including that area in louisa county. still recovering from that today. >> wow. i'll never forget that day. -- i grabbed the kids and ran out of the house. >> do you remember where you were? >> 6:00. thanks for starting your day with us. monika will be track with timesaver traffic of d.c -- back with timesaver traffic momentarily. >> and howard bernstein has the weather first. >> very warm and humid and a couple of showers and some thunderstorms possible. like yesterday not everybody is going to see them but if you're lucky enough to because we need the rain may get a heavy downpour there. mix of clouds and sunshine coming up in just a few minutes. we're about 6:06 on the sunrise and 75 right now and mostly cloudy at national on the hour with 83 by noon. 86 at 5:00. high today about 88 and we are going to see as i said a couple of showers and thunderstorms in spots. this morning those spots have been south and east of us. the northern neck, st. mary's county saw it earlier. it's been drifting slowly. 5, maybe 10 miles an hour to

the east. from crisfield to the beaches seeing some showers and thunderstorms. and your temperatures this morning starting not 60s -- in the 60s west and 70th here in down -- 70s here in town and on the bay. monika 6:00 a.m. good morning. no big complaints howard. things are looking great all over town. this is a live look from our sky 9. on the northbound side of i-95 in newington at route 7100 and it pretty much looks like this for a couple of slow stretches. as you leave lorton and then newington up to fringe field as well. -- springfield as well. 395 still smooth past landmark. over to the maps first of all on 270 on the southbound side you're going about 31 miles an hour leaving hyattstown in the clarksburg and then jermantown and rockville the pace is still good. 95 from baltimore no problems 32 and 39 out of columbia and the bw parkway as well. everything is smooth and one last live look outside. this times this 270 here at montrose road and traffic is

moving well heading for the beltway. we'll be wac with more traffic coming up at 6:12. thank you monika. just behind me the words sequestration do you know how to spell it and do you know what it means? you really should know about it. the looming federal budget cuts could have a severe impact on the region. >> it could cost more than 150,000 jobs just around the beltway. delia goncalves is live on capitol hill this morning with a closer look at the debate. >> reporter: good morning mike. another potential total job loss around the country? 2million. that is, if congress doesn't act in time. the cuts were never meant to happen we're told. congress passed them simply to force a supercommittee to balance a budget shortfall but that supercommittee failed to do so. now, the only way the country can avoid these widespread and

damaging $2.1 trillion in federal cuts is if congress steps in with a new plan by january. >> national parks would have to close. would there be any people to fight forest fires and stamp your passport at dulles when you flew in from a foreign county? >> it doubles the cults in the mail tear -- cuts in the military and obviously add another 100,000 that would have reduced and the impact of that on top of the reductions that are currently going to take place would -- would place a huge burden on the systems to be able to respond to that. >> reporter: and in that vein some say the country -- congress rather put the country in millions of jobs at risk. we'll are more on that coming -- have more on that coming up at 6:30 and plus a possible rescue effort. mike? >> thanks delia. a congressional report is blaming now five atf officials

for that botched fast and furious gunrunnerring operation. the draft report from republicans also says plenty of people in the government share the blame as well. many of the guns ended up being used in crimes in the united states and mexico. the house found attorney general eric tolder in contempt for failing to turn over enough documents on that operation. violent night in the district leaves one person dead and three others wounded. there were three separate shootings across the city. two of the people wounded are children. the deadly shooting happened just before midnight along brook street at 47th street northeast. that's right by the kelly miller middle school. so far the killer has not been found. a new lead in the murder of an arlington jewelry store owner tommy wong was shot and killed during a robbery friday at capital jewelers. now a northwest d.c. jeweler says he may have been robbed by

the same suspect. ken stein believes the man caught in surveillance video friday is the same person who robbed him in june. d.c. and arlington police are teaming up to figure out if the crimes are linked. well, we've talked about the budget woes in maryland. not the case in virginia. for the third straight year the state is boasting is budget sufficient plus. the commonwealth ended the 2012 fiscal year $129 million in the black. sales tax revenue $55 million more than expected. income tax revenue $33 million ahead of expectations. so again virginia in the black third straight year. one virginia lawmaker wants to bring slot someone to the commonwealth. democrat louise lucas is going to bring up a bill next year to allow gaming in the states. only allow casinos in place where is 40% of the land is exempt from property taxes. only two virginia cities fit that bill. that would be lexington and portsmouth. coming up on 6:06 and jessica doyle is watching your

