good morning again, i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm mike hydeck, monika has timesaver traffic but we start with howard first. >> some hail up to an inch in diameter torrential downpours and a lot of loud thunder. >> we didn't get it near my house. >> if you got it you know you got it. you can sleep through it for the most part. as of today we could have a repeat in spots, in fact i think the conditions today for strong storms are better than the last couple of days, by 5:00 mid 80s with those thunderstorms approaching from the west. that could have hail or some even gusty winds. damaging winds in the stronger storms. here were the storm last night coming south and east. this morning a big cluster of storms in we've w starting to produce one lone thunderstorm not far from petersburg in western areas to the west. visibility there with some haze at three miles and fog a problem. warrenton, culpeper, orange, half mile even down to zero. baltimore's improved to half mile and even though the

tappahannock airport half mile visibility. some patchy dense fog is really going to be the biggest issue other the next couple of -- over the next couple of hours. 59 in easton and 66 here in d.c.. into the 80s but anytime after about 3:00, 2:00, strong storms possible west to east. monika? we have a couple of minor incidents around town in prince george's county and i'm happy to say that for the most part, they're cleared up. and if you're planning to head over to the beltway, first of all there was the accident on the inner loop at the bw parkway here in green belt. we'll take a live look outside right now. and all lanes were cleaned you have -- cleared up. things are looking great as you head southbound here on the inner loop past good luck road to the vw parkway. back to the maps this time southern maryland. looking great rut 4, route 5, route 301 all of the major corridors heading up to the beltway and adams air force base into oxon hill. a live look inside the beltway. pennsylvania avenue at minnesota avenue, on our traffic land camera no issues to report downtown this morning

over the potomac and anacostia river crossings as well. coming up in my next report, an update on virginia roads at 6:11. mike? this morning police in howard county, maryland are trying to figure out what happened inside a church. >> in the end one woman was shot dead and another one was wounded then the suspect took his own life. >> all of this happened thursday along rogers avenue in ellicott city right near where routes 29 and 40 meet. delia goncalves is there live with the latest as we've been saying all morning delia, church is a place of sanctuary, not a place for murder. >> reporter: of course. and that really is what folks have talked about and expressed and that's why so many people are stunned you know a lot of people consider the church a very sacred place and to consider that any crime no less murderer happened inside the church is just shocking for a lot of folks. and it's indeed a horrible, horrible crime. we have been able to contact the church leaders about what happened inside the sanctuary

here. but we can tell you it was a janitor who alerted police to the horrible crime. police say it's unclear if the victims were church employees or church members. but the two women were discovered inside st. peter's episcopal church office. one was dead when police arrived. we're told the second wilson valdez rushed to -- was rushed to shock trauma in baltimore still listed in critical condition. police later found a man in the nearby woods. he was dead from a self- inflicted gunshot wound. detectives discovered the weapon lying to the knot body. >> we're looking into the very real pocket that he may be linked to what happened at the church. my understanding is that a custodian came into the office inside the church building where he an out and -- ran out and called 911. >> reporter: again folks in the quiet community of ellicott city simply stunned that this happened inside the church. still, lots of unanswered

questions including who are these people and why did this happen and of course, why did this crime happen here inside the church? andrea back to you. >> thank you delia goncalves with that update from ellicott city, maryland this morning. the judge presiding over the murder trial in the south capital street shootings will responds to a note today from the jury. it was given to the judge yesterday afternoon after another day of deliberations, we do not know what was included in the note. five men are facing murder charges for the 2010 killing spree. it left five people dead and several others hurt and it was one of the who's crimes in the district there -- worst crimes in the district in years. a commuter alert this morning. more delay on metro this weekend is affecting everyone who rides the green line. starting at 10:00 tonight, there will be no service between green belt and fort totten. that part of the line is going to stay closed through sunday night for track work and also affect anyone using that massive parking ride lot at green belt to get downtown.

