weather first. >> don't tell mike about fandang. i want him to wait in line. the clouds have moved in from the atlantic during the overnight not obscuring the visibility at all. down to 69 at national. the clouds will keep us from getting too warm today which is all right. it's june. we'll take days in the upper 70s to around 80 which is where we'll be late this afternoon. northwest winds at 10 may gust to 10. maybe a tiny bit of a breeze. let's show you what's happening here this morning. we've got the clouds which have come in. a little tough to see on the northeasterly flow. then we're also looking at temperatures in the east. all right, we won't be on camera for this segment. temps in the 60s and low 70s in the east with 50s out to the west. your high temperatures today in the 70s to low 80s. monika samtani, good morning. good morning, howard. good morning, everybody. if you're planning to head outside right now in virginia, there are no issues to report on the northbound side of i-95. we'll go to the maps first.

northbound 95 looking fine out of dale city as you head over into springfield and on to 395. in fact, we'll take a live look in springfield northbound 95 you're going to see things ever just beginning to load up a bit as we leave 644. on the northbound side, again lanes are open. let's go back over to the maps this time to the west side. if you're coming in on the dulles toll road or i-66, no problems out of manassas to fairfax and over to the beltway. a live look inside the beltway at the roosevelt bridge, inbound 66 all clear. coming up in my next report, a look at maryland roads. back to you. >> thank you, monika. borrowing a last second reprieve, a handful of herndon high school seniors will not be allowed to attend their high school graduation later today. >> some were among the top students in the class but they took part in a senior pank last week. delia goncalves is live outside the school with the story. good morning to you, delia. >> reporter: good morning. it's a tough lesson to learn for these young people. graduation day, we all remember it well. many seniors and their parents

look forward to that day but three students here at herndon high school have lost their chance to walk across the stage. a total of six students, seniors i should say, pull add prank last week pouring baby oil on some hallway floors and some stairs as well envisioning a slip and slide effect but one student was caught in the act and administrators were not laughing. they were suspended for a week and banned from graduation ceremonies. >> there were six of us. we just like tried to do a prank. we carried on a hundred-year tradition. unfortunately we got caught, i got caught in particular. it's sad because at the end of the day the crime doesn't fit the punishment. >> i'm really sorry for what i did. i could say that to anybody now, i could make a public apology if they wanted me to but i'm just really sorry and i wish they would let me walk. >> reporter: they'll probably take the apology but it may be

too late. the graduation ceremony is scheduled for later today. unfortunately he may not be walking across the stage. coming up at 5:30, i'll tell you more about the perfect storm of mishaps at the school that very morning that probably affected the way administrators reacted what these kids say so harshly towards them. >> interesting he doesn't believe the punishment fits the crime. he's still getting his diploma. we look forward to the update for us later on. in other news d.n.a. tests have solved a 32-year-old mystery for a family that n takoma park, maryland. 18-yard cindy gastelle disappeared after taking a bus from a deli to her home in silver spring. a d.n.a. test has concluded that remains found a couple years later in prince william county are hers. police are asking for help identifying a man cindy's family says was her boyfriend. his name may be mike or michael. her family believes cindy may have broken up with him before

she vanished. anyone with information is asked to call crime solvers at 1-866-411-tips. campaign consultant julius henson has been sentenced to 60 days behind bars. henson was found guilty in a maryland election scheme in 2010. prosecutors say the calls were designed to make black voters think they didn't need to go to the the polls. henson was working for former maryland republican governor bob ehrlich who lost to martin o'malley. this is phil mendelson's first full day as chairman of the d.c. city council. after a lengthy discussion yesterday, mendelson was elected unanimously by his colleagues to replace kwame brown who resigned and pleaded guilty to criminal charges last week. mendelson will serve as the district's second iest local e- - highest local elect official till an election in november.

