just a slim chance we'll get into a thunderstorm in one or two spots. yesterday, though, the storms as i said were isolated but here's the radar going back at 7:20. look what happens over the next two hours. it barely moved. that's why we had such tremendous downpours and some impressive totals. partly cloudy skies this morning. temperatures running in the 60s. mid- to upper 60s in fairfax county to around 70 in college park and andrews and up in rockville and over upper marlboro. your high temperatures today, mid- to upper 80s. 89 in d.c. 88 sterling and 86 in rockville. it is 6:00 a.m. time for monika and time saver traffic. a couple of closures you'll want to know about with the storms that we had last night. beach drive remains closed between broad branch and joyce. and if you're planning to use 23rd street at virginia avenue northwest or 12th street at varn numb northeast -- varnum northeast, i know the signals are out. there's a tree leaning from one

building to another at massachusetts avenue and they'll head out and take care of that. you have the slow traffic crossing the occoquan river and newington into springfield. let's take a live look there. the lanes are open. it's just bunching up trying to get over to 395 or the beltway. let's take a look at 66. if you're planning to head here, it looks great at the beltway but you have the slow stuff out of manassas. we'll go back over to our maps this time to the other side of town. 270 looking pretty good out of frederick. just a bit slow as you approach 121. we'll go outside live once again. no problems to report. 270 has been incident free. you just have the slow traffic. all lanes are open as you head down to the point where the lanes divide. i'll be back with more traffic at 6:11. >> this morning you, monika. in just a few hours d.c. mayor vincent gray will hold his weekly press conference. you can bet there will be a lot of questions about a growing corruption scan scandal. >> a third person pled guilty to what prosecutors are calling a shadow campaign for gray back

in 2010. delia goncalves is live outside the wilson building with more on the story. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike, andrea. it certainly will be an interesting press conference at 10:00 here inside the wilson building. i don't know how the mayor will avoid these questions that i'm sure will be bombarded by a number of reporters who will be in that room. initially he said he knew nothing about this corruption. that has changed to simply no comment. so we'll see what else he has to say today and if that changes because now we're talking about a pretty large number, more than 650,000 -- $650,000 that was secretly funneled to his campaign. let's take a look at some video that was shot just yesterday. gene harris, a 75-year-old public relations consultant pled guilty in federal court yesterday to using that money to help mayor gray get elected. she pled guilty to buying 10 thousand yard signs, 6,000 t- shirts, banners, laptops and a

pa system. harris worked for d.c. businessman jeffrey thompson who was alleged have to have written the checks but did not come up with the scheme. that person was not revealed in court, but there's no indication that gray had any knowledge of this plot. we asked a spokesperson. here's what he had to say. >> as he relayed yesterday to the "washington post," he had no comment. >> reporter: again no comment? even with the new developments? >> he had no comment as of yesterday to "the washington post." >> people don't know what to expect next. i think it's just a waiting game to see if jeff -- to see is jeff thompson next? somebody else next? >> we have expectations and people should for the be circumventing them. it's disturbing when that happens. >> reporter: get this. this is a third person so far connected to gray's campaign who has pled guilty in federal court. but this corruption scandal could be much bigger than we ever anticipated. mayor gray is likely not the only politician to have benefited from this kind of corruption. the u.s. attorney says it may

even go to a national level. we'll have that side of the story coming up at 6:30. mike, andrea, back to you. >> seems like we're going to be covering this for a while. thanks, delia live outside the wilson building this morning. we're following breaking news right now. a massive train derailment and subsequent explosion. this is live right now from columbus, ohio. you can see these pictures. nearly 100 cars jumped the tracks early this morning. a few of them were carrying chemicals. those cars exploded sending flames hundreds of feet into the air. no one was hurt in this. people living one mile around this area have been evacuated. right now it does not appear to be any risk for contamination but again this is still ongoing. nearly two weeks after our epic storm, we are still dealing with this aftermath. today is the deadline for district residents who use food stamps to file a claim to get money back. so many people lost food when they lost power for days. anyone who had to toss their

food out and uses food stamps must file a claim today with the d.c. department of human services. it's working with pepco to verify the outages. this friday d.c.'s committee on public services and consumer affairs will hold a hearing on pepco's response to the storm. tuesday ward 3 city council woman mary cheh proposed requiring pepco to bury power lines. it's an expensive idea but one she says could prevent future outages. >> this bill would establish a commission to propose that areas of the city be designated as underground utility districts. >> in light of the reported $5 billion cost, a working group would be established consisting of representatives of the mayor, council and pepco to determine how to fund the project. >> as you heard pepco has put the price tag for burying lines at $5 billion. critics say that is just too expensive and won't necessarily keep the lights from going out in the next big storm. montgomery county will pay its police officers more than $102,000 in overtime. the time they spent in the aftermath of the storm.

