anything outside today. tomorrow, through father's day. and then next week, i hope you have access to air-conditioning or a pool because by tuesday and wednesday and thursday, we're going to be toasty. toasty we'll just put it that way. today though looking good. right now we've got generally clear to partly cloudy skies. temperatures are in the 60s in most areas and down to a very pleasant 65 at national. by noon sunny and 77. we'll hit a high about 82 there about 4:00 p.m. then by 3:00 back to the 80- degree mark and a gorgeous day. not much to show you on the satellite and radar this morning. there are a few little clouds mainly west of town right now. but temperatures are running into 60s and upper 50s like in winchester and cumberland at 59. easton down to 57. la plata 59 and name the warm spot -- annapolis the warm spot at 67. even maryland down to 62 at the pax river naval air station. the forecast highs may just someday in the upper 70s in one or two spots and most of us 80

to 82. gorgeous later on. monika samtani, friday morning. had a couple of issues early. we did unfortunately and one of them was serious up in west friendship. on the westbound side of i-70 right near route 40 and authorities are still on the scene investigating and doing their clean-up and paperwork. in the meantime you will be diverted and follow the police directions to get around that up in west friendship. a live look at 95 at route 32. not too far away from there. that's absolutely fine. no problems on the interstate between the baltimore beltway and ours. now over to virginia, on the northbound side of i-95, traffic volumes are light still. friday morning light as we like to call it. from dale city into woodbridge up into springfield absolutely final right now and a live look outside on the northbound side of i-395 here at duke street. again, all lanes are open. coming up in my next report, we'll look at maryland roads at 5:-- 09. back to you. she was planning to restier next year. now police are looking for her killer the killer of a local deli owner.

>> someone gunned down june lim yesterday as she was preparing to open her store in northeast d.c.. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is at the scene where friends and family will hold a vigil later today. such a sad story delia, good morning to you. >> reporter: it honestly is jessica. very unfortunately story and you really feel for community members and for her family as well. this woman just months away from some very happy moments in her live. including -- life. including retirement to the eastern shore. the vigil we're told is set for noon outside of the deli here. dell low grace on 7th -- deli grace on 7th and h streets in northeast. police are telling us around 6:00 a.m. yesterday, the 64-year-old was shot once in the neck during what investigators believe was a robbery. detectives say there were no signs of forced entry. june lim was apparently unloading her car when the suspectest either followed her into the store or made his way in afterwards and employees who

reported for work found their boss' body behind the counter. we spoke to her son yesterday. he still cannot believe these tragic events. >> this is before her time. and why the individual or individuals just couldn't have taken the money and left. my mom was planning to retire next year. my wife and i expecting our first child, her first grandchild. her birthday's in three weeks. >> reporter: very difficult for that family. and again i said you know, some very happy moments were just waiting for her in the near future. lim owned this deli for eight years we're told by her son. and the community loved her so much. when we were here yesterday, so many folks were coming out of their corner stores and of their shops. talking about just how generous this woman was. we're going to have some of their reaction coming up at 5:30. back to you. >> all right, i don't understand how something like that happens. delia goncalves reporting live

from d.c. police have made an arrest in the murder that brought fear to a neighborhood in reston, virginia. 40-year-old bharat patel was found dead just after midnight saturday in his apartment. he had recently opened a store just a few locks from his home. police now say patel was murdered by a family friend. 20-year-old abir ali a young man who helped patel open that dunkin' donuts and no word yet on the motive. they are blaming a stove for carbon monoxide leak that sent four people to the hospital. they were all feeling mild headaches and dizziness last night. firefighters checked other units in the building on blake lane and found three other stoves were emitting unsafe levels of gas. all of the patients are expected to recover. flag day celebrations took on a different twist in dupont circle last night. demonstrators gathered to

