with a 5:00 p.m. temp of 67. so looks like it's going to abpretty good evening around here. just a tad breezy as winds will pick up out of the west at 10 to 15 this afternoon. look at the satellite and radar. big showers missing us well to our south and west down here. little showers trying to come in from southern pennsylvania. not the all of this is reaching the ground as the air really dried out yesterday behind the big storl earlier in the -- storm earlier in week. 30s and 40s right now. the cool spots being manassas at 34. 36 in la plata. gaithersburg is 38. 48 on the bay in annapolis. we're at 46 in town. temperatures this afternoon going to be nice. breezy, mid-60s in hagerstown. upper 60s d.c. to 72 in culpeper. monika santami is coming with time saver traffic. she's telling me things have improved a lot since the last time we saw her. what a difference 30 minutes make. if you're planning to head around town, i think these are looking much better. all the accidents i was telling

you about north of town four corners on georgia avenue and route 29, that's been cleared. university boulevard and route 29. and even inside the beltway at georgia avenue near kansas, all that police activity is cleared up as well. here's 270 looking great out of gaithersburg into bethesda. no problems down to the point where the lanes divide. we'll take a live look outside right now. if you're planning to head over to the beltway past silver spring, you're going to be okay. here's what it looks like northbound on 95 in springfield. traffic is moving well. there had been an accident down in woodbridge north of route 1. that's been cleared up as well so you're running well across the occoquan river and past the earlier accident scene. we'll go back over to the maps and this time taking a look at the beltway around town. all of this construction should be cleared up now on the west side of town and 66 is looking good as well out of manassas. coming up in my next report, we'll go over to 95 in virginia at 5:09. metro crews have spent the night trying to make things right before the morning rush hour. >> big difference, though, from last night. that's because the blue line

train derailed at the rosslyn station. that is also a transfer point for the orange line so there were plenty of people standing around for a while last night. 9news reporter delia goncalves is standing around at the arlington station this morning to see how things are looking. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike and andrea. things are looking really great. unfortunately we don't really see this guy this early so that means he had a long night. >> we do have good news. normal service has been restored on both the blue and orange line in time for this morning's commute so we don't expect any residual problems after last night's minor derailment here in rosslyn. what we do know is the train involved has been taken to a rail yard. it's growing to be inspected as we go through the day today, as we work to identify the root cause of last night's incident. >> reporter: you said minor incident. we know it happened the at tail end of the evening rush, around 7:00, a little after 7:00. folks who were -- folks were offloaded within less than ten

minutes. >> right. it happened just after 7:00. it was a departing blue line train enroute to franconia springfield where just the first set of wheels on the first car came off track just beyond the station limits. but four cars of the train remained on the platform. passengers were able to offload directly to the platform. it took less than ten minutes. no injuries to anyone aboard and we've been working through the night to restore normal service. we've conducted several tests, ran a train over that section multiple times through the overnight so we're confident we're back to business this morning. >> the derailment happened at the switch but we don't know if the switch was the cause at this point, right? >> we don't. it's premature to start talking about cause. there are many things you have to look at in an investigation like this, including the train itself as well as the switch. it did occur right where the blue and orange line diverge and there is a switch there so we'll be looking at that as well, talking to the operator and any other employees who were nearby. >> reporter: back up and running. any delays you foresee? >> none at this point. of course customers are well advised if they're not already

signed up for metro alerts or e- mail alert system. at this point we're not anticipating any. >> reporter: you're sending out tweets with updates so that's also a good resource for riders as well. good news for riders after a little bit of a delay and a little bit of a snag yesterday and a lot of work overnight, everything is running smoothly on metro this morning. back to you. >> delia, we like that i think people appreciated getting information quicker about what was going on and made things better. thank you, delia. today prince george's county firefighters will be canvassing an oxon hill neighborhood where five people died to offer other residents carbon monoxide detectors. firefighters found all five victims yesterday morning inside a home on shelby drive. none of them had been seen since monday afternoon. investigators say a broken exhaust pipe in the furnace was leaking carbon monoxide. the co levels inside the home were more than 500 times the maximum healthy limit. he was behind the wheel

