spoke to bill in the upper 50s. in reedville jan upper 60s right along the coast. it's going to be a warm afternoon. relative to average which is 67. we'll be about 75. let's go to monika at 5:59. we're going to go for a live picture from sky 9 on the inbound side of i-66. this is accident cleanup right before route 2k-8 in center -- 28 in centreville. only one lane is getting by to the right and crews are on the scene working as quickly as possible to clean it up. in the meantime let's take a look at a map so i can show you where it is and when you can expect again on the inbound side of i-66 coming into centreville. you saw that only one right lane was getting by. you're going at the scene hardly moving at all but about 39 miles an hour coming out of manassas till you get to the accident scene. on the northbound side of i-95 accident cleanup in lorton should be completed but look at all the red coming up from dale city. about 17 miles an hour as you head northbound on i-95. let's take a live look now in lorton northbound 95.

once you're past lorton road you'll be okay to springfield. in my next report another look at area roads at 6:11. in less than an hour, the space shuttle discovery begins its final flight. it will head from kennedy space center to smith sonia's udvar- hazy center at dulles airport. >> before it lands it will make a dramatic flight over the nation's capital. delia goncalves is live at the udvar-hazy center with a preview of today's final flight. good morning. >> reporter: for many of us, we're very excited. but for many of us, this is going to be the first time we're ever going to get to see a space shuttle up close and personal in some respects but not valerie. you have not only seen discovery up close and personal, you've actually had the privilege of touring inside discovery. tell me. the smile says it all. how you feeling today? >> we are so excited here. this is something we've been looking forward to for years. >> reporter: i read in the paper earlier you have mixed emotions about this because

discovery's career has parallelled your own. >> that's true. i started working with shuttle missions in about 1980. and so it's been a long, great career for me. i hope mine's not over. i intend working with discovery here on its new mission as an ed kayor. >> reporter: it feels like graduation day. you have -- you're decked out in your gear. tell me what folks should expect to see in the various spots throughout the city, throughout washington and virginia where they'll be viewing the shuttle? what can they see? >> as the shuttle on the carrier aircraft, they'll drop down in altitude. fly low and flow over the d.c. metropolitan area and people will be able to see something they've never seen before most likely. and that's what looks like one airplane perched on top of another one piggyback style. the carrier aircraft is a 747 jumbo jet. and the shuttle rides piggyback on top of it.

>> pretty exciting. we have just a few more seconds left. i want to ask you quickly about when the shuttle is finally here in the museum. it will be closed to preserve the shuttle itself. >> that's correct. people will be able to walk entirely around it and see it from the outside. then we'll have a virtual reality experience for them where they can put themselves in the commander's seat. they can float through the hatch out into the pay load bay but it will be a screen. >> reporter: valerie did tell me she kind of leaked a little secret. she said it will be open for a couple of days soy think valerie might sneak in and get a tour, too. >> if nasa will let me. >> reporter: thank you so much, valerie. a pleasure speaking to you this morning. she's thrilled. we're excited. we're hoping for two passes in this area, maybe one at 10:00 when the shuttle first comes in and then when it is about to land closer to 11:00. we'll see you then. take care. back to you. >> delia goncalves live at the

udvar-hazy center in chantilly, virginia this morning. discovery will take the place of the enterprise at the smithsonian. that was a test shuttle but it never went into space. the enterprise will now go to the intrepid museum in new york. shuttle atlantis will go on display at the kennedy space center in florida while endeavour will eventually go on display at the california science center near los angeles. left out of the mix, the johnson space center in houston but it still has an extensive museum for visitors. we'll bring you live coverage of today's flyover of the discovery. we'll -- we expect our special report to begin this morning at 10:00. so share your pictures of the flyover with us. just upload them to our facebook page or post them on twitter with the hash tag shuttle. see photos of the big journey and learn more about the shuttle program by visiting wusa9.com. we have a nice website set up already to go for you. the other -- excuse me, other news now. the owner of a d.c. liquor

