few hours. even into the afternoon we can't rule out annual isolated to spot -- an isolated to spotty shower. nothing like yesterday. not expecting anything too strong. here's a look at your day planner. we're looking at temperatures this morning still way, way up. 80 degrees at this hour at reagan national. i don't love me some 80 at 5:00 a.m. with the humidity as well. 85 at noon. 87 at 5:00 with an isolated shower or rumble of thunder still possible. the storms came in yesterday afternoon and evening, had a little oomph to them. overnight saw a few showers and this morning not too much but we're still picking thup. here's live doppler 9000hd. a couple of sprinkles north of winchester. we have them southwest of warrenton. we have them east and south of annapolis. a couple of light wins still coming through annapolis and the heaviest on the eastern shore as you head toward chestertown, that way. 81 in annapolis with the humidity.

73 in culpeper. leesburg 72. again, there are some spotty showers out there with your highs this afternoon a little bit below average. average is 88. we'll be in the mid- to upper 80s as opposed to mid- to upper 90s. we'll take that. it's 5:00 a.m. monika is off but beverly farmer is in with timesaver traffic. not a lot to tell you about which is good news. there had been a crash in the overnight hours on beach drive north of the sue tunnel and rock creek park. that should be out of your way according to the u.s. park police. that's good news heading into the district. around town no early troubles to tell you about. on the beltway, through virginia, maryland. incident free. this is the beltway south of route 50 in maryland coming up through landover on the right side of the screen is the outer loop heading into college park and on into university boulevard. everything open for you. i-270 corridor no early troubles. virginia beltway we're in good shape. so is the ride 066, 95 corridor and 395. a washout for most of the overnight road work. right now just a little bit of building volume to deal with

which is good news. your next timesaver traffic comes up at 5:12. back to you. >> thank you. nasa's curiosity as we mentioned a moment ago has landed on mars. rockets guided it to the surface. nylon cords lowered it down to the ground with a sky crane type of maneuver. the connecting cords were severed when it sensed touchdown and there it was. we'll talk live to a space expert at the goddard space center to find out what this means for all of us. the f.b.i. is now taking over the investigation into yesterday's deadly shooting at a sikh temple near milwaukee. seven people including the gunman were killed. three others were wounded. one of the injured is a police officer who was shot several times by the gunman. worshipers and investigators and the rest of the country are trying to understand why someone would do such a thing. >> the place where you go and pray, pulling the gun out,

that's what's shocking to me. >> what i believe to my knowledge it's a hate crime. you can't just barge in and start doing that. >> at this point authorities have not officially labeled the shootings as a hate crime. however, investigators do have the gunman's computer and they're looking for clues. they could release the killer's identity later today. an autopsy is being performed on the son of philadelphia eagles coach andy reid. 29-year-old garrett reid was found sunday morning at a dorm room at lee high university. that's where the eagles are holding training camp this year. the cause of his death hasn't been derd at this point. -- determined at this point. police did receive a 911 call just before 7:00 yesterday morning and they found garrett reid dead. he had been assisting the eagles strength coach at the training camp. he's battled with substance abuse in years past but authorities said they found no apparent suspicious activity when they discovered the younger reid's body. maryland's house of delegates will convene friday for a special session on

gambling. that's after members of the state senators are scheduled to come back to annapolis. maryland currently allows slot machine gambling at five locations. lawmakers will be considering an expansion to include table games, such as blackjack at a new casino site in prince george's county at national harbor. lawmakers may also consider the possibility of internet gambling in the state. it is 5:04. time for the latest your money report this morning. jessica is off but we do have the headlines for you. >> wall street will start the week off trying to build on last week's megarally, a better than expected jobs report, the spark the market needed. >> the dow picked up 217 points on friday. the nasdaq was up 58. s&p 500 picked up 26 points. southwest airlines says it's making refunds to customers who were billed multiple times for a single flight. the mistake occurred when southwest facebook fans clicked on a promotion to receive a 50% discount. while the promotion -- well,

the promotion backfired. hundreds of would-be flyers saw their credit and debit cards billed repeatedly n. some cases 20 or more -- in some cases 20 or more times. southwest airlines has identified all affected customers and has begun filing refunds to their bank accounts. the airline says it will also pay for any overdraft fees. toyota's earnings rose 2.5% after posting its largest quarterly operating profits for four years from april to june. the company is reporting that it made $3.7 billion last quarter selling nearly 2.5 million vehicles. however, general motors is reporting that urgings -- earnings fell sharply last quarter but the figures were still better than estimated. hundreds were in downtown maryland to celebrate the dream act. they're marching with their futures at stake. >> reporter: this november maryland voters will not only get to vote on the next

president but also on the dream act referendum. proponents want to overturn legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants in state tuition. but today students are trying to keep their dreams alive. they call themselves the dreamers with hopes of a future in america through higher education. >> i want to be a psychologist and after that, join the air force. >> reporter: veronica came to this country when she was 10. >> i'm out here because i want the dream act. >> reporter: cindy came from the war torn country of ivory coast. the dream act requires qualified students to go to a community college and after two years the chance to transfer to a four-year university. opponents say that takes away opportunities for maryland and out of state citizens a spot at, say, the university of maryland. >> very controversial. >> reporter: help save