money and your mailbox. >> and another doomsday line for the post office. >> that's right. tomorrow is d day. d. as in default. unless something is done by congress before august 1st, the postal service will default on a $5.5 billion payment to the government. that money covers retiree health benefits. this will be the first default in the post office's history. the postal service wantings to cut a day of o mail delivery and fire thousands of employees and slash service hours to make ends meet. the postal service union thinks that's going too far. >> got to be some closings and consolidation. that's modernization. it doesn't immediate to be as draconian and as quickly done as what is necessary right now. >> the postal service warns congress if nothing is done, it will be completely out of money by october of 2013. members of congress are blasting for profit private colleges. the senate committee has been

tracking the industry. get these findings. the u.s. taxpayers spend $32 billion last year on for profit rather private colleges. even though they have a high dropout rate and price tag. in the 2008/2009 school year, 54% of for profit students dropped out without a degree. >> wow. >> that translates to more than a half a million students. bachelor's programs at for profits cost 20% more than public schools. associate's degrees at for profit institutions four times the cost. and these for profit institutions also drawing fire because their marketing expenses and their rekristen stewarting expenses -- recruiting expenses that's higher than what they actually spend on education. >> but they're dropping out why? >> because they're not getting the education that i guess they're going into where they're accepting students that -- >> aren't really qualified. >> so wow. thanks jess. >> sure thing, big problem. >> it is. our time is 6:07 and five

minutes meet the national cup stacking champion. he's from maryland and mom calls this a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> very fast hands. howard says it is going to be a little bit warmer today and have some storms later on possibly. the weather first is straight ahead. >> and first though a lot of people yank out their cell phones when it's time to prove a point. a pew research survey found -- >> that's really cool. i've done it myself. 50% of those surveyed recently also used the smart phone to coordinate a gathering. 39% used their phone to find some sports scores i do that all the time too. in the previous 30 days 33% of people said they use their phones to find the latest traffic and transit information. download the weather app too. it's really cool. ♪

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[ romat restaurants now... you 5% cash back? bon appétit guys, enjoy. activate your 5% cash back at chase.com/freedom well, today is not going to be that much different than yesterday. we've got some isolated showers and storms this morning. it will be another very warm day. with a high into the upper 80s and a chance for a few showers and storms in spots before the afternoon is out. looks like better chance for storms on wednesday. full details of the seven day forecast are coming up. it's just a bit of volume right now on the inbound side of i-66. no significant delays here through manassas or through centreville. past 29 you're okay heading to the beltway inbound on i-66. more on traffic coming up in my next report at 6:18.

back to you guys. at 67:11 on the tuesday morning here's a check of stories making news and all about campaign 2012. mitt romney wrapped up his overseas visit with a foreign policy speech in warsaw, poland today. the presumptivive republican nominee was backed by former sal darely leader -- solidarity leader lech walesa. president obama was in new york city attending a fundraiser as a hotel in manhattan. 630 donors were there and paid a minimum of $40,000 each to meet the president. democrats will add same sex marriage to their national platform. that will happen in september at the convention. forget the olympics. the hottest event around these days is cup stacking. >> and maryland is home to the national champion mike hugh meets up with the champ in randallstown. >> reporter: this is the sound of success.

noah white is a master at these. little yellow cups special little yellow cups. why are you feeling good? >> because i got three gold medals hanging around my neck. >> reporter: the prestigious amateur athletic union. he is in his category the fastest 8-year-old in america. >> it's like you create towers and you try to take them down really fast with a good time. >> reporter: how good are you? >> about -- probably really good. >> 333, one stack and that's 3- 6-3 and the other stack was the cycle. >> reporter: mom couldn't be prouder. who wouldn't be with a son who is the best in the country? but here's what you don't know about noah. >> he is blind in his right eye and has glaucoma in the left eye. >> reporter: literally, blind in one eye, and can't see out of the other. >> it was something that he wanted to do and something i

