washington. senate republicans have block add bill which would have required organizations which contribute hundreds of millions of dollars in political campaign ads to disclose their top donors and the amounts they spend. the disclosed act was intended to shine a light on political action groups and nonprofit organizations which are secretly funded but yet dominate the airwaves with ads. republicans cite the first amendment rights and claim the bill favors unions in opposing the legislation. an alleged lack of control and oversight at hsbc created an environment which allowed that bank to be used to launder drug money from around the world. a u.s. senate investigation revealed that executives of europe's largest bank ignored regular complaints from bank employees which allowed the laundering to take place for at least eight years. the senate report also says a failure to act by u.s. regulators led billions of dollars in drug money from

mexican cartels to be laundered through hsbc. the report also says suspicious funding from syria, the cayman islands, iran and saudi arabia also passed through the bank. the u.s. senate is scheduled to hold a hearing into this matter later today. later today, an ntsb team is going to arrive in maryland to investigate a deadly plane crash in laytonsville. a 1964 beach craft a23 went down just before 7:30 last night near davis airport. it came to a stop in a wooded area just beyond the airport's runway. it was carrying a pilot and a flight instructor. the flight instructor was killed in the crash. the pilot was flown to a local hospital. an eyewitness said the plane seemed to stall just before it fell to the ground. a dozen families need a new place to live after an apartment complex in woodbridge went up in flames. the complex is on gemstone drive. one firefighter was injured. he's expected to be okay. firefighters are still looking for the cause of the fire. in a smoke alarm -- a smoke

alarm saved a woman's life in temple hills, maryland last night. 40 firefighters were on hand to put out the flames around 5:30. two of them are now recovering from injuries this morning. the fire caused $100,000 in damage to the home. there is still no sign of a 75-year-old prince george's county man. oscar henry washington was last seen sunday morning in the back yard of his daughter's home in bowie. he was wearing a green shirt, green khaki pants and black shoes. if you've seen him, please call police. within six months pepco will file a report on what it would take to put some or even all of its wires underground. in a statement the company says pepco will analyze the benefits and costs of more extensive selective undergrounding or even complete undergrounding with the overhead electrical system. until now pepco has been saying it would cost too much to do that and would be too much of a big deal. here's what the regional president tom graham said on 9news during the last storm.

>> it would take ten-plus years to do that type of project. the cost would go into the billions and the question is do our customers have the appetite to absorb that type of cost. >> 2003 maryland study indicated underground cabling lasts 30 years. that's compared to 50 years of lines that are overhead. the study also said underground lines take longer to fix and they are not immune to flooding or lightning strikes. it is 4:33. here's a look at some of the other stories making news now. more syrian officials are defecting and seeking political asylum. the syrian ambassador to iraq is the latest one to flee. in an interview with the bbc, he says all of the major bombings in syria have been carried out by the syrian government. he says the regime of president bashar al-assad is using the military along with hired mercenaries to attack syrian

civilians. he also believes the government will not hesitate to use chemical weapons on civilians and may have already done so he thinks. this comes as heavy fighting between government troops and rebel forces continues to worsen in the syrian capital of damascus. the united states has been pushing for assad to step down and secretary of state hillary clinton reiterated the u.s.' position saying it can only end this war -- this war can only end when assad is out of office. assad has no plans to step down. a bridge which links detroit, michigan to ontario, canada is back open after a bomb threat last night. police say someone phoned in the threat around 7:20. they said they would blow up the ambassador bridge in ten minutes. the area around the bridge was shut down for four hours. no explosive was found. this latest threat comes four days after a similar threat closed a nearby international commuter tunnel. monday was a busy day at lon down's heathrow airport. athletes from 50 nations started arriving for the olympic games. members of the u.s. and new

zealand yachting teams and finland sailing team were among the first of the 16,000 athletes expected to arrive in london all under very heightened security. >> it's been great. london is obviously ready and excited. >> it's good. >> it was easy, really quick. don't have to think about anything. >> good deal. an earl of a thousand trained volunteers who together speak 20 languages are on hand to greet the olympians. the time right now almost 4:36. we're expected to reach the near triple digits again today. at 4:38 anny is going to let us know what we can expect around the hottest moments of the day. >> at 4:40, yahoo, fifth c.e.o. in five years. >> at 4:49, researchers say they've discovered how and when sleep can determine your risk factor for developing dementia. >> we're back with your weather first in for minutes.