maryland's bath gathered signatures to get it on the ballot. >> it will cost millions to subsidize people who have no moral or legal right to be here in maryland. >> reporter: he claims the dream act will cost schools $44,000 per student for a four- year degree on top of higher tuition for all students. >> there could be a loss of profit to the universities. some of this is offset as i had mentioned by the increase in enrollment. >> reporter: the institute on improving immigration policy says there's not enough research on the financial impact on taxpayers and on the state. >> there might be a long-term economic benefit to the state of maryland for educating students within their state. >> reporter: the politically charged issue is not stopping veronica and cindy who are inspired by their hopes for a future in america. to qualify under the dream act, a student must attend a maryland high school for three years and prove they or their parents pay taxes.

i'm surae chinn, 9news now. it's one of the most anticipated competitions at the summer games and it lived up to the hype. >> jamaica is still celebrating. usain bolt had a huge win in the 100 meter final. he wins gold. he gold this win a great birthday gift for jamaica. the caribbean nation is celebrating its 50th anniversary of its independence from britain. the u.s. has 60 medals so far, 28 of them are gold. china has 60 as well. 61 excuse me. south korea has 20. france has 25. and great britain has a total of 37 medals. time 5:08. coming up next, howard's forecast. >> the marlins come to d.c. to play the nats. trust me, if you missed the game, you'll love the highlights. >> we said it before. we're going to say it again.

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10 after 5:00 on this monday morning. it's muggy out there. spotty showers as well. let me show you the forecast on our day planner. we're looking at clouds with a couple of peeks of sunshine. by noon 85. spotty showers this afternoon. maybe a rumble of thunder.

highs in the mid- to upper 80s. i'll have the full seven-day forecast in about five minutes. right now over to beverly farmer in for monika. it's not bad out there. if you're making the drive on 270, southbound -- [ inaudible ] outer loop of the beltway as you make your way past landover, past route 50 into college park, silver spring, just building volume. no early troubles to report. beltway oxon hill looks good heading through alexandria, downtown traffic anacostia river routes, no early issues to deal w. 95, 66 checking incident free, just building volume to make your way in toward the beltway. that's a look at your timesaver traffic. back to you. campaign 2012 up for. republican presidential candidate mitt romney says he'll be announcing his vice

press denying selection -- presidential selection -- [ inaudible ] governor bob mcdonnell appeared on "face the nation" yesterday morning. >> governor mcdonnell, you are one of those that people keep saying are on the short list. are you actually-- >> really? you're kidding. you know, i'm not talking about it. that's up to mitt romney. he will make that announcement soon. vice presidents don't win elections. presidents and their candidates and their vision do and mitt romney's vision for the middle class that he outlined this week on jobs and deficit reductions and small business promotion and energy is the way to go. >> also said to be on the short list, the governors from louisiana and new jersey and florida senator marco rubio. our time is 5:12. weather and traffic are up next when we come back. plus, a chicago bakery may be on to something. it rigged a vending machine to dispense moist, freshly baked

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good morning. welcome back to fine nine -- nine nine now. howard is here with the forecast. we've been talking about curiosity rover which landed on mars this morning. you'll be talking more about that later on. >> they had to go through

odyssey because we were below the horizon. took an extra couple of seconds. >> they have weather instruments, take soil samples. >> cameras, lasers, drills. they'll be doing a lot of science experiments. we'll find out more about that coming up at 5:45. i talked to a planetary scientist from goddard. >> that's fantastic. looking forward to actually not being in the 90s for a change, too. we'll see highs in the mid- to upper 80s but it's humid. yes, once again a spotty shower can't be ruled out. >> here's your day planner. we're going with the yellow alert type of day only because the showers could impact some plans here and there. not expecting anything severe by any stretch but some showers, maybe a rumble of thunder. 85 by noon. partly to mostly cloudy today with winds southwest to south, northwest. kind of variable with the front in the neighborhood. your temperatures driving home will be in the upper 80s. 88 at 4:00. that's about the high for the day. and 82 at 8:00 p.m. looks like it will be a relatively quiet night tonight. looking at the radar this

morning, we're looking at some showers. scattered about. you see them toward areas in eastern and western virginia moving towards hagerstown, frederick county. culpeper seeing some sprinkles as well as hours south and east. we don't see anything heavy. we see these light green areas so these are light showers west of martinsburg south of berkley springs. you also see a few showers here north of luray coming in toward the park here and west of culpeper. these will be moving east toward goldvein and bealeton. maybe quantico after that. a couple of hours also from around annapolis down in the bay and scattered about very slight ones scattered about calvert county. so a quiet morning but a muggy morning with a temperature of 77 at the tappahannock airport. we've got 77 at bwi right now. 57 hagerstown. cool spots if you will in the upper 60s and low 70s well west of town. looking outside on our weather