thought would build his confidence and self-esteem. i said this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> reporter: his time is off what those in the able bodied category can achieve. but with practice he knows his stacking time will improve. >> all right, ready? >> all right. >> go. >> i've collapsed. >> don't knock mine over howard. >> sorry, we need a little bit more space don't we? >> he makes it look easy. >> the cups he has are a little bit more sturdy too. >> we're just -- having fun. >> yeah. >> all right. >> anyway, howard why don't you save us from ourselves. >> we need practice. >> what are we putting in the cups? >> ice cold water there. anything to keep it hydrated and cool. because it's stick can out there this morning and once again a very warm humid day. keep practicing guys. we'll get it. we'll get it.

all right here's the day planner. temperatures going to be rising into the mid- to upper 80s like yesterday and like yesterday once again we're going to have some showers and storms in spots. i don't think everything is going to see them. i think more widespread showers and thunderstorms activity tomorrow and winds not bad northeast to east 5, maybe 8, 10 miles an hour and we did see some thunderstorms of night. had an inch of rain janet in reedville calling that inch of rain. from there the thunderstorms now drifting to the eastern shore and delmarva. less active than they were a couple of hours ago. deal island down to crisfield and even to the ocean beaches seeing the showers and thunderstorms this morning. nothing severe but a lot of lightning earlier. temperatures now into the upper 60s at baden at 68 degrees. while bowie is 69. presence fred wick 74 and we had 66 from cat lits called in by charlie and 68 in reston, virginia there in the town center. outside on the michael & son weather camera mostly cloudy

skies here in northwest d.c. with 75 degrees. that dew point's at 70 so a very tropical feel to the air with the relative humidity at # 4% and sticky air is going to be and. high heat, really high heat. yesterday, little rock, arkansas hit 111. that's the third highest record ever. today they'll be in the same neighborhood. oklahoma city 109 and they're going to be up around 110 the next several days there with 100s back to kansas city and st. louis but that's impressive with the ridge down here. storms up and over that. got another line of storms not just here in kansas but up through the midwest coming through chicago and north wednesday. still have report of -- bend. still have reports of ping-pong ball sized hail around indiana this morning. some of that on the heels of the easterly winds. some of this moisture comes in. it's one reason we're not as hot as we have been but also into the middle of the day and the afternoon we get the spotty afternoon showers and

thunderstorms that develop mid- afternoon especially in the mountains to the west. tonight things will settle down overnight and then tomorrow pop some showers near the bay early and then middle of the day popping only showers and thunderstorms in the middle of day early early. yellow alerts today and tomorrow for the thunderstorms although tomorrow is going to be more of apron. low 70s by night today. by thursday though a few storms if any. a stray thunderstorm and 92. even hotter on friday again i think we're going to be mainly dry. 95. and then the chances for afternoon and evening storm saturday through monday as we heat up into the mid 90s. nighttime lows up every 70s. here comes monika samtani and you've had a nice and easy one today. and commuters are just so happy. i tell you, if you have to go to work in the middle of summer at least you don't have to deal with major delays on the beltway including on 95

from lorton to newington to springfield. in fact i'm going to step out and show you live rook from sky 9. a disabled tractor-trailer in newington and normally this would attract attention on a normal rush hour and be messing things up but not today. things are still smooth because volumes are so light. no one really cares about it heading up into springfield and on to 395 which is a good thing. over back over to the maps this time and show you what it looks like on the beltway north of town. leaving college park into bethesda 270 is great from frederick down to the point where the lanes divide and a last live look in prince george's county at kenilworth avenue. both loops of the beltway looking great no incidents. the entire prince george's county side of the beltway. back with more traffic at 6:24. it is 6:18. next in sports, the stumble which cost the u.s. men's gymnastics team. and the first place nationals they're back home. >> right now let's get another check of the question of the morning. listen up guys --

