temperatures will be close to 80 already by 9:00. in the mid-80s at noon as you're going out for lunch. late this afternoon we should top out upper 80s, close to 90 degrees. partly cloudy skies. currently 73 in downtown but in the burbs already in the 60s for martinsburg. 67 in leesburg. manassas 66. luray in the lower 60s. and in la plata you're at 67 degrees at this hour. our satellite and radar picture showing us high pressure is in control so we'll see lots of sunshine today. and the unsettled weather is well to the south of us. most of that should stay there. then we'll probably see some more heat come this way over the next couple of days. here's a look at our current conditions. mid-60s again in charleston. 67s on in downtown. and today's high upper 80s for arlington. close to 90 in d.c. and laurel will get up to 88 degrees. here's monika with your time saver traffic. good morning. good morning. on the inner loop of the

beltway at richie marlboro road after central avenue, that accident i've been telling you about from overnight has been cleared. all lanes are open. no worries right now if you're heading southbound on the beltway past central avenue into oxon hill and over to the wilson bridge. we'll take a live look at the beltway. if you're planning to head over here on the beltway at colesville road, there was an accident, fatal unfortunately on the outer loop or inner loop at colesville road. that was cleared as well. so you're good to go essentially all around the beltway in montgomery and prince george's county. let's go back over to the maps this time to the west side of town. there had been all this construction in tysons and annandale, 66, the dulles toll road. i believe that all should be cleared up now with maybe some residual delays but other than that, lanes are open. a live look at 66. looking good inbound at route 123. coming up in my next report, we'll go to 95 in virginia at 5:09. >> thanks, monika. just about 5:02. calls for mayor vincent gray to resign are starting to crop up. three members of the d.c.

council are among those asking for him to step down. >> the mayor tried to defend himself yesterday during a press briefing saying his administration is not corrupt. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is following this story live at the wilson building trying to make a distinction between the campaign and his administration. are people buying it? >> reporter: it's an interesting angle but i don't know if folks are buying it, especially when we tell but this major break in the case that we've learned of this morning. it appears that mayor gray may actually have known about the shadow campaign. "the washington post" reporting this morning that mayor gray held a meeting inside his private office in the wilson building back in january about this veg and about this money in the shadow campaign. so that raises a whole slew of questions as to whether or not he's being truthful when he says he didn't know anything about this. now council members say came --

now council members cantania, cheh and bowser are calling him for him to resign. $650,000 was secretly funneled toward his election bid. he did say it was not the campaign he intended to run. long-time friend gene harris faces up to two years behind bars for her part in the plot though she tells the court d.c. businessman jeff thompson and her former boss wrote the check. here's what the mayor had to say to defend himself when asked about the growing scandal at a news conference yesterday. >> this is not the campaign that we intended to run, tom. i have said to many, many people that i got into this for the right reasons. i probably could have stayed on as council chair or done nothing further. and i got out there to be involved in this because i love the district of columbia.

>> we've been wounded severely. the only way to heal ourselves in light of all of these scandals is to have a clean sweep and i think it would be a great act of public service for the mayor to step down. >> reporter: mary cheh's announcement for his resignation is pretty outstanding because mary cheh endorsed the mayor and has been a strong supporter of mayor gray despite opposition by her own constituents in her ward. what the mayor has to say about all these calls for his resignations, we'll have that coming up at 5:30. >> delia goncalves report itself live from outside -- reporting live from outside the wilson building. following the wicked storm june 29, what went wrong and why. the metropolitan washington council of governments wants some answers now. the massive power outages, communication problems, water supply issues are all morning their concerns and the council which is made up of local

political leaders wants a review of the storm response. homeland security agencies both state and local and emergency management leaders will do the study. a top prosecutor is weighing in on the controversial court ruling concerning pit bulls. the court classified the breed as inherently dangerous. that means pit bull owners could be held liable for bites even if their dog had no prior problems. but assistant attorney general katherine rose says that ruling is not yet in effect. opponents of the ruling have asked maryland's highest court to take another look and she says law enforcement is also waiting for the court's response. angry d.c. parents are protesting a school system plan to cut librarians. they demonstrated yesterday outside the wilson building. dcps is eliminating buy barians at -- librarians at schools with less than 300 students in them. the capitol hill public schools parents organization handed out baked treats with hopes of raising awareness about this

change. 5:05. time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> jessica is here with more on our streak on wall street shall we say. >> this is starting to be a real bummer. we've had five days of losses. the latest comes from the federal reserve's latest meetings. the noapts show the fed has -- the notes showed fed has mixed feelings on whether the economy needs more help. investors want to hear more about that the dow stands at 12,604. fell about 48 points in trading yesterday. the nasdaq was off by 14 and the s&p 500 was down by 8 points. a local company is out with earnings. bethesda-based marriott says its second quarter net income was up 6% on higher bookings and rates. its profit matches wall street's expectations. party like a techy in d.c.