independent at large councilman michael brown was elected as interim pro tem second in command to the chairman. the time right now is 5:05. i am watching your money. red arrows around the world this morning and it's all about the health of european economies again. higher interest rates in spain and italy signaling that investors really don't have much faith that those countries with repay their debt. there are reports greeks are withdrawing a billion dollars a day from banks ahead of this weekend's elections which could force the country on the of the euro currency. as for wall street losing grounds on those concerns again and news that retail sales fell for a second straight month in may. checking the numbers, the dow starts today at 12,496. it slid 77 points in trade yesterday. nasdaq off by 24 and the s&p 500 dropped by 9. a controversial ban on city funded abortions is not in the senate's version of the d.c. spending bill. "the washington post" reports

that the appropriations subcommittee passed a version that would give the city a budget of $676 million. and that's $10 million more than a house version which also includes the abortion ban. now lawmakers will have to work out some sort of a compromise. the head of the country's largest bank faced tough questions yesterday on capitol hill. lawmakers asked jpmorgan chase c.e.o. jamie dimon to explain itself risky trades which cost the company more than $2 billion. dimon apologized to the senate judiciary committee saying it was an isolated incident, but he also wants congress to put it in perspective. >> we'll lose some of our shareholders' money and for that we feel terrible but no client or taxpayer money was impacted by this event. >> diamond -- dimon did say executives responsible for the trading loss will probably lose some of their pay and some lawmakers are calling for stricter banking regulations. the start of the hearing was

delayed by demonstrators shouting about foreclosures and calling dimon a crook. >> that spawned occupy protests and you can see why people are still angry about that. federal prosecutors give up on a high profile case against a former presidential candidate. that story is coming up. >> plus, more people in northern colorado prepare to flee in case a wildfire heads their way. >> australia is in itself midst of a fight between people trying to make a living and the health of one of its greatest tourist attractions. we'll be right back. you're watching 9news now.

5:09 on this thursday morning. we're looking at some clouds d.c. east. clearing skies, still clear skies well west where temperatures have dropped into the 50s. we're still in the upper 60s in many areas. here's a look at the day planner. we start with the clouds. i do think we'll see more sunshine mixing in during the afternoon. a pleasant day temperature wise with highs getting eventually to the upper 70s, maybe around 8 on. northeast winds around 10. we'll tell but a warming trend as we head toward the weekend and early next week when i see with you the seven-day in about five minutes. right now here's monika samtani with time saver traffic. big issues overnight. we did, especially in gambrells, maryland at route 32. work continues on that accident investigation. it did involve one fatality so you will be diverted through the area. here in college park things look great at route 1. coming

up in my next report, we'll take a look at other area roads in a few minutes. back to you guys. making news now, coming up on 5:10, some people near the high park fire in northern colorado have already been ordered to leave. others have been told to be ready to get out at a moment's notice. the blaze covered 73 square miles. firefighters have contained only 10% of it. federal prosecutors are dropping all charges against john edwards. the campaign finance fraud trial of the former presidential candidate ended in a hung jury on all but one count last month. edwards was acquitted on that final charge. prosecutors say they will not seek a new trial. and it's a battle between the environment and economic livelihoods down under. australian government plans to increase the number of state parks around the great barrier reef and the roast of the coastline. commercial fishermen say this will wipe out up to 40% of their current fishing grounds. we have some animals without finishes to show you --

fins to show new our next half- hour. coming up at 5:40, how you can help local animal shelters by spending a few minutes online today. >> at 5:22, a surprise decision by redskins coach mike shanahan. may be a good sign for the 2012 season. >> next at 5:15, howard is bringing back the 90s at the end of the seven-day forecast.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. coming up on 5:13 this thursday morning, getting closer to the weekend and we have a nice forecast to get us through. >> we really do. father's day is coming up this weekend. we have flag day today. lots of things going on. we look pretty good right through the weekend into early next week but next week, looks like we could get some heat headed this way. i mean, 90s coming back. >> that's hot. >> it is going to be hot. maybe mid-90s by wednesday. let's talk to you about today because it is comfortable. that's going to be the key the next few days. comfortable. the bus stop forecast, one more day of this after today. school is out just for about everybody after tomorrow. mostly cloudy. it's on the cool side, especially west of town where we have readings actually down this the 50s. we're in the mid- to upper 60s in many areas toward the metro and the sunrise coming in about half an hour at 5:42 setting at 8:35. looking at our day planner, plenty of clouds around this morning. they'll break up some this afternoon.

i still think partly to mostly cloudy. even midday 75 at noon with a 5:00 p.m. temperature of 79 degrees that will be pretty close to the high for the day. 79, 80, somewhere in that range. want to show you what's going on with a look at how much moisture is in the air. where the air is drier to the west, dew points in the 40s and 50s. along the coast we've got a little more moisture and our winds have turned northeast so it's taking that air with the higher moisture content and pushed it inland toward us. that's brought us some clouds and also where we find the warmest temperatures right along the coast and from d.c. east, ocean city is 66. we're 69. it's 70 at norfolk but out to the west lower 50s and even 40s in some of the mountains of west virginia and northwestern pennsylvania. locally we're down to 59 now in reston. that's the cool spot close in but gaithersburg and heytonsville are 61. we have 65 for springfield. warmer as you go from d.c. and points east with mid- to upper 60s. looking at our michael & son weather camera, there are the

clouds here. sunrise again less than half an hour away. we've got a temperature at reagan national on our michael & son weather cam 69. north, northeast winds at 10 and humidity at 57%. so what we're looking at, a little storm system in the atlantic. that's giving us these northeasterly winds. that will continue to push off to the south. models of -- this particular model trying to produce light sprinkles later today. don't think that's going to happen but we'll see the clouds break up some. partly cloudy tonight. then we'll see a lot more sunshine i believe for friday and saturday. very, very pleasant with no weather systems headed this way till looks like sometime toward the middle of next week. so the next three days pleasant even though we start with clouds. a little more sun this afternoon, 79. tonight back in the 50s and 60s. beautiful friday and saturday, 80, 81. even father's day looks good with a temperature of 83. by monday we're in the mid-80s. here comes the heat with isolated storms in the afternoon. tuesday 90 and wednesday the first day of summer, 94

degrees. monika samtani, it's 5:16. happy thursday. >> happy thursday. we're almost there, folks. if you're planning to head out the door right now, i think you're going to get there just final. no problems to report out of southern maryland right now. route 4, route 5, route 301, 210 out of accokeek all the way to the wilson bridge and beyond into alexanderia you'll be fine. we'll go to the northbound side of 395 and show you what it looks like here in landmark and again traffic is moving well both in the main and hov lanes as you head for the 14th street bridge. let's go back over to the maps and this time to the other side of town. no problems to report as you head south on 270 toward the beltway. the beltway looks good. college park into bethesda and beyond to the american legion bridge. we'll take a live look at 270 loading up a bit to the point where the lanes divide but no delays yet. coming up in my next report, we'll go to the west side of town at 5:24. >> thank you, monika. he's not known as a softy but redskins coach mike shanahan cut his players some slack on the last day of mini

camp. >> if you're a fan of pitching there was another history making performance out west highlights coming up. >> time for another look at our question of the morning. what is the number one gift most dads say they like for father's day? is it a, one of those tablets or smartphones, b, landscaping service or c, sports tickets? >> i love this answer on our wusa9 facebook fan page. our friend ed writes, paid landscaping service? i ain't letting some stranger mess up my grass. now get off my lawn. >> all right. calm down. log on to the wusa89 facebook fan -- wusa9 facebook fan page. leave your response. we'll reveal the answer in the 6:00 hour. i think howard would agree with that.

we're just turning 5:21 on this thursday morning. we've got some clouds that have moved in. they're going to continue to push off toward the southwest. we don't have the the rain here. whether we get the low level clouds, we kind of have a tough time distinguishing between the low clouds and maybe some drizzle or sprinkles. i think we'll have a lot more clouds than what we're showing you. temps should be upper 60s to low 70s. more clouds this morning and more sun this afternoon. mid-70s at lunch time. we're going for highs only near the 80-degree mark which is a few degrees below average. we'll get well above average next week. more on that coming up. right now andrea and jessica,

back to you. >> thank you. we're less than halfway through the baseball season and there have now been five no hitters. last night was also the second perfect game of the season. san francisco's matt didn't let anyone reach base. the giants won 10-0. the only other pitcher to have 14 strikeouts in a perfect game is a legend, sandy kofax. now here is kristen berset with the reps of your morning sports -- rest of your morning sports. good morning, everybody. the majority of the players on the redskins roster showed up to practice even though they were voluntary. rob beth griffith iii got plenty of time in with his new teammates. this week when the last remaining few showed up, we weren't the wiser. couldn't tell the few extra bodies. good thing, though, because that's all the time rg3 and his teammates will get on the field

together before training camp picks up in late july. mike shanahan canceled the final day of practice pleased with what he's seen till now. >> done a heck after job. tomorrow will be more of a workout, running and lifting, more of a meeting but we won't go through what we did today just so you know. you get vacation one day earlier than anticipated. hopefully you enjoy your round of golf. >> if only we had vacation. nationals wrapping up their series with toronto. breakout game if tyler moore. he drove in two runs in the second and went off in the 4th and 6th with his first to home runs of his major league career. 3-5 with 5 rbi for moore yesterday. that was all stephen strasburg needed. he struck out eight. nats beat the blue jays 6-2 picking up their second consecutive sweep. we got our look at the wizardses next possible draft

pick. d.c. native thomas robinson worked out for the wizards at the verizon center for about a good hour and a half. >> that's a quick look at sports this morning. have a great thursday. the only cyclist most of us can actually name lance armstrong is facing more doping charges this morning. that story is coming up. >> plus, a senior prank will cost some top student as chance to attend their own graduation ceremonial. 5:24. monika is checking the roads. >> on the northbound side of i- 95, you're just beginning to see the volume building right now leaving route 644 to the beltway. once you're on 395 though, the pace is good for the 14th street bridge. more on area roads coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. stay with us.

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welcome back to 9news now this thursday morning. i'm andrea roane. i'm jessica doyle in for mike hydeck. thank you for joining us this thursday morning. we're almost there. monika samtani is getting you there this morning checking your traffic and howard bernstein will tell us what to wear today. this morning if you're west of town, the shenandoah valley, you might need a light jacket, a hoody or something like that. my wife were to ask me, i would say short sleeves and the capri pants probably be the answer for today. i get that question every morning. is it warm enough for sleeveless. i don't care but i still have to answer the question for her. weather wise-- >> does she go oh, howard. >> no, she says thank you very much and gets dressed. we do have temperatures getting into the mid and upper 70s here. want to show you this quickly because we've got partly to mostly cloudy skies now.

mid-70s at noon and near 80 for the high if not the low 80s depending on how much sunshine we can get. right now we're 69. some clouds have moved in from the northeast. they are thicker off to the east. that's where the temperatures are warmest. 71 annapolis but 54 in winchester. we're going up to near 80. let's check in with monika samtani. she has your thursday morning time saver traffic. thank so you much, howard. good morning, everybody. things look great out on the roadways right now. you'll begin to see a bit of volume forming on the major thoroughfares. we're used to that on the inbound side of i-66 for example it's slowing down route 50 to 123. we'll take a live look on the inbound side where at route 123 you can see the pace does improve as you head for the beltway right now and beyond toward the roosevelt bridge you should be just final. let's go back over to the maps and this time we'll head to the south side of town. no problems to report as you head north on i-95. the bw parkway and route 50 coming in from the east look fiernl as well -- fine as well as you head through cheverly.

you'll begin to see brake lights forming past route 1 closer to the 95 interchange as you head west toward silver spring. off and on delays. in my next report we'll take another look at area roads at 5:39. the u.s. antidoping agency plans to bring formal charges against retired cyclist lance armstrong. >> armstrong won the tour de france a record breaking seven times, but he's almost constantly been tailed by accusations of using performance enhancing drugs. now the antidoping agency says it's uncovered new evidence against armstrong showing he used a variety of substances from 1996 through 2004. agency officials say ten former teammates testified against armstrong. >> really no difference between lance armstrong and ildz' say the majority. >> but armstrong says he's competed for 25 years without having a spike in his

performance. he's taken more than 500 drug tests. he's never failed one. in february federal prosecutors closed a two-year criminal investigation into armstrong, but the antidoping agency only has to prove armstrong took drugs, not whether he committed a crime. it's the moment they've worked for since kindergarten but today a handful of northern virginia students won't get to graduate with their class because of their senior prank. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live outside the high school. how bad was this prank? >> reporter: well, no one got hurt, but administrators were not happy. they did not think it was very funny, even though the kids kind of envisioned a comical slip and slide kind of reaction. it didn't really go their way and they weren't obviously able to pull it off. the seniors rehearsed yesterday for graduation. today the herndon seniors will walk across the stage at the patriot center except for three of the students whose prank just came on the absolute wrong

day. it was final exam day when a total of six students decided to pour baby oil on some hallways and stairs, but earlier that morning, get this, someone spray painted some of the exterior doors and then an hour after this baby oil prank, someone else pulled the fire alarm. the students had to evacuate. no one was hurt, but administrators were not pleased. the three students who pulled off the prank, they got suspended until friday which means they can't attend today's graduation. >> since the fire alarm did happen, they kind of like made it kind of harsh for us because since like kids couldn't get out because the floors were slippery and stuff so i feel like that may have made an impact. >> it wasn't supposed to be dangerous. it wasn't supposed to be harmful. people were supposed to just slip and slide and have a good time in the hallway, not get hurt. >> reporter: no one did get hurt but potentially it could

have been a very bad situation with those slippery floors and then kids having to evacuate because of a fire alarm. so it really was a perfect storm of mishaps that happened at the school that morning. the students say, listen, we're willing to take any punishment. we'll scrub the school down from top to bottom. please just let us walk across the stage. but the school administration is not budging. they are not allowed to walk with their classmates today. coming up at 6:00, i'll tell you how the three of these students were caught and some of the questions surrounding the school system's discipline policy. i'll have more on that in a half-hour. back to you. >> delia goncalves reporting live from herndon. it's been over two years since virginia tech student morgan harrington disappeared from a metallica concert in charlottesville but the rock group is still actively trying to help the f.b.i. find her killer. the group has a $50,000 reward for information leading to the suspect but now they've release

add psa video in an effort to find him. the total reward amount is $150,000. the bus driver charged in last year's deadly crash along i-95 in virginia may be getting more freedom. the richmond times dispatch reports a judge has pushed back kim jung's trial. four people were killed and dozens injured when the sky express bus he was driving overturned north of richmond last year. he has admitted he fell asleep behind the wheel. this morning in the district, mayor vincent gray will officially kick off the facelift project along the u street corridor. monika's told us about this. the ddot construction project will address the block from 9th to 14th streets. roads will be repaired and repaved, sidewalks widened and new landscaping will be installed. the $5 million renovation is

scheduled to be completed by next spring. time right now just about 5:35. i'm watching your money and your relationships. very fuss and mars, the old -- venus and mars, the old notion goes that men and women come from different planets but what we can say, a new study is bearing this out. we treat money differently. >> we found that men and women think about money and talk about money very differently. >> when it comes to those differences, can that affect a relationship if we don't acknowledge those differences and try to work around them? >> absolutely. not only do men and women talk about money, but we provide support to our family members differently. we found that mom was a lot more money -- likely to talk about money with kids or parents but dads are actually a lot more likely to open up the wallet and write a check.

so, yes, that can create financial issues and it can create emotional issues in a relationship. >> those are both significant actions there. we may both be guilty, men and women, of overlooking some important financial tanks, right? -- >> tasks, right? >> absolutely. in providing support to adult children and to parents, a lot of baby boomers are failing to make the connection that this could actually be derailing their retirement savings. and we know that a lot of americans are not on track so it's important to have the conversations with each other whether that's across a couple or across generations to decide what can you really afford, when and for how long so that you cannot only meet your short- term goals with your family members but also your longer- term goals for your own healthy financial future. >> i think it's so interesting that women love to talk about stuff and men will just take

out the checkbook and do it. >> that may be good if you're on the receiving end of that check for sure. later this half-hour, we'll show you a new digital shopping tool at one of the area's biggest grocery store chains. >> if you need some puppy time today, take a look at this baby right here. we have some details about an adorable online competition, and it's benefiting local animal shelters.

5:39. very comfortable out here this morning. we've got temps in the upper 60s no northwest d.c. with a mix of clouds. they're broken right now. we'll call it partly cloudy out there. this morning we'll see more clouds than sunshine and this afternoon i think it will go the other way. that will keep temperatures in check. a very comfortable day. breezes out ever the northeast

at 10 to 12 miles an hour with mid-70s by noon and high temperatures up toward the 80- degree mark. seven-day forecast is coming up in about five minutes. right now here's monika. she's got time saver traffic. on the southbound side of i- 270, you have a long slow lineup route 80 to 121. right here is where the pace improves. no problems on 355 or the great seneca highway. coming up in my next report, we'll take another look at area roads at 5:39. we've been combing through the daily deals, e-mails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts and here are some of our favorites on this thursday morning. nascar anyone? maybe you're a fan of nascar. so this one's for you. a 51% discount by try it race's. you'll be a passenger in a two- seat stock car for five full laps at top racing speeds. the closest track is the old

dominion speedway in manassas. two other race packages are also available and you're going to be able to find this deal on gilt city. how about 58% off a one- hour massage at massage therapy in bethesda. you can choose from deep tissue, swedish, prenatal or sports massages. it's $42 and can be found 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. if you need some ah moments at work today, check out the best in shelter competition online. at best in shelter.org you'll find nominated dogs from four area shelters, two in arlington and two in the district. you can look at the dog photos and videos and vote for your favorite today through sunday. the best in shelter charity will split $90,000 in prize money to the shelters whose dogs get the most votes.

>> a little chiwauwa. i was online looking at them. really adorable. some have been abandoned. some people just couldn't take care of their dogs. so there they are in the shelter. >> i found a way i'm going to waste two hours today at the office. hope the boss isn't looking. fathers are spending more time with their children. nearly all of them say they want to be a better parent. in just a few minutes, a white house official will join us with a push to help fathers enjoy just being a dad. >> such a great effort. plus, howard is going to tell us if the storm system that pummeled dallas with hail will have any effect on our weather. at 5:42, it is birthday time. this will defend. that's the molt toe of the u.s. army celebrating its 237th birthday. steny hoyer is 73.

donald trump is 66. she retired as tennessee women's basketball coach and was awarpedded the presidential -- awarded the presidential medal of freedom. pat summit is turning 60. actor will patten is turning 58. she won a screen writers oscar for juneau, diablo cody is 34. if it's your birthday, happy birthday, guys.

5:46. your weather first. we have more clouds than we had yesterday but not bad. we'll call it partly to mostly cloudy. comfortable. temps in the 50s to 60s to near 07 in the warm spots.

school still in session till friday for several areas, especially in the state of virginia. here we go today. we start partly to mostly cloudy, 70 at 8:00. still i think more clouds than sunshine at noon, 75 with a little bit more sun as the day wears on. 79 at 4:00. that will be about the high for the day and still at 8:00 tonight, got evening plans, not bad. mid-70s. just a little bit of a breeze out of the northeast at about 10 miles an hour. may gust toward 15. we've had the clouds coming in on the heels of these northeast winds. tough to see because you've got high clouds which are moving away from us but then you see these low clouds, the lighter gray area coming in from the atlantic. so that's why we've seen thicker clouds, a little more moisture, temperatures being held up in those areas like at the pax river naval air station. still 70, easton 66. to the west where it's a little drier and the skies have been clearer overnight, we've seen temperatures drop into the low 50s and cumberland and winchester. down toward harrisonburg, 49

right now. gaithersburg is 61. and locally we've got the low to mid-60s across the board. 60 in vienna. reston down to 58. that's our cool spot locally and upper marlboro still at 68 degrees. lots of clouds, a few breaks out there this morning with 69 degrees at reagan national. a north, northeast wind at 10 miles an hour and the humidity only 57%. so the muggies we had a couple days ago long gone. we're not likely to get back into the muggies if quite a few days. storms that hit dallas, you're going down to the gulf coast, not a concern us for. we'll watch these storms in the foreign plains. also not much of a concern for us because the front helping to produce those not going to have a chance to get here till maybe the middle of next week. right now we're looking at some showers and storms in the southeast and florida on the tail end of the front that went through here yesterday morning early. behind it skies have cleared for the most part except for the northeasterly flow keeping some of those clouds around here at times today. i don't think we'll see the

sprinkles pop up like this one model is trying to show us. a few more clouds tonight. then a very pleasant air mass moves in for friday, saturday, and father's day as well. as we look at the forecast, those northeast winds today 10 to 15. close to 80. a little more sun i think this afternoon than this morning. tonight 50s and 60s. tomorrow saturday, sunday, all look good. high temperatures 80 do 83. we start to warm up next week. mid-80s on monday. look at that tuesday 90. wednesday, the first day of summer 94. let's check in with monika samtani with time saver traffic. >> other than the slow traffic, we really don't have any major incidents early this morning i'm happy to say. if you're planning to head around the beltway, this is what you should expect. mostly green early this morning and then if you're planning to head northbound on i-95, i'm going to call it quantico to dumfries right through woodbridge and then again as you leave lorton into springfield. just a couple of long, slow stretches there. once you're beyond that it looks great on 395 in landmark.

we'll start with springfield so i can show you the lanes are open but it's just heavy leaving 644. now let's go up to landmark where things look great on 395. pretty much the stretch from the beltway to the 14th street bridge on our vdot camera. here we go on the northbound side of 395 no issues to report. let's go out to 66. if you're planning to head in from manassas, you'll hit the brakes in manassas in centreville and route 50 to 123. we'll take a live look the at american legion bridge. all lanes are open. making news now at 5:50, three more of jerry sandusky's accusers testified against him wednesday. each said they were under the age of 13 when the former penn state assistant football coach sexually assaulted them. three more alleged victims are scheduled to testify. prosecutors could wrap up their case tomorrow. the auto body and glass repair shops will be backed up today in dallas, texas, and this is why. golf ball size hail stones he

peppered holes in car windshields and dinged up the metal. no serious injuries were reported. d.c. area lottery players ran out to grab power ball tickets before last night's drawing because the jackpot was $240 million. hate to break this you to, folks, but unless you flew out to iowa, you're out of luck for that big money. that's where the only ticket matching all six numbers was sold. >> i'll have to keep playing. with father's day coming up this sunday, the ad council has launched a special campaign. it encourages fathers to take time to be a dad today. michael straws is a deputy assistant to president obama and he joins us this morning with more information on this campaign. thank you very much for being here with us. >> thank you. >> would does your dad mean to you? >> well, my father didn't grow up with me and it was a man who married my mom, adopted me,

