we will want to get their input before we make any kind of a decision on that. >> reporter: holmes' father was here in colorado to support his son. the family attorney spoke with the media. >> their hearts go out to the victims and their families. >> reporter: holmes will be formally charged monday. manuel gallegus, cbs news, aurora, colorado. >> the mother of the 6-year-old girl killed in the massacre was also shot. andrea mccarren is in colorado and has learned that mother is pregnant. even though she is paralyzed, her unborn child is fine. the residents in aurora are having a hard time coping. here's andrea with more. >> reporter: the mother of the 6-year-old girl killed in the theater massacre is reportedly pregnant. and although she was shot in the abdomen and paralyzed, the baby is all right. a memorial is steps away from

the place where all innocence was lost, the unthinkablimthe h a patchwork of flowers, stuffed animals and candles. >> it's a way to share our love and bring the community together. >> reporter: the swell of emotion comes as new information about the suspect emerges. 9news has learned that james holmes was awarded a prestigious grant from the national institutes of health. it gave the graduate student a $26,000 stipend and paid his tuition for the highly competitive program in neuroscience. andrea mccarren, 9news now. in maine an erie situation that has something about copycat shooters. police pulled over a guy for speeding. inside the car they found it was full of guns and ammo, including an ak-47 assault rifle along with press clippings about the colorado tragedy. the man allegedly told police he bought one of these loaded guns at a showing of batman saturday night in saco, maine.

>> he had an assault rifle and shotgun right in the back seat of a mustang. this handgun, this handgun, that handgun and that handgun. >> police say they found more guns at the man's home. investigators say the man told him he was on his way to shoot someone he used to work with before he was pulled over sunday morning. this morning penn state university is facing a potential exodus of star athletes after being slammed with unprecedented penalties. >> this is after the pre-report found top university officials covered up reports of assistant football coach sexually assaulting boys for decades. the sanctions include five years on probation, a $60 million fine that penn state plans to pay the five in five annual installments so $12 million. the university is not allowed to make cuts to other sports in

order to save money. all of penn state's wins since 1998 will be vacated. that's 112 wins in all. the ncaa also banned the football team from playing in any bowl game for the next four years. also a reduced number of scholarships the team can offer. it was 25. now 15 scholarships and that is in place for four years. >> no price the ncaa can levy will repair the grievous damage inflicted by jerry sandusky on his victims. however, we can make clear that the culture, actions and inactions that allowed them to be victimized will not be tolerated in collegiate athletics. >> the ncaa is allowing any current or incoming player to transfer to other schools without penalty. on the penn state campus, it seems some students took the sanctions pretty personally. they talked to our scott broom outside of beaver stadium about their thoughts on the punishment and the scandal.

>> it hurt. because it feels like one of my family members being slandered and disgraced. >> reporter: was she crying because little kids were getting raped? that's ridiculous. this wasn't fair to anyone. that's why everyone is feeling so bad about it. so many people involved in this university who bought into kind of its virtues. >> this town that treated joe paterno like a god, the whole kind of apparatus around him was not to be questioned. i think that all of this just goes to show that you shouldn't worship a human being. >> students and others on campus say the effects of the sanctions will last far longer than the next four years. just about 4:35 now. in other news this morning, protesters met d.c. mayor vincent gray as he tried to welcome visitors to the international aids conference. >> they say not enough is being done to make sure aids patients

are treated fairly when it comes to being considered for housing. bruce johnson has more. >> reporter: d.c. mayor gray already on the ropes over a campaign scandal didn't see this protest coming. he tried to welcome the hiv- aids conference. >> mr. mayor, will you acknowledge right now that there are over a thousand people on the waiting list for housing in the district and will you acknowledge that there are -- [indiscernible] -- going through the roof. >> reporter: the group is demanding the city do more to get people with aids into subsidized housing. >> do you have a plan to fix that waiting list? >> we actually have lots of plans. >> what is the plan? >> may i be able to give my comments? >> reporter: but the district leading the authority on aids programs had his own gripe with the activist. >> what i say to these people, if you are concerned about people who are h.i.v. positive and housing, then go to the shelter and make sure they're taking medication. they're not doing that. >> reporter: those protesters