the force says officers worked the equivalent of 8 # days of over-- 88 days of overtime, a lot of it directing traffic through dark intersections. maryland's same-sex marriage law will indeed be on the ballot in november. the maryland marriage alliance opposes the law and that group submitted more than 162,000 signatures to repeal it which is more than three times the amount they needed. the state elections board stopped verifying the signatures after it confirmed more than 109,000 of them. there's a new poll out on the presidential race in virginia and how it might turn out. it shows president obama with an 8-point lead right now over the expected republican nominee mitt romney. president obama would get 50% of the vote in the commonwealth if the election were held today. mr. romney would get 42%. g.o.p. backers of romney are campaigning in the state this week while the president will spend his weekend stumping across the state of virginia. 6:06. jessica doyle is watching your money and your smartphones.

>> more and more of us are seeing these pop-up ads on our phones. i totally agree i've seen them too. is it something new? >> it is new. not only are we seeing them but they're also invading our privacy. this is pretty serious stuff. the ads are actually able to change the settings on your smartphones and even take your contact information which could then be sold to marketers? how is this happening? mobile security come lookout says thousands of smartphone apps are powered by rogue -- [indiscernible] the really aggressive ads could be hard to spot. they can be in the form of a text message, an app icon, some network user notification bars or home pages but the good point here, it's not a huge problem yet. only 5% of free apps are also using these aggressive a ad networks. i know it's only july 11 but put this christmas shopping on your calendar. target and niemann marcus, both

brands will be jointly offering a limited collection ranging from fashion to sports goods for the winter holidays. look out for more than 50 products from 24 designers, oscar de la renta. most are less than 50 bucks and will be on sale at both stores and their website starting december 1. andrea is swooning. i am as well. would you pay $750,000 for a pepsi? a former brazilian soccer star just did. turns out ronald dino was a spokesperson for coke cola. that was until he took a sip from a can of pepsi during a recent news conference. that's a big no no so coke canned him. >> that's bad, no, no. >> that's the thing that also happens with people who work for some of those, not even just suppose people. i know some guys working for budweiser and if they were seen drinking anything else

somewhere else, gone. >> if you want that pepsi, put it in a glass. >> it's probably -- it probably was just there and he drank it and there goes that contract. >> so much for that. >> you want a pepsi? >> i'll take a pepsi. our time 16:09 -- is 6:09. it may be summer but we're talking education. >> a new report that finds a lot of students think school is too easy. we'll get some perspective from teachers. >> howard says we're in for a typical center day. what does that mean? -- summer day. what does that mean? your weather first coming up. >> the charts are out from jz analytics and msn money. amazon received an excellent rating. >> people not happy with their cable providers, bank of america holds the top spot for the worst customer service with

25% of people calling it poor. also on the naughty list, a.o.l., comcast and time warner cable.

a relatively comfortable morning. we start out with temps in the 60s and 70s. we'll be into the mid-80s by noon. look for highs upper 80s to near 90 with a slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. i'll be back in a few minutes with the full seven-day forecast. on the inbound side of 450 at 110, an accident has been moved to the right shoulder. traffic moving by but you have a half-mile delay. another look at area roads at 6:18. it is now 6:13. we'll see you in just a little bit. a new report out from a d.c.- based think tank that finds many students think school is too easy. take a look at some of the numbers. 37% of fourth graders say their math work is often or always too easy. 57% of eighth graders according to this study say the same thing about their history work. and 39% of high school seniors rarely write about what they read in class. here is a closer look about

