>> and -- >> howard bernstein is here with weather first. >> a little fog and cool the morning, certain hi jacket worthy but a beautiful afternoon once again. yesterday 72. today i think we'll be just a few degrees even warmer than that. here's a look at your day planner. expect sunshine once again all day long. temperatures by noon will be in the upper 60s. this afternoon, 74 for the drive home with highs in the mid- to upper 70s. just a gorgeous day ahead. south southeast winds 5 to 15 miles an hour. not muchachoing up on the satellite and ray -- much show up on the satellite and radar. some showers passing to michigan and ontario and maybe a high cloud. that's about it. visibility is less than a mile in frederick. half mile in warrington and harrisonburg. prince frederick area about a quarter of a mile although you see stars above some of the spots and temperatures range from 41 now in manassas and

culpeper to 54 here in town. monika samtani has timesaver traffic. overall generally speaking, things aren't looking too bad around town. early morning on friday. we've just got one accident right now up in columbia. it's route 32 east at i-95. 95 itself looks okay coming down from that point to the beltway in college park. live over into silver spring and the beltway at georgia avenue and as you can see, both loops are still pretty light heading for silver spring and over toward college park as well. let's go back to the maps this time to southern maryland. no issues to report on any of the major corridors heading north to the beltway including route 5 and route 210 out of accokeek and oxon hill. to alexandria on the wilson bridge and all lanes are open. coming up in my next report, we'll go to 95 in virginia at 5:09. thanks monika. see in a little bit. the future of a new center in silver spring is now in the hands of metro and montgomery

county officials. the center was supposed to own last year -- open last year until lots of errors were found. >> mow the mistakes could mean the whole thing will have to be torn down. delia goncalves is live in silver spring with more on the story. >> reporter: good morning, you knows this not good news if you live in the area. and use the metro. you know folks have been dealing with this construction for two years now and they moved up that grand reopening and just when that grand reopening in the summer seemed to be right around the corner, wouldn't you know, another problem. a construction, a concrete problem and that could threaten this whole project. county officials say the structure simply does not meet standards. the three level transit center has thick concrete in some areas, thin concrete in others. county inspectors say it's not a safety concern, don't worry about that. rather it's a concern of

durability. one solution tear it all down and start over from scratch. >> will this last as long as it's supposed to last? is it a 50 year structure or now a 30 year structure? >> that's pretty ridiculous, millions of dollars for just constructing the thing to tear it all down seems like a lot of taxpayer money going away. >> i think that's really a bad possibility but i guess if it can't be fixed it's better than taking a chance on somebody being hurt. >> reporter: officials re assured taxpayers here that repairs will be made by the contractor. who by the way, has his own solution. and he says it's a lot cheaper. we'll hear what his solutions are coming up at 5:30. back to you mike, andrea? >> it's a mess getting around there. now it's going to be even longer. thank you, delia. she will have an update for us.

interesting to hear that. police have arrested a man accused of sexually abusing a young boy at a church day care in northeast washington. officers took randolph king into custody in hyattsville. the alleged abuse happened last week at zion baptist church and parents tell us the church day care looks after dozens of children. the trial of five men charged in one of the district's deadliest shooting sprees will soon go to the jury: five people were killed in march 2010 around south capitol street. nine others were hurt. in closing arguments prosecutors say the missing piece of jewelry, a bracelet with fake diamonds sparked the shooting. the suspects are brothers orlando, carter and san juan carter along with jeffrey theft robert boast and lamar williams. if convicted they could spend the rest of their lives in prison. police in california tracked a girl missing for six years to northern virginia. the loudoun county sheriff's

office says back in 2006, the los angeles father reported his 6-year-old daughter missing. well, detectives believe the girl and her mother maria cano had left the country. acting on tip this week investigators found cano and her daughter who's now 12 years old living open west nettle tree -- on west nettle tree road in sterling. cano now under arrest. 5:05. time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> jessica doyle is here. >> who wants a present? we always want gift right and we're hoping microsoft gives wall street a gift today. after the bell the tech giant posted better than expected profits and revenue. that could give stocks boost today and boy, could they use it. wall street down again yesterday on fresh signs of a possible slowdown in both the housing and job markets, now checking the numbers --

