. hello. i'm jc hayward. thank you for joining us. jury selection is under way in the trial of former football

coach jerry sandusky. manuel gallegus has the latest from pennsylvania. >> reporter: jerry sandusky and his lawyer arrived at the courthouse for day one of jury selection. lawyers started the process of picking a jury from a pool of more than 200 potential jurors from center county, the home of penn state. inside a packed courtroom, judge cleland stressed the seriousness of the case. >> he said i need you to all have an open mind. this defendant is charged with the sexual abuse of children, and at that point jerry sandusky looked down. >> reporter: the former penn state assistant coach is charged with 52 criminal counts and is accused of sexually abusing ten boys during a 15- year period. the abuse allegedly happened on campus and at the 68-year-old's home. this case is getting a lot of media attention. reporters and crews are lined up outside the courthouse. and the judge acknowledges that many jurors are probably pretty familiar with the case. >> we all have found him guilty already. >> reporter: if in woman feels

a lot like -- feels the same way like a lot of people, she feel it is will be hard for sandusky to get a fair trial. >> if was on the news and tv. >> reporter: sandusky assured house arrest and denies all the charges against him. if lawyers can find a jury in the next few days, opening statements will begin monday. manuel gallegus, cbs news, pennsylvania. >> eight of southbound dawsky's -- eight of san dusk jury's victims -- sandusky's victims are scheduled to testify. they will have to use their real names. officials were over the scene of an alleged drug room. they were allegedly making meth inside a room at the holiday inn. authorities arrested three men inside the room and a fourth suspect who walked in during that bust. the d.c. city council will take its final vote on a new

budget. the $9.4 billion spending plan will then head to mayor gray for his signature. the budget includes a provision to double the number of traffic cameras to extend closing time to 4:00 a.m. at some bars, 19 night as year and also to expand performance parking rates across the city. that would allow prices to be raised in heavily used areas. the loudoun county board of supervisors will vote by july 4 whether to approve funding for phase two of metro's silver line. and it may take that long to hear from everyone who has an opinion. a public hearing was late -- went into the late hours last night. speakers were divided over whether to extend the line from reston to dulles airport in ashburn. if approved, the project is expected to cost the county about $200 million and work would begin early next year.

one person is dead after a terrible crash in maryland. it happened just after 1:00 this morning in the community of dickerson. that's about eight miles west of i-270. this is what the scene looked like on route 28 at mount ephraim road. police say that one person is dead. a second person was taken to a nearby hospital. police are not sure exactly what caused this crash. the names of the people involved have not been released at this point. there were some traffic concerns earlier but that road is now clear. a virginia tech waiting to happen. that's how a new report describes morgan state student, one suspected of killing and then eating his roommate. a senior military instructor at morgan state university made

those comments about 21-year- old alexander kinyu. he's accused of killing his roommate, dismembering the body, and eating parts of the brain and heart. he had been banned from the campus following an outburst last december. queen elizabeth's diamond jubilee is coming to a close in britain. thousands packed the streets to watch the final events marking the queen's 60 years on the thrown. we have the latest now from london. >> reporter: trumpets sounded as queen elizabeth arrived at st. paul's cathedral. crowds chanted god save the queen as the majesty made her way inside the lon don landmark. the national anthem echoed through the halls in a service of thanksgiving for queen elizabeth's 60-year reign. >> we are marking six decades

of living proof that public service is possible and that it is a place where happiness can be found. >> reporter: prince william and kate were among the many royals who had lunch with the queen. her majesty invited 700 guests, including many british citizens to dine with her inside the historic westminster hall. but outside huge crowds waited for what came next. the chance to see the queen up close. the queen thrilled crowds as she rode through the capital in an open carriage. her son, prince charles, stood in for the queen's husband who is in the hospital with a bladder infection. prince harry rode in a separate carriage with william and cate. but the big finale came at buckingham palace. crowds cheered wildly as the queen stepped into view with the rest of the royal family. she waved and smiled and the

royal air force flew over the palace in her honor. cbs news, london. >> the queen will close the celebration with a rare address to the nation thanking everyone. still to come when 9news now continues, find out why you may be able to see venus crossing the face of the sun for the first time in more than 400 years. we'll be right back.

