with a chance of thunderstorms in a couple of spots this afternoon. this morning the bigger concern just the light sprinkles and the high humidity. a little tough to see. around here we've got the sprimples but a lot more -- sprinkles but a lot more from ohio moving into southwestern virginia. locally live doppler 9hd, i've doomed in on montgomery county and howard county. here's olney. you see the sprinkles moving east along route 32, crossing 29, crossing 95. got a few more concentrated showers there. other areas some drizzle here and there. heard from bill, he's 73 along with la plata. 76 now at national and 68 up in frederick. going into the low 90s. let's go to monika samtani. she's got a look at timesaver traffic. good morning, everybody. you know, for a monday morning, we're really not doing too badly. things are fine all around the beltway. we're going to zoom in on the west side of town coming in from the airport or from manassas and centreville on 66 over to the beltway.

you're fine. all of the overnight construction in tysons and annandale should now be cleared up. let's take a live look outside first on the inbound side of i- 66 or at the beltway here at little river turnpike. no problems again as i said. things are looking good on the beltway now in annandale. back over to our maps. this time over to the other side of town. american legion bridge, no problems as you travel through bethesda, across the bridge span. we'll take a live look there as well. as you can see, south of town at the wilson bridge, things are looking good between oxon hill and alexandria. earlier accident in clinton southbound on route 5 has also been cleared. i'll be back with more traffic in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you, monika. later this morning the man police say is the movie theater gunman, 24 kwr5erd james holmes -- 24-year-old james hole him will make his first appearance in court. he will be charged with shooting and killing 12 people at the opening of the latest batman movie. >> delia goncalves is tracking what's expected to happen

today. >> reporter: good morning. james holmes appears in court at 9:30. he will be represented by a public defender after he reportedly stopped cooperating with investigators, this following the disclosure that he had a booby trap in his apartment. this morning we're learning much more detail about this 24- year-old. ' plied to a online gun club. before his application was reviewed, he was denied access. we also learned on july 2 he purchased $300 of tactical equipment. that company says they are shocked and appalled that he used their equipment in the massacre. our andean mccarren -- andean mccarren who was in colorado said he made the decision to deny holmes after listening to his voice mail. >> the voice mail was a very low base guttural sounding,

rambling, incoherent deal that was strange, bizarre, a little freakish. one of my staff members called and said hey, what was the name of that person that you flagged for us? wasn't that james holmes? i said yes. they said well, that's the name of the shooter. >> reporter: close call for that company and that gentleman there. coming up at 5:30, we'll have a look at the very emotional vigil that was held on sunday to remember the 12 lives lost and the 58 victims who survived that shooting. back to you, mike, jess. >> thank you, delia. delia goncalves live in the satellite center this morning. later this morning, the ncaa is going to announce its sanctions against penn state university. the report shows the former coach joe paterno and top university officials took many steps to conceal reports that former assistant coach jerry sandusky had assaulted young boys. the ncaa is expected to impose some strong sanctions against the athletic programs at the university, including millions in finals.

the joe paterno -- in fines. the joe paterno statue was taken down over the weekend and some people were visibly disappointed. >> i drove from north carolina to get a picture of joe's statue. like a bunch of thieves they snuck it away in the night. >> joe paterno died six months ago. his name will be kept on the campus library. paterno donated millions of his own money to help get it built. convicted killer george huguely is asking a judge to suspend a lawsuit filed against him until the criminal case is settled. huguely was found guilty of murdering his former girlfriend- yardley love -- girlfriend yeardley love. a lawsuit was filed by yeardley's love. i am watching your money. wall street is going to keep its eyes on earnings this week. among the biggies coming out, apple is out with results on tuesday. facebook reports its first quarterly earnings as a public