store accused of selling booze to teenagers is due back in court today. we first told you about richard kim during our 9 wants you to know series about underage drinking. andrea mccarren profiled him in january. he owns the town square market store, a place we have learned has been popular with underage drinkers over the years. kim has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges. dethat last month. he told us he is hoping to sell his store soon and return to his native south korea. life gets back to what's become the new normal at virginia tech today following 24 hours of ceremonies and vigils to honor those killed in the 2007 shootings. a candlelight ceremony at sundown honored the 32 people killed on campus five years ago. this is the first year classes were held on the anniversary of the shooting. that's because nearly all of the students now at tech were not there five years ago. but still they made sure to

show their support. >> really appreciate everyone's hard work they put into this and all the families for saying so strong. the least i can do is come out here and show my gratitude and appreciation. >> thedy of remembrance officially ended at 11:59 last night when the ceremonial candle was extinguished. >> senate republicans blocked the tax increase on million fairs, the so-called buffett rule. it would have imposed a 30% tax of people making more than $2 million a year. the bill fell nine votes short of that needed. president obama says he's going to continue to press congress to help middle class families. jessica doyle is watching your money and what goes up must come down. >> in recent weeks we were musing about the $1,000 for apple stock. it's going in the other direction. >> it's been a bad few days if you're an investor and over the last five days the stock has taken quite a haircut. over that time apple shares

have dropped from $636 a share to $580. the sell-off has cut its market cap by $50 billion. get this. that's more than hewlett- packard's entire market cap of about $48 billion. many traders and analysts are scratching their heads on this one. "the wall street journal" reports some are sighting rumors the company is preparing to launch a cheaper ipad. that could be bad news potentially. others say the stock has come too far too fast. shares have soared 43% this year alone. of course that propelled apple to become the world's most valuable company. we'll see what it does today. >> millions turn to the food network for tips to become a better home cook. now the company wants fans to dine out. it's launching a new service called city eats to help people make reservations online. it will be a direct competitor to open table which has been in business since 1998. they've been testing the service on a some scale right here in washington as well as

philadelphia. this could be bad news for the electric car business. a new study suggests that charging up an electric car could create more emissions than fueling up. they looked at different regions to see where the power comes from. in michigan 70% of electricity comes from coal. so a plug-in there affects the environment the same as a car that gets 38 miles per gallon. here in our area electric cars are a better option matching a car that gets 50 miles per gallon. the study also looked at gas prices and found at current prices, electric car owners are actually saving as much as $1200 a year over fueling up at the pump. so the economics are starting to make a little bit of sense. >> then you add in what you're going to pay for the car. >> that looks at that. still coming out $1200 ahead. >> we've been talking about $40,000 for some of these new cars. good to know. >> thanks, jess. if you're not going to drive or if you do drive, local

leaders cut the ribbon on the new parking garage at the glenmont station monday. it adds 1200 new parking spaces to the redline station bringing the total to 3,000. the garage is on the southbound side of georgia avenue and it is certified as an eco friendly building. 6:09. the bosses at gsa are really feeling the heat for the over- the-top conferences in las vegas all paid by your tax dollars. coming up the new things we've learned. >> howard promises a nice day, not as warm as yesterday thankfully. your weather first right here on 9news now next.

it's not going to be nearly as warm today. still, though, not a bad day. some sunshine, some high clouds will muddy up the skies at times. high temperatures getting into the mid-70s. if you're planning to head on the inbound side of i-66, an accident earlier here in centreville at route 28 was cleared out of the road but you've got solid backups coming out of manassas. that's northbound 95 as well in woodbridge and in lorton. more on that coming up in my next report at 6:18. back to you. while you slept, the powerful earthquake hit chile.

>> check out this chilean news anchor. he's reading a story as the 6.7 magnitude quake hits and he stays calm as everything began to shake and the show went on. >> the national weather service says lessons learned during last year's deadly tornadoes helped him in this weekend's outbreak. six people died in a series of storms but many others got -- [ inaudible ] severe weather struck in oklahoma through illinois. australia's prime minister announced today her country's troops will be leaving afghanistan sooner than expected. she said the withdrawal will begin in the middle of next year. there are 1500 australian troops in afghanistan right now. today is round two on capitol hill for the general services administration. it's under scrutiny for wasting your tax dollars. >> hearings kicked off yesterday with a closer look at that lavish conference in las vegas. mariellen hopkins has the

