let's talk today, though. we've got your day planner. it's already kind of sticky. 78 steamy degrees this morning. 86 by 9:00. 95 by noon with highs upper 90s to near 100. heat advisory from noon till 10:00 p.m. again today. those heat index values could top out toward 105. that heat advisory is for everybody east of the blue ridge. the entire washington and baltimore metro is down through southern maryland. eastern shores included in that. this morning it's quiet out there but sticky. 68 in frederick, one. the cool spots but 78 on the bay. hagerstown 73 and leesburg 74. could be near 100 before the day is out. so traffic is problematic for those folks going across the 14th street bridge right now. >> it's a serious crash on the northbound side of i-395 at the 14th street bridge. i'm getting word from virginia state police that it does involve a car and a

motorcyclist. let's go to our live picture from our vdot camera first. you can see that no one is getting by right now. this happened at about -- just about quarter to 5:00 this morning northbound 395. again a motorcycle and a car involved. lots of equipment. emergency equipment and ambulance on the scene right now. a motorcycle and a car. if you're planning to head northbound on 395, right now it's early enough that at the pentagon you're not seeing the delay but up ahead again no one is getting through at the accident scene. i'll keep you posted on that one. the west side of town, no problems on the dulles toll road or i-66 as you head inbound. all the construction on the west sides should be cleared up. we'll take a live look at american legion bridge. i'll have an update. [ stand by

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>> there was great expectation that was built up and i would think among jurors because jurors are thinking like we're thinking that mr. sandusky is going to come to the stand and he is going to put his best foot forward. while he doesn't have to testify, i think every american knows that, that he would come to the witness stand and say this didn't happen. >> i wanted him to get up and say something. i don't know what i wanted him to say. i don't know what he could say. >> coming up at 5:30, i'll tell you why jerry sandusky may have skipped testifying on his own behalf. i'll let you know it may have something to do with that infamous interview he gave bob kostis last november. >> it was jaw dropping. >> delia goncalves live from our satellite center. it's a big risk as temperatures rise, people getting into trouble in water. doctors could not save a man found unconscious in a backyard swimming pool last night. montgomery county fire officials say it happened on kendale road in potomac, maryland. the person who called for help got the man out of the pool and

started performing cpr with instructions from the 911 dispatcher but all resuscitation efforts failed. the man's named has not been released. a prince george's county council woman has been found guilty of reckless driving. prosecutors showed incriminating evidence against karen toles. video from a police dash car camera showing her flying down the beltway. she was going at least 105 miles an hour on the beltway and 80 miles an hour on branch avenue before they finally got her to pull over last february. the judge fined toles about $400 but did allow her to keep her license. also in prince george's county, you will not be getting approved -- it will not be getting approved as a new is a seen know site this year. a group of lawmakers failed to reach a consensus on expanding gambling in maryland. that means the general assembly will not convene a special session next month to discuss either adding table games or approving new gambling sites. prince george's county

executive rushern baker has thrown his support behind building a casino at national harbor. it is 5:05. time for the latest your money report. stock futures pointing lower so far this morning. in the last few hours, most european markets have opened down. investors are concerned about new data showing a weaker chinese manufacturing situation. on wall street yesterday, the dow dropped 13 points to close at 12,824. the nasdaq climbed a fraction yesterday. the s&p 500 fell a willing more than 2 points gldz the federal reserve says the labor market is sluggish, the housing market is depressed and economic growth is slower than expected. fed members made the assessment at the end of take two-day policy meeting. the fed will extend short-term treasury bills program designed to keep interest rates low. therefore, more -- it will encourage more private sector borrowing he hopes. >> we've taken steps today

which will provide additional accommodation for the economy and moreover we have stated that we're prepared to take further steps if necessary. >> mr. bernanke says he expects the nation's unemployment rate to stay at or even above 8% through the rest of this year. there's a new wrinkle concerning one of the original investigators in the trayvon martin case. that story is coming up. >> plus, flooding forcing authorities to declare a state of emergency in part of the upper midwest. >> and ahead in sports, the nationals return to their winning ways on the strength of stephen strasburg's arm. we'll be right back.

