mr. bernstein has great news. today will be fantastic. humidity levels are dropping. temperatures will still be warm but not hot. it's going to be one of the better days we've seen all month on what has been a topsy- turvy month. some areas have had lots of rain, 8, 9 inches. we're still at 3 inches here at national. lots of sunshine expected for your thursday. a couple of clouds out there right now, 71. by noon 79. high around 84 with a 5:00 p.m. temperature of 83 degrees. it is going to be just a beautiful day. we're saying goodbye to what's left of beryl off to our east. just a couple of clouds coming in overhead. temperatures have dipped into the 50s now in cumberland and peat irsburg -- petersburg and oakland. mid-50s there. we're 71 at national. some lower 60s in easton in cambridge and manassas at 61. just a great afternoon. expect plenty of sunshine. don't forget the sun block by the way if you're going to be outside. you get burned easy this time of year.

let's go to monika santami this thursday morning at 5:00 a.m. with time saver traffic. we have two tough situations right now. one in the district and one just outside the district. good morning, everybody. i'm going to start off with the northbound side of 395 heading for the 12th street tunnel. there is police activity. it was the end of a high speed car chase and an accident. so let's take a live look at the 14th street bridge here or actually right here at 12th street at constitution avenue. we changed the cameras. if you're planning to head into the 12th street tunnel, watch out on 395, the southeast- southwest freeway right there. there is that accident and only the right lane is getting by if you're heading north on 395. keep that in mind for your travel plans. inside the beltway, there's an accident. this was a car into a pole, a fiery crash ended in one fatality. police investigation is ongoing there. we'll take a live look now and end with 270. no problems to report as you head in from route 121 down to the point where the lanes divide. i'll have more on the two separate accidents again at

5:09. back to you. >> thank you, moen came. after two -- monika. >> after two weeks of remembrances, d.c. will bid a final farewell to local music legend brown. >> thousands attended tuesday's viewing at how water theatre. now thousands are expected to -- howard theatre. now thousands are expected to show up for his funeral. delia goncalves is live with a preview. >> reporter: good morning. tuesday was a pretty incredible day. we're likely to see that again. organizers say this is going to be the kind of musical sendoff, the largest that the city has ever seen with local and national artists all coming to the convention center to pay tribute. several bands will be taking the stage today including the chuck brown band. the thousands of fans that we all saw lined up outside of howard theatre on tuesday will be in for quite a spectacular show. though brown's passing is certainly the end after chapter here in the district, folks have been celebrating his

life's work and contribution to the city and today will certainly be no exception. >> you had louie armstrong transcends jazz. you have bob marli who developed a genre and transcends that. now you have chuck brown who develops a genre and transcends that. gospel, jazz, blues, go go. and especially go go will send chuck off in a manner that's fitting of a king. >> reporter: a sendoff fitting for a king. to many he certainly was that kind of king to them here in the district of columbia. now that the godfather of go go is gone, though, there is a brand new and pretty heavy challenge facing the local go go bands. we'll have more on that part of the story coming up at 5:30. back to you. >> delia goncalves live outside the d.c. washington convention center. if you plan on attending today's funeral in person, the convention center will open to the public at 10:00 a.m.

once the center reefes capacity -- reaches capacity and that number is 14,500 people, the doors will be closed. organizers urge you to take public transportation to the convention center. for metro riders, the closest station is mount vernon square which is on the green and yellow lines. you can also watch the funeral live right here and online at wusa9.com. authorities have arrested an alleged white supremacist in manassas. 48-year-old douglas howard story is charged now with a felony gun violation. investigators found some evidence that story intended to buy an ak-47 assault rifle and have it modified to be fully automatic. and that is illegal. story is also accused of posting a rant on the internet saying president obama and attorney general eric holder should be removed from office with a 36 which is another type of rifle. how dangerous are pit bulls? a task force made up of

maryland lawmakers is tying to find out. -- trying to find out. last month maryland's highest court ruled the dogs are inherently dangerous breeds. the tax force is looking into the impact of the ruling. money time. it's 5:05. time for the latest your money report. >> jessica doyle is here with the latest headlines. we were thinking about 13,000, 14,000. now we have to worry we don't go back to 11,000. >> that would be awful. who's happy may is almost over? yeah. wall street traders, that's who. it may have been the worst month since september of last year. stocks of companies who do business overseas, they're getting brutalized by the european debt crisis. investors also buying bonds and dumping commodities like crude oil. the dow stands this morning at 12,419 after losing 160 points in trading yesterday.