story. >> reporter: this is what ignitessed the firestorm -- ignited the firestorm. and this. and this. videos from an extravagant gsa conference in las vegas. gsa official jeff neely organized the conference. >> i would like to introduce to you the host of our show from region nine, please welcome mr. jeff neely. >> i am thrilled to be doing this. >> reporter: neely was before a different audience monday. a congressional committee investigating the conference which cost taxpayers more than $800,000. neely was not as thrilled to answer questions. time after time after time saying this. >> mr. chairman, on the advice of counsel i respectfully decline to answer based upon my fifth amendment constitutional privilege. >> reporter: a south carolina congressman wants heads to roll. >> i want an indictment. that's a great way to get

people's attention is an indictment. not a memo, not corrective measure, an indictment. >> reporter: martha johnson resigned as gsa administrator earlier this month. >> i personally apologized to the american people as the head of the agency i'm responsible. i deeply regret this. i will mourn for the rest of my life the loss of my appointment. >> reporter: i'm mariellen hopkins for 9news now. >> the gsa's encouraging whistle blowers to come forward and reveal any waste spending they can find. the acting administrator vowed no retaliation against anyone who is going to report inproperly conduct. our time is 6:15. howard bernstein is here. he has our weather first and a cooldown of sorts and maybe some rain in the forecast. >> we'll be in the 70s today so that will be better. as far as rain, we really need some rain. going to show you the numbers for the year. it's been bone dry this month. we've had not even a tenth of an inch for all of april.

for the year for the even 6 inches. the deficits are now approaching the five-inch mark. we need some rain and need some rain soon as drought conditions on the eastern shore are starting to expand across the bay. today will be a dry day. not as pretty as yesterday and not as warm with highs getting into the mid-70s. 60s this morning under clear to partly cloudy skies. sunrise in about 12 minutes at 6:28. we're looking at a day planner calling for clouds mixing with sunshine. some mid and high level clouds are going to muddy up the skies. near 70 around noon. northwest winds 10 to 15 so the air is going to feel a lot drier than yesterday with highs in the mid-70s. if we get enough sunshine, we can get enough temperatures in the upper 70s. let's go outside right now. i want to show you a cool picture of the sky here. this is from sky 9. you're looking at the glow just before the sunrise here this morning. again in about 12 minutes. the nats are in town. they're hosting the astros. going out to the park this evening partly to mostly cloudy. low 70s first pitch. we'll dip into the mid-60s

during the game. just a bit of a breeze. low 60s in the shenandoah valley, even in the suburbs. 59 in eastton. here in washington as you look outside, just a couple high clouds in the distance. otherwise a nice morning. 70 degrees still. dew points are dropping. winds out of the north, northwest at 10. barometer is rising as high pressure returns to the region. we're watching some moisture down across the deep south. you can see it here through mississippi, alabama, tennessee and kentucky. we'll get some of the cloudiness off of that and some of that rain could get here tomorrow, especially south of town. today partly to mostly cloudy at times. tonight mostly cloudy. there are those showers tomorrow, especially south of d.c. we are at 1:00 and then in the afternoon, we still may see a shower or two here or there. we will certainly take whatever rain we can get. better chances for rain, though, as we head into the weekend. today mid-70s. might get to the upper 70s with enough sunshine. about 50 tonight give or take a couple of degrees still with

the northerly winds. tomorrow 60ish, showers possible especially south of d.c. thursday about 70. so that will be real nice. friday looks good, too. mid-70s. by saturday a chance of some showers and storms in the afternoon. saturday morning looks okay. then sunday could be a washout. if that happens that 65 may be on optimistic and still a shower possible on monday. let's go to monika at 6:18. she has our time saver traffic. virginia is being hit hard this morning with several different accidents. this first one on the inbound side of i-66 was cleared out of centreville i would say about 15 minutes ago but it's going about 18 miles an hour before manassas heading inbound toward centreville again with the lanes open. so that's at least some good news. northbound 95 there was an accident in lorton that was cleared. a second accident now in woodbridge. the backup i would say you're going about 16 miles an hour as you come up from at least dale city toward woodbridge and lorton across the occoquan river so be aware of that. a slow commute on the northbound side of 95. let's take a live look on 395

on the northbound side. this is great. no problems to report here at duke street heading up to seminary road and the 14th street bridge. back over to the maps, this time on the outbound side of route 50 between the beltway and route 704. it looks like there was a bus on fire along the right side of the road. westbound route 50 should not be affected by this. we'll take a last live look on the north side of town. outer loop delays as usual leaving new hampshire to georgia avenue with the lanes open. another look at area roads at 6:25. 6:19. coming up next in sports, a rough night for the capitals in their playoff series. the nats were all about two guys named steve. >> right now time for another check of our question of the morning. we're asking you about your favorite memories of the shuttle program. facebook friend robert writes, i grew up in florida so my best memory is the very first launch. none of us were ready for just how powerful and amazing it was. we watched it at nat is a and

