maybe some strong to severe ones this afternoon. even midday there could be a few. 77 by noon. highs in the low 80s. you see this cluster of showers and storms this morning that's coming across the region extending from around us all the way back toward eastern ohio. so we'll watch this for the next few hours and then something a little bit later. live doppler 9000 hd, scattered showers and storms. had an area that went through montgomery county toward howard county. very little going on in the immediate washington region. we're quiet here but just up the road coming just south of clarksville into southern howard county and even northern howard county got a couple of thunderstorms there. nothing severe but you'll run into heavy downpours in spots like stafford and quantico, up and down 95 through prince william county. one more -- by the way, that's about to cross the river to charles county and approaching unionville and culpeper. got another thunderstorm there as well and a mild start. we've got some issues with weather in traffic. >> you do. if you're going to head out the

door, you know the hot spots. you want to be aware of that with the wet road conditions and heavy downpours as well. downtown things look pretty good across the potomac and anacostia river crossings. no issues to report. as you head up north 395 across the 14th street bridge. we'll take a look at the potomac river crossing on the west side of town at the american legion bridge. no problems to report. on the east side of town here's what it looks like near route 50 on the east side of town in prince george's county. now we're going to go to southern maryland. no problems to report here. route 5, 301, route 4, everything looking fine towards andrews air force base and down toward the wilson bridge into alexandria. here's what it looks like at the american legion bridge as well. at 5:10, we'll take a look at 95 in virginia. back to you. >> thanks, monika. this morning president obama is on his way back to the united states from afghanistan. >> he made a surprise visit to see u.s. troops in the country and address the american people on the one-year anniversary of osama bin laden's death.

9news now reporter delia goncalves is live outside the white house with more. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, andrea, mike. the president is expected to return to the white house here later this afternoon. even mitt romney himself credited the president for his trip to afghanistan saying it was crucial to explain to americans and the troops the future of this war. president barack obama arrived in afghanistan in darkness. the president laid out a plan to end the war in 2014, 13 years after it first began. he says our goals will shift to support and training of the afghan people and the afghan army. the president sign add ten-year agreement -- signed a ten-year agreement with president karzai before addressing the country. >> this time of war began in afghanistan and this is where it will end. with faith in each other and our eyes fixed on the future.

let's finish the work at hand and forge a just and lasting peace. i will not keep americans in harm's way a single day longer than is absolutely required for our national security, but we must finish the job we started in afghanistan and end this war responsibly. >> reporter: back to the republican nominee mitt romney. though he credits the president for his trip to afghanistan, he continues to blast obama for what he says is politicizing the death of osama bin laden. coming up at 5:30, we'll have more and details on that afghan agreement and exactly what the president told the troops when he was in afghanistan yesterday. back to you, andrea, mike. >> thank you, delia goncalves reporting live outside the white house. if you saw coverage of last year's celebration, the eruption after bin laden's death near the white house, you may remember this one poignant

story. our andrea mccarren was in the crowd of cheering people that night. there she found a man named thomas. thomas had come to the white house to honor his son's sacrifice. his son sumner was injured in iraq. although his physical wounds had healed, he ended up committing suicide after not being able to return to duty. >> he still wanted to serve. it was the idea for him -- being a thrown away hero he felt. >> because of the worldwide attention commas cowan received after that -- thomas cowan received after that night, there have been significant changes. thanks to his willingness to talk about his son, several programs are in place to help veterans transition back to civilian life. for firefighters were injured and dozens of people forced out of their homes by an apartment fire t. broke out in silver spring, maryland. investigators tell 9news it started in the attic of the

complex and quickly spread to other buildings. one of the firefighters has minor injuries. the other is more seriously injured but is expected to recover. no residents were hurt. a building project in alexandria's beauregard corridor is sparking protests. advocacy groups representing tenants say that project could lead to much higher rent and force dozens of working families out of those apartments. they rallied last night outsider der ya city hall and the -- outside alexandria city hall and they said they are trying to put more affordable housing units in the plan but it's just not enough. the planning commission is expected to vote on the plan tomorrow night. 5:05. time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> hello, jessica doyle. >> hello, mike hydeck and andrea roane and hello green arrows yesterday on wall street. we like this a wall. wall street starting at a four- year high thanks to signs that the economy is picking up stream. that had stocks around the world heading higher today. checking the numbers from here at home, the dow stands at

