i think we may get some midday breaks which could lead to more showers and storms this afternoon. last night we had some 3, 4- inch rain totalses that caused flooding for a little while. flood warnings have all expired. there they were last night over us. you can see it sort of moved to the east and weakened. this morning we have some stuff down across areas in st. mary's county. locally not too much going on. maybe some drizzle is what we're seeing scattered about the metro. 60s going up into the upper 70s. monika santami coming in now. time saver traffic at 6:00 a.m. 95 south is bad with a fatality. any other issues? we have road closures and sinkholes. i'm going to start off with a deadly accident that happened about an hour and a half ago on the southbound side of i-95. state police have been on the scene ever since with cleanup and veg. only the right lane is getting by. let's take you there live. southbound on i-95.

with that activity ongoing, you will expect to find delays even though it's against the rush hour flow. southbound side of i-95. there was an accident in the backup as well involving a truck on the northbound side the lanes have remained open although you may find a bit of a gawkers block on the northbound side. lanes open heading past the accident and up toward woodbridge on the northbound side of i-95. we'll keep you posted on this situation here. let's go back over to our graphics. there have been a lot of road closures in prince william county because of flooding conditions. in fact, here's a long list. i'm just going to tell you the major roadways, aden, nokesville, needwood, wellington. i wanted to end with good news. looks great at route 121 heading to germantown to the point where the lanes divide.

an aide to vincent gray's mayoral campaign is due in court this morning. thomas gore is facing term charges for destroying records and making illegal campaign contributions. >> we expect him to plead guilty to those charges and that plea is happening today. delia goncalves is live outside the wilson building. she has a preview. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. many observers say that this plea deal is just the first shoe to drop in a federal investigation that is likely to affect a number of people in the wilson building and in the gray administration. thomas gore, gray's close friend and former campaign aide faces up to 20 years behind bars but he's likely to serve far less time because of his cooperation with investigators. gore will admit later today to paying off french mayoral candidate sulaimon brown and then destroying records that proved it. >> vincent gray's campaign specifically mayor vincent gray gave me cash and money orders

to maintain my campaign for mayor, cover living expenses, and attack then mayor fenty during the 2010 mayoral race. >> if there were people engaged in wrongdoing, they need to be held accountable. >> it's deeply doubling. i know al gore who has done a lot on behalf of the city. he's always been a really good guy so the charges are shocking. >> reporter: that is tommy wells reacting to the charges and the impending plea deal. as you may remember, several gray staffers have been let go, released from their jobs here at the wilson building because of this controversy but certainly thomas gore represents the first person who's been officially charged and is likely to serve some jail time because of it. coming up at 6:30, more on a future of the city after this controversy coming up in a half- hour. back to you. >> thank you, delia goncalves reporting live outside the

wilson building this morning. d.c. councilman marry barry is -- marion barry is out of a las vegas hospital. he ended up there this weekend with a blood clot. this is file video of the former mayor. he developed the clot while traveling to las vegas for a conference. doctors put him on blood thinners and told him to get some exercise. he said he wanted to thank the outstanding medical staff including piendz kind, professional filipino staff. you will remember last month he got in trouble for criticizing nurses who come from the philippines saying they are taking jobs that could go to d.c. residents with the proper training. three agents are caught up in yet another prs institution scanned -- prostitution scandal in colombia. they hired prostitutes in colombia at the same time secret service agents did. but they say the two incidents

are not related. itself men implicated are now being questioned. senate hearings on the secret service scandal start tomorrow. today marks one year since the deadliest single tornado in u.s. history. 161 people died when the storm hit joplin, missouri. president obama spoke last night at the high school graduation. he told the graduates they had to grow up early. >> here in joplin you also learned that we have the power to grow from these experiences. we can define our lives not by what happens to us but by how we respond. we can choose to carry on. we can choose to make a difference in the word. >> the tornado leveled joplin's high school. students took classes this year at a converted shopping mall. the naacp announced its

support for same-sex marriage. it was dubbed a civil right. >> it is the responsibility in the history of the naacp to speak up on the civil rights issues of our times. >> we live in a democracy and in our democracy we have a benefit of a constitution which defines the equal rights which we all share. >> the group's statement of support invokes the 14th amendment to the constitution which provides equal protection under the law to all citizens. at 6:06, jessica doyle is watching your money and your future. >> how about planning your financial future for free with some cool web siteses. >> sometimes it's hard to get going on things we know we need to do. working out, maybe contacting that great aunt, especially true for planning your fiscal future but we're helping you this morning with a half-year checkup.

