little rain coming in. that would be generally well south of town as we go through the next hour or two and then we'll just watch for an isolated shower this afternoon. here's a look at the day planner. we're expecting a cool day for june. only the upper 60s by lunch time with a northeast wind at 8. with the sunshine it should feel all right and highs only the low 70s. that will be about 10 degrees below average. 70 at 5:00 p.m. with 71, 72 for the high later on. this morning we watched some showers. light to moderate ones have been coming down the bay. areas in calvert, anne arundel, st. mary's especially seeing n. as we look at live doppler 9hd, we see some showers go down i- 95, east of spotsylvania coming at a pretty good clip. calvert county into st. mary es, along the patuxent. that's where we're seeing more moderate showers and southeastern prince george's county as well. temperatures, they're nice. for this time of year to be in the mid-50s in frederick, 61 in manassas and annapolis, we're down to 59 in d.c. with 45 in

oakland and garrett county going up into the low 70s. here's monika right now. she's in with your time saver traffic. there was a horrible accident overnight in dickerson on route 28 at mount efron road right near the marc station entrance. so be aware of that. our anchors will have more on that situation just coming up in a couple minutes. stay tuned for that information. in the meantime we're looking okay on the north side of town on the beltway. no problems between college park and silver spring. 270 looking good out of clarksburg and 95 coming in from baltimore. let's take a live look outside. here's what it looks like if you're planning to head in the college park area. no problems at route 1. both loops of the beltway, i think that construction from overnight near kenilworth avenue should be cleared up. this time to southern maryland and all the major thoroughfares look great. route 5, route 4, 301, 210 to accokeek. let's go live on the the beltway south of town. here's what it looks like at route 210.

i think you're good to go early this morning. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at virginia roads at 5:10. the child sex abuse trial against penn state's former assistant football coach begins later this morning. >> jerry sandusky is accused of abusing boys for more than a decade in what proctors -- prosecutors describe as a massive quarterback within the football program. delia goncalves is live with a preview. >> reporter: good morning. despite attempts by the defense to delay the start of the trial, jury selection indeed begins later this morning in a case that the defense attorneys say has already been tried in the court of public opinion. eight of the accusers are scheduled to testify in the trial and must all use their real names. the men claim the former assistant football coach sexually assaulted them as children, many of them came from sandusky's charity second mile designed to help troubled boys. jerry sandusky now faces 52

counts for allegedly sodomizing and assaulting ten boys for nearly 15 years. defense attorneys are expected to attack the credibility of the alleged victims and former grad student mike mcqueary who claims he saw sandusky assaulting a boy in a locker room shower back in march 2002. prosecutors now say that occurred in february 2001. >> the jury is going to be asking itself if mike mcqueary who has no dog in this hunt is making up a story, could these other witnesses be making up a story as well. >> we've been trying to overinto this tidal wave of presumption of guilt since november 5. >> reporter: remember this scene. students at penn state rioted after legendary coach joe paterno was fired for not reporting the allegations when he first learned of them years ago. paterno has since died of lung cancer. coming up at 5:0, we'll hear from jerry sandusky in his own

words. back to you. >> thank you, delia goncalves with that live update from our satellite center. 5:04 now. doctors are treating the survive of a fiery overnight crash in dickerson, maryland. you heard monika talk about it a few minutes ago. montgomery county police say one person died at the scene and the car was burned so badly that investigators couldn't determine the gender or estimate the age of the victim. we're waiting on the condition of the survivor at this point. the crash shut down the scene while police investigate the cause. it took a prince george's county jury less than three hours monday to convict john haston on murder charges. investigators say they found this case especially disturbing because it involved one defendant posing as a pepco employee. greg brooks pretending to work for the utility so he came case david williams' home in bowie last july. the next day brooks returned with haston. they killed williams and stole

items from his home. brooks also has pleaded guilty in the case. haston faces a maximum sentence of life plus 60 years. a virginia tech waiting to happen. that's how a new report describe as morgan state university student who is suspected of killing and eating his roommate. a senior military instructor at morgan state university made those comment abouts 21-year- old alexander kinyu. he's accused of killing his roommate, dismembering the man and eating parts of his brain and heart. he had been banned from campus following an outburst last december. the d.c. council is expected today to approve a $9.4 billion budget for fiscal year 2013. the council unanimously gave preliminary approval to the plan last month. some revenue raising plans in the budget include doubling the number of traffic cameras and changing parking meter fees. bars would also be allowed to stay open till 4:00 a.m. on certain days. 5:05. we're talking money.