coming up on 5:08 on this thursday sticky morning. humidity levels are way up there. it's a very tropical feeling. we may set some records today. we're going to shoot toward the near 100-degree mark. in fact, the record is 98 at national. 98 at dulles and 100 in baltimore. our day planner, sunny, hot, humid, isolated storm out west mainly. by noon mid-90s. this afternoon 98 by 3:00. not much wind to help you out. i'll back in a few minutes. we'll have the seven-day forecast which does have relief and lots of it coming. just hang in there. right now let's go to monika samtani. she has an update on time saver traffic. a serious accident blocks the northbound side of 395 right here at the 14th street bridge. a car and motorcycle involved. may take a while for this.

you want to go ahead and take washington boulevard to the memorial bridge as your alternate route. i'll have more on this coming up in a few minutes. back to you, mike. here's what's making news now this morning at 5:09. major flooding causing problems this morning in deluth, minnesota. flash floods hit neighborhoods near lake superior leaving several feet of water in basements. some cars are floating in the streets. one lucky driver was able to make it out unharmed after driving into a sinkhole. a spokesperson for the chief of police in sanford, florida says the chief has been fired. bill lee and his department have been heavily criticized since the trayvon martin shooting but the city commission rejected his earlier efforts to resign. the house oversight committee has recommended attorney general eric holder be held in contempt of congress. house republicans say the justice department withheld documents about the failed fast and furious gun smuggling operation. president obama is now invoking executive privilege in order to

protect those documents. with closing arguments just a few hours away, we'll have a former prosecutor join us with her take on the jerry sandusky trial. that's coming up at 5:31. the wizardses surprise their fans with a big trade. next at 5:15, after today's extreme heat, howard has a lot of maybes in his seven-day forecast. we'll be right back.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. it is 5:13. it's thursday morning. it's going to get better. the heat will abate but not today. >> not today. >> a little bit tomorrow. the weekend is looking good so that's the key here. focus on the positive. >> golf early saturday morning not a bad idea? >> west of town. you may still have a lingering shower. sunday morning looks great. even saturday afternoon with temps in the 80s and less humidity, i think you can get around it. let's talk about what's happening today because once again, we're dealing with high heat and humidity and another heat advisory starting at noon until 10:00 p.m. east of the blue ridge. we're talking about heat index values when you factor in the heat and humidity upwards of 105. locally higher than that. yeah, it's going to be another scorcher of a day. recommended that you try to take it easy, get your outside work done real early or stay inside if you can and drink plenty of cold water to stay hydrated. here we go.

temperatures quickly climbing to the lower 90s by 11:00. mid-90s by noon, 1:00. we will see temperatures upper 90s to near 100 for the highs today. that's going to make a run toward the records. 98 at national, 100 in baltimore. 97 at 5:00 p.m. the nats hosting another game tonight with the rays. got them last night. 93. first pitch 7:05. we'll drop to the mid- to upper 80s by the latter innings. winds not so bad. southwest winds at 6 miles an hour. doppler very quiet this morning. nothing near us. a quiet, muggy morning, 72 degrees in easton right now and winchester. a few of the lucky ones have dipped into the upper 60s. we had a touch of fog down toward warrenton and culpeper, maybe sneaking toward stafford here. we'll watch that looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, a little haze out there this morning. still about 30 minutes or so until sunrise.

78 degrees right now. feels like 81, though. the humidity is still way up there and a south wind at 5 miles an hour. where is that relief? you can see it in the midwest. it's in the 50s if bismarck. minneapolis has cooled down to the lower 50s. chicago still 80. lots of very warm to hot air still out there. south and east of the jet stream which has taken quite a bit after dip here in the northern plains helping to produce the severe weather. got hammered in parts of the upper midwest yesterday, the northern plains. this morning storms through kansas and missouri extending back through parts of wisconsin and michigan. that's all ahead of a cold front that will be arriving tomorrow evening. tomorrow afternoon, evening. with that cold front we'll get some thunderstorms also. not today but late tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon, evening, that could be strong to even severe. so we've got to watch out for that threat. we're talking about damaging wind gusts in the stronger storms tomorrow. today an isolated shower or storm in the mountains. not going to see much at all. overnight there could be an