-- nasa and it still gives me goose bumps. >> we want to hear from you. we'll have more on shuttle discovery's arrival here in washington.

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your weather first on this tuesday morning. comfortable out there. we have drier, cooler air moving in. we'll be above average. average is about 67, 68 and we're going back in the 70s. you'll see a decent amount of high cloudiness with a northwest wind 10 to 15. lunch time temps upper 60s to low 70s with a high today around 75. the first two games of the playoff series between the caps and the bruins, the team combined for three goals. last night they combined for seven. >> fire away. washington, however, did not end up on the right side of that score. game three of the playoff series at verizon center last night. d.c. trailing 3-2 in the third.

it was on the breakaway. two minutes left, four on four. the bruins with the shot. capitals lose 4-3. >> we certainly didn't capitalize on a few of our chances. we made some bad plays, some bad turnovers. it cost us. like i said before the game, everything matters in these games, especially against this team. >> game four of the series thursday night at verizon center. the two other playoff games, the rangers and the blues both won. two guys named steven came up big for the nationals monday night. one guy you know. the other you should get to know. the nats and astros opening up a four-game set. stephen strasburg got his fourth start of the day. he struck out five. he's the stephen you know. the guy you should get to know is the howard county, maryland

native who went four for five, drove in two runs helping the nationals win 6-3. they now improve to 8-3 on the season. get this. yeah. the wizards were also on the winning side last night. they were visiting the chicago bulls. d.c. went on a 13-0 run to begin -- in the beginning -- to begin the 4th quarter, regard and the bulls weren't able to hit a tying shot at the end of the game. so the wizards win another 87- 84. d.c. hosts milwaukee tomorrow. >> go wiz. 6:25. coming up next, the latest on the scandal involving nearly a dozen members of the secret service. more on the arrival of the shuttle discovery today coming up learn more about the shuttle's history. >> right now monika has a quick check of traffic. >> on the inbound side of i-66 the accident in centreville cleared with major delays. an accident in leesburg eastbound route 7. now an accident on the beltway north of town. i'll have more on that coming up in my next report. a live look from sky 9. a

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your weather first. just a few minutes past sunrise. a gorgeous morning across the nation's capital. of course there goes the shot. a good deal of sun this morning. one thing we'll watch for you this afternoon and even later this morning, the encroachment of some high clouds that could muddy up the skies and keep us

from getting all that warm today. here's your day planner for you this tuesday. we have temperatures which be going towards 70 by noon and in the low 70s for 5:00. highs today mid if not upper 70s. all depends on how much sunshine we get. you can see some of the clouds well off to our south and west through west virginia, kentucky, southwestern virginia but right now got a lot of sunshine to start the day. temperatures are dipping into the low 60s in many areas, the shenandoah valley. some 50s in the mountains like cumberland and romney. we'll watch the cooler, drier temperatures and air mass move toward us. highs later should make it back in the upper 70s south and southwest of town. full forecast in a few minutes. right now inside to monika with time saver traffic. most of the accidents i've been telling you about are now moved to the shoulder and cleared out of the main road but the damage is double. on the beltway an accident in silver spring. let's start with 66. like i said the damage is done. 8 miles an hour trying to leave

manassas into centreville where the accident is on the shoulder on the northbound side of 95 there were two separate accidents one in woodbridge and one in lorton. it's still heavy trying to get through that. also on the eastbound side of route 50 between the beltway and route 704, there was a bus fire. now an accident on the outer loop of the beltway just past new hampshire avenue. that's also on the shoulder. we'll take a live look outside on the outer loop. fine in springfield on to '95. -- on to 395. delays begin at the 95 interchange. it's going to go beyond new hampshire avenue, slowing down past the accident on the shoulder, into silver spring again with the lanes open. coming up in my next report, another look at the big picture at 6:43. 11 secret service members have had their security clearances revoked. they were allegedly involved in a scandal involving prostitution. >> our partners at cbs this morning are following the story. erica hill joins us with a