what this means. we're joined by one of the authors of the study and a teach near germantown, maryland. thank you for joining us this morning. i think some of the most interesting things about reading this study about how they say work is too easy, if you start out with some of these numbers and just pose it about -- just take pose it about how we've seen many articles but how the scores aren't high enough. if it's too easy, why wouldn't they do well on their tests. >> we have students coming home with 40-pound backpacks overworked and underplayed. that might be true in a few school districts but for the average american student, what we're hearing work is in fact too easy. they're not being engaged. they're not really engaging with the subject matter so they can be prepared for the global economy. >> your vision? you're in the classroom. you see some of these kids. is it difficult to keep them from wafting off when they're

trying to talk to them? >> sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't. it's how dynamic is your class at the moment, how interested are the kids in the subject. some days they're going to tune out no matter what. >>it's just being human. >> absolutely. just sometimes -- and i think there is that internal drive that differs in every kid. >> let's talk about one of the things that i thought -- i do a report called cool schools every thursday so i'm in schools a lot. one of the things i see with my own eyes as i enter the classes as high school seniors say they don't write a lot about what they learn in class. could than attributed to some of the hands on activities that are getting more popular now when kids are in class as opposed to reading something and writing about it? what are some of the things you've learned as far as writing is concerned? >> sure. i think certainly that could be true. on the same side hands on projects are a great way to engage students with school work. we also need to make sure we keep an eye on tests.

we need tests and we need better tests. we need tests that assess writing, that make sure students write at length about stuff they've learned. if we're just going to have multiple choice questions, that's not going to prepare students for the future because jobs are not multiple choice. >> what are some of your takes on this. 37% of fourth graders say math is often too easy. should we step things up? does it have to do with the test or instruction? >> i think it does have to do with the tests. i think teachers are under the pressure of the kids have to pass the tests. i'm not saying we teach to the test. we don't necessarily do that. i think also a lot of times that i've noticed when i taught elementary school with kids, they are under the conception of -- perception if i don't get it inside of five seconds, it's not worth me pursuing. they just remember those things that oh, i know that nine times nine equals 81, i've got it. in their head it's too easy and i think they don't think about the process, what led up to that to get them where they are

now. >> spending time working through the problem is important. >> exactly. >> thanks a lot for joining us this morning. we appreciate the discussion. it will be ongoing of course. >> thank you. we'vewe've been enjoying the discussion. i don't know if you can hear the dumpster. life goes on no matter what howard's forecast is going to tell you. you can still soldier on even though he's old now. >> i'm old. >> i've been old for a while by some definitions. it's sticky outside this morning, muggy. >> a little breezy so it's not terrible. talk a little howard, howard -- talk a little louder, howard. >> we have the garbage truck. wait a secretary. i'm -- wait a s.e.c. i'm on tv. temperatures in the 80s to near 90 degrees this afternoon. could be a stray thunderstorm with a mix of sun and cloudiness. all right, winds east 5 to 10. big storms yesterday right over

d.c. for about two and a half hours. anywhere from one to three inches mclean, tysons corner got hit hard, parts of the district. partly cloudy skies out there. temperatures in the mid-70s in town. we've still got upper 60s, mid- to upper 60s in the shenandoah valley. easton checking in across the bay at 68. 74 down in southern maryland. pretty sky this morning with those high thin clouds out there giving us 74 degrees. humidity at 85%. right now national calm winds. again expecting them out of the east at 5 to 10 miles an hour. lots of showers and storms not only right across the district yesterday. they were isolated across the region. but right over a populated area. texas, the gulf coast, deep south numerous showers and storms yesterday. this morning into parts of the western carolinas is where we're seeing the thunderstorms set up. i expect a slim chance for a storm today and tomorrow. maybe picking up a little bit as we head toward friday and the weekend. so today 89. tonight we'll be back in the