>> jessica doyle is here with today's headlines as we say we saw a little bit of that color green yesterday. >> fingers crossed. the markets found a little bit of stability yesterday and we're hoping to see more of the same today. overnight we've actually seen asian and european stocks heading higher. doesn't even feel like that's possible. checking the numbers from here at home the dow standing at 12, 101 finishing the today i down 17 points. nasdaq actually headed higher. it gained about 12.5 pointses and the s&p 500 finished the day flat, a little bit up. today a bill aimed at getting women the same pay as their male colleagues faces a key procedural vote on capitol hill. between events yesterday, president obama jumped on a conference call with reporters to urge passage of the measure. he says right now women earn an average of 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man, but republicans say the bill which is co-sponsored by maryland's

barbra mikulski would place an undue burden on businesses. washington's gallery of art is looking to move. suburban maryland and virginia are on the table's possible site. it would cost an estimated $130 million to bring the current home up to modern standards and it needs a lot more space. the museum can display only less than 3% of its collection. the museum's board of trustees voted yesterday afternoon to authorize putting the building on the market. >> it's a beautiful building. it should be a shame to lose it in the nation's capital. >> i would be surprised if we didn't see a hotel making a bid for that location because that's prime and we've been seeing the development around the white house picking up which i find interesting from a security standpoint. but we have seen that trend. >> what's up in the next half- hour? >> saving 40% on your grocery bill. i'm going to show you how.

>> done. that sounds really good. a member of the royal family will miss today's diamond jubilee event celebrating queen elizabeth ii. that story is coming up. mother nature is hurting efforts to stop a wildfire from spreading out west. >> ahead in sports after a slow start, the thunder now appear to be rolling through the western conference finals. it's 5:05. we'll be right back.

still a couple of sprinkles and showers across southern

maryland down toward fredricksburg right now but overrual not a bad day headed our way. a little bit on the cool side for june as we're looking at temperatures this morning, many of them in the 50s. we'll have partly sunny conditions with mid- to upper 60s by lunch time and only topping out in the low 7s on and a spot -- 70s and a spotty shower or two before the day is over, mainly west of d.c. i'll have the full seven-day forecast in the next five. right now monika is in with a look at your time saver traffic. we're telling but a deadly accident in dickerson, maryland. here is a live view of the accident. this tow truck just arrived on the scene moments ago to take away the charred remains of the single vehicle that was involved in the accident. in the meantime route 28 is closed between martinsburg road and efron road. i'll have more on this and other area roadways at 5:17. making news now at 5:10, high winds are hampering firefighters' efforts to gain control of a blaze in southwest utah. today investigators with the

national transportation safety board are expected to arrive. they're looking into what caused sunday's air tanker crash which killed the to pilots on board. the suspect some the natalie holloway dns appearance could be ex-- disappearance could be extradited to the united states to face extortion charges. he solicited $25,000 from natalie holloway's parents to tell them where they could find her body in aruba. she vanished during a school vacation in 2005. he's now serving a sentence in peru for killing a woman there. he could be sent to the u.s. after he finishes his sentence in that country. in the first britain's queen elizabeth is attending the final diamond jubilee event to celebrate her 60 years on the thrown but her husband will not be at her side. prince philip has been hospitalled with a bladder infection. he'll be under observation for the next few days. the prince turns 91 this saturday. it happened back in 2004 and it's happening once again tonight.

but if you missed venus in transit this time, you'll have to wait another century before you can see it again. details coming up at 5:41. in sports at 5:24, that late season winning streak helped wizards coach randy whitman remove the interim from his title. we'll be flirting with the 90-degree mark soon in the seven-day forecast. at 5:15, howard will tell you when. [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players bob and mike bryan

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good morning. welcome to 9news now. is it red, green or yellow? that's the color coding system that will give you an indication of how weather is going to be and howard is here to explain what today is. >> today is going to abgreen day, a good day. we have the severe weather alert today we've been doing for a while to let you know when we'll get the really bad days. we thought let's talk it to the next level. we'd let you noel low could be -- know that yellow could be nuisance si. not a severe day but certainly not green. green. you'll see it on our three-day forecast toward the end of main weather. let's get you started with a look at the bus stop forecast. we have a nice comfy air mass outside. a couple of showers well south of town walling away. mostly cloudy with temps in the 50s to low 60s and sun rise