preview. the numbers keep growing in the scandal. >> they do and so do the questions. good morning. supervisors and members of an elite counter assault team we're learning were among the secret service personnel now under investigation. we'll get an inside look at this exclusive group from a former act who knows some of these folks. we'll talk to him about the so- called parties we've been hearing about and whether the president's security was ever at risk. we'll also hear about the military members allegedly involved and the pentagon's top man in uniform is speaking out about this. we'll have all of that now when we see you at 7:00. >> sounds good. thank you. this morning the space shuttle discovery makes its final flight in just a little bit. here's a look at how the shuttle was put on back of a 747, that jumbo jet is going to bring the orbiter from florida right here to our region. >> around 10:00 this morning it will make a flyover above our region. it will travel at about 1500 feet going over the landmarks of downtown washington giving viewers a good shot of it.

spots along the potomac river will give you the best view. >> then is heads to smithsonian's udvar-hazy center at dulles airport. that is where delia goncalves joins us live this morning. good morning, delia. how are things out there? >> good morning, mike. it is pretty exciting out here. lots of folks have come out and everyone is really thrilled. you couldn't have asked for a better day weather wise for this mission, this final mission for the discovery. when folks are watching the discovery kind of fly over, they'll notice that the shuttle is a little beaten up. it's burned and battered. simply experts say that's because it looks like a shuttle that's been to space and back. in fact 39 times. here to talk about the fact that shuttle has been -- discovery has been back and forth 39 times, margaret, tell me. you said discovery is kind of like it's been the workhorse of the space program. >> in many ways it has been one

of the most active of the space shuttle orbiter, 39 different missions, anything you could do with the space shulgt orbiter, discovery has done. it was the return flight vehicle after the loss of the challenger and then the columbia but it also lunched the hubble space telescope. it serviced the space telescope twice so it's launched satellites. it's had incredible diversity of missions and diversity of crews. >> reporter: speaking of diversity, it's a large vehicle. >> yes. >> reporter: so it included a lot of first timers, first women, first african-american. talk about its role in diversifying the program. >> what was really unique about the the space shuttle program was the ability to have seven to nine people aboard a mission at any time. so you could have a real diverse crew. that meant you could tap into the diversity of the people in the united states and around the world so more women, more minorities, more international visitors, the very first russian koz mawts to ever --

cosmonauts to ever fly to space flew on the discovery. it's repliesing enterprise which was the flight test vehicle. enterprise is beautiful, pristine, nice and shiny and white. we're looking forward to replacing it with one that has been to space and back. we're very excited. we couldn't have asked for better weather. >> reporter: thank so you much for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> reporter: it's really been an exciting day. you really can sense the energy and there have been lots of flyovers. kevin, could you pan over real quickly and take a look at the plane that is flying to dulles right now. that is roughly the height that we will probably see, the 747 jet flying over the area with the shuttle on top. so that's actually pretty close. you can probably lean out and

touch it if you really wanted to. back to you. >> sounds like fun, delia. delia goncalves live at udvar- hazy center in chantilly this morning in virginia. here's a little more information about the shuttle discovery. work on it, building it began in august 1979 and took its first flight august 30, 1984. its final landing march 9, 2011. during its lifetime the shuttle spent 365 days and 22 hours in space. it docked at the soviet space station mir once and the international space center three times. over 148 million miles on the odometer. that has been a workhorse as she said. join us for our live coverage of today's flyover of discovery. we expect our special report to start at 10:00 this morning. please share your pictures of the flight to us. upload them to our facebook page or post them on twitter hash tag shuttle and see the photos of discovery's big journey and learn more about the shuttle program by visiting

