nine she'll detail. howard bernstein has the digits. definitely cooler. we'll be in the 80s all week. got some showers and thunderstorms this morning. it's been loud overnight. the showers and storms will be with us probably for a few more hours before waning by mid- morning. let's get you going with a look outside. we've got some wetness there on the lens. temperatures 76 at reagan national. 84 by noon. again a lingering shower in a couple of spots. best chance will be south with partly sunny and 87. that will be the high for the day at 5:00 p.m. got the showers and lightning. you you see all the lightning strikes we've been watching. a lot on the delmarva now but locally we're watching quite a bit still moving across the region. north of town here through montgomery county and howard counties, prince frederick and huntingtown seeing some of that. even toward culpeper watch out. let's go to monika samtani. she's got your look at time saver traffic here at 5:00 a.m. if you're planning to head on the northbound side of the

gw parkway, after i tell you what's going on there, you may just reconsider. there was a large tree down northbound before the spout run parkway. right now there is no access from the roosevelt bridge or the memorial circle to get on to the northbound side of the gw parkway. you know what that means, especially northbound. not many options. i'm going to say that military road and i-66 are going to take a hit on the outbound side early this morning, at least until hov kicks in on 66 as well. so be aware of that. northbound gw parkway, i really think it's going to be military road that takes a hit this morning to try and get around this situation. so again if you're planning to head northbound, no access, northbound before the spout run parkway. we'll take a live look at the american legion bridge. that's fine heading to the southbound gw parkway. we'll take a quick look on the other side of town on the eastbound side of route 50 in maryland at route 197. only the right lane gets by. that's because the road buckled due to the heat.

i'll be back in a few minutes with more traffic at 5:09. metro crews are trying to restore normal green line service. >> parts of the green line were shut down after friday's derailment. engineers believe a portion of the track shifted because of the summer heat. we have the latest on how things are going this morning for commuters. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike. pretty extreme this weather we had this weekend and the effects on our local infrastructure, that train derailment and that expanse of the rail you were talking about happened very close to this west hyattsville stop here. we're told this morning by metro that commuters on the green line should expect a short delay, 10 to 15 minutes because they are single tracking between pg plaza and fort totten stops. we'll take a look at some video we shot over the weekend. metro investigators blamed the extreme heat as a probable cause of friday's train derailment. three cars on an inbound green

line train derailed around quarter of 5:00 in the evening. inside a tunnel. prince george's county fire and rescue responded to evacuate the riders without injury. we spoke to the chief and here's what he had to say. >> 95 fire ems folks operating on the scene, assisted in evacuating the 56 people off the train. our folks entered the tunnel from the station, physically walked up to the train, meet up with the conductor of the train, made sure they had a face to face about where the patients are. >> reporter: metro is officially calling this a, quote, heat tink. it's literally when a portion of the metal rails expand when exposed to the extreme heat and sun for a long period of time tbhoa. he -- of time. and we know on friday and saturday we had extreme temperatures. the infrastructure took a height and riders say this -- took a hit and riders say they took a hit too. we'll have reaction if them coming up at 5:30. back to you. >> thank you, delia.

gunfire in mount vernon this morning. one man is dead. police officer pulled the trigger. now fairfax county investigators are piecing together the details. officers spotted to men acting suspiciously late last night along frye road near route 1. one man ran as officers approached. police say there was some sort of fight during the pursuit and the man fired a gun at the officers. they returned fire and eventually shot and killed the suspect. neither officer was hurt in this. weather still grabbing headlines today. today the national weather service could determine whether a tornado or straight line winds caused two buildings to collapse last night in spotsylvania county, virginia. a private home and a business collapsed off lafayette boulevard and route 1. four people were taken to the hospital. two adults and to children. none of them is life threatening. three other children were treated for minor injuries on the site. here's a look at this morning's power outage numbers. pepco reports 2600 customers

without power. 1600 in montgomery county. more than 700 in prince george's county. and 200 in the district. dominion virginia has 8500 customers out statewide. almost 4,000 of them are in virginia. most of northern virginia. most are from last night's storms. if you have lots of tree branches in your yard after the recent storms, help is available if you live in montgomery county. one-time debris pickup scheduled for this wednesday. place any tree debris along one of the county's 217 snowplow routes and they'll pick it up. just make sure it doesn't block sidewalks or driveways or roads. montgomery county has already collected about 5,000 tons of debris just since the storm. 5:05. time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> jessica doyle is here. a rough day on friday. >> it's going to abbusy week, too, for wall street. investors gearing up for a whole bunch of earnings reports that are set to be released. europe will be hard to ignore

