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it to berth at the space station. >> nasa views test flights as learning opportunities. >> reporter: nasa hopes a private company can deliver people by 2017. >> the dragon capsule will bring back nearly 1500 pounds of cargo and then splash down in the pacific ocean where then it will be recovered by a ship. nato leaders have reaffirmed their pledge to end the combat mission in afghanistan by 2014. nato troops will remain in the country in a support role. president obama spoke briefly monday with both the afghan and pakistani presidents. the united states and nato are trying to get pakistan to reopen key supply routes closed after a u.s. air strike. >> we didn't anticipate that the supply line was going to be resolved by the summit. we knew that before we arrived in chicago, but we're actually making diligent progress on t.
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>> protests monday outside the meetings were much more peaceful than sunday. police outnumbered the protesters as they followed them through the downtown streets. several protesters sat down in front of the reelection offices of president obama. the u.s. senate has approved new sanctions against iran and its nuclear am bigs. the -- ambitions. it requires company that trade on the stock exchange to disclose any iranian business to the commission. it freezes assets on individuals and companies which supply iran with security equipment such as tear gas, rubber bullets and surveillance equipment which can be used against iranian citizens. washington ash bishop wuerl is one of many suing the obama administration. it's intended to stop health care rules which would provide contraceptive to their workers.
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>> it's one of three catholic organizations across the country which filed a dozen suits to stop the new rules. >> reporter: there is an else edges for the rules eowe exemption from the rules for religious organizations. catholic charities, catholic university of america and d.c.'s ash biesh carol high school -- archbishop carol high school would not qualify as part of the lawsuit. the president offered a compromise earlier this year saying insurance companies, not the religious institutions would pay for the controversial coverage. >> we've been mindful there's another principle at stake here and that's religious liberty. >> it sounds like a compromise
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till you recognize we're self- insured. >> reporter: catholic university invited kathy is a beale just to give a speech. she is a named defendant in the new lawsuit. >> what's wrong with this is that the government is seeking to redefine in a very narrow way what a religious institution is. >> reporter: the suit comes sex months before the press -- six months before the presidential election and a month before the supreme court is expected to rule on other constitutional challenges to the new health care law. >> there's no need for this administration to redo the way america works. >> a top aide of the 2010 campaign of vincent gray is due in court. thomas gore expected to make a
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plea deal. he' apparently made illegal campaign contributions. >> he's a standup guy that's done a lot on the behalf of the city and children. >> brown ran against gray in the 2010 race. brown says gray gave him cash and money orders to stay in the race and verbal attack a third candidate then mayor adrienne fenty. marion barry is recovering at a las vegas hospital after being treated for a blood clot. he says he got the clot while waiting on a plane in memphis. the 76-year-old is expected to make a full recovery. he says his doctors are telling him to stay on blood thinners and get plenty of exercise. he will also have to take it easy the next several days. here's a look at some other things making news now. today marks the one-year
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anniversary of the tornado which devastated job lynn, missouri. >> president owe bam -- joplin, missouri. >> president obama visited on monday. we have more on the recovery. >> reporter: president obama didn't have to look far for motivation by his commencement address for joplin high school class of 2012. >> as lie out at this class and across this city, what's clear is that you're the source of inspiration today. >> reporter: it was may 22, 2011 when a half-mile wide f5 tornado struck. when it was over 7500 buildings were damaged or destroyed and 161 people were dead, including quinton anderson's parents. >> i remembered it enough like it's still with him. >> reporter: anderson and his parents were why their home which used to be here. it took a direct hit from the tornado. he was found across the street
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with a broken back. when he woke up in the hospital three days later, his sister was telling him their parents were killed. >> i'm one of those people -- [indiscernible] >> reporter: but in the months since that day, the town has begun rebuilding what was lost. new homes that can withstands 250 mile an hour winds are going up and the high school which is now a pile of rubble was relocated to a strip mall. and it's not just the landscape that's forever changed. >> you not be defined by the difficulties you face but by how you respond. with grace and strength and a commitment to others. >> reporter: for quinton and his classmates, some of life's hardest challenges may be already behind them. danielle nottingham, cbs news. good news. a district mothers that been reunited with her missing son. 6-year-old jay von brown was
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last seen monday morning led away from his columbia heights apartment by a woman in the neighborhood known as quail. police found brown in good condition yesterday morning after reviewing surveillance tape of the incident. it's unclear if the woman will face any charges. our time is 4:37. a second day of rain is expected for most of our region. howard will let you know how much to expect. facebook suffering more losses. losses. 39 is all it takes to get from d.c. to rehoboth beach without worrying about driving. more coming up. and when the sun will come out in the next few minutes.
