situations. to say this whole government is corrupt would be a mistake. >> reporter: information documents filed in federal court today charge brown with one count of bank fraud. the three-page charging document says that brown provided industrial bank of washington falsified documents that overstated his income by tens of thousands of dollars to allow him to obtain a home equity loan to purchase a boat. sources say brown falsely forged his signature and falsely claimed in the application to have an outside job that did not exist. d.c. mayor vincent gray issued a statement saying he is shocked and disappointed and saddened by today's news. the mayor is awaiting the outcome of an investigation into his own campaign. two people have already copped pleas in that case. six months ago former councilman harry thomas, jr. admitted to stealing money. he reports to prison on june 20. 11:00 friday morning, u.s. district court, kwame brown

goes before judge richard leon for arraignment. on wednesday the rest of the council meets to begin selecting his replacement. vincent orange and phil mendelson are the front runners. >> the brown plea is just the latest chapter in the long book of d.c. officials who have acted improperly. >> gary nurenberg has more on corruption within city government. >> reporter: another councilman harry thomas, jr. is sentenced earlier this year for lining his pockets with government money meant for kids. the mayor remains under investigation. >> the mayor's issue continues and as i've said many times, i hope the u.s. attorney can move quickly to resolve that as well. >> reporter: what is it with d.c. government and corruption? >> i'm not going to get into that kind of nonsense because the great -- over 99.9% of us who served in public office do it honorably. >> i think these are vestiges of the marian barry era.

>> reporter: the national editor of washingtonian magazine points to a lack of d.c. outrage to misconduct. >> if you look at marion barry, there is quite a deep reservoir of allowance for misbehavior. marion is the one who not only spent time in jail but has not paid his taxes, gave some contracts to his girlfriend so he sets a very, very low bar. the fact that he keeps getting elected does send a certain sense and a certain message. >> reporter: are you blaming marion barry? >> i am saying allowing marian barry to persist and not throw him out allows his culture and the way he conducts business continue to be somewhat of a standard. >> reporter: the perspective of a veteran downallist who has covered washington for years, a perspective not universally shared but reminiscence of thomas jefferson's belief of quote, the government you elect is the government you deserve.

another cite, people deserve the government they get and they deserve to get it good and hard, end quote. in washington they do. gary nurenberg, anyone nine now. -- 9news now. another hurdle cleared is out of the way because when they're trying to build the phase two of the silver line to metro. the airports authority voted to get rid of the controversial project labor agreement. the agreement includes incentives toward the work performed by labor unions. the governor of virginia and leaders in loudoun county opposed those kind of incentives and funding from those governments is essential to get the silver line project done and they are now out of the way. montgomery county police are still trying to figure out what led to a stabbing in silver spring. investigators say two men who knew each other got into a fight at spencerville park just after 6:00 last night. one man was stabbed twice through the chest and his black. the victim is expected to

recover. the stabbing suspect was eventually caught by a police canine unit in a nearby creek. prince george's county police have made an arrest in the deadly shooting outside the southern avenue metro station. 32-year-old norman bonds is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 43-year- old harold deeter. detectives say bond shot deeter and then ran through the station. investigators have not determined a motive. $33 million in rewards up for grabs for information about top members of al qaeda who are linked to a somali terror group. the obama administration is going to detail the program at the state department today. they're accused of terror attacks in somali, uganda and kenya. tough sanctions may be just around the corner for syria. after 15 months of violence, treasury secretary timothy geithner is calling for the world to put maximum financial pressure on president bashar

assad's government. yesterday syrians marched in the streets to protest the violence. activists say pro-government forces have killed at least 78 people just wednesday, including children. the jury is now set to hear the case against former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. he's accused of sexually abusing ten boys over a 15-year period. the case eventually led to the firing of head football coach joe paterno. the jury was chosen over two days and includes a majority of members with ties to the university. the trial begins monday. the washington redskins headed south for training camp. starting next year, the team is going to hold training camp in richmond, virginia instead of ashburn. >> it's part of a multimillion dollar deal to help keep key components of the franchise rooted in virginia. some fans are okay with moving it to richmond. some are not. >> it will -- if it will help them win i guess it's okay. >> i'll probably wait up here

