till 8:00. been watching some strong storms. not severe but strong storms with a ton of lightning in southwestern pennsylvania, now getting in toward garrett county spreading east. cumberland maybe the next 30 minutes. areas north of the border have a better chance than maryland or west virginia. cumberland to berkley springs, martinsburg 67 right now. it's 75 in annapolis. 76 in cambridge. fredricksburg is 71 this morning with 72 if la plata. highs toward 100 degrees this afternoon. it is 6:00 a.m. monika samtani issues on 270. new things popping up? >> well, you know, here is what is looks like on 270 from our sky 9. i've been telling but this accident northbound side is the left side of your screen. it was an overturned beer truck, happened just after 4:00 this morning, northbound 270 after route 109. i can see the sky 9 is trying to zoom in a bit because right in the center of your screen, you can see all of the beer that spilled out of the truck on a hot day like today, huh,

we are la meanting. we'll take you over -- lamenting. we'll take you over to our mdot camera and you can see traffic is squeezing by on the shoulder. it is causing delays against the rush hour flow but still heavy and slow trying to get past this accident. southbound has remained open the entire time but slow traffic there as well as you head down to route 80. this time we'll take a look here 270 northbound. you can see it's slow and southbound as well past the accident southbound lanes remain open. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in my next report in a few minutes. back to you guys. >> 6:11. see you then. fairfax county police want to know what started an argument between two roommates because it ended with both men dead in an apparent murder- suicide. >> all of this began last night in oakton, virginia. the two men lived on trevor house drive just off germantown road. police say 43-year-old man was murdered by his roommate. that man is 27-year-old

alexander rios. he then took his own life. the shootings remain under investigation. the man convicted of killing uva lacrosse player yeardley love is claiming misconduct. they say the commonwealth attorney never disclosed the love family plan to file a civil lawsuit against huguely. a judge will consider the request at the end of the month. when it comes to maryland lawmakers talking about expanding gambling in the state, it's been a back and forth sort of will they or won't they. speakers of the house michael bush believes they will hold a special session next month. he told reporters wednesday he thinks governor martin o'malley will call that session. lawmakers will debate whether to allow table games in maryland and whether to approve a new casino in prince george's county. if they say yes, then the issue will go before the voters coming up in november.

new at 6:00 this morning, patients at a maryland hospital are now being checked for hepatitis c and that is part of a nationwide alert. the hospital involved is in southern maryland and hospital center in clinton, maryland. more than a hundred people that were there in 2008 and 2009 may have been exposed to the disease by a former contract employee. the man was arrested in new hampshire. police say he exposed people there to hepatitis c by stealing needles, using them on himself and then using them on patients. >> he knew he had heptatitis c as of at least june 2010. he continued to divert drugs and permit paintedder is ring -- tainted syringes to be used on patients under his care. >> 6,000 people at a new hampshire hospital are being tested and hospitals in five other states where he also worked are being investigated now. it may only be july 26 but

football season begins today. the redskins hold their first practice. >> of course all eyes are on rg3. delia goncalves is following the doings at reds skins training camp. she's live at redskins park in ashburn, virginia this morning. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. i like the vigor of that intro, jessica and mike. it's a pretty exciting day here at the park. folks are gearing up. a lot of them -- members of the media are already here and employees are here. you can already feel the buzz. i've got to say even with the new found celebrity, rg3, he's a pretty humble guy. when he was responding to a reporter's questions during a news conference yesterday, he said, you know, in fact, he's just a mask. the guys on the team are the body, heart and soul of the

redskins. but a lot of course is riding on the rookie's shoulder. washington is hoping to turn two decades of disappointments into a winning season with talks about the playoffs and of course even a super bowl. so how is the young qb handling the pressure? >> it's a blessing. nobody gets a chance to come to the capital city of the united states and be the quarterback in that town. so i definitely look at it as a blessing. the fans are definitely starved for success. but i think the players in that locker room are starved for success as well. they want to get out and show people what they're made of. >> reporter: coming up at 6:30, rg3, the player versus the personality. we'll see you back then in half an hour. >> really hard not to like him. he says all the right things, doesn't he? >> reporter: i know. >> delia goncalves live at redskins park in ashburn this morning. hopefully he'll throw well, too, as things get under way. training camp is open to the public now through august 14. there is no training camp on

