a high about to 75 or so this afternoon. the front is coming through but not much weather with it. don't see much in the way of clouds. a couple of showers well south of us. we may see some showers around here tomorrow, especially the southern half of the area from d.c. and points south but today dry. 59 now culpeper, manassas up to 67. hagerstown at 61. 72 on the bay and 69 at andrews. cambridge down to 60. this afternoon your highs will range from around 70 at pax river and 75 in d.c. and 72 in martinsburg. monika, it is 5:00 a.m. how is it looking? >> in virginia there is an incident right now. i was just getting word about it on the northbound side of i- 95. the beltway looks great but if you're planning to head northbound on 95, watch out. an accident just reported before lorton. two lanes are blocked right now with police on the scene. so as you head up north on northbound side of i-95, watch out for it. i'll give you details shortly on the accident.

we'll go a little further north on the northbound side of i-95 here in springfield. this is past the accident scene. you should be okay as you head for 395 and the 14th street bridge. no problems to report 066, the gw parkway, dulles toll road. coming inbound you'll be okay. we'll take a live look at 66 and centreville. all lanes are open. volumes still light. coming up in my next report, an update on the accident on 95 in virginia at 5:10. today you have one final chance to see the space shuttle discovery in flight. >> or at least in the air. the retired space shuttle is hitching a ride to dulles airport this morning. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is at discovery's final destination at the udvar- hazy center in chantilly. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is sure to be an exciting and of course an absolutely historic day here in the washington region. you can already feel the buzz in the air this very early hour. lots of folks have gathered and realities participating what is expected to be an amazing day

here in chantilly. the shuttle you say is hitching a ride that is essentially because it is riding piggyback on a 747 jet and will arrive in our area around 10:00 a.m. when it does, it will fly immediately above over what is sure to be a thrilled crowd that will gather at the museum a little later today. discovery's final mission to space was back in february of last year which completed a total of 39 flights and 148 million miles traveled over a quarter of a century for the discovery. now the shuttle's next mission in retirement, to inspire generations upon generations of visitors to the museum. discovery leaves florida's kennedy space station at 7:00 this morning. it will eventually replace nasa's prototype shuttle the enterprise which has been housed here at the museum since 2004. >> for me personally, once we get discovery to the smithsonian and we've done all the work and she's ready to go

and now it's my time to walk away and leave her there, i'll now start focusing on enterprise and getting enterprise up to new york but it will be hard to leave discovery for that last time. >> reporter: you've been reading the stories and hearing the stories up until today, the final day of the discovery's final mission. and she is not the only person who is sad to see this chapter come to a close. coming up at 5:0, we'll hear from -- 5:30, we'll hear from some astronauts who flew the discovery and how they're feeling about this final mission. back to you. >> delia goncalves reporting live near the udvar-hazy center. about 10,000 people attended a can dal light -- candlelight vigil to honor the victims of the 2007 virginia tech shootings. monday marked five years since a gunman took the lives of 32 people on campus. the check president and virginia governor bob mcdonnell were among the speakers. last night's vigil ended a full day of memorial events in blacksburg which was the scene now of the nation's worst mass

shooting. the chevy chase man convicted of killing his ex- girlfriend will learn his punishment over the summer. george lugely's -- george huguely's sentencing is set for august 30. he was convicted of killing yeardley love. both huguely and love played lacrosse at uva. huguely's defense team says it plans to file motions for a new trial. today the congressional oversight committee will hear more testimony about excessive spending at the general services administration. monday the man who planned the $800,000 conference in las vegas appeared before lawmakers. take a listen to what jeff neely said at the 2010 conference and then what he said monday. i think i pretty much promised to deliver an over-the-top unforgettable team building experience. how did we do on that one? [ applause ] >> did you approve the funding

by respectfully declining to answer based upon my fifth amendment constitutional privilege. >> i did that for most of his day there. his former boss gsa director martha johnson also testified. she resigned two weeks ago. she defended her recent decision to give neely a $9,000 bonus saying she didn't want to take action against him until she had all the facts. it is 5:05. time for the latest your money report this morning. >> jessica doyle is here with today's headlines. good morning. >> good morning. investors really wondering which direction to head lately in materials of buy organize selling on wall street. there are a number of factors that are going into that decision. big picture with the u.s. economy looking better, not so good though is worries about spain, whether or not it's going to need an expensive financial bailout and we have some shine coming off of a high flyer. google shares have been down for five days in a row now and that has been dragging down the nasdaq. checking the numbers on wall street, the dow stands just under 13,000. had a nice day yesterday,

