warm. temperatures will be shooting well up into the 80s. maybe even near 90 in spots before we are done this afternoon. then we cool down some by tomorrow. here's a look at your day planner. temperatures are going to be up toward 80 around lunch time. thinking about eating outside, yeah, a little breezy and don't forget the sunscreen. then this afternoon driving home, 86 with a high about 87, 88 here in washington. the record is 92 set in 2002. so i don't think we'll break that we are looking at some high clouds that are coming across the region this morning. other than that, all is quiet. it's a little muggy. dew points are well up in the 50s to near 60. it's 56 right now in washington. manassas is 57 with culpeper. cumberland, that's our cool spot at 54. it's still 70 in annapolis and 67 for la plata. so this afternoon summer like. highs in the upper 80s in many areas, maybe even 90 places like bwi and culpeper. forecasting a high of 87 again here in washington.

5:00 a.m. monika santami, did you know that's 20 degrees above the average for this time of year? >> it's just been crazy the last few months. and we need some rain. it's going to be nice and warm today. i think a lot of people are going to enjoy that and you're going to enjoy the traffic as well. i don't know if i should say that so early in the morning but things are looking great all around town. the beltway is incident free. there are no problems to report on most of the major neurofairs head -- thoroughfares heading to the beltway. looking good through tysons corner on 495 as you head south towards springfield. we'll take a live look at 66 first. here's what it looks like leaving manassas as you head into centreville. all lanes are open. let's go back over to the maps and this time to the other side. no problems to report on the northbound side of i-95 or actually we're going to go over here to the pentagon and 395 to the 14th street bridge first. we'll take a live look at the northbound side of 95 some fringefield.

looking -- springfield. looking great. a quick look at 395 at the 14th street bridge. all lanes are open. back in a few minutes. today we expect to learn more about excessive spending at the general services administration during a house oversight committee hearing. >> the head of the gsa resigned earlier this month over this when the obama administration revealed the agency threw a lavish convention in las vegas in 2010. delia goncalves is live on capitol hill with more. >> reporter: good morning. it's not often the general services administration makes headlines but they're certainly in the headlines now after what many folks, including members of congress, call the gsa's government waste. in fact, many of the gsa officials who are testifying before congress later today are either on leave or have resigned, like former administrator martha johnson. she was reportedly told 11 months ago by the inspector general of a lavish $823,000 las vegas conference in 2010 that awarded mock videos where

employees destroyed government material and even bragged about their lavish lifestyles. >> our primary goal is to make sure this doesn't happen again. what often happens is an i.g. does their job, perhaps some people are held accountable but the culture doesn't change. >> this president ran saying he was going to make changes. the question is was he well served by his political appointees when they were ordered to go in and make these cultural changes. if they didn't make it, is it because they didn't listen to the president or because he didn't really mean it. >> reporter: it is no secret that congressman daryl usman is a staunch opponent of the obama administration. he did say lealso look at gsa problems, potential problems within the bush administration. coming up at 5:30, hear from that disgraced former administrator herself when she had to talk about government waste one year ago. we'll have that at 5:30. back to you. >> delia goncalves reporting live from capitol hill. president obama returned to the white house overnight after

spending the summit of americas in cardagena, colombia. 11 members of a secret service advanced team were allegedly associating with prostitutes. president obama made his first comments about the situation saying he expects every one on official trips to have conduct beyond reproach. >> we're representing the people of the united states. and when we travel to another country, i expect us to observe the highest standards because we're not just representing ourselves. >> the 11 agents were sent home and placed on administrative leave. none was assigned to directly protect the president. two teenagers are in critical but stable condition after some uninvited guests crashed a party. this is poplar ridge road in brandywine, maryland. the party crashers burst into the house late saturday night and stabbed two teenagers