and wait for them to coup to play and watch them -- to come up to play and watch them then. >> the commonwealth of virginia will spend at least $4 million and loudoun county at least $2 million to keep redskins headquarters in ashburn. the money will be used to expand facilities there. financial records show having team headquarters in ashburn brings in millions of dollars to the commonwealth, the county and local business. have you been enjoying the cool overnight and tempered afternoons? indeed. coming up in two minutes, howard will tell us when it's really going to heat up and feel like hot summer very soon. >> it is summertime. at 4:40, this is something you don't often here. a major employer in northern virginia announces plans to leave the region. >> 4:49, some researchers are suggesting a drug resistant strain of tuberculosis could actually lead to an outbreak. >> we're back in two minutes with your weather first.

it is 4:39 on this thursday morning. pretty nice out there. a comfortable morning with low humidity levels with temps in the 50s. we'll be in the mid-70s by noon. a scattering of showers and thunderstorms, more than yesterday. high temperatures though a little warmer, too, around 80. i'll be back looking at the seven-day and we've got some heat on the way. right now here's monika with time saver traffic. >> thank you so much. good morning, everybody. if you're planning to head southbound on i-270 here's what it looks like at route 109. still fine out of frederick past all the way down to the point where the lanes divide. in my next report a closer look at maryland roads at 4:47. >> thank you, monika. in the words of molly hydeck, woo-hoo, time for your money segment of the morning.

>> it's been quite a ride. we'd love to have another just like yesterday. the reason why, the stock market had its best day of the year. wait till you see these numbers. investors went looking for bargains after weeks of sell- offs and overseas markets jumping. checking the numbers from here at home, dow jones industrial average up 286 points. starts at 12,415. nasdaq had a great day up 66 points. the s&p 500 was up by almost 30. investors expect federal reserve chairman ben bernanke will tell lawmakers today the central bank stands ready to inject more still louse into the -- stimulus into the u.s. economy if needed. he's also expected to talk about europe's debt crisis. more stimulus could be on the way. exxon-mobil corporation is transferring 2100 jobs out of fairfax county to its headquarters in houston, texas. exxon-mobil has been one of the largest employers in fairfax county for nearly three

decades. the transfers will take place over the next three years. the company also plans to vacate its 117-acre campus on gallows road in merrifield. linked in confirmed more than six million passwords have been stolen and leaked on to the internet including confidential information such as resumes. experts recommend linked in users change their passwords immediately. taco bell changing its menu trying to compete against companies like chipotle. you'll be able to sample new items created by a celebrity chef. black beans, cilantro race and herb marinated chicken among the new offerings. new changes are coming to the side items as well. >> i'm now hungry. >> i honestly can't remember the last time i had eaten at taco bell. >> i can't either. i'll show up for this. one of the most respected writers in the world, especially of science fiction and television, too, is being

remembered this morning. >> we'll have that story and your weather first when 9news now returns in two minutes.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. it is 4:44. he has pink on. he has blue, but the color of the day is yellow. >> exactly. because when we're doing our alert, just to let you know there's going to be some weather this afternoon. it's not going to be severe but could be kind of a nuisance. could interfere with some of your plans and that's what we're going for. when you see the green, you know it's good. red, that's severe weather. it's not that but a yellow day. let's start with your bus stop forecast. at least this morning all systems are go. we have clear skies and comfortable temperatures. down in the 50s in a few areas. we'll have mostly sunny skies. sun's up about an hour or so, 5:43. it's one of our earlier

sunrises. it sets at 8:31 this evening. day planner, sunny to start, 68 degrees. if you can get away without a jacket this morning, you won't need it. lunch time looks pretty nice. winds out of the west at 6 miles an hour. tefers in the mid-70s -- temps in the mid-70s. it will be this afternoon when we see some of the showers and storms start to pop. highs around 80 degrees. we normally hit the high this time of year around 4:00, 4:30. a coastal flood advisory. anyone along the tidal potomac could see tides one, one and a half feet above normal. less than yesterday but they're still running a little on the high side. 59 down at the pax river naval air station. 54 in gaithersburg. 40s once again in the mountains and oakland while luray is 51. 57 to our south in fredericksburg. we're down to the low 50s in fairfax county. 52 reston. mid-50s in montgomery county with a 54 in rockville and the 52, one of the cooler spots to our south at fort belvoir and