when wall street really hopes to turn things around after a disappointing jobs report. in trading so far, asian stocks have been falling. the here as home the dow standing today at 12,772, dropped 124 points in trading on friday. nasdaq was off by 39 and the s&p 500 dropped by 13 points. dozens of companies are set to kick off earnings season this week but all eyes will turn to jpmorgan chase on friday. the company will post its trading losses tied to its bad hedge funds. the loss stood then at $2 billion. some estimate say it could be as high as $9 billion. not everyone want as five- star resort when they travel. maybe you'd like this place better in sweetwater, tennessee. it's called the redneck resort. don't look for a mud bath, baby. there's lots of mud for playing

in for four wheelers, atvs. there's a 240-foot slip and slide in mud. camping in mud, and live music and lots of mud. 20 bucks for the day. 30 bucks for the weekend. right into that mud pool. what do you think? >> i love it. >> are you game? >> i have an old four-wheel drive i can run through that stuff. it would be fun. >> maybe for a day. >> a mud bath. >> what do you have for us in the next half hour? >> you no he when we research vacations, you shouldn't believe everything you read or see either. england is better known for its rainy weather. >> but the brits are saying enough is enough after the record rainfall after three straight months there. more on that coming up. ahead in sports, a rare

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it is 5:09 on this monday morning. lots of showers and thunderstorms this morning. it's been a loud overnight for many. here's a look at day planner. we've got the threat for showers and storms for a few more hours. as we go through the morning, things are going to taper off. midday maybe a lingering shower, 84 at lunch time. partly sunny this afternoon with a high temperature around 87 degrees. i'll be back in about five minutes and we'll talk the rest

of the week and let you know what you can expect. right now monika samtani is in. we have wet streams and storms out there. we do. that is definitely going to affect your ride early on a monday morning. northbound 395 still looks like in the main and hov lanes heading to the 14th street bridge. i expect the rush hour will be tough. i'll have area road conditions coming up once again at 5:17. back to you guys. making news now at 5:10, maryland natural resources police are investigating the drowning of three boys in federalsberg. the victims, two 12-year-old  cousins and 8-year-old friend were last seen saturday playing basketball. their bodies were recovered yesterday from a nearby creek. authorities think they may have jumped in to try and cool down. the investigation is under way into the death of a mud bog racer just outside that are lotsville, virginia. police say carol engle, junior died when his vehicle flipped over and landed in a pond. three swimmers in the pond suffered minor injuries. it's too rainy even by

british standards. the month of april, may and june were the wettest ever recorded in the united kingdom. some areas got more rain in one day than they usually get in an entire month and it's not expected to improve much as the olympics start later this month. >> we did have some rain here overnight but as far as the forecast is concerned, not too much looking ahead. even better in fact. howard's seven-day forecast has high temperatures in the 80s instead of triple digits. details next at 5:15. ahead at 5:50, today's buddy check 9 takes a closer look at why doctors ruled out chemotherapy for our own jc hayward. at 30 he may be considered the old man of tennis but roger federer didn't look like it yesterday. we'll show you his final match coming up. dad look, you can get eggs,

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good morning. 5:14 on this monday morning. we have some problems but the rain, we're not going to complain too much about it because it's helping to bring down the extreme temperatures. >> and we do need the rain. that's why we're so hot, also, the lack of rain and the dryness. a lot of folks have been woken up a little earlier than they wanted to or maybe a few times during the overnight period. here's a look at the day planner. showers and storms with us for a few more hours. as we get in toward mid- morning, things start to taper off. maybe even by 8:00 most of us aren't seeing stuff anymore.