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i hear you're having a tough day, so i brought you a freshly made sandwich. you made me a sandwich? no, dunkin' did. but i wrote the note. dunkin' bakery sandwiches are freshly made just for you. grab a turkey cheddar bacon sandwich today. america runs on dunkin'. welcome back. 6:22. your waste first on this -- weather first on this tuesday morning. it's a warm muggy start. some showers on the hoer eastern shore and -- lower eastern shore and delmarva. a few showers and thunderstorms before the day is out. tomorrow though take look at the day planner. expect a mix of clouds and sunshine we're in the upper 70s by 9:00 and low 80s bi11:00 and see temperatures climb into the mid and upper 80s again with the spotty showers and storms. best chance of that west of the blue ridge. mike? thank you howard.

do you love the olympics are you watching them? well in loon don today the u.s. men's basketball team will be facing off against tunisia. >> and in gymnastics the women's team final gets underway in about five hours. meet the newest gold medalist though. 17-year-old missy franklin from california. she won the gold last night in the 100 m backstroke and set an american record in the process. not a good night for the american men's gymnastics team. two athletes fell on the mom ill horse. that acceptability team usa town -- sent team usa down tophet place. after appealing a score japan gets the silver and britain gets the bronze. here's a check of the medal count going into day five of the olympics -- and a washington nationals are back home tonight to begin

a seven game home stand. the nats are in first place with the best record in baseball. what? yes, it's true. they host the last place phillies tonight. stephen strasburg takes this hill this evening. the orioles are in new york visiting the new york yankees. nick markakis got two hits. they win. just two games out of the wild card spot. the time is 6:24. straight ahead details on a new earthquake rattling virginia this morning. >> plus, downloading apps for your smart phone. learn which ones really you should avoid. >> right now monika tells us which roads to avoid. >> i wouldn't take 270. looks at this it looks great at route 271 heading town to jermantown and rockville. all lanes are open and traffic is moving at a great pace. i'll tell you why coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now.

well, good morning. it is coming up on 6:29 and we're back. this is the place to get your weather first. a live look by the white house at 7 # degrees there. if you look sort of on the left hand side of the screen that's lafayette square and named after the marquis dela de lafayette. he was just 19 years old to

become a generalin the u.s. army. >> they talk about him at mount vernon. there's little memorabilia he left this. good morning, i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm mike hydeck. thanks for being with us. meteorologist howard bernstein live on the weather terrace. let's see temperatures what in the 780s howard? >> 70 mike. >> it's soupy. >> a sticky 75 at that. the humidsity is up. quiet this morning here. although in reidville an inch of rain overnight. southern st. mary's also was feeling that. nothing severe but a loud heavy rain making thunderstorm. here's a look at the day planner this tuesday. some clouds out there and they're mixed. some hazy cloudiness. 75 and mostly cloudy skies at national. 83 by noon. isolated shower can't be ruled out then and we'll see spotty showers and storms this afternoon and highs in the mid- to upper 80s. there are the storms and you can see them and with the lower part of the bay in the last half hour and weakening too

around crisfield now. not as much lightning and not as much heavy rain. so we'll be watching that. your temps, they're in the 70s. and 60s west and southwest of town. but it is muggy going into the 80s and just keep the umbrella handy just in case. better chance of storms tomorrow. your seven day forecast is coming up. right now monika samtani, this has been a pretty terrific tuesday. so far. hope i didn't jinx it. except for one accidents route 234 south of the prince william parkway watch out for an accident and authorities will redirect you around it. other than that, 66, the dulles toll road everything is looking fine out of manassas and sterling. all the way into tysons corner. we'll take a live look at the beltway at the american legion bridge and here on the west side of town things are looking great across the river. it pretty much looks like this between bethesda and tysons corner, we'll take that. back to the maps this time into the downtown area if you're using the potomac and anacostia river crossings everything is fine. looking good across the 14th street bridge. in fact a live look there from

a distrance and you can see that traffic is smooth both directions of the 14th street bridge across the river. not a bad ride this morning along 395. i'll be back with more traffic in a few minutes at 6:43. andrea and mike? thanks a lot monika. we have some breaking news we're following. did you feel a little bit of shaking this morning? another earthquake in louisa county, virginia. 2.4 mag any tide hit around 12:45 this morning. no reports of any damage. of course they are still repairing a damage a year later after the earthquake last summer was in mega. that was 5-point -- august. that was 5 magnitude. james holmes is facing more than 100 charges linked to the shooting in colorado. what's next in this case? >> charlie rose of "cbs this morning" joins us live with a preview from the east coast. >> hey, he is back. good morning mike and andrea. colorado massacre suspect james holmes faces 142 charges after