sundays. parking lots open at noon each day and the gates open at 1:00. the big exception is august 4 which is fan appreciation day. that kicks off at noon and the parking lots open on that day at 8:00 a.m. before you go, though, you have to print out a free invite. you can find that at redskins.com. the time is 6:06. i am watching your money. you shouldn't worry too much about having to pay a commuter tax. if you work in the district but you live outside of the city. that's according to maryland congressman steny hoyer. the house minority whip says a commuter tax is not necessary. this comes after last week republican congressman daryl issa said they should debate a commuter tax after the election. facebook stock has been on a roller coaster ride since its debut last spring. today we'll see how much investors like it. the company will release its first earnings report as a

public company. analysts say facebook is under pressure to show it can deliver profits for shareholders. the stock began trading at $38 a share back in may. it closed yesterday at 29.34. you cannot avoid car insurance commercials on television. most of the time the ads go for the funny bone. >> chink punk family re-- chipmunk family reunion. someone stole the nuts. >> the problem is funny ads don't appear to work when it comes to insurance. our partners at "u.s.a. today" report humorous ad campaigns are not getting people to switch companies. so expect to see some new, more serious ads for insurance in the weeks to come. >> are you in good hands? >> i don't want to lose the geico gekko. i love that little guy. and the pig? i love the pig. >> please, keep the funny ones. cool schools is back this thursday. this little boy had trouble

walking, talking and being in crowds. in about five minutes, we're going to show you a super summer program that helped change all that. >> can't wait to see that story. >> after a nice summer day yesterday, the heat is making a return. straight ahead, howard tells us if we're going to be breaking any records. >> but first, we really don't enjoy our vacations much anymore. more than 60% of people surveyed say taking a vacation doesn't relieve their stress. more than 25% say they're even more steed out when they go -- stressed out when they go back to work. >> people have a hard time disconnecting from the office. 41% of workers will check into the office at least every other day on their break. the majority of people say they still read their e-mails and take work-related phone calls. only 28% of people say they totally pull the plug from work on vacation.

it's going to be a much different day today. the heat is back along with the humidity. low 90s by noon. watch out for highs today near 100 degrees. a stray thunderstorm and a heat advisory from noon to 8:00 p.m. i'm have the weekend forecast coming up in just a few minutes. cleanup of an overturned beer truck on the northbound side of i-270 here past route 109. a live look from our sky 9. a slow trip on the right shoulder getting by. cleanup is going to continue for a while as you can see. i'll keep you posted on this situation coming up in my next report. back to you. cool schools time is here

once again. we focus on great summer programs we find. this one proved to be a life change fora little boy named sam. he started life with a lot of things stacked against him. abuse, illness and no permanent home. an amazing woman named kathy jackson changed his lot in life. so did the sport of golf. here's how. >> i'm always prepared, right? >> reporter: he was one of seven siblings who needed a home. it turns out he needed a lot more than that. >> when i got sam, one of the things i noticed when i would take him to a playground is he dragged his left foot. >> reporter: even simple tasks were struggles for 6-year-old sam. >> fix your cap. >> reporter: when kathy jackson adopted him nearly four years ago. >> i knew that his left hand was much weaker. he couldn't hold silverware and he had a hard time even getting dressed. >> reporter: he's on the autism spectrum, has mild cerebral palsy and emotional scars. kathy was looking for anything to help him connect with her

and the rest of society. >> we tried t ball. it was a disaster. we tried soccer. it was a disaster. too much noise, not enough structure. >> reporter: then one fate fall day she took sam and two of his brothers she also adopted to a mini golf course and something about the sport just clicked with sam. >> golf has given me a way to reach him because through golf, i found out that unless his body's moving, his brain's not moving. it's even gone for stuff at home. if i need him to do what his chore for the day is, if i start walking with him and then ask him to do it, he'll do it. but if i ask him while he's still, he won't do it. >> reporter: so kathy thought golf lessons would make a big difference. >> put the club right up against the golf ball. >> reporter: she was right. golf has helped improve sam's balance. it's building the strength in that weak left hand, and?