there will be some shuttle buses to get you around this but add about an hour to your travel time. 50 minutes at least because of the work yellow line trains heading north will stop at mount vernon square. 40 speed cameras snapping tickets at $40 a pop have brought in quite a haul in prince george's county. $3.2million in the last eight months, cameras went up in the county last august and according to the figures released by the police department, they have snapped more than 200,000 photos of drivers with a lead foot. in prince george's county most cameras are near the schools and only on between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. 6:05. jessica doyle is watching your money. and she's yelling liar, liar pants on fire. >> this time, it's not just any rank and file employee. it's the head of a company that apparently lied on resumes. >> padding the old resume apparently even ceos are being accused of doing this. there's a proxy fight with

yahoo and an activist shareholder firm. they say the ceo for yahoo lied on the resume. the official resume for scott thompson says he holds a bachelor of science and accounting but the degree is only actually in accounting. yahoo is calling this an error and is reviewing the matser but it's an error thompson made for years apparently. a lot of people do pad their resumes and even websites that are out there devoted to telling you how to pad your resume and get away with it. it's true. do google search. they're out there. a lot of them. the consequences of getting caught are pretty bad. if you're currently applying for a job, offers can be withdrawn and you can be fired for lies uncovered during the original job search and don't think hr is checking up? according to a revent survey by career builder, approximate 37% of companies research job candidates on various social networks sites and they're really, really digging into what you have out there.

looking for a deal on electrical or maybe another project at home? check out craigslist. the "new york times" reports that craftsmen are desperate for work and they're turning to the website to find jobs. the construction business slashed nearly 2.3 million positions over the last two yores. you're going to find offers for campen tores -- carpenters and papers and the like. it's a good article actually because there are some crazy things that these folks are being offered on craigslist. where they're just like it's not worth the money. thanks a lot. >> wow. all right. funny. thanks jess. >> you got it. get ready for a national mall makeover. we learned more about the winning designs for three key areas of the mall. a gnaw theater and -- new theater and walkway will host the fourth of july concert at the monument. the old reflecting pool will be turned into a public square with the new pool built a block away. and constitution gardens on the north side of the mall will be rebuilt along with the pavilion and a restaurant mike, it might

include a bar. >> you can actually you know, you can have a martini on the mall. >> which is pretty unusual and difficult right now. >> impossible, it's tough to even get a coke. >> first lady laura bush will spearhead the efforts to raise money. if all goes according to plan the first cutting will take place in 2016. right now at wusa9.com, check out the winning designs for yourself. >> bathrooms and restaurants great idea. okay, washington national cathedral was hit pretty hard last year: a big return to normal this year with the annual flower mart. in five minutes live to the cathedral. >> and howard has declared today a severe weather alert day. we expect strong storms this afternoon. your forecast is next right here on 9news now. a party?

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a quiet morning out there. some patchy fog in one or two spots, this afternoon though severe weather alert day. we could see strong to severe storms anytime this afternoon. highs in the mid 80s. >> green belt a three vehicle accident. police are on the scene there, know it in green belt.

i'll give you details coming once again coming up in my next report,. while you slept new adopts in the case involving a blind chinese activist. chinese government says he can apply to study abroad. meaning he can leave the country. >> that's making news now. no detills yet on what this means for chen guangchen. he hid in the united states embassy in beijing while under house arrest and it caused a dip employeematic standsoff between the u.s. and china. the pentagon is telling military commanders to get their troops in line. it wants more discipline so we don't have more instances of troops treating enemy corpses poorly which can put over troops in danger. defense secretary leon panetta will reinforce the message today at a speech today in fort benning, georgia. how much would you pay for a piece of wedding cake? this is a slice from last year's royal wedding of prince william and kate middleton. an auctioneer expects it to go for at least $1,300. well, it's a sign things starting to get back to normal

at the washington national cathedral. starting today the annual flower mart is going to be there and it includes a chance to climb to the top of the cathedral towers the highest point in washington. joining us live is the chair of the flower mart 2012. it's nice to have it back, good morning vicky. >> good morning. >> what can people expect when they head out there? >> yes, we have loads of flowers and plants, we have gifts for mother's day. we have fantastic food. we have entertainment that's free going on all day. we have indoors the international flower show. jamaican artists, carvers and artisans, outdoor pottery exhibit. >> wow that sounds like a lot to offer. was this -- effect was this suspended last summer with the earthquake or already underway and worked out fine? >> we were able to get last year's flower mart off. today's 73rd annual one starting but you know the earthquake just devastated our

bidding back -- building back in august. but it's really renewed our mission here and trying to support the cathedral and the 59 beautiful grounds here around the close. >> we know that after news report it's going to take about a decade and millions of dollars to get things back to normal there. do the proceeds from this flower show and flower mart go to help that effort? >> yes, directly. the cathedral needs about $20 million to restore the building and this effort put on by all hallows guilds that i'm a member of is designed to beauty and support all of these grounds and buildings. >> now it starts today if people want to come into d.c. to be a part of it and purchase the flowers, how long and where do they park? >> okay. please be here by 10:00. you can stay until 6:00. tomorrow, 10:00 to 5:00. parking is available in our parking garage here at the cathedral and lots of street parking and you can take the number 30 bus up wisconsin.

