we get into the afternoon hours. i can't rule out a lone shower in one or two spots but i don't think our rain chances are going up till after midnight tonight and especially on tuesday. some high clouds already coming in. this could give us a really pretty sunrise. sunrise is at 5:42. keep that in mind over the next 45 minutes. temperatures low 60s frederick and winchester. more comfortable there. while we look at 73 in annapolis. 70 in easton and cambridge and la plata, you're 65. this afternoon sunny to partly cloudy, if not mostly cloudy with the high clouds. look at the high temperatures. cooler out west where the clouds will thicken up earlier. easton 89 along with baltimore and frederick and d.c. with 86 for leesburg. 87 in hagerstown. it is now 5:00 a.m. good morning, monika. she's in with time saver traffic. >> i sure am. good morning. it's monday morning and that's kind after bummer but at least we've got good news out on the roadways. things are fine if you're heading in from the west on the dulles toll road and sterling and 66 out of manassas all the way into fairfax on the

beltway. that should make you smile. we'll take a live look outside at american legion bridge on the west side of town. this is a great indication of the beltway. both loops between basically 270, tysons corner and down into springfield. so not too bad on the west side. let's go back over to the maps this time heading down south. 95 northbound out of dale city into woodbridge still no delays to speak of right through into springfield where it's just beginning to bunch up a bit. we'll take a live look inside the beltway on 395. also looking great. seminary road to king street and beyond as you head for the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next report in a few minutes, we will take a look north of town. back to you. >> thank you, monika. today d.c.'s department of transportation plans to start a major construction project along the busy u street corridor. >> the historic neighborhood is getting a facelift and the work goes from 19th up to 14th streets. 9news reporter delia goncalves is live there with a preview this morning. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. just chatting with someone who's walking by, he's amazed u

street is going to get ripped up for a whole year. many say that u street is the heart and soul of this city and even though it's gone through a number of changes throughout the year, some things have remained the same. for instance, the lincoln and ben's chili bowl. the question is can they survive the next big change. of course we're talking about a year long ddot construction project that begins today to overhaul the street scape here, widening sidewalks and adding landscaping. the roads we're told will also be repaved and traffic signals and storm drains upgraded. >> it's a beautified area. we're okay with it. we did survive years ago the construction of the subway which dug the ground up for a while. we did survive that. we also survived when they started the street lights. we thought the street lights would impede the progress. but we persevered. >> reporter: take a look. this four lanes of traffic,

that could be boiled down to just one lane so of course traffic is going to take a huge hit. then parking will be restricted here on the curbside. so it's going to be rough going for another year or so here. coming up at 5:30, i'm let you know what else is likely to take a big hit here in the u street corridor. back to you, andrea, mike. >> wow, after people went through the new york avenue corridor, can they deal with this again? but they can. they can. delia, thank you. police are looking for a suspect after a reston business owner was found murdered. investigators have released the sketch of the man they want to question in the death of 40- year-old bharat patel's. foifers first went to his -- officers first went to his apartment for report after fight but found nothing. then they got a missing persons report where patel recently opened a dunkin' donuts. eventually officers found patel's body in the back of the amount. investigators say he suffered trauma to the upper body.

police are investigating what they are calling a sex assault and theft on the university of maryland campus. a group of girls took off their clothes and went swimming in the mall fountain in their underwear. police say another group of eight to ten people walked up, took the clothing and some other items the swimmers left on the ground and one of the swimmers says she was groped during the incident. university of virginia's first pee female president is -- first female president is stepping down. dr. teresa sullivan's departure was a mutual decision. she took the job in 2010. dr. sullivan said in a statement although the board and i have a philosophical difference of opinion, i will always treasure having had the opportunity to work with so many gifted faculty and staff, talented students and loyal alumni. sullivan's resignation is effective august 15 making her the shortest serving uva president in history. just about 5:05. it's time for the latest your money report.