during a car crash that killed two of his friends. a prince william county teenager, however, has been found not guilty -- excuse me, has been found guilty of reckless driving and not involuntary manslaughter according to the judge. 19-year-old christopher swarez hit a deer and slammed into a tree last april. two of his four passengers died in the wreck. he was found not guilty on two counts of involuntary manslaughter because the judge ruled his actions did not amount to criminal negligence. a woman from guatemala is not facing any charges despite arriving at dulles airport carrying four pounds of cocaine worth $130,000. the woman flew in from el salvador last weekend when customs and border protections searched her bag, they found six chocolate bars with the cocaine center as well as six small drink boxes with cocaine inside. but the woman was not criminally charged because she was identified as a legitimate courier. instead she's banned from traveling to the u.s. for the

next five years. 5:05. time for the latest your money report. >> jessica doyle is here with today's head lines. looking up yesterday. >> that's for sure. looking up this morning. tech stocks around the world are actually headed higher and that is thanks to apple's reported quarterly earnings that blew past expectations. it seems everybody nowadays still wants an iphone. this earnings report from apple came after the bell and it came on the heels after good day for wall street thanks to other strong reports from the likes of at&t, 3-m and hershey. the news offset the biggest drop in new home sales in march in more than a year. checking the numbers the dow assistants this morning at 13,001 after adding 74 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq dipped by almost 9 and the s&p 500 was up by 5. bad news is coming out on the banking front today. "the wall street journal" reports that an industry watchdog will warn congress in a report today that 351 small banks cannot afford to repay

federal bailout loans. they owe a total of $15 billion in tarp loans. this report runs counter to the government's recent upbeat assessment of the financial system rescue. one community bank in our area is being singled out for doing a lot right. virginia commerce bank corp. made the forbes list of america's 100 most trustworthy companies. the community bank opened in 1988 and it was saluted for being transparent, having integrity and not playing games with its revenue expenses and assets. it's also the only bank headquartered in virginia to make the list. congratulations to them. >> salute to them. >> that's pretty good. you don't usually hear that word with banks. >> it's nice to hear. >> what do you have for us in the next half hour? >> something not so nice to hear. there's a scam going on in the area that we'll give you a warning about and tell you everything you need to know to protect yourself. >> thank you. more action taken against secret service agents accused in the prostitution scandal in

colombia. >> plus, inspectors confirm a case of mad cow in the u.s. but it was found before the cow ever reached consumers. >> in sports, the caps seem pretty cool ahead of tonight's game seven. in the first round of the playoffs they're doing it in boston. we have a preview. what'll it be? i'll have blueberry pancakes. uh huh. actually, make that glazed pecans... ok. with chocolate... no... caramel sauce. whipped cream? uhhhhhhh, yeah... but on the side. introducing build your own pancakes. only at denny's.

5:09 on this wednesday morning. a chill in the air. 30s and 40s in fact in old town, maryland, being told by

one of our weather watchers. down to 30 in western maryland so definitely jacket weather this morning. we're going to have a nice warm- up today. becoming breezy this afternoon. look how quickly temperatures rise into the low 60s by noon. upper 60s to around 70 with a 67-degree reading at 5:00 p.m. i'll be back in a few with your seven-day. right now here's monika with time saver traffic. things looking good on the beltway here if you're planning to head past bradley boulevard in bethesda but i'm just getting word of a pedestrian struck on river road between 7 locks and bradley boulevard. watch out for police direction. coming up in my next report, another look at area roads at 5:17. back to you. here's what's making news at 5:10 this morning. the department of agriculture has confirmed the fourth case of mad cow disease in the united states. the cows are already dead when the tests came back positive. the remains were at a california processing plant where the parts would have been turned into feed for other animals. three more secret service agents allegedly involved in a prostitution scandal in

