manassas, manassas park, you're dealing with it again. got some sun off the capitol dome. partly sunny downtown. some areas of fog in spots. we may see an isolated shower here this morning but it's really going to be the afternoon hours that things will get more active once again with scattered source and storms which could have locally heavy rain as highs approach 80. lunch time temperatures in the mid-70s. the heavy rains overnight hit the same areas. they got four, five pinches two -- five inches two nights ago. this morning things are weakening so quickly. there's hardly anything left. we start in the 60s. we'll get to about 80. it's 6:00 a.m. here's monika with time saver traffic. >> thank you so much. good morning, everybody. if you're planning to head outside, you'll see volumes increasing on the dulles toll road and i-66 in centreville. we'll take you out there live right now on the inbound side of 66. here's what it looks like at

sudly road with a little bit of sunshine in your eyes as well. we had flooding conditions yesterday and a couple of roads affected today a including little river road. trenton court at valley view with a sinkhole there as well. we'll go over to the maps again. if you're on the northbound side of i-95 things are looking fine in spring field. this is normal for 6:00 in the morning heading up toward the beltway and on to 395. 395 just slowing down a bit at duke street. back to the maps if you're planning to head in from southern maryland i think you'll be fine on route 5, route 4, 301 to andrews air force base and down to the wilson bridge. we'll take a live look outside on our chart camera route 301 at route 5 still running smoothly. we'll go to the north side of town at 6:11. at the top of the hour we have a storm alert this morning. another day of flooding on the way in prince william county. >> delia goncalves is live in bringstown, virginia. what's -- in bristow, virginia.

>> reporter: it's hopefully going to be a beautiful and dry day here in prince william county. however, lots of folks are very concerned about the dam and their current situation. i would not be able to stand here just one day ago. yesterday the access road to the vre commuter rail station was completely flooded out and hopefully things will dry out a little later today. but, you know, folks who live near the lake jackson dam in manassas, they are crossing their fingers and watching the skies. continued rain could cause some severe emergencies. the dam already swelled to six and a half feet above normal water levels. and forced the evacuation of nearby residents many of them saying they have never seen the water get so high. and the roads in the area also took a major hit. high waters stranded some vehicles while sinkholes

literally shut down several streets. >> this is the highest i've seen it since i lived here for about 18 years. i just hope it holds. down on the other side here there's a lot of houses that sit much lower. >> it was pretty crazy, kind of scary. >> reporter: coming up at 6:30, we'll have advice from some county officials trying to keep folks face as they continue to watch the forecast. back to you. >> delia goncalves reporting live with that update from bristow, virginia this morning. you can always get the latest forecast with us or get it on the go. just head to the weather page at wusa9.com or download our free weather app for your iphone or android device and get live doppler 9000 wherever you are. four key witnesses in the murder case against george zimmerman have reportedly changed their stories now. zimmerman is charged with fatally shooting 17-year-old trayvon martin in florida in february. he contend it is was in self-

defense. -- contends it was in self- defense. three of the witnesses changed their stories in ways that could be damaging to zimmerman. the fourth now says she only saw a single person running, not a chase as she initially told police. a long-time friend and campaign aide to d.c. mayor vincent gray could get up to 18 months in prison. in court yesterday thomas gore pleaded guilty to charges he took funds from gray's 2010 campaign and gave them to then mayoral candidate sulaimon brown. he also confessed to lying to the f.b.i. about destroying a ledger showing the payoffs. sentencing date has not been set so far. the presidential election is just over five months away and the campaign trail comes to our region today. presumptive republican nominee mitt romney will be at the chamber of commerce later today. he'll address the latino coalition's 2012 small business summit. the event begins at noon.