andrews 57. 58 degrees at national with a southwest wind at 5 and that barometer is 30.01. we'll see that hold close to where it is now but it will start to rise over the weekend as high pressure builds in. see high pressure in the ohio valley and midwest. big storms in oklahoma and texas since last night. still dealing, though, with this big storm. been sitting here for a few days. keeps bringing in pieces of energy. yesterday afternoon and evening once again the scattering of showers from maine back through new york state and pennsylvania. we even had a few isolated showers in our neck of the woods mainly from d.c. and south. today probably going to be a little bit more widespread. out to the west nice and quiet. look at the future cast. going to put some stopping points in here now. we go toward lunch time. it's all quiet. notice the flow from north to south. we'll pop in the afternoon. here comes some showers and storms. so 5:45 you see the sploches of green across the region.

we'll have the scattering of showers and storms. we get rid of that this evening. by tomorrow morning nice and quiet. tomorrow looks pretty g. i suppose a -- pretty good. i suppose a stray shower could pop in the mountains but generally a drier day and we'll quiet it down again tomorrow night. the northwesterly flow i'll i'll keep storms out of the forecast but not out of the question even on saturday something could sneak south from pennsylvania. today a yellow day with the afternoon storms. that could cause a few problems for the ride home or any activities outside. 80 degrees. tonight we'll be dipping back into the 60s and some 50s so milder tonight. 84 tomorrow. generally a dry day. hot on saturday. generally another dry day. sunday could be an afternoon storm. sunday and monday around 90. isolated afternoon storms through tuesday but by wednesday, better chance of thunderstorms back in the mid- 80s and the flag, monika, that is for flag day, june 14. >> happy flag day in a week.

>> time saver traffic. good morning, everybody. things are looking great. no problems to report outside right now. all that construction on the west side of town should be clearing up now. on the north side we're looking great on 95 out the baltimore, route 29 out of columbia and the bw parkway out of laurel as well. you're good to go on all those major corridors. we'll take a live look outside and tell you what it looks like at new hampshire avenue. both loops on the top side of town look great basically between 95 and 270. so go ahead and head out there. we're going to head you back over to the maps right now. this time to the south side of town. coming out of oxon hill, accokeek, route 5, 301, everything is fine to andrews air force base. a last look at the wilson bridge. both loops of the beltway running smoothly between alexandria and oxon hill. my next report, a look into springfield at 4:55. >> see you then. it is 4:48 right now. doctors say a new skin cancer drug is proving to be the greatest advance so far in

treating this disease. a study in the new england journal of medicine says it is effective against basil cell carcinoma which is the most common cancer in the united states. researchers tested the drug on patients with a rare syndrome that can cause hundreds of tumors. they found the drug worked to both treat the tumors and even prevent new ones from forming. the threat of tuberculosis is growing as a drug resistant form of the disease is infecting more people than they previously thought. researchers at johns hopkins university studied tb cases in china and found that 4,000 newly diagnosed patients, one out of every ten of them, had a drug resistant strain of tb. the study calls for more intensive push to develop new antibiotics that are tougher on that form of the disease. there's growing concern about exposing children to radiation. a study shows the radiation from even a couple ct scans of

the head in childhood can triple the chances of brain cancer later in life. 10 to 15 scans can raise the risk of leukemia in the same way. while the risk of cancer developing after a ct scan is small, experiments say radiation doses should be kept as low as possible. scientists have taken a step forward in developing noninvasive testing for birth defects using blood samples from the mother and saliva samples from the father. researchers at the university of washington say they can read a fetus' entire genetic makeup. it could eventually be used to check for thousands of genetic disorders and could be a safer alternative to the more common procedure of drawing fluid from the mother's uterus. sort after shock for singer crowe though she's telling her fans not to worry after she recently found out she has a benign brain tumor. >> the singer was diagnosed months ago. >> reporter: cheryl crowe isn't letting a brain tumor interrupt