13,279, added 65 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq was higher by 4 and the s&p 500 was up by 8 points. investors like the report showing manufacturing activity grew last month at the fastest pace in nearly a year. new figures also showed construction spending inching up in march after two months of declines. both reports suggest the economic recovery is on track despite europe's debt crisis and last month's jobs reports. we'll get another peek at the jobs picture on friday. out with the old paper statements and in with new digital ones. the social security administration is providing workers with online statements of the estimated benefits they'll get when they retire. until last year the agency mailed out yearly statements that detailed your benefits at age 62, 66, or 70. social security stopped mailing the paper statements to save an estimated 70 million a year. this year the agency resumed mailing them to people once they reach 60 but younger

workers left out so they can go online and check the stuff out for themselves. >> that makes absolute sense. >> but everything is going to be online now. no more paper. >> all those passwords you have to remember. that's the worst. >> you're transitioning. you have a kinding -- kindle, you're transforming. >> what's up in the next half- hour? >> we're going to tell but a new fraud that's targeting people with time shares. what you need to be on the lookout for if that's you or a family member. >> thanks, jess. the f.b.i. arrests suspected terrorists as they try to carry out an attack. that story is coming up. >> several u.s. cities are in cleanup mode now after may day protests get violent. >> ahead in sports, tonight's fingers crossed the capitals will try to take the lead in the second round of their

playoff series. we'll be back. 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. we have showers and storms in spots. that will be the case for a few hours and more storms, could be stronger ones this afternoon. here's a look at our day planner. temperatures are rather mild, 60s, a couple of 50s. 75 by 11:00. winds will be trying to shift out of the southeast, southwest. a little variable today, about 5. but the threat for strong

storms and highs in the low 80s. monika? on the northbound side of i- 95, no problems to report, just the volume now coming up through springfield on to 395. over to the inner loop as well. things running smoothly through annandale to 66. in my next report a closer look at virginia roads at 5:17. back to you guys. making news now at 5:10, a bosnian born u.s. citizen has been convicted for his role in a suicide bomb plot on new york city subways. prosecutors say he received al qaeda training in pakistan before agreeing to strap on backpack bombs on the subway. the plot was never carried out. he faces life in prison when he's sentenced. five people are now in custody accused by the f.b.i. of trying to blow up a bridge near cleveland. investigators say the suspects purchased what they thought were real explosives. they got them from undercover agents, however. the bureau says the public was never in any danger and none

ever the suspects is affiliate -- of the suspects is affiliated with any kind of international terror association. may day protesters became violent in several cities. in seattle a group split off from a peaceful protest and broke out the windows of businesses and government buildings. the mayor issued an emergency declaration allowing police to confiscate items which could be used as weapons. the epicenter of campaign 2012 will be in northern virginia later today. we'll tell you about the appearances of the two presidential candidates, at least two of them coming up at 5:30. >> at 5:23, we'll take a look at how nationals rookie bryce harper fared in front of the hometown fans. >> could we hit 90 later this week? howard has the details in the seven-day forecast.

if you happen to be outside saturday night, you're in for a real treat. look at that. the moon becomes full at its closest point to earth making it look even larger and more loom news n. video is from last year's super moon which was in march. peak viewing is this saturday night at 11:35. >> that's the fastest moving moon i've ever seen. >> that looks like the moon you see in -- what is it? amblem productions. >> that's their logo. >> i'm waiting for et to fly

across. will we be able to see the super moon? will it be cloudy saturday night? >> saturday night may be a little iffy to see because we have this frontal boundary in the neighborhood giving us the showers and storms this morning. this afternoon. scattered about tomorrow and saturday as well. but warm temperatures are on the seven-day forecast. every day for the next seven just about is above average. here's a look at the regional doppler radar. lightning showing up especially south of d.c. now. we're seeing a lot more yellow and orange in ohio approaching southwestern pennsylvania. all of this will come across our region over the next few hours. zooming in a little bit, i just want to show you the thunderstorms that are passing south. some up north. no more lightning with them. even out approaching areas of i- 81 coming out of west virginia now we've got heavier rains there. we'll show you what's happening on live doppler 9000 spaiz hd

-- 9,000 hd. it becomes heavy from quantico down through the railroad. there's a special marine warning for another half-hour for this part of the potomac. down toward riverside, this is tracking toward dal again. might -- dahlgren. might slip past la plata. south and west of there, another area we're watching with more lightning from culpeper down toward unionville. this is tracking toward wilderness and fredricksburg. and stafford also in 30 minutes or so as this stuff is moving east at 30 miles an hour. out toward i-81 we showed you that a moment ago. take one more trip here on live 9000. all of this moving east over the next 35, 40 minutes or so. as we look at the forecast, got some showers, some thunder and that bus stop forecast this morning. temperatures are up. i didn't even grab a jacket this morning but some rain gear might be advisable.