>> jessica doyle is here with today's headlines hoping we stay in the green zone. >> absolutely. we're coming up the best week of the year for wall street, believe it or not, after all that trouble we've had recently. we could be headed into a another positive session. global markets up about 2% today on word that spain has secured a bailout for its troubled bank. here's where we stand this morning. the dow is at 12,554. it was up more than 93 points on friday. nasdaq was up by 27 and the s&p 500 was up by 10. for the week the dow rose 3.6%. nasdaq up by almost 4%. and the s&p 500 gained three and a half. if you feel like you're hearing about recalls all the time lately, you aren't wrong. products recalled were up about 14% in 2011 and our partners at "u.s.a. today" report that retailers and government regulators are worried that consumers are tuning out warnings because they now have recall fatigue. recalls are believed to have jumped due to several factors,

including greater oversight by regulators, better testing and consumers are comparing notes on social media. don't expect to shop at metro stations any time soon. the washington examiner reports that metro's plans for adding retail to its stations have fallen apart. last summer the transit agency planned to add vending machines for dvd rentals inside ten stations, but a year later not a single box has appeared. they haven't had the success or the interest from businesses that they had previously thought they would have. i guess the thought is they want to create sort of what new york has when you go in the subway. you can buy everything down in those tunnels. breakfast, dinner, what have you. >> there's sort of a captive audience down there, too but they fipged on a small scale -- figured on a small scale they could do that here in washington but it hasn't turned out. >> what do you have late other? >> budget more for your dry

cleaning. people in parts of the southwest are hoping to see some storm clouds today. >> that's because there are a couple of large wildfires there. they're even forcing evacuations. we have the latest on these coming up. plus, former congresswoman gabriel give grds returns to -- giffords returns to the campaign trail in her home state. we'll tell you why she was there.

it is 5:08 this monday morning. hope you had a great weekend.

good start to the day. a little muggy. temps in the 60s and 70s. it's going to be a hot afternoon with a slight chance after shower or thunderstorm. less than 20% i think. by noon 87. if you're going to be outside obviously sunscreen and plenty of cold water. 88 at 3:00. highs near 90 with increase in clouds and looks like our shower and storm chances are going up tonight and on tuesday, full seven-day forecast in five minutes. right now monika with time saver traffic. here's 270 southbound at montrose road. looking good out of frederick. you might hit the brakes a time or two around urbana and clarksburg but really no big deals when you head to the point where the lanes divide. another look at area roads at 5:16. back to you. >> thank you, monika. making news now at 5:09, police in auburn, alabama are searching for a murder suspect. the town's police chief says the 22-year-old shot six people during a fight saturday at a pool party. two of the three people who died are former football players at auburn university. a new wildfire in new

mexico is causing more problems than the whitewater fire which was the largest in state history. the new blaze in the southern part of the state is burn closer to homes and now insurance of people are being forced to evacuate. former arizona congresswoman gabriel giffords is trying to keep her seat in democratic hands. giffords campaigned this weekend for her former aide ron barber. he was shot twice in the january 2011 attack that left giffords critically wounded. barbra's opponent in tomorrow's special election is republican jesse kelly who narrowly lost to giffords in 2010. bryce harper was benched for yesterday's game that is until manager david johnson called on the kid to pinch hit. we'll let you know how that worked out. >> at 5:50, how you can join the news babes and help fight breast cancer at a special event next week. >> next at 5:15, if you can make it through today, howard has some cooler temperatures

ahead in the seven-day forecast. we will be right back.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. 5:13 on this monday morning. it's going to be a bit of a scorcher today. >> yesterday 92. today a little bit better. 89. >> not so bad. >> with a little more humidity and by afternoon probably a little less su shine. i -- less sunshine. i think some clouds will increase as we get into the

afternoon and evening hours. best chance of storms will be tomorrow. some will be around after midnight. there's a slim chance we'll see something this afternoon but i'm not even going to put it in the forecast. here's a look at your bus stop forecast. i'm forgetting some schools are out already but we've got still prince william and fairfax till friday. i know montgomery county tomorrow is their last day. the bus stop forecast, it's muggy, 60s and low 70s this morning. certainly won't need a jacket with sunrise at 5:42. about half an hour from now. as we go throughout the day today, it's going to warm up rather quickly. by lunch time it is field day today so lots of mid- to upper 80s by lunch time. plenty of cold water for the kids. south to southeast winds 10 to 15. by late this afternoon we'll be 87 at 5:00. i expect a high around 89 or so that should be 4:00, 3:30, somewhere in that time frame with increasing clouds. culpeper, winchester, you guys are 61 although harrisonburg down to 56. a little more comfortable down