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4:39. kind of damp out there this morning with some patchy fog out west. we've had heavy rains in prince william county overnight but all the glad warnings have expired. we'll look at doppler in a moment. a couple of sunny breaks at times but also the threat for a few more showers and storms with a locally heavy downpour. highs getting into the upper 70s. let's go to monika. here's a live look at 66 heading in from manassas. the roads are wet. also road closures in prince william county because of flooding. nokesville road at aidan road. i'll have another report at 4:47. 4:40, time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> talking stocks. >> a little bit of relief finally for wall street. stocks rebounding from the worst week of the year. we have a new economic survey. its forecasters expect modest growth for the remainder of the year.
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they also expect the growth to pick up its pace next year. apple climbed nearly 6% and that helped to lift stocks. checking the numbers the dow stands this morning at 12,504, added 135 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq was up by 68 points and the s&p 500 jumped by nearly 21. facebook stock tumbled 11% in its second day of trading well below friday's initial public offering price of 38 bucks. a trading glitch on the nasdaq marred its market debut. facebook's c.e.o. says he's embarrassed over the ipo's handling. amc, the $2.6 billion deal is the largest takeover of a u.s. company by a chinese company in history. this deal is expected to help amc expand overseas and spend more on upgrading its theaters. yahoo still struggling to
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survive. so it is selling half of its 40% stake in the chinese e- commerce site. it's expected to make more than $7 billion from the sale. of course it's still recovering from its c.e.o. problems over the resume fluffing. >> just can't get out of its own way. >> having a lot of problems for sure. >> thanks, jess. doctors are reporting a surge in the number of teenagers suffering from diabetes and heart problems. >> we'll take a look at what this could mean for you and your family and we also have your weather first in two minutes.
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good morning. welcome back to 9news now. it's about 4:44 this tuesday morning. another day and another forecast with rain. >> showers are going to be around in spots at times. kind after weird day yesterday considering that national hat .03 an inch of rain. yet prince william county just last night had 3 to 4 inches of
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rain in spots. monika has been talking about roads that have been closed due to high water. most of that activity at least for the moment has quieted down. we'll look at doppler in just a moment. want to start you out with the bus stop forecast. we've got patchy fog, especially west where we had some of that rain. still a few showers out there. most of us are just cloudy this morning and a little damp. temps running from the mid-60s to the low 70s at the bus stop. sunrise here about 5:50 this morning. it sets at 8:20. so today we start with clouds and maybe a shower or two. middle of the day i think we're going to have some sunny breaks, more so than yesterday. 73 at noon. can't rule out a spotty shower or two. a better chance for a few showers and storms later this afternoon. temperatures in the upper 70s and with enough sun, even 80 will be attainable. east to southeast winds 5 to 10. overnight just west of d.c., this line of showers and storms. in the last couple of hours with the loss of the heating from yesterday the stuff is starting to weaken.
