang mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >> cbs news estimates rit mom any -- mitt romney has 493 delegates needed to -- 493 delegates out of the 1144 needed to win the nomination. our time now is 6:08. coming up next, federal investigators are now getting involved in the deadly shooting of a florida teenager. plus, howard is keeping an eye on the forecast and he says we are going to get a little cooler coming up. monika has an eye on the roads, too we'll be right back.

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isolated shower or thunderstorm with temperatures in the low to mid-70s. on the southbound side of 270 look at the heavy traffic with the rain coming down. howard saying pretty hard through the rockville area. here at falls road all lanes affected as you head down to the point where the lanes divide and heavy on randolph road and montrose road as well. in my next report an update on maryland roadways coming up at 6:18. this morning we've learned that the justice department is now investigating the deadly shooting of 17-year-old trayvon martin. he's a florida teenager shot to death last month during a confrontation with a member of a neighborhood anticrime group. martin, the young boy, was unarmed. his mother is now demanding justice. >> to me it was no question it was definitely a murder. he was murdered. >> reporter: shot in cold blood? >> shot in cold blood. >> the shooter, this man, named george zimmerman said he fired his weapon in self-defense.

police say evidence supports zimmerman's story so they have not filed any charges. zimmerman says he spotted martin inside a gated subdivision looking suspicious. he claimed the boy had his hand in his waist band. he called police and police told him to back off, that they would handle it. zimmerman followed the teenager anyway. neighbors heard a fight, called 911 to report the screams and then you hear a gunshot. [ screaming ] >> you think he's yelling "help"? >> yes. >> when you heard the gunshot, that must have been wrenching. >> oh, it left a hole in my heart. an explosion came in my heart when i heard the gunshot. >> florida prosecutors are now reviewing all of this evidence. yesterday college students around florida rallied demanding that police arrest zimmerman. some parents are upset

after learning their public school near boston could soon begin handing out condoms to students as young as 12 years old. a school committee has given preliminary approval for a program that would allow youngsters to walk into the nurse's office and ask for a free condom. they would also get counseling on act incidence on how to use -- abstinence on how to use a condom. not all parents are on board. but some say things like unwanted pregnancies and stds are just harsh realities they must face. >> i don't think it's a good idea right now. when they get a little older, maybe high school. not that young. i don't think it's a good idea. i wouldn't want them giving them. >> i wouldn't agree with it but these days that's how it is. a lot of young women are experimenting with it. >> research shows one out of four 12-year-olds say they have had sexual intercourse. by ninth great one out of every two. the policy still needs a second vote before it's officially

approved. some scary moments caught on tape. a crash in a cardboard box derby in maryland. 17 people were hurt when the cardboard sled seemed to lose control just before slamming into a pole of a snow making machine. two children and five adults were rushed to the hospital. their injuries are not life- threatening. weather up next. all the snow is out in the west portion of the country. nothing here but we have wild temperatures and some rain. >> maybe we'll get thunderstorms around upon -- we're getting thunderstorms around montrose right now. the traffic is slowing up this hour. when these showers and storms, the heavy downpours hit the north side of the montgomery county beltway, it is going to be even slower. let's get you going and look at the bus stop forecast. we've got the showers and storms in spots. we've got patchy dense fog south of town. otherwise just clouds. temperatures which are holding in the upper 50s and low 60s in most areas locally with some

lower 50s in some of the far western suburbs this morning. sunrise 7:11. i don't think we'll see it. we will see sunshine later on. in the low 60s at 9:00. mid-60s by 11:00. easterly winds about 5, 10 miles an hour with 69-degree reading at 1:00. this afternoon we head into the 70s. also with the threat for ciewsm showers or storms here -- for a couple of showers or storms here and there. the possibility exists with the winds out of the east 5 to 10. this morning the disturbance driving off to the south and east. you see the thunderstorms here into central montgomery county. these showers extend now into prince george's county headed toward calvert county. as we look at live doppler 9000 hd, i've zoomed in toward the rockville area. you can see this approaching the split here, montrose down toward the split, the spur. this is all tracking off toward the south so this is tracking right toward bethesda, kensington, wheaton. lighter rain showers cover much of the area from just south 95

and route 1 to college park in beltsville and bowie. this extends into prince george's county through woodmore and forestville. farther south and east you see toward baden starting to see some of the shower activity which is making a run. fog also an issue, especially south. the visibilities a quarter mile or less. stafford to orange. we've got some reports of viewers saying i be barely see the town across the street. our temperatures lower 60s for the most part. some upper 50s in prince william county. a quick look on our michael & son weather camera. just clouds. the forecast today 74. later on could have a couple of storms. tomorrow after being in the 50s to start, we get to the mid- 70s. we dry out friday also in upper 70s to around 80 before unacceptinged and cooler -- unsented and cooler --