50s and 60s. sunrise 6:09. during the day we're going to get some sunny breaks but at times a couple of showers or storms to pop. may go most of the day in spots with very little activity but the threat for strong storms this afternoon and highs in the low 80s. winds east to southeast 5 to 10. 64 right now from culpeper to d.c. 60 in hagerstown. even the cool spots are mild this morning with 61 in cumberland and 65 down in southern maryland. as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, a quiet morning. a little bit of a breeze there above the ground at the capital but at reagan national, they're just reporting a northeast wind at 6 under mostly cloudy skies and 64. it looks like this front is going to be in the neighborhood for a couple of days so we're going to have the threat for some showers and storms for a couple of days. 83 today. going to be a few strong storms this afternoon. some damaging wind gusts. the main threat there. 83 tomorrow. 88 friday. fewer storms. over the weekend you're looking at temperatures cooling by sunday into the 70s. let's go to monika santami at

5:17 with time saver traffic. if you are planning to head out the door, you want to be aware that those strong storms are coming in and may affect your commute on certain parts of the roads. 270 included. also there's an accident right now just north of route 355. let's go into intrav.a. on the inbound side -- go into virginia. on the inbound side of 66, not hearing many complaints. we're doing fine over to the beltway. no issues to report right now. back over to the maps and this time inside the beltway. 66 is fine as is 395. a live look at the 14th street bridge heading into the downtown area, all the potomac and anacostia river crossings are running incident free. at 5:24 we'll take another look at area roads. >> thank you, monika. the nationals face of the franchise is getting closer to returning if his injury. >> while their rookie sensation gets mixed reviews on his first home game as part of the big league club. we'll explain coming up in sports. >> we want to take another look at our question of the morning.

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we have some showers and storms out there. heaviest stuff is in western charles county. it will be approaching 301 probably in the next ten minutes or so that's coming out of the quantico region. some other storms from culpeper south toward wilderness that will head towards stafford and fredricksburg over the next half-hour. well watch other areas of rain coming toward the i-81 corridor. temperatures today low 80s. maybe upper 80s by friday. the capitals prepare for tonight's first home game in their playoff series against the rangers. >> bryce harper sort of disappointing at the plate but he shined on the field during his home gait with the

nationals -- game with the nationals. almost 23,000 fans filled the park last night, thousands more watched on television as bryce harper made his home debut. after he had a decent outing in l.a. this weekend, the diamondbacks found a way to silence the young phenom, at least at the plate. harper 0-3 last night but he continued to make some great defensive plays on the field chasing down fly balls and showing off that arm of his. look at this, 300-foot bomb, no bounce to home plate. just missing the tag-out. tops of the 6th, nats down one. deep to right field. zimmerman gave up eight hits, four runs in six innings. in the 8th the nats offense showned a little sign of life. nats lose their fifth straight game 5-1. ryan zimmerman was throwing the ball around before yesterday's game. some good news there, first

time since going on the dl with an inflamed elbow. he said things felt great and hopes to be back on sunday. caps-rangers this weekend. brian holty found his rhythm and the caps got a few lucky bounces their way. they look to bring the momentum back to d.c. for game three and four and hopefully gain some of that home ice advantage that's eluded them this post season. we'll be live tonight at the verizon center for capitals- rangers game three. that's going to do it for your morning sports. i'm kristen berset. have a great day. if you are headed to the nationals game tonight, try to get there a little early. tom willis who will throw out tonight's first pitch with his foot. you can see him there at fenway park. he was born without arms so he learned to use his legs and feet to do just about anything any of us can do. he is a motivational speaker going to ballparks around the country as part of his pitch for awareness tour. he is amazing. later this hour, we'll have

more about the special honors for a local hero at last night's nats game. >> mitt romney will have less competition by the time he finishes his campaign appearances in northern virginia. we'll explain. >> gaithersburg on north summit avenue north of route 355, here in the heart of rockville, 355 at route 28, everything is running smoothly. in my next report we'll take a look at 270 at 5:29. you're watching 9news now. stay with us.

welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. he loves that girl, marlo thomas. >> reruns were still on when i was in school. she was adorable on that show. >> we love the hair? me, too. i remember "that girl." i'm mike hydeck. she's not marlo thomas.

