been visited for decades. >> the first person was roosevelt. >> reporter: in frederick a reality check. >> so the leaders of the world are going to be here. >> no, they're going to be 30 miles from here. >> reporter: the g-8 has for three decades now kept its eye on the global economy dealing with the issues of the day at the summits. this spring that means job creation, food security, governance for places for europe it means banking debt between greece and the ever present headaches of syria, iran and north korea. good luck. gary nuremberg, 9news now. >> coming up, delia goncalves will be live at baker park in downtown frederick with more on how the summit is expected to impact the locals in the area. a controversial bill which would limit boxes in the district is the -- abortions in the district is the subject of a hearing in congress. frank ran the hearing. under his bill no woman can get an abortion in the district 20 weeks after she became pregnant

unless her life was at risk. that's something the majority of the medical community says simply isn't true. former d.c. councilman harry thomas jr. will serve his time in the federal prison camp in montgomery, alabama. the former ward five councilman will have to report there june 20th. thomas will spend 38 months behind bars for stealing more than $350,000 meant to go to city youth sports programs. an officer in prince william is facing charges. investigators say ralph justice plotted of the another man arrested and thrown in jail where he would be subject to a sexual assault. we're told justice, a jailer was working with another man named michael r ussenack. both men are now in jail. last year's helicopter crash which killed two marines was the result of a bird scribe.

an investigation says the helicopter collided with a red tailed talk that had a -- hawk that had a wingspan of only about four feet. vibrations in the main rotor caused the rotor and the top of the transmission to separate from the aircraft. it fell into three pieces on ground and the wreckage ignited a brush fire that ended up burning more than 320 acres. gop candidate mitt romney is condemning efforts to use president obama's former adviser, jeremiah wright in ads attacking the president. the republican superpac considered running ads linking obama to his former pastor and as you may remember his sermons became a hot button issue in the 2008 presidential election. florida officials are releasing more information in the murder of teenager trayvon martin. the evidence includes images which seem to lend more correct to george zimmerman's side of

the story. >> ken molestina has more from the prosecutors which includes interviews and pictures. >> reporter: these are the last known images of trayvon martin alive. he's seen as a convenience store boying candy and a drink. 20 minutes later he'd be dead. it's only part of what was released thursday. also made public crime scene photos as well as the gun. but it's these images of beaten george zimmerman that has everyone talking. for the first time, there seems to be proof of the claims zimmerman originally made. his nose looks to be broken, eyes bruised and scratches on the face. then there's the cut to the back of his bloodied head. the autopsy report on trayvon martin shows the gunshot wound in his chest with gun powder residue. suggesting the two were no more than 18-inches apart. the report also details a bruise on martin's eye and small scars on both hands. there are also details about witnesses. one said he saw a black male wearing a dark colored hoodie

on top of a white or hispanic male who was yelling for help. then heard the pop of a gunshot. i'm ken molestina, 9news now. >> the autopsy report also showed that martin had traces of marijuana in his system. the fbi has been analyzing the 911 phone call and still can't determine who it was on the tape yelling for help. at 4:34, here's a look at some other things making news now. today, jurors in the john edwards trial will begin deliberating the charge against the former presidential candidate. hearing closing arguments prosecutors told them edwards broke campaign laws in his effort to cover up a sex scandal. investigators in mississippi are questioning a man named james lucas. he's been taken into custody suspected of driving around in a mercury marquee which used to be a police car and pulling

people over. local police and federal officials want to know the lucas has anything to do with two recent highway shootings which left both drivers dead along the side of the road. vermont is now the first state in the country to ban fracking. fracking is that controversial practice used to extract natural gas from the ground. the governor of the state said tracking contaminates -- fracking contaminates ground water but supporters say it's provided thousands of jobs. she spent many weeks at the top of the charts in the disco era of the 1970s. donna summer lost her lengthy battle with cancer yesterday. some of her biggest hits "the last dance" and "bad girl." she was 63 years old. the olympic torch is head

today london. yesterday in athens they cast the olympic flame to london. the torch will now go on the 70 day journey around the uk ending at london's olympic ceremony july 27th. at 4:39, howard will bring us a preview of what's expected to be a really good weekend weather-wise. >> and at 4:40 today is the day. facebook changes its status from private to public. investors get ready to fight to get in on a huge deal with the social media giant. >> and at 4:50, minority children in america are the new majority. >> we're back with your weather first in two minutes, keep it here. [ mechanical humming ]