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glen annex at fort deed rick. the collection? 25 million objects including the bullets which killed president lincoln, the history x-ray equipment and a look at battlefield medicine. it's especial every day from 10:00 to 5:30 and it's free. howard says you'll want to keep the umbrella handy today. your weather first is next. >> more on tiger woods and his visit to congressional country club in bethesda. we'll preview this summer's at&t national tournament.

another muggy day. keep the rain gear handy. scattered showers and storms in spots. some of those could have heavy downpours. look for highs well up into the 70s. ongoing accident investigation after dale stay. only the right lane is getting through. coming up in my next report, a look at that and other area roads at 6:18. this morning chicago police are getting high marks from watchdog groups for handling the protesters outside the nato summit. inside that summit, a deal on afghanistan. >> that's one of the stories making news now at 6:12.

nato leaders pledged to end the combat mission in afghanistan by the end of 2014. but they will stay there longer in a support role for afghan troops. president obama met with both afghan and pakistani lead erstwhile at the summit. the nato agreement will reportedly lead to u.s. ambassador to afghanistan stepping down. cbs news is reporting ryan crocker will leave his both at -- his post at some point. conflicting information over the psa prostrate cancer screening. men have been told for years to get them every one or two years but a new panel finds the psa test unreliable giving false positives 80% of the time. the american urological association calls the panel report irresponsible. 6:13. the at&t national golf tournament returns to congressional country club next month but we got a head start

yesterday. >> tiger woods hosts the tournament. he was in town. i got a chance to ask him about his commitment to education. >> reporter: you're a wealthy man. why did you decide education is the way we need to go? >> it's basically my upbringing. it is just all comfort am. i didn't -- comfortable. i didn't want to become a golf foundation. that was not how i was raised. family and education first. that's weights' all about. >> tiger woods' foundation and has learning centers around the country. back in 2010 tiger opened to learning centers here. they're focused on science. he brings in the equipment some of the things kids haven't seen and they can't afford. you're looking at video of the chipping contest. we had one of our viewers win a chance to be in a chipping

contest with tiger. his name is brad burns. there he is right there. topper and i got a chance to play 18 holes on the blue course at congressional with him. super guy. his wife came out to watch. it was nerve-wracking trying to tip against tiger. we had a great time, an amazing time. >> i love what he said education and family first. we talked with his late father about that and education was very high on the list. >> the fact that the proceeds from the tournament will be for the wounded warriors. good stuff going on at congressional. i was out there for noon. it was a little dreary. it's a little dreary this morning. a few showers, temperatures in the 60s. not much has changed from yesterday. here's your bus stop forecast. also got a touch offing for toward culpeper this morning. going to watch out for that. temps in the 60s, the drizzle. so keep the rain gear handy. i do think we'll get into a few breaks with the cloud cover. that will help get temperatures into the upper 70s, maybe # 0

with notify -- maybe 80 with some breaks. heavy rains overnight out to our west, prince william, fauquier, loudoun counties had flood warnings. those have all expired. we're seeing the drizzle starting to show up. charles town from lynn got a light shower going on there. scattered light stuff in southern maryland. all these really areas of light rain spotty drizzle in many areas. our temperatures low to mid- 60s. 64 hagerstown, gaithersburg. winchester 63 along with easton. looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, cloudy skies. 66 degrees. east, northeast winds at 7 and humanity way high. for us -- humidity way high. for us we see the showers. once we heat it up later today, we'll see more of that develop scattered across the region. temperatures will climb into the upper 70s late.

