correspondent mike wallace died this weekend at age 93. he died saturday night in an assisted living facility in connecticut. >> wallace was known for his aggressive interviewing style. his colleagues say he loved the fact people got nervous when he showed up at their door. >> are. >> reporter: mike wallace died peacefully saturday in a connecticut care facility with his family at his side. he was 93. his friend and 60 minutes colleague of 40 years, morley safer last saw him a year and a half ago. >> he was the same old feisty mike. wonderfully aggressive, wonderfully critical. >> reporter: wallace's passing may have been quiet. but his life as a journalist was anything but. >> it is almost an embarrassment, sir, to hear this from you. >> reporter: wallace was a tenacious interviewer, who backed away from nothing. for example his interview with the ayatollah comb main any during the

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investigators were called to an incident in the 7900 block of western turn in washington. officers found a man lying on the ground suffering from a gunshot wound. 26-year-old matthew cedric bow veal was found on the scene. police believe he was trying to steal something from a vehicle when he was shot. they are trying to identify a suspect in the case. there could be a major development in the trayvon martin case this week. prosecutors could decide when to bring charges against george zimmerman. meanwhile another rally was held sunday in sanford, florida, calling for justice for trayvon martin. two men arrested in connection with a series of deadly hootings in tulsa are scheduled to be arraigned

today. jake england and alvin watts face murder charges. police say the incident may have been revenge for the killing ofening gland's father two years ago. officials say they are also investigating if this was a hate crime. all of the victims were black. many of you celebrated easter with your family and friends yesterday. >> and several thousands of you attended sunday services at the national cathedral. >> reporter: good morning ladies and gentlemen, happeny easter. -- happy easter. >> reporter: it was a joyful easter mass at washington's cathedral. worshipers celebrated the day jesus christ arose from the dead according to christian gospel and the cathedral's busch shop

proclaimed the day of easter. >> jesus is alive and with us. >> i was overwhelmed, i couldn't believe i was here. >> it was special, appropriate for the occasion. and we are big believers christ arose on this day and the service was good for our children to listen to, as well. >> reporter: the bishop also asks worshipers to pray for the broken but essentially good world that jesus died for. >> the way god would have our world be, a world in which there are no out casts, a world in which the poor are lifted up and the hungry are given good things. >> the message, at this time of the year, and sort of bringing all different kinds of people together i thought was a wonderful one to hear. >> to come down here in your normal clothes, that is a good thing. >> reporter: worshipers were also asked generally to be angels for the broken cathedral

that still shows the scars of last year's earthquake. the resur rex of the national -- the resurrection of the national cathedral could take as long as a decade to complete. at the vatican, pope benedict gave his annual easter blessing from the balcony. more than 100,000 people gathered in st. pete heir square to hear him celebrate the outdoor mass. the pope expressed his support for the united nations plan to end the fighting in syria. >> i'm coming here to visit and to see the ceremony here this morning, because it is easter morning and we are christian people. and after that, we are going to gethsemane garden and look at that and try to follow the steps from jesus. >> christians from around the

world celebrated mass at the site they believe where jesus was resurrected. israeli border police stood in positions just outside the church. christian worshipers on the west bank town of bethlehem also attended mass at the site of the nativity, the site where jesus was born. renting may be cheaper. at 4:51, officials in london are taking steps to make sure everyone stays healthy during the summer olympic games. >> we are back in two minutes. you are watching 9news now. ♪