nasdaq off by 33. s&p 500 off by 19. bad day across the board. later today, most retailers will report their sales figures for the month of may and investors are looking ahead to friday's may jobs report. most economists expect employers added 150,000 jobs and the unemployment rate remains at 8.1%. do you just hate those skeeters that come out this time of year? we're all scratching. don't worry. there's an app for friending off mosquitoes. iphone and android users can use the phones to ward away the blood sucking pests. the app uses ultrasonic sound the human ear can't pick up but the bugs k. you can search mosquito in your marketplace but be ware, it may also scare away your dog or cat. >> can this work? >> i'm not going to try it out because i guess devastated by these critters. >> you're not. >> no, because if it doesn't work, i'll be scratching for

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its. it's 5:09. your day planner, we're starting in the 60s for most of us. we'll be in the upper 70s to near 80 by lunch time. plenty of sunshine.

high of 84. by 6:00 we'll be back down to 82. could have issues for your friday. more on that coming up. here's monika with time saver traffic. in district heights inside the beltway, prince george's county, marlboro pike at dunell drive closed with an accident and police investigation. i'll have more details on that coming up in my next report. back to you. here's what's making news now at 5:10. the gunman in a day-long killing spree in seattle died overnight. police say the man shot six other people before officers caught up with him after a five- hour long manhunt. the gunman then shot himself in the head. five of the six people he shot have also died. jerry sandusky's child sex abuse trial is on track to begin next tuesday. a judge has denied a request from the former assistant penn state football coach to delay the trial. sandusky is accused of molesting ten boys between 1994 and 2008. the spacex dragon capsule has detached from the

international space station. it did about an hour ago. these are live pictures from nasa right now. if all goes according to plan, the unmanned cargo vehicle will plunge through the atmosphere and splash down in the pacific ocean later this morning. this is the first commercial spacecraft to travel to the international space station. again it's its way home now. he's not in the white house anymore but are former president george w. bush will be honored there today of the that story is coming up at 5:34. >> at 5:22, to playoff games go to overtime. -- two playoff games go to overtime. >> howard sends us back to the 70s with low humidity in his seven-day forecast. we'll be back. when it comes to gardening, we're, well, inexperienced.

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. time saver traffic. monika here. lots of news now. i'm going to start off with an ongoing situation where there was an overnight accident. this one actually happened in district heights just after 3:00 this morning. a car into a utility pole caught fire. there is one fatality involved. that's why the investigation is taking so long and it's ongoing. inside the beltway here in district heights, closed off, marlboro pike between donnell drive and silver hill road. let's take a look at the beltway south of town. i'm suggesting you use route 4 pennsylvania avenue inside the beltway as your alternate route to n. we'll go to our chart camera. if you're planning to head to the beltway on route 4 or inside the beltway, route 4 is going to be your alternate

route i believe. back to the maps this time northbound 395 or the southwest- southwest freeway at the 12th street tunnel. an accident and police investigation. we'll take a look at the 14th street bridge and see if it's affecting your drive yet. it's still early but keep that in mind with only one lane getting by. looks like the 14th street bridge is okay. in my next report another look around the area at 5:24. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. 5:15, protect yourself from the sun to worry about anything in weather. oh, howard. tell us what this is. >> this is the dragon capsule from spacex. at 5:35, they're said to release this from the international space station and it's supposed to snake splashdown later today in the pacific. this is the first commercial flight of anything to the international space station. >> there we are looking at ourselves on mother earth in the background. isn't that beautiful? >> so far a very successful mission after a slight delay getting off the ground due to

just-- >> it's on the way home. >> they did great with that and it comes back. and a few more years they'll be flying people, not just cargo. weather wise what a great day we've got going for us. we start with the bus stop forecast. the drier air has moved in, especially north and west. it's going to be a good day. a little cool in spots of the temperatures in the 60s for most of us. one or two in the upper 50s like cumberland. our day planner, the sunrise 5:45. that's a half-hour away. plenty of sunshine. near 80 by noon. a beautiful lunch hour. if you want to eat outside, get under something to keep fru getting too burnt today. 83. we've got a high uv index for sure. 83 at 5:00 with a high 84. that should happen about 4:00 p.m. or so. 71 in town. we have the low 60s north and west. luray is 60. cumberland is 59. it's in the low 60s also in easton and the pax river naval air station 68.