colombia have been forced out of the agency. two resigned. another is being fired. that means all the service members -- [ inaudible ] a sweep for mitt romney winning all five of tuesday's republican presidential primaries. cbs news estimates he's about 300 delegates shy of the magic number 1144 needed to clinch the g.o.p. nomination. ron paul and newt gingrich are still technically in the race. however, beginning river is saying he is going -- gingrich is saying he is going to support romney if he becomes the nominee officially. the talk is switching to who romney might choose for his runle mate and while some have definitely said no, that's not what the virginia governor is saying. hear governor mcdonnell's answer at 5:33. could the nats maintain their winning ways? >> howard is getting more concerned about our weekend

forecast. we'll be back.

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friday nights. saturday is a big long day for them. >> a long day us for. >> i'll be there with you. 10:00 to 4:00 is the official hours of the event. right now it's looking mostly cloudy, a little cool, maybe 60ish. >> howard will do the weather when you're out there. >> we'll have a green screen set up in the journalism building over there. here's a look at the allergy update. i know that affects a lot of you. the number comes in around noon every day. from yesterday the tree pollen was high. grass and mold was low. this morning we do have actually a frors warning -- frost warning well north and west of town places like frederick and culpeper and charlestown till 9:00 a.m. so a chilly start with 30s and hoss as we look at -- and 40s as we look at our bus stop forecast. a mixture of clouds right now. a few more clouds north. winds are fairly light. sunrise at 6:17. what can you expect for this wednesday? well, i think a good deal of sun. 63 by noon so a nice warm-up.

67 at 3:00. highs today upper 60s, maybe 70 with the afternoon winds out of the west at 10 to 15 so an increase there. the weather headlines, a nice afternoon ahead. you'll need the sunglasses. i think you'll enjoy being outside. warmer and wetter on thursday. we go into the 70s but pretty good chance for showers and even a couple of storms tomorrow. dry again friday. then cool for the weekend. looking at 60ish on saturday and sunday as well. a little concerned, a back door front. if that slips in, that could bring in northeast winds and cooler air. we may get a little surprise on sunday but we're going to watch that for you. this morning watching a few clouds. a couple of radar echoes but a lot of this is not reaching the ground as the air is really dried out with temps in the 30s and 40s this morning. there's culpeper down to 32 with winchester 37. great visibility. clear to partly cloudy skies,

temperature 46 but feels like 45. southwest winds at 3. many of our reporting stations this morning reporting calm on the wind. this is our next weather maker. it's up toward minneapolis. you see this thing diving off to the southeast, the northwesterly flow. it will bring another disturbance our way late tonight and through probably at least midday on thursday with some showers and storms, but thankfully we are going to see temperatures in the 70s. i know we were in a 5-inch deficit. now we're about three and a half to four. 68 today. real nice. 40s and 50s tonight. not nearly at chilly. tomorrow 76 with the scattered showers. maybe a thunderstorm. cooler on friday, 64. kind of a cool day saturday for maryland day, 60. could be 134 showers late in the day. -- could be some showers late in the day. tuesday back toward 70. 5:17. monika with time saver traffic on this wednesday morning. good morning, everybody. the beltway is clear of overnight construction i'm happy to say.