bragging rights as the biggest ipo of the year now belongs to a company most people have never heard of. splunk. shares of the company soared 109% on the first day on the nasdaq. market value now above $3 billion. by the way it's not profitable yet. its products help companies collect and analyze internal data. customers have included bank of america, comcast and zanga. you will soon be able to get your beverages bug-free at starbucks, yes, this is nice. starbucks will begin phasing out the bugs used to make the food coloring for other drinks. it's been using a type of beetle for this purpose. instead it's going to be moving to tomato extracts for its needs. >> i thetas a good decision. >> tomato versus bugs. >> creeps people out but it doesn't harm anybody right? >> just crunching up beetles to

get that color, a little creepy. >> any more presents in the next half hour? >> i love my story coming up. i'm going to show you a pickup truck that gets 100 miles a gallon or more and the man behind it simply remarkable. >> oh. >> all right. fun. all right. sounds good. thanks jess. >> sure. a coaching legend calls it quits. that story is coming up. >> plus, the capitals even up their first round playoff series. they're still in it. we have highlights and player reaction coming up in sports. >> plus, another bird strike at jfk airport leads to a slightly less dramatic emergency landing, we'll be right back. thanks.

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just about 5:09. we've got another nice day ahead. sunshine after some patches of fog in spots this morning. it's not widespread but there are a few areas that have some reduced visibilities right now. a sunny day, noon looks great and lunch hour outside once again. upper 60s and low 70s there on the lunch hour. temperatures this afternoon mid- to upper 70s with a drive home temp of 74. unsettled one word to describe this weekend. i'll have full details in just a minute. right now monika hopefully is is a smooth ride in so far. well, generally speaking yes. except for up and frederick on the eastbound side of i-70 right after route 40. where there is clean-up of a vehicle fire only the left shoulder is getting by. i'll have more on that and other area roads at 5:16. back to you andrea. making news now approaching 5:102-6789 mother of yeardley

love plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against george huguely. he was convicted of second degree murder in the death of his estranged girlfriend. in court thursday an attorney for sharon love and media representatives asked the judge to allow them to review evidence presented in the murder trial. a ruling is expected next month. not a miracle on the hudton- type fineish but passengers aboard a flight to los angeles had to be little scared. emergency returned to jfk airport. the plane hit a flock of birds shortly after takeoff. passengers said they heard a growling noise and the plane shuddered and filled with smoke but no one was injured. pat summitt retired thursday after coaching the tennessee lady vols for 38 years. summitt who turns 60 next month is stufferring from early on set demannish. she won 1,098 games. >> and eight national championships, congratulations to her. in local sports, they can't win them all.

we have more on the nationals pulling off a four game sweep. could they do it? >> at 5:29. more fallout from the secret service scandal is expected later today. >> and howard terms us how much of the weekend we'll have sun and how much will be possibly a washout. and he's got the seven day forecast too. we will be right back.

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back to 9news now, 5:14. approaching that time. it's friday, so whatever howard says is going to be good. >> yeah. it's going to be a great day today. little fog this morning. you'll need ascribing et. we've got lower -- a jacket. we've got lower 40s in spots new afternoon 70. going to be delightful. your weekend hope you get some indoor plans especially later saturday and sunday. where it could get rather wet around here. and the eastern areas, that's where it looks like the revest i didn't thinks are going to -- heaviest rains are going to have fall on sunday. otherwise it's chilly today. 40s and 50s and in some cases the low 40s. so you'll media maybe medium weight jacket. sets at 7:50 tonight. our day planner, well we're going to see augural of sunshine. beautiful lunch hour and upper 60s and southeast winds about 7 miles per hour and they'll be close to 8, 10 miles an hour this afternoon. 3:00 73. high about 75 in town. some upper 70s southwest of