wusa9.com. after the excitement over that, those of you who need to, you've got to get down to work because your federal taxes are due by midnight tonight. same thing for your taxes in the district and maryland. activists in the district are using tax day to push for more autonomy for d.c.'s budget. they'll take their case to the halls of congress today. the d.c. voting rights coalition wants the city to have more control over its own budget. city leaders rejected a plan to do just that last year because it would still limit the city's ability to spend what it wanted to on abortion. but lawmakers will be on the hill and they promise to try and reach a compromise. the time right now is 6:37. i'm watching your money. a lot of you have a tax refund on the way or you've already gotten it. there's some smart things you can do with that windfall. we have some advice. annie, first up, i want to ask

you philosophically speaking, should we even aim to get a tax refund every year or should we try to owe the government a little bit of money? >> in a perfect world, it would be great to have zero, zero payable and zero due back from the government. many of us use it as a way to save and to have this nice lump sum amount that comes back to us anywhere from january to april of each year. but in a perfect world if you can find that balance and not owe anything, it would be great. >> that's definitely a challenge, maybe one we can work towards. let's say you have that refund coming. what are some smart things we should think about doing with that money? >> a couple of things come to mind. the first thing i would do is encourage people to use some or all of that to contribute to an ira. tiaa-cref did a study that showed of americans that have iras, only 38% are contributing the maximum amount allowable. and so if you've got some extra funds coming in, it's a great way to save for retirement. the other idea is if you're

interested in saving for your children's or grandchildren's education or you're thinking about going back to school yourself, you may want to contribute to a 529 plan. there's some great state tax benefits to that, tax deferred growth. if you withdraw the money for qualified education expenses, no taxes due at that time either. >> looking ahead to taxes next year, what should we be doing now to maximize the advantages out there? >> first of all today is the last day for you to contribute to an ira for 2011. if you haven't done that, do that today. think about contributing to an ira for 2012 as well t. reduces your taxable income. this year also -- the stock market has done pretty well over the last six, seven months or so. many people have an overweight in their stock exposure in their portfolio. we have lower capital gains tax rates right now so you may want to take advantage of doing some rebalancing as well as the

lower capital gains tax rates. >> time to take stock a little bit, look at the portfolio. thank you so much for coming in this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> we will be right back. keep it here on channel 9.

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it's 6:44. 70 degrees. a couple of incidents on the north side of town and several in virginia. let me start off with maryland. on the eastbound side of route 50 between the beltway right down here and route 704, there was a bus on fire along the right side of the road. crews have been on the scene for a while there. also an accident on the outer loop of the beltway past new hampshire avenue moved to the shoulder but slow leaving college park trying to get past new hampshire avenue. we'll take a live look there. the delays continue most of the way through silver spring. this is the outer loop heading westbound on i-495. let's go back to the maps this time over to virginia. lots of bad news unfortunately. first of all, about 18 miles an hour out of manassas into sill

centreville. the accident long gone from the road but sets a tone for a tough rush hour on 66. on the northbound side of 95 pretty much the same story. two separate accidents, one in woodbridge, one in lorton but all the slow traffic left over coming frup dale city -- coming up from dale city boast the way to springfield. no problems from duke street to the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next report, another look around the area at 6:58. back to you guys. now we have a commuter alert for you. potholes. say your prayers. today the district kicks off its annual pothole palooza campaign, a month long effort to patch up all of those holes across the city that have wrecked the front ends of your vehicles. since the beginning of 2009, ddot crews have filled more than 18,000 potholes. to let d.c. know about one you spot and want to fix call 311 or reach them by e-mail or

twitter. we're anxiously waiting for the takeoff from florida of the space shuttle discovery. >> it's been cleared for takeoff. we're just waiting for it to happen. >> we have the live pictures. the really good thing is it's going to be as delia said beautiful weather for this flight for all of us to see it as it makes its way over the washington, d.c. metro area. >> isn't that spectacular? 39 missions in outer space. she is going to rest here. >> in a few days they'll take off with enterprise and head to new york because it's going to the intrepid mao seeup. -- >> museum. >> you think of how large the intrepid is but seeing it in perspective just is amazing. >> it's awe inspiring. >> and that it could lift off and cruise over. >> and stay secure on top of a plane. >> they've done it a bunch of

