planner. it is cloudy out there, parly cloudy by 9:00, 83 degrees in the upper 80s. in the 90s by lunch time. temperatures top out in the mid 90s. right now 70s in downtown. 72 in manassas and doppler showing us the showers and storms came on through last flight and they are now off to the east. looking at cloudy conditions right now. looking at rain in the area. we did see a couple of wet roads driving in, but we are expecting a dry commute. highs today, 94 in manassas, and we are looking at even hotter conditions for tomorrow. wednesday also in the upper 90s. scattered showers and storms to break us from the heat.

here's a look at your timesaver traffic. good morning annie. no problems to report right now other than a bit of slow traffic now forming at 6:00 in the morning as you leave quantico heading toward dale city and woodbridge. a live look outside once you are here at the river, you can see that traffic is just a bit slow and heavy across the river. really no big deals to report. pretty shot there northbound on i-95. back over to our minneapolis this time head over to the other side of town. no problems on the beltway. we'll take a live look once again on 270 southbound. you have the slow stuff toward clarksburg and you are fine down to the.where the lanes divide. back to you mike and jessica. after a weekend of computer

outages metro is still trying to figure out what caused the computer problems that brought service to a halt saturday and sunday. >> this morning metro's rail and the it department dollars are doing whatever they can to try to prepare in case of another outage. >> no problems this morning. good morning. >> reporter: escalators working just fine, you know a lot of passengers are still a little gun-shy. maybe nervous about the whole situation that went down over the weekend. many have asked us is everything working okay is metro running on schedule? you can understand lots of folks are hesitant as they are heading on to the trains this morning. however in case they run into a

snag, metro has extra staff. trains came to a complete halt twice saturday. no one was hurt. metro said they never lost radio communication with train operators and a system that controls safe distance between trains was never affected but riders describe a frustrating commute that took over three hours. >> having to make other preparations because of the trains being down. it was longer than 30 minutes. >> it was absolutely terrifying. realistically stuff happens and you have to hope everything is okay. >> i'm angry they have been done routine maintenance over the years. i think that is the bottom line. that is why i have a great deal of faith in the person who is the director of metro.

>> the new director of metro, richard sorrels, has been making some progress. he says numerous times because of metro's lack of maintenance in the past he has an uphill battle and getting the system back up and running. he does admit there are many problems and they are looking into this particular problem. still no exact answers but so far so good on the metro this morning. coming up at 6:30 we'll tell you who else is going to put metro's feet to the fire to find out exactly what happened and how these passengers can have some assurance that when they get on the trains they are going to reach their destinations in time. a bizarre attempted carjacking turns deadly in a fairmont heights, maryland. police are still looking for the suspect this morning. two armed men wearing masks

aapproach a car full of people on oak street sunday. they order people to get out of the car and tell them to lie on the ground. one of the passengers in the car does this. that is when the driver of the vehicle got so scared he took off and accidentally ran over the passenger on the ground, killing him. if you know anything about this crime, call 1-866-411-tips. an arlington man is recovering after being attacked by two pit bulls. his son saw the whole scene unfold right in front of him. yesterday afternoon near walter reed drive and south oakland street the 40-year-old man was getting out of his truck when the dogs jumped on him. one of the dogs was shot and killed after it charged the

police officer. the other dog was captured and taken to the animal welfare league of arlington. the victim suffered bites to both arms. president obama says he is not going to apologize to mitt romney or his campaign aides over comments about the time at bane capital jute issue at hand is when did romney give up the control of the private equity firm. >> reporter: president obama is back on the campaign trail today to talk about jobs and the economy. a topic mitt romney consistently criticizes the president about. but on thursday president obama told cbs sunday morning he doesn't mind the attacks. >> if i was in his shoes i would be making the same argument. >> it has been romney on the defensive lately. he says he gave us managing bane