there are no worries to report on the west side of town between tysons and annandale. we're looking good as well 066 -- well on 66 coming in from manassas. if you're planning to head in from centreville to fairfax, all lanes are open. let's take a live look outside on the northbound side of i-95 in springfield. looking great coming up from woodbridge to this point and beyond to 395. we'll go back to the maps. 395 as you head for the 14th street bridge, all rapes are copy past -- all lanes are open past the pentagon. we'll take a live look now if you're planning to head on the independence avenue corridor. here's what it looks like near i believe 14th street. an arrow board set up. no big deals as volumes are very light getting through this corridor. river road at rising ridge getting word of a pedestrian struck at potomac. police are on the scene there. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at 270 at 5:25. >> thanks, monika. we are drinking more than our share of normal morning

coffee this morning. that's because we are out a little later than our bed times last night but for a good cause. >> our official news babe mike joins me, monika santami, and the other news babes at the 2012 kickoff event last night at tysons corner at the kiehl's store. it was part of the grand opening celebration. they generously donated $5,000 to the gwmammovan -- gw mammovan. they're also the beneficiary of this year's fund raising efforts to fight breast cancer so mark your calendars for june 19. that's when the fourth annual news babe gala will be held at the newly renovated howard theatre. the special guest and breast cancer survivors will be andrea mitchell and our very own jc hayward depending on where she is in her treatment at the time. we're very excited about it. the c.e.o. of kiehl's was just a generous

host. what a nice guy. >> a nice guy. and rample who oversees the -- rachel who oversees the mammovan very excited about what it's going to do. june 19 at the howard. you'll be hearing so much about this. >> it's star studded. >> star studded. >> nothing to do with me. capitals talk about playing a decisive game seven tonight against the bruins on the road. >> in case you missed it in the wee hours of the morning, the nationals came away victors again. another pitching dual. highlights coming up. >> one more look at the question of the day for this half-hour. let's check it out. last year 10% of all american households removed this thing from theirage budget. -- their annual budget. is it a, the cable bill, b, land line phone service, or c, automobile. >> one person wrote b, most people use their cell phone as

their personal and house phone. it makes it easier to have one phone bill but again it's what 10% of americans have done in the last year. >> log on to our facebook fan page. we'd love to hear what you think. we'll have the answer in our 6:00 show. we'll be right back.

5:23. we have some frost and freeze warning out till 9:00 this morning. seeing them north and west of town from frederick, loudoun,

fauquier county. we've got a cold, chilly start this morning. a couple passing clouds, 52 by 9:00. sunny and 63 at noon. this afternoon still lots of sunshine, temperatures upper 60s, and, yes, even a few 70- degree readings across the board. the nationals, they're staying hot. doesn't matter if they're home or on the road. >> out in san diego late last night, washington's gonzalez threw another gem. this guy is great. no one scored till the 7th. nats go on to win 3-1. man, they're good. kristen berset has the rest of your morning sports. good morning, everybody. the capitals gearing up for game seven tonight in boston. it is win or go home. the caps were back on the house yesterday morning. confidence high and nerves surprisingly low. most of them very familiar with

a game as important as tonight. >> last time we were the big dog. now we're the underdogs. hopefully we can do the same thing that happened to us. go into boston and play game seven there against the stanley cup champions. i think everybody is prepared and knows what's coming. >> redskins fans, you'll be pleased to know rg iii and his parents are just as excited that he will most likely be coming to washington. we'll have the rest -- we'll have the entire exclusive interview tonight at 11:00. the nationals began a six- game road trip without their star third baseman ryan zimmerman. he was scratched again from yesterday's lineup because of shoulder pain when he swung a bat. he will undergo an m.r.i. to determine the severity of the problem. that's going to do it for your morning sports. i'm kristen berset. have a great day.

the excitement continues to build. we have more on rg iii's adventures in new york and the draft as well coming up later this hour. coming up, there is some good news for metro commuters this morning after last night's train derailment that affected two lines. when i get terrible congestion from my allergies,