her nationwide tour. the 50-year-old revealed she has a fairly common type of noncancerous tumor. >> these are almost always benign tumors and they rarely ever progress to anything beyond that. >> reporter: they grow from the tissue covering the brain. they're not in the brain itself. crowe says she discovered the tumor last fall when memory problems prompted her to get a brain scan. but that may just be a coincidence. >> i personally think it's unlikely the tumor caused the memory loss, especially if they're just observing it at this point because usually that's associated with a larger tumor. >> reporter: they account for a third of all primary brain tumors. they are twice as common in women and usually occur in adults in their 40s and 50s. in the rare cases they do get big, they can cause symptoms like headaches and seizures. that's when doctors consider removing them. crowe who is a breast cancer

survivor is expected to undergo periodic brain scans to monitor her tumor. >> when anybody hears the word brain tumor, obviously they're going to be concerned but if you have to have a brain tumor, this is clearly one of the ones to have. >> reporter: the grammy winning singer says she's happy and healthy and working on her new record. teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. >> crowe tweeted her fans saying she appreciated their love and support and told them to watch her on the tony awards this sunday night. you can see that right here on cbs. >> did you know that cheryl crowe is a triathlete. there are more than 78 million baby boomers and a growing number of them are concerned about their fitness. the boomers are hitting the gym more than ever before. they're riding bikes, doing all kinds of things to get fit. andrea is in the gym five days a week. but almost two and a half baby boomers go to emergency rooms

overexercising every year. that's 2.5 million maybe. the word for it is boomeritis. >> just take this morning, i'll bet you out of 20 people we saw, there were at least five in that baby boomer category that had problems that needed them solved because they wanted to keep exercising. >> last month the cdc reported falls are becoming the leading cause of injury deaths for men and women over the age of 65. it is 4:53. time for the question of the morning. >> 96% of these things are purchased by women. what is it? a, candles, b, shoes, c, cosmetic supplies. >> all women. log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page.

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your weather first on this thursday morning. pleasant out there. lots of 50s. it is going to be a nice start to the day with sunny skies this morning. 74 by 11:00 so a great lunch hour but by the afternoon some showers and storms will develop, scattered across the region. high temperatures upper 70s to around 80. we're going to get even warmer over the next few days. right now let's check in with monika. she has the latest time saver traffic. >> 395 is incident free and running smoothly between the beltway, duke street and the 14th street bridge. all the potomac and anacostia river crossings are incident free. in my next report a look at the big picture at 5:01. the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream has died. ray bradbury died tuesday night

after a lengthy illness. his most famous work is "fahrenheit 451" it tells of an intellectual future where books are burned. he also wrote for tv and movies including "the twilight zone." here's the writer talking about the writing process. >> i get out of bed as fast as my can, get to my typewriter and trap them before they disappear. you must never talk about writing. you must do it. >> dispiets his reputation after -- despite his reputation as a futuristic, he called the internet a scam and video games were a waste of time for men with nothing else to do. bradbury has a star on hollywood's walk of fame and a national medal of the arts from president george w. bush. ray bradbury was 91. tomorrow the movie properly meese just hits the screen. >> we have a preview.

>> is that you? >> reporter: it's the space ship flying a star filled cash on a terrifying journal to find human origins in space. >> we get to sit in farm of the film set how cool is this? >> reporter: charlize theron plays meredith, the ruthless executive in charge of the mission. >> i guess i liked playing someone that was incredibly broken and yet at the same time was never going to show that. >> reporter: swedish actress jumped to international fame in the original girl with the dragon tattoo. here she plays a scientist determined to find answers and a bathroom after being in a spacesuit for hours. >> got to time those moments carefully. >> i was like, okay, when can i drink water because i have to

plan it. >> reporter: the sci-fi chiller is in 3-d giving viewers no escape from the action. >> you're actually forced to get into that spacesuit. you're forced to pee in that world. >> they were right. >> i was on the edge of my seat a bit. i had to close my eyes a few times. >> that's good. that's great. >> reporter: director ridley scott says that's what he wanted to make it real and unforgettable. >> if you don't stop, there won't be any home to go back to. >> reporter: cbs news, london. >> previews are really scary. good morning. nothing to be scared about because you're watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. with all of us. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. happy thursday. we're almost there. >> i need one more cup of coffee and i'll be at optimum. >> you off tomorrow? >> he am. >>