town. but 6:00 p.m. temperature still at 73 degrees. adds i said fog a problem in spots, warrenton half mile visibility but it's over to andrews now down toward leonardtown and watch out st. mary's and prince george's counties, you've got visibilities a quarter mile even down to the northern neck and airport reporting zero visibility right now. temps are in the low 40s in culpeper and manassas and gaithersburg and vwi in the mid 40s. also in the mid 40s east of us, easton. 55 that's the warm spot at the pax river naval air station and as we look outside on the michael & son camera. still looking good this morning with clear skies in washington. partly cloudy now at reagan national and calm winds. dew point 51 and our humidity at 90%. and that barometer you see it 29.98. that's going to fall in a big way especially as we head into the weekend. cold front coming toward us, this morning it's heading to chicago and st. louis. little line of showers there. out ahead of it though with the southerly and southwesterly flow, that's going to provide

the warmth for us today. and tomorrow as well. but things are going to change by sunday. we're looking at clear skies most of the day today. here we are at 6:00. lots of sunshine. tonight we become partly to mostly cloudy. it will be much milder, 50s to around 60. now tomorrow with lunchtime. here we are at noon. you notice north and west and showers and we're okay in the metro and south and east. a few showers possible on the eastern shore. then this line of showers and possible storms here forms in the afternoon. here we are 3:15, heavy still north and west of d.c.. coming through in the evening hours. this is going to work its way south and east by 11:00. so we'll get a break tomorrow night. but another area of low pressure is going to form here as we head into saturday night and sunday. it's going to come up the coast up 95. here we are sunday midday. look at the yellows here and heavier rains north carolina which expand towards us into saturday afternoon and evening. -- sunday afternoon and evening. sunday won't be as wet but one inch, two inches or more of

rain not out of the question here and we'll certainly take it. 57 today. tomorrow 78. better chance of showers and storms in the afternoon and evening. sunday some rain around and could be heavy at times specially east. 58. cool unsettled pattern for another couple of days through the middle of next week. let's go to monika samtani with your timesaver traffic. well, we started off a little rough. we had a couple of accidents around town but for the most part i'm happy to say that things are looking really good including on 95 northbound from dale city to wood bridge across the occoquan river into springfield. that's normal for even on a friday morning. but it really never looks anything less than this on the northbound side of i-95. we'll go a little further north on to 395 here at duke street. traffic still running well between duke street and the 14th street bridge and into the downtown area. all lanes are open. let's go back to the maps this time all the way out west. coming in from leesburg on route 7 or the toll road or

manassas on 66 all lanes are open and things are looking great. no problems here in the tysons area and the beltway, route 7 and 123 are both fine. a live look at the american legion bridge on the west side. both loops of the beltway are running smoothly. coming up in my next report, a look at 270 at 5:24. thank you monika. within the last hour we spotted a few seeds left for -- seats left for sunday's game six. >> in sports, a look at the game four victory that guaranteed the caps will play at least one more at verizon center. now we want to take another look at the question of the morning. we want you to guess the lyrics to this song -- ♪ come rise up, come give love, what are you waiting for ♪ >> the song is "brand new day" by trevor hall and it's the theme to "cbs this morning." what do you think he's saying there? we could not guess when we first heard the song.

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5:21 on this friday morning. we've got only patchy fog out this especially south and east of town this morning. temperatures running in the low 40s in the cold spots to low to mid-50s here in town and by the bay. by noon we're in the upper 60s to around 70 east of the bay. look at the sunshine there in the afternoon. highs today mid and upper 70s west of town. the nationals welcome the marlins to town tonight. after almost sweeping the astros. >> plus, the capitals' first rounds playoff series will go at least six games, dave owens has the morning sports. >> well good morning everybody. well, last night's game here at the verizon center was not an elimination game but it felt like one. let's take a look at last night ice highlights. i tell you it got to the arena late. some early fireworks, sweet

music a nice one timer. cams up 1-0. both teams had point-blank chances. wideman missed high on the open net. later in the period alexander semin doesn't miss. power play look at the second of the postseason. 2-1 caps, this game decided between the metal pipes, braden holtby under duress call him mr. bulletproof. 44 saves, the caps needed it and they got it and they win it 2-1. >> the way we played you know i think we deserve to win. i think we played really, really strong and we worked for each other and that's when you come out with win. >> we tied the series and now we got nicky coming back. i see the series continuing as it is very tight and we're going to have to play a very solid road game. nats going for the sweep last night against the astros. there's edwin jackson. the success didn't carry over. the astros unleashing back-to- back trickles on him in the 1st inning. they score five and we were wondering whether the nats