there with 70 from pax river over to easton and in washington this morning just starting to get a little light in the sky. capitol dome lit up on our michael & son weather camera. 73 degrees. a light south wind at 6 miles an hour and the humidity is high. the muggies are definitely back. humidity 79%. we're talking about more humid conditions today and we're talking about the fluids, too. those kids, i said it before, field days today, anything going on, take it easy. cooler and unsettled tomorrow with showers and storms. any showers on wednesday are going to be very, very early. i think they'll be out of here probably by the time you wake up so wednesday really becomes a breezy and drier day all thanks to this front here going through minnesota last night into wisconsin and iowa and areas around kansas city this morning. that's going to bring us the drier, cooler air for wednesday. out ahead of it, though, look at all the moisture scattered about the deep south from the gulf coast to the tennessee valley. some of this is going to feed into the storm in the midwest as it approaches us.

for us our rain chances are going up. in fact some of the thunderstorms tomorrow could have locally heavy rain. we're flying through lunch time. this afternoon looks pretty good. did you see the isolated shower, though, out to our west? that could be popping in one or two spots. by midnight we're still okay with showers out west. here come a few showers and storms overnight so we could have a slow commute tomorrow and look at the showers and storms throughout the day on tuesday. this front doesn't really clear us until overnight tuesday night and then we'll dry out by wednesday. so looking at the forecast, today 89. a yellow day tomorrow on our weather alert with the showers and storms scattered about. it may interrupt the morning and afternoon commute. only about 80. for wednesday, though, 84, drier, nice day. thursday a few more clouds with easterly flow and the 14th is flag day. friday 78. this weekend looks nice with highs in the low 80s and sunshine. right now it is 5:16. monika samtani with time saver

traffic. >> good morning, everybody. i smile but i don't know if you will be when i tell you what's going on in virginia. two separate accidents first of all on the northbound side of i- 95 right near quantico. an accident in the left lane and now an accident reported on the sob side of 39 -- on the southbound side of 395 right before the gw parkway. first of all northbound side you can see everything is final. let's go to the southbound side on our cameras. i saw vdot trying to move around the cameras and it kind of got stuck here in the trees but i'm going to step out and you can see the accident right here along the right side of the roadway. on the southbound side. that's what you should expect as you leave the 14th street bridge if that's where you're headed right now. let's go back over to our maps and this time over to the west side of town. no problems on 66 or the dulles toll road. we're looking good the entire western stretch of the roadway. all that overnight construction pretty much gone for the day. we'll take a live look once

again. this time on the unbound side of 66 at route 50 begins to bunch up early as you approach the beltway. i'll july date you on the accidents at 5:23. the orioles dot national as favor by taking out a national league east -- national east league team. >> at 5:18 we want to take another look at the question of the morning. 43% of brides have thought about this during their ceremonial. is it a, their next facebook status update, b, not tripping on their dress or c, hoping no one gets too intoxicated at the reception. >> our facebook friend said a, can't get enough of these boastful brides on minus feed. >> log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page. leave your response. we'll reveal the answer during

the 6:00 hour.

good monday morning here at 5:21. we're looking nice. temperatures in the 60s and low 70s now. we're going to go through the morning hours. no problems whatsoever. by 9:00 it's going to get warm so if you like to run outside or something, exercise, do it as early as you can. 79 degrees here. by middle of the day here, even warmer. upper 80s, mid- to upper 80s for lunch time. maybe a little bit cooler on the bay. we'll get into the afternoon. going to be a few showers well

south and west of town here. highs upper 80s, increasing clouds. mike and andrea. for the first time in decades, the french open didn't end on sunday. >> plus, late in the -- [ inaudible ] kristen berset has highlights in your morning sports. good morning, everybody. historically fenway fenway park hasn't been very kind to visiting teams, emily the two from the -- especially the two from the dmv but this year something has changed. the orioles pick up at least seven ws this season. then this weekend the nats pick up a couple of franchise firsts. not only do they get their first win ever at fenway on friday, but they brought out the broom and completed the sweep of the boston red sox. the pitching once again showing its talent. despite not starting because of a bad back, look at him motoring. bryce armer comes all the way for first for the winning run. nats win 4-3 against boston. bryce said he never had plans to stop at 3rd.