are part of the 25,000 people from all over the world who are in washington this week for the international aids conference. >> end this especial dependic, not only -- this epidemic, not only in washington, d.c. but around the globe. >> reporter: eventually mayor gray did eventually get to make his opening address but as he tried to make a quick exit, there was another question about his 2010 campaign. "the washington post" reports somebody got their hands on a list of 6,000 public housing residents who have been targeted by the gray get out the vote effort. >> i'm -- i've not seen the list, don't know anything about a list and would not have used it if i had a list. >> reporter: if true, the campaign may have violate add law by using that list -- violated a law by using that list. bruce johnson, 9news now. here's a look at some of the other stories making headlines this morning. at least 89 people were killed in bomb attacks in iraq yesterday. 20 others killed in blasts the day before. was the deadliest day in iraq in more than two years. the attack comes after al qaeda announced it was making a

comeback. however, no one has claimed responsibility for these attacks. a car slides down a 200- foot embankment in los angeles and crashes at the bottom. rescue workers were able to get to the driver, get him out of the vehicle and get him to the hospital. we haven't heard about his condition so far this morning. 4:37 now. a 17-year-old sexual assault victim has decided no to remain silent about the boys she says are responsible. >> the kentucky teen took to twitter and named names. now the girl is facing criminal contempt sanctions. gary nurenberg explains. >> reporter: savannah dietrich has gone public with her parents' permission, brought charges against the two kids in juvenile court where the boys apparently cut a deal she thinks is too lenient. she goes to her twitter account and names the kids. >> that's what got her in trouble. under the judge's order she wasn't supposed to discuss the case or the individuals involved. >> reporter: the boys' lawyers moved to have her held in contempt of court and her twitter account gets flooded

with offers of support and outrain. her original tweets are no longer available. on a new public account, she expresses thanks for the support she calls unimaginable. >> i feel the gag orders have to be to used tremendous -- reduced tremendously. >> the general idea that you get a break that is you're learning to be a human being and approaching adult hood, you get more of a second chance if you commit a crime than if you do it as an adult. >> reporter: the boys' lawyers monday evening withdrew their request for a contempt against v.a. vanna but the -- savannah but the judge could still go through with it. >> there's an overwhelming public interest in knowing what goes on in our courts. it's the only way courts keep

credibility is by being accountable to the public. we need to make sure judges don't believe that they can impose such sweeping prior restraints without consequence. >> reporter: one maryland woman was so outraged by the prospect of savannah facing contempt that she started an online petition in support and got 62,000 signatures in just one day. gary nurenberg, 9news now. 4:39. still ahead, remembering the woman whose journey into space inspired millions. >> but first, a major investigation into two vehicles that could cause drivers to lose control. you're watching 9news now on this tuesday morning.

we're coming up on 4:42 this morning.

we're looking pretty good to start. eight quiet out there. clear to partly cloudy. we'll be warming up quickly to 93 by noon. northwesterly winds and a threat for a few storms this afternoon, some of which could have gusty winds. best chance of that south of town with highs in the 90s. i'll be back in a few minutes with the full seven-day forecast. right now over to monika with timesaver traffic. early morning accident on the southbound side of 395 at the exit for route 110 has been cleared. everything is open now and traffic is moving smoothly both directions of 395 near the 14th street bridge. i'll be back with more of virginia roads coming up in a few minutes. back to you, mike and jess. >> thank you, monika. it's 4:426789 time for the first -- 4:41. time for your first money segment. stocks trying to gain some ground after a global sell-off yesterday. investors dumped stocks and more over fear spain will ask for a bailout. some analysts say greece could run out of money by september. checking the numbers, the dow stands this morning at 12,721

after losing 101 points. that's a loss of about .8%. the nasdaq for the second day in a row suffered the most, down 35 points, a loss of 1.2%. and the s&p 500 was down by 12. two of chrysler's top selling vehicles are now under vehicle by the national highway traffic safety administration. drivers of ram pickups have complained about the back wheels locking causing them to lose control of the vehicle. the problems affect 230,000 pickups from the 2009 and 2010 model years. for the jeep cherokees, the power steering fuel hoses can leak and that can cause engine fires. nhtsa says this problem affects nearly 107,000 suvs. chrysler says it's fully cooperating with both investigations. it's no secret all of those extra airline fees tack on billions of dollars in profits. this morning we know which airline is pocketing the most money. a report from ie dee works

sponsored by a travel group called am may discusses found united topped the list at $0.2 billion. american is third with just over $2 billion. delta was second with $2.5 billion. qantas was fourth and southwest fifth. speaking of airlines raking in the dough, airfares on the rise for some domestic routes. after a three-month break, airplane tickets are going up between $4 and $10. united led the way with the latest price increase late last week. the rest of the major airlines including delta, american and southwest all followed suit. this is the fourth time airfares have increased this year. however, next month many airlines plan to actually slash fares by 10% to 20% just in time for fall shoulder -- fall season, the shoulder season as

they call it. >> are they going to keep rising? >> they've taken so many planes out of the rotation so it's hard to get seats and if you book, you have to pay extra to get a seat because they've blocked everything else. >> not to mention the a la carte charges. president obama and mitt romney are back on the campaign trail. >> we have details and your weather first when we come back. stay with us. over the next four months, you have a choice to make. not just between two political parties, or even two people.