company on thursday. we'll also get earnings news from amazon that day. traders are looking out ahead to home sales, home prices, durable goods orders and consumer sentiment. check be the numbers the dow stands this morning at 12,822, slid about 121 points on friday. nasdaq took it on the chin down nearly 41 points, down about 1.4% on the day. and the s&p 500 lost 14. among the other companies to watch, ford is on tap to post earnings this week as well. investors want to see what effect the slowdown in china and the crisis in europe is having on forbes' bottom -- ford's bottom line. ford says its plug-in new electric van will be able to go more than 40 miles on battery power alone. it's expected to be in showrooms this fall. and the number of americans living in poverty is climbing to levels not seen in nearly 50 years. the official poverty rate is

expected to rise from 15.1% to 15.7%. poverty is spreading at record levels across many groups from understand employed workers in suburban families to the poorest of the poor. more discouraged workers are giving up on the job market. obviously a very serious problem. >> which leads to the housing partial and it's a dom tea -- market and it's a dom tea effect. -- domino effect. caught on tape and still on the loose. >> police are on the look for this purse snatching punk after a brazen attack in texas. he's on the loose this morning. find out why hundreds are in the streets in anaheim, california, throwing bricks and bottles at police this weekend.

it is 5:08 on this monday morning. warm and muggy out there. areas of drizzle, even a few sprinkles but i think overall the key today is going to be the heat. we're going to go back into the low 90s after the nice relatively cool weekend. here's a look at your day planner. look for clouds mixing in with sunshine at times. we'll be in the mid- to upper 80s by lunch time. 90 at 5:00 p.m. again a chance for the afternoon thunderstorm. highs today into the low 90s. i'll be back in five minutes with a pretty warm to hot seven- day forecast. right now here's monika with your latest look at timesaver traffic. happy to say volumes are still light on the southbound

side of i-270. this is what it looks like at clopper road heading toward rockville. all lanes are open no problems on 355 or great seneca highway as well. i'll be back in a few minutes with more traffic. here's what's making news at 5:09. he's accused of killing 12 people and injuring more than 60 more. 24-year-old james holmes will make his first appearance in court today. police say holmes opened fire in a colorado movie theater at the midnight showing of the latest batman movie. police say holmes planned the shooting for months spending up to $15,000 on guns, ammunition, and body armor. penn state still dealing with the sex scandal surrounding a former coach. the ncaa will hand down what's being called unprecedented sanctions against the school and the football team. on sunday the university made the decision to take down the statue of the late head football coach joe paterno. bottles, cans, and bricks flying through the air at police as they clashed with

protestors in anaheim, california over the weekend. an officer shot and killed a man on the street in front of an apartment building. that's what set this crowd off saturday. at least three people were taken into custody in a near riot after that shooting. at least three people were hurt after a portion after deck at a loudoun county house collapsed. a spokesman said the collapse happened around 4:40 yesterday afternoon on loyalty road. about two dozen people were on the deck at the time of the collapse. he says none of the injuries appear to be life-threatening. prince george's county police need your help. they're trying to find this man leander cooper, 73-year-old last seen yesterday morning around 7:00. he dropped his wife off at washington hospital center on ervin street in northeast d.c. cooper suffers from dementia and has high blood pressure. he was driving a 2006 chevy trail blaze we are maryland tags 725m494. if you have any information, please call prince george's county police.

the number 301-749-5064. the time right now just about 511. highlights from the nats-braves series coming up in sports at 5:23. at 5:33, new developments in the shadow campaign scandal surrounding d.c. mayor vincent gray. >> howard is up next with the back-to-work forecast when we come back. happy monday, everybody. you are watching 9news now.

welcome back. weather time now coming up on 5:14. it is much cooler than it's been in the overnight than the last week or so but with the dampness, it sure feels like it's a lot warmer. >> it's sticky, muggy, gross kind of morning out there. >> it was nice out yesterday morning, though. it was a little cool. >> low to mid-60s in many areas. almost needed a jacket for a few. that's a memory unfortunately. we're going to be back probably in the low 90s today with a little bit of sunshine mixing in with the clouds. there will be a threat for some afternoon thunder. here's the day planner. this morning we've got some clouds early. again with the sprinkles, i don't think they're going to last very long. some midday sunshine mixing with those clouds. look how warm we get by lunch time, 88. down by 4:00. that will be the high for the day. 92, 93, somewhere in that range with the threat for the afternoon evening and thunder here and there. still in the upper #s on by

