tops. then i think the rest of the day will be decent. here's a look at your day planner. expect the showers and storms as i said for the next couple of hours. by noon upper 70s, partly sunny. by 5:00 82. that will be about the high today. 82, 83. winds go southwest to westerly at 10 to 15 miles an hour. we've been watching this line of showers and storms all night marching off toward the east. it's coming through us here right now, especially north and west. i want to take you over to live doppler. frederick county, showers. the heavier downpours moving into howard county. clarksburg, columbia, get ready for a few downpours there. as we go to the southwest a little bit more, heavy showers here toward luray coming out of i-81. check it out near boston down toward culpeper. you guys get ready for these that will be coming through with lightning and thunder in the next 20 minutes. it is 5:00 a.m. monika santami, happy tuesday. happy tuesday, howard. things are looking pretty good

except for one spot. on florida avenue. let's go to our live picture right now so i can tell you the situation. police investigation of a serious overnight situation. closes florida avenue at rhode island avenue and 7th street northwest. south of howard university hospital. you want to use rhode island avenue instead. in just a couple minutes, our delia goncalves will have more information on what's going on there but in the meantime, go ahead and use rhode island avenue as your alternate route this morning here in northwest d.c. let's go back over to our maps. this time on the north side of town. no problems to report on the beltway from college park all the way into bethesda. we're looking good on 270 out of frederick and 95 out of baltimore. we'll end with a live picture on the beltway at georgia avenue. traffic is moving well both loops of the beltway north of town. in my next report, another look at area roads at 5:09. back to you. we start this morning with breaking news in the district. two men have been killed in stabbings overnight. >> one of them happened in northeast. the other one in northwest. delia goncalves is live at one

of the scenes on florida avenue. delia, over to you. >> reporter: certainly after an hour after a deadly shooting on coral street, police respond to this scene on 5th and florida. a pretty active scene we have right now as the rain is coming down. police are scouring the scene for more information. you can see we have a car here that is apparently smashed inside -- into this restaurant here. police say that the driver of the -- a man was found unconscious. let's take a look at some video. police arrived at 2:15 this morning. you can see that the car apparently had smashed into this restaurant on 5th and k. police said they responded around 2:15 and found the man, the driver of the car unconscious. he apparently suffered a stab wound to the neck. he was later pronounced dead at howard university hospital which of course as you know is just a short distance away.

it is unclear at this point in the investigation if the driver was stabbed at a different location or simply drove from that crime scene and arrived here at 5th and k. however, police have dropped off florida avenue from rhode island to 5th street so that area of florida avenue blocked off as police continue to comb this scene looking for more clues as to exactly what happened to this man who was driving the black car and somehow smashed into this restaurant here on the corner of 5th and florida. so avoid this area if you can. police are detouring cars. again florida avenue between rhode island and 5th street shut down. we'll have more information in another half-hour. back to you. >> thank you, delia. fairfax county police are asking for your help finding a fugitive. his name is todd corrado last scene at the barnes and noble

in tysons corner saturday. he was spotted and he was pursued but he gave them the slip. the 39-year-old is armed and dangerous. he's wanted on a slew of charges including assault on an officer and felony larceny. prince george's county police are looking for a gunman who robbed three university of maryland students during a home invasion. at least one of the three masked robbers pointed a weapon at the students yesterday afternoon. the students live on curry place in adelphi and one of them admitted to police that robbers took drug, cash, electronics and eventually a silver honda crv. it's a theft that's also become a traditional prank on the georgetown university campus. someone stole the hands of the clock tower before classes began yesterday morning. georgetown upgraded its security after the last time someone pulled off this theft in 2005. at that time the students posted photos of the crime on facebook. they got one year of academic probation. we'll keep following this story.