5:43. this didn't set till about 8:30 or so. we are looking pretty good for the day. as we look at our day planner, 61 degrees at 9:00. by noon we'll be in the upper 60s. northeast winds at 8. partly sunny conditions. as we head into the afternoon 70 degrees at 5:00. the high in the low 70s. spotty showers. best chance of that will be west of town out toward the blue ridge, higher elevations out west. this morning you can see the showers that have been coming through, especially the coastal areas here in calvert, anne arundel county, down across parts of the northern neck even a few showers. north beach right down route 4 here toward st. leonard and solomons into eastern areas of st. yary's county and coming down 95, a couple of sprinkles toward fauquier county to prince william, out of woodbridge. this will all be pulling away from us in the next hour or two. we're not bad. 55 now in gaithersburg and

leesburg. 58 for haymarket. also in college park and fort belvoir. 57 in baden and crofton. outside on our michael & son weather camera, good visibility. you see some of the clouds now about a half-hour before the sunrise. 59 and cloudy at national with a northeast wind at 8. that is going to keep us on the cool side today. big storms still spinning out across areas of southeastern canada, northeastern u.s. bringing down a little piece of energy toward us this morning. for the afternoon, it looks like we're going to clear out a little bit and fire any showers mainly in the higher elevations to the west and up in pennsylvania. so as we look at the three-day forecast, we've got a green today, 71, spotty shower. no real problem. tomorrow some afternoon showers yellow but if it looks better than that, we might go to green and thursday afternoon showers and storms, 77. another yellow alert today. friday 80 looks good. so does the weekend turning hot by sunday and storms again with the heat on monday.

5:17. here comes monika santami. not so good right now. we've got problems up in dickerson and elsewhere. >> dickerson is our big story this morning. it was a fatal accident from overnight. it happened at 1:00 in the morning, single vehicle accident just west of 270 here in dickerson. in fact, i'm going to step out and show you a live picture. this was the only vehicle involved in the accident barely even looks like a car anymore. one person dead at the scene and the second one flown to baltimore shock trauma. if you are planning to head through this area, you'll want to know route 28 is closed between mount efron road. eastbound you'll be diverted at the mouth of monocassy road. a tow truck has arrived on the scene. they're just trying to pull it on to the tow truck. in the meantime police will remain there to investigate and clean up. i expect this will still remain closed for some time. if you are planning to head

through this area, just want to stick to an alternate route and stay away from the area. dickerson west of i-270. 270 of course not affected by the accident. we'll keep you posted on this situation. a quick look on the other side of town if you are planning to head over to the bw parkway. route 50 by the way everything looks fine. a quick look outside at college park you see the beltway lanes are open. coming up in my next report, an update on that accident at 5:24. the nationals draft another big arm. >> the spurs are on a losing streak that could keep them out of the nba finals. highlights coming up in sports. we want to take another look at our question of the day. according to good housekeeping, itself more money you make, the less likely it is you've done this in the last year. a, gone bowling, b, brewed your own coffee or c, cleaned your home. >> teresa wrote work, work,

work means house being neglected. she says c. what do you think? we'll reveal the answer in our 6:00 show show. -- 6:00 show.

5272 on this -- 5:22 on this tuesday morning. as we head toward 9:00, skies should be partly to mostly cloudy. any showers well south of town by then. we'll head toward midday.

66. more sun east, more clouds and maybe showers in the higher elevations out west. by 3:00 70 here, partly sunny. this spot -- the spotty showers with a northeast wind. even for this evening's drive home should be pretty good, upper 60s to around 70. mike and andrea, back to you. after winning 20 games in a row, the san antonio spurs are on the brink of elimination this morning. >> really surprised at this. the spurs hosted game five of the western conference finals with less than a minute left san antonio's big man tim duncan cuts the lead to just two but the key sixth man off the birch responds with a three swish. that seals the deal 106-103. gives oklahoma city a three games to two lead in the series. there was little drama in game three of the stanley cup finals. they shut out the devils 4-0. l.a. takes a three games to none lead over new jersey. here's kristen berset with the rest of your morning sports.

good morning, everybody. the nationals making a splash last night in the draft. they didn't have the number one pick but they got a player that many thought would have been there if not for some injury issues. with the 16th joaferrual pick the nationals selected a 17- year-old right-handed pitcher from california. earlier this season he was considered to be the top pick until a strain ligament in his elbow scared some teams away but his 100 mile an hour football made him worth the risk. >> 220-pound right-handed pitcher with a great body and velocity and good stuff, great character and great makeup. we've been on this guy from day one. we just felt that the risk outweighed the -- the reward outweighed the risk. >> for the wizards randy whitman will be the head coach at least for the next two seasons. he went 18-31 after taking over for flip saunders midway through the lockout season.