inside. three others were cut as well. crashers took off. police have not released any names or motives at this point. a d.c. firefighter is recovering after injuries battling a brushfire in southeast. last night's fire broke out in a wooded area near the corner of pennsylvania and branch avenues. crews did douse the flames quickly. the injured firefighter is recovering. a four-alarm brushfire near a popular sailing marina damages a boat and a building in anne arundel county. close to 100 firefighters battled the flames yesterday near holiday point marina in edgewater, maryland. the fire was brought under control in just a few hours. no one was hurt. it is 5:05. time for the latest your money report. jessica is off but we have the numbers for you. we are hoping for a rebound on wall street today. however, the asian markets closed lower overnight. britain picked up a little bit at the start of trading in london. here at home this is how we're going to start the day. the dow plummeted 137 points on friday closing at 12,849.

nasdaq dropped 44 points. the s&p 500 was about 17. best buy closing 50 stores nationwide and a few of them are right here in our area. the best buy if landmark mall in alexandria, two in the baltimore area will shut down. most of 509 stores will close within -- of the 50 stores will close within a month. on tuesday the company's c.e.o. stepped down as the board of directors began investigating his personal contact. are hugs just as valuable as money? apparently you're going to need both to get a coke from this vending machine. a software maker has installed this machine at a university. it will sell you a coke cola if you give it a hug in addition to the money. the familiar red and white logo says hug me. it's said to be part of a trend in interactive consumer marketing. how weird is that? >> wow. >> kind of looks strange. people in five states are cleaning up from a tornado outbreak this weekend. that story is coming up.

plus, a rare glimpse at the young man who has become north korea's dictator just a few months ago. >> ahead in sports the capitals are all tied up heading into tonight's game at the verizon center. thanks.

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tree pollen along with the other guys. as far as today, it is going to be really summer like. our average high is 67 degrees. we're going to blow away that. we're 67 now. we'll be 80 by noon. if you have the day off, you picked a day. too bad the pools weren't open yet. it would abgood day to be out there -- be a good day to be out there. highs mid- to upper #s on, maybe near -- upper #s on, -- upper 80s, maybe near 90. we do have cooler temps on the way. i'll have the details in a few minutes. right now, though, it's monika santami's turn to tell but time saver traffic. in oakton an overnight accident closes blake lane. it may be closed all day long. coming up in my next report, another look at area roads at 5:16. back to you. >> thank you, monika. making news now at 5:09, thousands of people will be picking up the pieces this week after tornadoes hit in five states over the weekend. six people died, most in the town of woodward, oklahoma.

residents there had no warning because the storm damaged the town's warning system so the sirens didn't sound. it appears the attacks are over this morning in kabul, afghanistan. a network tied to the taliban and al qaeda carried out an 1- hour assault. eight police and three civilians were killed before afghan and nato forces took out the remaining insurgents. the west got a better glimpse of north korea's new leader this weekend. kim jong un spoke at the parade in celebration of the birthday of north korea's founder, his grandfather. have you filed yet? if you are a tax procrastinator, we have some on- line filing advice to help you out at 5:35. >> at 5:22, your washington nationals are in sole possession of first place in the national league east. >> next at 5:15, howard has several chances for rain this

week. we could use it in the seven- day forecast. we will be right back.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. hope you're having a good monday morning. a lot of people are off today because it's emancipation day in the district. a very important holiday to observe. and howard has a great day if you want to get out and enjoy the day and maybe some rain which we need. >> yes, but not until potentially the weekend.

i know the timing may not be good but we need rain at this point whenever we can get it. there's a chance we get something wednesday but the best chance of rain will be later saturday into sunday. we look at the bus stop forecast to get you started. for those outside of d.c. who aren't going to school, we do have a mild morning. most temps in the 60s. a couple of exceptions from the upper 50s in the cool spots to the low 70s in the warm spots. sunrise now 6:30. straight up. for your day this monday. good deal of sunshine. 80 degrees by noon after starting out in the 60s here in town. we are really going to take off. this afternoon 4:00 87. that will be about the high for the day. maybe 88 or so. south winds 10, 15, 20 miles an hour. so a bit breezy at times. even this evening you have to practice whether it be little league, soccer or softball, just want to go for a jog, it is going to abwarm one with an 8:00 -- be a warm one with an 8:00 reading still at 80 degrees. the eastern quarter of the country very, very warm.