70s in town. 60s north and west. stray storm today. i think a dry thursday 89 but a few storms friday afternoon around 90. heat starts to creep back in saturday 92 with afternoon thungdzer. sunday 94 with storms. looks like could be some of thosicky mid-90s with a couple of storms by early next week. 6:19. let's go to monika with time saver traffic. hbhb. >> charchg you, monika-- >> thank you, monika. >> you'll have to check out my facebook page to find out what that means. there is an accident and our sky 9 is headed over there to check it out. i will show you what it looks like as soon as we get that shock. on the northbound side of 95 no problems to report. just a couple of slow stretches. dale city, woodbridge, newington to springfield. we'll take a live look outside on the the northbound side of 95. lanes are open. it's just that volume trying to get on to 395 and slow again as you approach duke street to seminary road. well owe go back -- we'll go

back over to our maps. 95 looks great between baltimore and our beltway. the utter lop slows that stretch from 95 to georgia avenue and a little beyond there, an accident near connecticut avenue. let's go outside live again. here's what it looks like at georgia. looks like things are clearing out in silver spring. more traffic coming up at 6:26. it is 6:20. next in sports catch the nationals in action. last night's all-star game and see the part of bryce harper's outfit that has people talking. >> first, we have another check of the question of the morning. a recent survey suggests when women want to feel better, they eat which one of these things? is it a, ice cream, b, brownies, or c, macaroni and cheese? >> facebook friend jason says a ice cream is the right answer and the answer to any woman's heart. okay. especially when they're down and need a smile put back on their face. >> put your answer on our

facebook page. we'd love to hear from you too. the answer coming up at 6:48.

welcome back. 6:24. your weather first on this wednesday morning. a little muggy right now but radar is quiet. we have a mix of clouds and sunshine. that's going to be the case for much of the day other than a stray thunderstorm this afternoon, should be fairly typical for july with temperatures as lieu at the day planner -- as you look at the day planner going into the mid- 80s by lunch time. we'll top out with 80s to near 90. mike, over to you. the all-star game in baseball last night was full of history. it was the first shutout in the mid summer classic since 1996. >> this game was over right after it got started. the national league led 1-0 in the 1st. the giants pablo sandoval hit the first ever bases loaded triple in all-star game history. the national league was up 5-0 before the american league even

came to bat. nationals pitcher gio gonzalez pitched the 3rd inning. he faced three batters and got them all out. stephen strasburg came on in the 4th. he gave up a single and a walk but got home derby champ prince fielder to fly out. byte bryce harper came in as a pinch hitter. he had a walk and strikeout. the final 8-0. they'll have home field advantage during the world series. byte harper became the youngest -- bryce harper became the youngest position player ever. he did it in sometime. check out his gold shoes. he told "the washington post" he wanted them to be as gold as he could make them. he's going to wear them again. he could see himself probably. >> maybe that's why he missed

that ball? the glare. an ohio man was going through haze late aunt's home when -- his late aunt's home and he found a box of baseball cards. they are some of the rarest in the world from 100 years ago and they were in pristine condition. they'll go up for auction next month and could fetch millions of dollars. some put it in the range of $2 million. >> that's a lot of dough for cardboard. 6:26 is the time. still ahead a preview of today's vote on the hill. republicans are trying once again, i think it's the 31st time to repeal president obama's health care law. >> chevrolet wants to make a deal. learn about the new offer when it comes to cars. >> here's monika. on the northbound side of 395, here's what you should expect if you're heading into your car. slow traffic through landmark. then it improves at seminary road up to the 14th street bridge. i'll have more on area roads coming up in my next report at 6:30. you're watching 9news now.

we are back at 6:30. this is always the place to get your weather first. here's a live look at 270 in clarksburg, maryland. 67 degrees there right now. boy, we haven't had 60s in the early morning in a while. >> that's actually kind of cool in a temperature sort of way. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm mike hydeck. i'm andrea roane. meteorologist howard bernstein is live on the weather terrace with our forecast. he knows that area very well. >> that looks pretty good on that camera shot this hour of the morning. we're looking at a little bit of humidity here in d.c. and

some areas that haded rain. tysons and mclean reporting about three-quarters of an inch of rain. whenhere's a look at the day planner. we're looking pretty good outside right now. temperatures will be climbing from the 70s in town to the mid- 80s by lunch time. we'll top out in the upper 80s to near 90. there may be a stray storm but i think that's going to be confined mainly to our mountains north and west of town. last night we had the showers and storms that really -- look at that, 7:20 to 9:20 dumped on the region. this morning we're left with partly cloudy skies and temperatures have fallen into the 60s in parts of fairfax, montgomery county, even arlington 69 to 74 here in washington. let's go inside now at 6:31. here's monika with time saver traffic. one of the road closures we were talking about is broad branch, beach drive between broad branch and joyce because of high standing water. here's the beltway from sky 9