>> what do you do with the hands once you get them? it's 5:04. time for the latest your money report. >> jessica is here with today's headlines. good morning. >> good morning. april in the history books. may is here. hopefully a new direction for the stock market because wall street just suffered its first monthly drop of the year. not so bad, though. investors remain concerned about europe's debt crisis and the strength of the economic recovery in the u.s. the dow lost a little bit less than that and the nasdaq was off by 1.5% in april. the dow slipped about 15 points on the day. nasdaq was off by 22. and the s&p 500 was down by 5. the justice department has settled a first of its kind discrimination case against the nation's largest mortgage insurer. the allegations that the mortgage guarantee insurance corporation was requiring women on maternity leave to return to work before the company would insure their mortgages. 70 people will be compensated. the justice department's civil rights enforcement chief says no lending company should force

a parent to give up the right to take time off of work to obtain a mortgage loan. shares of barnes and noble popped nearly 52 percent after word that microsoft is investing $300 million in the company to help it better compete against top electronic book seller amazon.com. for microsoft it's getting a long sought position in the business of e-books and college textbooks with the nook which will become now a subsidiary of barnes and noble and stock watchers say that could mean a stock offering for nook. a sale maybe, some other deal in the future. everything is on the table now. >> i think it's so interesting because you remember when we were in college and your chemistry book was 400 pounds. imagine taking along a nook. >> it saves the back pain carrying all those things around. >> could change the backpack business. >> but you can't say oh, can you carry my books for me. >> can you carry my electronic device for me. >> what do you have for us in the next half-hour? >> women are making more money

nowadays. that's actually changing the dynamics at home. we'll talk about that coming up. >> sounds good. a bizarre mystery involving a spy at britain's mi6. that story is coming up. >> chinese authorities make arrests in the disappearance of a dissident under house arrest. >> ahead in sports, we'll show you how the caps even up their playoff series against the rangers. we'll be back. thanks. i'll take the usual. got it.

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just about 5:09. we have showers and thunderstorms out there this morning. that's going to be around for the next couple of hours. not a bad looking day once we get past the early rain. here's a look at your day planner. temperatures by lunch time under partly sunny skies should be in the mid- to upper 70s. highs today into the lower 80s. i'll be back with doppler 9000 and your seven-day in a few. here's monika with time saver traffic. we're going to take a live look at florida avenue shut down between rhode island avenue and 7th street northwest with police investigation and activity here. go ahead and use rhode island avenue as your alternate route. we'll keep you posted on this situation and other area road conditions at 5:16. making news now at 5:09, british police may never know exactly what happened to an mi6 agent. this is so bizarre. the body of a 31-year-old man named gareth williams was found

in the bathtub at a london apartment inside a padlocked duffel bag. this is where it gets strange. investigators found no evidence of a struggle and no signs pointing to murder. they're trying to figure out how he got in there. japanese officials are trying to figure out whether a motorcycle that washed up in canada was swept out to sea in last year's tsunami and traveled more than 3100 miles across the pacific. the harley davidson has japanese tags and was inside what might have been a moving van container. president obama refused to making a statement on the escape of chinese dissident chen guangcheng. china detained several other activists believed to have helped the blind lawyer. he ran into the face of danger. now a special honor awaits the man who withstood a dog attack to save some of his neighbors.

bryce harper hopes to stay hot in front of the home fans. >> howard has the forecast when we come right back.

good morning. welcome back to nine fine now. it's 5:13 this tuesday morning. we talked about heating up after a mild day yesterday. how hot are we going to get? >> we're going to get into the low 80s today. might see 84, 85 in a couple of

spots. >> we're paying the price. we heard the raindrops falling. >> delia is outside getting rained on. this will be out of here the next couple of hours. much of today won't be too bad. the next couple of days there will be a front in the neighborhood. we'll jumping anywhere from the 70s to low 80s. the warm stuff will be here friday and saturday with well up in the 80s. here's a look at the temperature letters this morning. wide regional view of the doppler radar. a little lightning. you can see the line of showers and storms that's been pushing through new york, pennsylvania, and now baltimore and washington metro regions right through parts of virginia. you can see the stuff here. we've got sort of two heavier areas, one to the north and then off to the south. this is the really heavy stuff over there. i want to switch it over to live doppler 9000hd. we have lighter showers for the most part in and around the immediate metro. one area just outside of d.c. between 295 and about route 1 here just into prince george's

county. also to our north now we're seeing a heavy batch of showers which has come through frederick and howard counties. this now is coming right down 70 toward ellicott city headed toward baltimore with lighter rains stretched back into parts of even eastern west virginia, back towards charles town and harpers ferry. sperryville, lightning and thunder here. then the heaviest stuff we're seeing, you folks in culpeper, this is knocking on your doorstep. that's going to come through all moving to the east. get ready. this will eventually in the next 20, 30 minutes move into fauquier county and points to the south of d.c. that one is going to miss us there. our bus stop forecast, i think give a couple hours and any lingering showers will be south and east of town. temps in the 50s and 60s this morning with sunrise less than an hour away at 6:10. today we are looking i said the early showers for the most part. partly sunny. there could be a stray shower here. look at these highs though. low 80s. going to be about 10 degrees above afternoon. 50s north this morning.