romney is closer to clinching the nomination but not quite there yet. he won the primaries in arkansas and kentucky yesterday. he now has 1,065 delegates but that's still 79 shy of the amount needed to secure the g.o.p. nomination. montgomery county wants to build a new bus system across the country, and you could pay for it whether you ride it or not. the county is planning 160-mile rapid bus transit system to complement the radio network. -- radio network -- ride on network. it could mean a hike in taxes. if it's approved the county believes the system would take nine years to build. vdot says what drivers pay on the dulles toll road does not have to go as high as predicted earlier. the airports authority runs the road and it may hike tolls to $4.50 each way by next year in order to pay for metro's silver line but vdot says the road will run a surplus in the

future and the airports authority can dip into that to help commuters now. vdot's analysis is wrong according to the airports authority. jessica doyle is here with another your money report. >> the stock has dropped like a rock in the last couple of days and apparently the mess around facebook's ipo is getting worse. >> we'll start with the investigation into what happened before this ipo actually came out. morgan stanley is the investment bank that was the lead injured writer of this deal -- lead underwriter of the deal. the financial industry regulatory authority is a self- policing body for the securities industry. it says this is a matter for itself and the security and exchange commission to look into. a subpoena has already been sent to morgan stanley by the top securities regulator for massachusetts. just days before they started trading on the nasdaq --

[indiscernible] the stock continues to lose value. now down 19% since the debut on friday. traders are blaming a couple of decisions. "the wall street journal" reports one of the major problems: the decision by facebook's chief financial officer to boost the number of shares the company would offer investors by 25%. that diluted the value of those shares. morgan stanley assured the company demand would be there for all that stock. other injured underwriters reportedly disagreed. others are blaming zuckerberg by making the offer too grandiose. employees are keeping mum about the problems. it says many are either ignoring the news that stock price declines or avoiding talking about them [ inaudible ] one of the big questions now

too is this volatility? is the stock going to go back up? is there an inherent problem with facebook that will keep the sell qofs going. who -- sell-offs going. who knows. >> you said in the gieng the price to earnings ratio was off. >> even if you factored the price decline, the ratio of price that you're paying for profits is still very high compared to a lot of other companies. >> you said don't buy it right away. thank you. our time right now is 6:08. in five minutes a health debate for men. we'll take a look at the new recommendations in the fight against prostrate cancer. it looks like most of the rain is indeed clearing out this morning. there's the capitol dome right there. what does the rest of the day look like? howard has the answer next in your weather first. >> it's a song that you'll be hearing in your head all day. rappers delight by the sugar hill gang is also going to be

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not much has changed from yesterday. we've got scattered showers around in spots this morning. another warm, muggy start. temperatures by noon will be in the mid-70s. some peeks of sun and more showers and storms possible this afternoon with the high around 80. drive home temp 77. we're going to take a live look on the southbound side of i-270 right now where it's pretty solid leaving the river most of the way to route 121 before the pace improves. i'll have more on area roads coming up at 6:18. back to you guys. a historic day in egypt. people there are picking their first president since last year's revolution. it's one of the stories making news at 6:12. this is video of people going

to the polls this morning. voting goes through tomorrow. there are 13 candidates for president. it's expected there will be a runoff between the top two finishers and that will happen next month. a u.s. airways flight from paris to charlotte was escorted to an airport in maine by fighter jets because of a security scare. a french woman said she had a surgically implanted device sparking fears that device was a bomb. after being examined it was revealed the woman did not have any kind of device. these men and women are -- [indiscernible] -- to finish this year's herndon climb. students have to replace the hat at the top of the greased monument. the challenge dates back to 1940. there's a report out this week that said healthy men should no longer get prostrate specific antigen tests known as psa tests. is that the right idea or does it put men at risk for prostrate cancer and possibly

even other diseases? joining us this morning to take a closer look is a urologist and prostrate cancer surgeon at georgetown university hospital. thank you for joining us. we heard many reports in the last couple of days about the test is flawed and there are a lot of false positives and men could get surgeries and things that they may not need. >> the psa test certainly does have its limitations. however, it's the only test we have right now to test for prostrate cancer. while did has its limb teagues, it has over -- limitations, it has over the last 30 years decreased the mortality of patients. just making a statement we should no longer use this is a great disservice to men. >> some other news reports are saying in some cases prostrate cancer can grow so slowly that men could die of something completely different and it should be left alone and not gone in as far as surgery is concerned. are those cases through, do you