could produce more punch. how about a z-pack smack? ryan zimmerman with a three run shot. his first on the season. the houston bats say enough is enough. they went crazy last night. 11 runs and 17 hits and they win 11-4. that's going to do it for your morning sports, happy friday everybody. at least one congressman expects more dismissals soon today as that secret service scandal continues to expand. we have more on that story coming up. >> plus, we'll meet the man who's behind the development of an electric pickup truck. we could use that on the roadways. here's monika. >> we sure could. on the southbound side of i-275 in the local lanes here after route 28, fire activity watch out for it. the main leans are open and -- lanes are open and maybe just stick to them this morning. coming up in my next report, more on this and area roads at 5:29. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back. he hands can be automatic. for healthy tips and more, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth.

good morning and welcome back to 9news now, it's friday, i'm andrea roane and very happy

about that. >> yeah, how about a great day? it's coming your way, we promise. i'm mike hydeck, here's monika samtani with traffic momentarily ask the man with the details, howard bernstein. >> we're in for another beautiful afternoon. yesterday, yesterday was great in the afternoon. we got to 72. the winds weren't too bad and today another nice afternoon. we're beginning into the 7 #s but this morning, it's chilly. we're into the 50s in town. but we've got 40s north and west with 68-degree readings expected around noon. that's just going to be great. at 74 for the drive home with highs in the mid if not upper 70s. fog an issue. andrews air force base reporting one quarter mile visibility along with leonardton and tappahannock. patches of dense fog of areas not too bad and the fog seems to be thickest where it's the coldest like manassas and culpeper 41. winchester down to 41 so

definite jacket weather this morning. warm spot on the bay annapolis at 54. but it's going to be a great afternoon as i said. look at these highs low 70s on the bay. mid 70s in the metro area. unsettled this week. more on that coming up in a few. right now over the monika with timesaver traffic. just laughing because our floor director's doing the friday dance and i think you should too. that's -- now howard is doing it too. you don't want to know. around the beltway things are looking great. there are no problems to report as you head around the north side of town. but in frederick, there has been a car fire on the i-70 right near route 40. and that clean-up continues and you need to stay to the left to get around it and you can sew very heavy traffic trying to get through that area but once you're on 270 it's all green down to the point where the lanes divide except in the local lanes, we'll go there live right now. some more fire activity and watch out for that. it's not really affecting traffic as you can see heading

past 28 to falls road. back to the maps and this time to route 50. which is look great out of annapolis. we'll take a live look close by at route 4. pennsylvania avenue and andrews air force base traffic is moving well. coming up in my next report, we'll look into virginia at 5:39. thank you monika. more fallout from the secret service scandal is expected as soon as today. >> lawmakers briefed on the investigation believe more resignations and/or firings are coming and coming quickly. three ats have been forced out thus far. eight others remain on leave and they're accused as you may know of bringing prostitutes back to their hotel in colombia. that's where they were preparing for president obama to arrive last weekend. it appears some of those agents may soon be out of the agency. >> director sullivan has said that as soon as he believes he has sufficient evidence to require someone to leave, he will act. >> now the secret service says while these alleged actions violate policy they didn't compromise the president's

security. ten members of the military are also accused of being involved in the same incident and also under investigation. it's been under construction for two years. but now a huge transit center may have to come down even before it opens. inspectors have found problems with the concrete at the center in silver spring. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live at the site with more on what's wrong and one of the possible solutions. good morning delia. >> reporter: good morning. and no one can really figure out where they want to go from here. that's the big problem. there really is no concrete solution but the problem, we know for sure, has to deal with convert specifically on the second and third tiers that's meant to hold buses and car of course. in some areas we're told the concrete is way too thin. you can even see cracks and exposed beams already. it's not a safety issue but now they wonder how durable the $100 million structure will be.