our records for today all set in 2002 from 92 in washington to 91 in dulles and baltimore and martinsburg at 90. baltimore may make a run. they're about the one that could make the run i think toward the record this afternoon. 65 right now at bwi. 63 easton. 69 at the pax river naval air station. the cool spot being in cumberland, maryland at 54. the shenandoah valley looking at temps in the 60s. outside on our michael & son weather camera, flags a little bit up there this morning around the capitol. 56 degrees. go have a wind south of 9 at reagan national and the dew points are in the upper 50s. so it is muggy out there. humidity at 78%. nationally we've got the storm system in the middle of the country. this is the one that brought the deadly tornadoes to woodward, oklahoma. all those tornadoes from oklahoma and kansas and texas. this morning look at the moisture from around houston all the way up toward detroit here. pretty solid line. moisture trying to come in off the gulf into areas around

mobile bay and alabama. east of that it's toasty warm for this time of year. temps running 20 in some spots, 25, 30 degrees above average today. so there will be record highs up and down the eastern seaboard, especially in the northeast. trying to get the boston marathon run today. going to be in the 80s. they told people please, if you want to run next year, we'll let you do it next year for safety reasons. here we go tonight. still quiet this evening. maybe a shower getting towards pittsburgh and morgantown. we'll get into the overnight period with just a couple of clouds. we'll call it partly cloudy into tomorrow morning. rain showers, they really fall apart. even though the front is coming through, the winds turn northwest and we cool down. the chance of rain with this front pretty slim. 87 today. could be near 90 in a few spots. tonight we're dropping into the low to mid-60s. tomorrow cool, mid-70s for highs. by wednesday cooler yet, 65. isolated shower can't be ruled out. i think the best chance of that will be south and east of d.c.

drier and fairly pleasant thursday and friday, temps in the low to mid-70s. by the weekend increasing chances for rain showers later saturday into sunday and if sunday turns out, sunday may end up being a cool, damp day with temps staying in the 50s. we'll take the rain at this time. 5:17. here's monika with time saver traffic. as you're planning to head around town this morning, i think overall things aren't looking too bad especially around 495. we'll take a look at the west side of town where between the g.o.p. parkway, american legion bridge area, tysons corner all the way to 66 you're doing just fine. we'll take a live look at the legion bridge. no problems crossing the river here as you can see. just a bit of volume both loops but all lanes are open between 270 and tysons. we'll go back over to the maps and this time to 95 out of baltimore. looking great. no problems on the bw parkway, route 50 coming in from annapolis is fine. let's go into glen bernie. no problems if you're traveling toward the bwi airport. incident free. coming up in my next report,

we'll go into virginia at 5:24. mike and andrea? >> thank you, monika. the capitals can gain the upper hand in their playoff series tonight at the verizon center. >> the nationals nearly pull off a four-game sweep in their first home series of the season. that's coming up in sports. >> take another look at our question of the morning. 90% of women in a recent survey say they'd rather their husbands do this instead of buy them flowers. is it a, clean the house, b, give them 24 hours to themselves, or c, cook for them. >> our facebook friend richard wrote c, but there are probably women out there that want their man to take them out on a cruise, too. >> log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour. don't you want to ge on a cruise? -- go on a cruise? sure. time together.

