weekend, you'll like what you see. looks like itself next chance of rain will -- the next chance of rain will hold off till sunday or monday. here's a look at your day plan other this thursday morning. -- planner on this thursday morning. highs around 70. winds northwest 15 to 20. gusts higher than that. 64 at noon. temperatures at 5:00 will be in the upper 60s but with that breeze it will feel maybe just a tad cooler. there's the rain from yesterday and late last night. there is goes this morning pulling away from coastal areas up toward new england. behind it partly to mostly clear skies. low 50s in hagerstown down toward winchester. it's 50 in gaithersburg. 58 in annapolis. and even in southern maryland we're in the mid- to upper 50s there. not a bad day. sunny, slight chance we'll see a shower in one or two spots late this afternoon. mid-60s hagerstown and winchester. and leesburg. 67 gaithersburg. manassas, fredricksburg and reagan national topping out

about 70 degrees. it's 5:00 a.m. this thursday morning. i'll get it right. here's monika with time saver traffic. >> just don't say it's monday, howard. that's all we ask for. we know it's thursday. good morning, everybody. this thursday morning we've had a lot of minor accidents all over town. i'm going to start off with the southbound side of i-270. we're just getting word of an accident southbound right around route 80 in urbana. also in gaithersburg. an accident on brink road between goshen and route 124. that one just in. we'll take a live look a little further south right now. if you're planning to head over here on 270 in clarksburg, you're going to be okay down toward germantown and rockville. let's go back over to the maps and this time we'll go over to the west side of the beltway. no problems between the gw parkway and 66. 66 is fine through falls church and another live look if you're planning to head over to the beltway north of town no delays yet on the the outer loop at new hampshire. in my next report, another look at the accident in urbana at 5:09. back to you. >> thank you, monika.

with less than six months to go before the november election, president obama publicly announces he's had a change of heart about same-sex marriage. >> the president said in an interview he now supports the right of gay and lesbian couples to marry. delia goncalves is live outside the white house. boy, this sure caused quite a stir yesterday. good morning, delia. >> reporter: absolutely. good morning. on both sides of the issue, for and against, folks are really passionate about what the president said on gay marriage. the president's announcement came, you know, after his v.p. made some very strong statements in support of gay marriage and among rumors that his gay supporters were getting increasingly frustrated. in fact, some supporters even threatened to stop financial support of the president, but the historic remark backing gay marriage by president obama have reinvigorated some voters while others are simply outraged at what appears to be an about face. the president has always said he has struggled with the issue

of gay marriage and called his opinion evolving. he still believes states have the ultimate say on gay marriage. >> i think my faith is strong enough and my marriage is strong enough that i can afford the civil rights to others, even if i have a different perspective or different view. >> i do not favor marriage between people of the same gender and i don't favor civil unions if they're identical to marriage other than by name. my view is that domestic partnership benefits hospital visitation rights and the like are appropriate but that the others are not. >> reporter: mitt romney goes on to say his opinion on gay marriage has not changed since he was governor of massachusetts. his opinion, he says, has not evolved like obviously president obama says his opinion has evolved on this issue. polls say many americans are evolving just like president obama and now support gay marriage. only a handful of states, including maryland and the district of columbia have

legalized gay marriage. coming up at 5:30, we'll have more local reaction. back to you. >> delia goncalves reporting live from outside the white house. this is the week law enforcement agencies around the country honor those they've lost in the line of duty. in pikesville, maryland state police held their 18th annual fallen heroes ceremony yesterday. the newest name on the memorial is trooper shaft hunter. he died last may. his patrol car struck a tractor- trailer parked on the side of i- 95. the 39-year-old marine corps veteran is survived by his parents, his wife and their six children. chief cathy lanier will be around for a while. she got a five-year contract extension. mayor gray said people have more confidence under her leadership. the officers have gone five years without a contract or cost of living increase. the governor of maryland has announced a budget deal