isolated shower or storm. tomorrow with the front coming and all this warm, humid air around, we're going to pop showers and storms starting midday. by afternoon and evening, here come the strong showers and storms. some of those will still be around into early saturday morning, especially east of town. but we'll quickly clear out on saturday morning. 99 today. that would be a record. sunny, hot, humid. tonight only in the upper 70s. tomorrow afternoon shower and storms could be severe, so yellow alert for the heat today. yellow alert for the thunderstorms tomorrow. looks good on saturday, though. much less humid. 88 degrees. sunday looks pretty good. could be a shower or storm by sunday night. let's go to monika now at 5:16. she'll update you on the problems that are going on on 395. we've been talking about it for about half an hour now. on the northbound side of 395 at the 14th street bridge. let's take a live look now from our vdot cameras. the accident is now in the hands of arlington county police. you can see they've set it up so you can get by to the right side of the road. there was a car and motorcycle

involved. they're telling us it shouldn't be there for much longer but i think the damage is done on the northbound side of 395. it's never too early for an accident to cause delays in washington. let's take a live look at washington boulevard where i think a lot of people are veering off the road here to get to the memorial bridge which could be still a good idea for you if you're heading out the door. of course i'll keep you posted on this situation. again here at washington boulevard it still looks okay heading for that accident at the 14th street bridge. let's go over to the north side of town where things have been fine. no problems here at the american legion bridge west side or coming in from the north on 270. you're going to be fine. in my next report we'll take another look at that accident at 5:23. the wizards make a trade for a big man. >> college football fans celebrate as a bcs playoff now appears much closer to the coming reality. it is time now to take another look at our question of the morning. here it is. 2% of americans say they never do this household chore.

is it dust the window sill, clean the refrigerator, or mop the floor? >> this response was posted on our facebook fan page by jean. she says a, now i look at my window sills. now i will clean out my frig, too. my husband is getting an interesting lunch. >> log on to our facebook fan page. we'd love to hear what you think. we'll have the answer in our 6:00 show. keep it here.

5:20. steamy already this morning. temperatures well in the 70s in most spots. a few of the lucky ones out west have fallen to the 60s this morning. look how quickly things are going to warm up. by 9:00, 85 here. could be near 90 already in baltimore. 89 degrees. lunch time low to mid-90s in most spots by then. we'll head into the afternoon. an isolated thunderstorm at worst here. we're really not looking at much. highs upper 90s to near 100. >> thank you, howard. the wizardses make a huge trade just a week away from the nba draft. >> stephen strasburg wraps up a bunch of more strikeouts. that's a good thing. david owens has the highlights. good morning. calling on the heavenly hurler. last night, well, it was a night like that when you draft a guy like stephen strasburg.

not just to win games but to stop streaks. the nats hadn't won in a week. could they do it last night? thank heaven for number 37. first inning, keystone cops action here. tampa bay rays defense, what are you doing? throwing the ball into the dugout. nobody touches it so that means bryce harper, you can come on down. nats were up 3-0, more than enough work for strasburg but he's going to need a little help here. a little snow cone preserves the lead. then strasburg getting back to the conventional. the real bop gun going. he strikes out ten. nats get back in the win column 3-2. strasburg now 9-1. college football, maybe a playoff, it just might be. bcs commissioners have approved a model that would have the top four teams face off against each other in a playoff style format. semi finals will be played within the existing bcs games. the winners of to of those games will face off in a

championship game. how would the top 14 be selected? a ranking schedule that would take into account conference strength, schedules. it would go in effect 2014. the big story from early yesterday, the wizards trading a shard lewis, second highest played player in the league but often injured. they shipped him off to orleans for trevor orisi. orisi. that's a quick look at sports. have a great thursday, everybody. the fate of former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky will soon be in the hands of a jury. that story is coming up. >> d.c. is just one of local governments trying to help people from overheating today. we'll tell you about cooling centers and what else they're doing. a quick check of the commute. monika? >> on the northbound side of 395, traffic is squeezing by to the right past an early morning accident with delays now beginning at route 110. i'll have more on this coming up in my next report.

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good morning. welcome back to 9news now on this thursday morning. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. thanks for joining us. bring a bottle of water on your way because you'll need it. >> good morning, monika samtani,. >> good morning. it's going to be hot today. >> she'll have traffic moment tairm. howard bernstein? we'll be hot today but relief on the way. today will be a tough day if you're going to be outside at all, if your air conditioner is not working in your car on the way to work. anyone we know? t-shirt. get dressed at work. mike will tell you all about that. weather wise, we've got a steamy morning out there. a little hazy in spots. temperatures mainly in the 70s. as we go to the weather graphics, we'll see the capitol in the distance. we're about 15 minutes or so from the sunrise this morning with generally clear, hazy skies. look how quickly we're going to

warm up. by noon 95 degrees. heat index by then will be about a hundred or so. going to around 105 on the heat index with air temperatures up 99, 100, somewhere in that category. it's going to be another oppressive day. the weather service has reissued the heat advisory east of the blue ridge from noon till 10:00. the heat index values way, way up there and only a slight chance after storm today. upper 70s right now. washington and annapolis, easton and cambridge 72. it is 75 at the pax river naval air station with 70 from manassas, culpeper, catlett, la plata up in martinsburg. just a touch of fog in southern fauquier county, down toward warrenton and culpeper. we'll be watching that for you going again toward 100 this afternoon. let's go to monika. she's got time saver traffic. 395 doing any better? cleanup continues. it's better in the sense that you're now getting through on the northbound side of 395. we're talking about an accident that happened at quarter to 5:00 this morning involving a

motorcycle and a car. we'll tell what you it looks like on our vdot camera where they've set up cones. here we go. you are squeezing by to the right side of the road and as you can see, that exit ramp to the northbound side of the gw parkway is blocked off. so you need to choose an alternate route. let's go to our traffic camera. i'm show you the delay beginning at least route 110. you'll want to use washington boulevard and take yourself over to the memorial bridge as your alternate route right now. even though you are getting by, you've already got this heavy backup on the northbound side of 395. this accident has been there for about 45 minutes. let's take you out west now over to our maps. no problems to report at least on 66 and the dulles toll road coming in from manassas and the airport. you're fine on the beltway here on the west side of town. and a quick look at the beltway north side of town at colesville road and river road heading all the way around from silver spring across the bridge you're fine. coming up in my next report, another look at that accident in a few minutes. back you to, guys. >> thank you, monika.

today prosecutors and defense attorneys will present their closing arguments in jerry sandusky's child sex abuse trial. >> the defense suddenly changed course yesterday and decided not to put sandusky on the stand. delia goncalves joins us with a preview of what's expected in court today. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mark. it was indeed shocking to many that after days of sometimes gut wrenching testimony by eight of the alleged victims, sandusky did not take the stand to defend himself. but 1 character witnesses testified on behalf of the 68- year-old describing him as a family man and father figure to the troubled boys in his charity. however, ten of those boys claim sandusky sexually abused them over the course of 15 years. san dusky has denied any inappropriate behavior but a defense expert did testify the former coach suffers from a personality disorder that could explain the love letters he allegedly wrote to some of the boys. still analysts say sandusky skipped testifying because it could have allowed the

prosecution a chance to introduce new evidence, including a never aired clip of the bob kostis interview last november. >> i didn't go around seeking out every young person for sexual needs that i've helped. there are many that i didn't have -- i hardly had any contact with who very helped in many, many ways. >> i'm joined by debbie here to get her take on the triel. lots of folks -- on the trial. lots of folks shocked he didn't take the stand. what's your reaction to that? >> i think it would be legal suicide if he took the stand but it's a double edged sword that people on the jury wanted to hear what he had to say. >> what do you think the strongest points that each side has to make at this point, this juncture in the case? we have closing arguments set for a little later this morning. defense, twx, what are the

strong -- -- let's swap your mike for a moment if you don't mind so we can get a better hear at your reaction. so what do you think the strongest points of both sides are as they're heading into the closing arguments today? >> obviously the strongest part of the prosecution are the victims. we're not in the courtroom so we don't know how compelling the testimony came across, but from everything we've heard, it's really been very heart wrenching testimony of the victims. that obviously is the prosecution's strongest part. on the defense side, because this is a small town, people are from penn state, seven jurors have strong ties to penn state, they didn't have much to work with but what they do have is just saying that how much jerry sandusky has done with the second mile, that he's put through thousands of boys, and here you have only eight boys testifying, that's about the best that they can do. >> the defense even questioned

the investigators' actions saying that maybe the investigators coached some of these young boys to testify in the manner that they did. >> exactly. that was probably the best part that the defense did get to because they had -- they wanted each boy to know you're not out here on your own, that there are other victims out here testifying but then what the defense is going to say, well, maybe, there's some type of conspiracy in terms of getting them to testify to say almost exactly the same thing that happened. >> could be enough to raise some doubts, some reasonable doubt with some jurors perhaps? >> could be. >> we're not in the minds of the jurors so we don't know until they actually come down with their verdict. lots of the jurors, speaking of them, the members on the jury, have ties to penn state. small community. penn state has really been the core and the foundation of this community. how do you think that's going to affect their decision making? >> you know, i was really concerned about that in the beginning because i thought that they really should have moved the venue. now, sandusky wanted it to stay

where it is in bellefonte, pennsylvania. but at the end of the day, i think this jury, they're just going to focus ons what the victims stated, however the victims came across to them f they came across to them believable and genuine, i think they're going to go with the prosecution. >> we'll be watching. debbie hines, thanks so much. i'm sure you'll be watching as well. >> yes. >> thanks, delia. montgomery county police have arrested four young men for a series of burglaries in germantown. investigators say they tracked down a stolen vehicle yesterday that had been taken from the front of a home just hours earlier. officers found two of the four suspects in the car. the other two were captured in connection with another stolen vehicle which was taken several days ago. now police are working to tie the group to nearly 20 burglaries and numerous other thefts that have been committed in the area in the last three months. with today's temperatures nearing 100, the district is making some changes to help people stay cool. the hours have been extended at the city's public pools.

some will open -- will be open as late as 9:30 this evening. however, the free public pools will be opening at 1:00 p.m. this year instead of 11:00 a.m. the city is also -- has also opened cooling centers. you can call 311 for more information about the center closest to you. in maryland, the city of laurel is also extending pool hours and has a cooling center open at the laurel armory community center. metro is waiving its no drinking policy on buses and trains so passengers can drink water to stay hydrated. the policy is still in effect for liquids other than water. today's temperatures could also take a toll on your commute. that's because marc and vre commuter trains are under heat-related speed restrictions. both transit agencies are telling riders to expect delays, and those delays could be longer depending on how far you ride. still ahead, we're going to try to help you save some cash when it comes to your air conditioning bill.

that's in daily deals coming up next. >> plus, we'll have details on a special performance tonight to honor d.c.'s late go go legend chuck brown.

5:38. 78 degrees in washington. a humid 78 degrees, feeling more like we're already in the low 80s. it's going to be another blazingly hot and humid day across the region. we may set some records before it's over. looking at the day planner, we're quickly going to warm up. by noon we're looking at temperatures around 95. 3:00 98. i think we're going to make 99, if not 100 before the day is over. winds not much of a help north and south at about 5 to 8 miles an hour. i'll be back with the full seven-day forecast in five minutes. we do have relief in that.

an early morning accident happened close to an hour ago, was just cleared out of the road, left delays beginning i would say just near route 110 if not near the pentagon heading northbound on 395. finally the lanes are open for those stuck in traffic but bad health news for those of us who free wently get stuck in traffic. -- frequently get stuck in traffic. new research suggests traffic noise can give you a heart attack. 15,000 people found for every extra ten decibels of traffic noise, the risk of heart attack jumped 12%. traffic noise races stress levels and -- raises stress levels and prevents sleep. not a good idea to live in the district then, andrea. >> all right, monika. we've been searching through the day's daily deals, e-mails and retailer websites to find you deep discounts and here are some of our favorites.