>> no shot, you know. thankfully there wasn't really a play at the plate and i got in and we won the ballgame. >> orioles hosting phillys. they find themselves down 4-1 in the 4th inning until steve tolleson rocks a three-run homer over the wall. going into extra innings where the orioles have been thriving later. one off the scoreboard. adam jones comes in and scores. orioles walk off this one 5-4 over philly. tates' their ninth straight -- it's their ninth straight extra inning victory. novak joke vich going at it once again. french open, this time the finals. the match was delayed by rain all day and was voantsly post -- eventually postponed till today. what a heck after matchup it was till then. that will do it for your sports this morning. have a great monday, everybody. the president's reelection team is trying to do some

damage control this morning. we'll tell you why coming up. plus, today ddot starting work on a massive facelift project for the u street corridor. here's monika. delays on the northbound side of i-95 because of an accident at the triangle is blocking the left lane with crews on the scene. coming up in my next report action more on area roads at 5:29. you're watching 9news now. we'll be back in a minute.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. thank you for watching us. i'll andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. we're glad you're waking up with us. here's monika samtani. >> you gave me the googles. >> we can't tell you why. >> she giggles a lot. >> save us, howard. weather wise a good start out there, sunshine. a little hazy as we've got the humidity up. temperatures in the 60s and 70s and it's going to be another hot and humid day.

just a slim chance that we may see a storm. much better chance into tuesday. tuesday will be an unsettled and keeler day. look at some of the -- cooler day. look at some of the pink showing up in the sunshine about 15 minutes before sunrise. a beautiful start to this pond morning with a 73-degree temperature in washington. low 60s in some of the suburbs out west. we'll warm up quickly into the upper 80s by noon. 89 or so for a high. 87 degrees. winds also picking up south, southeast 10 to 15. a few of the high clouds are coming in already. this is what's giving us the nice pink in the sky this morning and i think any showers really hold off till after midnight for the majority of us. low 60s winchester, luray, frederick, culpeper. annapolis is 73. it's 73 in town and 70 now in cambridge, easton and at the pax river naval air station. going again brought upper 80s. monika samtani has your time

saver traffic. i'm just trying to lighten things up because things are not looking too good in virginia unfortunately with two separate accidents. the first one on the northbound side of i-95 trying to get past triangle. the accident sitting there in the left lane. look at this. you're going about 21 miles an hour trying to get past it. you want to stay to the right to get by. again this is north of triangle on the northbound side of i-95 with all those brake lights forming already. beyond that you're actually good into woodbridge and springfield. we'll take a live look there right now on the northbound side of i-95. here as i said things are fine. it's normal. the sun is rising and things are looking good as you head down to 395 up north toward the 14th street bridge. southbound 395 after the 14th street bridge accident cleanup in the right lane. back over to the map. this time to the other side of town. looking great on the beltway north of town. we'll take a live look as well on 95 southbound near route 198 and volumes are light in laurel. in my next report, i'll update you on the accident at 5:38.

now to campaign 2012. a quick reaction to some controversial comments that president obama made on friday. >> the romney campaign launched an online add after the president said, quote, the private sector is doing fine. the romney ad features people who are struggling in the weak economy. the obama campaign says romney's people are twisting the president's words and pointed fingers at capitol hill. >> what the president has said is that we need to take some sur jents action. he's -- urgent action. he's called on congress to do that. >> it's very clear that this information had to come from the administration. >> meanwhile republicans are accusing the white house of leaking national security information to make the of the president look tough in the war on terror. the administration has appointed two u.s. attorneys to investigate but some republicans want a special council instead. if you live, work or drive near 9th and u streets in

northwest washington, get ready to share the space with some construction equipment. a massive facelift project for the historic u street corridor is scheduled to start today. >> 9news reporter delia goncalves is live along u street with a preview. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. let's be honest, we are no strangers to living in and around traffic, but you know a lot of folks say with progress comes just a little bit of pain. so we're talking about the biggest pain that we deal with here in d.c. traffic. and that will likely take a huge hit in the year long construction project that begins later this morning. roads will be repaved. sidewalks widened. traffic and storm drains upgraded. but those who have endured facelifts to 8th street in northeast and 18th in adams morgan know the pitfalls. >> it depends on the noise. so, yes, so i don't drive of the i don't mind them tearing up the streets. i can just walk down v street. that's not a problem for me.