>> well, fantastic, goods luck in this year's flower mart vicky. we appreciate you getting up with us this morning and we'll see you over there. >> thank you so much. >> always beautiful backdrop when we do live shots. j gorgeous. >> i know you're relatively new to d.c. >> i've driven by the flower mart and done the climb to the top of the towers which is just absolutely gorgeous. doing that today see anything? >> little hazy this morning. best times to do that might be middle of the day. later this morning early afternoon and then we've got the threat you know severe weather alert day the threat for strong storms again. had some strong ones last night but again a threat later on this afternoon through the evening hours and eastern early tonight. here's a look at your bus stop forecast. little muggy and mild but partly sunny out there. we've got some breaks in the overcast. temps running in the 60s, sun came up a few minutes ago at 6:04. today some sunshine and clouds mixed about. temperatures will climb pretty quickly through the 70s this morning to about 80 by lunchtime. 82 at 1:00. and while it's going to be

sunny here in the metro area at 1:00, out west out to the west virginia and virginia border i- 81 some thunderstorms popping by then. this afternoon, boy we get to the middle of the afternoon, things start to move in from west to east. and when i say things i'm talking about permly strong to -- potentially strong to severe storm with some hail and possibly damaging wind gusts, storms this morning in west virginia locally moving into ohio. it's southern garrett county seeing some rain coming out of this one cell south of oakland here. so that's about it. and this is weakening a little bit. other than that nice quiet morning except for some fog. that's a problem areas to the south and west from warrenton to culpeper and orange and over to stafford. visibilities there a half mile or less. quarter mile in martins bug and half mile in baltimore. patchy dense fog in spots that will be around for a couple of hours. temps 59 in easton. 58 lewis and georgetown delaware with mid 60s in d.c.. low 60s in winchester and

gaithersburg and culpeper and outside on the michael & son weather camera. mostly cloudy this morning. 66 degrees although at reagan national reporting just a couple of clouds. winds is calm and barometer holding steady. up here ugh see this line of storms from northern missouri back to new england? that's a cold front ands that helping to fire some showers and storms, low level moisture and enough upper level energy so a threat of severe weather. two spots one west of us. the other one on top of us from the blue ridge east. damaging wind gusts and large hail the bigger concern from the strong storms this afternoon. here's the futurecast noon still relatively quiet. watch what happens early this afternoon we start the see the storms fire off. here 2:45 out to i-81 and the park and then by 5:45, scattered showers and storms moving in. could be a rough evening commute. you got a ball game or something you're trying the play or maybe going to the nats tonight, there could be some delays. 86 today. tomorrow, 80 after being in the 60s. tomorrow we could get a couple

of storms but most of that will be south and southwest of the d.c.. sundays looks great 75. by mondays 74 and could see a few showers returning later on tuesday. it is 6:17. monika samtani is back with timesaver traffic. and how's your list doing? one accident this one is a pretty big one i would say. it's in green belt on edmondston road. it's right here just west of the bw parkway at cherrywood lane. it's three vehicles involved and it's completely shut don there. route 201 is shut down there at cherrywood lane. take sunny side avenue to route 201 if you need to get to the beltway. outside live right now and taking a look here at the beltway a good luck goad just authority of the parkway. this is the inner loop. both look great on the east side of town. back over to the maps and this time all the way down into virginia. northbound i-ed 595 eagles been

-- i-95's been incident-free and really not lack looking bad at all. further north now and springfield. i think we can deal with this on 95 and 95. to the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next report, an update on the accident in green belt at 6:25. mike and andrea? 6:19 now. next in sports get ready to ignite your natitude. the phillies are in town and so are the loud mouthed fans. we're going to do something about it. >> first let's get another check on our question of the morning -- >> facebook friends gene always has something good to say, she says pleasure says-- >> what do you think the correct answer is? post your thoughts to our facebook page and we'll reveal the answer at 6:54. . great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more processed flakes look nothing like natural grains.