on the beltway, prince george's county side at the bw parkway. you can see that entire stretch of prince george's county beltway looks great. no problems to report here. let's go over to our maps. by the way, nothing found on the outer loop of the beltway at route 4 pennsylvania avenue. there had been reports of an accident there but it's all clear. here's 270. this is what i call summer traffic. you have a tiny bit of slow stuff coming out of frederick but if you're heading down to the point where the lanes divide, you'll be absolutely fine. let's head outside live and show what you it looks like. route 121 looking great in clarksburg all the way down to the beltway. back over to the maps this time over to 66 and the dulles toll road which are both incident free to the beltway. beltway looking good through tysons and annandale. we'll take another look outside. the sunshine may northbound your eyes on the inbound side of 66 at gallows road. other than that no issues to report. we'll be back in a few minutes with traffic at 6:58. back to you. coming up at 10:00 this morning house republicans will start voting on repealing the

president's health care law. the g.o.p. has voted more than 30 times trying to repeal this. every time it has failed in the democratically controlled senate. republicans say they're listening to their constituents by doing this. democrats say this is just for show. >> the american people do not want to go down the path of obama care. that's why we've voted over 30 times to repeal it, to fund it, to replace it. >> it's political theater and puts political games ahead of the health of the nation's citizens. >> president obama says his affordable health care act is here to stay. he did, however, offer to work with republicans to make some changes to it but they turned down his offer. virginia's governor isn't sure how his state is going to respond to the health care reform law. the feds cannot penalize states which do not expand their medicaid programs. republican governor bob mcdonnell says he wants more answers from the white house about medicaid before figuring out what to do in virginia. the governor says there's no need for a special session to

decide what steps will be taken. federal prosecutors are painting an ugly picture of corruption in the district 2010 mayoral campaign. they allege $650,000 shadow campaign to get vincent gray elected. delia goncalves is live outside the wilson building with this fast growing scandal. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. this is now the third person connected to mayor gray's 2010 campaign for plead guilty to these federal corruption charges. and this investigation is not over yet. so we can expect much more to come. 75-year-old gene harris admitted to using the money to buy materials. the plot she says was funded by her former boss and d.c. businessman jeff thompson but he's not the mastermind behind the scheme. that person remains unknown at this time. thompson has not been charged but his home and office were raided by the f.b.i.

the u.s. attorney says the corruption in d.c. goes way back, as far back as 2001. >> she also purchased more than $100,000 worth of campaign terms that were identical to the official campaign materials. these materials were purchased and often delivered to the official campaign headquarters. it even involved a plan to send miss harris to brazil for over five years which is the statute of limitations on many federal offenses. >> reporter: it even gets deeper than that. the mayor was not implicated in any of this corruption. in court there was no indication that he knew of this plot. however, he has said before in the past that he knew nothing about it of course and he now says that he has no comment. but the u.s. attorney says that gray may not be the only

politician who benefited here. we're talking about some national campaigns connected to some big time important folks, possibly delegate eleanor holmes norton, secretary of state hillary clinton and even president barack obama. those campaigns as well received money allegedly by miss harris and jeff thompson and so this corruption scandal continues to grow in and out of d.c. andrea, back to you. >> it's not going to go away. delia goncalves live outside the wilson building this morning. arlington county police have several leads in their search for the driver who struck and killed a pedestrian. we brought you this as breaking news yesterday morning. 62-year-old robert shepherd was hit while in the middle of route 110 near the pentagon. shepherd is from lawrence, massachusetts. his girlfriend there had reported shepherd missing about two weeks ago. today the head of fairfax county's board of supervisors is going to ask for a formal investigation into the 911 outage that followed last month's major storm.