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see spotty sprinkles here. a little bit of drizzle being reported in a couple of spots. the drizzle was persistent yesterday. took till mid afternoon. up and down 95 light showers. not all of this is reaching the ground but you can see a little bit of the darker greens here from arlington here not far from northwest and scattered about in southern fairfax county down 95. when we start to see the darker greens and yellows from quantico, parts of prince william county, south of riverside in charles county, that's shower activity still hanging tough. south of montross, we have the heavier showers there. this is what's left over from the heavier rains overnight. might make st. mary's county if it doesn't fall apart completely in the next hour. it's a pretty juicy air mass. st. mary's get ready for a little rain. temperatures not that ready from yesterday morning. low to mid-60s. annapolis 68. it's 65 in badden and -- baden
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and crofton. not much cooler in leesburg at 63. they had a flood warning during the late night, early morning hours but all the warnings are gone. looking at the capitol this morning with 66 degrees. east, northeast wind at 7 miles an hour. and our relative humidity high at 88%. here's the big picture. we've got the storm system. one area of low pressure spinning at the surface. you can see it here. this is coming up toward long island and new york. you've got alberto, just a tropical depression. it really was not much at all to begin with. on top of us this is moisture and these little pieces of energy that continue to spin. when we put our future cast in motion, you'll notice in the afternoon the scattering of showers and storms. things diminish somewhat at night and in the day we bubble up more. that will the case today, tomorrow and thursday again. 78 degrees today, muggy, a few showers and storms. tonight an evening shower or storm. we drop back into the 60s. 80ish tomorrow with a chance for the afternoon showers and
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storms. low 80s thursday. get ready for some heat. by saturday, sunday and monday as we head to memorial day temperatures up around 90. it's 4:47. monika steps in with time saver traffic. things are definitely much better, had been some flooding issues and a couple of road closures remain around the area, especially out in prince william county. good morning, everybody. 66 is fine. you may find a tiny bit of slow traffic heading in toward centreville out of manassas. nokesville road at aidan, fitswater closed at kettle run. lee highway has been reopened over at groveton and the prince william parkway at sudly manor also reopened. might be a little easier for you to get through that area. let's take a live look outside. no problems to report on the beltway here at route 50. we're fine. on the west side of town between 66 and 95. we'll go back over to our maps and this time 295 still looking
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good out of dale city, woodbridge, springfield. a live look at 395 duke street, very quiet to the 14th street bridge. in my next report another look at area roads at 4:55. but first, delaware beachgoers will have another way to get to the sun and fun. new weekend bus service from washington to rehoboth and dewey beaches launches this memorial day weekend. the cost is $39 each way for riders who book ahead. $45 for those who don't. and the buses will leave from dupont circle and union station. pretty conveenlts. back to -- convenient. back to you. 4:49. psa screenings are used to detect prostrate cancer and have been a source of controversy for many years. an organization called the u.s. preventative task forces is recommending that doctors stop performing tests for all men. the psa is a blood test. there's strong evidence that the screening leads to
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unnecessary tests and treatments and can be harmful. the american cancer society agrees doctors should not use the psa test routinely to screen for prostrate cancer. many urologists however argue psa saves lives. >> if we go backward and we totally abandon screening, then we're going to go back to the 1980s when prostrate cancer was a death sentence. >> it is not clear how this recommendation is going to affect insurance company reimburse months. -- reimbursements. this used to be a disease mostly seen in older people. type 2 is called adult on set. >> but a new study shows the number of teenagers with type 2 diabetes is rising sharply. >> reporter: 21-year-old sill very has type 2 diabetes and
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all the health problems that come with it. doctors diagnosed her when she was just 15. >> chips, candies, cookies, that was me. i probably egged it on to come and happen faster. >> reporter: she's part after disturbing trend according to a new report out. between 1999 and 2008, the percentage of teenagers with prediabetes and diabetes jumped from 9 to 23%. >> this leads possibly if we don't intervene to younger and younger people getting cardiovassvascular disease and it's a wake-up call to work on aggressive treatment and prevention. >> reporter: heart disease and diabetes can go hand in hand and in this case the teenagers most at risk were overweight and obese and already had heart risk factors like high cholesterol and high blood pressure. >> these are things that only grandma gets and then they're taking two, three, four