on the michael & son weather camera, good visibility. we're mainly clear. call it partly cloudy at national with a northwesterly wind at 10. temperature of 71. the barometer is down 29.75. it will come up today and drop again tomorrow as we've got storms in the middle of the country headed our way. our weather headlines beautiful today. storms return friday. we could get some heavy weather tomorrow. some heavy downpours. it may hold off till the afternoon and evening hours but there's also a threat some of these storms could be severe. that means the potential for damaging wind gusts or even hail, a inch in diameter or larger. we're watching some of those big storms in the middle of the country approaching the mississippi valley. had some dying storms in the south. this area of unsented weather, -- unsettled weather, this is what will be moving toward us. doesn't mean we won't see a couple of showers tomorrow morning as a warm front heads this way but we're saying goodbye to beryl off to the east. then to the west we look to see what is going to approach.

tomorrow morning notice the clock time. friday, 6:00 a.m. showers around here. looks like the heavier storms will be west of us still until the evening hours. clearly, though, the threat for some strong weather, severe weather is with us later friday, friday night. great today, 84. maybe some severe weather tomorrow afternoon, evening, 83. saturday we're clearing out after potentially a lingering shower in the morning. a nice afternoon, 75. by sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday, highs only in the 70s with isolated showers here and there. let's go back to mike and andrea. >> thanks a lot, howard. the ping-pong balls didn't quite bounce the way the wizards had hope. >> while game one of the stanley cup finals was not the only game to go into overtime last night. we'll show you everything. highlights coming up in sports. >> another look at the question of the day. here it s ladies. according to a recent magazine survey, 50% of american women had one of these as a child. is it a, an easy bake oven, b,

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welcome back. 5:22. a touch of fog on the eastern shore from cambridge back toward salisbury. visibilities are a half mile or less. around here looking nice. generally clear skies. 73 by noon. still 60s to our north and west. by noon look at this. all in the 70s to 81 in tappahannock. a gorgeous afternoon. get outside and enjoy it. 83 by 3:00 with a high around 84. looks nice. two playoff matchups, two different sports, to overtime thrillers. >> we -- two overtime thrillers. >> we start with game one of the stanley cup finals in newark, new jersey. the devils and kings tied at one at the end of regulation.

halfway through the first overtime period la scores to win the game 2-1 and extends its playoff streak to nine straight games. to the nba eastern conference finals. lebron james gets a chance to hit the game winner. misses it. 99 all goes to overtime. dwyane wade was the manual. off balance shot. he gets fouled. here we go. it falls. he completes the three-point play. miami beats boston. now miami up two games to none. here's kristen berset with the rest of your morning sports. good morning, everybody. we know the nationals are a good team. they wouldn't be in first place if they weren't but when you're facing the hottest team in baseball, you don't stand much of a chance. the miami marlins are 21-8 in the month of may, a league best and a franchise record. wong getting his first start of the season for the nats and it didn't start very well. an rbi single. he gave up four runs in four-

plus innings. not a great outing for him. back to stanton. this guy is good. a home run machine. his 12th in the month of may, helps the marlins complete a comeback win sweeping the nationals 5-3 the final. battle ever the birds in toronto. orioles looking to avoid the sweep. the blue jays, though, were flying high. four solo home runs on jason hammel to one this one. orioles extend their losing streak to a season worse five games. the wizards round up with the third pick in the nba lottery. not terrible. a match between the united states and brazil late in the first half, brazil already up 2- 0 but the u.s. answers fabian johnson to hercules gomez.

u.s. down one at the half. buff the skippings, they are just -- kings, they are just good. brazil wins this one 4-1. a record crowd on hand last night at fed ex field. almost 68,000 fans. that's a quick look at sports this morning. have a great thursday, everybody. new local unemployment figures are coming out. that's coming up in the next your money segment. >> we'll head live to the convention center in d.c. that's where everybody is going to pay their respects to d.c. music legend chuck brown. rough morning on the commute this morning. monika, over to you. >> it really has been. i'm going to start off with the northbound side of 95. it's just slow here in springfield. if you're heading on to 395 to the 12th street tunnel, watch out for an accident. one lane gets by. an update on an accident in district heights at 5:30. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. [ breathing heavily ] we hurried.