think? >> that's absolutely true. studies have shown that prostrate cancer is a slow growing cancer, takes about 15, 20 years to progress. in older men that have heart disease, sure, we could probably decrease the amount of screening we're doing. however, in younger men 40s, 50s, 60s, these men still need to be screened. one of the problems is the trials that were used to come up with these final recommendations, they only had about 12 years of follow-up so they're very, very premature because we know prostrate cancer doesn't progress till 15, 20 years down the road. in my opinion that's the information we have is incomplete and we shouldn't have made a derecommendation saying there is no value because we don't know that yet. studies have shown there is psa at 13 years and those are the european studies. >> some of the populations, the chances of getting prostrate

cancer are much different. >> absolutely. it's much higher in the african- american community. we recommend they all still get screened starting at age 40. men who have a family history of prostrate cancer, a father who had prostrate cancer or brother, they're at two times the risk or three times the risk of having prostrate cancer in their life type. i still recommend patients even without the histories to get a baseline psa at 40 years old. if it's high, then they continue to get screening. if it's low, then we can talk about intermittent screening, not necessarily annual screening but we can tone it down. it's all about risk stratification, not eliminating the test. >> thanks a lot for joining us. great advice. we appreciate the help. over to you. >> thank you, mike. a beautiful start to the morning. we want to look at a shot from bristow, virginia where the sun has risen. you can see the clouds starting

to break away. >> they're breaking up some. the showers if overnight have pretty much fallen apart. we're almost done with that at least for now. i want to show another beautiful picture. this one not a live one but maybe about 20 minutes or so good. national park service has a camera looking back toward dng. you can see some -- toward d.c. you can see some of the clouds. a pretty morning out there thankfully. we still have some issues out to the west where we had some heavier rains overnight. so a couple of spots that were reporting drizzle earlier. some patchy fog. that's a problem in southern maryland, the eastern shore. as far as a few showers, they're way down toward the northern neck. temperatures this morning are in the 60s so really pretty comfortable. our day planner, i think we're going to be okay for the morning hours, most of the morning anyway. temperatures rise to 74 by noon. by the afternoon this is when we'll get a scattering of showers and storms start to pop in the daytime heat as we make a run toward 80.

winds at about 5 miles an hour. with a 5 p.m. temperature of 77. so if you've got some late afternoon plans, maybe an outdoor sporting event or practice, that may be a little staff if we get es -- tough if we get those storms again. flood warning till 10:00 a.m. for prince william county, manassas. right there coming through the northern neck off of st. mary's county and the lower part of the bay, still have a couple of showers we're dealing with. the fog a problem on the eastern shore. easton quarter mile visibility. even southern maryland, leonardtown down to half-mile visibility. look at warrenton and winchester, martinsburg. he everybody there also down a quarter mile or less. watch out for that. the pattern is not changing much. we do have a threat for the afternoon showers and storms around 80 degrees. 82 tomorrow after starting in the mid-60s again with the afternoon showers and storms. friday afternoon showers and storms mid-80s.

over the weekend it gets hot. upper 80s saturday. isolated afternoon storms each day with high temperatures sunday, monday and tuesday. probably 90 at least. what's going on with the roads? it's kind of calming down right now. although we have slow traffic which is normal for this time of the morning. nothing major to report on our major thoroughfares so i'm happy to say there is still one problem with flooding down here on little river road at the prince william-loudoun county line. 66 is slowing down as you come in through manassas toward centreville. i'm going to step out and show you a live look from our sky 9. this is at route 7100. pace looks good here. it is slow route 50 to 123 and at the beltway you should be okay. on the inbound side of i-66 all lanes are open as you can see. let's go back over to our maps and this time we'll head northbound on i-95. you see a bit of yellow and then a bit of red trying to intet into fringe -- get into springfield. it's incident free right now. a live look in springfield on

the northbound side of i-95. in fact, i think this looks pretty good leaving 644. a last look at 395 heading toward duke street and seminary road. it's just a little bit slow but no big deals this morning. coming up in my next report, we'll head to the north side of town at 6:25. it is 6:20. next in sports, see what the nationals did last night for the first time since 2002. and we now know one team going to the stanley cup finals. before we head to break time for another look at the question of the morning. waitresses get better tips when they do which one of these things? is it a, flirt with male customers, b, return to the table every ten minutes, or c, wear bright red lipstick. >> facebook friend stephanie writes aim a waitress and i'm going -- i'm a waitress and i'm going to have to say it a and b. male customers do tip better when you flirt. >> keep the guesses coming. we have the answer at 6:48.