many blamed verizon since that's the company that operates the 911 network in that region. fairfax county board of supervisors is going to ask metropolitan washington council of governments to oversee an investigation. they want to make sure an outage like this does not happen again. in montgomery county crews are going to be out this morning picking up debris around the county maintained roads. they're collecting your yard debris from more than 200 of the county's snowplow routes. they're asking residents to place only their tree debris at the curb and it will be collected. jessica doyle is here with another your money report. >> chevy is making you an offer you can't refuse. >> big changes coming to some dealer lots. here's the deal. chevy says buyers who don't love their new cars or trucks can return them for a refund within 60 days. the chevrolet confidence return offer started tuesday. it's going to run through september 4. it also applies to 2013 models that are already out. our partners at "u.s.a. today" report this is an effort

by g.m. to get more shoppers to give chevy a try during the summer season. this is when automakers typically have promotions to clear out current year models. it definitely pays to own a football team. the green bay packers posted a record $43 million in profits for the last fiscal year. the packers are the n.f.l. 's only public team so they release financial statements. from cheese heads to slurpy heads t is free slurpy day at 7- eleven. in facts for you. it was the first chain to operate 24 hours a day, to sell fresh brewed coffee in to go cups. thank you so much. and to offer super size fountain drinks. they think they'll give aware seven million slurpies today. coke and cherries are the top flavors in the country. detroit sells the most and in d.c. we sell the most hot dogs at 7-eleven. this giveaway happens from

11:00 a.m. this morning till 7:00 p.m. tonight. >> brain freeze for all my friends. >> i'll wear my -- i wore my packer colors today. which maryland community is turning on almost all of their red light cameras. another seasonable day with highs in the upper 80s. we'll get a look at the weekend.

it's 6:43 and 74 degrees. not bad out except there's an accident from sky 9 on the northbound side of route 355 at cedar lane. police are redirecting traffic threw this area. again northbound route 355 at cedar lane. a cough squeeze trying to get around the accident. keep that in mind for your travel plans. let's go over to our maps. oarnlg that generally speaking -- other than that, generally speaking it hasn't been too bad. on the northbound side of i-95,

there was an early morning accident in newington that was cleared. left slow traffic for you but it is the height of summer and that means traffic is a little less than normal. usually it's much heavier at 6:44 in the morning. northbound 95 all lanes are open leaving woodbridge into springfield. we'll take a live look on the northbound side. traffic is moving well. 395 as well. just a bit heavy in landmark but that's really your slowest stretch right there. back over to the maps and this time to the north side. looking good on the outer loop. a little slow through bethesda but no big deals here. we'll take another live look outside, this time at the wilson bridge south of town. traffic moving well both directions oxon hill and alexandria. i'll be back with more traffic at 6:58. back to you. this flooded part of the district is finally drying up this morning. this is what it looked like last night along rhode island avenue near north capitol street. streets turned into a flooded mess when the storm just parked itself over the city and dumped

all of that rain on us. there's still a few pepco residents in the district pout power this morning. >> we had two to three hours of heavy downpours not moving much. it extended from tysons, mclean, the district, even parts of southern montgomery and prince george's counties. that's one of the reasonables you saw the areas that got -- reasons you saw the areas that got flooded out. that storm just south, i'll show you this on radar in a moment. this is a look at your day planner for this wednesday. we're looking at a seasonably warm day. temperatures in the 80s by lunch time. topping out in the high 80s to near 90 with a slight chance of a thunderstorm. temperatures holding in the mid- #s on there at 8:00 -- mid-80s there at 8:00. southeast winds at 5 to 10 miles an hour. the storms we were talking about, a little tough to see here but they popped up. they sat there for again two to three hours. they didn't move.

finally by 10:00 they were pretty much history. 60s in the shenandoah valley this morning. 64 in luray, very comfortable to 74 down in southern maryland with 68 across the bay in easton and 70 up in baltimore. outside on the michael & son weather camera, you see some of the high clouds out there. otherwise it's just a muggy morning with humidity up to 85%. we stayed at 74. and currently winds are calm expecting them again easterly at 5 to 10. temperatures a little cool across parts of the south this time of year. might not hit 80 in greensburg, north carolina. lots of showers and storms expected there while the heat is on out west. look at all the white you see in california, the dirts of the southwest. -- the deserts of the southwest. those areas 100-plus. scat ermd showers there but the heavier rains are across texas and areas of the south. during the afternoon and evening hours yesterday, lots of heavy rain alabama, georgia into the carolinas. look at this. tennessee into the carolinas this morning still seeing