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. good morning. 5:09 on your thursday morning. you'll need the sunglasses as you head out the door. lots of sunshine to start the day. here's a look at your day planner. temperatures in the mid-80s by noon. partly cloudy conditions. temperatures will top out in the upper #s on, close to 9 -- upper 80s, close to 90 degrees. only a slight chance of a stray storm west of 81. here's monika with your traffic. good morning. on the northbound side of i- 95 here in springfield, traffic

is moving well but if you're headed for the inner loop after braddock road, the accident now blocks two lanes with a tractor- trailer involved. inner loop of the beltway after braddock road. i'll have more on that coming up in my next report. back to you. >> thanks, monika. here's what's making news at 5:10. syria's ambassador to iraq announced his defection on al jazeera television. he becomes the most senior official to lead syria's government and join the pro- democracy opposition. he called syrian soldiers to follow his lead and turn their guns on top leaders instead of civilians. nearly eight months aft hazing death of florida a&m drum major robert champion, the university president james am mondays just resign -- ammonds just resigned. there are allegations to suspend the entire band middays before champion's death were ignored. no surprise the house of representatives passed another bill trying to repeal the

health care act. the bill against president obama's health care reform law is expected once again to go nowhere in the senate. in campaign 2012, today vice president joe biden will face a crowd that booed mitt romney yesterday. that's coming up at 5:29. >> at 5:22 robert griffin iii is talking about his still unfinished contract with the redskins. >> next at 5:15, we're flirting with triple digits again in the seven-day forecast. you'll want to hear what annie hong has -- anny hong has to say. we'll be right back.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now on this thursday morning, 5:14. howard bernstein is off. anny hong is in for him this morning. and just flirting with triple digits, right? >> not today, but i would say maybe the next few days as we do see warmer air coming this way. but, yeah, for now temperatures will be close to seasonable for this thursday afternoon. lots of sunshine to start out the day and a few clouds moving in for the afternoon. but overall most of us should be dry and warm. here's a look at your day planner for this thursday. don't forget the sunscreen and sunglasses. temperatures upper 70s by 9:00. by noon as you're heading out for lunch, mid-80s. we should top out upper 80s, close to 90 degrees under partly cloudy conscious. currently 73 downtown. 66 in manassas and leesburg. 64 martins burning.

cumberland, you're -- martins burning. cumberland, you're down to 73 degrees. fredricksburg, you're milder around 70 degrees. annapolis you're also mid-70s for this hour. currently in the beltway, 68 for bethesda. 67 in rockville. fairfax at 66. alexandria, good morning to you. you're at 70 degrees. here's a look at what we're expecting for today. a dry morning commute. you will need the sunglasses as we're expecting lots of sunshine. still seasonably warm for the afternoon. only a chance for a shower or thunderstorm. generally west of interstate 81. so not really worried about it here in the beltway. here's why. the satellite radar picture showing us high pressure is in control so plenty of sunshine with a couple of clouds filtering in. most of the activity weather in the form of showers and storms are south of us. so here's a look at your zone forecast. we start in western maryland. cumberland close to 80. pretty nice day for you in oakland. cumberland you're at 85

degrees. winchester 86. martinsburg 85. leesburg, warrenton, manassas upper 80s. culpeper, you'll get close to 90 degrees. in downtown temperatures around near 90 as well. average high for this time of year is in the upper 80s. gaithersburg 88. frederick also 88. annapolis 86. winds not a concern for you. so no issues with that small craft advisory at all for today or even tomorrow. pax river mid-80s. easton, cambridge, great day for the shore. temperatures topping out at around # 6 degrees. -- around 86 degrees. here's a look at the next three days. calling it a green alert for thursday, friday and saturday. it will be warm today. friday pretty much a repeat. only a slight chance for an isolated thunderstorm or shower. saturday we're getting back into the hot weather. lower 90s. we have a chance for some isolated storms. check out the next seven days. we're warming things up through the weekend. by sunday nice. some places close to mid-90s. monday 95. tuesday the nats are in town