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good morning. welcome back to 9 news now. say going bye to the month of may. i'm andrea roane. see you later. i'm mike hydeck. sure feels wonderful out there. we're glad for that. good morning, monika santami. >> good morning. i want to say happy birthday to my mom. >> oh, happy birthday, mom. let's go over to her place to eat. >> i like that idea. weather wise we'll take a nice day of respite between systems and enjoy a beautiful air mass, lower humidity levels, lots of sunshine and warm but not on hot temperatures. this will be a great way to finish out the month. what a great way to spend the day. let's get you going. just a few minutes before sunrise. look at this beautiful shot. a couple of clouds in the background. the capitol dome still lit up. love this time in the morning. sunrise 5:45. 79 by noon with sunny skies. by 5:00 it will come down a degree from the high of 83. look for a high of 84 here. i think that will happen about 4:00, 4:30. thunderstorms off to the east.

what's left of beryl pulling away quickly. just a few clouds in the skies this morning. we'll call it clear to partly cloudy. temperatures are nice, too. low 60s in martinsburg and winchester and hagerstown. leesburg 65. manassas down to 63. we've got 71 here in town. we're looking at highs this afternoon about 84 for d.c. 82 in leesburg. and 85 up in baltimore. but nice with the drier air in place. let's go to monika santami. we've got issues early this morning. we really have had a lot of issues this morning. police have been very, very busy. i'm going to start off with the accident that happened inside the beltway in district heights. i would say about 3:00 this morning. a car into a utility pole ended in a fiery crash and one person dead. so that's idea investigation is taking so long here inside the beltway. marlboro pike is closed between donnell drive and silver hill road so use route 4, pennsylvania avenue as your alternate route. the second situation is northbound in the 3rd street tunnel or northbound on the

southeast southwest freeway at the 12th street tunnel as you come across the 14th street bridge, you want to watch out for that police activity. for a while now only one lane has been getting by. let's take a live look at 395 across the bridge. it's already getting heavy because of the police activity. in my next report, we'll take another look at area roads at 5:39. today's public funeral service for chuck brown is expected to be a huge celebration of the musician's life. fans of the godfather of go go say brown would have wanted a big time party in his memory. >> the tears will be mixed in with the smiles. brown died to weeks ago at age 75 after being a fixture on the d.c. music scene for more than four decades. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live outside the washington convention center with more. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. chuck brown would have wanted a big party and tuesday turned out to be a huge block party outside the howard theater. doors open here at the

convention center at 10:00 a.m. for the public to enter. the service. if tuesday is any indication, we're likely to see the first fans lining up for a prime spot inside as early as 6:30 this morning for this very historic event. organizers in fact say this will indeed be a musical sendoff for the history books. fans who grew up with chuck brown say the man and his music embodied the spirit and life of d.c. and they want to say thank you to his family for sharing him with them for so many years. many credit chuck brown as the best go go recording artist who brought many young musicians under his wing. now it's time for them to take go go to the next level. >> it should change some lives should change some people's mind set when it comes to music. but this guy was a king, he was a giant. desomething that no other person in this town ever done and that's created an art form

of music and he has taken this thing, man, and went across the world. >> reporter: we're told the doors will close when the convention center reaches capacity. get this. that's at 14,500 people. the service begins at noon. back to you. >> delia goncalves at the washington convention center. if you can't attend today's funeral in person, we will be airing it live right here on channel 9. we're also streaming it live on our website at wusa9.com. if you would like to further honor chuck brown's memory, his family asked that donations be made to the chuck brown foundation incorporated. the address there on our screen is post office box 4558, silver spring, maryland. the zip code is 20914. the foundation is currently a maryland nonstock corporation but is in the process of applying for federal nonprofit status. the district of columbia public library is working to

build an archival collection of chuck brown material. the library says it's looking for posters, photographs, ticket stubs, videos or audio recordings of brown and other go go musicians. the chief librarian jenny cooper says brown's contribution to the district should be honored. the date just about all of us remember in connection with the terrorist attacks is september 11, but new yorkers marked another ten-day anniversary yesterday at the world trade center. it took till the end of may 2002 to remove the last fallen steel beam from ground zero. people held up posters and cheered the workers who relived the horrible day, day after day and they did it for months as they sifted through the piles of rubble. president obama will welcome his predecessor. the president will unveil the official portraits of president bush and first lady laura bush and not only will george w.

bush be there, but also his father and mother president george herbert walker bush and barbara bush will be there. the event include as private lunch with the obamas and the bush families. jessica is back with a look at the local job market. >> that's right. this is another reminder we can say thank goodness we live in the washington area. the reason why? our job market is a lot stronger here than in other parts of the country. the washington region's unemployment rate held steady in april at 5.5% for the third consecutive month. the national average 8.1%. of the 3.2 million people in the region's labor force last month, close to 176,000 were unemployed. the new labor department data also showed the region added 34,500 jobs in the 12 months ending in april. that was thanks to strength in education and health services. high fructose corn syrup won't get a wholesome new name