capital in 1999 in order to run the salt lake olympics. but with the sec he was ceo. >> he was still ceo and had shares but he wasn't responsible for management. >> if you are telling the sec you are in charge but you are telling the american people you bear no responsibility, one of those things is not true. >> reporter: both campaigns have new ads focusing on the issue. the obama ad features mitt romney singing america the beautiful while showing headlines accusing romney of shipping jobs overseas. the romney camp has countered with its own ad, saying the president's attacks are misleading. >> reporter: this is not the candidate of hope and change, this is a candidate hoping to change the subject. >> reporter: president obama says he will not apologize for attacking romney's record at

bane. so far there hasn't been any evidence romney had any direction of bane's investments after february 1999. the red cross gathered details on what happened in a village where dozens were killed. according to the un the attack appeared to iraq residents's ids and killing some. secretary of state hillary clinton urged the head of egypt's military to work with egypt's elected islamic

leaders. during her visit to egypt dozens of protesters chanting against the united states threw bottles of water at clinton's motorcade. it would be nice if we could have a rally just like friday. big, big gains from jp morgan chase. the dow proceeded 203 points friday. the average price for a gallon of regular right now is $3.41. locally, gas prices are also averaging $3.41 a gallon for regular according to triple actual this morning. ford recalling close to

10,000 ford escapes this month. wrongly positioned carpet pad asking getting in the -- is getting in the way of the braking of the vehicle. if you own a 2013 ford escape call 866-436-7332 to schedule that repair. caught on video, a landslide and a tornado. plus what the penn state board of trustees is now saying about the joe paterno statue. first we are going to have a look ayour forecast. keep it here on 9news now.

good morning. a mild and muggy start. we will top out in the mid 90s, very hot and humid once again with lots of sunshine by 1:00. by 6:00 temperatures will be in the lower 90s. so drink plenty of water and don't forget your sunscreen today. inbound 66 overall delays in manassas and centerville. pretty good as you head for the beltway. i'll have more on road

conditions coming up at 6:18. back to you mike. the board of trustees of penn state says it has not decide what had will happen to the joe paterno statue outside beaver stadium. the board says there was no timeline on whether or not to remove paterno's name or image from campus. crews in british columbia are searching for four people believed to be buried after a huge landslide there, look at your screen someone was actually able to capture this landslide on video. amazing video. at least three homes were crushed. also caught on camera a tornado ripping through a town in poland. that is huge.

one person was killed trees were uprooted, buildings were damaged, power lines were of course down. we are looking at possibility of storms today really pop up stuff. >> summer storms the normal. i think we could get more active weather. today it is going to be hot and humid, tomorrow and wednesday even hotter. get ready for the heat to ramp up again. here's a look at your day planner. temperatures in the 80s by 9:00 this morning. muggy out there, by noon. mostly sunny skies, temperatures topping out at low to midnights. we did see some showers and storms come through. cloudy skies out there as you are waking up. pretty steamy out there. in the mid-atlantic. mid-70s in dc.

upper 60s in cumberland. ocean city in the low to mid-70s. richmond right around 75 degrees. closer in the beltway we are at 72 in arlington. 70 in bethesda, croftton 74 degrees, here's a look at our michael and son weather camera. the clouds already starting to clear on out as we promised. finally mostly sunny conditions and the dewpoints in the upper 60s to show you when and where it is going to rain over the next couple of days. this morning a nice day. going to be hot though. isolated showers and storms early this evening overnight things are quiet. lots of sunshine, i'm not worried about storms tomorrow. wednesday a different story. here's why a cold front coming through. wednesday afternoon and evening that could trigger showers and

thunderstorms. it is also going to be hot. the atmosphere could be quite unstable thursday the storms are strong or severe. highs for today 95 in downtown. lower 90s in leesburg. absolute indianapolis -- annapolis you'll top out in the 90s. code yellow because of the heat today. tomorrow very hot upper 90s. some places will get to 100 degrees. check out your next seven days. with the cold front coming through middle of the week. thursday we break from the intense heat then 80s for the end of the week and into the weekend. here's a look at your timesaver traffic with monika. if you are planning to head around town you can see the volume increasing and a couple of incidents causing a bit of a