8:00 -- upper 80s by 8:00 p.m. back to where we've been over much of the summer the way it seems. northwesterly flow, showers and clouds in ohio, moving into west virginia. charlotte and row neck a better tar -- roanoke a better target for that. you see the isolated showers from jessup to bwi. they've come across montgomery county. east of davidson approaching annapolis to the bay bridge. severn river is going to see a couple of those light sprinkles as well. temperatures are running in the 70s in most areas. low to mid-70s. you see 977, the warm -- you see the 77, the warm spot. sterling and rockville and fairfax are at 72. we're sitting at 76. looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, you see the droplets on the lens cover there with 76. cloudy skies at national on the hour but humidity way up at 91%. it is a muggy morning with a

light south, southwesterly wind at 6 miles an hour. nationally some very high heat once again. terrible drought conditions being exacerbated by temperatures in the low 100s from st. louis back to kansas city. chicago 99. oklahoma city 100. we'll be flirting with that heat. that's not a good thing to flirt with on and off for much of the week. so there's the high pressure with the heat right in the middle of the country. showers and storms right up and over it. and under it also scattered about in the south and in florida, it's the early morning. we've lost the daytime heating so things are quieter there. you throw in the daytime heating, we will see more showers and storms pop. for us, well, we're expecting some of that this afternoon. we should be pretty good through lunch time. watch what happens during the afternoon. 5:00 p.m. this line of showers and storms off to our north and west could be with us for the early evening hours as well. then another area of showers trying to come through overnight. 4:00 maybe a better chance up

in baltimore, northeastern maryland and around here and then more showers and storms for the afternoon hours, especially south and west of d.c. on tuesday as opposed to north and east. we should be dry and a little cooler, not much, but a little cooler on wednesday. show you the next three days. today 93 with some scattered storms in the afternoon and evening. tomorrow a chance of afternoon thunder, hot again, 94. a good day on wednesday, 89. the yellow alert today and tomorrow for the thunderstorm threat which could slow a few of you down in the afternoon. thursday hot, 98. chance of afternoon thunder. 96 friday. 91 saturday. all day a chance for a few thunderstorms. right now it is 5:16. here's monika. she's got timesaver traffic this monday morning. >> i do. if you're planning to head into arlington, you'll want to know about a water main break on south courthouse road. it is closed between columbia pike and 6th street again with a water main break. apparently the road has buckled there as well in arlington so you're going to have to

maneuver your way around that other than that things are not looking too bad. here we are inside the beltway on 395, 295, across the 14th street bridge and near national airport. everything is running smoothly including the gw parkway. we'll take a live look outside. here's what it looks like on the inbound side of i-66 at the roosevelt bridge. no issues to report as you head in toward the district. we'll go back over to our maps and this time to the other side of town. no issues on the north side here on the beltway. that construction from overnight was cleared up between college park and silver spring. your lanes are open. we'll go over to route 50 coming in from the bay bridge. annapolis. all lanes are open. i'll be back in a few minutes with more traffic at 4:25. >> thank you, monika. you've got to check this out. it's a violent purse snatching caught on tape. watch your tv. surveillance video from a shopping center in a houston suburb called kingwood on tuesday night shows a man. he grabs a woman, grabs her purse, throws her to the ground. you see it right there and then

he takes off. gabriel amber was left with scrapes and bruises. >> it was so quick. i don't have time for anything else. the cell phone flew away. i just grabbed my phone. i remember telling my friend i'll call you later and then i called the police. >> turns out the attacker took the woman's wallet and her passport. another woman who just happened to be snapping a photo of her daughter took this picture of the suspect. police are still looking for him. time now to take another look at the question of the day. the question is according to a study out of berlin, people look younger when they do one of these things. is it a, whiten their teeth, b, smile, or c, exercise. >> facebook friend joyce wilcox thinks the answer is all of the above. sh write -- she writes people look younger when they smile. exercising makes them feel like smiling and whitening your teeth can make you feel better

about smiling. would do you think? we'll give you more answers in about 30 minutes.