he tried to instill more accountability among his players and the team finished by winning eight of their last ten games. wizards making it official. randy whitman will be the coach. they sign add two-year deal. >> capital one field at bird stadium at college park under construction. the university of maryland is switching out the grass for some new high-tech turf. but most of the buzz is about what the color of the field may be. some suggesting it won't be your traditional green. i went on campus yesterday, talked to some fans and current players to get their thoughts on the changes. i'm have their reaction for you today at 5:00. that's a quick look at sports this morning. i'm kristen berset. have a great tuesday. coming up in today's hero central, we're honoring an organization that offers portable mental health services. >> plus, we have some tips from a super couponner. here's monika with the latest on some serious problems on the roadways. >> about 30 seconds ago a tow

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good morning. woehl come back to -- welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. mr. bernstein, we have a new weather alert system. >> you'll see it in our forecast, a green, yellow or red red. good morning. everybody. happy tuesday. as we look outside this morning, you'll notice we still have some clouds out there. they're starting to break a little bit. had a few showers overnight in

d.c. those have moved south. a temperature of 59 degrees right now so it's comfortably cool with upper 60s by noon. not as breezy as yesterday. winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 and maybe a spotty shower as we head into the afternoon showers, especially west. you get into the higher elevations toward the blue ridge and western maryland and west virginia, you'll have a better chance of showers. overnight we had some showers which have dropped south across senior maryland, parts of virginia, a couple of sprinkles from 95 to woodbridge, some very light stuff in parts of fauquier county. you'll notice northern calvert starting to clear out a little bit. southern calvert, st. mary's. this is pulling away from thornburg. we'll start to get rid of the showers in another hour. your temperatures this morning running in the 50s to 61. we'll have highs in the low 70s. unseasonably cool. let's go to monika santami at 5:30. got some good news? >> the good news is that the

accident has been cleared up we've been telling you about in dickerson maryland on route 28 and ef rape. -- ephraim. all the way in to the beltway, tyson corner is looking fine. just a tiny bit of volume there. no big deals to report. we'll take you live to the american legion bridge. as i said just a tiny bit. volume across the river but looking good on the west side of town. now let's go to the south side. looking good on 95 as you come in from dale city. a bit of slow traffic in quantico and a live look outside in virginia, northbound 95 lanes are open in springfield leaving route 644. in my next report, we'll go to the north side of town at 5:40. montgomery county police are investigating a deadly overnight crash in dickerson, maryland. >> this was around 1:00 p.m. near route 28 in mount p -- in

mount ephraim. police have not been able to determine the dead person's gender or even the approximate age. there are reports the accused east coast rapist plans to use an insanity defense when he goes on trial in prince william county. aaron thomas has a competency hearing this friday. thomas' lawyers plan to question their client's sanity at the time of his alleged crimes. thomas is accused of raping two teenage girls on halloween night 2009 in woodbridge, virginia. d.n.a. has also linked him to 14 other attacks in virginia, maryland, and other states. for years he was one of the revered coaches at penn state football program. now he's going on trial as an accused pedophile. former defensive coordinator

jerry sandusky is accused of sexually abusing young boys over a long period of time. delia goncalves is live in the satellite center tracking today's developments. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike. get this. after a mom complained to campus police that sandusky was showering with her young son back in 1998, a psychologist analyzed sandusky at the time saying he had the characteristics of a pedophile, someone who gains the trust of their victims and then attacks. that's exactly what eight men will say sandusky did to them when they are children. they are set to testify in a trial that begins later this morning. sandusky is accused of molesting and sodomizing ten boys during 15 years, many of them coming from his charity for troubled boys. sandusky has been on house arrest since december and has denied the charges. in fact, you may remember the shocking interview sandusky did just ten days after his

november arrest. >> reporter: are you sexually attracted to young boys, to underage boys? >> am i sexually attracted to underage boys? >> reporter: yes. >> sexually attracted? i enjoy young people. i love to be around them. i -- about no, i'm not sexually attracted to young boys. >> jerry sandusky in his own words. the 68-year-old faces counts of child abuse. coming up at 6:00, the prosecution details exactly how often, where it happened, and when the sexual abuse occurred. back to you, mike. >> delia goncalves live in our satellite center this morning. the frederick county teachers association is asking its members to vote on a proposed contract. however, union leaders are hoping that teachers vote down the proposed one-year deal