delay as well. we have had a long standing disabled vehicle sitting on the shoulder attracting attention. it looks so innocent there northbound i-95 but of course everybody witness to see what is going on there. you have got a bit of a slow down. and a little bit more in springfield. which is normal for this time of the morning. just a heads up for this. southbound 270 leaving frederick. it is incident free. one more look outside here on the beltway in college park. i'll have more on traffic coming up at 6:25. now let's take another look at our question of the day. a new study suggests that single women being fog a -- looking

for a happy, secure boyfriend should look for this in a man, a sense of humor, at least one sister or a large bank account. >> one of our favorite viewers ed says you can tell them aand bare important but ctrumps all. what do you think? put your answers on our facebook fan page. we'll have a few of them and the answer in a half hour.

good morning. time now 6:22. the clouds are starting to clear out and in fact you are waking up to a really nice day here on this monday but it is going to heat up quickly. here's a look at the beautiful capital lights right now. mostly sunny skies, temperatures in the 90s by noon for lunch time temperatures topping out in the mid 90s today by late this afternoon. a chance for an isolated storm, otherwise should be a lot and muggy day.

>> metro riders have their fingers cross this had morning. and the washington nationals came out for the second half of the season looking to extend their lead in the nleast. now will the nats adhere to their limits on stephen strasburg. he was at 99 pitches heading into the all-star break. his limit is 160. yesterday the almighty righty back on the mound, giving up six hits, striking out seven. but he was just as good bat ages he was on the mound. espinoza for the nats first run of the day. the nats tack on three more. miami is bases loaded. three nats going for lombardozzi and harbert run into each

other. strasburg picked up his tenth win of the season. davey johnson was real impressed with the ace yesterday. now heading to london is a new team usa. names like kobe and lebron and durant. they practiced throughout the weekend and tonight they have an exhibition at the verizon center against brazil. giving fans an early glimpse at what some are calling a team comparable to the dream team. >> very humbling. we don't take it for granted. >> it just feels really good. i can't really describe it. we will be live from the verizon center later tonight for team usa's exhibition against

brazil. metro riders have their fingers crossed this morning after two computer failures over the weekend. >> we'll check in live in just a little bit. slow traffic through landmark where the pace improves up to the 14th street bridge. you are watching 9news now. stay with us.

welcome back, it is 6:29. this is the place you can always get your weather first temperatures in the mid 70s so far. we could tack on 20 plus to that today, imagine that. okay you are looking at the lincoln right there. >> hazy out there. >> plenty of haze. plenty of humidity. >> thank you for starting your monday morning with us. i'm jessica doyle. we are getting caisson natured along with you. >> annie hong is live. >> reporter: good morning. it is steamy out here. temperatures well into the 90s. for your monday we are looking at mostly sunny skas for the rest of today. temperatures upper 80s by 11:00. by 1:00 lower 90s. plenty of sunshine, only a

slight chance for in aisolated thunderstorm in the afternoon and early evening. storms from last night are off into the east and north of us. we could see an isolated shower as well later today. currently 76 in downtown. leesburg also 69. manassas 70. culpepper coming in at 72 degrees. i have more on the heat wave coming up a little bit later. thank you so much. you know we are kind of this that summer traffic pattern where traffic begins to slow down a little later in the morning and i think that is a good thing for commuters on the northbound side of i-95. leaving woodbridge it is going to be off and on, and beyond that oneched up again in springfield. northbound 395 approaching and

passing edsel road it is going to look like this most of the way past duke street in landmark before the pace picks up at seminary road. no problems on the dulles toll road and 66. the beltway west side of town looks great. 66 in centerville more heavy traffic in manassas than in centerville looks pretty good as you approach 150 and route 23. back to you guys. thanks monika. this morning we are going to get an inmate look inside the white house. >> charlie rose sat down with the first couple. >> good morning mike and jessica. we visited president obama and the first lady at the white house sitting down with them in the blue room. we asked about the key differences with mitt romney and