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it is 5:21 on this monday morning. balmy this morning. it is mild. we're going to have a very warm to hot day. temperatures this morning starting generally in the 60s. by the time we get toward 9:00, we'll already be in the low 70s especially east and northeast of town. as we head toward lunch time, upper 70s to low 80s. these are conditions more indicative of june or july, not the early part of april. we'll get to middle and part of april even. for this afternoon mid- to upper 80s. we may even flirt with the 90- degree mark in a couple of

spots before the day is out. mike and andrea, over to you. >> thank you, howard. the capitals have a chance to take the lead in their playoff series tonight at verizon center. >> while the nationals are still leading their division, even though they didn't get the four-game sweep. kristen berset has highlights in your morning sports. good morning, everybody. baseball ticket holders at nationals park this weekend, well, they got what they paid for and then some. for the third time in four games, the nats and reds had to play extra innings. seven extra innings over four games. to yesterday's game, here you go. it was jackie robinson day around the league. his number retired by all teams. but yesterday every player donned number 42. it was a rough start for jet wyler. bases loaded in the first. ryan ledwick launches one over the wall. the nats chipped away. now down 1. extra innings we go. top of the 11th, knocked over

the head of derosa. two come in and the reds avoid the sweep beating the nats 8-5 in 11. >> sometimes you don't get the breaks. we battled back. had chances to win the ballgame. just couldn't get it done. >> we never quit. we didn't quit when we were down three. got back up there. got the first two guys on base and it just didn't happen. >> they face the houston astros tonight. >> orioles wrapping up things north of the border. game tied in the 6th. adam jones, jacks one way into left field. birds go up by 1. it just keeps on going. but the blue jays opened it up in the bottom half. a two-run homer as toronto put up seven runs in the 6th to win 9-2 and avoid being swept at home by the birds. the capitals have struggled all season on the road so they could have easily gone down two games to none in their first playoff series but stellar

defense and an impressive young goalie helped them bring the series home and tied up. they're getting prepped for tonight's game against the boston bruins. the puck drops at the verizon center tonight at 7:34, game three. that's going to do if your sports. i'm kristen berset. have a great monday. are you ready for some football? yeah. the redskins begin their off- season workouts today. the start date is a month later than it used to be because of new rules in the collective bargaining agreement. the goal is to cut down on wear and tear to the players' bodies. the players will hit the gym to start their conditioning before organized team activities begin in just a couple of weeks. if you're going to try to finish your taxes online today and tomorrow, we have some advice to make sure you don't get your identity stolen in the process. >> capitol hill lawmakers will grill officials from the general services administration about a lavish vegas outing funded by the taxpayers.

>> coming up on 5:25. here's monika. >> in oakton blake lane westbound is closed near route 123 with an overnight accident. a car into a pole. it has turned interest a hazmat situation so -- into a hazmat situation so it will be closed for a while. follow police direction to get around it in oakton. coming up another look at area roads at 5:29. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. achoo! nasal allergy symptoms

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and slow wound healing may occur. do not use nasonex until your nose has healed from any sore, surgery or injury. eye problems, including glaucoma or cataracts may occur. have regular eye exams. nasonex can increase your risk of getting infections. avoid contact with infections like chicken pox or measles while using nasonex. side effects may include headache, viral infection, sore throat, nosebleeds, and coughing. nasonex is there for you, anytime of year. ask your doctor if nasonex is right for you. good morning. welcome back to 9news now. happy monday. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. get ready for a warm one. glad you're with us this morning. monika santami will have traffic momentarily. howard has the numbers you need to know. >> 67 is the average high. 92 is the record high. we're not going to make t. we're going to be close. it was 2002 when we hit 92. baltimore, their record is 90 today. it's an outside chance they're going to make 90 this afternoon. so very warm day. temps running some 20 degrees at least above average.