mid-60s south. we're sitting at 62. as lieu outside on our michael & son weather camera, the flag standing a little tall at the capitol. 62 degrees. southwesterly winds at 3 and the dew point 54. frontal boundaries in the region the next couple of days till we get established in the warm air we'll sort of be battling for the 80s today. a couple of showers and storms can't be ruled out wednesday, 79. thursday 78. still with the southeast flow. that turns around for the southwest by friday. look, 87. saturday 85. sunday still looks mild, in the 70s. then monday down to 70. looks cooler next week but warm by friday, saturday. monika is in now, 5:15, time saver traffic. looks like they're making some progress at this situation on florida avenue in northwest. i'm going to step out and show you what it looks like live. florida avenue between rhode island avenue and 7th street on the westbound side has been reopened. eastbound side remains closed with police investigation. you can see traffic getting by

there on the westbound lanes of florida avenue between rhode island and 7th street northwest south of howard university hospital. so just keep this in mind. it may slow you down a bit this morning also with the rain coming down. let's go over to our maps. this time southern maryland where i'm happy to say all of your major corridors including 210, route 5, 301 everything coming up to the beltway is final. no problems to report on the beltway route 4 at andrews air force base and heading for oxon hill. we'll take a live look inside the beltway heading for the so sousa bridge. no problems to report along pennsylvania avenue. here's the beltway north of town at georgia avenue. in my next report a look at virginia roads at 5:24. >> thanks, monika. last night montgomery county celebrated its greatest resource. its citizens who volunteer. >> the inaugural montgomery county service awards took place at imagination stage in bethesda. i had the pleasure of being the emcee. ike leggett recognized nine extraordinary individuals and

organizations. the lieutenant governor was there, including a high school senior and 90-year-old ruth weiss who brought meals on wheels to wheaton 40 years ago. charles chuck lions and former congresswoman and ambassador connie morella also there. it was a wonderful night. so many recognized just for being nominated. capitals even off their playoff series with a game two win. >> bryce harper will tie to maintain his strong major league debut in front of the hometown fans. >> you love it. here it is again. the question of the day. every year men spent $100 million on this product. is it a, moisturizer, b, hair dye, or c, tanning lotion. >> here's a look at a response posted on the wusa9 facebook fan page. terry wrote, are we in that

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we're looking at live doppler 9000 hd.

showers in baltimore. lighter rains here in washington and showers and storms heading through culpeper. we'll watch this area of rain quickly move toward the east. by 9:00 partly to mostly cloudy, upper 60s. lunch time temps in the upper 70s. just a stray shower possible this afternoon with high temps into the low 80s. tonight nationals fans get to see highly touted rookie bryce harper's debut in the majors. >> he looks good so far. the caps have it all tied up in their playoff series. chris ten berset has -- kristen berset has sports gldz the capitals played great at home but poorly on the road. their post-season play has been the complete opposite of that which made last night's game even more crucial. avoiding a two-game hole and hoping they can turn things around at home. they talked about the need to get off to a fast start and they did just that. mika niewble got the first goal of the game.

they lured lundquist away from the net. 2-0 caps. rangers cut it in half and on the power play, ryan callahan picks up his third goal of the playoffs to tie things up. but cue the great h. oh, the power play faceoff. he shoots a rocket top shelf. despite a few more scares, that would be your game winner. capitals tie up the series at one game a piece. >> those are big game players out there on a power play. it's been a bit of a struggle on the power play put. he got one when he needed it. those guys cashed in right at the right time. >> tonight we did a better job, blocking shots. from every aspect, we were better tonight. >> game three wednesday night at the verizon center. the nationals open up a home stand tonight against arizona. fans are in for a treat. it's the home debut of the nats' young phenom bryce

harper. the 19-year-old paid his major debut this weekend in los angeles going 2-6 at the plate making shim pressive defensive plays. we will be live from nats park today for harper's home debut. that's going to do it for your morning sports. i'm kristen berset. have a great day. we'll highlight the work of a local child care center coming up in today's hero central. after the break, more on overnight violence that has some roads in the district shut down this morning. monika? >> on the northbound side of 395 i'm happy to say things are looking good between the beltway, duke street and 14th street bridge. we're just getting word of a head-on collision in bailey's cross roads. i'll have more on that coming up in my next report at 5:29. you're watching 9news now. stay with us.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. it's a rainy tuesday morning but not for all day. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. we're glad you're here.