celebrate the district of columbia flag because d.c. isn't a state and therefore has no star on the american flag. participants brought banners, got flag tattoos, and created artwork to show their displeasure at not having state hood status. i'm watching your money on wall street, global markets are higher this morning ahead of a big weekend in europe. the greek elections could decide if that struggling country stays with the euro ask this morning traders here at home hope to follow on one of the best days of the year for wall street. stocks jumping on hopes the federal reserve will soon take steps to jump-start the economy. checking the numbers -- now after hovering at record lows, mortgage rates have gone up a little bit for the first time in nearly two

months. according to freddie mac the average rate on a 30 year loan is 3.71%. last week's record low 3.67%. rates still remain much lower than they were a year ago this week. and federal safety regulators have expanded an investigation of gas tank fires involving older model jeeps. after starting with 1993, the 2004 jeep grand cherokees now investigators are also looking at standard cherokees and jeep liberties through the 2007 model years there's a concern the rear end gas tanks can catch fire when hit from behind. now, the probe involves more than five million vehicles. chrysler says their vehicles are safe and that they're cooperating with this investigation. a court ruling could wreak havoc with this weekend's presidential election in egypt. that story is coming up. >> plus, a jury reaches a decision in a lawsuit pitting actors alec baldwin and kevin costner against each other.

>> and ahead in sports, tiger is in the hunt heading into round two at the u.s. open. we'll be right back.

it is 5:0 on this friday morning. another very comfortable pleasant morning out and it's going to be a -- there and it's going to be a beautiful friday afternoon across the region. unlike yesterday more sunshine and quite a few clouds at times on thursday but this is a good looking forecast. with sunshine. hey, don't forget the sunscreen if you're going to be out you

know next week we get the sunning getting really high and you can burn easily. by noon 77 and northeast winds about 10 miles an hour easily. 3:00 temperature 81 and top off about 82 and still near 80 at 6:00 p.m. a beautiful day and we'll have the full weekend forecast in about five. right now over to monika with the latest timesaver traffic. this is the beltway outer loop side between university boulevard and colesville road with an accident. this one just came in. an overturned vehicle blocking off the right half of the roadway, outer loop after university boulevard. i'll keep you posted on this situation coming up in my next report at 5:16. back to you guys. thanks monika. making news now at 5:09. egypt's presidential election this weekend has been thrown into chaos thanks to a court ruling, judges appointed by hosni mubarak before he was deposed have dissolved the recently elected parliament. they are also allowing mubarak's former prime minister back into the presidential runoff election. a young man known as victim number six was the final

prosecution witness in the jerry sandusky trial. he testified that sandusky began sexually abusing him when he was 12. during sleepovers in sandusky's basement where no one could hear his screams. the defense starts calling its witnesses on monday. the actor versus actor, courtroom clash is now over. steven bald win sued kevin costner claiming he tricked him into selling shares just before it got millions to help with the bp spill. however jurors sided with costner and baldwin is left empty-handed. he danced and sang in his underwear but are you ready to see tom cruise play anaging rock star -- an aging rock tar? we will review it at 5:56. >> last night's nba finals game ended up resting on the shoulders of lebron james. highlights coming up at 5:21. >> next at 5:15, rock of ages huge fan howard bernstein has a

nice weekend forecast for us but he's turning up the heat in his seven day. we'll be back.

good morning and welcome the 9news now -- to 9news now. it is friday and mother nature isn't showing any favors. i remember mother's day was a lovely day and father's day is going to be as good. >> oh, yeah it's going to be great today, tomorrow through sunday. even monday night too bad.

after that though the heat is going to just -- just cruise right back here. so -- i know you like it? >> i like it hot. it's tank top alert right? >> oh, yeah. a lot of clothing on the side of the road i think by the middle of nec week with temperatures -- next week with temperatures in the mid 90s potentially. what neighborhood am i driving in? >> i don't know. >> weather-wise it is is a beautiful morning. no. not there. beautiful morning out there with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. well next weekend the 23rd is clarksburg day by the way. thank you andrea for that reminder. we have our day planner for the bus stop forecast, bus stop forecast. here's a last day we're doing this. for the school year. it's nice out there upper 0s to upper 60s. we've got clear to partly cloudy skies. and just a good start. sunrise coming up in a few moments here. 5:42 about half an hour from now. already getting light. we will see sunshine today. by noon, upper 70s. northeast winds at 10. by the afternoon, though, highs in the low 80s with a 5:00 p.m.