here's our day planner. it is going to be sunny, maybe some high clouds at times but a sunny and very warm day for any time of year. 80 degrees by noon with mid- to upper 80s, even around 90 in a few spots and a south, southwesterly wind at 10 to 20 miles an hour. we'll call that breezy at times. sun is up at 6:30, setting at 7:47. you can see some of the high clouds just coming across the region from time to time. showers and storms well to the west of us although in far western, maryland, northern western pennsylvania late this afternoon, tonight could be some strong storms but could survive the trip and make it but for us looks like our rain chances stay low till maybe the weekend. 61 tomorrow in leesburg. it's 57 in manassas. cupperland, our -- cumberland, you're the cool spot at 52. this afternoon we're going to make a run toward the record in baltimore, 90. probably a few degrees shy here in d.c., 87. manassas 89 and culpeper could also be near 90. monika santami, good morning. good morning, howard.

good morning, everybody. it's 5:29 and things are looking pretty good outside. you're just beginning to see a tiny bit of volume which you do see early on a monday morning generally speaking. northbound 95 no exception. it's beginning to just slow down a tiny bit out of dale city into woodbridge. you're looking fine across the occoquan river. we'll take a live look a little further north in springfield on the northbound side. as i said, it's just that slow traffic trying to get up north toward d.c. or exiting to the beltway toward annandale or alexandria. let's take another look at the maps, this time to southern maryland. route 10, route 5, route 4, 210, route 4, route 301, all of those corridors are looking great all the way to the beltway, annual drews air force base -- andrews air force base, no problems through oxon hill. here's what it looks like on eastern avenue. coming up in my next report, we'll go up north to maryland. back to you. >> thank you, monika. today there will be a series of memorial events in blacksburg, virginia is exactly five years after the worst

school shooting in u.s. history. >> april 16, 2007, gunmen seung- hui cho killed two people in a dorm room and then moved to the north hall classroom building a couple of hours later. there he took 30 more lives before killing himself. chantilly native erin peterson's parents won their lawsuit against virginia tech persuading the court that more could have been done to warn the students. the parents of other students agree poor decisions were made at the top. >> the current administration can continue to deny it as they do but it doesn't change the facts that a jury of peers has found that what they did was wrong. >> peter reid lost his older daughter mary in the massacre but read has taken his surviving children back to tech several times and will return there today as well. he wants to show them tech spirit and why mary wanted to be there in the first place. in another highly publicized campus crime, lawyers for former university of virginia lacrosse player hoornlg hiewgley will be in court -- george huguely will be

in court today. he was convicted of second- degree murder charges in the death of his girlfriend-yardley -- girlfriend yeardly love. what stays in vegas didn't stay in vegas. the head of the gsa resigned earlier this month when the obama administration revealed all the particulars. 9 news now reporter delia goncalves is live on capitol hill. she has more on what's going to go on today. good morning, delia. >> reporter: get this, mike. good morning. even though the conference cost more than $800,000, the gsa reportedly spent a hundred grand just planning that four- day event. and that is just one example of the gross government spending that congress will be taking a close look at today. in fact, the gsa inspector general released a pretty scathing report outlining thousands upon thousands of dollars in over-the-top spending.

he reportedly told former administrator martha johnson about that spending nearly a year ago. johnson and other gsa employees some now on leave and facing possible theft charges will testify about what they knew and when. but listen to johnson as she talked about the gsa record just last year. >> people are telling me it was a lot of energy about saving money, saving resources. >> you think it is some birthday party for a spoiled 8- year-old instead of a federal agency meeting. these are the sort of things that resonate with people and stick with them and makes them mad and it should make them mad. >> reporter: eight top gsa officials have been reprimanded. martha johnson, the former administrator, resigned her position a couple of weeks ago. two of her top deputies were fired. we'll have more on the fallout coming up at 6:00. mike, back to you. >> thank you, delia. today is emancipation day in the district. 150 years ago in april, 1862,