but during the day if they're making a ton of noise, one of the challenges for both adams morgan and u street is for those who live there in the neighborhoods and work there during the day. >> with all the night life it could be pretty complicated. adams morgan, it's like a huge mess. it looks really bad. >> reporter: crews say they'll be working block to block from 9th all the way to 14th street. likely you'll have rolling traffic blocks. that means the four lanes of traffic we're seeing here will eventually be narrowed down to just one lane of traffic. we know how that goes. then of course curbside parking will take a hit as well. but a lot of folks are optimistic about this facelift to u street. they say those would are loyal to you street will return despite the traffic and the construction headaches. we'll have that part of the story coming up at 6:00 a.m. back to you, andrea, mike. >> thank you, delia. the man accused of driving a stolen jeep into a downtown

office building is due in court today. police say 32-year-old charles wald doused the vehicle with gasoline and plowed into a building in northwest and then tried to set it on fire. court records show the owner of the stolen jeep had filed a restraining order against him hours earlier. the own -- the charges include assault with intent to kill. closing arguments are scheduled today in the trial after prince george's county lawmaker accused of theft and misconduct. prosecutors say state delegate tiffany alston paid an employee in her law office about $800 in state funds. her attorney says the employee performed legislative work for the law office. but in a separate case allstonle faces -- alston also faces charges for using money

for wedding expenses. the community services board has warned it faces a potential budget shortfall of more than $9 mill next year. the programs in jeopardy include services to assist the mentally ill, homeless and those with developmental disabilities. time for another your money segment. >> jessica is back with some local businesses that apparently have been getting ripped off. >> these are some of the items that have been getting stolen in massive quantities. laundry detergent, ink cartridges, high end perfume and that's just to name a few. the washington examiner reports organized crime rings have been targeting stores and then reselling the stolen goods. the national retail federation says that the washington, d.c. area is one of the ten areas hardest hit in the country by this type of crime. just this spring police in the region have already busted two women accused of reselling $20,000 in stolen perfume and cosmetics among many other arhees. -- arrests. in delaware police say the

summer tour season also prime time for counterfeit cash. about $15,000 in counterfeit bills are passed each month in delaware and police in ocean city, maryland have already discovered several counterfeits so far this year but so far no arrests have been made. authorities say the print on real larger bills should appear to change color because they're printed with color shifting ink. expect to pay some more at the dry cleaners and blame all of this on the price of wire hangars of all things. -- hangers of all things. these are big expenses for dry cleaners and are expected to get more expensive as new trade riles go -- rules into go effect effect. they have to buy ones and the price is expected to change substantially. >> everybody bring your hangers back to the dry cleaners because we all have a hundred

of them. >> who knew. >> thanks, jess. like your seafood from the chesapeake bay? later today there's a meeting to make sure that catch stays plentiful. the story is coming up. plus, if you're a fan of the big cable hit game of drones, one of your favorite characters or a character you love to hate is blowing out birthday candles today.

it is 5:38 this monday morning. it is a muggy morning. it's mild to warm. it's going to be another hot, humid day. a chance we'll see a shower or storm this afternoon. rain chances go up, especially tomorrow. here's a look at your day planner. you can expect a nice quiet start. temperatures early will rise toward 80 by 9:00. upper 70s by noon. upper 80s to near 90 with

increasing clouds and a 5:00 p.m. temperature of 87. seven-day forecast coming up right up in the next five. here's monika right now with your time saver traffic. >> on the northbound side of i- 95, i've been telling you about this accident in the camera along the left side of the roadway near triangle with an arrow board set up and early delays on the northbound side of 95 getting by. if you're also heading over to the other side of town, you'll want to know the national park service plans to make some safety improvements along the gw parkway, memorial circle and mount vernon trail starting this week. congressman jim more ran easy -- jim moran says he requested the upgrades after hearing from constituents about several accidents t. includes replacing several signs in the circle and on the memorial bridge and installing rumble strips to alert drivers to crosswalks. coming up in my next report, we'll take another look at the accident at 4:49. i've been combing through date's daily deals to find you deep discounts. here's some of my favorites.