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5:39 on this thursday morning. a very nice thursday morning. it's going to abbeautiful day. -- to be a beautiful day. expect a good deal of sunshine. we're expecting sunshine all day long. had the drier air move in overnight, especially north and west of town of the near 80 by lunch time. winds west, northwest at 10 miles an hour. lighter late. highs 80 to 85 with a drive home temp in the low 80s. i'll be back in five minutes. we'll be talking about a storm threat for tomorrow and of course looking ahead toward the weekend. right now inside to monika with time saver traffic. >> well, just another accident on the inbound side of i-66. here it is blocking the two left lanes after route 123 with

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good morning. welcome back to 9news now at 5:46. we keep saying chuck brown's music makes you smile and want to dance. so, too, will howard's

forecast. good morning, everybody. thanks, andrea. we're looking at sunshine, comfortable humidity levels, nice warm temps but not too hot. we'll have a beautiful way to finish out the month of may. i think short sleeves for sure today. might be a tad cool for some early but it's okay. 60s out there. a couple of spots have dipped into the upper 50s and the sun is coming up or came up i should say just a couple of minutes ago. we'll call it partly cloudy but a really nice day. you're looking at a shot of the chesapeake beach a friend sent me. thought i'd share that with you as our backgrounds. by 1:00 81 degrees. winds north, northwest at 10 miles an hour. we're looking for highs today 84, maybe 85 with an 83-degree reading at 3:00 p.m. and again at 5:00. the 84 probably happening about 4:00, 4:30 or so. check it out. advice i can'ts, some fog on the eastern shore. -- visibilities, some fog on the eastern shore. the rest of us enjoying a

comfortable morning with 63 in gaithersburg. it's 64 for vienna. springfield 67. upper marlboro is 64. there's our 59 from lovettsville right now and fort belvoir 63 degrees. outside on our michael & son weather camera, just a couple of clouds. high winds in the district behind the capitol dome this morning. 71 degrees with mostly sunny skies and a north, northwesterly wind at 10 miles an hour. so a great start to what's going to be a great day. tomorrow, though, going to be a much different day. look at all the storms we have from minnesota and wisconsin down into kansas, coming into missouri now and texas and oklahoma. this whole batch of unsented weather -- unsettled weather will be moving toward us and potentially strong to severe thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and evening. we're watching beryl pull away from us. today at least we've got high pressure which is going to build in and give us that beautiful day with the sunshine and low humidity levels. as we head into the overnight period, we may see a few showers develop to our west out here by tomorrow morning.

so we could start potentially with a few showers friday morning. a few more showers midday. looks like the heaviest weather is going to be holding off till later on in the afternoon and evening hours. some of these storms could contain some damaging wind gusts, some hail. maybe even an isolated tornado late in the afternoon. so we really have to watch it coming through friday night into saturday morning and we are under a risk of severe weather from the storm prediction center. west virginia, most of pennsylvania. the entire region you'll notice large hail, damaging wind gusts and again the isolated tornado being the main threat. let's show you what's going on at the bus stop forecast. we'll go this way. next three days 84 today, beautiful. 50s and 60s tonight. 83 tomorrow. we'll watch out for the threat of severe weather in the afternoon, evening. cooler, 75. so friday night could be a little wet for your plans. i want to show you a quick picture. we'll show you the separation. this is live from the international space station. they are releasing. >> 5:49 a.m. eastern. >> you can hear the nasa guy in

the background. i can't think of george's last name. but the dragon is separating from the robotic arm of the iss. it's due to splash down 11:44 this morning eastern time in the pacific. only takes about six hours or so from separation to splashdown. they don't need the precision of ran day view -- rendezvous with the space station so they'll burn, slow down and get through the atmosphere in one piece and splash down in the pacific if all goes as planned. pretty neat stuff. back to the seven-day forecast as we head through the weekends, temps in the 70s. could be some isolated shower sunday through wednesday. -- showers sunday through wednesday. not so cool on my end i'm afraid toll say. i've got lots of information for you this morning. first of all, since about 3:00, prince george's county police have been on the scene of a serious accident. in fact, one fatality involved in this one in district heights. marlboro pike has been closed off ever since between donnell