[indiscernible] >> reporter: the communication problems that are telltale signs of autism are starting to disappear as well. >> once we sat down and shook hands, you know, we went over the whole introduce yourself and then he just started to slowly -- you know, we started to build a rapport. >> reporter: that's the one, sam. >> he interacts with more people. he's interacting with kids but it's not only here. it's in other environments, too. >> reporter: the course also teaches nine core values like integrity and sportsmanship and the change in sam's emotional state has been nothing short of amazing. >> four years ago i had this 4- year-old bundle of anger. he is just -- he has just evolved into this really cute, social, wonderful little boy. >> reporter: thanks to golf and

the first tdc. good morning, sam. i hope you're watching. first tdc is going very quickly. it needs volunteers and donations. help them if you k. it's a great program. if you have a cool summer program, drop an e-mail my way. i'm mike hydeck. we appreciate that. >> great story. great mom, too. great mom. >> absolutely super. >> could you take him on the course? give you a round for your money. >> he can hit the ball really hard. >> he has a nice little swing going there. >> great guy. weather wise, i don't play golf well. he'd destroy me in a heart beat. weather wise, we have a lot of heat moving in. yesterday was gorgeous but unfortunately that's just a memory. today the heat really builds in very quickly. we have a heat advisory which goes into effect at noon till 8:00 for just about everybody except well up west in the higher elevations. heat index values 105 to 109. the day planner, look at these temperatures how quickly they rise from the upper 70s at 8:00 to the low 90s by noon. near 100 around 4:00 p.m.

we'll have partly to mostly sunny skies, some high clouds, but there's also a threat, especially north of town for the isolated storm this afternoon. anything that pops could be strong to severe. this morning a cluster of storms in southwestern pennsylvania is now sneaking in toward areas in western maryland, out toward morgantown and west virginia. lots of lightning with this as this moves off towards the east at 40 miles an hour. it is sinking a little farther south so the eastern western panhandle, you'll have to watch this. getting toward frostburg, cumberland knocking on your doorstep but think about romney, paw paw, keyser will be dealing with these storms the next couple of hours. perhaps heading toward hagerstown for the 9:00 hour or earlier. gaithersburg is 72. mid-70s for the pax river naval air station and easton as well. here in d.c. this morning. the sun rose a few minutes ago. just a glint of the sun on the capitol dome on our michael & son weather camera.

75. a few high clouds out there. humidity 76%. so a lot mugger than it was yesterday when humidity values were in the 30% range. there are the storms here in pennsylvania. the big stuff well north of us and will stay north of us. we'll watch that cluster this morning. we have to watch for the threat of severe weather, especially north of the mason-dixon line where there's a moderate risk today. any storms that pop and we're not expecting that many, just an isolated one or two, could be on the strong side anywhere in the washington metro and baltimore metro for today. damaging wind gusts, hail, even an isolated tornado not out of the question. here's the future cast. we'll take that cluster of storms east toward noon. try to make it fall apart toward philadelphia. a few leftover clouds from that. more showers and storms could populater today. tomorrow afternoon and saturday afternoon a few more storms. so a hundred degrees this afternoon. yellow alerts for the heat advisory and the stray storm. yellow alert for the storms saturday. 95 friday.

we'll be 80 for the low in town tonight. 70s north and west. saturday 92 with storms. by sunday only around 90. the big story of the morning has definitely been this overturned beer truck. take a look at your screen. our live look from sky 9. this is the northbound side after route 109. luckily there were no injuries but the truck severely injured, completely demolished. northbound 270 north of route 109 you can see only the right shoulder getting by. do expect delays here. in fact, we'll take a look from our mdot camera as well. these people heading northbound definitely are not used to this delay trying to get up toward the frederick area. normally it's a clear ride so keep that in mind for your travel plans. let's go over to the maps. if you're planning to head over to the other side of town or let me show you what it looks like on the map at 270. again you'll find the slow traffic heading northbound and southbound past the accident

scene. one more live look outside. there's an accident on the inner loop of the beltway just past colesville road and near that construction zone on the beltway. it does involving a tractor- trailer as well. watch out. the right lane is blockes. >> coming up next in sports, the nats try to make it six in a row tonight. >> right now, though, time to get another check on the question of the morning. according to one study, men who do this before work live longer than those who don't. is it a, meditate, b, eat breakfast, c, kiss their wife. find out the right answer at 6:49. you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. my father's hands didn't build this company. my hands didn't build this company. through hard work and a little bit of luck, we built this business.