heading into next week's special session of the general assembly. lawmakers weren't able to agree on a spending plan during the regular session that ended last month, and that put in a motion a budget that calls for more than half a billion dollars in cuts starting july 1. now governor o'malley says the new probably includes an income tax hike on individuals who make more than $100,000 a year and households that make more than $150,000 a year. lawmakers are expected to approve it. it is 5:05. time for the latest your money report now. jessica doyle is here with today's headlines. another debbie downer for wall street. >> the dow at 13,000, that's a distant memory. there's not a lot going on in the news today that could really change the tone. the problem here is analysts are saying greece is most likely going to exit the euro at this point. it could have a domino effect. spain could go next. checking the numbers on wall

street, not good news. the dow stands this morning at 12,835, dropped 97 points in trading yesterday. the nasdaq was off by 11.5 and the s&p 500 dropped by more than 9 points. so much for that honda drivers victory over the car company over gas mileage. a california judge has overturned a nearly $10,000 small claims judgment against honda. earlier heather peters won the judgment after arguing the automaker misrepresented that her civic hybrid could get 50 miles per gallon. she ochted out of a class action settlement giving owners,between $100 and $200. >> what do you get when you put arptist andy warhol with elvis? about $37 million. his double elvis sold for $37 million. it shows a cowboy gun slinging elvis with a shadow of the singer in the backgrounds. south they are by's had --

sorry by's had pre-- s ooh theby's predicted it would go higher. i wish we could see a close-up of it. >> the fact it sold for less than what sotheby's had predicted is interesting, too. >> it's funny. when you talk about warhol, he intended to do a lot of the same thing so there are nine of these circulating, but at the same time we did see the scream go for a record price last week or two weeks ago. so it's really interesting what we're seeing. a lot of oil money out there investing in modern art right now. >> interesting. that's something i didn't know. >> that would look good in my living room. >> a different kind of oil apparently. >> what do you have for us in the next half-hour? >> we're keeping dad out of the doghouse. you want to find out how we're doing that coming up in the next half-hour. >> thanks, jess. a surprise settlement in the duck boat crash lawsuit. that story is coming up. >> plus, a dust storm makes being outdoors miserable in the part of the southwest. >> here we go again.

ahead in sports, the great eight makes sure the capitals will get to play a game seven this weekend. we'll be back.

5:09. you can put the umbrellas away. you'll need a jacket. we have a brisk wind today. temperatures this morning are starting in the 50s, even some 40s. it will be a decent afternoon with a good deal of sunshine and just a stray chance after shower mainly in the mountains. by midday temperatures will be in the mid-60s. northwest winds 15 to 20 miles an hour so it's certainly going to be brisk. your highs this afternoon around 70. i'll be back in a few minutes

looking toward the weekend. right now we go to monika. on the southbound side of i- 270 crews are on the scene of an accident at route 80 in urbana. past that in clarksburg you're fine into germantown and the point where the lanes divide. i'll have more on maryland roads coming up in my next report at 5:17. back to you. here's what's making news now at 5:10. a photo appears to show the wreckage of a russian made passenger jet on the side of a cliff. the jet was carrying 48 people, including potential buyers and journalists when it dropped off the radar shortly after taking off yesterday. a settlement has been reached in the civil suit over that deadly duck boat crash in philadelphia. the deal was announced two days after the wrongful death trial started. the families of the two hungarian students who drowned in the july 2010 crash will divide $15 million. the survivors will split $2 million. the winds have calmed down a bit across tucson after a

massive dust storm wednesday afternoon. the gusts were more than 50 miles per hour pushing dust clouds through the air and lowering visibilities to near zero which made driving pretty difficult. the dust storm also caused a few flight delays there. nothing that bad but we do have some gusty winds of our own to worry about today. howard has details on that. plus some nice days at 5:15 in his seven-day forecast. >> coming up at 5:30, reaction to president obama telling abc news he's -- news he supports same-sex marriage. >> the endangered species decided that nothing but the penthouse view was good enough. we'll be back.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now this thursday morning, 5:14, friday eve as we like to call it here. we're looking forward to a good weekend but we have to get through today. >> today is not going to be bad. just a little windy as you were alluding to. hopefully the allergy count will come in at lower levels. the tree and grass pollen is still doing a number. >> rain washed take out. >> it helped a little bit. even yesterday the grass poll encame in high but less than on wednesday -- tuesday, excuse me. then the tree pollen came in moderate which is still a little reduction. still too much for many of us here who suffer with this sort of thing. >> i sound very deep. >> i don't know if i feel your

