chorus of pepco critics. >> most would agree, friday isn't good enough to restore power to our people here in the city. >> mayor gray isn't sure how he will hold pepco accountable. he wants to meet with the governors of maryland and virginia as well as local county executives to come up with the best plan of action. >> unfortunately, one of the things i think is clear, this is going to happen again and people are sick of it. >> we asked pepco to respond to the mayor's remark. we provided them with a summery of his comments, but they have yet to get back to us. customers are very frustrated, too, in fact, one pepco customer told me he called to report an outage and was asked what state is d.c. in? back to you. >> andrea, thank you. well, there has been some slow, but steady progress today getting the traffic lights working again. on the maryland side of the

river, montgomery county remains the hardest hit. police reported 240 intersections without traffic lights this afternoon. scott broom is keeping up with the situation and joins us live from rockville. scott. >> well, here is one of those intersections. it's frustrating and daunting for some people who aren't used to it. this is broad wood drive and veers mill here in the twin brooks section of rockville. they still have a temporary stop sign out here. connecticut avenue through kensington. every light was out at one point. it has good night somewhat better today. a big breakthrough happened on connecticut avenue just after noon. here, finally, progress. 12:15 p.m. and connecticut avenue southbound was being reopened at veers mill road. 2 1/2 days to clean up this major artery after friday night

storm. the damage to utilities along connecticut avenue and north kensington, dramatic, dozens of traffic signals still dead. >> i'm a little nervous. >> all over montgomery county, motorists were left to trust each other at the busy intersections. >> we stop. wait for one to go, and i go. when they go, they continue. >> the lucky ones had portable stop signs standing in. do you trust the other guy? >> i guess. >> at 1:30 this afternoon, county police reported 240 traffic lights still out. and only enough officers to direct traffic at 90 of those intersections. >> what is helping is officers out there in the broiling sun and they are doing a great job. >> despite endless warnings to treat dark intersections as four-way stops, many motorists simply breeze through

intersections. meanwhile, busy trying to restore power and traffic sanity, this pepco crew. just one of many very tall orders on a very long list. the bottom line is, electricity. they need electricity to get the lights going again so they are waiting on pepco. they are waiting on the repairs. as i reported, the number is 240. that's the official number. but that was at 1:00 this afternoon. i have seen some intersections come back live here in the veers mill corridor this afternoon. so it is clearly getting better, but it's happening very slowly in montgomery county right now, does not have a hard count on how many intersections are out during this rush hour. but they know they are slowly getting them back online. but there's a lot of them out. reporting live in the twin brooks section of rockville. scott broom. ingly saw an updated number. it might be 200, but your

advice is slow down, because you don't know when that intersection you come through may have a working light. we have trees down and traffic signals out. let's get a check on the evening obstacle course. monica is here with the latest. >> you say it so well. coming in dealt with that as well. still road closures all over town and signal lights dark as well. i'm going to start off with your delays on the beltway where here on the beltway, inner loop of the beltway, slowed down 20 miles an hour as you head through this area from bethesda into college park. you have slow traffic here. 21 miles an hour leaving the john hanson highway heading on the outer loop of the beltway. let me tell you about your signal light problems. as lesli side, this could be updated in montgomery county, 200 to 250 signal lights. in fairfax, it's 80. and in the district, it's around 55. still a lot to deal with when you come upon an intersection, you want to treat it as a four

way stop. it's more important than ever that you heed our advice. you have police direction in major intersections. some of them have temporary stop signs set up as well. want to treat that as a four- way stop and give way to the right. let me take you over to virginia. now hov restrictions lifted inside the beltway on 66 through tuesday, through tomorrow. and then no hov on july 4. but only until tomorrow inside the beltway on 66. otherwise, hov restrictions are in effect on 66, 95, and 395. let me take you to another problem that has been going on since late morning. 295 northbound between east capital street. a broken down beer truck. yup, a beer truck. and they have been offloading it ever since, left shoulder gets by on the northbound side. it's left to slow traffic, about 9 miles an hour only. trying to get northbound on

2995 through this area. also been a problem on 395. let me show you what it looks like on our traffic camera where there was an overturned truck on the ramp from northbound 395. they are dealing with it as we speak. let me show you the delay right now on the northbound side of 395. this is unusual. usually you have the southbound slow traffic, but this time it's northbound trying to get past. i'll be back in a half an hour to give you another update on area roads. back to you guys. >> thanks, monica. a lot of folks are complaining about how long it has been taking the power companies to get the lights back on, but could it be soon to offer so much complaint about pepco if bruce leshan is in bethesda and he answered that question. bruce. >> yeah, derek. that is one of the big, big questions here. three days after the storm, it seems like pepco is falling behind the other utilities in the area in terms of trying to get people back online.

the big question, one of the other big questions tonight is whether regulators, the people that can really punish pepco have had enough. >> you know, everywhere you look, the crews are running around. >> people across the region are showing remarkable patience in the face of adversity. the next door neighbor lost his home to a tree. so he is willing to offer pepco is break. >> they are doing the best they can. it's a tough situation. there's a tree on a house. >> is it too early for you to judge their performance? >> it is too early. >> montgomery county council president, roger, has been one of pepco's fiercest critics. he is willing to wait and see on this storm. >> one of them is their efforts to apply additional crews. when did they make that effort? other utility systems get more crews? >> maryland public service commission fined pepco $1 million for bad maintenance and

excessive outages that took way too long to fix. the chairman is withholding judgment, too. >> do you think that they are doing what they need to do? >> we would almost know it was coming. certainly had no warning it was going to resolve. >> but he is willing to find pepco again if an after action report finds problems. >> we also have specific expectations for all companies under our regulations about how we are supposed to prepare for a performance. >> are we asking too much to get the power back on in a few days? >> i think people want something for nothing nowadays. nothing wants to wait a minute. it was a real challenge to figure out how we would put this all together. >> now maryland governor just held the news conference at the emergency operations center. he has given them slack. he says he won't be satisfied until everybody has their power

back. but he also says that this storm was kind of like a hurricane without the warning that we usually get for a hurricane. and he says that the response is now three days later, approaching hurricane-like responses. he is hoping everybody gets their power back real soon. >> thank you. >> 139,000 northern virginia customers are in the dark. that's down from half. but dominion power warns it may take until the weekend to get the power fully restored. peggy fox reports there is a tremendous amount of work to be done in neighborhoods where the damage is catastrophic. >> what took 30 minutes will take us over a week to restore. >> before virginia can restore power to damage neighborhoods, their tree contractors have to untangle the trees from the lines. in many cases, that involves cutting up huge down trees piece by piece. >> we heard this big slash of

lightning and ran downstairs and could see the tree falling. >> despite their car, janelle and their family consider themselves lucky. >> the tree that fell, landed on my husband's car. and that's all the power lines down. >> 90-mile an hour violent storm, knocks the trees into our poles and wires. catches the wires, snaps the pole. and again, you get cascading. >> the winds and falling trees knock down 12 utility poles in this one arlington neighborhood along south aberdeen street. >> part of getting the power up and running when you have down lines is bringing in utility poles. it takes a will the of heavy machinery to do so. >> it's going to take about two days with two crews in here. >> customers need to understand the magnitude of the damage and the time it's going to take to repair every neighborhood like this. and get the power back on to

darkened intersections. >> nonon has been around 100 years. this is the largest nonhurricane restoration in history. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >> planning to provide some additional information as well. i should tell you that power outages from this whole thing extends from as far south down to north carolina. as far north as new jersey. as far west as illinois, and these severe storms all in all are blamed for at least 22 deaths. ten of those were from virginia, three in maryland, and one in the district. >> coming up from the falling tree damage to spoiled food. what is and not covered by your insurance after an epic storm like this one. >> first, what food you should and you shouldn't throw out when the power goes away. hour by hour, day by day, we'll break it down in just a minute.

the district has set up six sites to accept spoiled food from residents. people who don't want to wait can drop off unwanted food at lasalle elementary. key elementary and wilson high school in northwest and hope elementary and gar field elementary in southeast d.c. the collection runs until 7:00 this evening and then from 3:00

to 7:00 tomorrow. >> families were out this weekend on the hunt for ice to save what is left in their fridge or their freezer. but just how long can you keep your food before it's time to toss it? well, if you lost power for more than two hours, it's time to start throwing stuff out. i know it's hard. i really do. but here's the rule of thumb for you. if your freezer is about half full, your food will last for 24 hours. if it's completely packed, the food will last for 48 hours. the key is to keep that freezer closed and don't open it up until your power comes back on. if your power has been out since friday, you need to throw everything out with some exceptions. because the fridge is a bit of a different story. all right, so these are things you can keep. you can keep fruit juices. you can keep hard cheeses. you can keep some vegetables, given they are fresh. some canned fruit and condiments. you want to make sure the temperature is 40 degrees inside. you want to get yourself a kitchen thermometer. something like this, that will

help you figure that out. now to the things you need to toss. your milk, eggs, your soft cheese, those prepared salads. anything that deals with fish or meat or chicken, things you might not think about, those biscuits, that cookie dough, that has to go. if you are concerned about rolling outages because some people had power and lost power. get yourself a sty container or cooler. fill it up with ice and put the things that are parishable in there. before you eat your food, you want to make sure you test it. don't eat it. you want to make sure you test it with a food thermometer to make sure it's okay. trust me. i know it's tough. i know you don't want to clear out your refrigerator and freezer. it's better to be safe than sorry, particularly in these hot temperatures with the power out. derek. >> very good advice, lesli. and deadly food in the fridge is not the only danger out

there. the d.c. families recovering tonight from carbon monoxide poisoning after their generator was left running too close to the windows of their home. crews responding to the home sunday on first street northwest encountered a carbon monoxide and the levels were so high, they had to smash out the first floor windows. five people, including a toddler and another young child had to go to the hospital. one man was unconscious and unresponsive, but he is in the same hospital in stable condition. and similar incidents in prince georges county. emergency crews responded to at least three carbon monoxide accidents. people in two homes were overcome by the fumes caused by generators and generator caused a fire in a third home. so, good lesson here. if you have to use a generator, it can come in handy, you have to follow safety precautions. first of all, place them in well ventilated areas. that means away from doors, windows, and vents. never use a generator inside your garage, even if the door is open. make sure you install carbon

monoxide detectors inside the home and please make sure they are working -- allow it time to cool down. all right. >> let's hope people follow that advice because there's always a lot of people who, you know, end up having accidents with these generators because they aren't using them properly. they are using them indoors. >> they may not be thinking about all the damage. >> absolutely. something to think about. top, we have a long week ahead. >> i bought a generator in '99. remember the y2k, never used it. never started it, never used it. my wife said, better get that out and it started on the first pull. now we have lights. we have something. >> we have some food. we are saving our food, which is good. we are looking at the same pattern for the next week or so. here's the deal. not so humid.

live doppler is -- i said this yesterday. someone sent this in. i think they are from middleburg. this dude is plugged electric raiser into the generator. i don't recommend that, but evidently it was okay. got word he was just fine. that says it all, i tell you what. courtesy unknown. i think the location was in northern virginia. all right, here's our live weather cam. very nice evening. this is brought to you by michael and son. temperatures 91. look at the dew point. it's 60. humidity 35%. now, keep that in mind, i'll show you tops and heat indeck index in a moment. winds out of north at 12. pressure 29.94 inches of mercury. this is not exactly crazy hot. our average high 188. we are only 2 or 3 degrees off the average. 91 in manassas. let's keep our eye on the 91

downtown. we'll factor in humidity. it still feels 91. 91 in manassas and leesburg. so, the good news is, we are well below heat advisory. it's still hot, but the good news is, the dangerous heat is subsided for a while. heat will continue. 90s are with us all week. warm tonight, maybe a storm. but again, doppler is quiet right now. tuesday, another copy and paste day. and big storms are possible for the fourth. we are used to that. for tonight, partly cloudy and warm. thunderstorm possible. almost comfortable. lows in the mid 60s in the suburbs and mid 70s downtown. that's kind of nice that we don't have power. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, warm. 70 to 90. as it warms up quickly. and by afternoon, partly cloudy and hot, got to keep the chance of a thunderstorm in. high temperatures near 95 and winds southwest at 10. almost as hot tomorrow as it was today. so the day planner then, 65 to 75 to start. 85 to 90 by noon and 93 to 97

by evening. we're looking at an afternoon thunderstorm. that heat continues. next three days, stay yell low because of the heat and because of the chance for storms. 95 on tuesday. 97 for the fourth. and 96 on thursday. next seven days, we stay in the 90s. we're looking at temperatures in the upper 90s as we get into friday. almost 100 on saturday. and the 90s really don't go anywhere. on sunday, 96. on monday, a good chance of showers and thunderstorms and temperatures in the low 90s which sounds kind of nice. the nats are in town tomorrow and the fourth is wednesday. good times. >> thank you. >> love that. all right, coming up, fire crews in colorado slowly, but surely gaining control of what's been dubbed the most destructive wild fire in that state's history. >> but up next, some safe and sound advice if you plan on heading down to watch the fourth of july fireworks on the national mall or along the

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911 service has been restored. however, arlington county is reporting problems with wireless emergency calls. friday night's storm knocked out power to a building and that resulted in dropped calls, along with manassas. the fairfax county board of supervisors says 911 service in the county was disrupted for what she called an unacceptable period of time. a decloration of emergency in virginia helped bring in a thousand extra power line workers. >> but as jessica doyle reports, it is a long slog in the commonwealth. >> cleaning up in falls church, virginia, after friday's wicked storm. at least the power was on at starbucks for the powerless, desperate for that morning cup of joe. the ac was a draw, too. >> my niece and i, we have a small front yard and we took out some blankets and sheets and slept on the lawn. it was great. >> nerves are starting to fray. >> i'm trying not to say bad

words. >> morning commuters in fairfax county navigated through darkened street lights at 80 intersections. some treated this spot on columbia pike in whispering lane as a four way stop, others flew right through it. a quarter mile down the road, kids were dropped off as the surrounding neighborhood was still in the dark. this morning, fairfax county canceled summer school. joined crews from dominion power to get the power back on. here, they have to remove thousands of pounds of tree to work on the lines and eventually replace this utility pole. but they are confident they'll get the power back on here sometime today. >> dominion virginia power predicts 80 to 85 percent of customers will have the power back on. 90 to 95% by thursday. other small side streets may have to wait until the weekend to get the ac and lights back

on. some are a lot luckier. >> we didn't have any for a long time. it just turned on in the middle of the night. so we don't have any food, we are here at starbucks trying to find something to feed these hungry little mouths. >> i have the power in my room. >> jessica doyle, 9news now. it is surprising, but it's true. many homeowners don't know or even understand what their insurance policy covers or doesn't cover in a situation like this. according to a survey by metlife. 30% of people weren't sure how much coverage they had on their home. 46% of homeowners didn't know which of their personal items were covered under their policy. in fact, most people think all homeowners insurance policies are all the same. jim with the american insurance association is here to help us clear up confusion and share some important information today to help people navigate their way through this aftermath here. as you know, the utility crews are out there doing their best

to get the power back on to everybody. we talked about how people had to toss out food. can they file a claim to get reimbursement for all the food losses? >> well, actually lesli, there are a lot of insurance policies that provide for spoiled food. you really want to ask your agent or your insurer. >> because you might have to meet a certain deductible before you would qualify for that coverage, correct? >> there is a deductible on those coverages. >> if you have some sort of direct electrical problem that affected the whole block, including you. would you be wrapped up in that as well? >> you are less likely to have a coverage for spoiled food in that kind of situation. really, a situation where your house is almost individually impacted. like a power line to your home goes down. >> okay, so there are some specific things that you have to meet. let's talk about trees. because they are down everywhere.

if your neighbor's tree coms down, who is responsible? >> well, in terms of responsibility, it depends because oftentimes a tree could be rotted. it might be your neighbor's responsibility. but in terms of what insurers do. if you have an impact, you may have a claim under your own homeowner's insurance policy to help you remove that tree. >> if it's rotted and it's your neighbors, then they are responsible. >> it's possible. i mean, it would depend. >> okay, let's talk about losses of items that may be inside your home due to wind damage. >> sure. almost always universally covered. typical homeowner's insurance, when you've had a wind loss like this, your roof has been torn off, water gets in, ruins furniture, what have you, covered by your contents coverage. >> let's talk about what is called additional living expenses coverage. so you lose power. you decide to go and stay at a hotel. can you deduct that? >> actually what would happen there is if you'd lost power

because of a wind storm on your policy and you've lost not power, but your house is impacted, you could possibly make a claim for additional living expense. that helps you with added costs for living in a hotel, meals out, potentially. >> just to be clear, we're talking about if there's a tree on your home and you cannot live in your home, it's not about if your power is out and you're going to a hotel for comfort. >> that's right. it has to be about your property being damaged. >> all right jim, thank you so much for coming in and helping to clear up the confusion and hopefully this helped you as well. and now we're going to send it back over to derek. >> thank you, lesli. we'll take a check now on the storm damage and traffic signal outages affecting our evening rush. monica has the latest on that. monica. >> reporter: thank you so much. you know, definitely patience is the name of the game today and basically throughout the week with all of our power outages all over town. signal lights are still dark as well. i'm going to give you basic

idea of numbers. montgomery county, it's 200. fairfax about 80 and in the district, about 55 signals are dark. when you approach an intersection where you have that situation, treat it as a four way stop. give way to the right and navigate through a lot of road closures as well. sometimes not being able to take a left turn means you'll have to know your way around. so again, patience is definitely going to be the name of the game. let's take you around town. first of all, no hov restrictions inside the beltway on 66th through tomorrow and no hov restrictions on july 4. if you are planning to head over to 295 northbound, it's closed at pennsylvania avenue because of an early morning problem with a truck disabled there and it was a beer truck. they have been offloading the beer all day long. in the meantime, you'll navigate your way to east capital street. here's what it looks like. now over to reno road that is closed with wires down. and on 395 northbound, a live look there where there was a

stuck truck on the ramp. that was just cleared up and traffic still just a bit heavy through here. all the lanes are open. i'll have more coming up once again in half an hour. back to you. >> thanks, monica. it was anything but business as usual for tiger woods at the at&t national. >> from the storm damage to tiger's victory. we'll wrap up a wild weekend. we're always on at wusa9.com. stay with us, we'll be right back.

the storm that came through here was awful. >> dangerous heat on the way. 9 weather alert code may go from yellow to red. a texas grad student is in critical condition tonight after being mauled by two chimps at a sanctuary for abused chimps in south africa. the 26-year-old university of texas student was leading a tour at the time. those two chimps attacked andrew after he tried to retrieve a rock within their enclosure. witnesses say eberly climbed into a no go zone. doctors are treating overly and they are optimistic about his recovery. children are in trouble with the law in england. after allegedly trying to snatch the olympic plane.

it happened this morning, five national health service workers were running through the city when two boys somehow managed to evade security. they tried to grab the torch, but security guards ushered them away. after alec baldwin and his 38-year-old yoga instructor are husband and wife. the actor married thomas over the weekend. among the guests, tina fey, and robert f. kennedy jr. baldwin was previously married to kim. they have a daughter who was also there. the reception took place at nyu. still ahead tonight, why that cup of joe may actually make your skin better. >> but first, after the storm come the cleanup and the con men. what 9 wants you to know to keep your and your family safe up next.

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crews are working to clean up as much debris as possible in the aftermath of this weekend's storm. sky 9 was over these folks in maryland cutting up trees. tonight, maryland's attorney general is warning residents to be cautious before hiring contractors to be weary of fraud. 9 wants to know if people trying to take advantage of people in need. we sent russ out today to check. >> lesli, yeah, every year, the maryland attorney general is also saying they have received four complaints of people saying unfair pricing at hotel and gas stations. they are investigating that. meantime, in montgomery county, officials were out in force warning residents and tase neighborhoods yet to come. as if down trees and no power

weren't enough. >> somebody knocked on your door, i'm guessing? >> eric is out warning of trouble to come. >> that's a classic sign. they come by, knock on the door, claim to have, you know, material left over. >> he and the montgomery county office of consumer protection went door to door distributing fliers about an age old swindle when there's storm damage, something this homeowner suffered before. >> he didn't do half the work, no. he said he had to get some supplies. >> have the cash and never came back. >> had to be in cash. >> if a contractor knocks on your door -- >> they canvassed several neighborhoods. no sooner had that tree come down, the roof come off. contractors started dropping cards at her home. the con artist is more likely to pick a smaller job. >> this is not the kind of house you think you would have the flight by night guy knock on the door. >> when they see this, they follow the path of the storm. >> he advises using local crews

working out of marked vehicles. in maryland, look for a state number. >> i'm going to show you another one on the side of this truck right here. it's below their phone number. if you look for that, that means that they are registered with the state and that's a little bit of insurance for you. check with your jurisdiction to insure they're licensed. the con contractors are likely already traveling our way. >> they are out of state license plates. they'll have trucks with nothing on them. >> whether you seen price gouging or you've been scammed, we want to know. e-mail us at wusa9.com. also online, we have a link so you can report it directly to authorities. that's at wusa9.com. i'm investigative reporter, 9news now. >> thank you. you can also log on to wusa9.com for information about filing insurance claims, food safety, generator safety, all the things you need to know in the wake of the storm. >> it was so cool outside

today, i got my long sleeve -- >> i'm just kidding. >> it's not humid out. it's a fairly comfortable evening. doppler is still clear. there's your silver lining. it's all we got for you. let's start with a live look outside. it is quite comfortable out. we're looking at the white house. this is brought to you by michael and son. temperatures, well, they are toasty. 91. but the dew point, it's 60. humidity 35%. the humidity isn't adding any discomfort to what your body feels. winds north at 12 and the pressure steady 29.94 inches of mercury. again, 91 downtown. 93 in frederick. you jump the divide, only 77 in oakland. watch the temperatures. we'll take manassas this time. 91. we'll factor in the humidity and it still stays 91. that's really nice. that's one reason we didn't have any advisories. we made it into the mid 90s, but no humidity to boost the

heat index between 100 and 105. so there were no advisories. it's going to stay hot. heat continues. warm tonight, we're going to hang on to an isolated storm. i don't think we'll see any storms tonight. we may take it out by 7:00. tuesday, another copy and paste. if you are of a different generation, carbon copy. big storms possible for the fourth on wednesday. so we also have to watch that for the fireworks. partly cloudy and warm. mid 6 60s in the suburbs. again, especially if you don't have any power, it's not bad. partly cloudy, very warm. temperatures 70 to 90 by lunchtime. winds south, southwest at 5 to 10. and then by afternoon, a little chiang chance of a storm tomorrow. we've been saying this, any storms can be heavy and severe. break it down, 65 to 75 to

start. 85 to 90 by noon. that's going to be hot by noon and 93 to 97 by evening with a thunderstorm. heat continues. try to stay cool. next three days, our 9 weather alert codes remain yellow because of the heat and potential storms. 95 on tuesday. 97. warmer on the fourth and a much better chance of storms. of the next three days, unfort nay l unfortunately, wednesday is the best chance of storms. the 90s don't go anywhere. on friday, we go up to 97. almost hit 100 over the weekend on saturday. and then sunday, 96. and monday kind of a frontal system trying to approach. showers and thunderstorms possible. temperatures will go back into the low 90s, which would feel pretty good. really it's nice outside. it's hot, but not humid. that's kind of the key. >> that's all we can ask for at this point. thank you very much. we'll send it over to derek and kristen. >> another victory for tiger. >> tiger woods roared at the

congressional country club this sunday, winning his own at&t national in dramatic fashion. it was pretty good. now he leads the pga tour in wins for the year and passed a legend on to the all-time win list. our own kristen berset was tracking tiger all week long and she was on the course early saturday morning covering the storm damage. she was there on the 18th when tiger was taking that trophy. >> it was hot. >> what was it like on saturday when there were no fans or volunteers, just the players? >> saturday was really strange. i've been in my share of tournaments and you hear that roar from all different spots. that wasn't the case. from my side, us trying to get shots of the storm damage was great, because there was nobody to dodge in the golf cart. i know for the players, it was so strange. tiger woods tees off on the first hole and 10, 15 people.

so it was a little strange. i know tiger talked about it afterwards saying guys were going through the motions. tipping their hats, you know, when they made a good play. even though there's one person clapping for them. obviously, it worked for tiger because he soared near the top of the leader board. it was eerie out there. just like you were out playing golf with your buddies. >> didn't have to worry about anybody taking pictures. let's talk about that 18th hole when tiger wins the big tournament. didn't do the fist pump this week. he seemed happy, what was your vibe on that? >> i felt he was sub dude, but very confident. we didn't see any huge fist pump that we saw at the open. but he just, i think because maybe of what happened at the open, we saw him implod in the second half. he was going toe for toe and he said he didn't realize that they had separated themselves from the pack until after the 15th hole. he was going toe to toe. i think he was just trying to

get to the end. trying to hold his own to the end. he had a lot more confidence and you know, tigers said that he really kind of felt the energy of the gallery and like we said, he surpassed jack nicholas with 74 wins. he is trying to catch who his 82. tiger excited about that. listen to what he said after the press conference. he says he has a lot more wins coming. a lot more wins in him. >> i had a pretty good career. to do a 36, and i would have a lot of years ahead of me. i had a number of good years in my career so far and i have a lot more ahead of me. >> that's what he says. how real is that from your experience with him and watching him play? >> he has the most wins on the tour. he has yet to win a major this year. once he wins a major, he has the british open coming up. once he wins the major, we'll

talk about it. >> been a long time. >> kristen berset, it's been fun. we'll do it again. back to you. oh, i should note we still have action ahead tonight. an update on the traffic and power outages as we try to recover from that storm that really wasn't very nice for anybody. >> and then later, derek, the navy is going to explain why that fighter jet clashed into a row of condominiums in virginia beach this spring. >> but first, we have some good news about that college student fighting to recover from that awful flesh eating bacteria.

in tonight's health alert, an update on that georgia woman who had trouble with the flesh eating disease. in fact, she was in the hospital for a couple of months. amy copeland is out of the hospital after she has been treated. the 24-year-old grad student had her left leg, her right foot, and both hands amputated to prevent the disease from spreading and perhaps killing her. her next step is rehab where she will learn to move in a wheelchair. the drug company that brought us avambia and paxil agreed to pay $3 billion in the largest healthcare fraud settlement in history. pled guilty to promoting the two popular drugs for unapproved uses and failing to disclose the information. promoted for treating depression in children, but was never approved for anyone under the age of 18. the company failed to place fda safety data on avandia labels. we all know drinking too

much coffee can have negative effects. but tonight, teresa garcia has the result of a new study that says if you want to pull yourself another cup before you head off into the summer sun. >> janet higgins can't start her day without coffee. lots of it. >> one or two cups at home in the morning and on my way to work. >> gloria edwards perks up with more. >> i drink, probably about six cups a day. >> now a new study shows increasing the amount of coffee you drink could lower your chances of developing basil cell carcinoma. the most common form of skin cancer. the study looked at nearly 113,000 men and women over twenty years and found the more caffeinated coffee people drink, the lower their risk of developing basil cell carcinoma. >> this does not extend to the more serious kinds. >> researchers it's probably

the caffeine that lowers risk. previous animal studies suggest caffeine can block skin tumors from forming. close to 3 million cases of basil cell carcinoma are diagnosed each year. experts say the findings are interesting, but they don't want people loading up on coffee or throwing out sunscreen. >> if i drink a lot of coffee, i don't have to worry about protecting myself from the sun. that's not case. >> that's what bennett wright is doing now. she's been battling skin cancer for two decades. >> now i stay out of the sun. >> be thest way to protect against skin cancer is to avoid midday sun, wear protective clothes and apply sunscreen often. teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. >> caffeine is a heck of a drug. the research found that caffeine from other sources, sea, soda, chocolate, may also reduce the risk. this is 9news now. >> take one part storm, one

part damage, and one part heat and humidity and you have a recipe for disaster. tonight though, we are here to help you get the information that you need after that powerful storm. let's get you started with the big headlines. first, the federal government. >> tuesday will be the same as it was today for government workers. agencies will be open, but you'll have the option of taking unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework. >> those power outages, pepco has 211,000 customers without power. the majority still in montgomery county. dominion has just under 137,000 in the dark. bge has 114,500 customers. and novak has 2504. >> contractors are here untangling trees from power lines. they are working nonstop to try to get the