-- two minutes.

good morning, everyone. anny filling in for howard on this tuesday. expecting lots of sunshine. some areas of fog, especially out toward warrenton and stafford at this hour. by lunch time it's going to be hot. mid, upper 90s and we'll top out close to 100 degrees today. we do have a chance for an isolated thunderstorm late this afternoon, early this evening and whatever does bubble up has the chance to be strong to severe. here's a look at your time saver traffic with monika. good morning. good morning. if you're planning to head northbound on i-95, things are looking good right now from dale city to here in springfield on to 395 and the 14th street bridge. all lanes are thankfully open. coming up in my next report, another look at virginia roads

in a few minutes. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. the time right now is 4:38. i am watching your money. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke will address lawmakers on capitol hill today. investors hope he will discuss new fed action to boost the economy and stocks finished lower monday yet again after a new report showed consumer spending fell in june for the third straight month. americans continuing to worry about the job market. checking the numbers for you, the dow stands this morning at 12,727, dropped 50 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq was off by 11 and a half. the s&p 500 was down by 3. anticipation about fed moves drove oil prices higher for a fourth day. a stronger economy usually means higher demand for oil. crude rose more than a dollar to close above $88 a barrel. yahoo has gone to the competition for its new c.e.o. check her out. veteran google executive ma ris ya mayer is taking the --

marissa mayer is taking the top job. she's 37 years old and becomes yahoo's fifth c.e.o. in five years. it's also reported that she's pregnant and due october 7. microsoft has the latest -- reveals the latest version of its office software. it will respond to commands delivered on a traditional keyboard or mouse. microsoft isn't saying when it will go on sale or what the price will be. those details are expected in the fall. the 2012 drought could soon impact how much we all pay at the grocery store. parts of the west, great plains and midwest are experiencing their worst drought since 1956. that's taken a toll on the supply of corn and soybeans. hard to know just how much more you're all going toanldz up -- to end up shelling out from milk to meat. some suggest a price hike could

be soon. others say now is the time to stock up on meat while prices are low. barbecue at mike's house. >> you can't stock up on milk which is unfortunate at our house because we drink about 17 gallons a week. 4:41. there's a new option to help prevent h.i.v. coming on the market soon. we'll have more on that and your weather first when we return in just for minutes. -- two minutes. you're watching 9news now.

it is 4:43. after a brief respite, the heat switch is about to go right back on. there's a fly and a gnat going around here and i'm trying to catch it. >> the heat. the rain dance. we're hoping for rain to cool things down. >> we'll maybe get isolated storms today. better chance for storms tomorrow. it's going to be hot getting up to close to $100 -- up to 100 degrees. it's the 110th birthday of the

air conditioner. how apropos considering how hot it's going to be today and tomorrow. temperatures hot, especially by lunch time. if you want to go out for lunch, make it short outside. temperatures will be in the mid- 90s by noon. partly cloudy conditions. then this afternoon we'll get up to close to 100 degrees. we have a chance for an isolated storm late this afternoon, early this evening. anything that does bubble up today could have a chance to be strong with those storms as the atmosphere is unstable with all the heating. here's a look at your satellite and radar picture where you see not a whole lot going on overnight. so today we're expecting plenty of sunshine and temperatures now in the lower 80s in downtown. lower 70s in gaithersburg. 67 in martinsburg. culpeper at 72 degrees. so we are looking at patchy morning fog in some places like in warrenton and stafford. visibility down to just 4, 5 miles right now. but a dry morning commute for you folks. near record highs, though, for today, especially at dulles with a chance i -- at dulles.

we have a chance to break that record. afternoon storms, some could be strong. for most of today expecting plenty of sunshine, maybe some clouds. again, chance for an isolated storm today but better chances will be tomorrow as a cold front comes through, especially tomorrow and through thursday. so you'll want your umbrellas. tomorrow's storms, better chance for the storms could be strong to severe once again. damaging wind gusts, maybe locally heavy rainfall. thursday morning looks like we'll start out nice and calm. then again the afternoon we could see more showers and storms in the area. i think we'll see more cloud cover as well for thursday. let's see your forecast. we start in western maryland this morning. oakland's high around 83. cumberland heating up to 94 degrees. hagerstown 95. martinsburg mid-90s as well. culpeper a hundred. warrenton 99. manassas in the upper 90s. definitely today the day you want to try to stay inside in the air conditioning, go to the mall, catch a movie. downtown close to 100.