the county says, well, maybe tear the whole thing down and start over and rebuild at the contractor's expension but the contractor says hey, no need to go to that extreme. all those cracks and thin concrete areas, all they need, well, they need just some sealant. >> where the thickness problems, when some cracking of the concrete occurred over some areas where reinforcing bars were under the surface. which would indicate that there was not -- there was insufficient concrete cover over those rebars. >> i think that there's sufficient evidence now that you can provide mediation without having to tear it completely down. >> reporter: now the contractor thinks with his simple repairs they can be done by august. but the county is pretty doubtful. they think this project, the fixes to the project, will take another six months to one year and get this andrea -- if they can't figure this out soon, the issue is locally to head the court and that essentially

means more time wasted. back to you. >> wow. all right. delia goncalves thank you for the update. officials say they'll replace all their automated external defibrillators that are out of date by end of this month. one of those aeds failed to work monday at the pentagon station when a passenger was in distress because its battery wasn't charged. theroider, 51-year-old -- that rider 51-year-old eugene mccrea later died at virginia metro center. a howard county man is now accused of killing his wife more than 20 years ago. police say robert jarrett's second wife recently gave investigators permission to search his property after he moved out of it. human remains were found in concrete under the floor boards of a tool shed in the backyard. and police say they belong to his first wife christine jarrett. robert jarrett reported her missing in january 1991. but he never let police on the property. today at the white house president obama will greet the

wounded warrior project soldier ride. wounded warriors from around the country have been coming to washington. they took part in a soldier ride yesterday in annapolis. the riders were all fitted with specially designed state-of-the- art hand cycles and bicycles to accommodate their bicycles. this happened in bethesda. at the 5:34 time for another your money report. >> jessica is here with a pickup truck that gets absurd mileage. >> in time for earth day on sunday. one of america's favorite gas guzzlers has undergone a very groan makeover. the latest in electric vehicle technology championed by an icon of the auto industry. with a pickup like this one, say good-bye to paying about $100 to fuel up. the electric plug-in v truck costs just pennies to drive around town. >> these will average around 100 miles per gallon. >> bob is on the board of via

motors the auto start-up behind the v truck. the former vice chairman of gm and the father of the chevy volt. he clearly likes a challenge. earlier this month this 80-year- old beat stephen colbert in a push-up contest. from push-ups to hybrid pickups, the secret is not to run out of gas. >> this technology ensures the survival of the large vehicles that many americans need for pleasure or work. >> reporter: via says the typical v 8 engine will use about $25,000 in gasoline to go 100,000 miles, compare that to just $3,000 in electricity for the v truck. it will hit the road as part of commercial fleets this year possibly rolling into driveways next year. the sticker price will be about 65 now dollars. that's about -- $65,000.

but with gas prices near record highs and probably not going much lower anytime soon. higher sticker prices for electric vehicles are making more many more sense. via motors argues consumers will save tens of thousands of dollars over eight years factoring in state and federal incentives and credits and of course savings at the pump. back to push-ups. how do i get to 40 man push- ups? >> with great difficulty and -- stop taking estrogen and progesterone and start taking testosterone. you won't like the results. >> i don't think i'm going to do that bob. >> you won't like the results but you'll do the push-ups. >> some good advice about going the distance. sales of the award-winning volt hit a record last month after a slow start last year and what's interesting about this technology. they've electrified the chassis of the large size vehicle. what they can do is just simply

pop off the top of the pickup put in an suv, put in a van and it's the same cost. >> interesting. >> that's pretty good. >> you know one interesting thing about the electric car is yes they have power and they save on gas but you're trying to haul stuff and you want to put a lot of stuff in a pickup truck. several thousand pounds what you can do i wonder if it will still have the strength to pull it. >> it absolutely will because these electric vehicles have so much torque at low speeds. they're wonderful for pulling that kind of stuff and it's extendible. if you think about armored vehicles for example, they're getting about 4-miles a gallon. this is going to revolutionize that type of situation. >> really cool. that's cool jess. >> you can do the bent knee girly push-ups. >> that's right. >> he really is impressive. >> he's amazing. >> very cool. thanks jess. >> a local firefighter finally gets the big homecoming today. that story is coming up. >> plus, students create a world map out of mostly flour and icing. get a taste of that in a little bit.