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a jacket if you're leaving shortly. some areas down in the low 40s out there but a gorgeous day. by 9:00 approaching 65. in the low 70s by noon and highs today back in the mid 70s. don't forget the sunscreen. full weekend forecast in about five. right now monika with timesaver traffic. thank you so much howard. here's the beltway. east side of town in new carolton. no problems here at route 50 but in bowie route 97 is blocked at route 150. it's an accident there and been that way for about an hour. more details on that coming up in my next report, in a few minutes. back to you. it is time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> hello jessica doyle. >> facebook day, big day. >> will that help wall street? >> we hope so. >> financial channels are planning like day long coverage. >> it's a real big deal. this is of course the day facebook gets new friends. the social media giant will offer its stock to the public this morning. now insiders and big money investor have already bought their stocks before it hits the

general market at $38 a sharement it will trade under the symbol fb on the nasdaq. the offering value is facebook around $100 billion makes it one of the biggest ipos ever and there's enormous demand for the stock and also concerns about the facebook has a solid enough profit strategy. we will have to see if it ripples into the rest of the stock market. it has been a bad week. the nasdaq or rather the dow starts this morning at -- hewlett-packard is considering a round of deep layoffs. the computer company struggled to cut costs and raise profits. publishes reported say it could slash 8% of the work force or as much as 25,000 jobs. lawmakers would like to know more about the huge trading blunder at jp morgan

chase. they are inviting jamie dimon to testify. they are discussing wall street reform and should hear directly from dimon about the $2 billion loss. more passengers are finding ways to get around airline baggage fees. revenues from the extra charges dropped last year even though the toe that will number of passengers went up. that means travelers are packing light to avoid the fees and i guess in a way that's doing us a favor because we're not bringing five bags with us. two bags with shoes. >> we're not going on fair weather charging for this bags in the overhead bin. >> that's right. >> what are they going to do now, charge for oxygen next? >> talking about facebook and you know it's now on top but a lot of people are saying it's really overvalued? >> a lot of people are. i mean the pe ratio is 65/70 in that range. normal people look at stock investors, stock pickers try to find 15, 20 pe ratios. it's very, very high in terms of the price to earnings. >> wow.

>> but it's a momentum stock. >> we'll see. >> it's changing the way we live. >> will it crash? >> not today. not today. that's one thing that's pretty much be careful with. >> all right. thank you jess. well, the blue angels, army's golden knights just the big time highlights this weekend at the joint services house and air show which begins today out at andrews. >> we'll have more on that and your weather first in two minutes when 9news now returns.

good morning and welcome back to 9news now. it is will:44 on this -- 4:44 on this friday morning. i was up i don't know why late last night and i saw our newscast and topper said tune in this morning because howard may do some tweaking to the forecast especially over the weekend. >> yes, sunday may see a couple more clouds and maybe a shower east. little coastal is going to try to form. in fact watching a little bit of the low pressure off the carolina coast now. we're still good today and still good tomorrow and still

good i think sunday morning as well. here's a look at the forecast. your bus stop forecast on this friday morning. and a lot of kids are going to be going down to andrews today. school day. my boys headed there for the air show. which is good. >> okay. >> 40s and 50s though. so definitely going to need something out early here. 5:53 on the sunrise. then through the day today lot of sunshine once again. don't forget the sunscreen, you get burnt pretty easily this time of year. noon 71. northeast at about 10 miles per hour and then in the afternoon, 74 at 4:00. highs today around 75, 76, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00. temperatures do bounce a little bit from 3:30 to 4:30. 70 degrees at 6:00 and speaking of events going on. big series, baltimore is coming into town this weekend. low 70s for the first pitch. mid 60s here as we head toward oh the 7th, 8th inning. probably need a little jacket too going out to nats park