it's going to be muggy. a few evening showers. quieter overnight. 08 tomorrow. the threat for afternoon showers and storms. thursday low 80s with mainly the threat for the afternoon showers or storms. friday mid-80s with an isolated storm. let's turn it up to around 90 saturday, sunday and memorial day with isolated p.m. storms. let's go to monika santami. virginia state police continue their dozens investigation and cleanup. this accident involved a single vehicle. it happened at 4:30 this morning and ended in one fatality on the southbound side of i-95 right after dale city. i'll take you there live. you'll see only the single right lane is getting through there on our traffic lamb camera on the southbound side of ien when 95 if we can switch to that. again been there since about 6:30 this morning. there are delays on the southbound side. be aware of that. northbound the lanes have remained open although i'm sure a lot of people are looking over to see what's going on

northbound 95 lanes are open approaching dale city. here's the accident right here. again the investigation continues. only the right lane getting through. we'll take you a little further north. northbound 95 in springfield is normal. no problems as you head up to 395. it's going to be slow in landmark. back over to a graphic. one thing i want to let you know, there were a lot of road closures because of flooding in prince william county. i have a whole list there. also just got word of a new sinkhole on fleetwood at slate view road. there are several examples of sinkholes as well in -- as well in prince william county. i'll have more coming up in my next report. first, i do have a commuter alert and some good news when it comes to traffic congestion in our region. there is a new study out by a group that says we have sixth

worst congestion in the country but in fourth place a year ago. that's better. last month the average d.c. driver wasted two hours 48 minutes in traffic, not when you work these hours. that's down 54 minutes from one year ago and down more than two hours from two years ago, guys. the study found tuesday is the worst for the morning commute. around here friday is the worst evening commute. have you ever driven in tysons at ak on friday. don't do -- at 5:00 on friday? don't do it. the cities with the most job growth had the most traffic. that includes tampa, miami, houston. without funding, there's obviously been less congestion and that mines not as much

congestion because of less construction. its ecoming up 06:20. let's -- up on 6:20. let's get another check of the question on of the morning. this is the number one thing most college graduates do after graduation. is it a, start a new job, b, move back in with mom and dad, or c, get ready for grad school? >> erratic sounds like he probably has -- eric sounds like he probably has kids in college. he says b. we're already planning on it. [ mechanical humming ]

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division rivals. >> the next two weeks are really going to show off their contenders are just pretenders. >> no score in the 2nd inning. desmond changes that with one swing. he hit aso low home run for center. there is goes. he also hit an rbi single in the fowrpght. those were all owe on fourth. those were all the runs gio gonzalez would need. he went six innings. he leads the significance league with 69ks. nats topped the phillies 2-1. in the playoffs, lakers are out. game five. a lot of people hate the lakers. game five against the thunder last night. oklahoma city beats l.a.106-90. thunder will face the spurs in the western conference finals. in other games last night

boston topped philadelphia. >> our floor director loves kobe and is sad this morning. the redskins get a day of rest before official team activities resume tomorrow. robert bert give finish iii the first -- robert griffin iii the first chance to play with the big boys. >> the workout was good. i was talking with guys in the locker room. felt i had pretty good command of the offense, knew what i was doing, where to go. i could play football and let loose. >> a hundred percent accountable for the job he has. moving forward he knows what's on his shoulders and i think he's really looking forward to it and being a great football player. >> if you have that guy on your side, that's a good thing. mike shanahan a rough monday. he got blind sided by defensive backer in practice. in fact, he was laid out for a few minutes. he did eventually get up and finish his own practice, however. it is 6:25. still ahead why today is definitely not the day to be a