times. nothing is routine when traveling with this on your back but they know what they're doing. weather wise we have a decent day today. we'll see high clouds at times. could muddy up the sky. we're definitely not going to be nearly as hot as yesterday when we got to 90 in baltimore tying the record at 89. here's a look at your bus stop forecast or the annual rainfall. let's start there. deficits are pushing five inches with only 5.7 right now at national. a little over 6 at martinsburg and 6 and three-quarters at baltimore. but we need rain. we've had barely a drop this month. only about a tenth of an inch so far for april. that's the first half of the month. that's way too little. bus stop forecast, clear to partly cloudy. temps mainly in the 60s this morning with sunrise which occurred at 6:28. the sun is out now but we've got drier, cooler air moving in. going to have a battle with the northwesterly winds bringing in the cooler air. the high clouds coming in maybe limiting some of the sunshine. yet the sun being out, we get to the mid-70s or upper 70s,

somewhere in that range is where we'll end up but a accident day with 73 at 4:00 and 69 at 8:00 p.m. this morning we're down to 55 in cumberland. low 60s in the shenandoah valley. we're still at 70 here and fredricksburg. even easton has cooled off comfortably to 59. locally you see the 60s out there to 70 in college park. 65 in springfield and 64 in columbia. bright, clear skies. good looking morning. 70 degrees. dew points down to the upper 40s now and a north, northwesterly wind at 10 miles an hour. we're going to watch the high clouds streaming off the showers in tennessee, mississippi and alabama. the moisture from that might get here with a little luck tomorrow in the late morning and afternoon. we get a chance for a few showers, especially from d.c. and points south. north of town tomorrow i think we're going to stay dry. 75 today. tonight we're down about 50 or so. showers in the afternoon, especially south of d.c. 60. only 60. jacket weather tomorrow but back to 70 on thursday. friday looks good at 75.

later saturday into sunday, showers and storms and maybe a washout on sunday. sunday's temps could hold possibly in the 50s. andrea? >> thank you, howard. it 16:49. the n.f.l. schedule for this fall will be reportedly -- will reportedly be released today. >> green bay, wisconsin is reporting the n.f.l. is going to go public with the 2012 lineup very soon. we already know the giants will be hosting the cowboys in the season open gler we already know which teams the skins will play. the list includes a home game against the ravens and a road game against the steelers. >> all you rowdy football fans, listen up. the n.f.l. is cracking down on you. if you get ejected from the stands of a game, you will not be allowed back in the stadium until you pass a code of conduct exam. "the new york post" reports the exam was created by a psychotherapist in california. it's an effort to slow violent behavior, not your passion for the game. they don't want to slow that. interesting. over to jess.

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today is tuesday, april 17. here's a check of the thus before you go. -- of the news before you go. these are live pictures from florida. in just a few minutes the space shuttle discovery will leave there. it will fly piggyback on a 747 and make a low flight over the district. it will land at its new home the smithsonian's udvar-hazy center by dulles airport. three prince george's county police officers were honored for their bravery during a house fire in forest hill. they helped rescue two children and an elderly man in a wheelchair back in february. the men were presented with certificates during a ceremony yesterday. boston scored with two minutes left last night

breaking a 3-3 tie, breaking caps' fans hearts as the caps fall to the bruins 4-3. they trail the series 2-1. game four is thursday night at verizon center. cbs this morning begins at the top of the hour. this morning problems for pippa. by the duchess of cambridge's sister is in trouble across the pond. first one more check on traffic and weather. stay with 9news now. i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind.

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everyone grows with miracle-gro. it's on its way. the space shuttle discovery heading toward northern virginia. there it is just taking off from florida this morning. >>it's on its way here. about 7:20? >> it will be by the rocket gardens of the kennedy space center visitors conference. it will make a pass across the

area. maybe north of melbourne. >> at 10:00 a.m. start looking up in the sky over other area. we've got good weather for that temperatures mid- to upper 70s. we may get some high clouds at times and tomorrow a chance of showers south but at 10:00 this morning, probably in the upper 60s and decent for that. monika? >> just want to show you quickly on the eastbound side of route 50, there was a metro bus on fire. i've been telling you about it this morning. luckily there were no injuries, no delays. it was on the eastbound side. just wanted to give you a heads up with this activity. wall street is looking higher. some economic data is on tap. cbs this morning is next with the secret service scandal. edgar alan poe talking about his new movie. make sure you join us at 10:00. we're going to have this live when it lands here. [ laughter