>> my hair wants to be. >> mr. bernstein, 64 degrees and it's only 5:0 in the morning. >> but it's muggy and we've had showers and storms around already this morning and we could get more this afternoon. keep the rain gear handy and maybe extra hair spray according to monika. temperatures will be getting into the mid-70s by noon and low 80s this afternoon. a chance of a stormy midday. some of those could be strong to even severe with damaging wind gusts or hail being the primary threat. we're watching an area of showers and storms coming out of ohio this morning. still some strong stuff back there. in our neck of the woods, looking at live doppler 9000 hd, stronger storms near baltimore. some showers on the southwest side of the metro now. you can see it's just about to the beltway from annandale and burke coming through fairfax, almost to springfield. as you go into charles county, this is where we've got the heaviest activity up for. this is going down -- activity

now. this is going down toward dahlgren and northern st. mary's. been a lot of lightning and thundz we are thises a -- thunder with this as well. we start with temps in the 50s and 60s. good morning, everybody. got some wet road conditions but luckily no major incidents to report i'm happy to say all around town. things are still relatively quiet. no problems to report on 270 as you come out of frederick, down past clarksburg. we'll take a live look outside on 270 here at montrose road. i'll step out a little bit. it's just beginning to build in volume here in rockville down to the split. let's go back over to the paps and this time to the other side of town. route 50 inside the beltway are fine. no problems on 50 coming in from annapolis, the beltway in prince george's county. that entire stretch between 95 and the wilson bridge is incident free and we'll take a live look at route 29 as you come in toward the beltway you're going to be fine. no problems to report heading south on route 29 or 95 in from

baltimore. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look into virginia at 5:38. >> thank you, monika. two republican presidential candidates are coming to northern virginia today. one of them is here to call it quits. former house speaker newt gingrich is expected to officially suspend his campaign. he's going to make the announcement at the hilton hotel in arlington. this video on his website gingrich thanked all of his supporters for their hart work and the former speaker of the house says he will back the republican nominee coming up in the november election. that resumed nominee of course is mitt romney and the former massachusetts governor. he has two events scheduled in northern virginia today. later this morning he will be at the exhibit edge in chantilly with virginia republican congressman frank wolf. then tonight he has a fund- raiser and private dinner in pentagon city. so far he nor gingrich are

expected to appear this morning. the president made a surprise visit to afghanistan on the one-year anniversary of osama bin laden's death. delia goncalves is live outside the white house with more. >> good morning. that presumptive nominee mitt romney continues to blast president obama for what he says is playing politics with the death of osama bin laden. still romney says it was good that the president visited afghanistan. in fact, it was the president's third trip to that country where he surprised troops last night and sign add ten-year agreement with -- signed a ten- year agreement with afghanistan. the conflict will end in 2014 according to the president but an undetermined number of troops may still stay in the country to train afghan soldiers. the agreement also commits the u.s. to seek funding from congress annually for this transition. the president signed a deal. then spoke directly to the troops. >> we've reached an agreement to transition detention facilities to afghan control and to put afghans in the lead

on special operations. today we're agreeing to be long- term partners in combating terrorism. >> when we see our homeland violated, when we see our fellow citizens killed, then we understand what we have to do. >> reporter: of course that is the president referring directly to 9/11 and of course that prompted many of the troops to join the military in the first place. since then 1800 american lives have been lost overseas in these to battles. coming up at 6:00, we'll have more on the president's address to the country. andrea, back to you. >> delia goncalves with that update from outside the white house this morning. the first full day of deliberations in a high profile child molestation trial gets under way later this morning. jurors will try to reach a verdict in the trial of michael gardner. the falls church businessman is accused of molesting three

