vote. >> reporter: he's already spotlighting the issue on his campaign website and using it to raise money. >> in fact, president obama's reelection campaign reportedly raised $1 million 90 minutes after announcing his support of gay marriage. one out of six of the president's biggest fund- raisers identify themselves as gay and support mr. obama. >> however, others are not so happy to hear about the fact he has changed his stance on the issue. gary nurenberg went across parts of our region to see what local voters thought about the president's statement. >> reporter: carly and natasha's mothers are? >> surprised but absolutely thrilled. >> reporter: she says something was missing. >> now just the president affirming our relationship and affirming our family means a lot. >> reporter: but monday when the white house appeared to be backing away from the vice president's weekend remarks? >> i was definitely going to vote from but i was going to hold my nose. >> reporter: not so some

members of the african-american community who strongly opposed a same-sex bill in the maryland house. >> i cannot vote against my base. >> we're -- >> reporter: where are after american leaders going to go? >> this is my personal opinion. >> reporter: are african- americans going to abandon the president? >> i think so i don't think all of them but i think a number, a significant number, a number that would really hurt his political career. >> reporter: within hours an obama campaign e-mail trumpeted the president's position and asked for financial support. >> the polls have changed on this. many recent polls, now a majority support same-sex marriage. >> reporter: a protessor dotty lynch said with recent statement, the president was bound to be asked. >> it looked to all the world by just saying he was evolving

on this that he was ducking the question. so in order to put it behind him, i think he really did the only thing he could do politically. >> reporter: but it could hurt the president with some all important independents. >> there may be some voters who are up for grabs who don't agree with the president on this and feel uncomfortable. >> reporter: those independents are key. even if in recent polls a majority of independents say they favor same-sex marriage, many doubt and in an election this tight where every vote is likely to count, the president is taking a gamble. gary nurenberg, 9news now. >> same-sex marriages are legal in seven states and the district of columbia. 11 other states allow civil unions. new jersey's legislature approved gay marriage earlier this year but the bill was vetoed by governor chris newkumetty. same-sex -- by chris christie. same-sex marriage will be legal in maryland. governor martin o'malley signed the bill in march.

yesterday he praised the president's announcement. governor o'malley says he's confident that if maryland law goes to a referendum, it will be upheld. 4:33. we are learning more about an al qaeda bomb plot and the double agent who foiled the terror attack. according to former intelligence officials, the saudi intelligence officer gave the u.s. information which led to last week's drone strike against the chief of external operations of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula based in yemen. in foiling the plot, the double agent's cover was blown. the stalemate on a budget continues in the u.s. congress. the house is going to vote today on a budget for 2013. even if it passes, it is not expected to become law because president obama says he will veto the republican-backed

bill. the measure calls for cuts to the president's health care law and domestic programs. if lawmakers do not come up with any kind of compromise, the pentagon is going to be hit with a $55 billion budget cut. the first of next year. a budget deal negotiated between leaders from both sides of the aisle will be the subject of next week's special session of the maryland general assembly. governor o'malley says it includes an income tax hike on individuals who make more than $100,000 a year or households that make more than $150,000. it adds up to a $6 million reduction in state spending and a $204 million projected increase in the state's rainy day fund. in other news, he was convicted of murdering an off- duty maryland state trooper. now he is scheduled to be sentenced today. the seat pleasant man faces up to life in prison. trooper brown was working security at an applebee's when

he was shot and killed by williams. we'll be calling her chief for quite a long time. cathy lanier's contract has been renewed for an additional five years. mayor vincent gray said lanier's work to reduce crime city wide and the public's confidence in the police department led to the extension. no salary increase. it's going to remain the same, roughly $250,000 a year. a mississippi man charged with kidnapping a mother and her three daughters and killing two of them is now on the f.b.i.'s ten most-wanted list. 35-year-old adam mayes believed to be hiding in northeast mississippi with two of the girls he's accused of abducting. federal authorities are asking for the public's help in finding these sisters. jury deliberations are expected to resume in the murder trial of william balfour. he's accused of killing

singer/actress jennifer hudson's mother, brother and nephew. prosecutors are expected to rest their kay against former -- their case against former democratic candidate john edwards. they plan to wrap things up without calling on his mistress to testify in the case. he's accused of illegally using campaign funds to hide his mistress. they must have stock in cardiac equipment or something because the capitals are heart stoppers but they are still alive and fighting for their playoff lives. exceptional skating and solid defense helped the caps force a game seven with the rangers in new york city. that's where the game will be saturday. >> that's right. alexander ovechkin was the manual. he came through in a big way last night. he put the caps up 1-0. in the