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good morning. 6:29. the drizzle has shut off for the moment. here's a look at our day planner. drizzle around of the we're seeing a couple of breaks on our camera after to the east. i'm confident we'll see a couple of sunny breaks today. low 70s by noon with highs in the upper 70s but the more sun we see, the better chance we'll see showers and storms develop. like last night we could get heavy downpours in spots. the radar is quieting down as the last of the showers really going through st. mary's county and northern neck. we have a lot of spotty drizzle across the area. you see the light green areas scattered about on live doppler 9000 hd. a little drizzle. temperatures running in the low to mid-60s going into the 70s. wet streets, heavy rains overnight. we've had all sorts of problems

on the roads. here's monika santami. there are two separate accidents affecting i-95 southbound as you approach dale city and beyond. i'm going to show you what it looks like on a map first on the southbound side. the first accident involves a single vehicle and a fatality just after dale city. only the right lane is going through. let's go to that live first on the southbound side of 95. this activity has been here since 4:30 this morning with the investigation and the cleanup. there's been a long backup on the southbound side. you are not used to that. and in the backup another accident. this one involves a truck as well. it happened again in the backup along the right side of the road. so a real mess on the southbound side of i-95 as you can see with two spat incidents after -- separate incidents after dale city and heading southbound. northbound you can see all lanes are open. it is not affecting your ride. you just have your normal slow traffic there. let's go back over to our maps. there's another incident on the northbound side of 395 as you

approach king street, a tree down in the roadway blocking the right half of the road. take a look at the backup. north of duke street barely moving past seminary road and sing street. -- king street. i'll keep you posted at 6:43. after your day-to-day grind, how many times do you just wish boy, i could really use some peace and quiet all to myself. >> but be careful what you wish for. silence may not be golden forever. erica hill from cbs this morning joins us with that story live from new york. really, erica? >> she's silent. >> it's harder than ever for a lot of people to find pure silence. i never realized how hard it was till i was just reading the script early this morning. we're going to take you to the quietest place in the lower 48

that's ahead. president obama says mitt romney's work as a corporate takeover specialist is fair game in this campaign. we'll take a look at the latest obama ads which even some democrats say go a little too far. so plenty to get to. we'll also be joined by cardinal tim thy dole to talk about those lawsuits filed. back to you. oh, the silent treatment. >> have a good day. d.c. mayor gray is probably glad he's in las vegas on business. >> today one of his campaign aides is expected to plead guilty in a federal corruption probe. >> delia goncalves is live outside the wilson building. who is this aide? >> reporter: that man 56-year- old thomas gore of washington, d.c. lives in southeast. a former foster child. he's a long-time friend of mayor gray. he worked on mayor's campaign

when gray was a council member and council claimman so he's been with gray -- chairman so he's been with gray for a very long time both personally and professionally. he's accused of writing money orders in other people's names and giving them to sulaimon brown so brown would attack mayor adrian fenty in the then 2010 campaign. this is a first real below to an administration that has -- blow to an administration that has been plagued with scandal since the beginning. >> our city is certainly under an ethical cloud and with the closing of the tommy thomas chapter, the book is still being written and we're on the next chapter. and so i do believe that we're going to have other charges, other people, and, you know, we are going to have to do our best to be sure that the business of the city is getting done and that certainly my

colleagues need to understand there's a crisis and a crisis in confidence of our government. >> reporter: back to the first mini crisis that is happening later today, that is a meal deal by thomas -- is a plea deal by thomas gore. mayor gray reached in las vegas he's not commenting because of the ongoing investigation but many observers have said that there are many more charges and more damaging charges to come. back to you. >> as delia said, not good for the mayor or the city. thank you. delia goncalves reporting live outside the wilson building this morning. a judge could rule later today in the case against town square market owner richard kim. he's on trial charged with selling alcohol to a minor. kim's arrest came after a 9news now investigation that began last december following yesterday's testimony. boat the prosecution and

defense rested their cases. kim denied a plea deal that would have give him a suspended 14-day jail sentence. a commuter alert for you this morning. consider this your warning to follow the hov rules today. police in virginia and maryland will be out enforcing the hov laws. expect to see them handing out tickets 066, 395, 95, the dulles toll road, even 270. they'll be out there this morning through this evening. during the crackdown on hov cheaters last year, police a handed out 575 tickets. the first commercial spacecraft bound for the international space station blasted off early this morning. >> launch of the space x falcon 9 rocket as nasa turns to the private sector to resupply the international space station. >> space x launched its rocket as you heard. its dragon spacecraft from cape