what he hopes the significant achievement of a second term will be. also this morning james carville in studio 57 with the advice he would give president obama and mitt romney. all of that when we see you at 7:00. charlie i expect it to be a calm and reactioned -- relaxed conversation with mr. carville. >> that would be a first for him. so far so good for metro rail riders this morning. >> workers are trying to make sure things will run smoothly. delia has more. >> reporter: good morning. some happy faces as folks are heading to their destinations, coming up from the trains obviously no problems during their commute. what is most unsettling is the fact that metro still hasn't

figured out what caused these glitches. over the weekend because metro couldn't get to the bottom of the problem after the first blockout saturday afternoon the computer system crashed a second time 12 hours later. 44 trains were affected, no passengers hurt though. metro says radio communication with train operators remain and the system to keep trains from a safe distance from each other was also intact. they and the riders need some answers. >> it is very disturbing. i don't recall this has ever happened before. customers have a right to relibel. the glitch that happened works against people want to go use metro and that is a bad thing. >> we'll definitely get to the bottom of it. actually we talked about this thursday. making sure there are reports

and a senior staff meeting to figure out what happened in these cases. we are told the it department has taken steps to minimize the chance of a repeat in their investigation. it is continuing as riders keep their fingers crossed. definitely hoping for ride tors go there on time this morning. police found a car belonging to sam last night. however he has not been seen since the double shooting at a nail salon. the suspect shot his estranged girlfriend and a male companion inside the shop. the search continues if a suspect who shot a man in a crowded apartment complex in langley. his name is not being released at this point.

there were a lot of people in the area. time right now is 6:35. i am watching your money. later today senator ben card inwill launch a program to help wounded warriors find lodging on the cheap. this will allow to you donate hotel rewards points to soldiers and their families. it is aimed at reducing travel costs. future ceos are getting schooled if public relations. the public relations society of america is teaching crisis management. lessons will include social response using the media. the university of maryland will be participating during the

2012-2013 school year. a study found youtube is emerging as a major news platform. more people are turning to the site when they want video of latest events. and fiat is bringing a new meaning to coffee on the go. check this out. the 500 lmodel comes with its own in car expresso maker. the u.s. version of the car might not have the caffeine fix. it could be driving potentially dangerous. you'll need an italian fiat if you are going to brew expresso in traffic. >> it harkens back to the woman who got burned by mcdonalds

coffee in a drive through. we are going to tell you where you are able to find a solar car charging station. we'll be right back.

if you are planning to head around town there is no real big problem on the beltway, just slow traffic forming around town. other than that, there have been been any major incidents to report. if you are planning to led to the north side of town, here's what it looks like in college park. heavy leaving the 95 interchange as you head into silver spring. again the lanes are open i'm happy to say. this time we'll head over to the other side of town. route 4, route 5, route 301, everything is fine as you head toward the beltway, oxen hill

to the wilson bridge. but i'm going to show you live from our camera in alexandria near the inner loop eisenhower connect tore. keep that in mind for your travel plans. coming up once again at 6:58. already. thank you monika. a live look at the lincoln memorial. expected to be hazy, hot and humid. allnow, monika has a great story. summer of 2012 has been scorching hot. the heat sometimes can be unbearable. monika tells us in the extra mile report. >> reporter: that there is one

advantage from the energy from electric vehicles. >> reporter: you may have noticed those tall in the sky panels along the road. >> this is actually the first solar car charger panel in the world that actually tracks the sun. >> reporter: the panels move every ten minutes with the sun and stay still at night, saving the stored energy. the charging process is painless once you find a car charger. >> it is simple. grab the handle and press this button. pull it out. take the cord over here to the car and plug it in. the maryland based manufacturer says it is a way for the greenest consumers to be attracted. >> they get it they see they can

charge with renewable energy resources, they understand that. >> reporter: to get a sense what have it feels like to drive gasoline free and on the sun's energy, i took a spin with dave goldstein. >> this car is truly amazing, like a spaceship. when you step on it, it takes off like a rocket. >> reporter: 40 he agrees the $46,000 for the car is steep. >> there is no i don't think coming from anywhere but the sun. it mate cost me, for example, $1.30 a day to plug in my electric car. compare that to your gasoline bill and you'll see what i'm talking about. >> this particular car has a range of 380 miles. you'll in seeing more of those