unsettled and cooler weather, highs in the 60s. two things affecting our drive this morning in maryland. good morning, everybody. first of all it's the rain as howard was just talking about as we head south on 270. i'm get to that in a moment. also a funeral procession that began at 5:00 out of baltimore. right now they're heading southbound on 95. you see all the slow traffic coming into laurel. they're heading down to our beltway and over to the outer loop of the beltway heading to the gw parkway and arlington national cemetery. i think a lot of people are choosing to route 29. this is a bit unusual trying to get to the beltway. that is a good alternate route. it's just going to be slow for you. a live look at route 29 at lockwood drive. you've got the fact that it's an alternate route plus the rain. that's going to affect your drive this morning. let's go over to 270 on the southbound side again. it's the rain coming out of gaithersburg but mainly in rockville right now. we'll take a live look at montrose road where it's going to be heavy and steady in the rain this morning. in my next report we'll take a

look again at the beltway north of town at 6:25. it 16:19. time for -- it is 6:19. time for a special your money segment. >> today is the opening of the national cherry blossom festival. jessica doyle is at the tidal basin with more on how the d.c. area is going to benefit from all those tourist dollars. good morning, jess. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. good morning, everybody. i don't need to tell you there's a lot of interest in the cherry blossom festival not the least of which is it's because it's the 100th-year anniversary. tokyo gave 3,000 trees to the district of columbia setting up this beautiful festival we get to celebrate every year. let me show you some merchandise sales to give you a sense of interest. so far this year we're seeing merchandise sales up by four times. these numbers provided to us by downtown d.c., the official sponsor. hotel bookings are way up. 499 of them january and february.

the sale price is way up as well. i caught up with the general manager, the new one at the georgetown ritz carlton and he told me they're rolling out the cherry red carpet this year for visitors. and they've seen a lot of interest lately because the blossoms have opened up so early. >> cherry blossom bookings are good. things have been a bit warmer so we've been getting a lot of inquiries about whether they're blossoming. we have two great packages, one that includes the upgraded suite with din foretwo with cherry -- dinner for two with cherry infused drinks. foie gras and a bike tour. so you can bike down the tidal basin and see the blossoms in their full bloom at this point. >> reporter: if you're wondering, that special package at the ritz costs $900 a night. organizers in general are pulling out all the stops this

year. in terms of cherry-picks, over a hundred restaurants participating, up from 83 last year. coming up, we'll tell you about something else that is new and special this year for the cherry blossom festival. it is a massive public arts project that opens up today coinciding with the beginning of the national cherry blossom festival. i'll send it back you to in the studio. >> we look forward to hearing that report. we want you to stay with us. it's 6:21. you're watching 9news now. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began.

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♪ 6:23. your weather first. we have a strong thunderstorm across southern montgomery county. this is coming out of rockville into bethesda right now. the rain extends across prince george's county almost into calvert and parts of western anne arundel. but this storm which is now crossing the beltway near

connecticut avenue headed to bethesda and chevy chase might even produce small hail. chevy chase, silver spring to college park to d.c., this is headed your way over the next 15 minutes. let's go to kristen berset with a look at the morning sports. good morning, everybody. after this weekend, there are no local men's teams left in the ncaa tournament. so it's up to the ladies to bring home a championship. the georgetown hoyas face georgia tech today. maryland in action last night taking on louisville. but they had to do most of it without their star elisa thomas. she was in towel trouble early -- foul trouble early on. maryland was tested. a defensive breakdown here helped the cardinals go up 7 in the 1st but the star of the night, a finger roll. 24 points game high.

tiana hawkins as well pretty solid on both end ever the -- of the ball. lady terps beat louisville and advance to the sweet 16. >> just a tremendous game. it's a shame obviously that any team had to lose that game. >> this time last year i was up here. the coach had to fill in my words for me because i was so distraught. it feels much better moving o. our team has pushed hard this year to get better. >> alex ovechkin with a big game last night in detroit in the first on the power play. he fires to put the caps on the board first. mike knube puts up another. ovechkin again. packed all the red jerseys. look at them laid out. caps 3-0 in the first. they hold on to win 5-3. >> peyton manning, the four- time mvp decided to take his talents to denver. he said no to san francisco and tennessee. his deal is expected to be worth $90 million to $95 million over five years. the signing pretty much means

the end of tebow mania as we know it out there. basically going from one media storm to another media storm. peyton manning and the broncos expected to have a press conference today. if they do, we'll have that for you in the evening newscast at 5:00 and 6:00. that's going to do it for your morning sports. i'm kristen bert. have a great day.