canaveral this morning. it's an unmanned flight hauling gear and supplies and is expected to dock at the space station by friday. 6:37. jessica doyle is here with another your money report. >> cable companies apparently are warming up the hot spots. >> it's about to get a lot easier to find free i fi when you -- free wi-fi when you travel across the country. companies are gathering together to give all of their customers to pool free wi-fi hot spots. over the next few months, the five companies will open up their 50,000 hot spots across the country. users will be able to log into these hot spots labeled cable wi-fi grz do you want free checked bags on your next flight? that's just one perk that may be offered by your rewards credit card that you may be unaware of. more and more rewards card are offering one free checked bag

and others are covering your companion bag too. other perks you may not know about, free car rental collision insurance, access to airport lounges, cons verge service to get respect -- concierge service to get reservations at popular respect duntses and discount tickets. more airlines are reserving window and aisle seats for passengers who are willing to pay more. that could make it tougher to book seats together for friends and family members without paying a premium. 25 bucks or more each way for the more desirable seat. experts say it's only going to get tougher at the peak of the summer travel season. can you imagine a family of four trying to sit together and the kids are put around the cabin? i can't even imagine. >> you saw a baby crying was an issue before. much worse. >> i'm always in itself middle. >> i -- in the middle. >> i hate the middle.

i always wind up there too. vacations whether you're in the middle or not not far off. >> family vacations don't always look man's best friend. >> an alternative to putting your dog in a kennel when you take off. >> howard says more showers and storms are on tap for today. the high will be in the 70s. straight ahead learn when the rain will move out and just how hot it can get this holiday weekend.

it's 6:43 and 66 degrees. monika here with your time saver traffic. we've been telling you about a couple of situations on the southbound side of i-95 since 4:30 this morning. first of all a deadly crash on the southbound side after dale city involving a single vehicle. we'll go to that picture live first where authorities are still on the scene doing their investigation and cleanup. only the right side of the road is getting by. this is the southbound side of i-95. in the backup a second accident and this happened a while ago

as well involving a tractor- trailer on the southbound side of i-95. just north of the rest area and crews are on the scene here as well with only one lane getting by. left lane getting by here. so it's a bit of a zig-zag pattern on the southbound side of 95. stay to the left and then stay to the right to get around all that activity. unusual delays there. live on the northbound side of 395, this backup is due to a tree down up ahead near king deceit that was block -- king street that was blocking the two right lanes. it now looks like traffic is getting through. we had quite a few road closures due to flooding in prince william county on nokesville road and aden and wellington and valley view and old church road. we got a call from prince william county schools that buses may be running late due to the road closures so keep that in mind and definitely try and check into that. prince william county schools a possibility of the buses running late this morning. we'll end with a live picture

as well southbound 270. delays 85 to 121. coming up in my next report, another look at area roads at 6:58. howard, back to you. very good morning to you. you've been busy. we've had some rain out there this morning. different layers of clouds we're looking at here as you check out capitol hill this morning with temperatures which are running in the 60s. you may need an umbrella depending on where you are. we start with our bus stop forecast. we've got some drizzle and fog south and west of town and a few showers out there as well. sunrise occurred almost an hour ago. yeah, we didn't see it with all the clouds around. our day planner clouds are going to break at time. a little bit of sun here and there. low 70s by noon with mid-70s at 3:00. high around 78 but with scattered showers and storms also possible, last night we had heavy storms to the west. you can see them here really falling apart this morning as they move off toward the east. temperatures this morning which are in the 60s have a lot of fog to form. you will notice on live doppler