tonight but should be exciting. here's the chill this morning. winchester is 45. 43 in frederick and also in northern loudoun county. we'll look at that in a moment but fredericksburg down to 53. locally temperatures in the mid 40s in loudoun county and lovettsville. 46 bladensville. reston at 46. and baden and southeastern prince george's county right now 47 degrees. it is dark, you're looking at the white house there. one -- somebody left a light on upstairs. had temperatures on the michael & son weather camera 58. with just a couple of high thin clouds out there this morning with an east wind at 7 miles an hour and the air nice and dry. some showers in the rockies not a concern: same with the great lakes. we're going to watch for that sunday, monday time frame. this guy spinning right here. very broad area of low pressure. across coastal south carolina. this thing is going to work its way to the north and east and then make a little left turn toward us. as we head into the -- late part of the weekend early next

week. there are the high clouds i was talking about. and our futurecast is going to keep all the showers off to the south and the east. you can see them here along the carolina coast. the outer banks. and then as we go through the weekend, now we're looking at saturday. 6:00 a.m. hey we're still fine, nice and sunny. another great day outside and as we head into sunday, that's when we could see some of this drift toward us in the afternoon and evening. as we look at the three day forecast, we're going to focus over on andrews, great today mid 70s. upper 70s saturday and by sunday a few more clouds. 79 degrees for the air show but go out and enjoy it. oh, yeah the preakness also tomorrow. post time temperatures 79. should be gorgeous up in baltimore for that. here's your seven day forecast. 80 degrees on sunday. could be that shower late east and then a couple of showers possible monday through thursday. monika? yes, howard. good morning. thank you so much. you know, friday morning light still sticking to that reputation with the exception of one spot. and that's because of an

accident. it's out in bowie. route 197 at route 50. john hanson highway. now it's been there for about an hour. lanes are blocked we're working the phones to figure out what's going on there. and what you need to know about it. route 50 apparently is not affected coming in from bowie as you head for the beltway and cheverly. a live look outside right now, and here's what it looks like on 270 at father hurley boulevard. we're fine here coming in from jermantown down to the point where the lanes divide. all lanes are open even on the beltway west side of town. back to the maps this time to the west side. in problems on the dulles -- no problems on the dulles toll road or 66 from manassas to centerville or stirling to fairfax, going to be just fine. a live look at the 14th street bridge, the length of 395 heading to the point into downtown all lanes are open. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at 95 in virginia at 4:55. metro riders -- metro is finishing work on the orange

line. it's so used to expecting delays this weekend. because of the track work. from tonight at 10:00 until closing on sunday no trains will run between the east falls church and west falls church stations. metro will provide shuttle buses between the two stops. allow at least an extra 20 minutes for their trip. you sounded just like monika in that. metro is finishing up work at the foggy bottom station. they replaced all three escalators and added a staircase and put a canopy over the only entrance. it's the first replacement project in more than a decade. metro hopes to use foggy bottom as an example of its ambitious plan to replace dozens of escalators over the next six years. new numbers show that a major change in the makeup of the american melting pot. >> as danielle nottingham reports, children born to traditional minority ethnic groups are now the majority in the u.s.. >> reporter: when he reaches

his 40s, justin will likely be part of the new majority. for the first time in u.s. history, the births of hispanic, black, asian american and members of other minority groups outnumber that of whites. the reason? there are more minority women in their childbearing years. women like raquel. >> it makes me feel way better because he'll be more confidentable. >> reporter: minorities made up 54.4% of all births between july 2010 and july 2011. that's up from 37% in 1990. mark of the population reference bureau says it's the type of diversity people 65 and older are not used to. >> these policymakers most of them are older and white, well they support programs that support this new generation of views? that doesn't really look much like them. >> reporter: here in washington, d.c., minorities already peak up more than 50%

of the overall population. the same is true in hawaii, california, new mexico, and texas. the census numbers also show a slowdown in latino immigration. >> well, we think it's all linked to the recession. those types of jobs that tend to attract migrant workers have kind of gone away. >> reporter: the immigration decline may delay the date when the overall u.s. population shifts from a white majority to a racial and ethnic majority. population forecasters now say it will happen around 2050. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >> those newly released census numbers also shows the population of maine has the oldest median age while texas and utah have the youngest. when you eat may be just as important as what you eat. when it comes to preventing obesity and diabetes. scientists at the salk institute in california found that regular eating times may override the adverse effects of a high fat diet. researchers tested mice and found those limited to eating