though. picked up almost 72 points. on the flip side the nasdaq lost about 23 and the s&p 500 pretty much flat on the day. how much would you pay for an amazing state of the art light bulb? well, shoppers are going to be asking themselves that very question at home depot and other outlets. starting understand which is earth day, that's when the bulb that won a $10 million government contest goes on sale. the bulb is the most energy efficient yet. it lasts about 20 years and it's supposed to give off a pleasing natural looking light, but what separates it from the pack the most, the price. $60. >> whatever. >> it's pricey. and google is going to make 600 movies from metro golden mayor available for rent. they join paramount, universal and three other major studios in offering movies for rent through google. >> they're trying to compete. wow. that's pretty cool. >> i should say it was apple shares i was talking about in the beginning, not google

shares. >> what do you have for us in the next half-hour? >> taxes. it's tax day for people who don't remember so we're going to talk about some last-minute options and freebies you can get because it's tax day. coming up on 9news now, more action now taken against the secret service agents accused of hiring prostitutes. >> plus, new fruit that cats have nine lives -- new proof that cats have nine lives. >> plenty of action from the verizon action. highlights next.

going to be a fine morning out there. probably could keep the jacket at home once again as temperatures are still on the mild side. not going to move much today. we're going to have a few more clouds mixing in with high clouds. we'll drop off by a few degrees. only around 70, upper 60s at noon. north to northwest winds at 10 to 15. i'll be back in a few minutes talking about rain chances going up. there's an accident in virginia now on the northbound side of i-95. it's just before lorton blocking two left lanes. we're trying to get word about what involvement, how long it will be there. in the meantime expect this delay northbound on 95. pore on this and other area roadways at 5:17. making news now at 5:10, the secret service has revoked

the top security clearances of 11 of its agents that were sent home from colombia last week. those agents are accused of hiring prostitutes and other misconduct. they were part of a planning team sent to cartagena ahead of president obama's arrival at the summit of the americas. slow going in the retrial of former baseball pitcher roger clemens. lawyers only got to question 13 potential jurors monday. clemens is accused of lying to congress about whether he used steroids. sometimes the little discoveries can make all the difference, especially in the middle of a disaster area. tornadoes leveled parts of wichita, kansas last week. although no one died while they were cleaning up their property, the davenport family found their cat and all of her kittens alive under the rubble. it's part of the must dos for new parents but the vast majority of people who get car seats install them improperly. that story is coming up at 5:48. in sports at 5:23, the

mighty righties. stephen strasburg treats the nationals fans to yet another solid start. just at 5:14, hope you en-- next at 5:14, hope you enjoyed yesterday's heat because howard's seven-day forecast doesn't have any 80s on it. yes.

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welcome back to 9 news now. coming up on 5:14 this tuesday morning. at least mother nature is turning down the thermostat.

maybe we can save some on the air conditioner again. >> open the windows. it's going to be a refreshing day compared to yesterday when we were around 90 at baltimore tying their record. 89 at national. >> should we do that if there are allergens. >> that's the other argument. if you're sensitive to the pollen, don't open the windows. treat pollen is high. grass pollen moderate. you can hear my struggles this morning. let's go to the bus stop forecast because temperatures have dipped mainly into the 60s out there. we're still holding on to 70 at national and arlington right now but it's in the 60s and a little bit of a breeze. not bad at all for this time of year under clear to partly cloudy skies. your sunrise 6:28. for today, well, the day planner, temperatures are going to drop off over the next few hours with the cooler air moving in and not recover all that much. by noon only around 69, 70. northwesterly winds at 11. we'll have a mix of clouds and sunshine. high clouds could make it overcast for a while. i think low 70s at 3:00 with the high about 75 or so kind of

where we were a couple of hours ago. we'll come back. the nationals tonight, first pitch at 7:05 with the astros in town. we start in the low 70s, probably falling to the mid-60s during the game. if you're going out to the ballpark tonight, i'd keep a wind breaker, sweat shirt. that should be enough for you. right now 67 in sterling. 64 leesburg. up to the north still up err 60s, even -- upper 60s, even 70 rockville. columbia 69. alexandria, arlington and reagan national all sit at 70 degrees. outside on our michael & son weather camera, it is a quiet morning. 70 degrees. clear skies, northwest winds at 10 and the dew point still sitting at 51 this morning. that's going to drop off with the northwesterly winds bringing in some drier air. they don't have any dry air on the gulf coast. look at all the storms still firing here moving in toward louisiana coming out of the western gulf of mexico across areas in miss my, alabama, ten -- mississippi, alabama, tennessee. this is going to throw some clouds toward us today. you see these high clouds