president abraham lincoln freed 3100 slaves living in the district. it wasn't until january 1863, though, that he issued the emancipation proclamation freeing slaves all over the country. today's emancipation day events start with a prayer breakfast at the williard hotel from 8:00 to 10:00. then a parade from 11:00 to 2:00 and goes for about ten blocks along pennsylvania avenue. there's also a street festival at freedom plaza which runs from 11:00 to 9:00. it will be capped off with a fireworks display. metro wants to know what you think about the rail system. the transit authority has started handing out surveys at metro stations around town. the plan is to distribute more than 400,000 surveys through may 25. you can put the cards in collection boxes at the stations, mail them or complete the survey online. metro wants to get a snapshot of rail service as it starts up track and station work. randomly selected participants will even be given free smartrip cards. the area's largest school system is closing up shop a

little early this year. the last day for schools in fairfax county is now friday, june 15. summer vacation wasn't supposed to start until after june 19 but because the mild winter, fairfax county only used one of the three snow days it built into the schedule. that change means teachers will have two extra work days. at 5:35, it's time for another your money report. we start this half-hour with a solid recall. dole foods is recalling 756 cases of bagged salad because they could be contaminated with salmonella. a random sample tested in new york came back positive for the dangerous bacteria. the salads were sent to 15 states, including virginia and maryland. dole says so far no illnesses have been reported. so you decided to take advantage of april 15 being on a sunday and today being emancipation day and patriot's day to procrastinate on your taxes. with tomorrow's midnight deadline looming, you may be doing your taxes online.

that rush job could compromise your personal information if you're not careful. lesli foster had some good advice. >> reporter: online tax prep and mobile apps make it easier than ever to complete your return on the go, but that means wherever you go, so does your personal information and that can be a scammer's dream. >> the main pieces of information that an identity thief would need: name, address, social security number, date of birth, telephone. they've got everything. that's the keys to your kingdom. >> reporter: identity theft prevention experts say if you're going to use your computer, iphone or tablet to file your taxes, make sure it's secure. never use an wireless network like at an airport or coffee shop, even if you think you can trust the connection. >> make sure you have a service that allows you to wipe that device if you lose it. so if you lose it, you want to be able to remotely go online

and say wipe the data out of my device so if somebody does get your hands on it, they can't get to your information. >> reporter: be mindful of strangers lurking over your shoulder while you enter your information. and choose a password for the tax site or app that is tough for scammers to crack. lesli foster, 9news now. >> starting next year the checks will no longer be in the mail for millions of people who receive social security and other government benefits. the federal government which issues 73 million payments a month is phasing out paper checks for all benefit programs. beneficiaries will be required to get payments electronically either through direct deposit or a debit card for those without a bank account. one exception will be your tax refunds from the i.r.s. if you're looking to save a little extra after paying your taxes this week, we have daily deals coming up. >> plus, the summer like temperatures we're having are only increasing the need for a few good soaking rain storms. we'll be right back with a look

at howard's forecast.

>> welcome back. 5:39. we're on our way well up into the 80s. it's going to be a very warm day. likely missing the records by just a few here in d.c., 92 back in 2002. too partly to mostly sunny. 80 by noon. we'll see a bit of a breeze at times out of the south, southwest at 15, 20 miles an hour and still in the mid-80s at 6:00 p.m. i'll be back in a few minutes with a cooler seven-day forecast and let you know if any rain is on the way. right now inside to monika with time saver traffic. on the southbound side of i- 270 you'll be on the brakes now from route 80 to here at route 121 where the pace improves heading down toward germantown and rockville. 355 is running incident free. coming up in my next report, another look at area roads and an accident in oakton at 5:49. it's time for daily deals.

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seen or if you are a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, we'd love to hear from you on facebook. mike? hopefully you got to enjoy some time outside sunday or you'll be able to get outdoors today. but while the summer like weather may feel wonderful, there are some definite downsides. we are already close to six inches behind on rainfall for the year. that's troubling for gardeners and farmers as they try to keep their crops hydrated. another danger is the chance of fires. there are things all of us can do to help reduce the risk. >> by making sure if they're discarding smoking materials, that they discard them properly, not into a flower bed or planter or if they're going to be cookingout side, make sure the charcoal grills and things are used properly. >> wildfires from virginia mountains, from page county south and west to craig county have scorched nearly 20,000 acres so far. the hot weather could seriously impact today's boston marathon. that story is coming up.