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heading toward keyser, cumberland, paw paw. today we are looking at a mix of sun and clouds. a hot day, around 100 degrees for the high with a heat advisory from noon to 8:00 p.m. for mishandling reports of jerry sandusky's child abuse, penn state was hit with a massive fine and many restrictions on its football team. and the ncaa called it unprecedented. >> but we're learning it could have been worse for the school. penn state president rodney erickson tells espn the football program would have been shut down for four years if it didn't agree to the ncaa's plan. that is the so-called death penalty. the $60 million fine would have been higher as well. penn state and ncaa instead worked out an agreement which allows football to continue. the nationals in milwaukee. they begin a four-game series with the brewers tonight. the nats are riding a five-game winning streak beating the mets yesterday 5-2. strasburg striking out 11. the nats are now 17 games above

.500, the highest mark since 2005 season. go nats. washington kastles have completed their second consecutive undefeated season. they beat the new york sporties last night. they'll have the top seed in tennis playoffs. those do not begin till september now because of the olympics. d.c.'s united chris pontias scored in the 73rd minute. he tied the match at 2. eddie johnson scored the game winner and stoppage of time. mls wins 3-2. 6:24. still to come how many presidential debates we can expect this fall. more on the bizarre kidnapping case involving cal ripken's mother. we have the latest. >> before you grab that travel mug, monika has a quick check on what you're going to find on the roads. >> an accident on the inner loop of the beltway after

colesville road. it is valving a tractor-trailer along the right side. plus we've got the construction zone to deal with as well. i'll have more on this and an accident on 270 coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. ♪ i've never felt this way before, but it's a scary time to be a woman. mitt romney is just so out of touch. [ female announcer ] mitt romney opposes requiring insurance coverage for contraception. and romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message.

6:28. always the place to get your weather first. here's a live look at the

uponment. it's -- monument. it's already hazy out there. 75 degrees. could potentially be a record setter later today. >> how about 25 more on top of that. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm mike hydeck. i'm jessica doyle. and dray ya will be back -- andrea will be back next week. howard bernstein is on the weather terrace with our already sticky forecast. highs only 89 in town yesterday. today we'll make a run toward triple digits. at dulles the record is 98 so that definitely has a chance of falling. we're about to go 100, 101 here in d.c. i'll have more coming up in about 13 minutes. do want to show you today's day planner. we're going to rise quickly. sun glinting off the capitol dome. a little haze out there this morning with the temperature 75. going to 93 by noon. 98 at 5:00 after topping out right around 100 degrees. code yellow air and a heat advise friday from noon till 8:00 p.m. heat index values could get 105 to 109. storms in southwestern pennsylvania have slipped into western maryland now. lots and lots of lightning with this coming through the

cumberland region, through garrett county. going to switch it over without the lightning and show you the heavy rains moving toward washington county, paw paw about 10 or 15 minutes north and west going through cumberland. watch out fort ashby and old town. keyser, you'll get in on this in the next few minutes. eventually berkley springs 30 minutes from you moving east at 40 miles an hour. right now we're generally in the low to mid-70s going to near 100. 6:30. time to check in with monika samtani. we've been watching 270 all morning. she'll let you know if there's anything else to worry about. >> i will. there are a couple of things other than this. this one northbound 270 north of route 109. an overturned beer truck. work continues on this. by the looks of things, it's going to be a while. the right shoulder squeezees by right now. luckily it's against the rush hour flow although it has been affecting traffic northbound. southbound it's just everyone looking over at the site here but the southbound lanes remain open. let's also go to the beltway on the inner loop side through this construction zone near

university boulevard. there's also an accident. it involves a tractor-trailer in the right lane just past colesville road. so watch out for that on the inner loop. again against the rush hour flow but still nonetheless affecting traffic. now we'll go to 95 northbound in springfield. this has been incident free. no problems to report as you head up from dale city to this point and on to 395. by the way i'm just getting word of a serious accident in prince george's county east of the beltway on harry s. truman drive. we're trying to find out the cross street and get you the details. i should have that in my next report at 6:43. >> thank you, monika. one of the survivors of the colorado movie theater shooting says he forgives the accused gunman. he says he was actually shot three times but says he feels sorry for james holmes. >> there may be a new clue into those shootings this morning as well. charlie rose joins us from cbs this morning with a preview on that. good morning, charlie. >> good morning, mike and jessica. we'll look at what could be a key piece of evidence in the