pain but i'm certainly feeling my pain on this thursday. here's the bus stop forecast. it's a little breezy in one or two spots. the winds will be picking up the next few hours. we'll call it partly to mostly sunny with sunrise in 45 minutes. 6:00 a.m. straight up temperatures in the 50s. i think you'll need a jacket this morning. not just for the little chill in the air but also with those winds which by noon will be northwest at 17. could be gusting 125 or even more -- gusting 25 or even more than that. by 4:00 68. going to be close to the high for the day. we'll get near 70 later this afternoon. by 8:00 p.m. we're back in the low 60s. winds will start to come down a little bit tonight. they'll be northwest 5 to 10. as we dip into the 40s in most areas by tomorrow morning. check out the dopplers over the last few hours. we're watching all of the rain really pull away from us. just about done out of rehoboth. going to clear atlantic city in another 20 or 30 minutes and continue up to the north and east pulling away behind it skies have cleared and colder air working its way now down toward us. notice the 50-degree readings

if gaithersburg and laytonsville. 54 for crofton. 54 also in columbia. out west we're down to 50 in fairfax. 51 centreville and still holding on to 54 both at lovettsville and leesburg and fort belvoir to the south. on our michael & son weather camera, got good visibility now that we've cleared out this morning with 57 degrees. partly cloudy skies. the wind at the moment only 13 miles an hour out of the west, northwest but i expect that to be picking up as well. high pressure is going to build in behind this storm system. but until it gets here, that difference of pressure from the low to the high, that's what's driving the wind. we may just see a little piece of upper level energy behind the system spin out one or two sprinkles here, mainly in the mountains this afternoon. cooler air moves in tonight. temperatures as i said early will dip into the 40s, in fact lower 40s north and west. it's going to be a chilly, chilly night. then tomorrow still a little bit breezy but a nice looking friday. highs should make it up into the low 70s before we get milder for the weekend.

temperatures will rebound well up in the 70s. might flirt with 80 in spots by suntsdz. 70 -- by sunday. 70 today. tomorrow 73, breezy. saturday looks nice, 78 degrees. ilhe ab-- i'll be at the lakeland dog show as a judge. sunday looking nice, a few more clouds. unsettled with even a few showers here and there monday and tuesday. let's go to monika with time saver traffic. i'm happy to say the accident i've been telling you about in urbana at route 80 has been cleared to the right shoulder. it may still attract some attention but at least your lanes are open. on the outer loop of the beltway right before connecticut avenue, i'm getting word of an accident so keep that in mind. i don't know which lanes are blocked yet. we're making the phone calls and i'll let you know as soon as we find out. on the westbound side of 495 approaching connecticut avenue, that's where you're going to find the accident activity. let's take a live look at new hampshire avenue. it's not affecting your drive

all the way out toward new hampshire on the west side of the beltway. let's go back over to the maps and this time to virginia. coming in on 66 or the dulles toll road from the airport, you're doing final. all lanes are open on boast of those major thoroughfares. we'll end with a live look at the 14th street bridge. lanes are open into downtown. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at that accident once again at 5:24. the nationals have problems scoring against the pirates. >> but the capitals scored early to keep their post-season alive for at least one more game. highlights coming up in sports. >> we want to take a look at our 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 phones. >> our facebook friend charla gray wrote of course a, using cash. we all have the good old debit and credit card we can whip out for everything, even the dollar 99 purchases. >> log on to our facebook fan

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depicting here is the breeze. we're going to have a wind out of the northwest 15 to 20, maybe gusting 25 so a windy day with 64 at lunch time. highs mid- to upper 60s, low 70s and a stray shower in the mountains. over to you? >> all right, howard, thank you. the nationals are going to try to avoid a sweep later today. >> this saturday night the capitals will get to play another game seven with a chance to make it to the eastern conference finals. kristen berset has more from verizon center. good morning, everybody. you know the capitals wanted to make a statement wednesday night and they did. people had counted them out of the playoffs after that triple overtime loss a week ago and then again monday night in that overtime loss in new york. but this team showed how resilient they can be. alex ovechkin looking like the captain that he is last night after zero shots on goal in game five, he made his first one count tonight less than two minutes into the game.