5:21. maybe light to cool. we'll be back to the heat and miewmedty starting this morning. -- humidity starting this morning. it's very muggy. putting our temps in motion.

you'll see 80 degrees here by 9:00. we'll get toward midday, lunch time. mid if not upper 80s with a mix of clouds and sunshine. this afternoon we'll see a few showers start to pop, especially toward the blue ridge at 3:00. you'll notice the afternoon and evening hours, 4:00, 5:00, cf, some of the showers -- 6:00, some of the showers and thunderstorms will be possible so be aware of that. good morning, everybody. over the weekend we told you the winds were coming. the wins were coming. the wins were coming. that's the noncertified forecast. it meant we were in for a wild final round of golf's oldest major championship. tiger woods, four strokes back to begin. that's boomerang. not the movie. the ball comes back and almost

hits tiger. ernie els finishes at seven under but adam scott was up four with four to play so ernie is figuring i've got a second place. not a bad weekend's work. but he would go to the clubhouse and watch scott implode three straight boeing quist and -- bogeys and then this to force a playoff. ernieernie els to the winner's circle for the first time in a decade. how about that. some baseball yesterday, the nats game belonged to one man, ryan zimmerman powering the 9-2 win. he has been a different guy after the cortisone shot hitting well over .300. it preserved the nats' three and a half game lead in the al east division. they win it yesterday 9-2. the ncaa says today it will outline corrective and punitive measures against penn state university. what those measures are we don't know yet. but we know they are coming. the paterno family issuing a statement saying the statue

that was taken down yesterday, quote, does not serve the victims of jerry sandusky's horrible crimes or help heal the penn state university so we are going to be waiting to hear what the ncaa has to say about that this morning. that's a quick look at sports. have a great monday, everybody. if you're planning to head into arlington here at wilson and washington, things look great but south courthouse road is blocked off between columbia pike and 6th street with a water main break. apparently the road is buckled there as well. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes. you're watching 9news now. stay with us.

grz welcome back. i'm jessica doyle. it is monday morning. got a couple of days till the weekend. >> i'll just give that dramatic pause. i'm mike hydeck. it feels like 90 out there.

soupy. here's monika samtani. she has traffic momentarily. good morning, monika. >> good morning. >> howard, welcome back from vacation. >> you make me laugh in the morning. so glad to be here with you. it is muggy and sticky and just yuck. it'sicy outside -- it's icky. the muggies are here in a bad way. it's a bad hair day, monika. sorry. had some drizzle this morning. a few light showers here and there. 76 degrees. code yellow, moderate air quality so that won't be much of an issue today. noontime temps should be in the sticky upper 80s with a mix of clouds and sun and we'll have a threat for a thunderstorm or two later this afternoon into the evening hours. we should see highs in the low 90s to warmer than it has been after the unseasonably cool weekend. we've got some sprinkles here. you see more clouds and more lighter showers ohio through west virginia tracking down towards charlottesville and richmond today. better chance for them than us. look at the showers. they've now moved in, the ones we're picking up into anne

arundel county for the most part. still some drizzle, spotty drizzle here and there with your temperatures this morning mostly running in the low to mid-70s. a few 60s for martinsburg west into cup cumberland and oakland. let's go to monika, 5:29. how is it looking on timesaver traffic? >> everyone who is driving in their cars might have bad hair but at least there isn't much bad traffic i'm happy to say. things aren't looking bad early this monday morning. if you're planning to head in from dale city, woodbridge, springfield, it's that summer traffic pattern. you'll see some volume. we'll go to our camera on the northbound side of i-95. the lanes are open both in the main and hov lanes as you head for 395 and up to the 14th street bridge so we can deal with this. let's go back over to our maps this time heading in from the west. no problems on 66. you're going to see a bit of slow traffic forming manassas into centreville. we'll take a live look outside once again. you'll see traffic is moving well. here at falls received and river road no problems to report as you come in from montgomery county. i'll be back with more traffic