getting up toward ohio. some of these high clouds can be thick enough to give us an overcast. when those clouds are 15, 25, 25,000 feet, we're not going to see any rain out of them. however, the lower clouds tomorrow may give us a couple of showers, especially south of town. the farmers are looking for that. so today 5:00, we could be mostly cloudy with the high clouds. tonight partly to mostly cloudy. then tomorrow we're dry in the morning. want you to watch some of these green arrows. that's rain. as that rain moves up through southern virginia, could get close to us by lunch time, especially places like fredricksburg, down to culpeper, spotsylvania. in the afternoon and evening hours, we may see a few more showers here before this all clears out by thursday morning. thursday looks fine. we'll see temperatures recovering with the sunshine. so today 75, mild, clouds and sun. tonight we're in the 50-degree range or so. tomorrow only about 60 with a chance of showers, especially south of d.c. by thursday, though, we're back to 70 so very nice thursday.

friday looks pretty good, too. saturday some showers and storms possible in the afternoon. sunday could be a washout. if that happens, 65 may be optimistic. still a chance of a shower monday, 61. it is 5:17. here's monika with time saver traffic. a couple of incidents i need to tell you about. i'll start off with virginia where we're just getting information in about this accident in lorton on the northbound side of 95. it's just after route 1 but before lorton road. a two-car accident, minor injuries involved. we're just waiting on a tow truck. two left lanes are blocked and it is slowing down through that area to get around t. let's go a little beyond that live. this is absolutely fine once you're beyond the accident you're going to be okay headed for the beltway and 395. go back to the maps and over into the downtown area. looking great across the 14th street bridge. all the potomac and anacostia river crossings are fine. in temple hills an accident route 5 near the suitland parkway. we'll go live to the beltway north of town. traffic still moving well here

on the outer loop heading westbound into silver spring and beyond. coming up in my next report, an update on area roads again at 5:24. the capitals play another close one at verizon center in the playoffs. highlights next. stephen strasburg has another good outing as the astros visit national park. let's take another look at the question of the morning now. instead of our normal multiple choice format, we want you to share some of your most memorable moments of the nasa's shuttle program, especially if discovery is going to arrive here later this morning. >> this is one of the responses posted on our facebook fan page. scott wrote, watching it on tv for the first time it flew, the u.s. had been out of manned space flight for several years at that point and it was great to see our country back out there. >> as always you can find our question posted on the wusa9 facebook fan page. leave your response. we'd love to hear what you think about the shuttle program. we'll be right back.

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nasonex is there for you, anytime of year. 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. temperatures still running in the 60s in most spots so it's mild out there. cooler air moving in with a northwesterly wind. one thing you'll notice are the high clouds today. they might be quite thin at times and still partly to mostly sunny. other times could turn overcast. by lunch time we're not going to see much recovery.

upper ofs on to -- upper 60s to around 70. not any rain today but perhaps with a little luck some showers especially south on wednesday. let's go back to mike and andrea. the nationals ride stephen straussburg areas arm to'' strasburg's arm to a nice victory. good morning, everybody. from the verizon center game three is in the books and the bruins take this one from the caps and go up in the series 2- 1. let's go to the highlights. looking pretty good in the first period. game was scoreless till 4 minutes in the first. alexander puts the caps on the board first. then the second period things got started quick. a score for boston but 13 seconds later alex ovechkin gets it under the glove of tim thomas. caps up 2-16789 the bruins not going away, though. they get two more past hopi.

caps tie it up at 3. two minutes left in the game. one to go past. bruin takes game three 4-3. >> it's just hard work. it's not that we're not doing it. it's just we know as a group -- [indiscernible] >> somebody has to one and somebody has to lose. >> i think we played all right. we need to do better. >> caps not the only game in town last night. nats facing the astros. stephen strasburg in his home debut. the nats came back in the 6th. nats win this 6-3. gonzalez will take the mound against the astros tonight. that will do it for your morning sports. i'm kristen berset. have a great day.

the wizards playing on the road with one of the league's top teams last night. washington in chicago tied at 75 in the 4th quarter john wall on the last break the jam. >> wall down the lane, pitches. there's the duck. >> very nice. seconds left. the wizards win 87-84. hundreds of criminal convictions could be in question about revelations over flaws in forensic testing. that story is coming up. plus, the space shuttle discovery about to embark on its final flight and its destination northern virginia. a quick check of the commute now. >> 95 accident cleanup before lorton is causing this delay. stay to the right to get by. be aware this is what you're going to hit early this morning. more on this and other area

roadways coming up at 5:29. you're watching 9news now. stay with us.

. welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. good morning. i'm mike hydeck. here's monika. she has traffic issues already. what do you say howard? >> when the ground is dry, it's easier to heat up and we get warmer. very little rain in march. it was the sixth driest we've had. .09 so far for the month of april. we do have chances at least for rain as we get into wednesday, especially south of town and more so on the weekend. for today, though, your day planner. it's going to be a dry one. not nearly as warm and hot as

yesterday. we're at 70 and going to be falling back. by this afternoon we'll be in the mid 70s. a 5:00 p.m. temperature of 73. one thing we're watching are these high clouds. they don't have any real moisture. you can see the front that came through dry. these high clouds like you see in ohio and kentucky are going to come across the region today. if they get thick enough, they can limit the sunshine and that could keep a lid on the tent. that's i am' forecasting a high of 75. even though right now 70. 61 at the tappahannock airport and 72 at the naval academy. 5:29. monika is in with time saver traffic. >> if you're planning to head on the northbound side of i-95 just heading out the door, i want you to be aware there was a minor accident on the northbound side of 95 in lorton. i'll get to that in just a moment. southbound 270 really not bad at all out of frederick as you head southbound right now. we're going to show you a live

look at route 109. this is where the pace slows down. our mdot camera south of 270, that's where the pace slows down as you head toward clarksburg and then okay down to germantown and where the lanes divide. this is the american legion bridge. no reports here. northbound 95, the accident in lorton should be in its clearing stages. it's slowing down about 36 miles an hour trying to get northbound into lorton. then no problems in springfield and up to the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next report, another update at 5:38. about 90 minutes the space shuttle discovery will take off on its final flight lifting off from kennedy space center. >> but discovery won't be blasting off from the launch pad. it's riding piggyback on a 747 here to washington. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live at discovery's final destination the air and space museum's udvar-hazy center. good morning.

>> good morning, andrea and mike. folks are absolutely thrill to have this iconic shuttle delivered here to chin tally essential -- chantilly essentially for free. the flies from the -- the flight costs millions and nasa is waiving that fee. that's more good news for the smithsonian. after 27 years and 39 flights, discovery is now retiring and will tell its famed space story by the way it looks. battered and burned, experiments say she simply looks like a shuttle that's been to space and back. the discovery brought the first female pilot to space, the first russian shuttle flier and carried the most passengers of any space vehicle at 252. hear from some of those passengers as they said goodbye recently. >> it beckons. come o. i can take this on again. hop in and fire up and go again. >> it's sad in that we're done.

it's going away. she's going to the smithsonian where hopefully millions of people over the next gazillion years are going to go see discovery. >> reporter: an dry ya, you mentioned discovery -- andrea, you mentioned discovery will be riding piggy piggyback. it takes two days to dismount the shuttle from the 747 and then eventually it will be displayed here at its new home on thursday. back to you, andrea and mike. >> all right. we're envying you being there this morning. we'd like to be right there with you. >> reporter: a pretty good gig. >> yes, i bet. we'll get more updates from delia late near our newscast. a troubling story from this morning's "washington post." justice department officials have been reviewing flaws in forensic case work since the 1990's. while the doj reviewed a limits number of cases and focused on the work of one f.b.i. lab scientist, the department was warned about widespread problems and the justice department only made its findings available to

prosecutors in the affected cases. this means evidence from hundreds of cases may need retesting which could lead to exoneration for some defendants. well, you may be seeing some extra road crews around the district in the next four weeks. that is because d.c.'s annual pothole palooza campaign kicks off today. ddot is taking pothole requests by phone and online, including via twitter and the city's new dc 311 smartphone app. it year's goal is to get the pothole fixed within 48 hours of the request. the virginia assembly will vote on annual amended state budget but it's fate is up in the year. budget negotiators removed money from their compromised budget proposal. if lawmakers don't pass a budget by july 1, virginia will likely face a partial