welcome back. 6:23 on this wednesday morning.

one lone shower toward mechanicsville in somerville. otherwise pretty quiet. looking at your day planner, i think we're fairly quiet for the morning hours. as we go through the day and start to heat things up and get sunny breaks, that will destabilize the atmosphere. 75 for lunch with a decent chance for showers and storms. highs upper 70 to around 80. in the 43-year history of the national franchise, they have never beaten the phillies six games in a row in philadelphia. >> the last decade they have never beaten starting pitcher roy holiday. both of those streaks are over. >> nats and phillys in philadelphia last night. two on in the third for bryce harper. he hits a triple to right. two-run score. d.c. takes a 2-1 lead. a did good night on the mound for zimmerman. gave up just one run. nats win 5-2. they'll go for the sweep tonight against

phillies pitcher. organized team activity or otas resume at redskins park today and we'll have our eyes on santana moss. the receiver missed four games last year with a broken hand but he's come to camp this year in great shape and hopes to develop a great relationship with starting quarterback rg3. >> for the first time in 19 years the los angeles kings are heading to the stanley cup finals. game five last night between the kings and the coyotes. 17 minutes in overtime. justin penner nets the series winning goal. the kings win the series 4-1. now they'll face off against either the rangers or devils. the miami heat are one win away from the eastern conference finals. lebron james with 20 points, ten rebounds last night. heat beat the pacers. our time 16:25. ahead learn -- is 6:25. ahead learn which airline isn't

letting families board the plane first. a crash on the rosecroft raceway. we'll get an update on the riders who were hurt. >> monika has a quick check on traffic. >> nice and quiet at the intersection of route 301 and route 5. branch avenue. heading to the beltway you'll be fine leaving andrews air force base to the wilson bridge. a closer look at maryland roads at 6:30. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back.

we're back. it's 6:30. this is the place you can always get your weather first. a live shot looking outside from the skies over fairfax county. wow, a beautiful picture from sky 9 there. temperatures in the upper 60s. we're sort of in the soup. howard says things are going to clear out soon. >> thank you for starting your day with us. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. here's howard live on the weather terrace with a look at things outside. >> good morning. here in northwest lots of blue skies. we cleared up beautifully here. the next few hours we're probably going to be okay. it's the afternoon i have the concern for more showers and storms to develop. some of those could be on the hefty side with the heavy rains once again. here's a look at our day planner. nice outside. our visibilities here, i want to show you this quick and then we'll get to the day planner. easton a quarter mile. winchester, martinsburg, areas to the west and also to our east on the eastern shore dealing with some of that fog. as far as the day planner today, we are looking pretty

good this morning. the weather computer is not going to exoopt with me. temperatures -- cooperate with me. temperatures are going to be about 80 with the threat of scattered showers and storms developing. midday may see showers starting to pop. 75 degrees for lunch time. you can see some of the sunshine at reagan national with most temps this morning in the 60s. one lone shower toward mechanicsville tracking toward the east, northeast. i'll be back in 13 minutes or so and look at the seven-day forecast. have some heat building for the weekend. right now here's monika with time saver traffic. good morning, everybody. for the most part we had a couple of issues early this morning but right now it looks like things are getting much, much better on the beltway and on the major thoroughfares heading inbound as well, including the outer loop of the beltway north of town where you just got that normal slow traffic on the outer loop heading toward georgia avenue before the pace improves. that's par for the course every single morning. let's go outside live right now if you're planning to head over here at the beltway. here's what it looks like at

university boulevard. i think we can handle n. we'll go back over to the happen -- to the maps this time on the east side of the beltway. we're fine through the beltway. no problems from annapolis all the way in toward cheverly and the northeast corridor and we'll end with a live look as well new york avenue at florida avenue. very quiet here at the intersection. coming up in my next report, we'll go out west at 6:43. we are going to hear from the head of the secret service today about the prostitution scandal. several agents are accused of partying it up with prostitutes in colombia just hours before the president's arrival there in april. nine agents have been implicated in this and in some prepared remarks director mark sullivan will say the incident does not represent the secret service's ethics or values. last month homeland security secretary said the president was never in any danger. >> the first question i posed to the director was, was there any breach to the president's