can't rule out a lingering shower midday. then this afternoon partly sunny to mostly cloudy in spots with more clouds south. more sun north. high temperature about 87 degrees. by 8:00 we're back to 85. but this is normal. yes, i know, we haven't been normal for a while but normal july weather. look at showers this morning. thunderstorms lining up in northern virginia and maryland, east and west virginia going over to the delmar have with the lightning on top of it. quite of it -- quite a different it coming out of southern maryland toward the eastern shore. lesser amounts of lightning up to the north although we're still seeing moderate to heavy rain frederick east over toward westminster. a little lightning there through central and northern montgomery county tracking into howard county. back toward charles town and even toward northern frederick county. in jefferson county, west virginia, there it is on i-81, berkley springs we're seeing

some of the showers come out east here south of more continuesburg north of winchester. we'll head south toward virginia as well. the shenandoah valley coming into the park. there's amissville coming toward warren tun, culpeper all moving toward the east. watch out for some of this moderate to heavy rain. calvert county it's generally in the bay affecting the eastern shore. your temperatures this morning are running in the low to mid- 70s out there. so a lot more comfortable than it has been. looking outside on our on michael & son weather camera, our lens is all wet. 76 degrees with light rain being reported at reagan national. a wind out of the north, northeast at 16. a cool breeze for us relatively speaking. the humidity still way up there at 85%. the big picture, you see how the front is stretched out from east to west. that's why we're seeing the showers and storms. they will be pulling south of us here, even by noon most of it is going to be south of d.c. and less of it as well. so a yellow alert today for the morning showers and storms, 87.

greern tomorrow and wednesday -- green tomorrow and wednesday. can't rule out a spotty storm tuesday and wednesday especially south of town, 86. wednesday a dry day, 87. thursday looks dry at 88 and then scattered source and storms return friday through the weekend. highs in the upper 80s. we'll take that. 5:16. monika samtani with time saver traffic and wet roads monday horn. two out three right there. yes, to out of three and now three out of three because the gw parkway northbound has been blocked with a large tree down. abeen working the phones speaking to park police trying to figure out what's going on there. what we do know is that northbound gw parkway before the spout run parkway is where the blockage is on the northbound side and park police are not allow allowing access out of rosslyn on the gw parkway. no access off the memorial bridge or the roosevelt bridge to get on to the gw parkway. i know this is against the rush hour flow. most of you head southbound on

the gw parkway early in the morning but this is still going to wreak havoc on the roadways, especially around this area of downtown because i think a lot of people are going to want to now take route 50, route 110, 66 is going to take a hit until hov kicks in and military road as well with the one closure. i don't think that crews have arrived on the scene yet northbound on the gw parkway. so please keep this in mind for your travel plans. let's go back over to our maps. on the eastbound side of route 50 all the way out in maryland, that's blocked as well along the left side of the road. only the right lane gets by as you approach 97 and that's because the road buckled because of the heat over the weekend. i'll have more coming up in my next report in a few minutes. >> maybe they need a break. the nationals dropped their final game before the all-star break. >> history made at wimbledon. roger federer once again a winner, 17th major title. now we want to take another look at our question of the monk. again i know -- of the morning. again i know you're probably

wondering why the question isn't on our facebook page again today. >> we're having technical difficulties when it comes to posting but you can still post your responses. this is the first thing a man notices when he see as woman for the first time. is it a, her smile, b, her eyes, or c, her walk? >> some have said here in the station, d, none of the above. log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page. leave your response and make sure to put question of the morning as the title to your post. we'll be right back. ?gw?qyjw

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looking at scattered showers and storms on live doppler 9 hd. heaviest on the eastern shore toward cambridge and oxford. we'll have some of the showers and storms around for a few more hours. by 9:00 lesser rains mainly from d.c. south. even by noon a lingering shower, 84. then this afternoon just an isolated shower. highs will make the upper 80s. back you to. >> thank you, howard. the nationals not the only local team sending players to the all-star game. chris ten better set has -- kristen better set has high -- berset has highlights. the washington nationals were well on their way of ending the first half the season on a high note.

bryce harper is headed to the all-star game. yesterday they seemed poised to take their series against the rockies but the usually reliable bullpen was anything but. colorado already up 1-0 in the 4th when ian desmond sends this over the center field wall to take the lead. 2-1. but things began to unravel in the 8th. mike gonzalez throws one into the dirt. dexter fowler no problem scoring from 3rd. just like that the game was tied. top of the 9th, tyler clipper doing the same thing. wild pitch. the rockies take the lead. two wild pitches cost the nats the lead and the game. rockies win this one 4-3. we've got another all-star in our mix. d.c. united dwayne was voted by fans to major league soccer's all-star team. he was voted player of the month for may and leads the

league with ten assists. the all-star game is july 25 and pennsylvania. the team will be coached by united's own ben olsen. murray, andy murray taking on roger federer. federer one the next three sets with relative ease. he wins his record tying 17th wimbledon title. that's a quick look at sports this morning. have a great monday. a number of new speed cameras start operating today. details next. we'll get a live update on repairs to metro's green line after a heat-related derailment. here's monika with more of the problems you'll be facing on the roadways. the big problem will be the northbound side of the gw

parkway close to spout run parkway. i'll have more on that coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back. ♪

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hello and welcome back to 9news now on this monday morning. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. for the first time in probably about a week, it's not 80 degrees at 5:30 in the morning. welcome, monika samtani. >> welcome to d.c. heat. mr. bernstein gives us the good news. >> weather wise it's raining. we need that. maybe not good for traffic but we need the rain. temperatures as you already said are in the 70s. not 80 degrees and will only be in the 80s today. no records. no 100-degree heat. had four straight 100-degree days so we've had enough it. it is wet out there this morning.

we've seen numerous showers and thunder out there. 76 on the hour at 5:00 a.m. with light rain being reported at reagan national. still showers and storms going on through at least 9:00. even by mid day some isolated showers will be going on. some sun mixes in this afternoon. by 5:00 p.m. partly sunny, if not mostly sunny in spots especially north of town and 87. look at the showers and storms moving east to west across the region. we're not seeing as much red as we were but still plenty going on. down south new showers in prince william county approaching i-95 and up north we see the lightning and thunder there. that will slow you down. temps in the 70s. let's go to monika samtani now. time saver traffic. pay attention. she's got a lot of stuff to tell you about. >> thank so you much. good morning, everybody. you may not think it's so good after you hear what i have to say but i'm going to start off with good news. on the eastbound side of route 50 as you approach 97, the road had buckled due to the heat over the weekend and only the right lane was getting by. we just got information that the road has been reopened on

the eastbound side ever route 50 -- of route 50. as cow in from annapolis you'll be okay as well. no problems to report on the westbound side as you head all the way to the beltway. now over to our trouble. on the northbound side of the g wa parkway -- gw parkway, a huge tree come down before the spout run parkway. there's no access from ross lynn, the memorial bridge, roosevelt bridge. all of those closed off to the northbound side of the gw parkway. let's take a live look at the american legion bridge. so those of you who head on the beltway to get on the southbound side, you'll be fine to the gw parkway. northbound i think because of that closure expect heavier than normal traffic on route 110, route 50 and even 66 this morning. i'll have more coming up in my next report at 5:39. back to you, andrea and mike. >> thank you, monika. today united nations special envoy kofi annan is on a surprise trip to syria. >> he's trying to revive the piece plan which has mostly been ignored since it was

brokered three years ago. he will meet with bashar al- assad who is blaming the u.s. for the violence there. [indiscernible] >> the future to me should be abundantly clear to those who support the assad regime, the days are numbered. >> secretary of state hillary clinton says assad will be removed from power. some republicans say the obama administration isn't doing enough to make that half. assad is vowing to stay in office no matter what. investigators believe a heat kink caused friday night's derailment on metro's green line. while trains had been single tracking past the site yesterday, it appears repairs are wrapping up. delia goncalves is live in hyattsville with an update. what kind of commute can commuters expect this morning?

>> reporter: we have good news. new information in the last half-hour. they are reporting no delays and no more single attacking in that area after that train derailment that happened not too far away from the west hyattsville stop on friday. metro says friday evening's extreme heat possibly caused a portion of an outdoor rail to expand. so when a train passed by that area just before 5:00 p.m., it derailed inside the tunnel. prince george's county fire and rescue evacuated 56 passengers. no injuries were reported. >> we did transport one customer to a hospital. she was a pregnant female. we had some people treated on scene for heat. we had a cooling station set up as well as provided water. >> it's hot and wasn't very well organized when we got to fort totten. there wasn't very much information about when the shuttle buses were going, where you were supposed to line up so there was a mass of people, everybody trying to get on the

same bus. >> i would have been on the train had i not gotten off 6 versus 5. it is a pain in the butt but i guess metro is doing what they can. >> reporter: some passengers obviously frustrated with the change in their evening commute on friday but some good news this morning we can pass along to you. no longer a delay on the green line. they were reporting a 15-minute delay but everything we're told is back up and running. we are told according to the website that crews worked all weekend long and have now repaired that portion of the track that was bowed out because of the extreme heat. good news to pass on to commuters this morning. back to you. >> delia, glad to hear it. in two hours teams of landscapers will descend on argueton national cemetery -- arlington national cemetery. they'll be taking part in the 16th annual renewal and remembrance sol deer day of --

volunteer day of service. they'll spend the day mulching, pruning, aerating and more. hundreds of people will help beautify the 600-acre cemetery. vincent gray is meeting with maryland governor martin o'malley and other officials this morning in lorton, virginia. they'll assess the progress of the chesapeake bay project. the district is working with six other states to remove the pollution in the bay after years of neglect. it's one of the biggest water pollution control projects in the history of the u.s. virginia governor bob mcdonnell will not be there. he's currently on a trade mission to ireland. notice is going out to drivers who fly by the new speed cameras in charles county, maryland. the cameras will be activated today in nine school zones but for the next 30 days drivers who exceed the speed limit by 12 miles an hour or more will get a warning. after that the warnings will be replaced by $40 tickets.

it is 5:34. time for another your money report now. jessica doyle is back trying to stop you from spending your money on the wrong hotels. >> when you go on vacation, one of the big problems is you can't return it if it isn't exactly what you thought. you buy something from amazon. maybe you didn't like the details because they were exaggerated on the website so you sent it back in the mail but you can't send back a vacation. we spend tons. of time looking over the pictures but they can lie. but a site sends hotel investigators to hotels to photograph the real deal and that way you can see for hotels are exaggerating their appearance. lives give you classic examples. we'll start in the dominican republic. on the left hand side you see this pristine beach. that's the picture on the hotel website but they took a look at the real deal. you see a thousand of your best friends there. so they're basically air brushing out people. we're going to move on.

we'll go to miami. south beach. we're taking a look at the a pool. we see the gentleman leaving the pool. he was surfing in the pool. but the real deal is the pool is about the size of a hot tub. there is no surfing going on. of course they've used some creative cropping and male models for that one. we're going to los angeles. we're staying with the pool theme for a second. you see on the left hand side the beautiful pool. you can relax but on the right, there's a macy's there. they've actually cropped out the macy's. so i guess it's nice if you want to go shopping but it isn't exactly what you're asking for. let's go to jamaica. we're checking out the room. looks pretty much the same. on the left hand side you see the king bed. on the right hand side you see the king bed is two twin beds pushed together. finally back to the dom minute can republic. -- dominican republic. time to eat. you see the beautiful buffet,

the beautiful people but in real life it's not exactly the same deal. a little dirty. all the food is gone, no carving station. this is a good sense to tell you, you know, don't always believe everything you see. >> pois ter.-- oyster.com. they're ready to save some more money. jessica is coming back with today's daily deals right after the break. >> plus, spiderman, king at the box office but falls short of industry expectations. we'll explain why.

dealing with a few sprinkles right notice in northwest d.c. you're going to see we have showers and even a few rumbles of thunder. especially on the eastern shore from easton to cambridge and oxford. even west of frederick you may be getting a little bit of lightning and thunder. for today showers and storms on

and off for a few more showers. then isolated showers and thunderstorms midday into the afternoon with sunshine and high mid- to upper 80s. monika? well, the big story of the morning is definitely has been the gw parkway northbound before the spout run parkway where a large tree came down. i just got off the phone with park police. crews are on the scene working on the problem. in the meantime you're being diverted out of rosslyn. go ahead and take route 50, 110 or even military road as your alternate routes. i'll have more on that situation at 5:49. back to you. >> thank you, monika. hollywood is mourning the death of actor ernest boring nine. he first became famous -- borgnine. he first became famous in the movie "from here to eternity" but it was his softer role as a butcher in "marty" that earned him an academy award. he was on the tv comedy mcheal's navy and had a recurring voice role on sponge

bob square pants. ernest borgnine died yesterday of renal failure. he was 95 years old. other enter name news. spiderman, amazing but not as amazing as they had hoped. after a $35 million opening day last tuesday, it grossed only $65 million over the weekend. the franchise has been revamped with new leading actors since the last spiderman movie opened to poor reviews in 2007. brave came in third. savages was in fourth and magic mike, the male stripper movie was in the top five. we've been combing through the day's daily deals, e-mails and retailer websites to find you deeb discounts. -- deep discounts. take us out to the ballgame. starting at just $9 a pressure, group come has a deal with the nationals. three seat willing options

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chris cooper is 61. jimmy smith is 57. >> back-to-back best actor winner tom hanks is 56. he starred on the wonder years fred savage is 36. we would like to wish happy birthday to surae chinn and kristen berset. happy birthday if it's your day, too. quick how many devices in your home use the internet? you're still counting aren't you? today we live online and in a few years the number of devices in your home will double. some networks can't handle it, but verizon fios is 100% fiber optic so it's faster and can handle it, and now a revolution in speed is here -- fios quantum speed, more than twice as fast as america has ever seen. to find out more about fios quantum go to verizon.com/fiosquantum. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v.

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good morning. welcome back to 9news now. it's monday morning. it's buddy check 9 day. call your buddy. my buddy howard here is wearing his pink. >> got to support all the things you and everybody else is doing for this. important stuff out there. call your buddy as andrea just said. you'll also like the fact that today is going to be only in the 80s for highs. >> tell your buddy that good news, too.

>> which is where we should be. our average high is about 88, 89. we may be a couple of degrees below average for a change. i think we're staying in the 80s all week long. there's good news there. let's get you going with the day planner this morning because we've got wet weather this morning. many of you were probably woken up by the sound of thunder last night. 84 and an isolated shower or storm still can't be ruled out. this afternoon looses like the storm chance -- looks like the storm chance will drift south. 87 for the high. showers and storms this morning have been going on most of the night here. you can see the activity moving west to east. heaviest stuff looks like it's on the eastern shore pulling away from easton and oxford there but it's rumbling. a little bit of lootening and thursday -- lightning and thunder in garrett county. we'll take you up north. here's frederick to brunswick. this is 340. heavy rains scattered about from winchester, back out to 50 in west virginia, all moving

east. south of more containsburg e-- martinsburg seeing heavier rain. dale city, quantico, now across the river into northwestern charles county not far from fort washington and southwestern prince george's county seeing a heavier cell there. this will be going on for another couple of hours. temps much better place. mid-70s in town. near 80 still at the pax river naval air station. i was out on the weather terrace a few minutes ago. very muggy also this morning with low to mid-70s in the shenandoah valley. here's a look at our michael & son weather camera in northwest d.c. looking off toward the north. cloudy skies there. we're not raining at the moment. 76 degrees. reagan national reporting rain at the top of the hour with a north, north east wind at 16. future cast takes the showers and storms this morning and starts to drift it south by noon. just an isolated shower or storm is what i'm expecting for the rest of the afternoon with better chances in richmond and southern virginia and we will continue to watch the threat at

least for a few showers and storms on and off for much of the week. so today a yellow alert because the morning showers and storms will probably slow you down getting to work. may impact your early plans. 87 degrees. but some sun this afternoon mixes in especially north. 86 tomorrow. could be an isolated shower or storm. again tonight and tomorrow. wednesday looks dry, though. 87. thursday as well, 88. then the weekend friday through sunday features a chance of storms each day with highs in the mid- to upper 80s. let's go to monika samtani. it is 5:49. it's been an ugly monday on the roads. >> it's been super busy. lots to tell you this morning. this just in. mark cam -- marc camden line 841 is running 15 minutes late, 841 running 15 minutes late. also i've been on the phone with park police and dealing with this situation on the gw parkway northbound before the spout run parkway. there was a large tree down overnight. crews have arrived. they're working on that situation but there's no access to the gw parkway northbound

from the memorial bridge or the roosevelt bridge today or at least right now. so you want to choose your alternate routes. maybe route 110 or route 50 and they are definitely going to be heavier than normal. i even think military road is going to take a hit because of this closure. we'll take you outside live on the northbound side of 95 where traffic has been okay, not too bad, just a bit slow leaving ak -- leaving aquia. no problems to report as you head on the beltway north of town. here at 270 at route 109, there's a disabled vehicle in the right transition lane and it's going to cause this delay. i'll be back at 6:00. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. here's what's making news at 5:49. george zimmerman's lawyer says his client is being guarded at a safehouse in central florida for his own safety. the neighborhood watch volunteer was released friday after a judge reset his bond at a million dollars. skimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the february shooting of the unarmed teenager trayvon

martin. egypt's fib news agency says the country's top generals are holding an emergency meeting. they're said to be discussing a surprise move by new president mohamed morsi to recall parliament. today president obama will call for a one-year extension of the bush era tax cuts. he wants them extended for people making less than $250,000 a year. the. is going to make the announcement at a white house rose garden press conference later today. house republicans want a permanent extension for everyone regardless of their income level. it is the 9th of the month. don't forget to call your buddies and remind them to do their monthly breast self- exams. if breast cancer is detected, what are your chances for a distant recurrence of the disease? will you need chemo? there's a test to answer that.

. our friend jc was diagnosed with the most common form of breast cancer. she has a lumpectomy to remove the tumor. to prevent a recurrence, she's undergoing radiation and will take the hormone drug tamoxifen but no exeem mow. her treatment plan was determined in part by a diagnostic test ordered by her surgeon. >> it's basically a d.n.a. fingerprint of their tumor. >> reporter: dr. victoria crew is jc's radiation oncologist. >> it tells us is this a type of tumor that needs some additional treatment beyond the hormone therapy in order to keep it from coming back or is this tumor one that would not refarm the chemo at all and is going to get the most benefit just from the hormone therapy. >> reporter: the test takes place on the pathology specimen taking at the time of surge ri.

it -- surgery. it looks at a group of genes within that smp pal to see how active they are. the results of the test are scored between zero and 100. jc's score was 13. >> below 17, then you're considered in a risk category where chemotherapy would have no impact and you have a well behaved, less aggressive cancer. in the mid-30s and above, that's considered a high risk range where we know that chemotherapy has a significant impact on your outcome. >> reporter: it's not for everywoman diagnosed with early stage inductal cores nome ma. >> there's not a one size fits all. it's really very personalized and will become more and more as the field progresses. >> reporter: for a list of questions to ask your doctor about the test, log on to

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it's possibly the last thing you need to hear. another problem related to the summer's extreme heat. >> this one, though, has sharp teeth and fins. karen brown tells us an increasing number of shark encounters on both the east and west coast. >> reporter: cape cod, every kayaker's worst fear. walter looking back over his shoulder in panic. ten feet away the dorsal fin of a great white shark. >> surprised it hasn't happened sooner because we know they're out there. >> reporter: the same day in santa cruz, california, a great white took a bite out of this

kayak. the man inside thrown into the water but survived. >> people need to be aware. be careful. >> reporter: they're just the latest in great white encounters. the hot temperatures bringing them earlier but it's not the people they're after. it's the exploding sea populations that have moved closer to shore. >> sharks are going to go where their food is. >> reporter: seals are their food but shark expert ralph collier says seals are protected species so the population has exploded with about a quarter million gray seals on the eastern seaboard alone. sharks he says are not interested in hunting people. >> white sharks specifically are very curious apex predators. when they bite an individual, it's usually a test and the last to find out if anything is of interest is to take a little nibble. >> reporter: but a great white's nibble could be a deadly chomp for a human so ch

is why this san diego area beach was shut down. >> we were looking at the shore. you could see the black fin. we saw at least one. seemed like it was two. it seemed like there was two. either that they move fast. >> reporter: the sight of a dorsal fin this summer shutting beaches from coast to coast. karen brown, cbs news, new york. >> playing the music from jaws on loud speakers would probably get people out of the water faster than a lifeguard. that is so terrifying. thank you no terror here. thank you for watching 9 news now at 6:00 a.m. good morning to the guise at snyder -- guys at schneider's. >> we love them. we have good news to start your monday. i'm mike hydeck. thank as a lot for joining us. here's monika samtani. >> every time i walk in, they say hey, monika, what do you need now? >> what do you need now? here's howard now with weather. >> we've got showers and