i'm one on one with an old friend mark caring about the women they love. that's what men against breast cancer really is all about. i it's the first and only national nonprofit organization that's designed to provide support to help men become empowered caregivers for their loved ones who are battling breast cancer. and i met mark many years ago. he told me the story about his mom who is a breast cancer survivor and how she went with her to treatments, appointments, and it was so admirable what you did that you started this organization. when i talked to you many years ago, i didn't know or think that i would be someone who's fighting breast cancer. and it is important for the men in women's lives to support them. >> it is. i also point out not only

myself but my dad and my brother, we were there with my mom every step of the way. but what it is, it's the norm. what's more important than being there for people you love. that's what men against breast cancer is all about. >> reporter: what does your organization do to help men? >> again, as i mentioned we're the only national nonprofit whose mission is basically to help men be there for the women they love. we provide a support service for men called partners in survival. we teach a shoveling model to help people -- -- teaching a model to help people. >> what can men do if they don't have the time, what are the little things they can do to help women fighting breast cancer? >> it's the little things that matters. what are the top ten things a man can do, my answer is i don't know because each situation is different. you have to do what's appropriate for you and your family but what i do tell people, just like with real

estate, it's location, location, location. with being a caregiver, she needs to know you love her, you love her, you love her and you're going to be with her every step of the way. once that's established, everything else will fall into place as is appropriate where they're in the treatment continuum. >> how is your mom? >> my mom is probably watching. hi, mom. she is a 20-year survivor this past april as you pointed out. i'm blessed and honored to sit here and do something in honor of my mom. >> oh. >> i still feel very lucky about that. >> she's a wonderful lady. would you give her my love and tell her i asked about her. >> i slightly will. >> congratulation -- i absolutely will. >> congratulations to you for keeping up that fight and being so important to to many women because of you there are so many out there. it's a phone call, a letter, just being there. >> we have an event coming up june 7 called news dudes. and it's the first time we're

on air media is going to get together to support our mission. it's june 7 at the collection. more information is on menagainstbreast breastcancer.org. >> i'll put it on jchayward.com. >> you look great. >> thank you. coming up next, howard and the forecast.

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$100 value. you can find this deal on google offers. if you have an offer you've seen or you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i'd love to hear from you on facebook. i'm jessica doyle, 9news now. today you will get a chance to see something that is quite unique. it is called the transit of venus. it's when we get to see our neighbors go in front of the sun. elaine reports when this happens, 400 years from now or ago actually, it sparked a new interest in science. >> reporter: for astronomers it's a twice in a lifetime spectacle. this is nasa video of the 2004 transit of venus which won't happen again until the 22nd century. but in the 1700s, the transit ignited the first great space race, the quest for a yardstick of the heaven. andrea wolf wrote the book "chasing venus." >> in the 18th century astop

mists believed they could use the transit of venus to answer one of the most pressing questions of the age which was the size of the solar system. but they also knew that their measurements would improve navigation which was of course important for trading empire or naval power. >> reporter: scientists decided by measuring the timing and angles of venus crossing the sun from various points on earth that they could calculate the distance from earth to sun. but this triangulation required dispatching hundreds of astronomers from nearly a dozen nations to far flung corners of the globe. they dragged cumbersome equipment like this to the arctic circle, the tip of africa, and siberia. what kind of terrain did they have to drag these things through? >> basically everything. it's a very vicious, hostile environment. tropical storm watch, hurricanes. >> reporter: captain cook's first voyage to tahiti was a mission to record the transit.

david rittenhouse was obsessed with planning for the transit. he has written the 1769 transit was a great success except for a mysterious six-minute gap. >> he's so excited that when venus finally appears on the sun he faints missing the beginning of the most important scientific moment of his life. >> reporter: those 18th century measurements were in fact pretty close. they projected the distance to the sun as between 92 and 97 million miles. the actual distance we now know is 93 million miles. cbs news, philadelphia. >> by the way, you can check out the transit of venus tonight at the national air and space mao seeup. there will be an expert talking about it inside the museum and that talks begin at 5:45. then everyone can head outside just after 6:00 p.m. for a watch party on the national mall. or you can go to nasa goddard

station in greenbelt, maryland. they're going to have a watch party there with special activities for the youngsters. and that begins tonight at 5:00 p.m. at the visitors center. >> don't look at it directly unless you have welders goggles. if you look ated sun, you're playing with fire. >> it's too strong. where are you going to be watching? >> at my house. you make a opinion hole on the one end of a box. you can see the project of the sun with the dot on it. that's a safe way to watch it. weather wise, let's talk quickly on the allergy update. some good news there. the grass pollen has come down to moderate. everything else is in the low category. maybe we're breathing a little more easily thanks in part to the cooler air we had. what a delightful morning it was as many of us got down into the 50s this morning. feeling pretty good out there. temperatures will be climbing into the upper 60s the next couple of hours. actually the low 70s.