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it is 5:37. very comfortable out here on the weather terrace. we're in the upper 60s in northwest. 70 at national. a decent day ahead. a lot more in the way of lie clouds and not nearly as -- high clouds and not nearly as warm. we'll fall in the 60s the next few hours and only recovery to 70 or so by noon. northwest winds 10 to 15. we may become overcast for a little while with the high clouds. highs approaching 75. maybe some showers tomorrow. full forecast in a few minutes. right now monika with time saver traffic. you may not want to hear n. on the northbound side of 95, traffic is jammed from woodbridge into lorton where there's an accident cleanup along the left side of the road. stay to the right to get by. coming up in my next report, overall delays on 95 and 395 at 5:47. i've been combing through the day's daily deals, e-mails and retailer websites to find you deep discounts. here are some of my favorite, take in a movie, bring a snack or bring along family and

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good morning. welcome back to 9 news now. you heard us all complain about the sneezing and coughing because like you, we're affecting about the allergens. we could use some rain. we may get a little bit tomorrow especially south of town but it's going to be into the weekend saturday chance of showers. sunday could be a washout. >> i hope so. >> i know you may have outdoor

plans sunday but we need the rain big time. we'll take a good soaking rain. here's a look at the bus stop forecast on this tuesday morning. by the way, the allergy numbers came in yesterday. tree pollen was high. grass pollen was moderate. weeds and mold were low. clear to partly cloudy. temps mainly in the 60s this morning with the sunrise at 6:28. setting at about 7:45 this evening. your day planner, sun mixing with high clouds. at times it will be mostly sunny. other times we could even go overcast but with the drier, cooler air moving in, we'll drop into the 60s. slowly recover back into the mid, might get into the upper 70s. an 8:00 p.m. temperature around 69 degrees. winds north, northwest at 10 to 15 miles an hour. so just a bit breezy. one thing we look for as meteorologists is to see if the front has passed is the dew points. dew points near 60 south and east to the low 40s north and

west. so the drier air just coming through. this is the change in air mass. there's your cold front. behind it temperatures drop in the 50s, even 40s. pittsburgh is 50. we're still holding on to 730 in town. -- to 70 in town. upper 60s and the moore humid air mass. -- more humid air mass. 72 in college park. it's 70 in baden. out to the west starting to see some low 60s in leesburg at 63. mid-60s for gaithersburg and laytonsville. that's a sign of the cooler, drier air just starting on to come in. as we look outside on our camera, 5:46, starting to see a bit of light in the sky in the upper right corner with sunrise about 45 minutes from now. we've got 70 degrees at reagan national with clear skies. the dew point at 51. the wind out of the northwest at 10. another sign that that cold front is pushing through. northwesterly winds. that's going to cool us down. still watching a lot of moisture to the south down across louisiana, mississippi, alabama, streaming northeast.

showers into tennessee. for us we're likely to see the high clouds blowing off these showers. that's why i don't think it will be nearly as pretty a sky at yesterday nor as warm either with the highs in the mid-70s. here's a look at our future cast. the high clouds around but dry. don't expect any rain from this. tonight we're going to be mostly cloudy to overcast at times. tomorrow here comes some of the showers, especially from d.c. and points south. much better chance of rain fredricksburg, southern maryland, culpeper, spotsylvania. so the forecast today from the mid-70s. partly sunny to mostly cloudy. tonight we're dropping to around 50, 52. tomorrow only around 60 with the showers south of town. thursday 70. friday 75. still nice to finish the workweek. there's the increasing rain chances. and sunday if we're wet all day, 65 maybe monika now with time saver traffic. i don't have good news for

virginia drivers. first of all the beltway looks great if you're planning to head inbound on i-66, an accident just before you get to centreville. only the right lane is getting by. you know how quickly that's going to back up as you head inbound on 66 towards centreville be aware of that accident. another one on the northbound side of i-95. this happened i would say about an hour ago on the northbound side before lorton blocking the two left lanes. the cleanup continues and look at that. it is jammed trying to get northbound right now on 95 from at least dale city going about 12 miles an hour northbound. stay to the right to get around that accident activity. let's take a live look in springfield or actually in lorton, northbound 95. this is what it's going to look like for you trying to get past the accident. we'll go a little further north in springfield now where all lanes are copy. no problems to -- are open. no problems to report through this area heading to 395 which is where we'll go live right now on the northbound side. this looks great at washington boulevard. no complaints to the 14th