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be meeting today an tomorrow in annapolis discussing how to maintain and improve the levels of seafood, especially your favorites in the bay like crab. as well as trying to figure out better ways to make management decisions across state boundaries. experts are also going to offer ideas on land use that would affect the fisheries. some d.c. play grounds will be getting renovated. mayor vincent gray and other local leaders announced the beginning of a playground improvement project friday. about $9 million has been allotted for the work on playgrounds in shaw, columbia heights, chevy chase the next step is to figure out which other playgrounds are most in need of repair. 5:41. question of the morning time now. according to "u.s.a. today," 43% of brides say they thought about this one thing during their ceremony. was it a, their next facebook status updates, b, not tripping on their dress, or c, don't get too intoxicated at the

reception. >> debra wrote b, it's the most logical choice. can't think of anything more embarrassing than to trip over your wedding dress on your big day in front of the families and all the relatives. >> log on to our facebook fan page. leave your response. we'll have the answer in about an hour. you still have time to join us for this year's news babes gala to fight breast cancer. well very more on that coming up. >> a lot of college students thought they would be studying too much or partying too much when they spotted a four-legged visitor to campus. wait till you see this one. >> we want to see who's celebrating a birthday today. we start off first with happy birthday to our 5:00 a.m. producer heather. have a wonderful day. gene wilder is 79. gretta van sus tren is 58.

joe montana is 56. hugh laurie 53. the actor who played -- [indiscernible] he's 43 today. that's our producer right there. happy birthday.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now on this monday morning at 5:46. it's already 73 degrees. >> lovely. >> lovely now. >> not bad out there. it is going to be hot. i got my yard work done about 10:30 yesterday morning. even that seemed a little late with the blazing sunshine. >> it was. >> 92 yesterday. today we'll be in the upper 80s to near 90. we will also have a few more clouds in the afternoon. if you're the very luckiest, you'll get a shower.

i think that will hold off till late tonight and especially tomorrow. here's a look at your bus stop forecast. last week for schools. fairfax and prince william are out on friday. some are already done. 60s and 70s for those still going. sunny skies. a nice morning out there. sun came up just a few minutes ago. it sets at about 8:34 this evening. we're looking at temperatures rising quickly toward 87 by noon. i know my boy's field day at their school, i'm sure they they'll be drinking plenty of water. pools will be busy up wither 80s by 4:00. that will be close to the high 88, 89, maybe 90 with a few more clouds than we've seen the last couple of days. by 8:00 still in the low 80s. if you like to get out, take a walk, exercise, run, jog, you might want to do it early than late. 63 haymarket. 64 leaseburg. we've got lower 60s north and west but springfield 67.

alexandria is 68. it's 65 in baden and college park. here in washington the sun is coming up over the horizon. a little haze out there this morning. 73 degrees. winds south at 6 miles an hour. and the humidity still quite high at 79%. so it is muggy out there. let me show you this. showers and storms here in the middle of the country. this is ahead of a pretty good cold front that will be coming through here in about another 30 hours or. it's going to happen overnight tuesday night into wednesday morning. make that about 42 hours or so this front is here in iowa and wisconsin. just getting into western illinois crossing the mississippi river. that's one piece of the puzzle. the other piece look at all the moisture that's been affecting areas to the south from the gulf coast through georgia and south carolina, getting into north carolina, now into kentucky. this is going to help feed into the system from the midwest as it comes across and together they're going to produce showers, storms, maybe some pretty hefty downpours in spots

during the day on tuesday. today, though, as you look at the future cast, it's fairly quiet, especially through lunch time. want you to watch in northern virginia, especially as you get toward the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. see a little bit of green take pops late this afternoon. there may be an isolated shower there but really overnight into tomorrow is when we'll see i think quite a few showers and thunderstorms affect the region before we clear out by wednesday. today 89. increasing clouds. a hot day, humid day. tomorrow a yellow alert day. we'll have some slowdowns, some inconveniences, maybe some sports cancelations. temperatures around 80, though. it will be cooler and then wednesday we're back with drier air, 84. thursday a few clouds coming off the atlantic may give us even a sprinkle 78. by the weekend we're looking nice, highs in the low 80s. 5:49. monika samtani, hopefully traffic is looking nice. it's not looking so good in virginia. i've been telling but this accident on the northbound side of 95 down in triangle for a while.