colorado shooting rampage. former f.b.i. insider john miller shows us what he's learned about the suspect's notebook. right after the shootings readit.com was the place to find photos and other details of the scene. golfer phil mickleson will be live in studio 57. that and more when we see you at 7:00. >> a little excited there, charlie? you play golf. >> a little bit. you got it. he wants some help with his short game. >> you're just the guy to provide that thanks, charlie. >> i'm the guy to talk to about a short game. >> we focus on the presidential campaign as we move forward. mitt romney is taking his campaign overseas now. the presumptive republican nominee is in london this morning. he will meet with prime minister david cameron, former prime minister tony blair today. he's also meeting with opposition leaders as well. his trip includes visits to poland and israel as he continues his tour.

>> president obama back here in washington after a visit to new orleans. he held a fund-raiser at the house of blues. the president hailed the senate vote which could extend the tax cuts on people making less than $200,000 a year. the commission on presidential debates is planning three of them for this fall. october 3 at the university of denver, october 16 at hofstra university in new york and october 22 at lynn university in boca raton, florida. each debate will be 90 minutes. the two campaigns still have to agree to the plan. police have not said whether there will are charges in the death of a 4-year-old boy. he apparently found an unsecured gun in a family member's truck and then shot himself. the boy was found yesterday along empire street and darby dale avenue in woodbridge, virginia. he was taken to the hospital but died a short time later. the child's name has not been released. police in harford county, maryland want to find the man who kidnapped the mother of cal

ripken. she is safe rpg. he he -- she is safe this morning. she was forced into the back seat of her own car. he tied her up and drove her around central maryland for nearly 24 hours. the kidnapper eventually abandoned the car and ripken near her home in aberdeen. investigators do not know the motive or even if the man new ripken's identity. a lot of people around town are focusing on the first place nationals. today sports fans will be thinking football, too. >> that is because redskins officially kick off their training camp today. delia goncalves live at redskins park in ash burn. the focus of course rooky sensation rg3. >> reporter: good morning. can't get enough of rg3. when the fans come in at 1:00 when the park opens to fans, you can expect huge crowds. i'm sure lots of folks very anxious to get to see rg3 in action up close and personal. so they will be lining that

field a little later today. the rooky quarterback signed a four-year $21.2 million contract with the redskins. fans say that money is worth it. a lot is riding on rg3 like bringing a winning season to washington. maybe even a super bowl, something this team hasn't seen in 20 years. griffin says, though, his success and the team success will come with everyone's work, a group effort around not his new found celebrity. >> i try to be real with all my teammates and if they want to call me rg3, call me whatever they want but i think that persona of rg3 as far as a fan doesn't really -- it's not the same feeling for these guys in the locker room. >> but if you are a fan and you're heading down to the park today, you may even score an rg3 autograph. you can take some pictures as well. the park opens at 1:00.

the practice kicks off at 2:55. that's going to last about an hour and a half to two hours. it's going to be pretty sweltering so bring plenty of water. back to you, mike. >> all right, delia, exciting stuff. she's live at redskins park in ash burn, virginia this morning. well, training camp is open to the public now through august 14. no camp on sundays, however. the parking lots open noon at each day. the gates open at 10:00. there's one big exception which is august 4. fan appreciation day. that kicks off at noon and the parking lots on that day open at 8:00 a.m. before you go, though, you have to print out a free invite. go to redskins.com to do that. new this morning, a way to get your day started just a little bit faster. our next guest has some ideas to get you organized, get you out the door a lot faster. rachel is a professional organizer, a lifestylist. she knows what she's talking about. she's the mother of twins in bethesda. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> we're going to start with

organizing yourself the night before. this is really key, isn't it? >> this is key. this is my number one tip very for parents. prep the night before as much as you can. ten minutes the night before is going to save you double the amount of time in the morning. first step i say is pack a tote. whether it be with gym clothes or things you need to bring out the next day. dry cleaning, overdue library books. put it by the door before you go out. pack your lunch the night before. this is a great insulated container from the container store. what you can do is pack the ingredients inside, put it in the frig and in the morning you have your fresh lunch ready to go. involve the kids. >> this is huge. >> what i've done here is i've personalized these water bottles from a great place called cafepress.com. they can pack it the night before. in the morning everyone knows who's is whose and it can go into the backpack. everyone knows in the morning you'll need utensils, things for our breakfast. this is a great caddy. pack it with your utensils.