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welcome back to 9news now. it's 5:46. i took a walk yesterday. i was hot starting to glisten. >> women don't sweat. >> you've got an aura about you on a cold day, so. >> oh, yeah, right, sure. >> the newing gis are back this morning -- the muggies are back

this morning. temperatures yesterday was 83. 86 in baltimore, probably about five degrees above that this afternoon. today is going to be the warmest day before a front slips through tonight and fortunately it -- unfortunately it doesn't have much rain opportunity with it. i think our rain chances go up through the week into the weekend. here's the bus stop forecast. we are looking at temperatures mainly in the 60s this morning. a few exceptions either side of that with sunrise at 6:30. sets at 7:43. we'll see sunshine, perhaps some high clouds here and there but a warm day. even by lunch time well eab 80. if you're -- we'll be 80. andrea, if you're going to be out for lunch, you'll be doing more glistening. winds out of the south, southwest 15, 20 miles an hour. by 5:00 still 86. high temperatures somewhere 87, 88, maybe even 90 in the warm spots. it's a very warm day. going to the nationals game, the as tros coming to town -- astros coming to town. we start in the low 80s but

will fall toward the upper 70s in the later innings. winds southwest 10 to 15 miles an hour. doppler is all quiet this morning. there's nothing going on. we've got temperatures running in the 50s out to the west in haymarket, manassas, leesburg, lovettsville in the 50s. into fairfax 63. here in herndon 65. rockville is 64. columbia is down to 60. alexandria 62. as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, still dark. that is the white house there, the washington monument lit up for about 45 minutes till sunrise under partly to mostly cloudy skies. a south wind at 9. humidity 78%. that's what we're talking about, the muggies returning. our weather headlines near record highs. the record in washington is 92 set in 2002. also in 2002, bwi and dulles or martinsburg hit 90. cooler tomorrow and wednesday. wednesday will only be in the 60s after being in the 70s

tomorrow. rain chances stay low. slight chance wednesday. best chance late saturday into sunday. you see what's happening here. just look at temperatures. cool stuff in the rockies coming down from the northern plains and the warmth shooting up to the tennessee and ohio valleys. 65 in detroit this morning. nashville is at 70. this is awfully spreading off to the east coast. boston right now 64. they're going into the 80s as well today. the storm system which is spinning here in minnesota and wisconsin, this is the same storm that brought deadly tornadoes to oklahoma over the weekend. well, the front is lined up here from houston all the way up toward detroit. east of the front southerly flow. it is very, very warm. that's why we're talking temperatures running some 20 degrees or more above average in many areas from the mid- atlantic to the northeast. sunshine today, south so southwesterly wind. a few showers or storms later this afternoon into west virginia, pennsylvania. these could be strong to severe but as they come toward us, they just kind of fall apart and we're left with partly cloudy skies and a wind shift for the overnight.

so here's our forecast. today 87. that's at reagan national sm. areas near 90. we'll be 60 to 65 tonight with only mid-70s tomorrow. wednesday mid-60s with a chance of a shower and a few more clouds. by thursday and friday not bad at all. low to mid-70s. the weekend features more clouds. showers and storms possible starting late saturday, saturday night into sunday. sunday could turn wet with highs staying in the 50s. we really need the rain. volume is increasing. what about the incidents? >> there's one big incident and it's a hot spot. we had an accident about 2:00 this morning in oakton. it was westbound on blake lane right near route 123 where a car went into a pole, brought the pole and the wires down. it became a hazmat situation and in the meantime, police are directing traffic both ways in the eastbound lanes of blake lane here in oakton. i know our sky 9 is headed that way. they should be there within the next few minutes. i'll be able to show you that