which would take effect july 1. they say despite 3.5% pay raise in this deal, an increase in insurance premiums means the raise would work out to less than 1%. frederick county teachers haven't had a raise since 2009. the contract ratification vote ends june 14. at 5:35, time for a special your money report. >> how about saving some money when it comes to groceries. not a bad deal. >> good morning. how about saving 40% every time you go to the grocery store? it's all about those coupons you get in your mailbox or newspaper all the time. we'll show you how to put them to good use. real savings has a lot to do with plan be ahead. >> reporter: some things you can't control. >> the water bill is $172.64. our mortgage is $1,845. >> reporter: gina, a northern virginia mother of three has a goal this year. >> we're really tackling the student loans, trying to get rid of the car payment by the end of 2012. >> reporter: that means looking

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that's when you stock up. so right away it's 3.33 because it's on sale. >> reporter: an average family of four spends as much as $1200 a month for groceries. gina says her bill is about $450 to feed five. >> there are moms and grandmothers who have been doing this for years. it seems like it has trend a little more lately that people are interested in coupons. certainly gotten cooler. >> your total saves is $38. >> when it comes to sales at the grocery store, you may find good bargains on meats for the grill. it's also national dairy month so you could see deals on milk, eggs, cheese, ice cream, yogurt, other dairy products but expect to pay a premium on seasonal items like sunscreen, bug spray and allergy medication. >> didn't you tell us that the retailers are also fighting back on some of these extreme couponners by limiting the coupons so we've got to jump on

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it is 5:40. very comfortable with temps in the 50s this morning and relatively light winds. thankfully the showers that

were around have generally moved south of washington. so our day planner is expecting some sunshine to be working its way toward us, but a cool day for june. only about 70 by 3:00 with highs in the low 70s. there could be some spotty showers, mainly west of town later on this afternoon. i'll be back in five minutes. we'll be talking about the seven-day forecast and looking ahead toward the weekend. right now here's monika santami. she's got your time saver traffic. we're going to take a live look outside in maryland. if you're planning to head here down south near the national harbor, things are looking good right through oxon hill to the wilson bridge and through alexandria as well on the beltway. in my next report, we'll take a closer look at maryland roads at 5:50. i've been combing through the day's daily deals, e-mails and retailer websites to find you deep discounts and my fairntses today -- my favorites today all about food. get dad some surf and turf for father's day with this deal on living social. pay $130 for the mac daddy dinner. that's two steak and lobster

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to be outside tonight at 6:00. that's when the planet venus will pass or transit between the earth and the sun. this is the rarest predictable event in astronomy. the last time it happened was 2004 but it hadn't happened for 122 years before that the next will happen in 2117. that's 105 years from now. venus will appear just as a small black dot against the sun so you shouldn't stair directly at the sun to see it. in maryland frederick county is opening its earth and space science lab to planet watchers and in charlottesville the university of virginia will also be handing out solar viewers. the final move for one of the space shunts is going to have to wait just a little bit longer. we'll tell you why next. if you have neglected your mental health in this tough's economy, a local center is being recognized for offering affordable counseling services. let's see who's celebrating

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good morning. welcome back to 9news now. 5:47 on this tuesday morning. what's the weather like? here's the answer man, howard bernstein. >> it's pleasant out there. temperatures in the 50s in most spots. we've had a couple of showers overnight. most is pulling into southern maryland and diminishing. we may see a spotty shower later on this afternoon out west of town but generally it's

going to be a pretty nice day for june. when you look at the seven-day, you'll see why we have to relish today. we've got some heat that will build by the end of the weekend. on this tuesday morning, spotty showers south. i'm keeping them out because most of us are dealing with mostly cloudy conditions. temps in the low 50s to low 60s. sunrise a few minutes ago at 5:43. we did not see it, however. lots and lots of clouds out there. just starting to get a few breaks now. by noon should be partly sunny, 67. the average high this time of year is 81. we'll be lucky to make 71, 72 this afternoon with a 4:00 p.m. temperature of 70 and that spotty shower out to the west. winds generally northeast at 5 to 10 miles an hour and upper 60s at 8:00 p.m. with a light southerly wind. going to the nats game tonight, they open a big series with the mets. kind of fighting for first place. who would have thought it. 70 around first pitch. slim chance of a shower, temps in the mid-60s by the 7:00th --