put it directly on your breakfast table and all your stuff is ready for the morning right before you need it. you also think oso. >> you also need to think ahead with food on the go. this is key. you have a couple of products that you personally recommend. >> absolutely. everyone wants to eat healthy in the morning. how do we get out the door with doing that? first step i talk about is do something that is easy but also healthy at the same time. a lot of people like waffles. we're used to putting in the toaster and pulling it out. this is a great new product that takes two minutes for a fresh waffle. you can prep the night before or prep during it but takes two minutes, fresh waffles, healthy, out the door. you could also think about a smoothie, fresh berries or freezing the berries, put it into a blender and in two minutes it makes an easy, healthy moot my and -- smoothie and put it in something like that from the container store. out the door in two minutes. people like granola, things that are wet and also dry. this is a great product from the container store. it has a spoon inside. you can do both dry and wet

goods at the same time. >> give us 15 seconds on the calendar. >> centralize location, everyone needs to go to the same place to look for everyone's activities because mornings of the most stressful but have fun. >> you did it. we're organized. we're out the door sending it back to mike in the studio. time is 6:39. coming up in nine minutes, meet two of the heroes who saved lives in this week's apartment fire in district heights, maryland. and howard is not mincing words today. he says expect some scorching heat. temperatures near 100. ahead find out if the heat is going to last through the weekend, too. we'll be right back.

welcome back. it's 6:43. 75 degrees. i'm going to show you what it looks like at the accident scene northbound on i-270. i've been telling you about this since before -- right at the start of the rush hour after 4:00 this morning where there was an overturned beer truck northbound 270 north of route 109. we'll take a live look from our

mdot camera, northbound side. the cleanup remains very slow squeezing by to the right here with the arrow board set up. a closer look at that shows us that it's going to take a while to clean this up. on the southbound side the lanes remain open but everyone wants to take a look at what's going on so you have the solid backup from route 80 heading southbound on 270 as well. receipts take a look at the beltway. there was an accident on the inner loop near colesville road and through that construction zone on the beltway. so you've got a lot of slow traffic leaving that toward university boulevard and through the silver spring area eastbound on 495. now over to the other side in college park. the beltway here looks fine but there is an accident on the harry s. truman drive north of central avenue. apparently it was involving a motorcycle. one person is dead after that accident. investigation continues there. harry s. truman drive north of central avenue. i'll keep you posted on area roads once again at 6:58. >> thank you, monika. howard is leer to take a look at the day ahead. maybe some records being grown

potentially -- broken potentially. >> dulles has the best chance of that. if we hit 100, it will be the eighth time we've done it this year. not a number to be proud of by any stretch. let's talk about the records to beat. told you i was going to show you this. we've got temperatures today which will get close. i think the 98 at dulles is in jeopardy set in the wonderful year of 1966. the one in d.c. is probably safe and the one in baltimore also is going to be a little bit in jeopardy. no way are we going to 107 in martinsburg. that was a hot day back in 1934. it's going to be a hot day in 201012 with temperatures in the low 90s. around 100 around 4:00 or so. winds out of the southwest 10, 15, 20 miles an hour so getting a little bit breezy. there is a threat after thunderstorm or two mainly north of town later today. this morning, though, we're watching some big storms. lots of lightning. nothing severe but strong storms with lots of lightning and maybe a little hail moving across parts of western

maryland and south central pennsylvania. they've cleared pitburg. approaching harrisburg now and chambersburg, carlisle. watching out for these storms at this hour. this is live doppler 9000 hd. finally grove to paw paw, this is the leading edge of the storm. 5:22 right here. it will be on top of 522 in 5 or 10 minutes. cumberland still dealing with the rage. this goes into garrett county with lots and lots of lightning heading toward i-81 in another 45, 60 minutes. we will have to watch out in those areas. we have 70 in bethesda this morning. 69 for columbia. 68 over toward bowie this morning. andrews is 71. still 68 in reston and haymarket, one of our cool spots manassas # 6 but lovettsville got you beat at 65. a sunny start on our michael & son weather camera this morning with high humidity 76% and a south, southwesterly wind at 8 miles an hour. satellite and radar big storms here. also there's one little cluster storms that will straddle the