street bridge. i'll keep you posted on what's going on on 95 and 66 once again at 6:00. a parents' natural instijts is to protect -- instinct is to protect our child but many of us are unaware of the proper fit of the car seat. >> kids who play outdoors have healthier lungs? >> totally. >> reporter: we all may be a little overconfident about what's right for our kids, but this ad campaign aims to make sure parents also know the right seat to secure their children in a car. >> did you know most people think they're using the right car seat for their kid but they're not? >> reporter: do parents really know it all? motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children ages 1 through 12, but research shows that could be

reduced by about half if the correct child safety seat were always used. it was the happiest day of my life when i left gw hospital with my first newborn child but as fate would have it, just a few minutes later we got into a terrible car crash. our car was totaled. the police officer told me it was the car seat that saved my daughter's life. >> these personal testimonies of someone like yourself whose child was saved, whose life was saved because the car seat was properly installed and was the right car seat for your car. >> reporter: safercar.gov recommends all children under age one ride in a rear facing car seat and even keep them rear facing from ages 1 to 3 or until they outgrow the seat. ages 4 through 7 years should be in a forward facing car seat. keep your child in a booster seat until he or she is big enough to fit in a seat belt properly. >> getting the right car seat is really the most important

first step and then installing it properly is obviously as important as getting the right car seat for your automobile. >> scary statistic is that three out of four seats are not installed properly. there are about 40 safety seat inspection stations in our area, including police stations, baby stores, some car zealerships. certified technicians will inexpect the seat and show you how to install it for free in most cases. you can log on to wusa9.com for a full list. it's still hard to believe that that happened to me but we were very fortunate that the nurse checked our car seat right as we were leaving the hospital. today our daughter is a healthy happy sophomore in college. >> now they won't let you leave the hospital without the car seat. you don't even have a chance. >> it's always good to double check. >> i thought it was hooked in because it was in the slot but the click maybe not had happened. luckily we didn't have anything as serious as what you experienced but just knowing

make sure. >> the police and firefighters are so friendly. >> it only takes a couple of minutes. >> thanks, monika. making news now at 5:52, george zimmerman's lawyer has filed a request for the judge in the case to recuse herself. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the february shooting death of trayvon martin. the judge's husband was approached about representing zimmerman but declined and referred the case to zimmerman's current attorney. leon panetta is announcing new policies to deal with sexual assault to the military. a pentagon study finds a 1% increase in sexual assaults last year and congress is now considering moving, reporting, investigation and prosecution of military sexual assaults away from the chain of command. the house has voted to bestow the congressional gold medal on golfing great jack nicklaus. not only has he won 18 major championships, he's also raised more than $12 million for peed

at trach health care through -- pediatric health care through his foundation. another look at the question of the morning. this morning we're honoring the space shuttle discovery's arrival to the washington, d.c. area. instead of our multiple choice format, we want to know what's your most memorable moment of the nasa's shuttle program. >> carl wrote the first flight aft challenger. it was my first launch while working as a contractor at nasa. >> we always have the question posted on wusa9's facebook fan page. we'll love to hear your thoughts on the shuttle program. we'll post more of your responses and read them throughout the morning. >> coming up, today's hero central recognizes an organization that helps homeless people rebuild their lives. >> and the shuttle discovery as we just mentioned will be a piggyback passenger as it heads for dulles in about an hour. >> coming up at 6:07, i'll tell you what's behind apple's sell- off. you're watching 9news now.

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>> howard has a lot to talk about in his forecast. he has weather first. >> not as hot as yesterday, 89. it was not a record but did tie the record at baltimore. got for 90 -- to 90 yesterday. today we'll be in the 70s. a lot more comfortable and maybe a shower tomorrow if you live south of d.c. might get one here in town but today comfort al. we're in the 60s in most areas. still 70 at national with a noon temp back to near 70. we're going to drop a few degrees as the cooler, drier air is just moving in as we speak. the front came through a couple of hours ago. the sun coming up at 6:28 setting at 7:48. highs mid to possibly upper 70s. the front came through with nothing. no clouds, no showers really. we've seen a few clouds off to the south and west. high clouds may muddy up the skies time. 61 in hagerstown. it's 59 cumberland. 45 oakland. there's your cooler air moving in but we're still 72 on the bay in