welcome to may. monika santami is here. she has tons to talk about already. howard bernstein will detail the rain. >> it may mess up the commute a little bit. this is actually pretty good because we had another dry month in april. above normal. 12 of the 13 months temperatures above normal. we'll take the rain and get rid of it in the next couple of hours and have a pretty decent day. here's a look at your day plan other this tuesday morning. no, it's not friday. it's tuesday morning. we're 62 degrees already. 77 by noon under partly sunny skies. highs in the low 80s. we do have a stray chance for a thunderstorm or something this afternoon, but the bulk of the action is happening this morning with a line of showers and storms that you see pushing through right now. here's live doppler 9000 hd. for the baltimore metro through the washington metro back down towards charlottesville, we've got the line of showers and some thunderstorms embedded in this. some heavy stuff moving through baltimore now. here's the heavy downpour near bowie with the light scattered showers generally in the district. fairfax county, a little bit of

an enhancement south of fairfax. there's a moderate shower there. the really heavy stuff with some lightning and thunder, that's occurring southwest of town. you see it right here in southern fauquier coming through culpeper right now. this is tracking up toward goldvein. heavier showers back to the park as well. look at this hided toward wilderness and fredericksburg. that will be your problem in the next hour. monika? things are starting to pick up around town with the rain and also police investigation in northwest d.c. it's been there since overnight on florida avenue between rhode island avenue and 7th street. we're going to go to our traffic land camera to show what you it looks like on the east side of this. westbound on florida avenue, you're going to be okay. lanes are getting by between rhode island and 7th. it's the eastbound side of florida avenue that remains blocked at the scene of the police investigation. so be aware of that this morning. also in bailey's cross roads, want to leapt you know we just got word of -- to let you know we just got word after head-on

collision on the west side of bailey's cross roads. keep that in mind for your travel plans as well. 270 want looking bad. no problems to report on the beltway north of town. at 5:28 i'll be back. this morning the party has ended at one stop on the vegas strip. >> the final drinks served. here we go, the parking deck. shay's casino is one of the oldest. there goes the parking deck. they are going to redevelop the area as an outdoor eating place. if you've never been to o 'shea's it was a small casino and adorable to be in there. >> glad you have those memories because they're gone. those were live pictures you were watching. literally hours after it was closed and after everybody was out t came down. >> really, really cool.

back here at home, a more serious story coming up on 5:31. closing arguments are expected to get under way today in the child molestation trial of michael gardner, the falls church businessman accused of molesting three young girls who were invited to his daughter's sleepovers last summer. monday gardner took the stand in his own defense. he said on one occasion his daughter had asked him to come into her bedroom when there was a loud thunderstorm moving through but he repeatedly has denied touching any of the girls in an inappropriate way. we also are following a developing story this morning in the district. >> two men were stabbed to death overnight, one in northeast washington and the other in northwest. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live at the northwest crime scene along florida avenue. good morning, delia. what more do you know? >> reporter: well, a lot of developments since we last spoke you to about half an hour ago. i'm going to step out of the shot so we can get a better look and kevin king can zoom in. we're about three hours into the investigation and crews are

beginning to tow that crash vehicle away from the scene here on 5th and florida. you can see that we also have crews who are cleaning up the debris after this car apparently crashed into a corner restaurant here on 5th and florida. let's take a closer look at some video that was just fed into our newsroom a short time ago so you can get a closer look at what the scene looked like when our crews first arrived. police are telling us the driver, the victim of a deadly stabbing, crashed his car into shaw's tavern. he was unconscious in the car, not breathing. he was apparently stabbed in the neck and we're told he later died just a short time later at howard university hospital which really is just a couple blocks away from the scene. police are still trying to determine exactly what happened. it is unclear where at this point this driver was stabbed because as you can see, it appears he was driving his car and he was driving apparently away from the crime scene.

if you come back live to our camera here on 5th and florida, you can see this light pole here that he apparently carried and crashed into. police are taking a close look at that light pole to determine in which direction the car was traveling from. you can see and i've taken a close look at the corner here, there are no physical signs of light posts being here so it appears that that light post was carried if a different location. so police will be here for some time. they have opened at least one lane here on florida avenue to traffic but still it is very slow going in the area as the rain continues to fall down and police continue to comb this scene for more clues as to exactly what happened in this deadly stabbing. we'll have much more information in a half-hour. back to you, mike, andrea? >> all right, delia goncalves reporting live if northwest. -- from northwest. at 5:33, time for another your money report. >> jessica doyle is back. dads are picking kids over careers now. >> that's right.