monday's hearing. we'll talk to victims and their families about their reactions to the charges. also, first it was transfat. then sugary drinks. now new york city's mayor is taking on infant formula. we'll discuss how government regulation is affecting our everyday decisions. that and more when we see you at 7:00 from new york. >> good to see you again. >> thank you. good to see you again. >> thank you. it was great. [ laughter ] congress still has until the end of the year until we hit what some economists call that fiscal cliff. it would be a combination of tax cuts ending and defense spending cuts in a big way. >> defense workers in our region say those cuts could cost more than 150,000 people their jobs. delia goncalves is live on capitol hill this morning where the countdown clock is ticking. good morning delia. >> reporter: that's for sure. good morning andrea. all eyes are on congress this morning as the nation braces itself for a possible doomsday scenario. you mentioned some of the numbers.

and here's another staggering number. 2million jobs nationwide are at risk if these $2.1 trillion sequestration cuts pass. also on the chopping block federal services that could clouds. national parks and museums and even clip it will military. that's according to -- cripple the military. that's according to defense secretary leon panetta. however, here's the thing. the cuts were never meant to happen. it was simply part of a plan by congress to force a supercommittee to balance the budget but that committee failed and now, it seems the plan has backfired. >> this is a pathetic way to legislate. to have this sword hanging over everybody's head and that's supposed to lead people to a decision. it's just unbelievable that we're facing this this late in the year for something that starts early next year. >> we voted for it to avoid an economic shotdown. now we -- shutdown. now we face it but here's the good news. with the president's leadership

we can come together. there's a bipartisan answer here that will reduce the deficit and still create an environment for economic growth. >> reporter: time is running out. congress has until january to come up with some kind of fix to this problem. so you can imagine lots of folks especially those who work for federal government welcome keeping a -- will be keeping a close eye on what's happening in congress. >> certainly i know they will and certainly will we. also on capitol hill house and senate leaders are pushing forward with new sanctions on iran. they expand financial penalties on those who aid iran's shipping, energy and insurance sectors. it's an effort to undercut the nuclear weapons program. the ntsb could announce its decision on what they think caused a deadly tour bus crash in virginia and take up some safety recommendations to make sure it doesn't happen again. may, 2011 is when this sky express bus headed for new york crashed on i-95 knot of

richmond. four people died that day. court records show the driver fell asleep at the wheel. he'll be going on trial in november. a man arrested and accused of growing marijuana at his home says he did it for medicinal purposes. however police say that's not the case. anne arundel county police found $50,000 worth of pot plants and guns at the home on monday. charles vincent dominic is facing a vote of charges but he has i -- variety of charges but says he wasn't going to sell any of the drugs. >> plants were between four and five six feel. a large amount of marijuana. too much for a single consumption by one individual. >> the home where police say they were found is within 1,000 feet of arun dell high school and that puts it in a special enforcement section by police. police in frederick, maryland are cracking down on pan handing now. they say that i have arrested two men in the down teixeira --

they've arrested two men in the downtown area and they did it yesterday. police say they're responding to multiple complaints from residents who live in the area. at 6:36. jessica doyle is watching your money and your trapper keepers? >> apparently yeah. despite the down economy parents are shelling out big bucks for school supplies already. >> kids, shh. this might be the right time to ask your parents for a smart phone or tablet computer. parents are feeling a little more generous in some cases. a survey found that about nine out of ten consumers plan to spend the same or more on back to school shopping this year. about 60% of those who plan to spend more say they're doing it because items cost more and more than a third say their children need more expensive items this year. school buckets also impacting too. a growing number of parents need to buy more school supplies for their kids because their schools are buying less. we've been telling you for weeks look out for higher food prices because of the drought

and she's more evidence for you. corn prices a new record high yesterday. lam 90% of the -- almost 90% of the nation's crops are in drought ravaged areas. corn prices soared more than 50% during the past sick weeks and -- six weeks and they pretty much impact everything because they feed of course the life stock we all eat. downloading free android applications could be putting your phone and your security at risk. according to the security firm lookout, about 5% of free android apps can actually infect your phone. this can cause spam ads to pop up on the screen even the if application is closed. some bad apps can even access your personal information and then sell it to third parties. keep in mind though lookout does have some skin in this because they've developed their application to scan other apps for bad behavior but still a good warning to have anyway. >> who knew? i didn't know that. wow. >> thanks jess. >> you got it. >> turn that phone off again. our time is coming up on