it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top. roll back regulations on big banks. and he says that if we do, our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. but you know what? we tried that top down approach. it's what caused the mess in the first place. i believe the only way to create an economy built to last is to strengthen the middle class. asking the wealthy to pay a little more so we can pay down our debt in a balanced way. so that we can afford to invest in education, manufacturing, and home-grown american energy for good middle class jobs. sometimes politics can seem very small. but the choice you face, it couldn't be bigger. ♪ i'm barack obama and i approve this message.

. 4:47. good morning if you're just waking up. happy tuesday. mr. howard bernstein is back from vacation and 75, not bad. >> yeah. tomorrow is going to be delightful. today is going to be maybe a little hot, could be some storms out there. tomorrow is going to be delightful. then we get back really hot again on thursday. so if you have plans to play hooky, tomorrow is the day. >> tee in the ground. >> very golfable tomorrow, even for you, hydeck. let's get you going this

tuesday morning with a look at the day planner. we have temperatures starting in the 70s in most areas. a few may dip into the upper 60s the next couple of hours. by lunch time 93. look at the winds going from southwest to northwest. the hours of the wind directions at 13 miles an hour so we have a tonts coming through. even -- front coming through. even behind the front we may see a couple of thunderstorms. 92 at 4:00. then by 8:00 87. i think by 8:00 likely we'll see most of the storms by then well south and east of washington with the front, but we do have the threat for a couple of strong storms with gusty winds. this morning relatively quiet here in the d.c. area. we've seen a few showers and a little bit of lightning pop up across parts of west virginia, well west and southwest of harrisonburg. this is tracking well south of charlottesville. this will not be a problem for anybody really in our viewing area. temperatures now in the 70s and even 80s. a little bit of downslope going on so in cumberland 82 at this hour. they are the warm ones with 75

at the pacs naval air station. 73 in newland this morning. weather watchers all saying nice, quiet, but a little bit on the muggy side. good visibility. 75 degrees but the humidity 82%. so it's certainly muggy out there. we're still ahead of that front with a southwest wind at 7 miles an hour. the weather headlines today, a sunny start. could be a couple of storms this afternoon and even a few strong ones, emily south of d.c. -- especially south of d.c. gorgeous tomorrow. lower humidity levels. temperatures holding in the upper 80s. by thursday we could be talking temperatures near 100 degrees for the high as we've got the 100s in the middle of the country. we'll have to watch this area because these hot temperatures are going to try to come back toward us for thursday, especially. even friday still going to be on the warm side. big picture, got this northwesterly flow so we'll watch upstream. we'll see what develops. this looks like it has more of a target toward southern virginia than it does the d.c.

area. still we'll have to watch it as we go through the afternoon hours because that threat is going to be there. our forecast today, we've got a yellow alert for the afternoon thunderstorms. temperature of 94. it's going to be on the hot side today. some of these storms again gusty, damaging winds will be the biggest concern of the storms there. fredricksburg, you've got a better chance of seeing that north of d.c. looks like we'll be in the 60s to around 70 for lows tonight behind the front. low humidity tomorrow. looks great at 88 but thursday looks very hot. chance of some afternoon thunder. we'll be up near 100 once again. a look at the rest of the seven- day forecast. friday 94, chance of afternoon storms. around 90 saturday through monday. right now i think a few storms possible saturday. i'm going to be optimistic for dry weather sunday and monday. always optimistic and smiling is monika samtani. a little concerned about thursday and friday, ten nice final championship -- tennis final championships for the kids, it's going to be tough,

right, howard? he gives me the thumbs up, yes, it's going to be tough. not so tough out on the roadways i'm thankful to say. if you're planning to head over to the west side of town, you see all the triangles. those are basically construction spots on the west side of town. if you're planning to head through tysons, the beltway and also a water main break still blocks south courthouse road between columbia park and 6th street that will be that way for a while because the road did buckle as well. you can see 95 is running smoothly up from dale city. we'll take a live look in springfield northbound 95. just a finey bit of volume forming here -- tiny bit of volume forming here but still fine heading up to 395. this time out west, no problems in from the dulles toll road in sterling or 66 coming in from manassas. another live look outside and this time we're heading up to 270. a good example of what it looks like coming in from frederick down for falls road. i'll be back with more traffic at 4:57. back to you.