security in this instance. the answer was no. >> four secret service employees dismissed over the scandal are reportedly fighting to get their jobs back. "the washington post" reports the four claimed the secret service has tolerated this behavior for years and they say these guys are just scapegoats. it was another dark and stormy night in parts of northern virginia. >> now the sun is up and people living in prince william county are looking to see if they have to deal with yet another day of flooding. >> delia goncalves is live in bristow. how are things looking there this morning? >> reporter: things are looking great here in the parking lot of the vre. very packed. folks, commuters are heading to the trains and heading to washington to begin hopefully a good day of work. when they return home, hopefully it will be an even better day and drier day. just yesterday, though, the vre station was shut down because of flood waters in the area. crews and residents are keeping a very close eye on the lake

jackson dam which swelled yesterday to six and a half feet above normal water levels. flood waters and heavy rains yesterday forced some emergency evacuations from nearby homes and rescues of folks who were stranded in their vehicles on several roads. and then to make things even worse, there were several huge massive sinkholes that shut down a number of roads in the area. >> precautionary measure to notify communities and towns and residences downstream from the dam that the dam has gotten to a specific level over the normal limits. >> unless you're driving a tank, i wouldn't even attempt to go across. find an alternate means to get around. >> reporter: heed those words of advice because many of the roads are still shut down as crews are trying to dry out the area and also trying to repair those massive sinkholes from

yesterday's heavy rain. but as the sun is shining here over prince william county, residents are hoping it will be a better and drier day for everyone. >> delia goncalves with that live update from bristow, virginia this morning. in other news three harness racing drivers are in the hospital after a terrible crash at rosecroft raceway last night. this was the scene shortly after the accident. the crash involved the first place horse and six others. the director of operations at rosecroft tells us what happened. >> one of the first horses went down and it caused a multitude of horses to be involved in the accident. some of the drivers that were behind the main part of the accident were able to go around but the ones running with the first place horse went down as well. >> in harness racing the driver sits on a cart behind the horse. thorpts say it makes it harder for the driver to see in front of them making the sport prone

to crashes. the epic mess that is the silver spring transit center does not meet montgomery county's building code requirements. that's the findings of the group which designed the project. the center at silver spring metro station has major problems with the korea. the engineering firm -- with the concrete. the engineering firm which designed it says it does meet national safety standards but the county paid for a higher level of safety and the company that has built it so far has not met that level so far according to the county. jessica doyle is watching your money and our nation's economy. >> there's a new report out warning about falling off a fiscal cliff. what does that mean? >> we're talking about a recession. the big "r" word. we don't like to talk about that but there is a warning about what could bring about the next recession. the nonpartisan congressional budget office is behind this report and it says the economy would shrink by 1.3% in the next half of the fiscal year if

these conditions are met. the government allows bush era tax cuts to expire and a scheduled round of more than $100 billion in automatic spending cuts kick in. right now capitol hill is gridlocked over spending and taxes in advance of the fall elections. here's a change families need to know about. united airlines will no longer allow families with small children to board planes early. our partners at "u.s.a. today" report the policy change happened last week or rather last month. the airline says to simplify the boarding process but it also comes at a time when more and more airlines are charging fees for passengers to board early and sit in certain seats. a cautionary tale about dating in the workplace. steven mcmillan was c.e.o. of medical device company striker. earlier this year he was forced out by board members. it turns out he lost his job after asking for the okay to date a flight attendant for the company's corporate jets. he was going through a divorce at the time.

he was given the green flag by company directors as long as she quit her job which she did but apparently several board members lost confidence in mcmillan because they felt the couple started dating before she quit so he lost his job. lost his job after asking for permission. i've never heard of that before. >> wow. >> so don't date at work. >> too late. >> it causes problems unless you get married. >> i married her. >> i married him. >> thanks, jess. our time is 6:38. you know the commute can be a bear in our region. in five minutes learn the single worst spot for traffic. >> howard says afternoon showers a possibility once again today. highs around 80. straight ahead we'll look ahead at a pretty warm holiday weekend forecast. keep it here. some places i go really aggravate my allergies.