temperature of 80 degrees. and it's not going to be humid. it's going to be really very pleasant like it is now. with upper 50s here in northern montgomery county. reston is 59. it's 63 for leesburg this morning. and manassas. fort belvoir down to 60. that's a beautiful place down there along with crofton at 59 and columbia bwi 60 degrees. looking outside on the michael & son weather camera we've got these sky brightening. i love this kind of morning when you've got the contrast like that. 65 degrees at national. clear skies. and an east northeast wind at 5 miles an hour. our weather headlines, nice again today. in fact it looks like it's going to be a great weekend. it's dry, warm air is going to be with us for another couple of days. although we're going to turn hot next week and i mean really hot. mid 90s by wednesday and thursday and even starting monday afternoon, isolated afternoon thunderstorms looks like to the end of next week a front comes through here and not going to increase the rain

chances. right now you're looking at high pressure blocking just about everything from coming toward us and other than a patch or two of clouds here and there, look how nice and quiet it is on the futurecast for your friday. our forecast today, 82. very pleasant. back in the 50s and 60s tonight. very nice again tomorrow and on father's day as with we slowly climb to the mid 80s, as far as the beach forecast, water temperatures now in the upper 60s. air temperatures today, tomorrow, sunday, monday, they'll all be in the 70s over there and looks like a great weekend to be at the beach. the rest of the seven day forecast now by monday we'll be in the mid 80s and maybe an isolated storm. i think the better chance will be west of town. here comes the heat tuesday, wednesday and thursday as we climb into the middle 90s with the isolated afternoon thunderstorms. it is 5:16. monika samtani's in with your friday morning timesaver traffic and there are a couple of areas you really got to watch out for. i tell you not usually this on a friday morning. but this morning, we have two

separate incidents to tell you ability. one of the beltway look at that. an overturned vehicle i found this icon for you on the outer loop of the beltway just after university boulevard. in fact, we'll take a live look at the beltway and spree if it's affecting of traffic yet and -- traffic yet and there it is. it's on the right side the road, this is the westbound side of 495 outer loop heading past university boulevard at 5:17 in the morning on friday. . you want to head out the door early and maybe choose an alternate route and i will keep you post on this situation. but luckily as you can see the crews have arrived to take care of the situation. now let's go back over to the maps, there was another pretty serious accident overnight. it was two vehicles happened in the 1:00 hour westbound on i-70 right here after route 40. this area is called west friendship and right now police are still diverting traffic through the area and i think it should be cleared up pretty shortly. and we'll end with a live look on the south side of town. at least the beltway here in oxon hill looks great heading for the wilson bridge. two incidents i will keep you updated on coming coming up in

my next report, at 5:23. back to you guys. the yankees come to d.c. for the first time in six years to face the nationals. >> plus, could the miami heat keep from wilting in the middle of another thunder comeback? highlights coming up in sports. >> now let's take another look at our question of the morning -- >> this response was posted on our wusa9 facebook fan page by sharon woodland kelly, she says -- >> that could be a little sticky though. log into the wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response. we're going to reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour.