2nd, an assist. the rangers managed to get one goal but that would be can. caps win game five. game seven 7:30 saturday night at madison square garden. 4:37. the gray, wet skies may be gone but some cool temperatures are expected to remain. >> howard will let you know what to expect when you open your front door this morning. >> the ongoing debt crisis in europe is being felt by traders here in america. jessica doyle will have the latest news from wall street in her your money report at 4:41. >> at 4:49, a respected economist is warning loudoun county lawmakers about a negative financial impact their county could suffer if they reject metro's silver line extension. 9news now returns with your weather first in two minutes.

. just about 4:40 on this thursday morning, friday eve as we like to call it. sunshine today. it's going to be windy, too and cool but pleasant with highs getting close to 70 degrees  this afternoon. you'll notice maybe just a slight, slight chance of a stray sprinkle up in the mountains. full seven-day forecast with a good weekend coming up. right now here's monika with time saver traffic. taking a look northbound on i-95 here in springfield, all lanes are open. already a bit of volume, though, at 4:40 in the morning trying to get to the beltway and on to 395. coming up in my next report, another look at area roads at 4:47. it is time for the first your money segment ever the morning. >> jessica doyle is here. she has a stack of bills. >> that's from selling stock. that's waive has been -- that's what everybody has been doing recently. we're going into this sixth day losing streak, the worst slump since august. some analysts saying it's not a

question if but when greece will exit the euro. wall street believes that's going to have a mom know effect. traders think spain will be the next one to leave europe's common currency. not good for stocks. the dow stands at 12,835, dropped another 97 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq was off by 11 and the s&p 500 down by 9. crude oil is in its -- or rather there's more evidence the housing market is stabilizing. the national association of realtors says prices for single family homes climbed in half of the country last quarter. the largest increase was in cape coral, florida. home prices there jumped 28%. kingston, new york had the biggest decline where the average price there falling 22%. and crude oil is in its longest slump in nearly a year. you know that at the gas pump. it's dropped 10% in the past six days to about $97 a barrel. gold prices closed below $1600

an ounce. investors are pulling money out of commodities and are worried a global slowdown will result in a lower demand for oil and precious metals which of course helps us all at the pump and the jewelry counter. we just don't like the reasons why. >> if the price of oil goes down, does sometimes money move into equities then? that could help the stock market in another way? >> but the underlying reason is because people are worried about a global economic slowdown so you're less likely to see money go into commodities. we'll probably see a runup in bonds or cash. >> under the mattress. >> exactly. still ahead, some new steps the government hopes that will keep your children from getting too much exposure to radiation. >> more on that story and your weather first when we return in two minutes. you're watching 9news now.

just shy of 4:45 this friday eve. i say friday eve because we're looking forward to the weekend. howard has a good forecast but are we going to have a repeat of a wednesday thursday on thursday. >> no, we're done. there may be a spray sprinkle in one or two spots this afternoon but we're not going to have much in the way of rainfall till probably early next week. i think we're good through the weekend at this point. how's that? >> i like it. >> we're doing all right. we needed the rain. we didn't get a lot. quarter of an inch here, half- inch there. the rain deficit is still running four and a half, five inches. but we're going to take a break for a few days. your bus stop forecast is on the cool side. not too breezy yet. some winds are gusting in the mid teens. that's going to pick up as we go into the morning and the afternoon. partly to mostly sunny skies. our sun is up in about another hour and a quarter at 6:00 a.m.