coming up in a few minutes. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. just about 5:31. later this morning accused theater gunman 24-year-old james holmes will make his first court appearance today. he will be formally charged with shooting and killing 12 people in friday night's gunfire incident at the latest batman movie. delia goncalves joins us live from the satellite center. she's been track be the story and joins us now with a look at sunday's emotional vigil. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can imagine very emotional, lots of tears shed by even mere strangers in a community who are feeling the pain of this tragedy many of them still vowing this event will not change them or break them. family friends and community members gathered outside of city hall to remember the 12 lives lost in this tragedy. it appears 24-year-old james holmes, the alleged gunman

prepared for the movie theater massacre purchasing guns and tactical equipment in the past two months. he even we're told bought 6,000 rounds of ammunition prior to the shooting on a hill across from the theater now stand crosses for each of the 12 victims. >> our city will be stronger and greater because of our adversity. >> i've only been mayor for seven -- our mayor has only been mayor for seven months. i find it hard to believe. he's so strong and so wise. i've seen him percentageally as -- personally as we've gone to the hospitals and met with the victims and their families, they give him strength. >> our awareness, we're thinking about them and it might serve as some comfort. >> reporter: president obama visiting at the hospital. he visited privately with

surviving victims and families. he was visiting not as a president, he said, but as a father and a husband. back to you. >> thank you, delia. for continuing coverage on the theater shootings, including the latest information and a place to leave condolences for the victims, you can log on to our website wusa9.com. click on the check it out section. there's new information into the -- about the 2010 campaign of d.c. mayor vincent gray. "the washington post" is reporting the gray campaign obtain add database with the names -- obtained a database with the names of nearly 6,000 public housing efforts in a get out the vote effort. it appears to be unauthorized use of private government information. mayor gray says such information wasn't need because of his already established contacts within the public community. meanwhile 9news now has learned that mayor gray is meeting privately this week with leaders of ward 5 democrats. ward 5 has a wealth of african-

american voters in it. council chair phil mendelson will also be at the meeting. the meeting comes as a "washington post" poll show as majority of d.c. voters feel the mayor should resign because of the shadow campaign that spent more than $650,000 to help get him elected. the time right now is 5:34. i'm watching your money and your workplace. you hear about this all the time, the new eating healthy campaigns or maybe your favorite fast food restaurants is offering a healthier menu but these day people are more stressed out and less healthy despite the movements. according to the 2012 affleck work forces report, employees exercised the least in both gy and genx. what is affecting the health of these younger employees? according to the study, one factor might be a lack of

participation in company workplace wellness programs. media mogul murdoch has resigned from a number of news corps boards in britain and the until. he's stepping down as the director of ny group, times newspaper holdings and news corps. it's not clear so far which of news corps's boards murdoch has left. add extra cash for your travel if hitting the road. gas prices are rising again. according to aaa regular unleaded in the d.c. area has jumped 11 cent as gallon since the start of the month. average price 3:45. some experts predict it's going to go up another dime a gallon over the next few weeks. fewer teens are interested in getting their driver's licenses. that's bad news for automakers marketing their cars to young drivers. believe it or not, according to the study conducted by the university of michigan's transportation research institute, the percentage of 19- year-olds in the u.s. who have their licenses dropped just over 87% back in 1983 to about

70% in 2010. researchers say virtual contact online reduces the need for actual physical contact. they also say the rough economic times makes it difficult for younger people to buy and maintain their cars. however, the number of people 70 and older behind the wheel keeping those licenses has increased. >> very interesting. who knew. still ahead, it was dreary and yucky and cool over the weekend. the heat switch is coming back in a big way. howard has the forecast when we come back. >> i just want to see the sun and blue sky just a little bit. >> also ahead, if you live in maryland and get your power from pepco, you knew this was coming. expect to pay a little more for your service. we will be right back.

5:37. a sticky, muggy monday morning out here on the weather terrace. temperatures running in the 70s. we've had a few sprinkles here and there. most of that is off to our east

right now. here's a look at the day planner where we can expect a mix of clouds and sunshine. a much warmer day. upper 80s by noon. potentially low 90s for a hype. also there will be a threat for some afternoon and evening thunderstorms in a few spots. again those highs in the low 90s. i'll be back in five, six minutes and talk about even more heat in our seven-day forecast. right now we go to monika. she's got your latest timesaver traffic. on the northbound side of i- 95, you're beginning to see the brake lights now near aquia harbor as you head northbound and then it will be off and on through dumfries heading for woodbridge before the pace improves. i'll have more on virginia roads coming up once again at 5:54. 9 wants you to know you will be paying more on your pepco electric bill if you live in maryland. friday the public service commission approved an $18 million rate hike, howard. it says it's going to translate into about two bucks a month per customer. the commission also said it is, however, dissatisfied with

pepco's performance and rejected $50 million in additional rate hike requests. i've been combing through the day's daily deals, e-mails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. here of some of my favorites a. fun wait to get fit. gilt city has a deal for dance classes. mike just signed up for this one. $39 for four classes, $75 for eight classes. we're going to take some video of mike and post it online. that's a savings of about 50%. work on the fitness of your car. $14 for an oil change. this is normally a $30 value and you can find this deal on google offers. come on, guys, who doesn't like mel brooks. you can get the entire collection on blu ray. we're talking classics like baseball, young frankenstein. you want to own this, blazing

saddles. this is today's gold box price just today on amazon.com. 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. time 5:41. will gun laws become a major issue in the presidential election after that mass shooting in colorado? >> plus, thousands flock to the district for the world's largest aids conference. find out why educating your teenager is so crucial to fighting the disease. let's see who's celebrating a birthday today. supreme court justice anthony kennedy turns 76. don imus is 72. woody harrelson turns 51. >> clash from the rock band guns and roses turns 47. man, i'm feeling old. seymour hoffman is 45. harry potter actor daniel radcliffe is 23 today.

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weather first. you know what that means. howard is back. >> some hot weather coming, especially after the weekend. nice way to come back to town. barely hit 70 on saturday. 82 yesterday and today. probably 10 above that today. into the low 90s. the muggies are back in a big way. really sticky out there. here's a look at our day planner. we're expecting a mix of clouds and sunshine this monday. temperatures warmer than they were over the weekend. we'll be in the upper 80s in spots by lunch time with a mix of clouds and sunshine. winds south to southwest at 5 to 10 miles an hour. we had a few sprinkles early this morning. most of that is now east. we're looking at a threat late this afternoon, this evening. going to be a couple of thunderstorms around with the high about 93 degrees or so. that's just a few above

average. got this northwesterly flow. you see the showers and storms in ohio and west virginia approaching areas well to our southwest. maybe the lower shenandoah valley may get a sprinkle out of that. locally we've had a few showers north of town. they've been tracking east. now we're seeing them pull off from fairview and anne arundel county and chester and kent island up to churchill. that's moving east. this is -- most of this is going to stay north of 404 the way it looks on the eastern shore. temps are running mainly in the 70s. we have a few 60s out west like cumberland 68. annapolis was 77 last check. 75 at the pacs naval air station. 70 gaithersburg. winchester, culpeper, hagerstown in the 70s. tag you out to tysons corner this morning. we've got cloudy skies, traffic flowing. looks pretty good there. temperatures 76. humidity, though, way up, 91%. and a south, southwesterly wind at 6 miles per hour. heat once again really going to be the big problem here in the middle of the country. look at all these 100s to 105

temps from kansas city to st. louis. even detroit 102. they'll be cooling down as some fronts are coming over the next couple of days but the ridge of high pressure sits right in the middle of the country underneath the hot, dry, drought conditions are terrible there in missouri. some of the other areas in the central part of the country. the storms are forced up and over the area of high pressure through the northern plains and underneath that high, we've seen scattered showers and storms in the south. that's quiet this morning. they've also got bad drought conditions in south central georgia and for us, we're going to watch some showers and storms form to our north and west and move here later this afternoon. here we are at 5:00. then during the evening hours. then a few more showers may try to get into northern and eastern areas during the overnight period before they start to pull out. tomorrow afternoon we'll do it again. today and tomorrow yellow alert days with the threat for the scattered storms here and there. 93 today. tonight we're dipping into the 70s. tomorrow 94. a little bit of a break on

wednesday. wednesday looks like the nicest day of the week at 89 before the heat surges in here on thursday. 98. could be some afternoon thunder. thursday, friday and saturday and cooler over the weekend with highs around 90. 5:47. monika samtani, got a water main break out in arlington. anything else causing bringing problems this morning? >> that's it. >> take it away. >> i think we can handle that. in arlington howard is referring to a water main break on south courthouse road. it's closed between columbia pike and 6th street. you'll have to work your way around that because the road is buckled there as well. that means it's going to take a while to clean up and fix up. if you're planning to head in from the west, no problems on 66 or the dulles toll road coming in from sterling or manassas. you can see a bit of yellow forming on the inboundside of i- 66. that's just slow traffic but it remains incident free. let's take a live look outside. here's what it looks like across the american legion bridge on the west side. you can see the traffic is still moving well across the river. let's go back over to our maps, this time to southern maryland.

route 4, 305, 301, everything is fine to the beltway. from the northeast side of things, here's what it looks like at eastern avenue at kenilworth. ail have more on traffic coming up at 6:01. both president obama and mitt romney were quick to offer their condolences to the victims of the colorado attack and to their family. >> also new york mayor michael bloomberg got into the mix as well. matt jablow takes a look at the political side of this tragedy. >> reporter: within hours the shooting, the to candidates for president -- the two candidates for president were expressing their shock over the grizzly details. >> such violence, such evil is senseless. >> reporter: and offering their prayers for the victims and their families. >> our hearts break with the sadness of this unspeakable tragedy. >> reporter: in new hampshire republican candidate mitt romney cut short a campaign appearance out of respect for the victims. >> today is a moment to grieve.

>> reporter: president obama did the same in florida. then canceled the rest of his day's events saying it was a day for prayer and reflection and calling for a moment of silence. but new york city mayor michael bloomberg, one of the country's most outspoken supporters of tougher gun laws said the time for silence on gun violence is over. >> we're the only developed country in the world that has more guns than people. >> reporter: insisting that soothing words from politicians are nice after incidents like fridays but the candidates running for the white house need to lay out specific plans right now to curb the country's plague of gun-related crime. >> i've called on both the presidential candidates to stand up and say what they're going to do. >> these people will get the guns anyway. >> reporter: mike kaufman is a two-term colorado congressman who represents the aurora area. he thinks the shooting will result in increased security at movie theaters. >> my community won't be the

same after this. >> reporter: but he's mott sure if more federal -- not sure if more federal gun control laws will be or should be the response to the largest mass shooting in american history. >> no doubt this is going to create change. the direction of that change until we really know all the facts would be very difficult to speculate at this time. >> reporter: new york congressman carolyn mccarthy vehemently disagrees. >> i hope we can start this debate and have a civil debate. >> reporter: she said congress must act to try to prevent the next mass shooting. >> the supreme court has already said you have a right to own a gun, but there are types of guns that probably should not be on the streets. >> reporter: matt jablow, 9news now. >> friday's shootings brought back painful memories for at least one woman whose daughter was shot at virginia tech five years ago. she spoke moments after the