6:38. in nine minutes. >> today humid once again and howard says upper 80s you can expect. find out when the 90s are coming back because they are. monika?

it is 6:4 # and 75 degrees. monika here with timesaver traffic. and if you take a look at the beltway, hey, this looks pretty good. you just got that slow traffic on the outer loop right up here near north leaving college park into silver spring and 270 one long slow stretch getting the route 109 and 129. but take a live look at 270 further south in jermantown and hey looks great at father hurley boulevard down to the point where the lanes divide. i think we'll take that long slow stretch. this time in from the south.

no problems to report on 95 coming in from dale city. hit a brakes a little bit in woodbridge across the occoquan river. outside once again and on 395 again we'll take it leaving duke street up to seminary road and the 14th street bridge. traffic is moving very well across the potomac river. but first i wanted to tell you that one of the senior producers sam comes in on route 50 every morning and there's a new speed camera. there's an app westbound on route 50 basically. at south dakota avenue right at the bottom of the exit ramp. she says behind a huge cluster of shrubs and weeds -- there sits the camera box. >> camera box. oh wow. >> be forewarned as you come in this morning. right there westbound on new york avenue route 50 at the exit for south dakota avenue. don't say we didn't tell you. >> you kind of pick up a little

speed when you get near the bottom of that access ramp. >> a good spot for that camera. >> we told you and don't and speed. >> we found i want. >> thanks sam. here's howard. muggy conditions out there. showers and storms overnight dropped an inch in rain in reedville, virginia. that's on the northern neck in the bay. but in calvert county a few new showers just starting to pop. a look at the day planner we are expecting yeah just another warm day and we'll take it. been a very hot, in fact one of the hottest months d.c.'s ever seen. got temperatures today mid 80s by 3:00. top out about 88 with drive tome temp of 86 and there will be only isolated showers and storms this afternoon. this morning, we've been watching the heavy stuff the really heavy stuff out towards st.my rye's county the northern neck and drift to the east. but in calvert a couple of now showers popping up on live

doppler 9000 hd. around prince frederick, these are new too. we'll be watching especially near the bay for the next couple of hours a few showers there and then as we warm up, the shower threat will pop inland as well. especially by the mountains. into the 70s in many areas d.c. east. hagerstown also 72. but into northern virginia especially out to the shenandoah valley, mid- to upper 60s will do it for your readings this morning with at will have humidity. outside on the michael & son weather camera mostly cloudy. 75 at national and a very muggy 75 with that relative humidity 84%. feeling sort of tropical out there. and right now the wind east northeast at 7 and expect them to turn southeast at about the same speed for the afternoon. showers and storms lined up along coastal areas from the carolinas right through the chesapeake here. the delmarva. looking ate big thunderstorms checking out the damage reports here and you can see this line here this bow echo? a lot of wind damage reports but even in southwestern michigan about 40 miles north of south bend, indiana. they have ping-pong sized hail

a couple of hours ago and some more damaging thunderstorms with some tree damage now across alabama. what we're looking at on the futurecast and we'll see shop pop later on. spotty through the lunch hour and temperatures then will be in the low 80s. to the mid- and upper 80s you'll notice the spotty nature of the showers and storms this afternoon. maybe a little bit more concentrated to the mountains and high elevations. overnight things quiet down some. an isolated shower or two overnight. tomorrow morning again bay areas better chance of showers and storms and then even better chance area wide on wednesday. all going to see showers and storms for the afternoon and evening before we start drying out and that means a warming process as well. your forecast today, 88 degrees. we're looking at a few thunderstorms, a few showers. tonight back in the 70s in town maybe a few 60s north and west. tomorrow, 88 and by the way yellow alerts today and tomorrow for those thunderstorms which will get in