i'm get to that in just a moment. let me start off with some decent news at least. southbound on i-270 you just have the off and on delays leaving route 85 as you head toward urbana. once you're in clarks burke it's all green heading down to the point where the lanes divide. it loosens up down to the beltway. a live look at the beltway. on the outer loop it's really not too bad as you leave the 95 interchange past colesville road. the sun is rising. that may affect your inner loop traffic as you head for college park a little later in the morning. let's go back over to the maps this time for the bad news. northbound i-95 you had this long-standing accident just north of triangle sitting in the left lane. i'm going to call it about 19 miles an hour or slower trying to get past the accident. in fact, we'll take a live look there. you can see the arrow board is set up along the northbound side of 95. actually, it's been cleared so that's good news. it was there about 60 seconds ago but looks like it's been cleared so hopefully delays will clear shortly as well. in my next report another look

at area roads at 6:00. back to you. here's what's making news now at 5:51. opening statements will begin in the trial of former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. sandusky is accused of sexually abusing ten boys over a 15-year time span. some members of the jury do have ties to penn state. hundreds of people have been forced to evacuate their homes because of a massive wildfire in colorado. a blaze in the northern part of the state has now torched more than 22 square miles damaging or destroying about 20 buildings. so far firefighters have been unable to contain the wildfire. a black bear is probably working out the kinks this morning somewhere in the great smoky mountains. that's because authorities shot the bear with tranquilizer darts early yesterday because he was on the university of tennessee campus in knoxville. after some frantic calls from campus, officers found the bear in a tree in front of sorority

buildings. local news women, fierce competitors working together to face a common enemy. we're just over a week away from the fourth annual news babes gala to fight breast cancer. the recipient of this year's proceeds is the george washington university hospital's ma'am mow van. it's amazing the mammovan has been on the road since the 1990's. >> that's right. it's been on the road 14 years. one of the longest mammovans in the country. >> it's been on the road servicing all areas of the metro area, not just the district, correct? >> yes. >> but it's not a moneymaking venture which is why the news babes is so important to your program. >> it gives free mammograms to women who otherwise wouldn't be able to access that life saving

technology. and so if you're giving out free services, clearly we need help by our community to make this survive. our community has come to expect, rely on the mammovan for this life saving technology or way of saving women and so we're so grateful to news babes. >> it helps take away the excuse of not being able to get to the doctor. but women want to know, especially those who are underinsured or have no insurance who is eligible to be screened on the mammovan? >> everyone is eligible. we give free mammograms to women who are twice the poverty level or less, whether it's an individual or family income. and then beyond that we have a sliding scale. so we really work very hard to make mammography available to everyone in the d.c. area. >> the thing about it is the mammovan comes to your community or rolls into your business location again as we say taking the excuses away from women who put their families ahead of their own health care.

>> right. that's so common with women. so we do go to underserved areas but we also go to the workplace. it's so common for working women to say you know, i think i skipped last year and it's three or four years. so we really reach out to many different communities to try to make all women get program grams who are eligible. >> if a cancer is found from someone who is screened on the mammovan? >> it finds abnormalities that then need a workup. we won't actually diagnose the cancer till step to. we assure everyone the ability to come to gw and have the diagnostic mammogram with the latest technology by radiologists who do nothing but breast imagery. >> we want to talk about an exciting program that starts today because cancer is not just about the woman but the entire system, especially the man who -- entire family, especially the man who loves here. >> there's a blog for the men who are impacted by the breast cancer that affects the women they love. it's very important that we speak to the needs of the

entire family because breast cancer affects the entire village, not just the woman herself. >> absolutely. we hope the whole world gets in on this and men start sharing what they need to say about how breast cancer is affecting them. dr. brem, thank you for being here with us. we hope more of you will sign up for tickets for the news babes fourth annual gala at the howard theatre june 19. we have information on our website at wusa9.com. mike will be there, too. >> don't miss t. a lot of beautiful ladies raise money for a good cause. coming up, we'll tell chu movie debuted first at the -- tell you which movie debuted first at the box office. and work is to begin on a huge facelift project on the u street corridor. is wall street going to follow up on the best week of the year so far? we'll read the tea leaves coming up at 6:07. you are watching 9news now.

welcome back. the movie for the kids beat out properly metuous. -- properly metous. madagascar reunited ben stiller, chris rock, jada pinkett smith who join a traveling circus in europe. properly metuous picked up $50

million. the musical hit plenty of high notes. "once" captured eight trophies. it was based on a low budget 2006 film about an unlikely romance between a flower seller and irish street musician. the inventive play peter and the star catcher was next including a surprise victory for best actor. audrey mcdonnell was named best lead actress in a musical. you can read more about the winners through our web site at wusa9.com. it is on the morning show page. thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. happy monday. i'm mike hydeck. hey, monika samtani. traffic momentarily. howard bernstein, how are you? >> i'm g. a good weekend. we start