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morning, howard bernstein with you and today is a severe weather alert day. the threat for strong to severe storms will be with us later this afternoon and this evening. this morning quiet except for some patchy fog. it's going to be warm too. our temps will rise to about 80 by lunchtime and highs in the mid 80s but anytime after 3:00, 4:00 west to east coming in from the shenandoah valley heading over toward us we've got that threat for storms which could be with us through the evening hours as well. in sports d.c. mayor gray declared this natitude weekend in washington. that means it's time for nats' fans to pack their park. >> that's because the hated phillies are coming to town and if you look at the standings the inside are in -- nats are in first place in the nl east. >> the last time the two teams met washington swept the four game series even with their ace pitching on the phillies' side. ha ha. in fact the nats were 10-8 against philly last year. the nats wrapped up their series with the diamond backs

last night bring harper was hitting hard -- bryce harper was hitting third last night. harmer scampers to second base. but he never touched first and therefore was called out on the appeal. harp, tied at one in the 6th -- >> missing first base and if you're scoring -- >> it's a rookie mistake. but in the 6th. harper smashes the double to left. ian desmond came around to score the go ahead run. and the nats win 2-1. detwiler picked up the third win on the season. this is a freak injury and it could end the career of the best closer in baseball history. the yankees' mariano rivera tore his acl while fielding balls during batting practice yesterday. the 42-year-old reliever had been hinting already that this could be his final season. rookie mini camp begins today for the rinse and that means -- redskins and that means we could be getting our

first look at robert griffin iii in action. zinging that pass and smiled for the camera but again see him in action starting today. bad news for the baltimore ravens fans. terrell suggs is expected to have surgery on a partially torn achilles tendon. that means the linebacker is going to miss most if not all of the upcoming season. he was the afc defensive player of the year last year and last a big loss. 6:25. still ahead why more and more of us are feeling stressed out at work. could it be because of our co- workers? >> no. >> nah. >> plus, cracking the case of a thief of the national archives, learn what one thing led investigators to blow this case wide open. >> right now one of the best co- workers monika samtani with the quick check of traffic. >> same to you. thank you so much. here's the beltway in green belt. inner loop is the right side of the screen heading toward the bw parkway. want to know about the accident blocking route 201 north of cherrywood lane in green belt.

more on that coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back.

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welcome back. howard bernstein with you, 6:29 on this severe weather alert day. this morning the birds are singing and some sun glinting off the capitol dome under partly sunny skies but it's this afternoon and this evening that has us concerned for the threats of some strong to severe thunderstorms. we had some last night which produced some hail in spots an inch in diameter and also the

torrential downpours and storms also when threose career could have winds of 58 miles per hour or -- they're severe could have winds of 58 miles per hour or stronger. it's the middle to latter part of the afternoon through the evening hours that we have to watch out for the threat of severe weather with highs in the mid 80s around here. you notice the storms last night which rolled which you on a couple of -- through on couple of clusters, quiet this morning. in west virginia they're being hammered there generally alodge and west of i-79 and a little bit of fog in spots. bart mar a half mile visibility. warrenton zero mile visibility and even martinsburg to cumberland some patchy dense fog. this afternoon and this evening with the net for severe storms. inside now to monika with timesaver traffic. all of the traffic problems are concentrated on the east side of town namely in greenbelt. where there's been a pretty serious accident two cars and a

pickup truck involved. and it's blocking right here edmondston that's route 201 at cherrywood lane. take over to the beltway i think that will work for you as alternate route. also there's debris in the road on the inner loop of the beltway just past route 1 apparently in the center of the road and know that as you head to college park northbound on the beltway. we'll take a look on the north side of the beltway where the outer loop delays look like that most of the way into silver spring. that's normal for this time of the morning. back to the maps -- actually first show you what 66 looks like is a little slow into centreville but here at monument drive around route 50 things are fine headed for the beltway. now back oh to the graphics and want to tell you mark brunswick delays, coming up in my next report, an update on the situation in greenbelt at 6:43. mike? new documents show osama bin laden wanted to destroy the united states right up until