it is 5:21 on this friday morning. very nice out there this morning. comfortable. we have 60s and even a few upper 50s. couple of clouds mixing in, charlie said partly cloudy there. 60 degrees, in new lynn 60 also. some partly sunny skies and 9:00 71 degrees and lunchtime mostly sunny and upper 70s and then this afternoon. we're going to have sunshine and low 80s. looks beautiful. jess and andrea? this morning the nba finals

are tied at one game apiece. >> game two last night in oklahoma city where miami jumped down to an early 17 point lead but the thunder whittled it down to single digits in the fourth quarter. in the final seconds, kevin durant misses a game tying jumper. lebron james rebounds gets fouled. he makes both free-throws to ice it. heat win 100-96. they even up the series. now here's kristen berset with the rest of your morning sports. good morning everybody. you know tiger woods didn't finish his first round at the u.s. open on top of the leader board but he is within striking distance. in a superstar trio woods far outsteined watson -- outshined watson and mickelson. many struggled on the groans yesterday cat club but tiger just two bogeys all round and finished 1 under par. he hasn't done that in the first round of a u.s. open since 2002.

now, check this out. defending at&t national champ nick watt knee with the incredible approach shot on the par 5 17th rolling, bouncing, rolling, right into the hole. a double eagle for wattney. he's tied with tiger woods at second as well. phil, tiger bubba back on the course again today. nationals, last time the yankees were in 2006 it was 2006 at rfk stadium. then rookie ryan zimmerman won the final game of the series with this walkoff home run. this weekend's series will undoubtedly be a great one. both teams if first place and -- in first place and both teams have six game win streaks. gonzalez against phil hughes tonight at nats park. orioles going for the sweep last night against pittsburgh. already up 5-0 in the 4th when matt wieters sends one to short. gets it past two pirates. wieters with four hits and rbi in this game. and then the same inning two

batters later, scott pierce a three run shot to left. he drove in a career-high five runs on the night. former oriole erik bedard is rocked on the mound as the birds take this one 12-6 sweeping the pirates. that's a quick look at sports this morning. have a great friday. if your student loans are causing you even more problems than your credit card debt, i've got some ideas to lessen the load in the next your money segment. >> plus, police are intensifying their efforts to keep the drug called bath salts from making inroads in the d.c. area. had some problems on the roadways, here's monika with the update. >> i'm glad to say that police did some quick work here on the outer loop of the beltway at university boulevard. less delays getting by. more on that coming up in my next report, at 5:30. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back. this country was built by working people.

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good morning and welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm jessica doyle. in for mike hydeck. thank you for joining us on this friday morning. >> say it again. >> friday morning. >> monika samtani will have your timesaver traffic in a moment but we begin with howard bernstein with your weather first. >> is this your second or third favorite day of the week? >> saturday is the first, sunday is the third, monday -- my least favorite day of the week, tuesday. a great friday regardless of what day it is. >> it's going to be great tomorrow and father's day as well and then next week we're going to start to get hot. it's late june coming up. next week is late june. weather-wise beautiful this morning. check out the shot we have of the capitol dome with clear skies behind it this morning. we're just not even 15 minutes or so from the sunrise.

temperatures in the mid 60s in town and some upper 50s in some of the suburbs. noontime temperatures 78 and by 5:00 80 after topping out around 82, 83 or so. yesterday we got to 83 even though we had clouds around and a gorgeous morning out there. notice a few clouds here and there a little tough to see this grayish area that's some of the clouds that are mixing in. 60 frederick, winchester is 59 degrees. we've got 67 in annapolis. but in easton, 57. and even la plata at 59. a gorgeous day today and humidity levels are going to be down and look at your afternoon highs. upper 70s to low 80s. monika samtani, good morning. good morning howard. if you are planning to head out the door right now, and you saw me a few minutes ago talking about this accident on the outer loop after university boulevard. well, let's take a live look and see what great work police did to get this out of the roadway. i everything's moved to the right shoulder and in fact looks like just the police vehicle left here. it did leave slow traffic for you. the right half of the road was

closed for a bit but i'm happy to say that it's looking much battener silver spring. this time all the way out west where there are no issues to report. a few brake lights in manassas, otherwise you're fine into fairfax. no problems on the dulles toll road to the airport and a live look now inbound i-66234 centreville nice and light this morning. coming up in my next report, another look at area roads. law enforcement officials from trying to stop the spread of a danger new drug. >> the street name is bath salts and i want to warn you this gets pretty graphic. in florida where a man was believed to have been high on the synthetic truck he tried to chew off -- drug he tried to chew off another man's face before police killed him. including just west of the virginia suburbs it's on the rise. >> i can say that western -- the western part of virginia and parts of west virginia. there is a lot of bath salt so- called bath salt abuse.