by the 7th inning. the showers overnight came from d.c. but more south and east across areas in calvert, st. mary's county, anne arundel county. had some reports of half an inch of rain from that. a lone sprinkle here in fauquier county along route 5 here. this is coming east of waldorf now. seeing these showers really diminish and the other ones calvert, st. mary's. some stuff is falling apart. temperatures are in the 50s now although it is 60 in fredricksburg. it's 45 in garrett county. jacket weather for sure out west with 55 gaithersburg and winchester and easton right now at 54. kind of a cool sky this morning. some of those low puffy clouds, cumulous clouds which gave us a few sprinkles overnight behind the capital. 59 degrees as we look at our michael & son weather camera. humidity at 82%. here's a look at our future cast, the showers are pulling away although west of town when you get to the blue ridge, the northeast winds just a little

bit of lift that could produce spotty showers here, especially as we go through the afternoon and evening with a better chance of showers in the mountains. think we'll have a pretty decent day albeit cooler than afternoon. tonight partly cloudy. tomorrow looking at some showers, maybe thunder developing but a better chance again will be north and west of d.c. looks like by thursday we have a better chance of showers and storms here and then the heat builds. so as we look at the three-day, today green, no problems, spotty shower west, 71. back in the 50s tonight. yellow tomorrow for afternoon showers, some thunder but that may be mainly west. that may be changing to green by noon. thursday looks like a better chance we'll have a yellow day with scattered afternoon showers and storms, 77. again yellow being the type of day that could just impact your plans but not be really, really bad. friday 80 degrees as we dry out. saturday 84. then here comes the heat by sunday, monday with a chance of storms. happy tuesday. happy tuesday.

i'm happy to say that this accident we've been telling but since early this morning in dickerson, maryland on route 28 at mount ephraim road has been cleared up. you're going to go through that area in case you heard about it earlier this morning. now a look at 270. looking great out of damascus into clarksburg. no problems and in dickerson that accident has been cleared. you should be good to go through that area. a live look outside right now and here's what it looks like on the american legion bridge on the west side of town. no delays right now between 270, tysons corner, 66 and all the way down to i-95. the entire western stretch looks great. let's go back over to the maps this time route 50 coming in from annapolis. you should be okay all the way into cheverly. in new carrollton as route a and again volumes are light. in my next report, we'll go to virginia at 6:00. here is what's making news at 5:51. campaign 23012 news -- 2012 news, five states holding

presidential primaries. last night president obama attended three fund raisers in new york. mitt romney campaigned in oregon and responded to an obama campaign ad and said he would gladly put his jobs record up against the president's. a record turnout is expected if wisconsin's recall election. labor unions are trying to oust republican governor scott walker who succeeded in cutting benefits to unionized state workers. the shuttle prototype enterprise will not be making it to the deck of the u.s.s. intrepid because of bad weather. the enterprise will become part of the permanent collection at the intrepid he sea and air museum. where can you turn to mental health advice? >> one is a center. in today's hero central, jc

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a very good tuesday morning. 5:57. we've had a couple of showers overnight, especially southern maryland to the northern neck. we'll continue to watch those pull away. skies will become partly sunny. west of town because we have a

northeast wind, you hit the higher elevations, that gives a little lift. we'll see a few showers possible there as we get toward the middle of the day and the afternoon. east of town more sunshine but unseasonably cool. average highs 81. look at the midday temperatures in the mid- to upper 60s. as we get into the afternoon, the spotty showers out west. 70 at 3:00 with highs only about 71. the showers even by 6:00 should be mainly well west of town with 69 in easton and 70 here in d.c. >> today is the final day of events celebrating queen elizabeth ii's diamond jubilee. the royal family will attend a service at st. paul's cathedral. then take a trip through london in three horse-drawn carriages. queen elizabeth's husband prince philip will not be there. the 90-year-old prince has been hospitalled with a bladder infection and he'll remain under observation in the hospital for a few days. meanwhile after 60 years on the thrown, the queen's approval rating is over 80%.

>> i've watched the coronation. and i've watched her all throughout everything. i think she's amazing. i don't think she's done a thing wrong. >> last night feature add star studded concert at buckingham palace. prince charles led the cheers for his mother while she heard the sounds of music through the decades from stevie wonder, sir elton john, sir paul mccartney and many more. the night ended with a massive fireworks display. >> you need a hat like that. >> what you need is a hat that matched your outfit. that's what makes her special. not just some clunky hat. >> there you go. >> wow, those are weird. >> take that. >> oh, well. hello. you're watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. we'll have more on the hats later. i'm mike hydeck. here's monika santami. >> i have a cute little ta