another very good friday morning, cool out here this morning. here in town don't need a jacket but we've got some spots in the low 40s and probably want the put a wrap on and watch out for patchy dense fog. but a good day ahead. quick look at the day planner, we've got sunshine expected all day. bill lunchtime into the upper 60s and even some low 70s with highs this afternoon mid if not upper 70s. a gorgeous day ahead. i'll have the full forecast coming up in the next five minutes. right now here's monika with timesaver traffic. howard on the southbound side of i-2730 after route 28, there had been some fire activity in the local lanes. it looks like nothing was found and you're good to go through the area down to the point where the lanes divide. i'll have more on maryland roads coming up in my next report. jess back to you. thank you monika. we've been combing through the day's daily deals emails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. here are some of my favorites

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good morning, welcome back to 9news now. 5:47. we are looking toker wad to the weekend even -- forward to the weekend even though it has some rain and probably because it has some rain. >> it's been really, really dry here. we had the sixth driest march on record and the numbers i'm going to start with that. rainfall numbers 5, 6, almost 7isms for the year but when you -- inches for the year but when you look at the white numbers those are deficits, 5 inches in the metro. and even in the shenandoah valley martinsburg has almost a 4-inch deficit for 2012. our bus stop forecast today you'll need a jacket or sweatshirt. some areas in the low 40s and some patchy dense fog. otherwise it's not bad. mostly sunny and a few minutes here as the sun comes up at 6:24. but the 40s and 50s and sets at

about 7:50 the evening and a lot of sunshine today. like yesterday a beautiful lunch hour and then a gorgeous afternoon. south southeast winds 5 to # miles an hour. 74 at 4:00. i think we'll be about 75 for the high in washington but some areas south and west of town in the upper 70s and clouds start to come in tonight 8:00 p.m. partly cloudy and 69 degrees. visibility down to one quarter mile in frederick, three quartzers in particular pinsburg and -- quarters in martinsburg and andrews and leonardtown visibility a quarter mile. zero at tappahannock. pax river five miles by the way and here in town our visibility is pretty good. ten miles, temperatures are down in the 40s 234 most areas and although still 54 at reagan national. but columbia, croftton down to 45. it's down to 43 manassas and leesburg and lovettsville only 41 and 43 also in bladensville. reston 44. definitely jackets this morning. pretty good visibility here in town on the michael & son weather camera with clear skies

and partly cloudy skies. we've got just a few high clouds coming in here. there's a line of showers and storms from chicago to st. louis. that's a pretty big cold front that's going to come our way and pretty important one because it's going to give us rain today. we'll keep the temperatures on the warm side. and as this front gets closer to us tomorrow, midday some showers north and west. showers and storms move in in the afternoon and evening hours and then low pressure comes up the front on sunday. that will give us more rain and that could be a real soaking rain. especially east of town. that storm comes war us we could be talking about 1, # inch rain totals and maybe more. 72 today. upper 70s tomorrow with the afternoon and evening showers and storms. more rain sunday. not likely to see thunder but 58 and then as we head toward monday, 52 with some showers. still unsettled and cool so at least the middle of next week. it is 5:49. monika samtani how's it looking on the roads?

i was just on the phone with maryland state police up in frederick to get an update on the tractor-trailer fire on i-70 near route 40. just still out there trying to clean-up the mess that was caused by that fire. the tractor-trailer and only the left lane is getting through and that's why you've got all that red trying to get through frederick and over to 270. if that's what you do in your early morning commute. so if u.s. and keep that in mike d'antoni for your -- just keep that in mind for your travel plans definitely unexcepted. route 109 on 270 and this is great down to the point where the lanes divide. really no issues to report at least on 270. this time down south oned 95 southbound. no problems to report just heavy traffic forming now out of lorton. in fact a live look in springfield. those brake lights begin in lorton through springfield all lanes are open and a quick look 95 at duck street also looking great. as you head for the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next report, we'll go to the beltway north of town at 6:00.