his death. but he was also worried about al-qaeda follow falling apart -- falling apart. >> we have a new english magazine supposedly put out by the terror group. the folks at "cbs this morning" have the story. hey erica hill. >> hey mike, good morning to you as well. that's right al-qaeda's glossy magazine known as inspire is back. in fact there are two new issues online. after u.s. attack that killed its editor and publisher. john miller is actually quoted in and he's going to walk us through what "inspire" reveals about the tactics and only on "cbs this morning" rocker ted nugent addresses the secret service probe and what he did during the intervow that he later apologized for. that's all alet at 7:00 guys. we turn to campaign 2012. parking light obama is camping -- president obama is ramping up the re-election bid in west

virginia. the president will renew his push to curb interest rates on student loans. the event is not open to the public. the president will be campaigning in richmond tomorrow. both parties consider virginia a battleground state for november. presumptive republican mitt romney was in portsmouth yesterday down in the hampton roads area if you've ever been there. he campaigned alongside governor bob mcdonnell and michele bachmann. the polls show mitt romney is trailing the president in virginia by a few percentage points. the piece of a -- peace of a quiet maryland community is shattered by a shooting inside a church. >> in the end a woman was killed and another seriously hurt and the suspect took his own life. >> this all happened thursday outside st. peter's episcopal church along rogers avenue in ellicott city.

delia goncalves has more. delia? >> reporter: andrea, you know residents are still stunned at this crime. i just spoke to a resident on his way to work. he said what's going on? i came home last night and i live up the hill. he came home around 11:00 last night and saw some police tape and assumed maybe there was a downed tree or wire. he was just saddened. head bowed. couldn't believe it when i broke the news that there was a horrific rim here. he knows -- crime here. he knows the secretary of the church and hopes she is not involved. all we know so far two women were shot found inside a church office. they were discovered by the janitor. one woman was dead we're told when police arrived just before 5:30. the other woman we're told by police skill listed in -- still listed in critical condition at baltimore shock trauma. police believe a man found dead in the woods from a self- inflicted gunshot wound is likely responsible for these shootings. >> my first thought was around

5:10, 5:15. i walked out and then there was a couple of cop cars parked ow. that might have been the gunshot i heard the guy killing himself down by the woods. >> reporter: now police are not officially calling this a murder/suicide. however they are looking into that strong possibility. still, no motive for this crime as to why this happened inside this church. a sacred place for so many folks here in this quiet community in ellicott city. andrea? >> thank you delia goncalves, she's reporting live from ellicott city. maryland this morning. later today we could learn the identity of the man struck and killed along a dark road in woodbridge, virginia last night. police say a driver hit the man on dale boulevard near forest dale avenue just before 9:00. so far no charges have been filed. a former government employee sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing valuables and then hocking them

on the internet. leslie waffen spent more than 40 years working for the administration and he was in charge of maintaining the audio recordings. the historical audio recordings. david golden donated a one of a kind recording of the 1937 hindenburg disaster and he was pretty surprise today see it for -- surprised to see it for sale on the internet. >> i cant imagine what it was going -- couldn't imagine what it was going on the iway because it was a unique -- ebay because it was a unique one of a kind record. 6:36. jessica doyle is watching your money and your job. >> indeed. the unemployment numbers are coming out in less than two hours. >> right the expectations are good but not great. the big expectations for those reports. and if you're looking for a job you know it's still is not easy to find work out there. digging into the april unemployment numbers due outed 8:30. wall street expects to see around 163,000 new jobs created last month. the unemployment rate should hold steady at 8.2%. today's numbers are expected to

be an improvement from march when growth slowed to just 120,000 but it will be far below the average number of jobs added from december through february if we come in at expectations. a lot of companies have been trying to do more with fewer workers and they may be running out of gas which means they might have to start bulling up the -- bulking up the staffing. all that extra work is really stressing out workers. a new survey from wright management finds that two out of three people say the stress level at work is high. 24% rated stress at work as medium and only 11% don't really feel all that stressed out. wright management says employers should not ignore stress levels because they impact productivity as well as worker health and really stressed out a lot of people call in sick for the day and that means jobs -- >> health care costs go up. the whole nine. >> of course when the job market comes back strong those people are taking off. >> yeah. >> thanks jess.