shooting. she says her daughter knows what survivors will be going through. >> it's a difficult road and it's emotional and it's confusing in that you'll cycle up and cycle down. >> lori haas said she pushed for background checks for people buying gun since the shooting. we learned all the guns purchased by james holmes were bought legally. two former virginia governors went head to head in a debate for the senate seat. republican george allen and democrat tim kaine squared off before members of the virginia bar association at the homestead resort in hot springs, virginia. allen criticized kaine for serving as chairman of the democratic committee while also governor. cain said allen helped turn massive surpluses into massive deficits. >> tim as governor tried to raise taxes by $4 billion,

including on people earning as little as $17,000 a year. >> you talk like a fiscal conservative but you've never governed like one and you may say you're going to do it if you get a third chance but we just can't afford to take that chance. >> both candidates are vying for the seat vacated by jim webb and they've been locked in a virtual dead heat in the polls for about a year now. the world's largest conference on aids was held in d.c. over the weekend. some 30,000 people from nearly 200 countries are here to discuss living with h.i.v. and aids. also how to prevent it and educate those who still don't know about h.i.v. and aids. at bell high school in northwest washington, organizers hosted a soccer game to attract and teach teens about aids. the latest report shows just under 3% of all d.c. residents over the age of 12 are living either with h.i.v. or aids. another 5,000 could be infected and not know about it. in the u.s. young people between the ages of 15 to 24 account for a whopping 40% of

all new aids cases. experts say educating teens is crucial. >> if we're going to make an impact, it's the young youth and youth of today that we've got to get the message out to about ending the epidemic. it's theirs to own and control and take care of. >> last night the attention turned to the kennedy center at a gala bringing together businesses, public health organizations and the arts with celebrities such as bill gates, sharon stone and jesse norman. now let's take another look at the question of the day. according to a study out of berlin, people look younger when they do this. is it a, whiten their teeth, b, smile, or c, exercise? >> our facebook friend rita love thinks the answer is b. she writes if you don't keep smiling, you will hate yourself later: wrinkles. stick around. reveal the -- we reveal the answer in about an hour.

the teen choice awards were handed out in hollywood. we have more in eye in entertainment. >> reporter: the twilight saga dominated the teen choice awards. the franchise earned 41 trophies since it launched in 2008. >> we really loved every step. >> reporter: justin bieber and

taylor swift are also among the night's winners. warner bros. isn't bragging about the "the dark knight rises" box office numbers. the studio is waiting till later today to say how much the movie made opening weekend out of respect for the victims of the colorado theater shooting. box office insiders say it was on track to earn $160 million. fresh off her emmy nomination, sofia vergara topped the list of highest paid actresses. she earned an estimated $19 million in the past year. reality star kim kardashian is hot on her heels making $18 million. eva longoria came up third racking up $13 million. the spice girls are going to perform at the olympics. they'll reunite on stage at the closing ceremonies. it's been four years since they performed together. >> i thought i heard something upstairs. >> reporter: out on dvd, the horror movie. the film is edited to appear as

a single continuous shot. that's your eye on entertainment, teresa garcia, cbs news. you're watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm jessica doyle. andrea is off this week. >> happy monday. i'm mike hydeck. hi, monika samtani. >> hi, mike. >> traffic moment tairl. she'll have that. >> howard bernstein has the weather first. hoper we'll see the sun. >> at times. wednesday will be the pick of the week. today it is sticky and icky and muggy. weather wise let's see what's happening with the look outside at tysons corner. cloudy skies although a little slow traffic there on the outer loop. but we're moving okay. temperatures 76. 88 by noon. mix of sun and clouds and then this afternoon threat for a few thunderstorms late this afternoon and this evening as we go into the lower 90s for a hie. that's more normal as opposed to what we had over the weekend. you'll notice the northwesterly flow with the showers in ohio and west virginia moving towa