but hot for baseball. upper 90s. a chance for isolated storms. wednesday we're piewrking close to 100 -- pushing close to 100 degrees. that's when the heat will really be felt. here's a look at traffic with monika. good morning. not so good in terms of accidents. we've had them since late last night and early this morning. right now is no exception. another accident, this one on the inner loop of the beltway after braddock road. the two left lanes are blocked and the right shoulder so it's going to be a squeeze getting by heading northbound on the beltway inner loop after braddock road. i will keep you posted on that situation in the annandale area. let's take a live look at 66 on the inbound side. that's fine. no problems it report as you leave route 50 heading for the beltway. 66 is incident free. let's go back over to the maps this time over to maryland side of things. no problems on the bw parkway or route 50 through cheverly. the accident on the inner loop after central avenue close to richie marlboro road was closed but now an overturned vehicle on the northbound side of route 4 north of mount harmony round

down in accokeek, you have an overturned vehicle there. let's take a live look at 270. that looks final. no problems as you leave route 109 down to the point where the lanes divide. i'll have more on traffic coming up at 5:24. back to you. >> thanks, monika. robert griffin iii gets asked the contract question. here's his -- hear his response coming up. >> the wizards top draft pick hits the court for mini camp and talks to 9news now. stay tuned. sports is next. >> before we go, let's take a look at the question of the day. americans roughly get 350 million of these every day. is it a, cups of coffee, b, text messages or c, gallons of gas. >> gregory jones wrote, the answer is b, that's text messages but in d.c. the answer would be d, photo tickets received. >> log on to our facebook fan page and leave your response. we'll have the answer in our

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good morning. time 5:21 on your thursday. lots of sunshine to start out the day. temperatures will be in the upper 70s by 9:00. by noon mid-80s, partly cloudy conditions. temperatures topping out in the upper 80s close to 90 degrees. that is seasonable for this time of year. only a slight chance for a stray storm west of town west of interstate 81. here is mike and andrea. good morning. >> good morning, anny.

the wizards top draft pick talks about putting aside old rivalries. >> rg3 addresses his outstanding contract. we have the details in your morning sports. good morning, everybody. even on the quietest sports night of the year, robert griffin iii couldn't be silenced. he is after all the showcase baby of this year's n.f.l. draft. the man with the million dollar arm and smile. he's also captured just about every sports award possible in the last year. why not add another. last night he did. he was honored with the male college athlete of the year award beating out among others. andrew lucke, anthony davis. the award was presented prior to the airing so you didn't see it but afterwards he was asked about the contract he hasn't signed. when is it going to be done, dude? >> i'm extremely excited. i trust people around me and the reds skins that they'll get it done and i'll be in camp on

time. >> short and sweet. we like that. the wizards have been already busy shipping off a shard lewis. they figure to be relatively quiet as the nba free agency period officially began yesterday. and in case you -- any of you are wondering out there, no, dwight howard isn't coming to washington. bradley is in washington, d.c. in fact, he's here along with several other youngsters at the wizards summer mini cavern. beal is the headliner. he is a florida gator. his new teammate is a florida state seminole. gators and seminoles don't always get along. can they here? >> after i got drafted he text me. it was like fsu. i was like -- i forgot he went to florida state. when i got here -- we had little alter cairgses but nothing serious. we both went to rival schools but now we're on the same team

so it's all good. >> kid has a sense of humor. i'm dave owens. that's a quick look at sports. have a great thursday, everybody. an overstuffed wallet isn't just bulky. coming up in your next money segment y it can also be an invitation -- segment, why it can also be an invitation to criminals. >> d.c. mayor gray responds to some calls for him to resign. >> if you're headed to the beltway in annandale, inner loop near braddock road closer to little river turnpike, you want to watch out for an accident. tractor-trailer and car involved with the two left lanes blocked. i'll have more on than other area roads coming up at 5:29. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back. kids, do you know what it is that makes this country great?

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good morning. welcome back to 9 news now on this thursday morning. i'm andrea roane. who are you? >> i'm mike hydeck. >> you remembered. >> i forgot last time. it was because i was one cup of coffee down in the count and monika helped me out.