>> after just a few hundred cases were documented back in 2010, poison control officials recorded more than 6,000 cases last year where people were treated for getting high on bath salts. police are looking for a killer who took the life of a beloved local store owner. june lim was gunned down early yesterday as she opened up grace deli in northeast washington. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live outside the store where lim's family and customers are in shock. good morning delia. >> reporter: absolutely, good morning andrea. a very sad story and there's a vigil scheduled for a little later this afternoon to remember the life of june lim and exactly what she meant to the community. and to her family, signs like these are taped all around the building here this morning. as folks here try to come to terms with the tragedy that happened just about 24 hours ago. police are telling us that 64- year-old june lim was unloading her car preparing to open the

deli around 6:00 a.m. yesterday when she may have been followed into the store. detectives believe robbery was the motive but will not disclose what was taken. she died from a single gunshot wound to the neck. >> at home and you know -- me and her wise. and they called me and told me what had happened to her. and so i started shaking. >> at this time we do know that the gate was open when the police arrived. we don't know if somebody followed her in or came in after she was inside the establishment. >> reporter: still, a lot of unanswered questions at this point. police scoured the area. they don't have any leads at this point. we're told. and to whether or not someone may have witnessed something but they are certain that someone in the area could have seen this perpetrator follow lim into the store. so they're asking for anyone to come forward with information. june lim owned this deli for

eight years. well loved in the community like you said andrea. and coming up at 6:00, we're going to have more on her life. what she meant to the community and what she meant to her family. she was about to be a grandmother and just a short time. for the first time. back to you. >> all right, delia goncalves reporting live from northeast washington. the attacker known as the potomac river rapist has been linked to another crime. >> this guy hunts women. he hunts women because that's his hobby. >> that's john walsh from "america's most wanted." talking about the serial rapist. detectives say new analysis of dna recovered from a jewel 1996 scene links a tenth crime to this same attacker. detectives say the woman was dragged into the woods and attacked on macarthur boulevard in northwest d.c.. he hasn't been heard from since a deadly attack will in 1998. today virginia's board of health will vote on new regulations for abortion clinics. if approved the new rules would

require clinics to achieve standards like those for full hospitals. opponents say that could force 20 of the state's 23 clinics that perform abortions to close. supporters say the new rules are meant to ensure womens' health. the time right now is 5:34 and i'm watching your money and your debt. if your student loans have been stressing you out lately, you are not alone. americans now own -- owe more on their student loans than on their credit cards and once you rack up that debt, you're pretty much stuck with it. for good. for example, all of that debt is pretty much impossible to wipe out in a personal bankruptcy. but daily finance suggests a couple of jobs that college grads could consider to help attack those loans. number one, become a teacher. you might be able to get up to $17,500 of your stafford loans repaid. perkins loans may qualify for full forgiveness. number two, consider joining

the peace corps. you can cancel up to 70% of your perkins student loan debt while you see the world as a member of the peace corps. number three, become a rural veterinarian. if you love working with animals and hate living in debt, this may be the option for you. the department of agriculture's veterinary medicine loan repayment program offers up to $75,000 in loan forgiveness timbale fewed applicant -- to qualified applicants. and number four work for a state. maryland and other states will help you pay off loans for state employees who've studied law and several programs will also pay off loans for lawyers who work with nonprofits or public interest groups. so those are some options for folks. >> didn't know about that and that's good keys to helping bring down this debt especially if you don't come to an agreement and the balloon notarizes. >> yeah exact lay. it is 5:35. an exhibit opening today tells the story of the war of 1812.

>> final preparations underway for something that hasn't happened in more than a century. a high wire walk across niagara falls.

it is a 5:37. a gorgeous morning, we've got dry air if place and generally clear skies and -- in place and generally clear skies and it's going to be a great afternoon. then it gets hot next week. here's the day planner for you on this friday morning. . thes are -- temperatures are going to make the low 80s actually. the day planner here that i've got punched up. well, weather computer is not going to let me -- just tell 77 degrees by noon with plenty of sunshine and highs in the low 7830s and drive home at 5:00 about 80 degrees. i'll have the seven day forecast when we see you next about five minutes. right now here's monika with timesaver traffic. happy to say that on the beltway outer loop of the university boulevard just some volume getting by with the

lanes open but an accident on the outer loop after route 202 apparently only the right lane is getting by. i'll keep you posted on that situation coming up but now a quick look at metro's weekend track work plan. the blue line will be closed between franconia springfield and van dorn street and shuttle buses will be available. yellow line will operate from huntington to mount vernon square and traveling north should use the green line instead. on the blue and orange lines, trains will single track at two points on the red line between friendship heights and medical center. and coming up in my next report, i'll update you on the accident on test side of town -- the east side of town. jess? thank you monika. we've been combing through the day's daily deals emails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. and here's some friday favorites. the high point farm in clarksburg, maryland is offering 50% off a day of

outdoor fun so you're going to soar along a 750-foot zipline climb a 40 feet wall and enjoy paint ball and a buffet style barbecue. you get the full course, the beef brisket, chicken so much more. you can find this dole on living social. jackie's on the reef is offering a four night holistic spa getaway for two in the beautiful jamaica for $670. this is 50% off a retreat to a secluded reef in jamaica. this includes a full spa, natural sea water pool, yoga, snorkeling, breakfast dinner included daily. you can find this one on google offers. and how about $39 for a complete auto detail package valued at $135? empire auto detailers will come to any location within 25 miles of beltsville, maryland, they will clean your car, hand wash, dry clean your tires and rims and many other things. living social is offering you a

chance to get this deal for $14 if you use the deal bucks program. if you have an offer you've seen or if you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i'd love to hear from you on facebook. andrea? thank you jess. major exhibit opens today at the national par trot gallery. it's called 1812 -- a nation emerges. this is the 200th anniversary of the war when british troops burned washington. the show features onlies from canada -- objects from canada, great britain and the u.s. and there are more than 200 items showing people who influenced the war of 1812. a busy weekend of campaigning lies ahead for the presidential candidates. that story is coming up. >> plus, some homeowners had to make quick escapes from that huge wildfire in colorado. >> and let's see who is celebrating a birthday today --

>> plus a happy, happy birthday to 9news now reporter scott broom.

good morning, welcome back to 9news now. it's 5:45. it's friday, we're loving the weekend forecast that howard has to tell you about right now. >> as we delivered on mother's day we'll have to deliver on father's day and next week, you're going to love it because it's going to get really hot around here. low to mid-90s by midweek. >> pool alert. >> pools are open thankfully and nice and busy this weekend but i think busier next week. here's a look outside with the bus stop forecast. last time we're doing this or last day we're doing this this school year. virginia, gets out. >> sophia is starring in "the three little pigs" today as

narrator on the last day of school. big doings today. >> clear to partly cloudy, upper 50s to upper 60s this morning and sunrise happens just a few minutes ago at 5:42. a gorgeous friday. we'll have sunny skies and upper 70s for the lunch hour with low humidity though and a northeast wednesday at about 10 -- wind at 10 miles per hour. by 5:00 80 and by 8:00 we're back in the mid 70s winds turning from northeast to south and the yankees are coming to town. big, big series over at nationals park. first pitch 7:05. upper 70s by then and we'll drop to the lower 70s for the later innings and wind generally out of the east at about 8 miles per hour. a bowl night for baseball here in the -- beautiful night for baseball here in the nation's capital. gaithersburg 57 and culpeper fredericksburg. tappahannock 61 degrees. winchester a very pleasant 59. outside on the michael & son weather camera you see some of