the way especially tomorrow. by thursday though, just the stray storms and keep it green. 92. friday even drier. going to heat it up to 95 and keep it in the mid 90s with mainly afternoon storm chances saturday, sunday and monday. mike and andrea? thanks howard. our time is 6:47. the capital area food bank has deal -- has been dealing with a spike in people needing food ever since the economy went south. well, now it has a new facility to handle it. today the food bank opens its new distribution facility. it's on puerto rico avenue near buchanan street northeast. the $37 million center is just a few blocks away from the old facility. overtime it will allow the food bank to double the amount of food it can handle. right now it distributes more than 33 million-pounds of feed each year -- food each year. at the london games and thought that's not a sport. but they used to give out

medals for things liking techture and -- like architecture and painting in the olympics. it was the first year they gave out medals for arts competition. this sculpture here in stockholm. it's called american trotter. a silver the same year in the shooting competition. the last average medicals -- art medals were awarded in 193- 8689. >> who knew is that? >> the question of the morning again is -- >> the answer is b., having to wait outside a of the dressing room and as i said before i disagree with that. i totally disagree with that. >> now here's to jessica with some daily deals whether you're waiting outside or going in shopping. >> i want a gold medal for discount shopping. can we do that at the olympics?

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6:53. muggy this morning. we'll see a couple of showers and storms in spots today. 83 by noon. high 88 with a drive home temp of 86. mike? thanks howard. today is tuesday, july 31st. here's a check of the news before you go this morning. breaking news out of norway right now. the u.s. embassy in oslo has been evacuated this morning. a suspicious object found beneath a car near the embassy. police are investigating and evacuated all buildings 500 yards around it as a precaution. a violent night in the district and one person dead and three others hurt in separate shootings. this is the live picture from the scene it happened on brook street at 47th street northeast. as you can see police are still there investigating and two of the other shootings the people

who were hurt are children. people are moving back into holly acres. the mobile home community flooded following tropical storm lee last september. some residents say a lack of electricity led county officials to kick them out this month. "cbs this morning" begins at the top of the hour and take an inside look at how a presidential candidate picks his running mate. >> before that we'll get another check of traffic and weather. keep it right here on 9news now. yoo-hoo! mom? i hear you're having a tough day, so i brought you a freshly made sandwich. you made me a sandwich? no, dunkin' did. but i wrote the note. dunkin' bakery sandwiches are freshly made just for you.

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welcome back, one more thing before we go the olympics for a second because we get a dick out of seeing -- kick out of seeing the sports you never see. one of the things that people are griping about is nbc is delaying the coverage and tape delaying the coverage so you find out quickly before you get the chance to see it on tv. >> i mean they're delaying because they're trying to keep things in perfect prime time

and the really hot things we want. but we already know what the score is. >> you know in 1980 -- that game wasn't in? that game was in the afternoon. >> the hockey game. >> the hockey game was in the afternoon and we stopped and found it regardless of the time it was on. i bet it would still happen today. we would find it if we wanted to see it. >> if something ahappen maizing happens we're going -- amazing hams we're going to hear about -- happens we're going to hear about it. >> a lot of us in the media have friends that are covering it. if you follow your own friends on twitter. >> and trying to find it it's all over cable too. on so many different channels you never know where to go. >> don't tweet the wrong stuff. they have shut down -- they stopped him. he made some comments about nbc's coverage and they pulled the plug on him. a couple of athletes are out of the games. >> no kidding. >> in the feathers off the peacock. not going to happen. >> all right, weather wise we could get some showers and thunderstorms in spots today. 88. more widespread showers and storms tomorrow.

88. then we're drying out and heating up mid 90s by friday. monika? >> the lowest stretch -- slowest stretch on the outer loop new hampshire avenue to georgia after. that's it -- avenue. that's it no more for traffic. >> as for wall street still waiting on the fed and ecb decision this week. >> "cbs this morning" is next. more on the olympics and one of the kings of comedies stops by studio 57. d. l. hughley. >> happy birthday mom. we will have a live update on traffic and weather. >> get your updates on news, weather and traffic by visiting us on wusa9.com. >> since she's in london we will tweet her. we'll see you back here tomorrow morning at 4:45. have a great day -- 4:25. have a great day everybody. >> bye bye. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ]