as a result of there's additional trains in each direction during both the morning and the evening rush hours. >> i think it is a great idea. >> reporter: riders we spoke to said if the plan works, it will provide extremely welcome and long overdue relief from their long and difficult commutes. do you think it will work? >> anything to help. right now a lot of things are negative. >> reporter: the only problem some people see to the fact that shifting metro's resources could result despite what metro says, in tougher commutes for some blue line riders. it all starts monday morning. mat jablow, 9news now. a key figure in the federal probe into dc corruption is making changes. local businessman jeffrey thompson has put his home up for sale, the home that was raided by the fbi last march as part of a sweeping federal investigation.

the four bedroom colonial, asking price just under $1.2 million. jeffrey thompson has remained out of the public eye since the raid. federal agencies made electrotonic -- electronic copies. over the years thompson has donated and raised millions of dollars for political causes. prosecutors have refused to discuss the investigation into thompson, which is believed to be focused on campaign donations and his degrees with citi officials. jeff thompson's attorney, brendan sullivan, has declined all comment. former dc councilman harry thomas jr. reports to federal prison wednesday. thomas was given a 38-month sentence for stealing $350,000 which should have gone to the city youth baseball programs last friday he told a packed

michigan park christian church he has been humbled by the experience. news cameras were not allowed inside the church. at age 51, harry thomas will serve his time at a federal prison in montgomery, alabama. a bailout party has won in greece. however the new democracy party has won the majority of seats and will likely be able to put together a bailout coalition. well the presidential candidates are on the move today. mitt romney will visit two battleground states while the president is in mexico meeting with world leaders. >> both men are coming off weekends that highlighted sharp differences in their policies. susan mcginniss has the story. >> reporter: mitt romney's swing state bus tour rolls into wisconsin and iowa today.

he spent father's day campaigning with his children and grandchildren. but it was children of imgrans that dominated the headlines this weekend. speaking with bob scheaffer on face the nation, romney criticized obama's executive order allowing children who came to the u.s. illegally to stay i can't the president did nothing on immigration in the last four years. he did it for politics. >> the white house denies the decision was politically motivated. >> we have tried as hard as we can to pass the dream act. >> reporter: mitt romney calls the president's order a stop gap answer. he wants a long-term solution. but when asked if romney would repeal the order, he deflected the question. >> it would be overtaken by events by virtue of my putting

in place. >> i won't keep on about this. but to make sure i understand, would you leave this in place while you worked out a long- term solution? or would you just repeal it? >> we'll look at that setting as we reach that. >> reporter: romney's answers drew a sharp critique from the obama campaign. david axle rod tweeted mitt finally does face the nation. next stop should be "dancing with the stars." >> governor romney is preparing for a speech later this week. senator joe lieberman is calling for a special council to investigate the obama administration leaked classified information. and said president obama should instruct anyone on the staff involved in leaks to come forward. lieberman believes a special council would avoid any appearance of conflict of

interest. although the final official results will not be announced for a few days, the muslim brotherhood says its candidate has won egypt's presidential election. it is reporting on returns from 95% of the more than 13,000pology stations nationwide. despite the election controversy is expected to remain in the egyptian government. this weekend the country's ruling military approved a new constitution. it removes power from the president and leaves primary control of the country with the military. here's a look at some other stories making news now. defense lawyers in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse trial are scheduled to begin calling witnesses today. prosecution witnesses, including eight young men who say the former penn state assistant coach sexually abused them as children. sandusky's defense strategy includes showing how the

stories of accusers changed, over time. his attorneys hope to portray sandusky as a misunderstood person who spent a lifetime helping kids. it is not clear if sandusky will take the stand though. on friday a judge ruled sandusky's team can disclose information about a personality disorder to explain why he wrote letters to some young boys. the medical examiner in san bernadino county, california scheduled to conduct an autopsy on rodney king. king was found yesterday morning by his fiance lying at the bottom of his pool. he was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. a preliminary investigation suggests there is no foul play. king's beating by los angeles police officers in 1991 was captured on video and aired across the country. the officers were eventually acquitted on any wrongdoing. it led to one of the worst race riots in loss anglicans ollis.