the sunshine. that pink sunshine right now is just coming over the horizon. reflecting off the capitol dome. 65 degrees the humidity at 84%. and a light east northeast wind at 5 miles an hour this morning. it will be northeasterly 5, 10 miles an hour this afternoon. high pressure, you can sort of see it it's right just to the west of us. storms having a tough time moving into that high. and right over here, we still have that northeasterly flow and as long as we've got a flow we're not going to warm up that much. the futurecast other than a patch or two of clouds here today, tonight and tomorrow it's all quiet across the board. today east highs in the low 80s. a very pleasant afternoon with low humidity levels. tonight confidentable again 50s and -- comfortable again 50s and 6 #s. slowly climbing to the mid 80s by the end of the weekend but still not humid. today is going to be another great day at the beach along with the next three days.

sunshine, temperatures in the 70s over at the atlantic coast for the next several days. by monday mid maybe upper 80s and could be a stray afternoon storm west of town. then there's the heat tuesday, wednesday can thursday we head to the mid 90s by thursday and by the way the official astronomical start of summer is wednesday at 7:09 in the evening. monika samtani's stepping in at 5:48 and things unfortunately going downhill for commuters. you know it's surprising because usually on a friday morning i'm all smiles and things are looking great but this morning, it's been a little different on the outer loop of the beltway, right near route 202 a pretty major accident right now. let's take a live look from our cameras ask as you can see traffic is really not moving right now. at one point only the right lane was getting through. they may have close all the lanes right now and you are not used to this of course. heading southbound on the

beltway near route 202. expect this right now and i will keep you posted on this situation of course. there was another situation we'll go to the maps again and this was on the north side of town near west friendship on the westbound side 06 i-70. -- of i-70. right near route 32 where crews have been on the scene since 1:00 this morning and here's a live look from the sky 9. they've taken awhile to do their investigation. apparently a couple of vehicles were involved in? one and with the tow truck i hope they will open up the lanes, right now being diverted on to route 32. i'll keep you posted on the situations once again coming up at 6:00. back to you guys. thanks monika. both presidential candidates targeted ohio yesterday. >> but the economic plans president obama and mitt romney laid out to their supporters are very different. susan mcginnis reports. >> reporter: mitt romney's campaign bus hits the road today for a five day, six state tour. first stop? the battleground state of new hampshire. before the road trip, the obama

and romney campaigns hit another swing state -- in ohio, the two rivals were in rare agreement on one point. >> this election is about our economic future. >> reporter: in cleveland the president said romney's plan would return the nation to george bush's policies. >> we were told that huge tax cuts, especially for the wealthiest americans, would lead to faster job growth. >> reporter: in cincinnati, governor romney said the president has failed to deliver. >> he's been president for three and a half years. and talk is cheap. >> reporter: the race for president appears to be coming down to one main issue -- how to lead the economy back to prosperity. and the two sides are offering fundamentally different visions of how to get there. >> i will finally get america on track to have a balanced budget and we will limit the size of government. >> reporter: to do that, romney would increase domestic energy production to cut costs and create jobs, eliminate the president's health care reform

law which romney says hurts maul businesses -- small businesses and cut spending to reduce the deficit. >> can't have a strong and growing economy without a strong and growing middle class. >> reporter: the president's plan involves investments in education, infrastruck which are and energy and higher taxes for the rich to pay down the deficit. voters have fewer than five months to decide which plan they support. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. it is 5:51. making news now united nations observers were finally allowed into the syrian town of hoffa. they found most of it abandoned with buildings and the stench of dead bodies. syria's government tries to regain control of rebel strongholds. in colorado authorities evacuated close to 100 more homes overnight as the high park wildfire spread towards new communities. when flames suddenly jumped a ravine some homeowners only had minutes to get out. firefighters have only