young girls who attended his daughter's slumber parties last summer. the defense and prosecution delivered closing arguments tuesday. then the jury deliberated for about two hours before going home for the night. montgomery county police are looking for two suspects in an attempted sexual assault in silver spring. the attack happened shortly before 11:00 last night in the area of arlis street and garland avenue. that's close to the long branch library. a woman told police she was walking when two men approached her. one had a night. when they tried to assault her, she ran to a nearby grocery store and was able to get help. 5:34. time for your money report once again. >> jessica doyle is back with the latest. good morning. >> that's right. good morning. a lot of people who buy time shares, then go on in the future to decide they don't want to own them anymore. they want to sell them. maybe it's because of high fees or travel costs. now state and federal officials are cracking down on scam artists who demand up to $2,000 armor from time share owners --

or more from time share owners hoping to sell. the u.s. attorney for the southern district of illinois has already indicted 22 people for time share resale fraud. time share owners are being warned about people pretending they have a buyer without providing the seller anything in return. the chinese food chain pf chang's is going private, this deal with a private equity firm is valued around 1.09 billion. here's a way you might be able to score some free stuff. in virginia state tourism officials are hoping to draw a million folks to virginia's website this month so they're giving away bigger prizes as they get closer to that goal. the sweepstakes begins today and runs through may 31. prizes including hot balloon rides, state park passes, and a shopping spree. i'm take the shopping spree. >> i want to do the hot air balloon. i haven't done that before.

that looks cool. you can get your children a new place to play and help a good cause at the same time. we'll have details on that coming up. if you recognize these fashion items, you already know one of the celebrities celebrating a birthday today. that's a clue.

5:38. outside on the weather terrace it's warm, comfortable and muggy but you need some rain gear. swe have some showers -- we have some showers moving towards the southwest. storms in charles county moving towards st. mary's and fredricksburg. we're looking at a day with scattered showers and storms. some breaks and maybe strong thunderstorms this afternoon. look for high temperatures to get into the low #s on.

-- low 80s. i'll see you in about five. right now monika with time saver traffic. an accident in woodbridge on route 1 at occoquan road south of route 123. then wet roads on the northbound side of i-95 will slow you down as you come up through springfield on to 395. coming up in my next report, more on virginia roads. back to you guys. i've been combing through the day's daily deals, e-mails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. here are some of my favorites. this is the last day to save 50% on tickets to see d.c. united. if you want to add a pre-game tailgate party, that is $65. this deal is offered by living social. best buy's deal of the day will wake you up. $49.99 for a digital dual alarm clock. you save $35 and free shipping.

and finally carnival has a memorial day cruise promotion for military families. active and former military personnel can book up to three cabins at discounted rates through may 31. these are for three to eight- day sailings through april 30, 2014. promotional rates for the latest offers start at $229 a person. 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. >> thank you. we want to take another look at our question of the morning. 60% of people say this is the most annoying thing they encounter at work. is it a, gossip, b, unwanted comments and conversations from an annoying co-worker or c, a co-worker who can't do their job. >> stephanie thompson wrote, all of the above. it all annoys me. i'm at work to make money, no the to hear gossip or deal with someone who can't do their job. log on to the wusa9 facebook feign page and -- facebook fan

page and let us know how you really feel. we'll reveal the answer in an hour. a montgomery county schoolteacher said she had to fight to get a $100 refund from her bachg. she withdraw -- her bank. she withdrew money from her bank and immediately went across the street to pay a bill at the teachers federal credit union but the credit union teller identified one of the 100 dollar bills as a fake and refused to accept it. the secret service now has that suspicious bill and according to them, the responsibility for spotting bad currency rests with the person receiving it. >> not fair. if you need a new place for your kids to play this summer, we may have found a great solution. take a look at this one of a kind play houses. they are on display in the shops at wisconsin place in friendship heights. the final play house, a fire engine replica arrived yesterday. at the end of the month the play houses will be auctioned off with the proceeds benefiting rebuilding together which makes home repairs for

low income residents. why would the kennedy center send performers into the streets of washington? they're doing that next week. we'll explain why. >> there's no word this morning on the status of the escaped chinese dissident. >> celebrity birthday time. if you recognized the clothing we showed a few minutes ago, you know it's donna versace's birthday today. she's 57. a special happy birthday to our vice president of community relations. also, we don't want to forget howard's son philip is 12 years