our time is 6:37. the 13th annual harlem renaissance festival is tomorrow in landover. maryland ahead a preview of the day long event. we have a live look at flower mart which begins at the national cathedral. will the weather cooperate? howard has everything you need to know when 9news now returns.

and it's 6:42. welcome back to 9news now. monika here with your timesaver traffic. and some good news for those of you who travel in greenbelt. route 201 over here just west of bw parkway. that accident's been cleared it was involving two vehicles and a pickup truck. and about ten minutes ago it was cleared up and you're good to go through that area. no problems on the beltway aswell past 95 into silver spring you showbox. 270 -- should be okay. 270 on the southbound side. howard's been talking about the fog and we're doing okay here

in clarksburg heading down to the point where the lanes divide. this time to the south side of town and again some fog especially further south right now. dale city into wood bridge some slow traffic and a live look outside and heading boo the warrenton area here's what it looks like. you have got a bit of fog so be aware of that. also look further north into springfield. you will see all of the volume building right now on the 350 camera heading for the beltway just a slow exit for you here. and let's see if we can take a look at a the vdot camera as well on the northbound side of 395 at duke street. just going to slow down past this into seminary road but all lanes are open. coming up in my next report, a look at the north side of town coming up at 6:58. back to you guys. thank you monika. it 16:43 -- is 6:43 now. here's a live look at the washington monument. you saw the fog on her cameras too. we are in a severe weather alert day. we have temperatures right now in the 60s but howard says

later this afternoon we can expect some severe weather to move in. are we talking hail, howard or -- rain, what's the deal? >> exactly. well, rain and thunder and lightning but the hail and the damaging wind gusts when we talk severe storms hail an inch or bigger or gusts 58 miles per hour or higher than that. >> 2:00, 3:00 in the afternoon? starting there west to east and more like 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 here in washington but some storms may linger into the evening as well. >> we start with the bus stop forecast on this friday morning with temperatures in the 60s. sunrise was about 40 minutes ago so got a decent amount of sunshine right now. today, sunny to start. at least mixing with the clouds and it will be mid to late afternoon when we run into the thunderstorms. as temperatures by noon jump to 80 degrees. so there's going to be moisture around. got the humidity up. we've got the heat in place and we've got some front approaching. some upper level energy. the ingredients even better than the last couple of days i think for strong to severe

storms the and scattered thunderstorms through the 8:00 hour. not everyone is going to see them all the time but things will develop in the mountains of west virginia and then i-81 and then east. severe weather alert day. severe thunderstorms may use the severe weather alert days for snow into the wintertime but anytime weather is going to be impactful we have the severe weather alert days. critical time today 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and the threat of hail and wind gusts being the main threat out of the storms later on this afternoon and this evening. looking at the doppler, big cluster of storms in west virginia. this storm near petersburg weakening to the eastern and west virginia panhandle. fog also an issue. one eighth a mile of visibility at bwi. quarter mile warrenton and orange and also the martinsburg region. and also stafford that's the airport. 95 looked okay but some of the rural areas are where we have

the fog. low 60s east. crofton, millersburg, bwi 61. low 60s just about everywhere except for reagan national at 64 degrees. as we look outside on the michael & son weather camera just a few clouds to the northeast this morning with 64- degrees and a light south southeast wind at 5 miles per hour. dew point though it's above 60 so the air is all juicy. a look at the storms this morning front up here. some moisture also coming in from our south and west. and just a matter of time with the daytime heating that we'll see these thousands and storms develop. again we should be okay through the middle of the day. it's the afternoon and evening hours that pose the greatest risk for us. 86. tonight we're in the 60s and get partly cloudy after the enoing storms. -- evening storms. 80 tomorrow. couple of storms possible saturday. best chance will be south and southwest of d.c.. by sunday though we look great around 75. still look nice monday and showers could be here by late tuesday. andrea? our time is 6:46. tomorrow, prince george's county hosts its 13th annual