temperatures range from 48 to 58 degrees. we'll see a good deal of sun today. and a good deal of wind. winds are going to be out of the northwest 10, 15, 20 miles an hour gusting 25 to 30 even with a 62-degree reading at 11:00. 65 at 1:00. i think especially with the winds, you're likely going to need some sort of wind breaker or jacket to cut the edge of that little bit. upper 60s, even 70 or so for the high today. that will happen about 4:00 or so with the 5:00 p.m. reading of 68 degrees. so any outdoor plans should be okay. just watch out for the breeze. here's the rain from yesterday. quickly racing up to the northeast affecting new jersey, new york, and new england. eastern new york generally east of i-81 there. we're looking pretty good up to the west. a few clouds in the mountains but other than that, it's not a bad morning out there. we've got 58 with low 50s in the shenandoah valley. harrisonburg and oakland are in the 40s this morning. and it's so close to 60 toward

salisbury. they're at 59 degrees. looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, you'll notice the flags at the capitol are standing out a bit with the west, northwesterly winds at 8. that's reagan national. the 58 in town, that's easily the warmest temperatures. most of us are in the low 50s right now. the next big thing we're watching is this guy in south texas. a slow moving storm system coming out of new mexico. this is going to produce severallisms of rain, maybe some flooding across parts of texas. remember, they're still trying to recover from drought conditions from last year. they still have in some cases around san antonio some water restrictions. so that system we'll watch and see how it could affect us early next week. we say goodbye to the rain from yesterday. we'll put our future cast in motion. we're good at noon, sunny. just watching the afternoon. a couple of pop-up -- it's actually green here and there. that's why a stray shower but

that's mostly going to be in the mountains. your forecast, today 76, winds gusting at times 25, 30. tonight we'll dip. it will be chilly. most of us in the 40s to about 50 in town. 71 on friday. saturday looks really nice. temperatures by then will be into the upper 70s. i have to fix those temps. upper 70s on saturday and sunday. and by monday here come more showers and rain, highs about 70. let's go to monika. it is 4:48, thursday morning. i'm like mother's day, howard. >> that's right. >> it's looking perfect. happy mother's day. and happy thursday because things are looking great outside, although i am getting word of one possible accident on the southbound side of 270 near route 80 in urbana so i'll keep you posted on that situation and make some calls now. also on the south side of town an accident on branch avenue. i'll get to that in a minute. coming in from the north 95, the bw parkway, they both look great. as cow in from baltimore the beltway is fine. we'll take a live look at the

beltway on the north side of town. no problems to report at new hampshire avenue. we're looking good right now over the american legion bridge. let's go south of town and we'll take a look at the beltway at georgia avenue. no problems to report. let's go south of town. an accident should be in the clearing stages now, branch avenue. no problems on route 301 or 210 out of accokeek and a last live look at the beltway on the east side here at 4:14. no problems to report in prince george's county. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at 270 in urbana at 4:55. >> sounds good. see you then. are they in or they out? the debate continues when it comes to extending metro's silver line into loudoun county. they'll decide when they vote in july. the decision includes some of the funding for the proposed station at dulles airport. >> yesterday a local economist gave loudoun county lawmakers and business owners his view of what a no vote could mean for the county's economic -- county's economy decades down

the road. peggy fox has more. >> reporter: the silver line is well under way, but whether it stops here in reston or continues to dulles is up in the air. stage two is supposed to include two stops in loudoun county, right here along the greenway. but loudoun's supervisors may not let that happen. >> it has nothing against dulles rail. i think it should go to the airport and stop there. i don't think loudoun county residents are going to benefit from it. >> reporter: supervisor ken reid is still unconvinced after listening to the economist steven full gler it takes metro out of the forecast. >> reporter: only three of loudoun's nine supervisors came to hear fuller's dire economic projections for not building rail into loudoun. >> so it's whether or not loudoun county wants to be part of the party. and otherwise the outcome is more residential development with less commercial development and a higher tax burden for residents.