we are back at 6:30. this is always the place to get your weather first.

here is a live look at -- drum roll, please. >> howard bernstein is -- temperatures 63 degrees. i saw 73 there for a second. >> let howard take it away. >> aim going to get inside quick. we just had a loud rumble of thunder less than five seconds away. i want to get inside. we have showers and storms just off to the north approaching the district coming out of bethesda. we'll have temperatures this morning starting in the 60s. some sun later on. maybe an isolated storm with the 5:00 p.m. temperature of 73. highs again in the mid-70s. look the at storms that are dropping out of montgomery county right toward d.c. and parts of senior montgomery county and northern prince george's county. on live doppler 9000 hd, see the dark red coming from bethesda? just seeing the lightning out of that a moment ago. loud thunder reported this morning. i'll verify that. we also have showers around forestville. perhaps you can hear the thunder rumbling in the

backgrounds. this is all moving toward d.c. fog a problem to the south in southern maryland town toward fredricksburg. culpeper south, even martinsburg. many visibilities a quarter mile or less as temperatures this morning start in the 50s and 60s. we're going into the 70s. i'm coming inside before the storm gets here. over to you. >> sounds good. thank you so much. if you're planning to head over to the beltway, i've been telling you about a funeral procession for a maryland military officer that began at 5:00 out of baltimore. they hit our beltway i would say about 20 minutes ago. we're going to take a look live right here at georgia avenue where they just went through this area on the outer loop. they're making periodic closures on the outer loop and some of the major arteries trying to get there. let's look at 270 on the southbound side. all traffic is stopped on the 270 spur as the procession passes 270 and over to the american legion bridge. they will let these people loose as soon as they pass 270 so that all of them are behind the funeral procession. so that's the situation right now on the north side of town.

i'll keep you posted on what's happening on the west side as they head through that area and on to the gw parkway. in the meantime all lanes are open on 270. it's just stopped on the spur for the funeral procession this morning. coming up in my next report, an update on the situation at 6:45. back to you. have you beforen told to watch your speed at the end of a month because we've all heard that police could possibly have a quota when it comes to tickets? >> that's usually said tongue in cheek but now a memo obtained by 9news now may prove otherwise for one local police department. 9news now obtained this internal memo from some captains in the arlington department, although it clearly states no quota system is in place, the captains do outline specific numbers of arrests and tickets that must be made each month. according to the memo, officers must make three to seven arrests and order 16 to 28 traffic citations or else they'll face disciplinary action. a police spokesperson says the numbers are not quotas.

rather they're guidelines. wssc is about to make good on a customer's water bill. this woman's bill is normally $60 automatically deducted from her bank account. but because of an error $5300 was taken instead. when she called the wssc, she didn't like what she heard. >> when do i get my money back? >> four to six weeks. they said the larger amount they owe me, the longer time it would take. if they owed me $50, i could get it back right away. >> that's where our colleague bruce leshan comes in. bruce got wind of the billing mistake and after a call to the wssc, the utility promised to hand deliver a check to ann later today. we'll let you know if it happens. how would you like a road or bridge named after you? if you have the cash, you could make it happen in virginia. there's a new law that allows the state to sell naming rights

for roads and bridges. the transportation department is working out the details but be prepared to put up some big cash fl your name on a stretch of interstate could cost $200,000 or more. our time 16:35. now with -- our time is 6:35. we know the blossoms are in but how will the weather, especially the rain be affect your plans to see them this weekend? howard is up with the forecast. monika has an eye on traffic and more of your responses from the question of the morning. we'll be right back.

welcome back. monika santami here with time saver traffic. i've been telling you about the funeral procession that began out of baltimore and hit our beltway i would say about half an hour ago. look at all the red on the north side of town. outer loop now. your lanes are open here in college park. they passed this area. they're right now right in bethesda as the rainstorm is hitting the beltway. a bit unfortunate on the outer

loop. they've had to make peered ontic closures of the beltway. now the 270 spur as well. we'll go there live on the southbound side of 270 where no traffic is moving right now as the procession moves through, past 270 and then they will let traffic free so that all the traffic is behind the procession. we'll go back over to another live look at the beltway and this is over at the american legion bridge. so they're going to head across the legion bridge to the gw parkway. let's go back to the maps. the plan is to head south on the gw parkway to arlington national cemetery. gb parkway is running free and smooth till the procession gets there. i'll keep you posted on that situation throughout this morning. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look as well at virginia roads at 6:58. back to you. here with howard now, we just heard the thunder rumbling here in the studio. what's going on? >> a little disturbance coming through tonight making a lot of noise right now right through bethesda, coming in toward the district. this thing is loud.