1-0 caps. jason cheap mira with an -- chip mayor a -- chimera with an assist. we had a scary deja vu. caps win game six 2-1. >> it's a big one. i think we did it in a way that's going to benefit us in the long run. played a very solid team game. >> that's the way we are. we're a cool team. we don't really crack. >> we're a confident group. i think we played well. there was no way we were going to let that one slip after playing hard the last two games. >> top of the fourth, nats down 3-0 against the pirates. a single to right driving in bryce. nats pull within two. they would get as close as one but the game is put away with this solo homer in the 8th.

pirates win 4-2. they'll go to avoid the sweep tonight against the pirates. that will do it for your morning sports from the verizon center, i'm kristen berset. have a great day. coming up, we'll hear reaction from president obama's public endorsement of same-sex marriage. virginia tech prepares for one of the most famous graduation speakers in school history. 5:24. here's monika. >> just out of this camera shot on the inner loop of the betway before georgia avenue, maryland state police found the accident. it's the in two left lanes involving a single vehicle into the jersey wall. i'm have more on that situation coming up in my next report at 5:29. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. good morning. i'm mike hydeck. today is thursday. we're almost there. good morning, monika santami.

>> good morning. >> howard bernstein, what do we have? sunshine do you say? >> you've got it. sunshine and a little wind too. we don't have the clouds. we don't have the rain. we've got temperatures around 70 for a high. and we are looking up as we head toward the weekend. mother's day sunday. and any of your outdoor plans all looking good. here's a look at our day planner for you on this monday morning with temperatures going to be running into the mid-60s by noon. upper 60s at 5:00. a quick look outside. you see how nice it's looking there. good advice i can't. we have the -- good visibility. we have the rain pulling away from us. it will be raining a little bit this morning up if new england but they'll be clearing out. in the 40s in harrisonburg. we're still in the 50s. upper 50s here and the patuxent naval air station, 57 degrees down there as well. today sunshine, kind of breezy to windy. you'll have gusts 25, maybe 30. highs in the mid-60s north to

around 70 here in washington. 5:28. the lovely monika santami is here to let you know about your morning commute. thank you so much, howard. good morning, everybody. as promised we got the efertion for you about the accident on the -- got the information for you about the accident. it's on the inner loop as you approach georgia avenue closer to seminary road in the two left lanes. it's one vehicle that went into the jersey wall. maryland state police are on the scene. we'll take a live look at 270 coming in from old georgetown road to the inner loop. that's where you want to be careful and scoot over to the right to get around the accident active. let's go back over to the maps. this time to the south side of town. northbound 95 still looking great out of dale city early this morning into woodbridge. we'll take a live look in springfield. you're going to see the volume. this is normal for this time of the morning trying to get on to 395 or the inner loop toward annandale. in my next report, i'll keep you posted on that situation north of town on the beltway at 5:39. back to you. for the first time a

sitting president has publicly supported same-sex marriage. >> in an interview with abc's robin roberts, president obama says after several years of consideration, he has changed his mind. and the president adds his daughters helped him on the issue because they have friends whose parents are same-sex couples. >> malia and sasha, it wouldn't dawn on them that somehow their friends' parents would be treated differently. it doesn't make sense to them. frankly, that's the kind of thing that appropriates -- prompts a change of perspective. >> my view is that marriage itself is a relationship it a man and a woman. >> presumive republican presidential nominee mitt romney says he remains opposed to same-sex marriage. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live outside the white house with more reaction. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. reports indicate within 90 minutes of that announcement on abc last night, the president