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good morning. welcome back to 9news now. it's 5:46 on this wednesday morning. we say good morning to carol from southern maryland and to jennifer from lovettsville, virginia. they like watching us in the morning. i just wanted to make sure i said hello to them before they started to get busy getting ready to leave the home. so thank you for watching. >> good morning. >> thanks for the complement for the team. >> grab some rain gear because at times we'll see showers and storms in spots. we have some now. the stuff this afternoon may even be stronger than what we're dealing with this morning. we start with a look at the regional dopplers because we've been watching the stuff coming at us all night long coming out of ohio and pennsylvania and west virginia. we have an area especially

south of d.c. then you'll notice the other cluster in eastern ohio headed toward southern pennsylvania and west virginia. let's just zoom in. a lot of lightning with this, too, especially south of town here coming into areas in southern charles county around dahlgren in virginia. getting hammered here. this other line quickly moving toward i-95 in the frekd ricksburg area -- fredricksburg area. we've been tracking this on doppler 9000. from d.c. down i-95 into southern maryland, you guys are getting the brunt of it right now. light showers here in northwest but you head to the south side of d.c., southern arlington into fairfax county going down 395, 95, route 1, some moderate to heavy rains there. a lot of lightning as you go farther off to the south. prince george's county, you're going to get wet south of route 50. areas here down toward quantico and stafford seeing another line of thunderstorms. but the heavy stuff, down

toward colonial beach, that's tracking through mechanicsville. this will hit southern calvert, too, in 20 or 30 mirnlings as it crosses -- minutes as it crosses 235 from st. mary's county into calvert county and eventually the bay. we had a marine warning earlier. not sure they extended that with a second line of storms that's coming through. some action this morning. then looks like more activity later on. at the bus stop some showers, some thunder south. temperatures running in the 50s and 60s. sunrise at 6:09. then today it's going to be an active day at times. at times it will be relatively quiet. mid-70s by noon. still a threat for an isolated shower or two. a couple of thunderstorms this afternoon with highs in the low 80s. but this afternoon's storms could potentially have wind gusts and hail in the strong ones. 63 in sterling. we mentioned lovettsville earlier, 62. gaithersburg is 61. lots of low to mid-60s. a very mild morning. just starting to see a little light showing up on our michael

& son weather camera. 64 national with a northeast wind at 6 miles an hour. this is the cluster we've got this morning. see this stuff here? some of this with the energy could be here later this afternoon. looking at the forecast, low 80s today. scattered showers and storms. could be a couple of strong ones. tonight we're in the 50s and 60s. low 80s again thursday with some afternoon thunder, especially west of town. upper #s on friday -- upper 80s friday. a slight chance for a few storms. friday looks to be the warmest day of the week. saturday back to the 80s. sunday drier down in the 70s. monika is in now with time saver traffic. unfortunately we have a pretty serious situation down in southern maryland. if you're planning to head out of brandywine this morning, you'll want to listen up. the information is just coming in. a very serious accident in brandywine. it's on route 301 crane highway at oak barrel court. that is north of dyson. i'm hearing that there's a lot of equipment on the scene right now. you may just want to avoid the area if you can. go ahead and use cherry tree

crossing road to work your way around that accident. as the information comes nly certainly give that to you. route 4 looks okay over to the beltway. no problems there on the beltway as you leave the wilson bridge. here's what it looks like on the northbound side of i-95. no issues to report here but we're going to go back over to the maps. on the northbound side of i-95, we'll go to the maps where there is another accident on the southbound side as you head past quantico. watch out. all lanes are closed southbound 95. maybe use route 1 as your alternate route there. a truck also lost its load of equipment there. a quick look at the maps. marc brunswick delays on 890, 10 to 15 minutes. in my next report, an update on both situations at 6:00. here's what's making news now at 5:50 this morning. months after the death of a drum major at florida a.m. university, authorities say they are going to file charges today against members of the famu band. robert champion died last

november. investigators believe he was the target of a hazing ritual where he was beaten by the upper chessmen. a form -- classmen. a former agent has pleaded guilty to defrauding the government. 48-year-old james woosley was i.c.e.'s intelligence director. he admitted stealing money by falsifying time sheets and travel vouchers. he now awaits sentencing. secretary of state hillary clinton is in beijing. it was thought her trade talks might be usurped by the case of chen guangcheng but officials say the escaped dissident is in a medical facility and will soon be reunited with his family. he is not requesting political asylum. the kennedy center is spreading its wings next week with a special series of performances at locations around the city. the event is called "look both ways: street arts across america." garth ross is the kennedy's center vice president of