during an eight hour period were healthier mice than those who ate at nonrestrictsive times and all day long. jeans may hold -- not the kind you wear. genes may hold the success to life. the key to success. there's a new research out at the university of edinborough finds that genes play a bigger role than previously thought in forming character traits like self-control or decision making. studying 800 sets of twins genetics was more influential than the environment and home or surroundings. we've been talking about this. today the 2012 joint service open house and air show gets underway at andrews air force base in prince george's county. one of the big stars of the show? the blue angels and they arrived yesterday. in addition to the pilots, visitors can check out a fleeting hornets and -- fleet of hornets and the sss raptor. this year's show celebrates 100

years of marine corps aviation. admission is free. the show runs through sunday and we have all kinds of information about getting there on our website at wusa9.com. because it will be tricky with traffic. >> very crowded. it is 4:53. time for the question of the morning -- >> lot -- no way. log on to wusa9's facebook fan page. leave your response. we'd love to hear what you think on this because i think i know the answer. we'll have the answer in our 6:00 hour. a coupon, that's hysterical.

welcome back. 4:55. your weather first. chilly this morning. it's back to bike to workday.

back end to work and bike to workdayment we've got sunshine, thanks for the pickup mike. temperatures by 11:00 69. another gorgeous afternoon. we're going to see highs in the mid maybe upper 70s. weekend's looking pretty good as well. let's go over to monika right now and let you know what's happening as you head out the door with timesaver traffic. on the north end southbound sides of i-95 construction cleared, you're good to go through springfield on to 395. but coming up in my next report, i will update you on two accidents one in bowie and one in bethesda coming up in my next report. back to you. tomorrow more than 150,000 people are expected to pile into pimlico for the 137th running of the preakness stakes. bodemeister from virginia is a favorite to win the second leg of the triple crown. but i'll have another ended up with that title at kentucky derby and just like two weeks ago i'll have another will once again start from the outside position. exciting. well, in what has become a

common spring theme, the ravens' all pro safety ed reed isn't 100% committed to punching in 2012. come on, this is the final year of the 33-year-old's contract with baltimore. well, the players punished by the nfl bounty gate some of them are trying to strike back now. one in particular, saints' linebacker filed a lawsuit against nfl commissioner roger goodell for defamation. he claims goodell tarnished his reputation by making false statements about his involvement in the pay to injure scheme. he wants goidel to produce any evidence -- goodell to produce any evidence that claims he's implicated in the scandal. betty white comes to washington. >> and "forbes" magazine names the most powerful celebrity in hollywood. teresa garcia has stow stories and -- those stories if more. >> reporter: 90 yield actress

and ---year-old actress and comedian betty white is in washington. her new book is called "betty and friends -- my life at the zoo." >> i'm not into animal rights, don't do this, don't do that. i just want people to appreciate animals and protect them as much as they can. >> reporter: today the long time animal advocate is getting a private tour of the national zoo. who's the most powerful celebrity in hollywood? according to "forbes" magazine it's jennifer lopez. the actress, singer and "american idol" judge topped forbes' new list of the 100 most powerful celebrities. the rankings are based on earnings and fame. lopez replaces lady gaga who is now fifth on the list. oprah is in second. justin bieber is third. ♪ country music's top selling superstar taylor swift is giving back in a big way. swift is donating $4 million to the country music hall of fame and museum. the money is being used to build the taylor swift

education center, an exhibit and classroom space scheduled to open at the hall of fame in 2014. [ people chanting ] broadway audiences have something new to cheer about. "bring it on -- the musical" is coming to new york in july 2012. it's based on the movies and on a 13 city national tour. that's your eye on entertainment. teresa garcia, cbs news, hollywood. good morning and thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. happy friday. i'm andrea roane. >> we're cheering. it's friday. i'm mike hydeck. how you doing? here's monika samtani. she'll have traffic later. >> come on howard. join in. >> i did. i did a little cheer. shaking my pretend pompoms. >> that's better. >> weather-wise good morning out there. >> it's chilly out there. temperatures down in the 40 oz., crisp refreshing. >> i like it. >> enjoy it. put the windows up and any throat was punishing me this morning for it but the alle