government doesn't properly investigate and prosecute the murders and assaults on union activists. a scandal involving secret service agents and a prostitute overshadowed the president's trip to colombia. last wednesday 11 members of a secret service advance team were sent home and placed on administrative after they allegedly got into dispute over money with a prostitute at a hotel in cardagena. five military members are also being disciplined in the incident. it's under investigation also by the secret service. president obama says he expects the investigation to be thorough and rigorous. he also said he'll be quote, angry, if the allegations turn out to be true. people across the nation's midsection are cleaning up after a weekend full of deadly storms. there were reports of at least 120 tornadoes stretching from texas to iowa. >> six people died when a twister shuck woodward, oklahoma. -- struck woodward, oklahoma. more than 80 homes were destroyed. dick brennan has more.

>> reporter: a tornado left a path of destruction through woodward, oklahoma. >> this was a back bedroom. >> reporter: people in this community are searching for anything they can salvage. and they're tearing down damaged buildings as they begin to clean up. >> there just isn't much left. >> reporter: the city manager says 89 homes and 13 businesses were destroyed. >> never seen anything like this. >> reporter: casey forest rushed to her mother's house and got into a shelter moments before the storm destroyed her home. >> we're so fortunate. i got no complaints. >> reporter: at least six people, including three children, died when the tornado struck woodward just after midnight on sunday. woodward is under a state of emergency and you can see why. look at the power of the wind. it tossed this truck into what remains of that store. in the meantime, oklahoma was one of the hardest hit states during this weekend's tornado outbreaks. there were reports of at least 120 tornadoes from texas to iowa. officials say almost every home

in thurman, iowa was damaged. in wichita, kansas, people are boarding up broken windows. many homes were flattened there. amber has six children and says her house was wiped out. >> we have nothing. >> reporter: kansas governor sam brownback says most of the storms in his state hit in areas where few people live. >> i'm amazed about what didn't happen really with that size of a system. >> reporter: the national weather service will send crews today to confirm how many tornadoes struck and just how strong they were. dick brennan, cbs news, woodward, oklahoma. >> dry weather here in the mid- atlantic led to several brushfires this weekend. one in southeast d.c. injured a firefighter there. the fire started around 6:45 last night in a wooded area near the corner of pennsylvania and branch avenues. the fire was eventually put out and that firefighter is expected to be okay. another brushfire, this one near a popular marina in anne arundel county damaged a boat and a building there. close to 100 firefighters

responded to a fire-alarm fire. in edgewater, maryland. no one was hurt in this. gunfire and explosions echoed through kabul this morning. afghan forces battled insurgents in the afghan capital. the violence follows a series of deadly attacks in kabul and three other cities yesterday. >> nato bases, afghan parliament and several embassies were targeted. the taliban claimed responsibility saying it's payback for u.s. troops countrying qurans and killing civilians last month. >> reporter: artillery fire was heard across kabul, afghanistan on sunday. the taliban launched coordinated attacks against nato bases and western embassies in the afghan company. it included gun mep and suicide bomb -- gunmen and suicide bombers. afghan security forces fired back at the rebels using

assault riverles and rocket- propelled grenades. the intelligence agency says at least four of the rebels were captured. a taliban spokesperson says the assaults are in retaliation for u.s. troops burning qurans, urinating on dead bodies and the killings last month of 17 afghan civilians by an accused u.s. army sergeant. the latest violence races new a- - raises new alarms about the runup to the troop withdrawal in 2013. afghan security forces have shown progress. >> get out before the afghans have a full grip on security which is a couple of years out would be to invite the taliban and al qaeda back in and set the stage for another 9/11. >> reporter: recently the u.s. has accelerated the transfer of security to the afghan government. it agreed to transfer control of night raids and detainees to

afghan forces. six united nations observers are now in syria to monitor the country's four day old cease-fire. in a-- an additional 25 observers are expected to arrive in the next few days. even with their arrival, government rebel forces resumed fighting. new video shows forces loyal to the government pounding the city with heavy fire. rebel forces have also been launching their own attacks, including several ambushes. here's a look at some other stories making news now. today is the fifth anniversary of the virginia tech massacre. governor bob mcdonnell has ready declared is virginia tech remembrance day and is calling for a statewide moment of silence this morning. celeste peterson of centreville was one of the 32 people killed. her family filed and won a wrongful death lawsuit against the university saying tech didn't give students enough warning after the first two shootings. the family has not been back to the campus since the massacre saying their emotions are too painful. jury selection is expected to get under way today in the