mason-dixon line. this may get down to frederick. it will stay a little more toward the mason-dixon line inching itself ever so far south. looks like we'll have a better chance for some afternoon storms tomorrow and again on saturday. so the forecast today 100 degrees. yellow alert with a heat advisory. only about 80 for the low tonight with we're talking mid- 70s in the burbs in the cool spots. 95 tomorrow. yellow alerts for the storms friday and saturday with 92 on saturday. sunday storm chances go down. i'm going to keep it off the board but it's about 10s are 20%, high -- 10%, 20%, high around 90. monday and tuesday highs generally in the 80s. dozens of people in district heights, maryland are trying to rebuild their lives after a fire but it could have been a lot worse. >> the fire tore through the garden apartments on rochelle avenue tuesday night. as bruce leshan tells us, no one was hurt all because of some local heroes. >> reporter: i'm bruce less hahn in district heights from

blocks away a police lieutenant sees a column of smoke rising. he and a corporal rush into this burning building to rescue a half dozen people who have no idea their lives are in danger. >> i think it's human instinct. >> reporter: lieutenant scott finn and corporal rikki adey say they'll never forget what they found. >> this is the area behind us where the dogs were out on the balcony. >> reporter: flames roaring across the back of the building from the first floor up through the roof. >> when i got here, i could hear screams of people. thnl i -- then i heard these bloodcurdling screams and yelps. i wasn't sure what it was. >> the dog was just screaming and hollering. >> reporter: then the two officers rushed around to the other side of the burning building to get more people out. investigators know that the fire started here on the outside on the first floor but there's still not -- they're still not sure what sparked it. dozens of people are homeless.

just trying to salvage what they can. in district heights, bruce less hahn, 9news now. >> bruce tells us a preliminary investigation shows that fire started in a unit that had been empty for about a week. the damage from the fire zest mated at about half a million dollars. the time right now is 6:49. time to find out the answer to the question of the morning. according to one study, men who do this before work live longer than those who don't. is it a, meditate, b, eat breakfast, or c, kiss the wife? >> the answer is c, a big time smooch on the misses before you get out of the house helps you live longer. a check on the news before you go is up next.

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sunny this morning. humidity back. 75 now. low 90s by noon. a hundred for the high with a heat advisory noon to 8:00 p.m. we're watching some storms this morning with lots of lightning in western maryland headed toward hagerstown perhaps in another hour or so. >> thank you, howard. today's thursday, july 26. here's a check on the news before you go. rockville pike is back open this morning. there was a fire at mario furniture. it -- marlowe furniture. it shut down the road. everyone got out of the building safely. a person of interest of a murder in winchester, virginia. a newspaper reporter is behind bars. john sheldon kearns was arrested. police previously searched his home in connection with the murder of sarah greenhalgh. union station may be getting a $7 billion upgrade. amtrak unveil add proposal to turn the station into a high speed rail hub for the northeast. the plan would include more trains, stores, offices,

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one more thing. yesterday we bought you baby cheetahs. this morning we're bringing you baby gazelles or at least one in this case. >> how cute. this little boy or girl -- i'm not sure who -- was born to momma. these are very rare. are they're critically endangered. there's only 500 left in the wild. they lift in the desert and subcyst on very little water. the reason why they're endangered because humans are knocking down their habitat. they don't have the vegetation they need to eat. this is a rare birth. >> some people were able to watch it on exhibit yesterday. they'll put the momma and baby away for a couple of weeks so they can bond and then they'll be put back on exhibit again. >> so cute. >> they've been busy at the national zoo. good job, everybody.

excellent work there. today maybe not the best zoo day. we'll get some zoo days coming. heat advisory noon to 8:00. some storms this morning in western maryland approaching northern frederick county, virginia in the next 20 minutes. we'll watch that storms again tomorrow and saturday afternoon as temperatures drop off to the lower 90s toward the weekend. pass me a cold one, will you? north of route 109 an overturned beer truck since after 4:00 this morning. watch out for these delays heading northbound on 270. cbs this morning is next with some amazing video. see the guy who took a skydive from nearly 20 miles above the ground. no wonder he -- [indiscernible] howard and i will be back in 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. you can hop on an air conditioned place and whether you're there, hop on to us, wusa9.com. see you back here tomorrow morning starting at 4:25. have a great day, everybody.