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here. weather wise, let's get going. i appreciate that. let's get -- let's get going. mid-40s in town. 30s in the suburbs. we've got some frost advisories north and west of town. by noon sunny and 63. by 5:00 67 degrees. we won't let hydeck live this one down. a few clouds coming in this morning. showing a few returns on the radar in southern pennsylvania near the maryland boarder but the air is really dry. 32 in culpeper. heard from charlie in catlett. it's 34 there. with temperatures even a few degrees above freezing you can get frost. not going to happen here in town or on the bay. we're still in the 40s but going well in the 60s if not to near 70 this afternoon. it is 5:30. here's monika. if you're planning to head around town, things are looking great, i do know that. things are fine if you're planning to head northbound on

i-95 coming up from woodbridge toward the occoquan river and into springfield. you're going to be fine. let's take a live look there right now where you're going to see a bit of volume forming. northbound on 95 it always looks like this right around this time of the morning unless something happens. so things right now are normal. we'll go a little further north on 395 at duke street and again no problems to report. main and hov lanes running well to the 14th street bridge. we'll take you back over to the maps and this time to the other side of town. bw parkway route a inside the beltway, no issues through cheverly into the northeast corridor and taking a live look on the the beltway north of town near university boulevard traffic moving well. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at 270 at 5:40. the protestors plan to arrive at the u.s. supreme court early this morning. >> a senate committee held a hearing on immigration law yesterday and today the nation's highest court will hear arguments on whether arizona's law is constitutional. that law requires police to check people's immigration status when they're stopped for

traffic violations. it also makes it a crime for illegal immigrants not to have some proof of immigration or to try to solicit work. doctors will announce whether they believe albrecht muth remains incompetent. we're trying to figure out what that is going to be. the german man is charged with killing his much older wife. the 91 yearldz was found strangled and beaten inside their home. metro crews worked overnight to restore normal service to both the blue and orange lines in time for this morning's rush hour. this follows a derailment last night at the rosslyn station where the two lines split. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live at the station in arlington with more on what happened and the impact this morning. delia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. i'm smiling because we have some good news. dan stessel, metro's spokesperson joined us at 5:00

to share that good news. metro is back up and running and ready for your commute into work this morning. the blue line at rosslyn derailed just after 7:00 p.m. yesterday. no one was hurt and about a thousand passengers on that six- car train offloaded within ten minutes. the derailment happened at the switch between the blue and orange lines but metro was still investigating the exact cause. >> had to wait for the orange train to go by because of the single track and then wait for the orange train to unload before we could move to the next stop. >> probably about 20 minutes. i've been working my homework. the train just came. i'm happy. it's all good. >> reporter: it is all good now. metro suggests that passengers stay connected with what's happening on metro by using their phones to log on to twitter or to log on to metro alerts. back to you, andre andrea. >> delia goncalves reporting live from arlington. d.c. police are

investigating a murder in northwest washington. officers found a man's body last night at 800 emerson street but at the back of that location. so far police have not released any information about possible suspects or a motive in this crime. in district heights, maryland, sky 9 video shows the scene where prince george's county police found a body on addison road south. the man had been shot. he was rushed to the hospital but later pronounced dead. no information yet about any leads or a suspect or motive in this case. now to campaign 2012. they call it the veppsta -- vipestakes, who will be mitt romney's running mate. virginia governor bob mcdonnell is not one of them but he's still not running it out. >> i'm not looking for it. i'm not asking for it. i've got a great job, as you know, but i think any public servant if the nomar garciaparra knee comes and -- if the nominee comes and says you can help my country, of

course you would consider it. >> he's sort of smiling there. with his primary sweep yet, mitt romney is now less than 300 delegates away from childrenning the nomination for -- from clinching the nomination for president. governor martin o'malley says two special sessions may be needed to pass the budget. another session later in the summer would address the expanding gambling in maryland. that issue caused the budget talks to break down at the end of the regular session and governor o'malley says both issues are too much to tackle all at once. at 5:35, time for another your money report. >> scam alert. jessica doyle has one. she's here now. >> crooks are on the prowl looking to take advantage of homeowners. this is what you need to know. the warning is coming from the fretd rick county -- frederick county sheriff's office. three reports have been made in the last few weeks. scammers are offering to seal driveways at a discounted price but it's much higher than what