>> mr. mom. >> i love that movie back from the '80s. >> michael keaton. >> a great movie but it seems to be the trend because what we've see are salaries haven't budged much in years. child care costs are high, part of the reason why some families are making the choice to dedicate one family member to stay home and more men are deciding to be the stay at home dad. 20% of dads were the primary caretaker of their kids under the age of 5 according to new census figures. 32% take care of the children at least once a week. nowadays a growing number of women are outearning their husbands. delta airlines is expanding into a new business. the carrier says it's buying a refinery near philadelphia for $150 million. it hopes so slice $300 million a year from its jet fuel bill. planes burned through 13.9 billion gallons of fuel last

year, 36% of its operating expenses. high and low marks for two area airports. according to a new study by travel and leisure, dulles is the efen t -- seventh most disliked airport in the country. passengers think it's too far away, dirty and they don't like the baggage handling. baltimore is the fourth most loved airport in the country. they like the punctuality of the airlines that come in there and the speedy security lines. >> bwi is one of my favorites, too. >> mine too. >> i love reagan which didn't make that list. >> reagan is easy, too. i have good luck at reagan too. >> parking is lousy. but at least the metro stops there. >> that's key. >> it's so close to my life so that's my personal preference. >> thanks, jess. the giant pandas weren't at it again. they wanted them to be at it again but it's not working so the zoo stepped in to help. that story is coming up. find out which one of

today's celebrity birthdays has a lot to do with the movie "ghost busters."

. 5:27. light rain in northwest. other areas seeing heavier downpours. i'll show you doppler 9000 in a few minutes. but right now your day planner. rain early but original for the next couple of hours. i think most of the day will be dry and pleasantly warm. a little bit of a breeze out of the southwest early becoming westerly at 10 to 15 with highs in the low 80s. live doppler on the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. right now inside to monika with time saver traffic. thank so you much, howard. if you're planning to head inbound on columbia pike near route 7 at tyler street and bailey's cross roads, you want to watch out for a head-on collision with police on the scene here at route a and patrick henry drive. just north of that situation things are looking final. more on virginia roads at 5:48.

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andrea. >> thank you, jess. here's another look at our question of the day. every year men spend $100 million on this cosmetic product. is it a, moisturizer, b, hair dye or, c, distance dance special -- or c, "dancing with the stars" special tanning lotion. >> with visions to the beach and amusement parks, i will say c, tanning lotions. that's a lot of sales. >> log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer in about an hour. we'll have to wait a few months to find out whether or not the national zoo has worked its magic with the giant pandas. zoo vets artificially inseminated the female mei xiang yesterday. the zoo stepped in when they didn't get things going the natural way. they turned to science with hopes mei xiang will deliver her second panda cub. vincent gray and the nationals will honor one of their heroes in the stands.

the mayor will crow claim today as -- will proclaim today as how thorn -- hawthorne day, the nationals ushers that became a hero two weeks ago. he jumped in the middle of a couple of dogs attacking children. he's recovering from bites to his arm and hand. a local terrorism expert joins us with more on the major threats that still remain despite the death of osama bin laden. >> plus, a new system will help people in maryland find out faster if severe weather is in their way. >> let's see who's celebrating a birthday today. scott carpenter is 87. folk singer judy collins is 73. "law and order "i actor dan

florek is 61. ray parker, jr. is 58 today. happy birthday if it's your day, too.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. 5:45. if you're leaving now, you definitely will need your rain gear. but howard says we can leave it in the car later on. >> trouble the next couple of hours will be the most active time of the day. just an isolated to stray storm possible later this afternoon and definitely warmer. yesterday we stayed in the 60s. today we're he -- we'll likely make it to the low 80s. here's a look at the wide doppler radar in motion. i want to show you the showers and storms that are extending from new york and syracuse down through eastern pennsylvania and right down 95 from baltimore to d.c., back toward almost roanoke. locally on live doppler 9000 hd, you see we're starting to clear from i-81 west but we've got some showers now north of