perjury retrial of roger clemens. the judge declared a mistrial during the first one after just two days when jurors saw evidence left on video screens by prosecutors. roger clemens is accused of lying to congress in 2008 about never using performance enhancing drugs during his baseball career. the former cy young award winning pitcher could face up to 21 months in prison if convicted. clemens has also denied using steroids. the time is 4:36. a deal between mortgage lenders and the government could mean bad news for the value of your home. >> if you live in the suburbs and use metro to get to work or travel around the region, fare hikes are going to cost you a lot more. monika will have more. >> we're back in two minutes with your weather first. you're watching 9news now.

welcome back. 4:38. your weather first. a warm day, even hot this afternoon. highs mid- to upper 80s. some spots could be near 90. we'll cool down. those details just ahead. here's monika. >> thank you so much, howard. we're going to take a live look at the beltway south of town in prince george's county at route 4 pennsylvania avenue. also want to let you know 85th avenue east of veterans parkway is closed with police activity in prince george's county. more on that and other area roadways coming up once again in a few minutes. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. time for your first money segment this morning. jessica is off but we still have the headlines. investors are hoping for a better week of trading. wall street stocks are coming off their worst week of the year so far. nasdaq dropped 44 points. the s&p 500 was off about 17. a flood of mothers is expected -- foreclosures is expected to hit the market later this year which could

drag down home prices even pore. $26 billion mortgage settlement between the nation's largest lenders gives banks specific guidelines to follow when repossessing a home. that is expected to speed up the foreclosure process. experts estimate the home values nationwide could fall another 4% by the end of the year before bottoming out early next year. gas prices, they may have peaked. crude oil prices have been falling as tensions in iran begin to ease. that's good news for drivers. last week average price $3.90 a gallon for regular and barring any oil disruptions, prices should stabilize as we head into summertime. you have two extra days to file your taxes this year. april 15 was yesterday. today is emancipation day, a holiday in the district. tax deadline is tomorrow, april 17. if you still can't meet that deadline, you can file an extension which will give you until october 15 to file your

returns. we'll show you a behind the scenes look at the space shuttle's historic trip. >> we'll have your weather first too when we return in about two minutes.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. emancipation day here in the district but patriot's day in boston. they're running the boston marathon. mike was saying they're telling people not to run. >> the organization that runs the race is telling people -- a lot of people try to do the marathon on sheer will or doing it for charity and are not trained. people drop like flies. they're suggesting amateurs not to run. >> if you don't want to run this year, they'll let you come back and run next year. >> the hospitals literally are overwhelmed by people. they're talking 25,000 people, many of whom don't run regularly. >> and it's 85 degrees out also

and it's 25 miles and change. we're going to have a very warm day today. temperatures will run 20 degrees above average. if we get to 90 in a few spots, don't be surprised. we'll miss records by that much. here's a look at the bus stop forecast. it really feels like june this morning. it's a little mugger than it has been and also warp. temperatures are in the 60s in many areas. some spots in the low 70s the next few hours. we'll call it partly cloudy, mild. maybe very mild would be a better description. our day planner, it is going to be sunny. some high clouds at times. we'll call it sunny. 80 degrees at noon. south winds at 11 southwest at times. they'll be 86 at 5:00. maybe 87, 88 in town. near 90 south and west of d.c. over the weekend we had some deadly tornadoes sadly enough. woodward, oklahoma, that's right about there.

not a big place but tornadoes hit some populated areas with a line of showers and storms from michigan all the way down toward areas of louisiana and texas. east of that line southerly flow and very, very warm temperatures. we're 67. it's 72 at the pax river naval air station. low 60s in cumberland -- i mean in culpeper but cumberland is the cool spot at 52 and 63 in easton. locally we're down in the low 60s in leesburg and lovettsville 61. not too far behind in haymarket at 62. up to the north and east columbia 64. 68 at bwi. they made it 2086 yesterday. -- to 86 yesterday. we managed to get 203. our michael & son weather camera, it is quiet this morning. partly cloudy skies and 67 degrees at reagan national. dew points in the upper 50s. here's a number we haven't seen in a while. this number, the higher it is, itself more moisture that's actually out there. our weather headlines near record highs today. record high is 92. that was set back in 2002.