live. in the meantime let's take a live look at 66 on the inbound side. overall delays manassas into centreville. you're still looking good here as you travel in vienna. here's the vienna metro station heading for the beltway. lanes are open and no volumes to worry about there. let's go back over to the maps, this time inside the beltway. 66 looks great. no problems on 395. about 65 miles an hour at duke street. but a little further north we'll go there live at seminary road where you can see the volumes are picking up heading up toward the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next report, a live look in oakton at 6:00. people in the nation's midsection are doing a lot to clean up from a weekend of tornadoes and severe storms. one of the worst hit towns woodward, oklahoma. >> at least six people there were killed in a mobile home park. dozens more were injured and damage is everywhere. reporter 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've 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 outbreak. >> two tornadoes. >> reporter: 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: governor brownback said 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 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. here's what's making news at 5:53 this morning. shelling continued even as the first team of united nations truce monitors arrived in syria this morning. government forces shelled the city of holmes where there are some rebel strongholds. a cease-fire officially took effect last thursday but the military has complied with only a few of the terms of it. jury selection in the retrial of roger clemens is set to begin today in u.s. district court. the former al stawr pitcher -- all-star pitcher denies charges he lied to a congressional committee about using steroids.

a judge stopped the first trial when jurors saw evidence that had been ruled inas missable -- minute admissible -- ruled inadd miserable. medical crews will be on high alert for the boston marathon. temperatures are expected to be close to 90 degrees which is brutal for runners. runners can run next year if they want to step out. another look at the question of the morning. 90% of women in a recent survey say they would rather their husband do this instead of buy them flowers. is it a, clean the house, b, give them 24 hours to themselves or c, cook for them. >> our facebook friend sonny pinky wrote all of the above. do a and c first. then do b. >> log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page. leave your response. we'll reveal the nantz about an hour. -- the answer in about an hour. >> today on capitol hill, congress devils into the spending excess of the general

services administration. >> and a box office mark that hasn't been hit in three years. we'll be back. what'll it be?

i'll have blueberry pancakes. uh huh. actually, make that glazed pecans... ok. with chocolate... no... caramel sauce. whipped cream? uhhhhhhh, yeah... but on the side. introducing build your own pancakes. only at denny's. 5:57. a warm morning. we have temperatures already in the 60s. we're going to be making a run toward 70 at 9:00. low 70s in a few spots. we'll hold on to some 60s in the shenandoah valley. midday breeze write at times -- breezy at times but mostly sunny. 82 degrees in manassas.

mid afternoon temps mid- to upper #s on. for -- upper 80s. if highs we'll be about 87 in d.c. potentially 90 in a few spots. we'll make a run toward the records in baltimore about around here in d.c., the record is 92. i hope that will be safe. mike, over to you. >> thank you, howard. fresh off his sold out show at verizon show earlier this -- verizon center earlier this month, bruce springsteen is coming back to d.c. friday, september 14, he'll make a stop at naptions park. the -- nationals park. the last time springsteen played a stadium concert in our area fed ex field 2003. "the hunger games" just keeps eating up its competition. for the fourth week in a row the big screen version of the best selling teen novel stands in first place. the movie grossed $21.5 million this weekend becoming the first film in three years to stay number one for four straight weeks. the new "three stooges" movie

debuted in second place. another debut movie, "the cabin in the woods" came in third while "titan 3-d" and "american reunion" round out the top five. thank you for watching 9 news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. good morning. i'm mike hydeck. here's monika santami. >> the four stooges. >> right now howard bernstein has our weather. [ multiple voices ] >> weather wise a very warm day ahead. exactly, right? very warm day ahead with temperatures 20 degrees above average. right now it's 63. we'll be pushing 70 by 9:00. 80 at noon. highs today mid- to upper 80s. maybe near 90 with south, southwesterly winds 10, 15, 20 miles an hour. so a bit breezy at times. we've had some high clouds, some thin ones overnight. that's why it's partly cloudy this morning but really very quiet around here. it looks like a front will come thug