a normal contractor would charge. the sheriff's office is reminding people to be on the lookout for crooks looking to do repair work like chimney repair, duct cleaning and hot tar roofing. they will most likely ask to be paid in advance and mess assistant to offer their came den -- and hesitant to offer their credentials. gas is cheaper than a year ago, just not here. local drivers are paying $3.97 a gallon this morning in our area. that's the same price as a year ago and 12 cents higher than the national average. nationwide prices at the pump are down 9 cents a gallon since the beginning of the month and a penny lower than this time than last year. i don't know why our area is different from the nation but experts say the price of gas is coming down now because crude oil prices are lower. discount shoppers, this one is now. tj maxx is opening store number 1,000 right here in our area today. the location is 601 13th street northwest. the store officially opens for

business at 8:00 a.m. the first thousand customers through the door will receive a complimentary reusable bag. you've got to imagine they're going to have pretty good stock today so that might be a good place to check out. i think i'm getting sick. >> you're helping the economy. jessica will be back with daily deals coming up in just a little bit. >> plus, nasa has set a new date for the transfer of the shuttle enterprise from northern virginia to new york. we'll be back.

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it is 5:39. 46 degrees at washington's reagan national. many areas this 30s with frost in the suburbs. frost advisories well north and west till about 9:00. but a sunny day today. check out our day planner. we're actually looking pretty good. a few clouds mixing in right now but by noon, 63. breeze picks up a little this afternoon with highs upper 60s to around 70.

i'll have your seven-day forecast which has some raindrops in it in about five minutes. here's monika with time saver traffic. slow traffic route 109 toward 121. then still good down to rockville. by the way marc camden lanes are 10 to 15 minutes late. we'll go to the north side of town at 5:49. i've been combing through the day's daily deals to find you some deep discounts. here are some of my favorites today. target.com is taking care of baby. its daily deal is for a johnson's natural set. you get your shampoo, baby wash, lotion $12.99 saving 24% plus free shipping. deals on home theaters always popular so here's today's from bestbuy.com. $159.99 for a blu ray home theater system refurbished but you're saving $140 on the package.

limited quantities. we're doing this last one because it's fun. gilt city d.c. has a deal for the happy couple. a wedding reception package at the mansion on oh, a luxury hotel in northwest. cocktail hour, four-course dinner, dj, wedding planner, 75 people. the price $29,470 but you're saving 29%. for a hundred people it's $35,060 or 30% off. something to think b. if you have an offer you've seen or you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i'd love to hear from you on facebook. >> thanks, jess. just $35,000 for a hundred people. nasa is celebrating a birthday from one of its better known projects. check it out. >> three, go for hubber release. >> the shuttle discovery, you know that, just landed here since the hubble -- sent the

hubble space telescope into space 22 years ago. it gives us images ten times clearer than any telescope back here on earth. it also discovered hundreds of millions of comets and asteroids circling our solar system. >> the space shuttle enterprise is leaving. nasa set a new date to move it to new york. it's this friday. bad weather delayed its original departure on monday. enterprise will be going to its new home at the u.s.s. intrepid museum in new york. the space shuttle discovery is now here at udvar-hazy center. a local nonprofit is celebrating 130 years of helping washingtonians. coming up, details on next week's big fund-raiser gala. >> plus, more on the first person arrested for criminal charges in connection with the bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico. it is 5:42. let's see who's celebrating a birthday today. the harlem globetrotters star

is 80. if it's your birthday, happy birthday. we'll be right back.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. it's 5:46. you've been hearing commercials on tv we're looking forward to today but also the weekend of the we'll all be out at university of maryland day talking about careers in broadcasting. >> and the many cool things they have going on out there. >> how is the weather going to be? >> it will be okay. partly cloudy, cool, 6 onish for the high -- 60 'ish for the