gaithersburg 98 degrees. annapolis in the upper 90s. pax river 97. even the eastern shore things are eating up to near mid--- are heating up to near mid-90s for easton and cambridge. code yellow because of the heat today. close to 100. wednesday upper 90s and a chance for some scattered showers and thunderstorms. thursday also looking to be unsettled but not as hot. temperatures in the lower 90s. check out your next seven days. so we break the heat after wednesday. friday mid-80s. saturday a chance for a shower, temperatures in the mid-80s. sunday looks really nice. 87 degrees under partly cloudy conditions and monday we're back into the lower 90s. today's nats game is going to be a hot one so don't forget your baseball caps and drink plenty of water and you'll always need your sunscreen. here's monika samtani with your time saver traffic. good morning. and your sunglasses if you're heading out the door later this morning.

right now if you're heading out early, the only thing you have to be concerned with is some construction on the west side of town which really should be cleared up shortly. there are no problems to report coming in on the dulles toll road as you head inbound toward the beltway. 66 looks great as well. no issues in from manassas still you get past nutley street. we'll take a live look. there is a disabled vehicle on the inbound side of 66 in the center lane after nutley street. crews do know about it so be aware of that. stay to the right or to the left to get around it. we'll take you back over to the maps this time to 95 in virginia. no problems to report coming up from dale city to woodbridge and springfield. we'll take a live look at 395 over at duke street. running smoothly both in the main and hov lanes as you head for the 14th street bridge and into the downtown area. i'll be back with more traffic coming up once again at 4:55 with maryland traffic. in the meantime, federal officials have announced new safety standards for rail transit systems nationwide. the safety measures under consideration include crash worthy rail cars and data

recorders or black boxes. the safety measures also call for improved work rules, including hours of service limits which are designed to make sure that employees are well rested. transit agencies which didn't meet the guidelines could lose federal grant money. metro is trying to figure out what brought the red line to a halt at the dupont circle station yesterday morning. at 8:33 a.m., the system tweeted out about a brake problem on a train and then at 8:47, a tweet said the station was closed. 8:51 a third teet said the station had re-- tweet said the station had reopened. 20 minutes later another tweet said the station was closed again. everything was back open by 9:21. the pentagon says it will ship in $180 million to help widen route 1 in virginia. specifically a three and a half- mile stretch of the road near fort belvoir. the money will help widen the road from four to six lanes and also improve access at the base.

back to you. >> thanks, monika. see you in a little bit. it promises to reduce the chances of getting h.i.v. and soon the drug truvada will be on the market. the food and drug administration approved the drug for people who are at a high risk of contracting the disease, like people whose partners are living with h.i.v. a three-year study showed the daily dose of truvada can cut the risk of infection by 42%. we're in trouble here. how much sleep you get could affect your mind later in life. >> it's affecting me right now. there's a new study that says women who average too little or entoo much sleep -- even too much sleep lower cognitive function is an issue unless they slept exactly seven hours a night. randall pinkston has more. >> reporter: sleep is a problem for many people, especially as they get older. >> i probably get around average 7. i do feel i could use another hour probably. >> i'm lucky if i could get

four or five. >> reporter: a new study from the alzheimer's association finds not getting the right amount of sleep could affect your mind later in life. researchers looked at 15,000 women over the age of 70 and found that those who slept too little or too much, had worse cognitive function as they aged. >> on the short end women were sleeping five or less hours and on the long end women were sleeping nine or more hours. >> reporter: researchers performed a number of memory tests over six years on the women in the study. they found that too little or too much sleep was cognitively equivalent to aging a year and a half. with an estimated 16 million americans expected to have alzheimer's by 2015, the findings could have big implications. >> we may need to start looking in the future at sleep strategies for potentially reducing cognitive impairment and alzheimer's disease. >> reporter: as people age, they tend to sleep less and the sleep they do get tends to get

more fragmented. researchers say seven hours seems to be ideal. >> i've been -- i do sleep well and don't have a problem with it but definitely seven hours is my new target. >> reporter: it's certainly something to sleep on. randall pinkston, cbs news, new york. >> get this. researchers also found that change in the amount of time women slept was just as important as how long they slept. women who sleep changed as least two hours per day from the beginning to the end of the study performed worse on cognitive tests than those who had no change in their sleep duration. more countries are keeping minors away from tanning beds. research suggests indoor tanning can increase the risk of skin cancer. we've all heard that a study in the archives of dermatology says 11 nations now have laws which ban minors from indoor tanning booths. that's an increase of just two back in 2003. ten are european countries. the other is brazil and the united states has no federal law restricting indoor tanning