>> i made it for him and he said it's the best ever. >> happy thursday. anny is in for howard. good morning. a nice start to the morning if you're going to go out for a walk or a jog. it feels really nice. temperatures will warm up quickly once again. here's a look at your day plan forethis thursday. temperatures will be in the upper 70s by 9:00. and then for noon heading out for lunch temperatures in the mid-80s. partly cloudy skies. only a slight chance for a thunderstorm generally west of town. highs will top out upper 80s, close to 90 once again. 73 in downtown. manassas 64. culpeper, good morning to you. 64 degrees luray in the lower 60s. and gaithersburg, temperature right now for you is at 65 degrees. satellite and radar picture showing us pretty quiet overnight. should well.

the maryland marriage alliance which opposes the law submitted more than 162,000 signatures to get that issue on the ballot before the voters. it is 5:34. time for another your money segment. jessica is back with a warning about your wallet. >> we tend to cram lots of stuff in these wallets. who needs to go on a wallet diet? clearly i do because i'm a hoarder. look it.

i can't even start. it's pretty bad. so it's obviously bad. this weighs a ton. they get heavy, inconvenient but did you also know you're putting yourself in jeopardy with all the stuff in the wallet? you've got the receipts, the bank slips, the scraps of personal information. so we're going to purge. kiplinger's magazine gives us five things we should immediately remove from our wallet to minimize the risk should your wallet ever be stolen. number one, big one here. your social security card. hands down i.d. theft experts say that little card with the nine digits on it is absolutely the worst item to carry around. it has everything thieves need to open up new credit card accounts or loans in your name. retirees, you need to remember your medicare cards, have your social security numbers on them, too. keep that in mind. number two, blank checks are the obvious risk but even a filled out check can lead to financial loss. they get access to routing

numbers on checks. that means anybody can electronically transfer funds from your account. number three, a stack of receipts. as of december 2003, businesses can no longer print anything containing your credit or debit card expiration date or more than the last five digits of your credit card number. but i.d. thieves can use this limited information on receipts to phish for your remaining numbers. clear out the receipts each night and shreds the ones you don't need to keep around. number four, spare keys. a lost wallet with a key and your home address like on your license, that's a disaster waiting to happen. people do this. number five, a password cheat sheet. we all have an average of seven passwords in our lives. that's tough to keep track of. still, you don't want to write the stuff down on a post-it note with your atm and pin number. number. if you have to write it down, keep it in a safe. but this is ridiculous. do i really need an expired

birthday card from barnes and noble? >> my membership said the smithsonian. >> i have a coupon. >> i have a notice about my cat's rabies shot. do i need that? probably not. >> probably not. >> i have a bunch of cards from people i don't remember who they are. >> i'm shredding. this expires on the 14th. would anybody like this? a couple of days. it works against the weird bugs. >> i live in virginia. i've got weird bugs. a "sesame street" character has a different take on a top hit. >> absolutely adorable. don't miss that. >> plus, one of the nation's biggest celebrations of all things pop culture gets under way today. we'll be right back.

time 5:39 on your thursday morning. we're live on the weather terrace. it does feel really nice out here. a comfortable start for your thursday morning. here's a look at your day planner. temperatures in the upper 70s by 9:00. we'll top out in the upper 80s. right now 73 downtown. leesburg 66. luray lower 60s. annapolis you're in the mid- 60s. here's monika with your time saver traffic. good morning. good morning. 270 looks great here at route 109. a little bit slow as you head down toward hyattstown but no big deals here. i'm going to talk about another accident in southern prince george's county on route 210 coming up at 5:49. happy thursday, friend also. we've been combing through the day's daily deals and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. we'll start with helping you see things a little clearer. a visual affair has an eye exam and $200 towards its eyeglasses just 49 bucks right now.

that is an 83% discount. this deal is through amazon local. you can't go wrong with this deal from living social's 918 f street. 19 bucks for a one-hour bacon and beer tasting. you're going to get four different bacon ladened dishes paired with four ounces of craft beer and you're saving 60%. how about a picnic with desserts this weekend? daily deli in arlington is offering up to 50% off a lunch, picnic for two catering and ice cream. this deal is through gilt city. if you have an offer you've seen or you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i would love to hear from you on facebook. over to you, mike, my bacon friend. >> thanks, jess. comecon kicks off in -- comic-con kicks off in san diego today. a four-day celebration of everything pop culture. people dress like their favorite characters. they get a chance to meet some of the stars from their

favorite shows and they even can see some previews of upcoming movies and television shows. you may have heard of the hip hop song called "call me maybe" but it's getting more attention thanks to a rewritten version performed by a "sesame street" favorite. ♪ you've got cookies ♪ share it maybe ♪ >> the cookie monster has taken on the song. it's going viral. you can watch the whole thing at wusa9.com. congressman jesse jackson jr.'s office reveals a little more at least about his lengthy absence from washington. more on that coming up. >> an actress is sent to the

hospital after an accident on a popular drama. >> it's birthday time. let's see who's celebrating today. bill cosby is 75. exercise goo rye richard sip -- guru richard simmons is 64 and cheryl ladd is 61. >> he's a tv producer. ryan graser -- grazer is 61. christie yamagucchi is 41. actress michele rodriguez turns 34 today. we'll be back. happy birthday if it's your day, too.