raised more than $1 million. that's why many political cynics are calling obama's evolution a calculated political ploy. as many of you know, the president had been on the fence about gay marriage for some time saying he always thought civil unions would provide enough benefit protection to same-sex couples though in 2004 when obama was running for senate, he said his faith convinced him marriage was between a man and a woman. yet now the president says his opinion has evolved. >> now just the president affirming our relationship and affirming our family means a lot. >> many recent polls now a majority support same-sex marriage. >> reporter: however, the archdiocese of wart released its own statement saying in part, quote, the word "marriage" describes the exclusive and lifelong union of one man and one woman open to generating and nurturing

children. other unions exist but they are not marriage. coming up at 6:00, specific reasons and more from president obama as to why he made his decision to now support gay marriage. mike, back to you. >> thank you, delia, she's live outside the white house this morning. today the man an victed of murdering an offduty maryland state trooper will learn his punishment. cerel williams is facing life in prison. trooper brown was working security at an appleby's in 2010. he threw out williams for being drunk and disorderly. williams returned and shot brown to death. according to the washington examiner, the blue line will learn it had the worst on-time performance in the last year. the line with the best on-time performance is the orange line. if you're heading down to

blacksburg, virginia for tech's graduation tomorrow, get ready for some extra crowds and extra security. that is because for the first time the school will host the first lady as their commencement speaker. the first lady michele obama is expected to share the stage with virginia senator mark warner. nearly 5,000 seniors are scheduled to get diplomas including some who had planned to skip the ceremony. >> i wasn't going to go to the commencement because i knew it was going to take a while. but now that i heard michele owe bam that is coming, i'm -- obama is coming, i'm definitely going. >> there's going to be plenty of security. school officials do not know whether mrs. obama plans to shake the hand of each graduate as they cross the stage which could be time consuming. >> that could be time consuming. it is 5:33. time for another your money report. jessica doyle says don't let mom or your wife fool you. she really does want something special for mother's day.

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it is 5:38 on this thursday morning. the rains are gone. skies are clearing. it's going to be a pretty nice day. just a bit on the breezy to windy side. comfortable this morning but i think you'll want to have a jacket as we're in the 50s, even upper 40s in the cold spots. by 11:00 62. 1:00 65 degrees. the temperatures under sunny skies reaching toward 70. just a stray shower possible mainly in the mountains later this afternoon. i'll be back in about five minutes and have your full

seven-day forecast. right now at 5:38, monika santami is in with time saver traffic. on the inner loop of the beltway north of town before georgia avenue, crews are on the scene of an accident involving a car into the jersey wall. it is now blocking only the left lane with some slow traffic getting by. coming up in my next report, i'll july date you on that and virginia -- i'll update you on that and virginia roads. i love to shop and i'm shopping for you this morning. finding deep discounts. here's some of my favorite daily deals on this thursday. you need a vacation so here's one i found on travel zoo. pay $599 and you get 12 nights, a mediterranean cruise this summer. this is cruises only, a discount of $360. you're going to spain, france, italy, greece and turkey. about $50 a day. this is with norwegian cruiselines. i told you you don't want to miss it. there's no catch. you have to pay money. you leave from barcelona.

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what? >> on purpose. he's doing this on purpose. he did some practicing yesterday and did it in baltimore. the 33-year-old walked across the inner harper on the water following in the steps of his great grant father -- great grandfather who did it. last week we had an interview about the kennedy center's look both ways street art performances. we told you about t. now we're going to show you one of the performances happening tomorrow. they practiced on the base of the old post office pa villian. the san francisco-based modern day company is known for giving performances on towers, bridges and buildings and that will be happening tomorrow night. >> that is gorgeous good isn't that amazing? >> yeah. >> we have a link to the kennedy center link on our website at wusa9.com. >> you're going to like that. prosecutors make a decision

on calling john edwards' mistress to the stand. is she going or not? that story coming up. >> plus, a lower conclude at west virginia democrats after more than 40% voted for a felon over president the obama in this week's democratic primary. >> it is birthday time. let's see who's celebrating. a special happy birthday to 9news technician and station historian tom buckley.