when you get what's called an inversion, when it's a little cooler at the lower levels of the atmosphere, instead of the noise going out to space, it will bounce off the warm wet air, come back down and boom, it's louder. so very loud thunder, lots of lightning and torrential downpours coming across the beltway into the district. we'll look at doppler 9000 in a moment but as usual he-of-we start with -- usually, we start with our bus stop forecast. temperatures range in the low 50s to low 60s. many areas are just cloudy right now but again we do have those problem areas. we will get into some sunshine a little later toward midday as temperatures get into the upper 60s to even low 70s in spots. i think we'll top off at 74, 75 with the threat for isolated showers or storms again later this afternoon and tonight. generally winds out of the east at 5. maybe 10 miles an hour. here's a look at the radar over the past couple of showers. you can see how this

disturbance has been sinking south. all the lightning with it really increasing in the last half-hour across parts of southern montgomery county and northern part of the district right now. here's a look at live doppler 9000hd. west of town nothing is going on. you get into northern montgomery county and howard county now fairly quiet. going to zoom in and show you where the storm is. this is a strong thunderstorm. it's not severe but a young thunderstorm and this very deep red area coming in toward d.c., northwest, northeast coming out of bethesda, coming toward the potomac. this is inside the beltway. river road, clara barton parkway, a tough ride there. the rain extends down into parts of prince george's county as well. this thing is moving south, southeast at about 30, 35 miles an hour. i want to show you that's just about on top of channel 9 here coming back right along the potomac headed toward georgetown as well. got some heavier rains also just to the west of college park. so you can imagine 193 as you're going around here toward cheverly, over toward lanham as

well we're seeing some of the heavy activity. this extends into prince george's county. want to take you a little bit farther south and east through forestville. there's clinton and upper marlboro. south of dunkirk we have a little bit of a heavier shower. even bowie and woodmore you have moderate rain showers there. this stuff should be around maybe another one to two hours before i think it gets south and east of us and leaches us alone -- leaves us alone but it's making a lot of noise this morning. the other problem is fog. visibilities down. it's from southern maryland back towards the areas of culpeper and stafford. this goes till 10:00. no problems with fog in the district. temperatures are still way up. kind of a whacky winter. now spring begins with thunderstorms and morning lows higher than the average highs should be. 57 is the average high. it's currently 62 in springfield. 60 in columbia. college park 62. arlington that storm not far

from you. 61. we've got 63 in sterling and looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, got the clouds here at the capitol. right now not seeing lightning but could flash at any moment with temperature 63. dew point 61. that's way up there and a northeast wind at 5. that's actually the outflow from that storm that is coming through right now. the next exowm of days not that -- couple of days not that much in the way of change from where we've been. low clouds and fog in the morning. sunshine, afternoon storm a possibility. 74 today. about the same tomorrow. we start in the 50s. we finish in the 70s with the afternoon storm. thursday and friday going to be drier so should be warmer. taking storm chances out. upper 70s to near 80. finally the stuff that's pounding texas with the heavy rains yesterday and this morning will be here with some rain and cooler temperatures in the 60s monday. in the upper 60s and drier. let's go to mike now. more and more americans are suffering with the effects of alzheimer's disease. the good news there is a recent

federal push to put money toward researching a cure. it couldn't come at a greater time because there are new statistics out that are very, very startling. joining us this morning is dr. victoria crenshaw, the alzheimer's association director of the national capital area chapter. some of those statistics you told me encompass the people suffering with the disease and their caregivers. what are they? >> absolutely. if you would take those individuals with alzheimer's and their caregivers and put them in one state, residing in one state, they would be the fifth largest state in the country. this is a devastating disease. not only does it affect the individual with alzheimer's but of course the family caregivers. there's up to 2.4 million that are providing care long distance. >> the care for an alzheimer's patient depending on the progression of the disease can be physically, emotionally and financially exhausting. >> absolutely. >> what are -- what is your take when it comes to the new push to try to search for a cure and the federal moneys that seem to at least be headed