hello. welcome back to 9 news now. it is 5:46. thursday we're looking forward to the weekend. we have a nice day to think about it. >> we do. temperatures will be around seasonal for this time of year. so temperatures will get into the upper 80s. still a little muggy out there but not too bad. wait till you see the seven-day

where we're going to heat things right back up. here's a look at your day plan forethis thursday. we start out partly cloudy. we'll have a mixture of sun and clouds this afternoon. mid-80s by hunch time. we'll top out close to 90 degrees. right now temperature downtown is 73. in the burbs into the 60s. win chest e, good morning you to -- winchester, good morning you to, it's 63. la plata 66. annapolis you're at 76 degrees at this hour. in the beltway, temperatures really nice and comfortable. 67 in bethesda. great falls 66. mid-60s for vienna as well and reston and fairfax. alexandria, you're at 70 degrees. this morning as you're driving in, it will be a dry morning commute. don't forget your sunglasses as we'll see plenty of sunshine to start out the day. still seasonably warm for the afternoon. a shower or thunderstorm possible. generally west of town.

i would say west of interstate 81. it's only a slight chance. our satellite and radar picture showing us we've got high pressure in control. so it will be really nice today through tomorrow as well. most of the active weather, the scattered showers and thunderstorms are staying to the south of us. so here's a look at your zone forecast. we start in western maryland. oakland a pretty nice day for you. temperatures 79, close to 80. better chance of showers and storms will be for you in oakland. cumberland temperatures mid-80s for today. win chester and martinsburg, hagerstown also topping out in the mid-#s on. get to -- mid-80s. get to leesburg, a little warmer into the upper 80s. culpeper close to 90 degrees. in downtown close to 90 as well. gaithersburg and frederick in the upper 80s. pax river 86. annapolis in the mid-80s. a really nice day to have your boats out if you want because the winds also not a big factor. easton and cambridge topping out in the mid-80s. again a slight chance for a shower or storm this afternoon. here's a look at your next

three days. green weather alert days the next three days. today is warm pushing near 90. friday very similar. kind of a repeat compared to today. on saturday a little warmer. we'll call it hot. we're in the lower 90s and a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms. check out the next seven days. all right. so saturday is hot. sunday even hotter, 93. better chance of scattered showers and storms. same thing for monday. some of the storms could be strong or severe as we're going to be even hotter, in the mid- 90s. tuesday the nats are in town. but hot for baseball. upper 90s. then wednesday 99, close to a hundred degrees under partly cloudy conditions. so the heat is on, especially by sunday and into early next week. here's monika with the time saver traffic. good morning. >> good morning. unfortunately i don't have good news. we've been telling but this accident in accokeek on the southbound side of route 210. aim going to get to that in just a minute. i'm going to start off with the good news.

that is on the inner loop of the beltway after braddock road, that accident has been cleared on the beltway in annandale so you should be good to go if you're leaving springfield heading over to the northbound side of 495 past braddock road and little river turnpike. let's take a live look at 66 inbound. you've got your normal slow stuff leaving manassas as you head over to centreville. again here's the beltway near the robinson terminal heading up toward annandale. you should be okay. now let's talk about the accident down in southern maryland in the accokeek area. it is on the southbound side of route 210 after berry road. so just before the charles county line. i'm stepping out to show what you it looks like from our sky 9. they just arrived here. it just looks horrendous on the southbound side. at one point northbound was blocked as well. you can see that's been reopened so for your rush hour traffic, you should be okay heading into accokeek and beyond toward the beltway. again southbound route 210 near berry road. a terrible accident. that investigation and cleanup will take a while. i'll keep you posted on that.