gave me this long last name that really changed my life and so it's great with father's day coming up for us to spend a little time talking about father hurt and encouraging dads to take the time to spend time with their children. >> just be a dad. it's amazing the white house is putting that kind of bully pulpit behind encouraging men to just take time to be a dad. why is that? >> this is important to the president. i've had an opportunity to know and work with the president almost 20 years. before he was married to the first lady. so i know how important fatherhood is to him. he grew up without a father in the home and his little girls are so important to him and the first lady and their lives. so this is personal but also we want to have a -- take the opportunity to make a difference. so we have a fatherhood initiative where we have a fatherhood buzz campaign through barber shops giving dads the information they need

to get opportunities to be better fathers. >> not every father can be in the home. these psas deal with that. when you talk about being involved with the children, it's not just a body being there. it's interacting with their children n. what ways can they interact which is not even expensive and time consuming? >> of course you can always pick up a book. the president always says sometimes dads needs to turn off sports center and pick up a book and read to their child. showing interest in the things that children are interested in. i remember some of the simple moments with my father when he cared about and showed ways to spend time with me and shown interest in the things that i was interested in. and so these psas that ask dads to take time to be a dad today, they show a dad practicing a cheerleading exercise with a daughter. they show another dad getting a manicure. these are very simple ways to

spend time in their children's lives. there are so many children without fathers in the home today. we need men. we need everyone to step up and really pour into these children's lives. you don't have to be a dad. you can be an uncle. you can be a mentor. you can be a neighbor. there are all kinds of ways to help our children. >> michael was talking about how many children. 40% of all children have fatherless homes so it make as difference and the barber shop buzz can help make a difference not only in your family interaction but in the future of this america. so we appreciate this campaign. we have more about it on our website at wusa9.com. michael, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for asking me. >> happy father's day to you. >> thank you very much. >> i love everything about that campaign. a prank caused a handful of local students the opportunity to -- cost a handful of local

students the opportunity to walk in graduation today. >> keep it here. you're watching 9news now.

i was just doing this on sunday, chipping coupons from the newspaper. no more. we won't have to do that or scour a bunch of websites to find some savings and great deals. >> the reason why that s safeway just launched a new tool stocked with offers just for you. our lesli foster tried it out to see if the savings were all

in one place. >> reporter: remember how you used to shop? grab a circular or if you're like this shopper, you work the aisles with a list if hand scratching off each item. well, safeway believes it has an easier way to help you save time and money. >> we're now creating a digital platform where customers can clip the coupons online, get personalized deals for themselves and frankly save a great deal of money on top of the regular savings we already offer. >> reporter: the digital savings program is called just for you. to gets started you register your club card online and a mobile app helps you track your deals on the go. >> i'm going to add this deer park water. >> reporter: to try out the app, i pick out deer park water, came bring sun juice boxes and gray poupon mustard. you adds them to your shopping list. safeway let's you download personalized deals. >> you'll see mostly things

that you typically purchase that we know are important to you. >> betty crocker traditional brownie mix. >> reporter: we couldn't found a brownie box just by clicking the aisle so we clicked to find more details to find out the exact type. it's something to know when you go searching for the deals. in just the first hours of the launch, shoppers at this bowie store seemed impressed. >> we're coupon kings and queens so this is great. >> reporter: when it's time to check out, you take your digital list, transfer it to your card and count up the savings. between the coupons and the special offers, i knocked off 11% from my grocery bill. >> wow. i'm amazed. i'm still a little challenged but i'm amazed. thank you for watching 9news now for the 6:00 hour. i'm andrea roane. i'm jessica doyle in for mike hydeck. monika samtani will be along in a second with your time saver traffic. >> but howard gets