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good morning, welcome back to 9news now. hopefully, if you are enjoying this day off you are still watching us and having a great day. if you have to go to work, howard's here to tell you how to dress for it. >> reporter: a windbreaker for sure. another windy day. been windy for days. >> and really dry. >> reporter: really dry. that is a problem we have that red flag warning and will talk about that. >> don't forget your allergies. everybody in our house. >> reporter: if my right eye looks a little red, too much rubbing little too much going on. let's get you going. we are going to start out with sunshine. in spite of clouds and a few sprinkles on radar early. humidity announced in the 25%

range. by noon 62. west winds at 16. they will be gusting 25, 30, maybe even 35 miles per hour with the 5:00 temperature of 66. we are looking at highs today in the mid to upper 60s maybe even 70s south of town. another windy day. rainfall for the year is 1.4 inches below. we do need some rain. high fire danger, that's been around for a few days. a chance for an afternoon shower or two if we are lucky. there is a red flag warning. it goes from eastern kentucky to southern new hampshire. all of these areas abnormally dry for weeks now. some of the counties off to our south and east don't have it but red flag warnings from just about everybody. a really high fire day. the wind conditions and the fuel out there for anything to burn. the fuel moisture content is real low. please be careful today.

looking at a couple of sprinkles off to our north and west here. some of the sprinkles getting into garrett county. wonder how much of this will hold together the air out here is dry, not too cold. temperatures in the 50s. york, pennsylvania 4, 58 at the pax river naval air station. he is at 53 and clear there morning. locally we have a 50 in columbia. upper marlboro at 56. low 50s in fairfax county and louden county. 53. here in washington our michael and son camera, you can see this flag standing almost stiff here with the breeze at the capital. reagan national 55, currently west point at 8, we have had gusts over 20. dew point 22. a 33-degree spread between the temperature and the dew point. so relative humidity only 28%.

that is really, really dry. big storm off the west coast and big storm giving some snow to maine. this area of showers could be coming toward us this afternoon since the air can get moist enough. we'll see a few showers this relatively dry pattern is with us here. you see a couple of showers this afternoon try to come across the region. better chance for the higher elevations out to the west. midnight maybe an isolated showers. tomorrow looks quiet, pennsylvania a better chance of showers tomorrow and more showers possible on wednesday. today 68 degrees, windy, shower chance this afternoon. windy tomorrow, 58, could be a shower north, wednesday 57. there is a look at your 7-day forecast, 57 again on thursday for the nats home opener. it will be okay on the cool side. saturday 73, sunday around 80.

right now 4:47. here's monika with timesaver traffic. >> reporter: generally speaking things are going to be great this morning. let's keep our fingers crossed that it stays that way. a holiday and if you have to head to work, this is a good morning to go. no problems on the beltway. leaving college park on silver spring in baltimore near route 40, there is an accident with the two right lanes blocked. i'm hearing it involves a dranker truck that leaked asphalt. route 40 up in baltimore. let's take a live look here no problems to report in gaithersburg. as you come down to 270, same story, no problems to report heading southbound. here's what it looks like in southern maryland, route 4-rbgs route 5, route 301. no issues to report. we'll take a live look here at route 4, pennsylvania avenue nice and light this morning.

coming up in my next report over to 66 at 4:55. back to you guys. on this buddy check 9 day, this well-known fact, breast cancer, it is an ugly and frightening monster. there is encouraging news about the disease. >> reporter: more and more women are winning the battle. >> reporter: memorial hospital's dr. rebecca is the diagnostician who caught this breast cancer. it used to be 50% of women would lose the battle. now that number is down to 30%. >> this is the classic mass, it has bumps. >> reporter: according to doctors, three main factors are improving odds. first the detection technology is farber. treatments have improved and more women are finding spore in fighting the battle. >> i'm really happen women are more vocal about it. it has taken a lot of the fear

and mystery out of it. >> reporter: joyce best is one of the women who took the fight on and won. she proudly displays a paining made by her niece. >> with friends and family and faith, you get through it. >> reporter: best was diagnosed with breast cancer in august 2010. she officially beat the cancer in june of last year. seen in this home video, her last chemo treatment was nothing than a triumph. >> over at walter reed, you ring a bell. it is a great feeling to know you have no more chemo. then you start living your life again. >> reporter: she is part of the 70% of women who beat cancer. but unfort nay natalie, the number of breast cancer cases often fluctuate. >> around 2000 we started to see a decline in the number of breast cancers. but since 2008, we are starting to see a slight increase up again. >> reporter: while so much is still being studied about the