9 hd we have the showers across areas, fairfax county. light stuff back into western loudoun. heavier shower there not far from fort washington and southwestern areas in prince george's county. but the stuff this morning is fairly spotty. temps 63 in arlington. sterling 64. crofton is 65 along with bwi as we look outside on the michael & son weather camera. the different layers of the clouds there may allow a couple of peeks of sun. national reporting sprinkles, an east wind at 5 and humidity way up. what we're going to see today we start to get into the afternoon with the daytime heating is the bubbling up of the showers and storms across the region. that sort of falls apart at night when we lose the heating and tomorrow more heat, more afternoon showers and storms. here's a look at the forecast then. today temperatures in the upper 70s. muggy. tonight 60s, fewer showers. tomorrow and thursday afternoon showers and storms. we slowly warm by thursday to

the low 80s. mid-80s friday with an isolated storm. look at the heat saturday, sunday and monday. we could be talking 90, maybe feeling more like july than memorial day. when you go on vacation with your family this summer, most times if you have a dog, you end up leaving it behind at a kennel. there is an alternative, however. the founder of dog vaca joins us this morning. he has one of his pet sitters. good to see you this morning. it's also a way not only you can have a place to put your dog but if you want to volunteer to be a part of the organization you can make some money too. how did you start this? >> basically eight an alternative to the kennel. instead of putting your dog in a cage for 23 hours a day, we have thousands of hosts across the country who watch the dogs in their own home like a feab member of the family -- like a member of the family.

>> this is snowy. >> i'm watching snowy for a vacationing couple. >> snowy will be with you for how long? >> another week, two weeks total. >> the interesting thing is if you want to be a part of this and want to be a sitter or helper as fares at dogs is concerned -- [ dog barking ] >> it's a great way to make extra cash as well on the side. >> snowy wants her 15 minutes. snowy, come here. that a girl. >> it's a great way to make extra cash if you want to be a casual dog sitter on the side. >> everyone sets their own rates so you can have really affordable alternatives and individual experience for the dog. >> it may depend on the space and how long you can be a sit foresomebody. thanks so much. have a little treat.

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good morning. 6:53. we've got drizzle, spotty showers out there, a damp morning. we'll see some sunny breaks. highs in the upper 70s but that could also help fuel some showers and storms with heavy rains later on. andrea? >> thank you, howard. today is tuesday, may 22. here's a check on the news before you go. a campaign aide to d.c. mayor gray is expected to plead guilty in court today. thomas gore is accused of destroying documents and making illegal campaign contributions. he's reached a plea deal with

prosecutors. police say two montgomery county teenagers plotted last week's shooting at a metro station. they say it was a retaliation over a threat to rob one of the gunmen. desmond drove in both of the nationals' runs last night. nats topped the phillies 2- 16789 the two teams play again tonight. 6:54. time to reveal the question of the morning, the answer to it. cargd to our parters at "u.s.a. today," this is the one -- according to our partners at "u.s.a. today," this is one of the things most graduates do. all of you got this one right. the answer is b, move back home with mom and dad. >> i did it too for two weeks and couldn't take it anymore. one more check of the news before we go when we come back.

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go. is it creepy? is it morbid or good old fashion capitalism from a man who believed in reaganomics. >> his mom was the blood nurse when there was the attempted assassination on reagan. she kept the blood. >> it was a blood vial. >> now eight for sale on a british auction site. the bids are up to $9900 for this little vial. the person who is unidentified said they contacted the reagan library. they said they would gladly accept it but wouldn't pay for it. >> he is a great believer in ray goneomics and believes the late president would want tom sell it rather than donate it. >> what do you think? put your comments on our facebook timeline. >> creepy i think. i don't know what to say. a little damp outside with showers. temperatures later into the 70s but we could have some more

heavy downpours later this afternoon into this evening. an isolated to scattered afternoon showers and storms through the rest of the week. look at the heat by the weekend. monika? >> an overturned vehicle in the district on 16th street south of eastern avenue. also this to deal with southbound on 95 approaching and passing dale city. very slow on the southbound side of 95 with these two separate serious accidents and a quick look on the northbound side of 395. a tree down in the road near king street causing this delay northbound 395. maybe one day not a trend. wall street looking lower after coming back yesterday bouncing back after a couple of days of sell-offs. cbs this morning is coming up next. they're talking the presidential campaign as well as the catholic church suing the obama administration. >> howard and i will be back in 25 minutes with a live update on traffic weather. you get updates on news, traffic and weather always on wusa9.com.