in that direction? >> we hope there's going to be. we certainly need more funds to focus on research. we have some promising research right now but we haven't found a cure. it's the sixth leading cause of death with no prevention, cure or ways to slow it progression. so a lot of work to do. >> when it comes to caregivers, among the things that are challenging -- we liver in a society where people move from job to job all over the country which means you may be separated from the person in your family who has alzheimer's and care long distance can be difficult and it's a personal experience for you. >> it is. my dad lives in virginia beach. every weekend i drive home to make sure he gets medication, food, he's taken care of, gets to doctor's appointments, that he has what he needs in terms of keeping his house up and making sure he has care providers that are there doing what i've instructed them to do. >> when people try to search for a care -- that's a many

platform thing. is it difficult to find care long distance? are there places you can reach out and look for as far as references are concerned? >> alz.org. you can go online and get resources throughout the whole country. in fact, we have a 24/7 help line. you can call day or night. you'll be connected with resources that will help you make those difficult decisions. >> dr. crenshaw from the alzheimer's association, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> we'll have her website hooked to wusa9.com. it is time for the question of the morning. the answer. the average person will drive past ten of these every day. is it cows, garbage cans or mcdonald's restaurants? rob thinks the answer can be found at the golden arches. he write it is has to be c. they're everywhere now. but wrong. the correct answer is b, bargain can -- garbage cans. they are everywhere. mike? >> that was the key. we all thought maybe mcdonald's

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6:52. looking at that strong thunderstorm between washington and arlington right now coming right down the potomac river toward downtown national airport. there's a lot of rain with this and very loud thunder and lightning. the good news here, this should be gone in 30 or 40 minutes for most of us. we'll be in the 70s later today with sunshine and isolated afternoon storm. after the attacks on 9/11, search and rescue dogs helped find victims in new york city, shanksville, pennsylvania and at the pentagon. >> one of the last 9/11 search and rescue dogs that's still

alive lives in annapolis. as kristen fisher reports, she's receiving groundbreaking treatment to help her live out her life pain free. >> reporter: red, the black lab from annapolis spent the last ten years as a search and rescue dog and her missions have included hurricane katrina, the tornadoes and the pentagon after 9/11. >> she was finding 70% of the human remains so that helped a whole lot of those families actually get closure. >> reporter: heather is red's handler. >> the last few months she would like to be a coach potato but she can't get on the couch anymore. it would be nice if she felt better, that she could do those things that she misses. >> reporter: she brought red to the burke animal clinic for a free stem cell treatment compliments. >> this is something we can give back as a clinic to them sort of saying thanks for what you guys have done for us.

we take fat from red's side and we're going to spin it down, process t extract the stem cells from there. >> reporter: red will get her first injection just two hours after she wakes up if surgery. >> oh, i know. it's going to be a long day. >> we've done about 28 dogs. of those dogs we've had 75% to 80% of them have done very well. >> reporter: the vet's own dog bradley is living proof. he got the same stem cell treatment one year ago. >> hopefully in two or three months he'll be more comfortable, wanting to play more. >> reporter: kristen fisher, 9news now. at this hour we're following breaking news. crews are on the scene of a fire at the state department building in northwest d.c. >> delia goncalves joins us live from the phone. what can you tell us so far, delia? >> reporter: we're live on the corner, this fire occurred and about out just after 6:00 a.m. at 2401 east street, the state department building. it is on the campus of gw. no students have been affected.

however, we're told the fifth floor of that state department building did catch fire early this morning. employees were evacuated. that's according to a few employees that i spoke to here on the scene who were reporting to work. they told me as well that they have received a phone call to head back home and to telework for the day. our photographer mark boss who was shooting the scene said denot see any flames but he did smell smoke in the area, seeing water pouring through many of the rooms indicating that fire crews have already extinguished this blaze. no one appears to be hurt. that is the good news. they did evacuate employees from that fifth floor. i have a call into the pio, the public information officer with the state department. she's looking into this and we hope to have more information a little later today. that's the latest here in northwest. back to you. >> thank you, delia, live in northwest washington. again, there was a fire at a state department building on e street. this is on the gw campus.

workers were evacuated. everybody seems to be fine and there was just smoke, no fire as far as we know. we'll continue to follow this. >> you can follow it at wusa9.com. we'll be right back.

we're still tracking the heavy thunderstorm moving to prince george's county. still some other rains d.c., prince george's county, northern calvert. it will be gone in the next couple of hours and the dense fog south also. >> you have a funeral procession? >> hit the outer loop and bw parkway. i'll be back in 25 minutes with updates. cbs this morning is coming up next. we'll see you right back here at 4:25. have a great day, everybody. bye-bye.