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medications. it's expensive. they have side effects and their friends aren't doing it. >> reporter: perry had to check her blood sugar three times a day and give herself insulin shots but admits she wasn't always a willing participant. >> i was in denial. i wasn't paying attention to it so i just ignored it. >> reporter: anita brikman, 9news now. >> ignoring the disease or not getting diabetes under control cannot only hurt the heart. it also contributes to blindness and even loss of limbs. researchers have come full circle on hormone therapy. a major reappraisal of a landmark report founds hormone therapy near the onset of menopause will benefit most women. it relieves hot flashed but also -- flashes but also reduces the risk of heart disease. experts who worked on the original studies say the results were for women who were 12 years past menopause, not
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for women near menopause. a new study shows vigorous exercise may reduce the risk of sir rye sis in women. it's a common conwhich leaves patients with large itchy, scaly patches on their skin. researchers in boston found that two hours of running a week reduced the risk of sore roy sis by 25 -- psoriasis by 25% to 30%. past research has linked physical activity to decreased inflammation. surgical residents are often fatigued according to harvard researchers. the study involved 27 orthopedic surgery residents and found the residents averaged 5.3 hours of sleep a dai. residents were also functioning at less than 80% mental effectiveness about half the time they were awake. fatigue is a big issue because there's growing evidence it contributes to medical errors. time now for the question of the morning at 4:53.
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>> according to "u.s.a. today," this is the number one thing most college graduates do after graduation s. it a, start a new job, b, move back home with mom and dad or c, get ready for grad school. >> log on to wusa9's facebook fan page. we'd love to hear what you think. we'll have the answer in our 6:00 hour. we'll be right back.
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welcome back. your weather first at 4:56. we have some dampness out there with some drizzle. just a couple of showers especially south of town and patchy fog. we'll see temperatures today get into the upper 70s with again a threat for some showers this morning. some sunny breaks, too, midday and a chance for afternoon storms. plenty of those could have some locally heavy downpours. more on the forecast looking toward some heat by the weekend coming up during 9news now at
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5:00. here's monika with time saver traffic. on the southbound side of i- 95 in virginia after dale city, virginia state police are on the scene of an accident. they're telling us the two left lanes are blocked. northbound side the lanes should be opened. i'll have more details on this coming up in my next report at 5:00. a local military museum which contains some shocking exhibits reopens today at its new home. the national museum of health and medicine moved out of the walter reed complex to a new building at the forest glen annex in silver spring. the medical museum contains hundreds of thousands of human brain specimens and other body parts. the museum also has the bullet which killed president lincoln. a tv doctor makes his final house call. teresa garcia has more in this look at entertainment. >> run an eg. >> reporter: the hit medical drama "house" ended its eight-
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year run last night. hugh laurie earned to golden globe awards. roman polanski returned to the cam film festival to present a new film. it was a rare public appearance. he's wanted in the united states for having sex with an underage girl 35 years ago. it's a major victory in the u.s. supreme court for the recording industry. the court upheld the $675,000 verdict against a college student who illegally downloaded 30 songs and shared them on the internet. country music star kim mcgraw has a new record label. he sign add multialbum deal with big machine records. last year a judge allowed mcgraw to end his lifetime contract with curb record. >> i'm engaged. >> what? >> will you be my maid of honor?
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>> of course. >> reporter: actress kristin wig who wrote and starred in "brides made" has wrapped up her seven-year run on saturday night live. she now has several movies in the works including a comedy due out later this year. that's your eye on entertainment,. cbs news, hollywood. good morning. thank you for watching 9 news now at the 5:00 a.m. hour. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. good morning, monika santami. >> good morning. >> she'll on more on traffic in a minute. we did have heavy rains overnight. remember to credit me on the pretty days. we are looking at some heavy rains which fell in prince william county, loudoun county. there were some flood warnings earlier. those have all expired. we still have a couple of road closures. but our day planner today still has the threat at least for a few more downpours at times. things are pretty quiet this morning. i think a good portion of the day may be quiet but when we get those storms to pop and if th

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