the time right now is 4:37, but we are a very mild day. at 4:38, howard will let us know what we can expect. investors are hoping for a new stimulus package. and 40 years later we take a look at the watergate scandal. you are watching 9news now

we have a few showers out there now. that is going to be the case the first half of the day. fewer showers this afternoon but with the clouds around and temperatures at least won't get too warm. the time right now is 4:40 and i am watching your money. europe's financial mel down is expected to dominate the g20 summit in mexico, but investors aren't holding out much hope that the world's most powerful leaders will come to any solution to europe's problems. economists say they don't expect to see the same kind of unity

among leaders we saw during the u.s. financial crisis of 2008. the federal reserve could announce steps to boost the u.s. economy as early as this week stocks did rally friday in hopes that a stimulus package would be revealed. the dow starts this morning at 12767, climbed 115 points friday. the nays nasdaq was up by 36 points. microsoft expected to take the perhaps off its new tablet this week. it will be reportedly, running the microsoft system under its own brand. it aims to win back consumers who turned to the ipad. sales of hardware, software and accessories slipped 289%, compared to a year ago.

>> what more could federal reserve do to stimulate the economy? >> they can work on the money supply in the system. issue new bond, that kind of thing. nontraditional ways of boosting the economy. controversy surrounding the ouster of the president of the university of virginia continues to grow and divide

good morning, welcome back to 9news now. i'm looking over for the temperature at 63 degrees. we are wearing medium weight gloves here in the studio, because the newsroom is a refrigerator. >> like an arctic blast. >> probably around 60. >> fessing up, we have blankets. that is how cold it is. >> let me tell you something, when we get to the middle of

the week, i think a lot of people wouldn't mind being in our newsroom. it is going to be that hot. especially thursday. >> there are so few layers we can take off. weatherwise, let's get you going on this monday morning without the bus stop forecast. the day planner talking about clouds and showers here and there, maybe even a rumble of thunder. this afternoon still more showers here and there the afternoon showers looks like it is going to be mainly in the mountains. this morning we are watching a bunch of showers. can you see out ahead of it right there we have seen a little line of showers pop. much closer toward washington, heavier stuff still. want to show you what is happening here right up and down through montgomery counties,

fairfax, just about dc, coming right down 95 into prince william as well. seeing the yellow and oranges, even red now, toward an endale and southern fairfax county. we have got to here from south of gaithersburg, 70 down potomac, rockville falls. fairfax east just outside the beltway there, this is headed toward tyson, showers inside the beltway as well and in toward arlington. springfield you have a heavy shower approaching you and east of 95 from woodbridge toward quantico. that one is headed into charles county. temperatures in the low 50s out to the west with the clouds and the showers lower to middle

60s. it is so quiet under the clouds. humidity 77% and the south wind at 8 miles per hour. the jet stream moving west to east, right across the country up north. underneath it the heat was building. some of the heat will be here. starting tomorrow especially wednesday thursday and friday. look at these big storms coming through minnesota and into wisconsin this morning. this is what we were just looking at with the heavier showers off to the west. futurecast showing some of this through lunch time. the afternoon better here, another chance maybe round number two of storms from cumberland toward around harrisonburg. today we have the yellow with the showers around. there is going to be some delays here and there. a mild 7. we get hot tomorrow, upper 80s to around 90. wednesday mid 90s with the isolated afternoon storms.

mid to upper 90s thursday that, will be the hottest day i believe with the hottest isolated afternoon storm. by friday a chance of showers with another front sunday. at least we'll be in the 80s by then. let's go to man cay here at 4:00 -- monika here. >> reporter: the beltway looks great. all the overnight construction is just about cleared up from around town. 270 coming out of frederick, you can see all the green behind me. although you may find some wet road conditions, volumes are still light heading down to clarksburg. a live look as you travel through rockville, no problems to report as you travel down on route 355 through rockville. over to the other side of town coming along 95 as you travel south at route 216. coming down from the baltimore

beltway past 216 and through college park. coming up, we'll look into virginia at 4:55. andrea and jessica? thank you. it began in the early morning hours of june 17, 1972. five men working for president richard nixon's campaign were arrested trying to break into democratic headquarters. it eventually led to richard nixon's resignation. bruce johnson looks back. >> reporter: in the beginning, a lot of us just couldn't imagine this was going to be something that amounted to anything. >> the watergate break in remains the biggest political scandal with the biggest consequences in u.s. history. >> i shall resign the presidency at noon tomorrow. >> reporter: these were people that were willing to do anything to get elected. they were bugging offices, they were intimidating people. i think the very foundation of