but they do have some states that do. the sound of the ocean does a lot more than just soothe the soul. apparently it helps you live longer. british researchers followed more than 48 million people in england and found that the closer someone lives to the sea, the healthier they are. other studies show that people near the coast tend to be more active and have less stress so that may play a part, too. >> the ingredient here is get a lot of sleep by the ocean and we'll do fine. 4:52. time for the question of the morning. >> the average american consumes a pound of this every day. >> a day? >> is it a, bread, b, a pound of soda which really doesn't make a heck of a lot of sense, c, a pound of coffee. what do you think it is? >> i'm saying soda. i don't know. maybe coffee. log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page. leave your answer. we're going to reveal the correct answer during the 6:00 hour. very no idea. -- i have no idea.

good morning. time 4:55. it's going to be a very hot and humid day. temperatures will get into the mid-80s by 9:00. lunch time it's going to be hot. 95 degrees and we'll climb into the upper 90s, close to 100 degrees today. i think some records could fall. right now mostly cloudy conditions. temperature 81 degrees. also some areas of fog being reported right now in warrenton and culpeper where visibility is down to about 4 to 5 miles. here's a look at your time saver traffic with monika. good morning. good morning, anny. here's a look at the wilson bridge on the south side of town. you're doing well through oxon hill and alexandria on the beltway. no problems coming in from southern maryland. more on that coming up in my next report at 5:01. back to you. >> thank you, monika. the prince george's county school board is looking for a

new superintendent. their current superintendent william hite is giving up $125,000 in severance pay in exchange for an early release from his contract. he resigned two weeks ago after he accepted a job running the philadelphia school district. the board says they will appoint an interim superintendent next month. the montgomery county school system wants to make sure every student has the supplies they need for the new school year. yesterday school leaders kicked off the drive for supplies event. at richard montgomery high school in rockville. last year nearly 12,000 supply -- pounds of supplies were distributed to families and nonprofits. we have a lot of museums here in d.c. but i bet you can't think of very many that are underground. there's a plan in the works to create an underground military history museum right near the lincoln memorial. the education center got preliminary approval to build it. it will trace the history from

bunker hill all the way to the. if it gets final approval, it could be open in about two years. some of the oldest federal boundaries in our nation's history are now restored and back in their proper places. the original boundary stones were ordered in 1791 by george washington to mark the new federal district. some were found to be in disarray back in the 1990's but they are back in their right locations now. the stones if you'd like to see them are located at eastern avenue and chillham road in northeast. u.s.a. boxing has added some muscle to its team. for the first time women boxers will compete in the olympics in london. >> drew levinson watched them work out in colorado springs at an olympic training facility. >> reporter: these women aren't pulling any punches. they're fighting for the gold. for the first time women will be boxing in the olympics. >> to have the opportunity to be the first to make history, go and represent in london for the olympic games means the world to me. >> reporter: 28-year-old queen

underwood is a 132-pound light weight national champion. the seattle native is one of three american women headed to the games. 17-year-old clarissa shields is always going. this middle weight from flint, michigan is the baby of the team. >> i feel like i'm everybody's little sister. >> reporter: women have been boxing for years but it took a lot of persuading and politicking to convince the olympic committee to make it an olympic sport. for these boxers it's about time. they've dedicated their lives to the ring. >> i'm doing the same thing every single day, even more. in the summer i train twice, three times a day. >> reporter: you have to be disciplined. >> you've got to be. otherwise it's not the sport for you. >> reporter: the women train with the men and are treated the same. there are going to be people out there saying a woman boxer, why. >> when they see women boxers, they're going to say wow instead of why. i think we're going to change a lot of people's ideas about women boxing.

we're going to open up a lot of eyes. >> reporter: and the world will be watching when they take their best shot at olympic gold. drew levinson, cbs news, colorado springs. >> 22-year-old marlin is the third woman on the u.s.a. boxing team. she's 112-pound fly weight from houston. >> she's tough. those women are tough. you're watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm jessica doyle in for andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck with all the ladies. none of them are boxers either that i know of. >> but we're all tough. just test me. >> i won't test any of you. i promise. anny is in for howard. please take it away. >> we love you. >> we do love you, mike. we're looking at a very hot day today. i think we could challenge some records especially at dulles where the record high is 100 degrees. we're going to get close to that, if not maybe even exceed t. here's a look at our day planner for this