high-tech car dollars in our area soon. >> you were age there is a goal? >> president obama wand a million by year 2015. of done even look promising but it could be the high price of gas. >> the price of vehicles have to come down too. >> still $10 a week got my attention. >> and the heat and humidity aren't we lucky. we are looking at lots of sunshine today and temperatures will be heating up very quickly once again. 83 by 9:00. by noon lower 90s. we'll top out in the mid 90s by 3:00 this afternoon. here's a look at the satellite and radar pictures.

showers and storms have moved on through. now sunshine and steamy conditions out there. right now temperatures in the mid-atlantic. 76 downtown. cumberland in the upper 60s and going to the beach at 75 degrees. 72 in arlington and 76 in downtown. college park bethesda you are at 71. croftton you are at 74 degrees at this point. did go a nice job of clearing out in the last hour or so. we are looking at mostly sunny skies. dewpoints in the upper 60s. so a dry morning commute however don't forget your sun classes today. hot and muggy for the afternoon. triple-digit potential for tomorrow is there.

more storms arrive at the middle of the week. so today you have plenty of supshine. high clouds, afternoon, evening a chance for a pop-up shower or thunderstorm. overnight things are quiet. upper 90s, some places could get to the century mark. the cold front comes late wednesday. ahead of the front we can trigger showers and thunderstorms. it will help cool things down after wednesday. your highs for today, we are looking at a pretty hot day. 94 in fredericksburg, annapolis you'll top out at around 91 degrees. your 9 weather alert yellow because of the heat today. tomorrow very hot upper 90s. a chance for better scat ared

showers and storms. friday and saturday we are talking mid to upper 80s, only a chance for a shower friday and saturday. sunday also looks good. temperatures will get into the upper 80s under mostly sunny skies. now we are going to take a look at your question of the day. new studies suggest single women looking if a happy, secure boyfriend should look for this a sense of human -- humor. at least one sister or a large bank account. >> our facebook friend sharon woodland kelly thinks the correct answer is a, a sense of humor. it is always good to have a guy who can make you laugh. but the answer is b, at least one sister. aparently that is the deal is men treat their ladies better and are happy and secure if they have at least one sister. >> i know a lot of men who have been tortured buy their

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good morning, 6:53 on your monday. bring out your sunglasses today. lots of sunshine out there we are going to get to 90 at lunch time. temperatures in the mid 90s for our afternoon high. lots of sunshine, mostly sunny at 76 degrees. we are expecting even holter conditions for tomorrow and wednesday. here's a check of the news before you go. this morning prince george's county police need your help. they are trying to find 75-year-old oscar harry washington. he was last seen in the

backyard of his daughter's home. he suffers from high blood pressure and memory loss. if you have seen him call 301302101. later today governor martin o'malley will meet with ike leggett. the conversation considering when to expand gambling in maryland. want to see some coordination? check this out. the toronto blue jays fan with both hands full catches the baseball look at that. between his legs. and didn't drop anything in his hands. outstanding. when we come back, one more thing for the ladies out there.

one more thing before we go. women are smarter than men. ladies, go. >> we knew that already. >> over the last hundred years any q tests women have scored about five points below men. but that has changed. the new research shows women are leaping ahead any q tests and in some countries actually scoring higher. >> not really up for debate any more. >> there is three women here. what am i going to say? annie, go to weather. >> reporter: here's one last look at your 7-day forecast.

hotter tomorrow and wednesday. storms coming through wednesday afternoon, a cold front coming through. thursday temperatures will be in the lower 90s. here's what it looks like. on the inbound side of i 66 slow traffic, here's what it looks like from our sky 9 route 50 heading toward 123. a live look at 270. wall street? >> wall street we are hoping to gain after the big huge rally after 200 points from the dow. men you were just the practice run right? >> cbs this morning is coming up next. of course they are going to have more of charlie rose's exclusive interview with the president and talk about mitt romney. take care.