there may abstray shower generally west of d.c. this afternoon. east of town more sunshine and consequently better viewing for the transit of venus. you may want a jacket as temperatures this evening will fall into the upper 60s. it is very comfortable out there. overnight early this morning we had some showers. dropped half an inch of rain in calvert county and prince frederick. watch how the clearing has been moving in from the northeast. we are starting to bubble up a few clouds. everything is moving to the west, southwest. east of town more sunshine. west of town and right in town still the partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies. look at these temperatures. we're early june. we should be 81. we're not going to be close to that today. mid-60s easton. 66 out to the west and still 359 in -- 59 in cumberland. upper 60s fredricksburg. as we look closer, most temps in the low to mid-60s in fairfax county with 68 in arlington. that's our warm spot. annapolis 65. you see a lot of these puffy fair weather clouds.

clouding up there. we'll see what we can do by 6:00 p.m. to clear it out a little bit. here's our michael & son weather camera with the humidity at 54% and a northeasterly wind at 9 miles an hour. storm system still spinning up here. sort of see this broad circulation in the northwest atlantic here east of new england. that's bringing down a little piece of energy. the bigger pieces of energy, look at these things. big storms firing across the south of georgia and south carolina. for us an occasional shower. tonight things quiet down. we'll head into tomorrow morning. quiet and then look what happens here by the middle of the day. we start to pop some showers, especially north and west of d.c. but going to be a little nuisance type of shower, maybe a rumble of thunder tomorrow. quieter tomorrow night and then by thursday, we're going to fire up some more showers by the middle of the day and for the afternoon. as we look at the forecast, we've got our weather alerts

we've haded. it will be a good day. yellow would be a nuisance and red severe weather. 50s tonight. tomorrow we'll go with the yellow alert because the afternoon showers could mess up your plans. you have an afternoon ballgame, sporting event, maybe the commute home might be slow with the rain. scat erld showers, maybe some -- scattered showers, maybe some thunder. we'll go with the yellow. on friday we're going to start to dry out. looking really good, about 80. the weekend we warm up. mid-80s saturday. 9 on sunday and monday. here comes some june heat with a chance of storms on monday. we're going to the kitchen when 9news now at noon returns. don't go anywhere. [ male announcer ] here's a friendly reminder.

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today i'm one on one with chef eric. if you're looking for something comfortable and hip, you'll want to go to the curious grape, a new location. it's curious grape wine, dine and shop. so it's a restaurant and they're famous for their small plates, hot plates, cold plates, appetizers. right next door is the retail store. >> right. we have retail on the other side. >> let me tell everybody where the new location is. it's 2900 south quincy street. it's in the shirlington village in arlington, virginia. you've been there for two months so it's brand new. it's a great location. >> great location. >> what are you preparing today? >> i've got lemon grass shrimp, one of the dished we have on

the menu as a full or half porg. the this -- portion. the shrimp or marinated. about an hour on the marinade. we have them in the pan right now. we get our shrimp from maryland, so local, fresh out of the water shrimp. they cook quick in the package. they can be done on the grill. you can go with salmon or chicken as well. >> the recipe is on jchayward.com. you can get this recipe. this smells so good. lemon grass, how do you do that? you buy lemon grass? you buy the fresh stalks. peel off the tougher outer layers and everything goes in the blender to pawr ray. >> oh, really, you puree it. >> yes. >> and you're going to put it on -- you brought something else. this looks delicious. what is it? >> our beef salad with horseradish, toasted almond. we've got shrimp, rice noodles.

>> let's put that on. >> and then you've got the cucumber, carrot, thai basil. >> we have 15 seconds and we want to see what it looks like. the curious grape wine and dine shop on south quincy, street, arlington, virginia. stop by and see the chef. tell him i sent you. thanks for being with us. come back at 5:00.