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hello. welcome back to 9news now at 5:45 on this thursday morning.

one more day to go. we're almost as mike said earlier at the finish line, and will we need an umbrella for the sun or an umbrella for the rain? >> the umbrella may blow away today. that's the problem. an umbrella a bad idea. too windy. we could have gusts 25 to 30 miles an hour. the rains are gone. probably won't see rains returning till sunday night, monday. we're in good shape through most of the weekend, if not all of the weekend. here's a look at your bus top forecast this morning. i think you'll need a jacket. temperatures are down in the 50s, even a few upper 40s. with a little bit after breeze now, it will only increase, you're going to feel that chill. 48 to 58 under partly to mostly sunny conditions. the sun is up in less than 15 minutes. 6:00 a.m. on the sunrise. gusts in the mid-20s to 30s. 67 at 3:00. near 70 about 4:00, 5:00 with a

6:00 p.m. temperature of 67 degrees. just a slim chance that one or two of you may see a sure but that's going to be confined to the mountains later on. there's the rain from last night pulling away quickly. we've cleared out here. a few clouds up across western maryland and in the higher country of west virginia and also southwestern pennsylvania. some of the temperatures like in oakland and harrisonburg and luray have dipped into the 40s. it's 52 in culpeper and gaithersburg. still upper 50s from patuxent naval air station and salisbury. as far as rain, we heard from charlie in catlett. he had a half-inch. anywhere from a quarttory half- inch generally from this. a good soaking rain. we're not really doing much to help the long-term deficit. we're still about five inches in the hole but at least we're maintaining at this point. outside on our michael & son weather camera, you see the skies generally clear behind the capitol dome. 57 degrees. winds west, northwest at 13. that barometer is down 29.64 but it's going to rise.

if you're sensitive to pressure changes, could be a painful couple of days for you. we showed you earlier from tucson where they had the dust storm. this is why. this system coming into texas could produce several inches of much needed rain. they're still zealing with drought -- dealing with drought conditions stemming from last summer. we're going to be in pretty good shape over the next few days. temperatures today about 70. it will be windy. tonight we're dipping into the 40s of the winds lighter. today's gusts could be 25 to 30. breezy on friday, 73. nice on saturday, 78. great looking saturday. sunday also looks really nice for mother's day. a few more clouds and maybe showers by sunday night, upper 70s. unsettled to start next week. 70 to 75 for highs. 5:48 this thursday morning. how is your commute looking? we have monika santami to let you know.

>> since early this morning we found that traffic has been very heavy on the major thoroughfares in certain spots. and we've had several separate accidents. the accident on the beltway north of town inner loop before georgia avenue has been cleared. so that's good news. on the southbound side of i-270 same story at route 80 in urbana but that one left slow traffic getting by. now a disabled vehicle southbound on the gw parkway right here near route 123 and park police tell us that is in the roadway so be aware of that. let's go outside live into the district. connecticut avenue at florida avenue northwest. just out of this camera shot we're getting word of some fire activity so be aware of that. connecticut avenue at florida. we'll take you to a live look as well on the other side of town if you're planning to head northbound on i-95. several long slow stretches out of quantico, dale city and here in springfield heading for the beltway. another graphic right now metro escalators once again out at foggy bottom. buses are available. the station remains open. coming up in my next report, we'll take another look at area

roads at 6:00. making news now coming up on 5:50, a law enforcement official says a federal probe is under way into who leaked information about an al qaeda plot to bomb a u.s.-bound flight. they put together an underwear bomb with no metal parts. prosecutors today plan to wrap up their case against former democratic presidential condition dat john edwards and -- candidate john edwards and they say they do not plan on calling his mistress to testify. he's accused of using campaign money to hide hunter and their child. the house will vote on a budget for the 2013 fiscal year but president obama is promising to veto the republican-sponsored bill which cuts funding for his health care law as well as for programs for food stamps and meals on wheels. without a new agreement, automatic cuts of all federal agencies start january 1.