high. today it is cold, especially this morning. we've got some frost advisories north and west. freeze warnings in the mountains. those frost veriries as -- frost advisories as close as frederick and places like loudoun county and fauquier county. it goes till 9:00 this morning. they may be dropped early depending how quickly things warm up. at the bus stop this morning, mainly clear, partly cloudy. temps running in the 30s and 40s but winds are light. so that's one of the positives this morning. sunrise in about a half an hour and the skies already starting to brighten out to the west. day planner, i think we're going to see a good deal of sun. 52 by 9:00. at 11:00 already going to be at 60. a pretty nice lunch hour. been wanting to eat outside. low to mid-60s during the lunch hour. we get to the upper 60s, even close to 70 in a few spots. the for the high this afternoon. the winds pick up 10 to 15 out of the west. this morning they're on the

light side. we're watching some clouds coming across the area, especially north. looks like there are a few sprinkles on radar but having a tough time confirming anything actually reaching the ground. the air has dried out. it's cooled off. you'll notice the mid-30s in gaithersburg to 42 in columbia. to our south we've got upper 30s in alexandria and springfield right now with 34 manassas and lovettsville andsterring. scattered frost potentially into western fairfax and northern montgomery county even though they officially are not under the frost advisory. looking at our michael & son weather camera. we've got light winds out there. partly cloudy skies and good visibility. 46 but with the southwest wind at 3, not much of a windchill. feels like 45 degrees. the northwest flow continues. you can see everything moving from northwest to southeast. while this little disturbance has missed us, looks like we're going to get something in here as we head into tomorrow. today we'll end up being partly to mostly sunny. clouds start to thicken up

overnight. we can't rule out a stray shower by tomorrow morning but look at the next feature coming across the region as we head toward the middle of the day on thursday with showers and potentially a couple of rumbles of thunder even into the afternoon hours. late in the day can't rule out a shower in the mountains. this will all clear us out thursday night so that friday looks dryer although cooler. tomorrow's highs are going to poke to the 70s. today upper 60s to around 70. 40s and 50s tonight. not nearly as chilly. scattered showers, maybe thunder on thursday, mid-70s. friday cooler, partly sunny, 64. maryland day 60 degrees on saturday. could be a couple of late showers. sunday 64. and then monday and tuesday, still mainly in the 60s. a little back door front might slide through. if that happens we'll be even cooler come sunday. monika santami, 5:49, she's doing it by memory so not too much must be going on. i'm a little late because i just found out about an accident. i'm so sorry. eight in manassas on the inbound side of i-66 after route 234. it's the two left lanes that

are blocked. crews are on the scene inbound or eastbound i-66 after route 234 leaving manassas into centreville. i'll keep you posted on that situation. in the meantime the north side of town looks great. no problems to report as you leave college park into silver spring. we'll take a live look out of burtonsville. actually no. we'll go to 270. no problems to report down to the point where the lanes divide. heading in from the bw parkway and route 50 you're fine. now we'll go to burtonsville. route 29 looks great heading to the beltway. i'll keep you posted on that accident on 66 at 6:00. back to you. making news now at 5:50, two years after it happened, federal prosecutors have brought the first criminal charges in the bp oil spill. a drilling engineer is charged with potentially destroying evidence accused of deleting more than 200 text messages, including one about how much

more oil was leaking than what was being reported. the army private at the center of the wikileaks case is asking a military judge at fort meade to dismiss the charges. bradley manning says prosecutors have failed to share potential evidence as required by law. the intelligence analyst is accused of leaking classified documents while serving in iraq. president obama is on a college road trip. he spoke to students at colorado university last night telling them he's pushing congress to renew a low interest program for federally subsidized student loans. today the president will fly from colorado to a similar event at the university of iowa. family matters of greater washington works to provide social services for many families in need. this year the organization is celebrating its 130th anniversary. the c.e.o. joins us to tell us about a big fund raise cher is one week from tomorrow -- razer which is one week from tomorrow. first, let's talk about what