drive and silver hill road. i have been subjecting you take route 4 -- suggesting you take route 4, pennsylvania avenue as the investigation continues. if you're planning to head northbound on 395 here at the 14th street, that area has been cleared up. now an accident after route 123 on 66. let me show you what it looks like live on the inbound side. the arrow board set up behind the sign. the two left lanes are blocked. you know what that means. slow and heavy right into vienna. i'm growing to end with some good news. southbound 270, let's take a look. no problems here at father hurley boulevard i'm happy to say. in my next report another look at area roads at 6:00. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. there's growing president on syrian president bashar assad to expect the united nations peace plan and real in his troops. >> but new video claims to show

even more attacks. susan mcginnis has the latest. >> reporter: smoke rises from rooftops in homes. syrian rebels say this amateur video is proof government troops have no intention of halting attacks on civilians. the shelling follows the new discovery of 13 bodies in eastern syria and the massacre of more than 100 people in houla last week. president bashar assad refuses to implement the united nations peace plan and blames the violence on terrorists but others say forces loyal to the government are responsible. >> we think there needs to be justice and accountability for those who committed these atrocities. >> reporter: the white house imposed new economic sanctions on a syrian bank and ormded embassy diplomats to -- readied embassy diplomats to leave the u.s. but some republicans and democrats on capitol hill say military intervention is necessary. senator john mccain has been calling for u.s.-led air strikes. >> are there dangers and risks and uncertainties in this

approach? absolutely. there are no ideal options in syria. >> reporter: another option is to arm the rebels, but lawmakers say that also comes with risks. >> i'm not one that believes we should be arming the rebels right now. we're having a difficult time getting a complete picture of who they are. >> reporter: rebels release add video giving syria 48 hours to comply with the u.n. peace plan or face consequences. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. making news now at 5:53, the 20 yearldz rutgers student convicted of using a web cam to record his roommate's sexual encounter with another man plans to report to jail today. tyler clementi committed suicide after dahram ravi posted the video online. the house passed a bill to give the food and drug administration more flexibility when it comes to inspecting drug manufacturing facilities

overseas. the number of u.s. drugs produced overseas has more than doubled in the last decade of. it's hoped the measure would also help speed up the approval of new drugs. in southwestern virginia, the f.b.i. is holding an ec pleasives workshop -- explosives workshop to first responders. it shows students how common items can be ahead into improvised explosives. that way a first responder is more likely to recognize possible weapons, clear the area and call for backup. we'll have a live preview of today's services to remember d.c.'s godfather of go go chuck brown coming up. next, a very special civic lesson for students at a local elementary school as their teacher becomes an american citizen. here's jessica. another fee at your bank and this one's almost hard to believe. i'll tell you what it is and what you need to be on the lookout for. that is at 6:06. you are watching 9news now. dad look, you can get eggs, bacon and pancakes for $4.

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nearly 700,000 americans became u.s. citizens last year through naturalization ceremonies. as they wrap up the school year, students at kent gardens elementary has now been to one of those ceremonies. they got a really close civics lesson, a personal one as their teacher became an american. kristin fisher has more from the naturalization ceremony which was in mclean.

>> reporter: these are the final moments before richard gordon becomes a u.s. citizen. it's a moment that's been nearly 20 years in the making. >> i came to america in 1993. i brought my wife and two young daughters. >> reporter: the australian has been teaching sixth grade english and history at kent gardens elementary for 13 years. for the last nine months his students have had a special assignment. help mr. gordon pass his naturalization test. >> we went through the questions. they quizzed me. i quizzed them. >> if he got it wrong, he had to bring us donuts and he only got one wrong out of a hundred questions. >> i passed the test and here i am today. i'm a new american citizen. it was enormously touching. i had no idea it was going to be this big. i'm so proud. it's a wonderful country. i hope i can give back to america what i've given to my family. >> reporter: there were 18 people from 18 different

countries who also became citizens at this ceremony. >> to see the other cultures that were represented and you looked through that audience and you saw students who matched up with the people who were inducted today. it is actually living history and it is awesome. >> i hope these kids take away how special this is, that they don't take it for granted. it's something to be cherished and loved. >> that's enough, guys. see you. love you guys. >> some are born, some are naturalized but we're all american citizens. thank you. >> reporter: in mclean, kristin firer, 9news now -- fisher, 9news now. good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at the 6:00 a.m. hour. i'm andrea roane. happy friday -- oh, so close. happy thursday. i'm mike hydeck. we're glad you're here. here's monika santami, busy lady this morning. >> i am. >> friday eve or pre-friday, we're going to love howard's forecast. it's beautiful out there. we dried out. it's going to be