>> thanks, monika. see you then. an american he rojas died. sally ride lost her battle with pancreatic cancer good she was the first american woman to fly into space, a pioneer who helped women everywhere realize reaching for the stars was possible. edward lawrence looks back at her legacy. >> reporter: sally ride broke gender barriers and gave generations of women inspiration in the workplace. in june 1983, ride soared into orbit aboard the space shuttle challenger becoming the first american woman in space. >> lift-off, america's first woman astronaut. >> reporter: it it-- >> it was very important to me that i understood my role really well and that i was really well prepared for the mission because the last thing that i wanted to do was get into space and make a mistake. >> reporter: while in space in 1983, she talked with then president ronald reagan. >> somebody said that sometimes the best man for a job was a woman. >> it's time that people realize that women in this country can do any job that they want to do. >> reporter: she died at her

home in la jolla, california after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. she went into space twice. is he was supposed to go a third time but the exlotion of the space shuttle challenger canceled her mission. she spent the last 11 years motivating boys and girls to shoot for the stars through her company called sally ride science established in 2001. >> i think that the kids who are growing up today have an unbelievable opportunity. >> reporter: ride was 61 years old. edward lawrence for cbs news. after taking time off the campaign trail to honor the colorado victims, president obama and m.i.t. romney are back -- mitt romney are back on the attack now. romney was in southern california hammering the president's statements on the economy and building businesses. >> the president needs to spend time with the jobs council. i guess in the last six months he's done 109 fund-raiser. he found time for that. >> this is mitt romney's third trip to orange county since

march. he's already raised $12 million there. romney has raised more than president obama over the last month by a good bit, but the president says that doesn't matter. >> we've been outspent before. we've been counted out more times than i can remember. but through every one of my campaigns, what's always given me hope is you. your ability to cut through the nonsense, your ability to focus on what's important. >> president obama accused romney of distorting statements that he's made on the economy. it is 4:54. time for the first look at our question of the morning. today i'm stumped. it may not be the healthiest choice but americans will eat about 70 million pounds of what food a year? is it a, bacon. >> yes!

>> b, hamburgers, or c, taer tots. i would -- tater tots. i would like to put all three on a bun. >> log on to wusa9's facebook page. we'd love to hear what you think. we'll have the answer in our 6:00 show. we'll be right back. hi parents, big year for spelling. here's what the kids will n-e-e-d. ♪ pens and markers, paper wide ruled. ♪ ♪ hoodies, sneakers, tape, sticks of glue.♪

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welcome back. your weather first. we start quiet this morning. temperatures are going to rise quickly a. front is coming through. the winds will turn northwesterly. that will help boost temperatures into the low if not mird 90s with a chance -- mid-90s with a chance of a few afternoon storms, especially south of washington. we'll be back looking at some drier air moving in for tonight and tomorrow. let's go to monika with timesaver traffic. thank you so much, howard. here's a live look on the northbound side of i-95 in newington.

no issues as you come up from dale city to this point into springfield and on to 395. i'll have more on area roads at 5:on 1. back to -- 5:01. i have a feeling you won't -- i won't be the last person to say this. the miami dolphins wide receiver changed his fame back to chad johnson. he announced the name change where else on twitter as he's known to do. he is known for owe show sinc -- ochocinco for the last five years. he signed a one-year deal with the dolphins earlier this year after he was cut by the new england patriots. ♪ >> chuck berry will be honored by the rock 'n' roll hall of fame as farther of his american music master series. he was inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame in 1986. the 82-year-old says he's looking forward to reeling and

rocking in cleveland. the time right now almost 5:00. you're watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. we're happy to have howard bernstein join us right here. >> that's right. we're glad you're here. thanks for joining us. i'm mike hydeck. she's jessica doyle. monika samtani will be along with traffic momentarily. mr. bernstein, let's talk numbers today. >> 94. >> 94? >> 94. yesterday we stopped at 90 so it will be a little warmer. a few extra clouds kept a lid on temperatures getting too hot. we're looking at more hot weather today. average high is 89. we'll be a few degrees above that average. here's a look at the day planner. temperatures this morning at least in town are in the mid- 70s. we've seen a few try to drop toward the upper 60s but we're struggling now to get much lower. 93 by noon. there will be a few thunderstorms this afternoon, especially south of washington with those highs in the low to