moderate to heavy rains. that's where the focal point is going to be today for the really heavy stuff. around here we're expecting the isolated shower to pop as we go into the afternoon but mainly in the mountains to our north and west. don't expect too much activity here today, tonight or tomorrow. perhaps a few more storms returning as we head toward friday. so the forecast 89 today. an isolated storm. mainly in the mountains. tonight back in the low 70s in town. 60s north and west. tomorrow about the same although another dry day. mist of sun and clouds near 90. again around 90 on friday with a couple of afternoon storms. heat creeps up this weekend. saturday and sunday temperatures lower 90s, maybe mid-90s by sunday and monday with a few afternoon storms. could be mid-90s plus come tuesday. so, yeah, it's going to get hot once again. let's go back to mike and andrea. 6:47. if you have red light cameras on your commute, no doubt you've seen this happen. there's a maryland community turning off two of its red light cameras. the problem?

they apparently are making intersections more dangerous. police in westminster are going to deactivate two of the town's three red light cameras. they're causing too many rear end crashes. people are slamming on their brakes to avoid getting the ticket. police already turned off to other cameras back in 2010. only one is going to remain. that is on the southbound side of route 97 at nursery road. google and the smithsonian institution are pairing up to help visitorring find their way. beginning -- visitorring find their way. beginning today, there will be interior maps of the museum. they'll let you know where you are in the building and show you where exhibits are. they're available for 17 museums here in the district, the national zoo and udvar hazy center in virginia. when he women want to feel better, they eat which of these things? is it a, ice cream, b, brownies or c, macaroni and cheese.

>> our floor director was right. she said a, ice cream. >> remember, jason said, it is everywoman us a -- every woman's dream to have the ice cream. you're right. i reach for french bread but that's me. a little olive oil. delicious. we've been searching through e- mails and websites to save you money. leer are some of our favorite deals. discount tickets to the firstage d.c. funky fresh foody fest. august 25 at the d.c. fairgrounds. that's the big open bar area by nationals park. i'm pay $42. you get all you can eat, drink and food from food trucks. 44% off. there will also be bands and karoke. hanes.com is running one of its biggest sales ever. it's selling t-shirts for $4.99. you're going to find big discounts on a wide variety of

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6:53. muggy this morning. a mix of clouds and sunshine. 74 in town with 60s in the burbs. mid-80s by noon. we'll have a mix of clouds and sunshines with highs near upper 80 and a slim chance for a stray storm. today is wednesday, july 11. howard bernstein's birthday. a check of the news before you

go right now. d.c. mayor vincent gray will be hit with a lot of questions today about the growing political scandal surrounding his 2010 campaign. a third person has now pleaded guilty. it happened yesterday in the federal probe. prosecutors say she was part of a $650,000 illegal shadow campaign. we could get autopsy results in the mysterious death of a winchester star reporter. 48-yard sarah greenhalgh was found dead inside her burning home in upperville, virginia. police believe it's a homicide. a little bit of an embarrassing moment for bryce harper last night. pop fly. lost it in the lights. the ball is behind him. the national league still won 8- 0. >> the shoes loot really hot. cbs this morning begins at the top of the hour. learn why one pennsylvania city is slashing every worker's paycheck to minimum wage. a full check of traffic and

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gldz i dare you. >> from pertussis to weddings. the cdc is looking out for you. >> this is hysterical. they put together a really cute tongue in cheek guide on how to survive a wedding. they help you with disasters and they say planning for a wedding is like planning for a big time disaster. they put together a little kit with safety pins and sedatives so you could be supportive of stressed out brides because you know how bad the risk is when you put relatives next to each other that don't agree so they decided that they wanted to help you with this. your tax dollars at work.

>> very cute. weather wise we've got a warm day ahead. mix of sun and clouds. temperatures will be climbing up toward the 80s to near 90 degrees. i didn't advance it to the seven-day but we have a chance of storms coming back by friday. next couple of days we'll have highs upper 80s to around 90. the wilson bridge, couldn't get better than this. no delays at all on the beltway. this is an indication of what it looks like all around town except 395. that's just slow in landmark. wall street looking a little bit lower. people, weddings, it's just one day of your life. enjoy it. calm down, relax. >> it makes for good tv with bride zillas and say yes to the dress, right? cbs this morning is coming up next talking about summer and turkeys. >> stevey nicks will be on. we'll see you tomorrow. have a great birthday, howard.