harlem renaissance festival. we're joined by the chairman of the harlem remembrance foundation david harrington. >> it's looking great so fantastic. >> the 13th year, it's lucky for you because it's the biggest and best ever. >> it is a lot of people are going to be there. we have expecting thousands of people. we have dick gregory talking about you know his history and what it mens for today -- means for today. that's going to be a fascinating connection. we have lots of bands and mousse spin at the end a great band and a great show. >> what's really nice -- i like the toyotas of your stages because we have -- titles of your stages because we are talking about harlem and the cotton club and connie's inn, smalls paradise and people can go in and hear all kinds of great bands. the one disappointment is that chuck brown because he's been battling an illness and still

recuperating won't be there. but on your logo, you have our history and experiences and then you and the question, what have we learned? you were talking about dick gregory being there and his experiences, what have we learned? how would you answer that question? >> the harlem renaissance was an incredible period from 1920 to 1930. there was this you know recognition of what was called the new negroly lane lock. you had duke ellington and langston hughes. that's what's going on today and we're connecting that and you wouldn't have the civil rights movement if it wasn't for the harlem renaissance and frankly you wouldn't have you know this kind of conversation in our community if it wasn't for the civil rights movement. and so we connect these and then we figure out then how we building community today and what better way than to celebrate the renaissance. >> all right, particulars where's it going to be and free? from it's free. >> that's the best part. >> just walk in the park, it's

free, it's at 2400 pine brook avenue in landover, maryland. at the columbia park gatlin community center. >> from 10:00 until 7:00. you're going to have a great time. david thank you for being bus. >> thank you for having me. >> jess? >> thanks andrea. we've been combing through the day's daily deals emails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. rack them up. google offers has this deal with bedrock billiards that's a pool hall in adams morgan. you will pay $10 and get $20 of game time and limited availability and you have to be 21 or older to buy this deal. shoes for the whole family. now on sale at old navy. flip-flops for $6.50 and sneakers for $9. and free shipping on orders with $50 or more. no coupon needed for this one. rent the runway is giving an exclusive deal. all wusa9 viewers are getting 20% off on dress and accessory rentals through may 31st. just go to renttherunway.com and simply enter the code "20wusa"

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6:53 this friday morning. a severe weather alert day. this morning we're fine, it's quiet. there's some patchy dense fog that will cause a few problems. this afternoon and evening could have strong to severe thunderstorms. today is friday, may 4th. cinco de mayo eve. here's a check on the news before you go. a judge sentenced harry thomas jr. to three years and two months in prison. the former d.c. councilman

admits he stole more than $350,000 in government funds. thomas admitted a letter of apology before he was sentenced. a former principal is accused of making $8,000 in personality charges to the -- personal charges to the school's credit card. she's a principal in woodbridge and now free on bond and is on leave. he's only been in the bigs for a week. bryce harper is still impressing and broke a 1-1 tie in the 6th last night with the rbi double and nationals topping the diamondbacks. d.c. improving to 16-9. the phillies and their fans come to town tonight. its is 6:354. time to reveal -- it is 6:54. time to reveal the answer to our question of the morning -- >> apparently you're stinky. 33% of you men deodorant is the answer. really? oy. >> matthew mcconaughey didn't

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one more thing before we go. mother's day is coming up. and that also means most of the frost is going away and it's about time to plant flowers as you head outside. one of the great places to go this weekend in fact starts today. washington national cathedral. they have the annual flower mart. it is absolutely gorgeous on the front lawn. >> those and -- oh just gorgeous. >> it's going to help out the reconstruction effort after the earthquake damage. >> they'll be able to get in most of today's activities even though it's a severe weather alert day? >> this afternoon -- this afternoon and this evening is going to be the threat here in the metro area. this morning while we've telling you it's a severe weather alert day i think the morning and even lunch should

be fine. past 3:00, 4:00 here in town that will be time to get concerned. earlier than that maybe noon to 2:00 out by i-81. if that works its way east. mid 80s is going to be a very warm humid day. mid 60 tonight with materially storms. -- the early storms. and nice by sunday. monika? >> very serious accident in falls church inside the beltway. eastbound route 7 is shut down with a multivehicle accident and an overturned vehicle. right near marshall high school. it is shut down. 66 at route 7 is fine. over to the oh side of town -- other side of town, northbound 395 looks okay here at the 14th street bridge. but a pedestrian struck at a bridge. jess? >> futures holding tight until the unemployment report is glut. "cbs this morning" is up next. we have an exclusive interview with rocker ted nugent with the run-in with the secret service. >> this man and i will be back just 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. >> and we'll all see