all the airports actually set the record in 2002 ranging from 90 to 92 out there. it will be cooler tuesday and especially wednesday. rain chances stay low and maybe by wednesday we get a chance for a shower. but you can see what's happening here. with all the warmth across the tennessee valley into the ohio valley with 60s and 70s but on the back side we have 30s. bismarck to casper and denver. there's the storm system. it's actually the low pressure pushing through wisconsin with the trailing cold front now all the way down toward houston. the moisture trying to come on shore from the gulf of mexico. but we're not going to see much of that. i think this front is going to have a tough time maintaining itself with the moisture as it comes through. for us we'll have a southwesterly wind. today lots of sunshine. there's the front this evening pushing through pittsburgh. as it comes through tomorrow night into tomorrow, other than a few clouds unfortunately looks like we're not going to see much rain with it. we're still running a big deficit. a drought on the eastern shore trying to expand west of the bay. we have to watch that.

87 today. near 90 in a couple of spots. tonight we're going to be down in the low to mid-60s. only 76 tomorrow. cooler on wednesday, 65. slight chance of a shower. as we head toward thursday and friday, back in the low to mid- 70s. maybe with a little luck saturday into sunday we get some rain around here. sunday could be a cool day. highs in the 50s. it is 4:47. here's monika with a look at your time saver traffic. >> thank so you much. good morning, everybody. it's monday and most of the overnight construction has been cleared up with the exception of one place on the eastbound side of the dulles toll road right here between wolf trap and route 7. only the left lane is still getting you by. so just be aware of that but volumes are so light, it really shouldn't be a big deal now. coming south on 270, looking great out of frederick all the way down past clarksburg to the point where the lanes divide. we'll take a live look into rockville. here's what it looks like at key west avenue and shady grove road. nice and quiet this morning. back over to the maps and this time to prince george's county, maryland. no problems on the bw parkway or route 50 inside the beltway.

we're looking great. the entire eastern stretch of 495 in prince george's county. we'll take a live look as well at route 50 coming off the bay bridge here at sandy point. no problems all the way to the beltway and beyond. coming up in my next report, we'll go over to 66 at 4:55. but first metro riders, those of you who travel from the suburbs into d.c. every day could see the highest fare hike, especially commuters who travel at off peak hours. last week metro's board of directors preliminarily approved a plan which would raise rail fares by an average 5.7%. the washington examiner says that fares for riders coming from the suburbs into the district will jump 15% during peak travel times. those same riders could face a 27% fare hike during off peak times. and metro wants to know what you think about the rail system. the transit authority is handing out surveys at metro stations around town. the plan is to distribute more than 400,000 surveys through

may 25 at all stations. you can put the cards in collection boxes at the stations, mail them, or complete the survey online. metro says it wants to get a snapshot of rail service as it starts up track and station work randomly selected participants will be given free smartrip cards. back to you. the food and drug administration has issued a warning about some tainted tuna. the fda officials say yellow fin tuna products used to make shoe she is -- shoe she is being linked to more than 100 cases of salmonella in 20 states and the district. 12 people had to be hospitalized no deaths reported of the the tuna was sold at restaurants and grocery stores and the company that make it is moon marine u.s.a. is now voluntarily recalling 58,000 pounds of frozen raw fish. dole foods is recalling 756 casesle bagged salad after a random sample indicated they could be contaminated with salmonella. they were distributed in 15 states including maryland and

virginia. so far no illnesses have been reported. the random test was done on a bag in new york state. research shows a new drug can detect changes in the brain which could help doctors diagnose alzheimer's disease sooner. the drug is used in combination with a scan called a pet scan. it flags areas in the brain that have plaque in it. currently alzheimer's can only be detected during an autopsy or after death a brain biopsy. tomorrow morning we'll all be able to witness one of the most impressive aerial displays to ever fly over the nation's capital. at exactly 10:00 a.m., the space shuttle discovery is scheduled to make a low altitude flyover before landing at dulles international airport. >> from there it will be transported to its new home. kristin fisher has more on what we can expect to see when nasa and smithsonian do the shuttle shuffle. >> reporter: the shuttle carrier aircraft is called a