community engagement, and he's here to tell us a little bit more about this program. garth, good to have you here this morning. kicks off on monday. how do we start the program? >> we'll start it on sunday with -- we're calling it our lunch time invasions. it will be at eastern market and the fairgrounds. those performances will carry on throughout the week. these lunch time invaiptions will take place -- invaiptions will take place at -- invasions will take place at woodrow wilson plaza. this is all in addition to our perform men'ses -- performances over at the kennedy center's millennium stage. >> most of what you're talking about is free but the idea of looking both ways, it's not just sitting in a concert hall or opera house paying big priced tickets to get entertainment. it's everywhere. >> we're working with these artists who are so committed to breaking down barriers. these are artists who are committed to breaking down barriers between disciplines, music, dance with performances all fused together but most

importantly between audiences and the artist. so they take their performance out to the street. they designed and built their performance for the street. so we're thrilled to be working with art is like midnight circus, a circus company who performs out in the open air or the classic american political theater puppet company from vermont. >> we have just about a minute left. you talked about the lunch time invasion, but something that really impressed me was the look up, what's happening to the old post office pavilion. >> on friday, the 11th, a band from san francisco will be dancing on the face of the old post office tower. so there's an aerial dance company. they're an extraordinary group that damageses on the faces of mountains, on the faces of buildings and they'll completely be transforming that space. again, their commitment is to reframing our relationship to dance and opening it to new audiences. >> it wraps up on saturday the 12th.

>> saturday the 12th at yards park which is a fabulous new park on the banks of the anacostia river. it's between the navy yard and national stadium. metro to navy yard stop is your best option for getting there. but we'd love to see people down there in the park all day on saturday. >> exactly. so that's free on the streets. you can get more information on look both ways, street arts across america at kennedy- center.org. we'll have a link on our website wusa9.com. >> sounds exciting. thank you. president obama is on his way home from his surprise trip to afghanistan. we have more on what he's planning coming up. >> a man who risked his life to save others from a dog attack gets honored at nationals park. jess, over to you. >> thanks, mike. are you looking for some great ideas for mom for mother's day? i'm your girl. coming up at 6:06 smrks unique -- some unique ideas that won't break the bank. love you, mom. you're watching 9news now.

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he jumped into the middle of a violent attack toe save his young neighbors. >> he was honored as a hero at last night's game. our matt jablow was there. >> reporter: on a typical night at nationals park, an a dray hawthorne would be showing people to their seats in section 116. tonight, though, he was in the nationals dugout and then on the field where he was honored by the nationals organization. it was about ten days ago when hawthorne saw several kids in

his northeast washington neighborhood being attacked by two large vicious dogs and with no apparent regard for his own safety jumped in to help stabbing one of the dogs with a knife he grabbed from his kitchen while another man fended off the other dog with a baseball bat. >> automatically i said i've got to sacrifice myself. >> reporter: he received a number of serious wounds on his left arm. >> major damage. >> reporter: tonight before the nationals game against the diamondbacks, he received a personalized jersey signed by the team. he also received the gratitude from the entire city expressed by mayor vincent gray who declared today andre hawthon day in washington. -- >> andre hawthorne day in washington. a washington native, andre has been an usher here at nationals park ever since the stadium opened in 2008. management said ever since they heard about his incredible story about coming to rescue of the attack, they knew they had

to do something to publicly honor him. heroic was a word heard often tonight. >> a true hero andre hawthorne. >> reporter: for his part he is resisting the hero label saying instead that he was just a guy who did what came naturally. >> i'm no hero. i just -- it was something i had to do. >> reporter: matt jablow, 9news now. >> we're glad he was there and the man who had the baseball bat as well helped save andre's life, too. thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. good morning. i'm andrea roane. you made it to wednesday. i think, right? just kidding. i'm mike hydeck. thanks for joining us. >> you'll need some rain gear on this wednesday. howard bernstein has our weather first. >> this afternoon when we get into the daytime heating, more energy for the storms. this morning, got some ones that got a lot of ump as is but this afternoon it could