this is a no brainer. >> reporter: fuller says with rail, loudoun county will attract high density development that will bring tens of thousands of high- paying jobs. without rail, he says, by 2040 loudoun county will miss out on $200 billion in economic growth. one supervisor supports the project. >> this is a once in a century opportunity for the county. >> reporter: susan volpe is on the fence. >> you want everyone to have an equal playing field and virginia is a right to work state. >> reporter: loudoun delegate pat greasen supports the project and will try to convince the board to get on board. >> we're going to have an economic impact of $272 billion to our region. how can you ignore that? >> reporter: peggy fox, 9news now. >> many are hopeful the silver line won't see the kinds of delays they see on the blue line. metro's board of directors will get a report today which says the blue line has the worst on-

time performance record in the last year. the line with the best on-time performance the orange line. a groundbreaking pill designed to prevent h.i.v. infection could be available soon on the world market. food and drug administration gave truvada a preliminary approval tuesday. today a final decision on that drug is going to be discussed. in studies truvada successfully reduced h.i.v. infection rates nearly 44% in healthy, gay and bisexual men. men who took truvada the most consistently had more than 70% lower risk over two years. the u.s. government studies involved 2500 gay and bisexual men in peru, thailand and south africa. scientists say the pill works best when it's taken on a daily basis. today an fda advisory panel is going to meet to take another look at an experimental obesity drug. the panel will consider approval of the drug that

blocks appetite signals to the brain. the fda rejected the drug in 2010 because after potential risk regarding cancer and heart problems. today the drug company is presenting new data it believes will show the drug is safe. there's a new way to protect brain cancer patients from chemotherapy side effects. chemo shrinks brain tumors but can also damage bone marrow. in a new study seattle researchers genetically modify the bone marrow stem cells of three patients giving the marrow cells a protective shield. all three patients were then able to tolerate team mow much better -- tolerate team mow much better which allowed them to -- chemo much better which allowed them to live longer. one out of every five pregnant white women smoked. 14% of black women and 6% of hispanic women admitted to smoking during pregnancy. the report also found around 12% of moms drank alcohol while pregnant. and the food and drug

administration says cut back on radiation when it comes to children. the fda is urging manufacturers to design new x-ray and ct scanners with children's safety in mind. the concern is too much radiation exposure may increase the risk of cancer later in life. the agency is also telling parents to ask doctors if there are radiation free alternatives. it is 4:54. here's the question of the morning. >> 43% of americans have gone one week without doing this. is it a, using cash, b, checking e-mails, or c, answering their cell phone. >> what do you think? put your answer on wusa9's facebook fan page. we'll have the answer to our question in our 6:00 hour.

welcome back. 4:56.

your weather first. the rains are gone. skies are clearing. we're in for a pretty decent day. a little breezy. even windy at times as winds could gust 25 to 30. we'll have temperatures by lunch time in the mid-60s. i think jacket weather and highs approaching the 07-degree mark. -- the 70-degree mark. weekend looking good as well. here's i-70 east to 270 in frederick. nice and quiet here but once you head south toward route 80 in urbana, watch out for an accident. i'll have more coming up in my next report at 5:01. "dark shadows" opens in theaters nationwide tomorrow. the vampire movie is based on a hit in the '60s. >> we have a preview right here. >> look into my eyes. >> reporter: johnny depp sinks his fangs into playing the vampire in the new movie "dark shadows." >> locked in a box for 200

years. >> don't exaggerate. it was only 196. >> reporter: the movie is based on the gothic soap opera "dark shadows" which was a huge tv hit in the 1960's and '70s. depp and the director were big fans when they were kids and so was actress michele phifer. >> welcome home. >> we all have the same memory and that is getting off the school bus and literally running home from the bus stop so that you didn't miss one second of dark shadows. >> reporter: phifer didn't miss a beat when she heard burton was planning a movie. >> i did the shameless thing, the thing you're never supposed to do. i called him. >> reporter: why not? >> because it's really bad form. it's not double. -- >> not done. >> she keeps touching me. michele keeps touching me. >> reporter: this is the eighth movie depp and burton have made together. the two are said to be so close, they're practically brothers or in this case blood

brothers. burton tells me dark shadows is more than a vampire story. he says it's mostly about family. >> the whole family thing is, you know, it's fascinating to me. i saw this as more of a weird family story. >> reporter: dark shadows is a quirky vampire flick that reminds us every family has its demons. teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. >> the pirate gear for the undead. that's johnny depp. good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 ap. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. if one does a movie, the other is right in there. >> eight times. >> that's it? >> his whole career. >> good morning. monika santami. she has traffic and howard bernstein is standing by with weather. the weekend is almost here. >> it is. the weather is improving just in time. we have a good day ahead. it's going to be breezy to windy. as we get towards mo's