you can also take livingston road by the way as your alternate route here. i'll be back with more traffic coming up once again at 6:00. making news now at 5:51, this morning former f.b.i. director louie freeh will release his report on the jerry sandusky sexual abuse scandal. he investigated how penn state and former head football coach joe paterno handled the molestation accusations against his former assistant. last month a jury convicted sandusky of sexually abusing ten boys. it seems concuptions are increasing in college football, according to a -- concussions are increasing in college football according to a new study. they found the rate of concussions at three football programs doubled it the 2009 season and last year. the ncaa imposed stricter concussion guidelines starting in 2010. christian chenoweth was taken to the hospital after an accident on the set of the cbs drama "the good wife." the studio says a wind gust toppled a piece of lighting equipment which fell and hit the 43-year-old in the head,

knocked her out cold. entertainment website tmz cites new york fire department sources saying chenoweth suffered minor injury. we're starting to get more information about why illinois congressman jesse jackson, jr. hasn't been in washington since late may. >> after quietly announcing that the congressman was on medical leave last month, now jackson's office has issue add statement saying -- issued a statement saying he is in treatment for a mood disorder. >> reporter: representative jesse jackson, jr. has been out on a leave of absence no more than a month now with little explanation as to why. more than two weeks after abruptly leaving, his office issued a cryptic statement saying mr. jackson was suffering from exhaustion. a week later they issued another release saying jackson's condition was more serious than originally thought and that he was receiving extended inpatient treatment. >> i think you've heard enough that he has some health challenges. >> reporter: but not everybody was satisfied with those

explanations. >> i think the family would be well advised to give his constituents as much information as is appropriate. >> as a public official, there reaches a point where you have a responsibility to tell the people what you're facing and how things are going. >> reporter: with pressure mounting from many of his colleagues here on capitol hill, congressman jackson's office issued a third statement on wednesday. this one was from an unnamed doctor. it read, the congressman is receiving intensive medical treatment at a residence -- residential treatment center for a mood disorder. he's responding positively to treatment and is expected to make a full recovery. minority leader nancy pelosi says the congressman will be welcomed back when the time is right. >> i hope that we will hear soon that he's on the way to recovery. he's a valued member of congress. >> reporter: congressman jackson's family is calling on the public to respect his privacy so he can get well.

tara mergener for cbs news, washington. some members of the d.c. city council are now publicly calling on mayor gray to resign. that story is coming up. plus, a family celebrates a surprise windfall after uncovering a 100-year-old baseball card collection that was just sitting in their attic and it's a payoff. >> it seems nowadays there's a starbucks on every corner. but now one is going into a place that seems almost unbelievable. we'll tell you where that is coming up at 6:07. you're watching 9news now.

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it's a dilemma many people face when going through a loved one's things. is this trash or treasure? >> a lucky family in ohio find out just how much an old dusty baseball collection is worth. they may be able to trade mayor bleacher seats -- trade their bleacher seats for a luxury box. >> reporter: something remarkable happened to carl in this attic. he and his family inherited this turn of the century house in iowa passed down by his aunt after her recent passing. >> the first thing i told the family when i had the family meeting was how many times have you been asked what would you do if you found something of great value and nobody knew about it. >> reporter: what he found were these unassuming little baseball cards. about 700 in all. they had been tied in a neat bundle and put in a cardboard box sitting untouched for 100

years. kissner did not know exactly what he had but the sports collectible experts at heritage auctions in texas did. >> we believe this is the most significant find in the history of the hobby. when they sent in the package and we initially opened it up, our republican was oh, my god, you know, these are the nicest condition examples of this series that we've ever seen. >> reporter: these cards were given away as a candy promotion around 1910 and they include such baseball luminaries as thai cobb, cy young and christy matthew son. kissner assumes his immigrant grandfather did not know what to do with them so he put them in the attic and forget about them. today's value? about $3 million. cards like these are graded on a psa scale of one to ten. >> the biggest surprise? when chris ivy called me and said one of the cards graded at a ps a-10. i went great, which one?

>> wagner, the mona lisa of baseball cards. >> reporter: the kissner grandfather is survived by about 20 family members who will divide the windfall when the cards are auctioned off next month. it's safe to say they'll be telling a story for generations about how a simple home cleaning turned into a financial home run. for cbs ben tracy, los angeles. >> wow, what a treasure. thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. don't go through your attic just yet. we have more news for you. i'm andrea roane. >> that is unless you have a tv up there. make sure you put it on channel 9. i'm mike hydeck. good morning, monika samtani. >> good morning. and anny hong is in for howard who is enjoying some time off. a nice day. no triple digits. enjoy it. if you want to ge on that walk or jog --