ferry flight. tuesday discovery will be ferried from florida to dulles airport. >> it's something to see when it's -- when it flies over you. >> reporter: the flight path was scouted out by two nasa jets last week. the exact route is a secret due to security but weather permitting it will include d.c.'s most famous landmarks. >> it will fly know higher than 1500 feet above the ground and at some sometimes even lower than that. it will be hard to miss. >> reporter: 1500 feet off the ground. that's just three washington monuments up and it's over the most tightly controlled air space in the country. >> i think the fact that all of the government agencies have approved a flyover is a real tribute to the importance of the space shuttle. >> reporter: dr. valerie neal is the curator for the smithsonian air and space museum. >> we have been working heavily for the last year. we have all the pieces in place now except the one we cannot control, and that is the

weather. >> reporter: this is the gate the discovery is going to be coming through. on this side the center, on that side dulles airport. it will take discovery about an hour to go just a mile and a half. it will then replace the museum's current crown jewel the enterprise. this will be discovery's final resting place. after 39 space flights and one final flight over the nation's capital. >> this will never happen again. this is your chance to see a space shuttle in your own backyard. >> reporter: kristin fisher, 9news now. >> you see it on camera but seeing in person is really something. if you would like to see the whole thing, smithsonian has just released a list of the best places to watch the flyover. they include the national mall, the georgetown waterfront, gravely point by reagan national airport, the alexandria waterfront and national harbor. it is time for the question of the morning. 90% of women in a recent survey say they would rather their husbands do one of these things instead of buy them flowers.

is it a, clean the house, b, give them 24 hours to themselves, or c, cook for them. >> log on to the wusa9 face fook fan page and -- facebook fan page and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour.

welcome back. 4:55. your weather first on this monday morning. it's going to be a very warm day for any time of year, let alone april. lunch time temperatures will be in the low 80s. as we get into the afternoon, we're going to the mid- to upper #s on. maybe near 90 in a few spots. breezy. i'll be back with the seven-day forecast and, yes, it is going to cool down. here's 66 on the inbound

side. no problems to report from centreville all the way past vienna to the beltway and inside to the roosevelt bridge. coming up in my next report, a closer look at virginia roads at 5:01. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. the craving continues for the "the hunger games." movie based on the best selling book topped the box office for a fourth straight weekend. according to earliest mats, the movie took -- early estimates the movie took in $4 $21 million. yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the titanic. a wreath laying and a moment of silence were held to coincide with the anniversary. the titanic hit an iceberg before going down in the icy atlantic ocean in the early morning of april 15. people fascinated by the disaster board add cruise ship bound for the north atlantic to

mark the occasion. some of the 450 passengers have personal ties to the titanic victims. this weekend's warm and sunny weather provided the perfect backdrop for the national cherry blossom parade. thousands of people lined constitution avenue to watch performers and the marchers and what has become a highlight of the entire cherry blossom festival. this was the parade's 100th year and left no one disappointed. it featured participants from all over the country in a colorful display of floats, marching bands, and musical performances. >> we love it. it's nice out here. it's very enjoyable for families and everything. it's fun. >> my favorite part was when they had the horses. >> the parade out standing, the best one i've seen. >> i would like to see that crawley thing again. there's maries on monday, -- osmond, one of the honorary marchers and christie yamagucchi was as well. ma don that's infamous bra

makes a comeback. >> wow. and the founder of wikileaks gets his own tv show. teresa garcia has those stories and more at this morning's look at entertainment. >> reporter: everything old is new again. madonna's iconic bra is the inspiration for new diet coke bottles designed by jean gaultier. he designed it for her ambition tour. the founder of the secretive westing blowing website wikileaks is getting his own talk show on russian television. the world tomorrow will feature controversial guests from around the globe. the first episode debuts tomorrow on russia's rt network and online. he remains under house arrest in england fighting extradition to sweden on sex crime allegations. actor jeremy renner of the hurt locker and his upcoming movie

born legacy is getting a major honor from the theater owners of the he's been named male star of the world and will pick up his award at convention in vegas later this month. >> you're not going to make it. >> you're not helping. >> you can catch him when mission impossible goes protocol. it's out on dvd tomorrow. >> reporter: also on dvd tomorrow, a 14 disc box set of the grateful dead t. contains 12 concert films and unreleased live performances. that's your eye on entertainment. teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. this is 9news now at 5:00 a.m. good morning. thank you for watching. i'm andrea roane. hello, mrs. wolfford. she starts watching at this time. >> good morning, mrs. wolfford. we're glad you're with us. i'm mike hydeck. here is monika santami. in case you haven't met her, she's pretty nice. and howard bernstein. >> we have a