the organization does. >> absolutely. family matters of greater washington has been around since 1882, one of the best kept secrets and we provide a broad range of services ranging from taking care of children all the way up through taking care of seniors. we're in the business of foster care, providing mental health services. we have a 400-acre camp site at the base of the shenandoah mountains. there's just a host of services that we provide in the human services arena. >> you need some help. everybody needs financing to pull off great social works like that you have a big event coming up. tell us about it. >> our big event and this is really big is going to be held at the national museum of women in the arpts right in -- arts right in the heart of d.c. it's our 130th anniversary celebration. we're raising money to support our programs and after years of consecutive budget cuts, we really need the funding. >> so it helps. it's going to be the national museum of women in arts.

it's a week from tomorrow. >> a week from tomorrow. tickets are stale available. >> how can you find the -- are still available. >> how can we find the tickets? can we get them on the web? >> you can reach us at familymattersdc.org or give us a call. >> we'll link all that to wusa9.com. when people show up for the fund-raiser, what are some of the things that are going to take place? will there be a silence auction, a live auction? >> absolutely. we're having a wonderful silent auction featuring our got to have it baskets which is a big hit for family matters. we have live auction as well. we'll have lots of entertainment from rising local talent, including a performance by duke ellington. and we'll be honoring hogan for their service to family matters for a number of years. >> duke ellington school of the arts will be among the people performing there. absolutely beautiful. the 130th anniversary of family matters of greater washington.

the event a week from tomorrow at the national museum of women of arts. our own lesli foster will be the emcee so you can visit her and say hello to her. tonya jackson smallwood, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. we'll scrt latest at metro derailment coming up. >> plus. before he become the redskins newest pick tomorrow, rgiii is working on his fast food delivery skills. >> i'm watching your money and your technology. the latest stuff coming out from house hod names. i -- household names. i will bring that you to at 6:07. you're watching 9news now. thanks.

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just a couple of minutes before the 6:00 hour. we're starting in the 30s and 40s under partly cloudy skies this morning. we'll head through mid-morning with 40s and 50s. we're going to warm up nicely. winds are light. they're also going to pick up this afternoon. by lunch time low 60s out there. so pretty good lunch hour. this afternoon mid- to upper 60s by 3:00 with some areas looking at highs approaching the 70-degree mark. not too bad. >> sounds good. barring a major surprise, the redskins are going to select rgiii, robert griffin iii in the second overall pick in tomorrow night's draft. our dave owens is in new york and he caught up with the young man himself. >> reporter: he officially

becomes the king of washington, d.c. he was in a new york city subway, that kind of subway, the one you eat. rgiii in nyc. >> i love it. >> reporter: the heisman trophy winner was part after midtown marketing campaign. touched down maker turned sandwich maker. >> some lettuce. any dress something. >> reporter: his first delivery not to santana moss. it was a foot long to this dude. >> look at this. the came right into me. >> reporter: griffin was the main attraction through a lens in the flesh and in sandwich form. >> it's been crazy, a whirl wind. a lot of deals like the subway one. standing here at the podium, the little statue. it's pretty cool. >> reporter: yup, pretty cool. 30 pounds of smoke house barbecue rgiii but here's the secret. he's ready for you, d.c. >> i did a signing up there a

month ago or a couple of weeks ago. >> reporter: i was there. i was trying to get you to talk. remember that? >> i remember that. i saw at least seven variations of my name on a shirt, pictures and all this other stuff. the great thing about it is through twitter i've been able to see what the fans are saying. they're excited about me being their quarterback but excited about the team the redskins can be. > reporter: in manhattan, dave owens, 9 sports now. >> it ends tomorrow. we'll know. is rgiii really coming here? thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. we are really here with you. i'm andrea roane. we're excited. it's going to be nice to root spoke something for the redskins for a change. i'm mike hydeck. monika santami with traffic momentarily. >> howard bernstein is here right now with weather first. >> unless they're pulling one over everyone's heads. weather wise, we have a cold start out