our country was shaken by this. but you know, in the end, the constitution prevailed. >> a couple of reporters stayed with it i can't the clues that in the first week one of the burglars was connected to howard hunt, who was a former cia man, who was a consultant in the nixon white house. >> reporter: all week long they have been offering reflections while attending events in town marking the 40th anniversary of watergate. >> you realized that the spying and sabotage and hostility toward all of the perceived enemies of nixon was a perceived way of life in the white house. >> reporter: woodward and bernstein found the scheme launched by the nixon campaign to undermine the president's

political opponents. >> what is striking is how angry and unhappy nixon is, at being president. he really wanted to use the power of the office as an instrument of personal revenge. >> reporter: bruce johnson, 9news now. >> after his resignation from the presidency, richard nixon was pardoned by his successor, president gerald ford. nixon repeatedly denied ordering any of the dirty tricks, however it was all captured on the white house tapes. student and faculty leaders want more information about the removal of president teresa sullivan. the student council says the school statements after sullivan's decision to resign have been contradictory. dr. sullivan has agreed to step down august 15th.

>> i am still really in shock about the fact that this powerful visionary is not part of our lives. there is a moment when you kind of draw the line in the sand and you say this is what i believe and if it makes me weak, i don't care. i am going to say what i think. >> a meeting between the school's governor board and the fact cultty senate is set for later today. children in the u.s. are taking fewer prescription drugs. the number of prescriptions for kids is down 7% from 2002. the biggest drops were seen in antibiotics and drugs for allergies and pain. but some prescriptions are increasing, especially contraception for teens and medications for asthma and adhd. the risk of alcoholism can be inherited and researchers are starting to understand which genes are responsible. doctors analyzed the dna of 2600 people and found a group of

variations. the variations were discovered in a chromosome which has been linked to other neurological disorders. experts say the discovery could predict who is at lie risk of becoming an alcoholic. the next time you are in a hotel you may want to think twice before you turn on the tv or lights. why is that? a study of hotel surfaces finds the tv remote and bedside lamp carry some of the most bacteria. the lowest levels of contamination include the headboard the curtain rod and the bathroom door handle. researchers don't know if it can cause disease or sickness. >> have a wipe and wipe it down before you touch it. go in with your wipe. it is time for the question of the morning. >> every year 1500 people are

injured doing this, ping pong, horseback riding or using the stairs? log on and leave your response. we'll review the answers during the 6:00 hour

is that welcome back. we have a few showers around and that is going to be the case, at least through midday. showers possible. they will be fewer this afternoon and temperatures will be held in check. by lunch time only about 72. this afternoon lies to upper 70s to perhaps 80 a few peaks of sunshine -- peeks of sunshine. ea live look at the northbound side of 395, headed to 14th street bridge all lanes are

fine. more on virginia roads coming up next at 5:01. andrea, back to you. the animated europe's most wanted held on. at its heels the alien pre quell prom meetous. okay of ages -- rock of ages was number three. jennifer aniston heads to a community, a scottish princess becomes disney's latest heroin. >> reporter: abraham lincoln vampire hunter will have its u.s. debut tonight. the fantasy film casts the

civil war in a whole new light. benjamin walker plays a vampire killer who would be president. >> he was ordinary but did extraordinary things. we kind of rob him of his humanity because we worship him. >> reporter: the film opens friday. >> the newly renamed colby theater will host its inaugural event. brave tells the story of a princess from the scottish highlands known for her fiery personality and skill with a bow and arrow. brave is the first disney pixar film with a female protagnist voice. new on dvd, wander lust.

jennifer aniston and paul rud star. the whole family can enjoy big miracle. drew barry more stars as volunteers in alaska who work to save a family of whales. >> good morning. thank you for watching. jessica says she is forced to see abraham lincoln vampire slayer. monika will have traffic in a moment but right now we begin with howard bernstein and your weather first. paying the piper around here right? >> reporter: it is going to get sizzling hot here wednesday thursday and friday. you'll need rain gear today a few showers out there this morning. that will be the case at least through midday with fewer showers during