baltimore. heavier ones there. in and around the metro, light stuff here. you see is a verna park. that's a more moderate shower. south and west of town will be the area we'll have to watch for the next one to two hours. you see some moderate showers back in northern fauquier county, amissville toward culpeper. southern prince william county, this is approaching quantico. going to pass south of woodbridge crossing i-95 in the next 20 minutes. here is garrisonville, all of it moving toward the east. there is lightning and thunder with this as well headed towards charles county in another 20 or 30 minutes. it's going to turn wet in southern maryland as well. looking at the bus stop forecast, for the next couple of hours we'll see the showers move south and east. maybe a few more south. north and west we'll start to clear out but mostly cloudy, a few showers, 50s and 60s. the day planner, other than the showers this morning, i think we're in pretty good shape. noontime temp 77.

by 4:00 83. there could be a stray thunderstorm this afternoon. by 8:00 still in the upper 70s. a nice warm day. right now with the rain around, mid-50s in leesburg and lovettsville at 55. arlington and college park are 60 degrees. degrees. it's # 6 in baden -- it's 66 in baden and here in washington this morning looking outside, cloudy skies, light rain. 62 degrees. southwest winds at 3. it was cloudy on the hour. the rain has moved in since 5:00 a.m. the dew point is up into the 50s. here's that line of showers and storms. you look behind it, not much going o. that's why i think -- going on. that's why i think much of today will be okay once we get rid of the morning showers and storms. here we are at 9:00. we'll advance it toward noon. isolated shower south. by 6:00 still in pretty good shape. over the boundary nearby, we'll have a threat for some showers and storms again tomorrow and isolated on thursday. today 82. tomorrow 79. a couple of showers and storms. i've lowered thursday's highs because temperatures will be

affected by southeasterly flow off the atlantic. upper 70s there. but still expecting a very warm friday, 87 and saturday 85 degrees for saimpg company today -- for sink company dimaio -- for cinco de mayo. my list is growing. we had a serious overnight situation in northwest d.c. good morning, everybody. on florida avenue, watch out for the police activity eastbound between rhode island avenue and 7th street northwest. i'm going to step out and see if we can show you a live picture from the scene. you can see that most of the activity has been cleared and traffic seems to be moving through the area right now on florida avenue between rhode island and 7th street northwest. let's go back over to the maps and this time to the north side of town where there's an overturned vehicle right here, university boulevard east of riggs road. i'll step out once again and show you a live picture from sky 9. you can see that traffic is getting by now. it had been blocked if a time

on -- for a time on the eastbound side of university boulevard. so be aware if you're planning to head through this area inside the beltway in langley park, you may have to slow it down a bit. back over to the maps one more time where there's an accident in bailey's crossroad. this one is on columbia pike at tyler street west of route 7. a head-on collision there. at 6:00 more on all these situations coming up. back to you guys. making news now at 5:49, occupy wall street activists are calling for nationwide demonstrations and strikes to mark may day. they plan to use the international workers holiday to rejuvenate their cause. police have dismantled most of the occupy camps. more than a hundred people have been evacuated at brushfires move into the town of hudson, florida. police have shut down part of u.s. 19 because of heavy smoke there. fire officials are preparing for a battle that could last the rest of the week they think. cell phone users will soon get free text alerts by severe

weather warnings when in maryland. the system sends the warnings through towers to every cell phone in range of that tower. all the major u.s. carriers are now participating in the program. it was one of those moments in american history where you can ask someone where they were and they will remember. a year ago today navy seal team six carried out a raid that killed osama bin laden. so what are the long-term impacts of taking out the al qaeda leader? joseph young from american university is here this morning to discuss that. welcome first of all. thanks for joining us and getting bright and early with us to discuss this milestone here. how has the death of al qaeda's top man impacted the organization? everybody says it's much weaker, including the president. what are your feelings about it. >> al qaeda is really three things. it's a group of affiliates and individuals. i think in materials of the core, it's -- terms of the core, it's been pretty devastating. for some of the individuals inspired by t he was much more of an inspirational figure than operational so it's had less