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bacon and pancakes for $4.gs, umm. in my day, you get eggs, bacon and pancakes, and it only cost you $4. the $4 everyday value slam. one of 4 tasty choices for $4 off the 2-4-6-8 value menu. only at denny's. good morning. welcome back. it's 6:42 and 67 degrees. a live look from our sky 9 on the northbound side of 95 here at edsall road. you're pretty much used to this

on 395 actually i should say heading up toward duke street and seminary road before the pace improves. 95 itself also pretty heavy through springfield but nothing you can't handle this morning. let's go over to our maps. on the inbound side of i-66 you're going to have a bunch of low traffic as you come in from manassas to centreville and again route 50 toward route 123. inside the beltway this is normal as well through falls church. there are no issues to report on the inbound side of the dulles toll road as cow in from the airport. on -- as you come in from the airport. on 270 about 42 miles an hour as you leave frederick toward urbana and clarks burke. the pace looks pretty good as you head toward rockville. we'll take a live look outside right now in maryland and here's what it looks like on the outer loop of the beltway from 95 to georgia avenue and then it's fine into bethesda. no issues on the outer loop. a quick look in southern maryland as well. route 5 and 301 out of waldorf heading up toward the beltway and the beltway south of town fine on the inner loop as you head for the wilson bridge.

in my next report i'll look again at area roads. but before i go, i have a commuter alert and a follow-up to a story we told you yesterday about traffic congestion. i told you that we are the sixth worse city in the country for congestion according to a new study. the same report finds the worst spot in the region is right here. hey, what do you know. southbound 95 in virginia between the beltway and exit 148 in stafford. the average driver waits 19 minutes each evening on this 24- mile stretch. here are the five worst spots in our region. number two, the outer loop in maryland from route 1 to georgia avenue. i just talked about that. then eastbound 66 between route 234 and the beltway and the inner loop from 395 in virginia all the way around to new hampshire avenue. that's a long stretch. finally the northbound bw parkway from route 450 to powder mill road. even our worst road doesn't crack the nationwide top 20.

southbound 95 is 21st on the nationwide list, the worst in the nation is 405 in los angeles. been there. followed by long island expressway in new york which company incidentally is also 495. >> we call it the long island distressway. >> i can believe that. >> not a fun ride on many occasions. >> 95 through bridgeport, connecticut as you head into new york city is an absolute nightmare. dan, our producer tells us 270 didn't make the list. for those of us who take 270 when you get off river road to go north, absolute nightmare. >> that would be on the top of our list. >> always the your backyard the top of the list. weather wise we're doing all right. we cleared out for the most part. sunshine here in d.c. by the way the allergens if they're getting you it's the mold spores. the rain has been cleaning out the pollen but of mold is loving this stuff so that may be giving you some issues. the bus stop forecast not so bad. we do have some breaks out

there. there's patchy fog to our west and to our east. we also have a lone shower now from st. mary's moving into calvert county with temps in the 60s. sunrise a little more than an hour ago. about an hour ago. we'll see sun a little white this morning through midday and by this afternoon a chance of showers and storms developing. temperatures pushing the 80- degree mark. back in the 70s this evening. some of your evening plans may get washed out. others may be lucky, especially east, haven't seen much at all. with heavy rains once again overnight, prince william, manassas, manassas park, you're dealing with a flood warning till 10:00 a.m. there were one-inch plus totals. everything is falling apart this morning except for down here. coming in towards prince frederick, the patuxent river, this lone shower moving northeast. the rest of us are quiet and the fog? there's the problem. warrenton up to winchester zero. same with oakland. a quarter mile for martinsburg. to the east now, we're a

quarter mile in easton and a mile in leonardtown. so patchy, dense fog. looking pretty good out here in d.c. with 67 now. we've got 59 in winchester with the fog. it's 65 in fredricksburg this morning. 64 in easton. even in cross junction 59 degrees there. look at this picture. some broken clouds there at the capitol dome. 67 degrees on our michael & son weather camera with a northwest wind only 5 miles an hour. this afternoon we'll pop more showers and storms. maybe west of 95. this pattern is not going to change much. things diminish tonight and tomorrow once again as we get into the daytime heating here in the afternoon and evening hours, we pop more showers and thunderstorms. we'll try to change the pattern toward the weekend. that's going to heat things up. today about 80 if not the low 80s depending how much sunshine we get. mid-60s tonight with showers and storms diminishing somewhat after midnight.