back to you guys. thanks monika. the man accused in the shooting death of the unarnolded florida teenager could be walking out of jail today. this morning george zimmerman's lawyer is going to and a judge to set bond. the neighborhood watch volunteer is charged with second degree murder in trayvon martin's death. zimmerman says the shooting was self-defense. the air and space museum center is opening early this morning at 8:30 for visitors wanting to see the space shuttle discovery. it sat nose to nose yesterday with enterprise. the visitors must make advance reservations through the museum's website. seafood lovers rejoice. a huge bounceback from the chesapeake bay four years after the crabbing industry was on the verge of collapse. the bay's blue crab population hit a 19 year high. the governor o mall low says the successful changes mean the health of the bay is not a hopeless cause. we have some important news

for you but you might want to put down your cereal for this next story. we're starting a series of 9 want to know restaurant reports. >> and investigative reporter is up with us early this morning to get a look at why one of the local eateries was shut down this morning. >> reporter: good morning to you mike and andrea. you have plans for din they are weekend? >> of course. >> reporter: upleapt to see this first. every day we are going to be looking to see what restaurant establishments haven't done well just for the last week alone. we found food shutdowns in fairfax, prince george's county and montgomery counties. and you're going to want to see this. we found in the district of columbia. >> just look. wait for it. it's behind 14th street's mid city deli. inspectors shut it down next week. >> don't do that. no. >> no one would talk about the inspection report showing dirty food surfaces, potentially hazardous food at improper temperatures, and vermin defined as the presence of insects, row dents and other

pests. the residents here blame it on what we can see right there. besides that live rat we saw a tail and other less active fur. neighbors say it's been a problem for years. but one defended the place. >> a bit shoddy but i hear the food is actually pretty good. >> mid city deli is now open to the public after passing the reinspection. we found a total of nine recent closures most for serving food without any hot cleaning water according to health officials. those restaurants include king chevron store on martin luther king jr. southeast and a market at check cash plus on minnesota avenue northeast. in the district. bread corner in rockville. cafe on south george mason in falls church and they've always passed reinspections and reopened. but in prince george's county inspectors shut down three barbecue trucks for serving without a license. the district reports shutting

down a pizza place on northeast and also for no license. a marinos official said they mistakenly brought that license home but have decided not to reopen the location. we're not just looking for vermin and violations that 9 abouts you to know. we're look -- wants you to know. we're looking for rats in public office too and government waste. if you have a tip, 9 wants to know. reach us at tips@wusa9.com and you can also follow me on twitter. but before you go out for the weekend, tune in here and we'll tell you what restaurants are having a few problems. >> all right. thank you russ. good to see you. all right, good morning. a huge metro transit center that's not even open yet may have to be torn down. that story is coming up. >> plus, we'll take a sneak peek at the new movies opening this weekend. jess? >> home renovations are going small. i'll tell you about the trends so you know how to keep up with the joneses. that's coming up at 6:07. you are watching 9news now.

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of the new movies coming out this weekend. >> we told you about this one this month at the d.c. red carpet premiere. it's "think like a man" based on a book written by comedian steve harley. in the movie women read the book and then turn the tables on the men in their lives but the men figure out the book is to blame and they plot revenge. zac efron starts in "the lucky one." he plays an iraqi war veteran who credits the photo of a woman he doesn't even know for keeping him alive. the vet can returns to the states and tracks down the stranger in the picture, this is the fourth film based on a best selling novel by nicholas sparks and also wrote "the notebook." >> disney has a new movie called "chimpanzee." it's a documentary following the real life saga of a chimp named oscar. we becomes on a -- he becomes an orphan but is adopted by

another chimpanzee. another nature film -- >> showing at the smithsonian's i max theater at the museum. it is called "to the arctic." it follows a polar bear and her two 7-month-old cubs. it's another film. it's called "mar lee." this is a long documentary about bob marley, but critics say it's incredibly thorough covering rise out of poverty in jamaica to superstardom. it includes interviews with other family members. well, thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> friday is here, you're going to have a great day, i'm mike hydeck, thank you for joining us, here's monika samtani. >> and howard bernstein is here, he has ariettes first and is mike -- he has weather first and is mike right? >> i paid attention. >> thank you very much and it is going to be a d