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our time is 5:45. we want to say a special good morning to fans of ours. mark and beth bailey, they celebrated their 30th anniversary yesterday. mark now works for the navy in a civilian position and beth is a teacher. again, wishing them 30 more years. i met two delightful women in the giant yesterday who watch us. gloria and gin fet. gloria is a stitch. she can do standup comedy. she's so funny. thank you for watching 9news now. it was nice and cool in the giant because we got that blast of heat as soon as you walk

out. we've got steamy conditions already this morning. well up in the 70s here in town. the humidity levels are up here. another heat advisory like yesterday, east of the blue ridge. heat index values could get into the 105 range and that means you just got to take it easy. stay inside if you can. plenty of cold water. if you're going to be outside, i suggest two jugs of cold water. one for drinking. the other for pouring on your head every 10 or 15 minutes. day planner 82 by 8:00. by noon 95. winds north to northwest. light this morning turnings southerly. as we make a run toward the triple digits, upper 90s to near 100 for the high. at 8:00 we'll be 91 degrees. so that 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. time frame is probably going to be the worst of the whole afternoon. currently 74 in rockville. leesburg 72.

it's 70 in haymarket. off to our east we have low to mid-70s. columbia 75. crofton 72. same with an drews. arlington is 77. here in town as we look outside, hazy conditions. the sun is up but with the haze, tough to see it early. 78, feeling like 81 already. thanks for the humidity. 84%. jet stream taking a dip in the northern plains. this is helping to push a cold front through the upper midwest. showers and storms ahead of the front. we'll be riefg -- we'll be arriving -- it will be risk late in the evening. we'll be baking with the heat index 105, give or take a few degrees. this afternoon isolated at best thunderstorms. best chance will be in the mountains west of us. could be a shower or storm overnight. then tomorrow as the front approaches, much more widespread activity with showers and storms for the afternoon and evening showers. some of these could be strong

to severe even so we're going to watch that, looks like the strongest ones tomorrow, winds, strong wind gusts could be the problem with. so yellow alert for the record heat today. 99. that would break the record. the record high today is 98 at national and dulles. 100 up in baltimore. tomorrow 94. yellow alert again for thunderstorms and we may make a severe weather alert today. we'll watch how that develops. by saturday we're clearing out early. less humid. a good day. 88 degrees. sunday also looks good. except for sunday night could be a storm. then a cooling trend tuesday and wednesday of next week. only around 80. i've got good news. on the northbound side of 395, the doesn't i've -- accident i've been telling you about for just about an hour was cleared up about 15 minutes ago, northbound 395 heading for the 14th street bridge. we'll take you outside live right now. just so you feel better about it, you can see that all lanes are open. you do have access to the gw parkway now. now we'll take a live look at the pentagon where traffic was backed up heading northbound on

395 but this is now clearing out as well. it was early enough that we were able to get traffic flowing again heading for the 14th street bridge. so good news for you folks there. let's go back over to the maps, this time to southern maryland. no problems to report on any of your major corridors right now. route 4, route 5, 301, 210 out of accokeek and oxon hill. both loops of the beltway running smoothly across the river between alexander yandz oxon hill. -- alexandria and oxon hill. we'll go to the north side of town at 6:00. >> thank you, monika. a house committee has voted to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress. republican committee members say the justice department failed to provide all the documents they need to investigate the fast and furious operations. >> the gun smuggling project ended after some illegally purchased guns turned up at crime scenes. as susan mcginnis reports, president obama has now asserted executive privilege trying to protect those disputed documents. >> reporter: voting along party

lines, the house oversight committee recommended attorney general eric holder be held in contempt of congress for failing to turn over documents related to the gun smuggling operation fast and furious. house speaker john boehner and majority leader eric cantor released a statement saying unless the attorney general reevaluates his choice and supplies the promised documents, the house will vote to hold him in contempt next week. >> if mr. boehner takes this to the house, he will be seen as one of the most extreme speakers. >> reporter: during an 18-month investigation, holder turned over some 7600 documents. holder agreed to turn over more documents if committee chairman darrell issa would end the investigation. he refused. that's when holder asked the white house to invoke executive privilege to protect the documents. the. granted it. democrats say republicans are going after holder in a politically motivated witch hunt. >> instead of going after guns,