disease, the number one key to beating it is still early detection. >> treatments have become so advanced that in most cases women can go from diagnosis to being given the all clear in about a year. a reminder today is buddy check 9 day. call your buddy. buddy check is a get resource for information about cancer and we encourage you all to go to our website wusa.com and click on our story about our own j.c. hayward who was diagnosed just last week with breast cancer on wednesday. send her your good wishes to help her in your recovery. >> everywhere i went agreed people were saying let her know we are praying for her. scientists have discovered two new genes to help prevent childhood obesity. however scientists caution it is still a long way from happening. they add genetics are only a part of the problem. what kids eat and how active they are play an important

role. >> researchers may have found a way to prevent age related eye disease from getting worse. there are to two forms of age related macular degeneration. dry and wet. the dry form causes blur and go a blind spot in your vision but not total blindness. wet is not as common as dry but can lead to total blindness. the new research has pinpointed the part of the immune system which causes it to evolve into the more serious wet type. the 2012 olympic games kickoff in july and millions of fans are expected to attend. such a large concentration of people if one place can be ideal breeding grounds for dangerous diseases. but officials in london are using technology to prevent a pandemic. they are building a health map to find out where visitors are coming from and where disease out breaks are coming from

around the world. they are hoping to track which people have been there and stop the threat of disease. time now for a look at the question of the morning. >> the question is, the average american buys five of these a year. is it oil changes, movie tickets, or flower bouquets? >> we'll have the answer coming up in our 6:00 hour. we will be right back.

welcome back. your weather first on this monday morning. we've got another dry, windy start to the day, with luck we'll get a couple of showers this afternoon temperatures by 11:00, 50. the 1:00 temperatures 64 and

the afternoon a chance for showers with highs mid to upper 60s. let's go to monika. >> reporter: if you are planning to head around town, things are much lighter than normal. here's what it looks like if you are planning to head over to the u street corridor. back to you guys. thanks monika. howard university student athletes declared ineligible to compete have been reinstated. last friday the university announced it was going to temporarily withhold athletes from competition as part of an investigation into possible ncaa rules violations. all spring sports teams will compete as scheduled for the remainder of the season. despite the news howard's internal investigation is ongoing. dozens of teens looking for jobs attended the life guard hiring this weekend. the employment line formed at the pool in washington.

the applications were accepted and skills were assessed. they are looking to fill 250 positions at the 24 outdoor pools and 10 indoor pools. >> young people come in, we actually assess their skills. we direct them to lifeguard training academy or to a class. we do interviews, schedule their background treatment, everything part of our hiring push we take care of it right here. >> the pay starts at $11.50 an hour. m you can still contact the dc department of recreation division for more information on how to apply. one of the most prolific painters in america died this weekend. thomas kinkade died friday night in a san francisco bay area home from what doctors say appeared to be natural causes. very popular artist known for his scenes of cottages, and

country gardens. thomas kinkade was 54. a new reality show could be turning hollywood stars into undercover agents. >> the documentary film bully gets a second shot at an opening night. >> the last couple of days we had heard he had his head shoved into a locker. >> reporter: a revamped version of the documentary, bully, could be headed toward you. the new cut now has a pg 13 rating. movie producers applied for the possibility. bully will be released in over 100 neaters friday. actress nicole kidman may have the role of a lifetime. she is considering the role of princess grace of money co-in a

new film. it could win kidman another oscar. and the film that earned meryl streep her latest oscar is out on dvd tomorrow. street plays margaret thatcher, the only woman who has ever held the prime minister job. the nation's theater owns will give michelle firefighter cinema awards in las vegas later this month. >> reporter: and the producers of survivor and "law & order" are teaming up for a new reality series. mark burnett says celebrity contestants will be trained at a secret training facility and face challenges like rescuing a hostage. burnett is a pair ray trooper -- paratrooper in the british military. that is your eye