low 80s tomorrow. the threat for afternoon storms. tomorrow mid-#s on, the threat -- mid-80s, the threat for afternoon storms. saturday 80s, the threat for afternoon storms. sunday highs around 90. it's 6:48. back to mike and andrea. when you think of parks in the district, you may think of rock creek park, anacostia park or maybe the national mall. >> that impressive bunch lands on the list of the cities with the best park space in the nation. d.c. ranks number five on the list. 96% of d.c. residents live within a ten-minute walk to the park. one in every five acres in the district is dedicated to park space. out ahead of us on the list, san francisco is number one. that's followed by sacramento, california, boston and new york. baltimore came in number 15. it is still 6:48. time to reveal the answer to the question of the morning. the question one more time is this. a recent survey found that waitresses get better tips when

they do which of these things? is it a, flirt with male customers, b, return to the table every ten minutes, or c, wear bright red lipstick? >> our waitress who weighed in did not get this one right. the answer is c. the waitress who wears bright red lipstick. >> i was a waiter. should i have worn it too? >> i don't know but you'd be memorable. here's jess now with her daily deal. >> thank you so muscle. we're starting with -- so much. we're starting with my top pick of the day. brain freeze alert. free clurpee day -- slurpee day at participating 7-eleven stores. you'll be able to get a free 7.11 ounce slurpee from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. this is in honor of the launch of slurpee lite. time to stock up on toys for the kids. maybe for christmas or all the kids' birthday parties coming up. toys 'r' us is offering 70% off its clearance section online and speaking of the kids, save

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6:53. seeing the sun right now. that may not be the case all day as we're looking at scattered showers and storms again this afternoon. midday 75. you might get your lunch hour in dry but keep the rain gear handy with highs approaching the 80-degree mark. some of those storms again could be heavy rain makers. >> thank you, howard. today is wednesday, may 23. here is a check of the news before you go. >> a live look now at bristow,

virginia. big change from 24 hours ago when bull run flooded this area of prince william county. look at the sun breaking through. despite more rain overnight, no reports of any major flooding this morning. part of the beltway in forestville, maryland will be dedicated in honor of wesley brown murdered two years ago outside a restaurant. trooper brown began a mentoring program for children in that area just before his death. eeon desmond hit his eighth home run of the year. the nationals beat the phillies 5-2. d.c. moves back into first place. cbs this morning begins in six minutes. they'll have more on facebook's botched ipo and what wall street insiders may have known before the sale. keep it right here on 9news now.

>> one more thing before you go. couch potatoes, it's time to salute a very important man. the inventor of the tv remote died on sunday at 96 years old. >> a lot of comments and tributes are pouring n. we wanted to share this one. it is gush all you want about facebook, twitter and other recent tech innovations. i would put polley's remote against all of them. after all, which would you be more willing to give up? facebook or your remote? >> he died of natural causes. he invented the wireless remote introduced in 18955 -- in 1955. it was clunky. we used to call it a clicker because when you pushed the

button, it clicked loudly. >> who controls the remote in your house? >> we share it actually. >> i know it by heart in the dark. howard? >> with all the channels, you kind of need the remote now. you lose that and you're going crazy. 80 degrees today. more storms this afternoon. heavy rain makers. storm the next few afternoons but getting hot by the weekend. looks like a hot memorial day with an isolated storm then. >> we fight over the remote. oh, yeah. northbound 395 here's a live look from sky 9. slow to seminary. a quick look at 270 still heavy in germantown. for wall street we're looking lower again because of greece. cbs this morning is coming up next. they're talking about the facebook ipo and that debacle. also, a 13-year-old girl says she has found a cure for the hiccups. we'll be back in 25 minutes with a live update of your traffic and weather. follow the news and weather all day long by visiting