contained about 20% of the fire. tonight, all eyes will be on daredevil nik wallenda as he attempts to do something no one has tried in more than 100 years and that's walk a tight rope across niagara falls. it steps from the american side to the -- stretches from the american side to the canadian side. now let's take another look at the question of the morning -- >> well, this response was posted on the wusa9 facebook fan page by kala smith, she wrote -- >> well, you can log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page leave your response. we're going to reveal the answer in about an hour. . just how much does it cost to raise a kid nowadays? that answer is coming up.

>> plus, our entertainment insider picks her favorites among the new movies in theaters this weekend. we'll be right back.

it is 5:535 on a beautiful friday morning. you'd like to be outside exercising or for anything? today is the day. this weekend's the weekend. . thes this morning into the -- temperatures this morning into the mid 60s here, a few spots

into the upper 50s, 60s and low 70s by 9:00 and lunchtime looks great. check it out. 70s to near 80 by then. dry air and low humidity levels and a northeast wind but highs into the low 80s this afternoon. enjoy. take advantage of it. monika? we're going to take a look now at some of the new movies opening this weekend. "usa today" calls "that's my boy" a bottom of the barrel ranch fest. the film co-stars adam sandler and andy samberg as father and son. until the dad donny shows up as an uninvited guest to the wedding. denise is going to disdoes a couple of over new films. first up the film "rock of ages" comes to the big screen complete with a larger than life movie star. how does tom cruise do portraying a rock god? >> you know what? he does pretty well actually. i think that he got intense

training to learn to sing for the movie and his range is like -- he sings pretty well. >> yes. >> he drives a little bit like a rock star. >> he came to the audition dressed in his rock star -- >> in the persona. >> he spends most of the movie with a bare torso and if you're going to be showing me your torso i'm going to have to review it. >> he's turning 50 next month. >> he looks pretty good but still he's short 5'9" with a very stocky build. >> he wears backless leather pants in this one right? >> oh, yeah. >> "usa today" calls the transformation astonishing. >> you're not used to seeing tom cruise like that but on the other hand you cannot -- disassociate tom cruise his persona from you know the character. so -- it does have its pros and cons. >> when i saw the clips i was like wait a minute tom cruise?

boogiers you know tropic under the -- but i guess you know "tropic thunder" was the audition for it. >> alec baldwin plays the owner of the club bourbon. and then -- his assistant who is played by the only one who's -- who could be considered a rocker in real life which is russell brand. >> catherine zeta-jones is in in the movie as well. you can't help but have a great time? >> maybe a little too disney. little too clean for a rock and roll show. >> i still want to see it. there's a lesser known film that you liked. it's called "safety not guaranteed." why? >> i hope it is like a summer surprise and it's a sleeper hit. it disturbs a lot of -- it deserves a big box office, just a very peculiar movie, a strange movie -- boy meets girl but in this case, boy meets girl and they want to pursue the dreams of time travel. i mean how neat is that? >> it's kind of cool. it's a sci-fi romantic comedy

with lesser known actors as well. they're saying this could become a cult film. >> i hope it becomes a big hit and a cult film. this is based on a classified ad that came out in the 1990s. the magazine, he put out on ad saying i've done it before. safety not guaranteed. you want to go back? >> that's just quite heartfelt as well. >> a terrific script. what a smart script. something for everyone this weekend. i can't wait to see the films. you are watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. we thank you for tuning in, i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm jessica doyle. mike is off today. monika will have the timesaver traffic in a moment. >> i can see howard with the long hair doing that -- thing. >> i would pay so much money to see that. >> but could stacey jacks do the weather as well as howard? >> probably do anything he wants. so -- yeah i've seen the broadway show a bunch of times and i'm curious to see how the movie changes a little