impact. >> he was secluded in that bunker most of the time. >> it was low tech. i think it's had a smaller impact. >> one of the things we've heard recently is we knew there was a big cash of information that was garnered but they actually started detailing just how many commuters were coming out and -- computers were coming out and how many hard drives. does that translate into good intelligence have we learned? >> one thing we know we've gotten good information about how the organization operated. we know, for example, bin laden was very concerned about the loss of his lieutenant, being able to replace people, that the organization was a severe threat. he was thinking about changing the name because al qaeda had been so devastated by the recent assaults on them. in terms of the actual intelligence or operational intelligence we received, it's hard to say but in the last year we've neutralized at least half of their core leadership. i would imagine it's been useful. >> with the core leadership dwindling as it is because of the drone strikes and the other

covert efforts we have ongoing, can al qaeda still carry out a 9/11-style attack? >> i think it's highly unlikely. we know from the documents that bin laden was planning on other attacks but the core is on the run is concerned about their own security. i think a 9/11-style attack is fairly improbable. >> joseph young from american university, thank you for joining us this morning. top u.s. officials break their silence on dissident chen guangcheng? that's just ahead. >> we'll show you the good work the mcclean children's center is doing. >> good news for workers saving for the future. i'll bring that news to you at 6:06. you are watching 9news now. achoo! nasal allergy symptoms

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a very good morning. we are looking at live doppler 9 shue -- 9,000 has -- doppler 9000 haze hd. one this crosses, lighter showers toward us. the good news is it looks like we're going to get rid of all of this very quickly this morning. partly to mostly cloudy here at 9:00. 69 degrees. a nice warm day. just an isolated shower or storm will be possible. upper 70s at noon. we're going on get into the low 80s this afternoon as winds turn from the southwest this morning to the west and northwest late. a real nice warm day compared

to yesterday. 60's. this week's hero central takes us to fairfax county. we're heading into falls church. that's where mclean children's center has an average wait list of two years. >> despite the high demand, the center makes an extra effort to help families who can't afford the tuition. jc hayward shows us the progress they're making. >> reporter: the kids have fun following the teacher on bikes. they're also practicing their motor skills. >> my daughter, she learned how to play with friends, how to help friends, and also she is learning academic things, too. >> reporter: susannah says the falls church mclean's children center gives her daughter the ideal environment to get ready for school, especially when her family could not pay the full tuition. $1400 a month. >> they're working but they cannot afford the high cost of

child care. so this is assistance our families get. >> reporter: the executive director says the center reserves over half of its enrollment to serving youngsters who qualify for subsidized true television from fairfax -- tuition from fairfax county. >> it can be asth as $5 a week to $500 a week depending on their income and family size. >> reporter: affordable child care gives disadvantaged youngsters a chance to get prepared in a quality learning environment so they don't have to fall behind when they start school. >> it's really remarkable because children do change so quickly. often when they come, they don't speak any english. when they leave, they're fluent in english. they've been exposed to all the opportunities to help them be prepared for kindergarten. >> reporter: the center has not only benefited the daughter but also helped the mother who immigrated from ecuador. >> i'm working in this center.

i'm so happy because the tools or the skills they give us is very, very good because we try to understand, especially kids when they need the special needs. >> reporter: all the teachers have certifications or degrees in early childhood education. occupational therapists and speech therapists are also on hand. >> if we're concerned about a child's development, we can have them evaluated right here and they get the therapy that they need right here. >> reporter: susan take says special -- suzanne that says specialists found a speech disorder in her son but now he's doing well with therapy. her little girl is looking forward to the classroom. >> when i say you need to stay home she says no, i need to go to my school. my teachers are waiting for me. it's true, they are waiting for her. >> reporter: i'm jc hayward, 9news now. >> the mclean children's center is open year round and caters

to children between the ages of 2 and 5. for more information, go to jchayward.com and click on hero central. what a great story and teachers love it when kids want to come to class. we're thankful you want to be with us on 9news now at 6:00 a.m. good morning. i'm andrea roane. happy tuesday. i'm mike hydeck. monika santami is back momentarily. good morning, monika. >> howard bernstein has our weather first. we have rain showers in the area but dryness and warmth coming our way. >> even south of town a little bit of lightning and thunder. in the next couple of hours we're going to kick this out of here. then the rest of the day looks pretty good, save a lone shower or storm this afternoon. so the day planner really not bad at all. temperatures climbing into the low 80s here this afternoon as winds go from southwest to westerly. and we're looking at that area of showers and storms which have been coming, marching our way all night, firming up especially to the south of us now. we are lit up. lots of green here.