tuesday's primary results from west virginia's democratic presidential primary are kind of shocking. >> when we heard this, we went huh? yes, the president finished first but the second place finisher to president obama got a lot more than just a few write-ins. and he's in prison. our bruce leshan went to west virginia for a firsthand look at the discontent there with this administration. >> reporter: how do you feel about president obama? >> i'm not satisfied. >> reporter: nobody was expecting president obama to carry west virginia in november but the primary vote has to be embarrassing. it was a protest vote that saw convicted felon keith judd take 41% of the democratic primary votes against a sitting president. >> the islamic religion is not only just anti-christ but it's anti-freedom for the american people. >> reporter: you think the president is a muslim? >> i know he is. >> reporter: some voters

subscribe to widely discredited rumors about president obama. >> he's a dictator. >> reporter: judd is incarcerated in a federal correctional institution in text are a can, texas serving 210 months for extortion. >> crazy is as crazy does. >> reporter: but even in more prosperous berkley county. >> he got 28.24% versus program program 71.76%. >> reporter: more than 1,000 people voted for judd. >> we received a letter here. >> reporter: somehow the inmate came up with the $2500 filing fee to run for president. >> it justice says the current economic situation in the united states is like a game of monopoly. >> reporter: president obama lost west virginia to john mccain by 13 points, to hillary clinton by 41 points even though her campaign was all but over. and 20% of the voters admitted that race was a factor in their decision. >> i run a profit every day.

>> reporter: martinsburg pharmacist and mayor says west virginia's disilloosement with the president has more to do with his policies on things like global warming. he's a democrat but don't ask him how he'll vote in the general election. >> like a lot of politicians in west virginia, you're not saying. >> reporter: in martinsburg, bruce leshan, 9news now. >> 40% of the vote would normally qualify a candidate to receive delegates at the national convention. they thought judd might get one but the west virginia democratic party director says judd is not likely to get that one and as a federal inmate, he may not even be eligible to serve, but isn't that disgraceful? >> it's shocking. >> also shocking that race still plays a factor and they take a criminal over someone just because of his race. president obama may be upsetting more conservative voters too after coming out publicly in favor of gay marriage. dethat on television -- dethat

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5:56 on this thursday morning. we're looking good. sun is up in just a few minutes. a little cool and breezy, though, to start the day. you may need a jacket, especially with the wind. by 9:00 we're still going to be in the 50s to close to 60 in culpeper. lots of sunshine today at lunch time. winds could be gusting 25 or so with 64 in town. 59 hagerstown and 62346 cambridge. -- and 66 in cambridge. this afternoon highs will try to make a run towards 70. if you'd like some wildlife to go along with your high end lifestyle, there's a condo you have to see. >> this is one of the choices piece of property in the windy city. it comes with at least one feathered friend. >> reporter: 1100 north lake shore drive, prime gold coast real estate with a penthouse that offers a decent view, but this unit comes with an added rooftop bonus. >> they won't go in something that is very deep walled like

they're going into a well. they want to be able to see up over the edge. >> reporter: mary is the go-to bird lady at the field museum. she got a call from property managers at the high-rise that a momma peregrine had laid eggs in a planter on the 31st floor. the unit is up for sale for $5 million by its owner wanita jordan, michael jordan's ex- wife. mary snapped this photo on her first visit to care for the bird and noticed she had a tag. >> she had a nest in cleveland, ohio in 2005 and has been in chicago in 2006. >> reporter: the old home was behind a statue. he she was last seen in early april and made herself at home in the penthouse. jordan denied our interview but allowed us access to take pictures. the initial photo shows two eggs.

while mom was protective while our cameras were around as many as four eggs were spotted in the nest. they could hatch any day. meantime rooftop access, even for open houses, is restricted. >> at one point peregrine falcons were extinct but they have been reintroduced to the regions and their numbers have increased. they're one of the fastest animals on earth. >> i remember one finding a home at the u.s. capitol building. beautiful birds. thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. don't fly away just yet. good morning. i'm andrea roane. grab another cup of coffee. i'm mike hydeck. monika santami here and howard bernstein has a peek at your weekend forecast. >> i'm excited about the stretch we're going to have between now and the weekend. our next chance of rain probably not until late sunday, if not monday. looking outside just starting to see a little light coming off