the republican majority is going after the attorney general of the united states. >> reporter: republicans say they are trying to get to the truth about how guns that were part of the fast and furious operation ended up near the body of border patrol agent brian terry. he was killed in a shootout near the mexican border. >> we've assured his family that there are other means that we will use to continue investigating. >> reporter: terry's parents say the president's decision to invoc executive privilege compounds their tragedy. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. making news now at 5:51, he's already a convicted serial killer in california. now rodney al cala has been extradited to new york to face charges there. he's accused of killing to women in the 1970's. 's on california's death row for killing a 12-year-old girl and four other women. they fear there could be other victims. the hope is to lift

evacuation orders around a wildfire near bakersfield, california. firefighters now have the flames about 35% contained. they are hoping to fully contain it by sometime tomorrow. one of hawaii's eight main islands is about to get a new owner. larry ellison is buying lanai. about 2,000 people live there with an estimated worth of $36 billion. he's america's third wealthiest season. he's paying for the island with cash. >> of course he is. that's fantastic. 5:52. time to take another look at the question of the morning. 2% of americans say they never do one of these household chores. just 2% of americans. is it a, dust the window sill, b, clean the refrigerator, or c, mop the floor. >> this response was posted on our wusa9 facebook fan page by jerry. i can't believe there are 2%

that have never cleaned their refrigerator. remind me to never eat at their house. think about all the gross stuff growing. yuck. >> enjoy your breakfast. log on to our facebook fan page. we'd love to hear what you think. we'll have the answer to the question about an hour from ow- - >> from now. >> you're one of our facebook friends, cue win tickets to the -- you could win tickets to the at&t national tournament. click on the link to fill out the entry form. ten people will each win two tickets. the winners will be selected next monday. >> coming up, we'll have a preview of today's closing arguments in the jerry sandusky trial. >> also, a man who spent 30 years as the university president shares his thoughts on the chaos surrounded the abrupt dismissal of uva's president. we'll be right back.

welcome back. the interim. of the university of virginia calls the process of dismissing the outgoing president as deeply flawed. >> he says his top goal as interim president will be to rebuild trust. uva's board of visitors forced president teresa sullivan to step down earlier this month. her last day is august 15. the interim president said he will not apply for the president's job. >> stephen trottenburg who was university president for 30

years, most of them at georgetown university told our bruce leshan he's never seen anything like that and it's the uva board that should resign. >> it's a three-person -- [indiscernible] -- which fired teresa sullivan at the university of virginia did it capriciously and inappropriately. >> reporter: strong words in an article just out in the prestigious chronicle of higher education. >> the process they used to effect their will was totally irregular and inappropriate. i've never heard of a board holding a secret meeting with three members, get together and decide they're going to replace the president. >> reporter: a friend of presidents and spiritual leaders, the author of numerous books on higher ed, and the man who built gw into one of the largest land owners in downtown d.c., he is perhaps uniquely qualified to weigh in on teresa

sullivan's still miss tear just ouster-- >> mysterious ouster. >> no transparency, no complaints they're willing to publish. it's quite absurd. and injures mr. jefferson's university. they really frankly ought to step down. >> reporter: he says sullivan is well regarded and celebrated in the small community of presidents at world renowned universities. >> two years seems to be time to have started but not time to have effected much change. it takes three minutes to make a three-minute egg. if you say to sullivan you want a three-minute egg, you've got to give her the three minutes. >> reporter: but he says there's no question uva will weather this crisis. >> when people talk about blungdzers in university governance so it will be part of the higher education narrative for many years to come, but the university of virginia is much too strong an institution to be brought down

by this sort of mistake. >> reporter: bruce leshan, 9news now. >> he says boards of clearly supposed to hold university presidents accountable, but he says they have to do it in a sound responsible way and he says that didn't happen in this case. we begin 9news now at 6:00 a.m. with a heat alert. it is going to be yet another scorcher. a live look at the yards park in southeast washington where it's 78 degrees right now. >> because of the heat advisory, the department of labor is reminding outdoor workers to stay hydrated and spend time in the shade. it's also encouraging employers to go easy on those workers. in the district city pools will be open late. about a dozen will stay open until 8:00 or 8:30 p.m. >> metro is easing its policy about drinking on board trains. you can take a bottle of water with you to stay cool. >> in just a moment, monika is going to tell us if the drivers are going to keep