camera, good visibility. still quite dark. 6:11 or 6:14 this morning. 80 degrees. feeling like 84 with the heat index thanks to the humidity being way up there now at 76%. here's the big picture. we've got a little bit of high pressure for a change in the northern part of the country. they've pulled into the 60s. the moisture continues in the southwest. horrible fires in oak owning. all that triple ding -- in oklahoma. all that triple digit heat. in the south scattered showers and a thunderstorm extending across the northeast as well. there's a front right here just over us. showers on and off. more off than on. for the next six to 12 hours before this area starts to settle a little bit more to the south. tonight there could be a couple of showers well south of town, st. mary's county, maybe southern calvert, fredricksburg. those areas. that will be the case tomorrow as well. you will be in a better position to see those showers than we will. want to take you to the tropics quickly because we've got

florence which is impressive. that -- which isn't impressive as all. take formed over the weekend. and ernesto which may threaten areas near the yucatan. the latest advisory is wind gusting to 65 with a track that takes it skirting the honduran coast their belize city here as we head in toward tuesday night. a strong thunderstorm and potentially a hurricane if it has enough time -- no, they moved it farther south. so that's not going to happen now t. will just stay as a rain making tropical storm. that's the 5:00 a.m. advisory. 87, 88 this afternoon, scattered thunderstorms here and there, scattered showers. tonight we're down to the 60s and 70s. tomorrow around 90. a code green. any showers that come well south of d.c., st. mary's county, fredricksburg, those areas. wednesday scattered storms, around 90. isolated storms thursday, 90. a few more storms friday, 89. then look, we might only be in

the mid-80s. yes, the mid-80s for the upcoming weekend. 5:19. time to talk to beverly farmer with timesaver traffic. howard, we're checking out 270 southbound lanes of 270 in germantown. there is an accident ahead of you south of father hurley boulevard but before you get to 118. fire rescue crews have arrived on the scene. they're blocking a right lane. that's why the lineup we're looking at here. southbound at father hurley boulevard crashed just ahead of these folks. careful if you're leaving clarksburg right about now or coming out of frederick county. we'll keep you posted. if you're traveling 95 virginia, only building volume to report for you right now. coming into fredricksburg making your way through stafford and through prince william county, volume light heading past prince william parkway to get past the occoquan and on into newington and 395. the ride northbound 395 in toward the 14th street bridge, lanes open there. no problems headed downtown. maryland beltway no early problems for you. that's a look at your timesaver traffic. your next update at 5:31.

back to you. you know you can hit the atm machine for fast cash, but a bakery in chicago has an atm that can also satisfy your sugar fix with the press of a button. >> sprinkles bakery has something make we should called an acm. annual automatic cup -- an automatic cupcake machine. it holds up to 500 cupcakes and they're restocked every few hours. if someone could come up with a bacon atm, life would sure be much better. i love bacon. okay. the question of the daytime now. the average person does this 13 times a day. a, send a text, b, log on to facebook or c, laugh. >> here's a look at a response posted on the facebook fan page. terry wrote, laughter is the best medicine so i'm going with c, laugh. log on to our facebook fan page. we'd love to hear what you think. we'll have the answer in our 6:00 show. we'll be right back.

monders morning muggy out -- monday morning muggy out there. some spot swri showers. better chance of showers as we head toward 9:00 south and east of d.c. only in the 80s this afternoon. i say 80s because we were 98 yesterday. by noon, though, spotty showers here and there.

80 degrees in martinsburg and hagueerstown. we'll be 8 -- hagueerstown. we'll be 85. heading into the upper 80s. can't rule out a rumble of thunder toward char lots burke and fredericks -- charlottesville and fredricksburg as well. best chance will be south and east of town, temperatures still in the mid- to upper 80s. good morning, everybody. it's been a roller coaster start to august for stephen straussburg. he put up -- strasburg. he put up his worst performance by wore but came roaring back yesterday. it wasn't just the performance on the mound that was impressive. here in the bottom of the second, he drives in his sixth and second rbi on a deep shot to right putting the nats on the board first 2-0. they scored all their runs in the second inning yesterday. back on the mound, gave up just three hits, six scoreless

innings, a great rebound for strasburg. he had motivation. now, 4-1 in the 9th, the first save opportunity since coming back from elbow surgery. he gets justin to ground out. nats beat the marlins. they head out on a road series in houston tonight. [indiscernible] drew brees played just one series. gets it to joe morgan. his backup chase daniel to traverse cadet. the saints win this preseason game over the cardinals 17-10. final at the city open in rock creek park yesterday. tommy haas taking on alexander. the backhander here helped him take a lead.

he won the first set in a tie break but the match went through a long rain delay. after that it was all dokolof as he wins the next two sets. that's a quick look at sports this morning. have a great monday. ♪

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is. good morning. welcome back to 9 news now on this monday, august 6. good morning. i'm mike hydeck. monika is off today. beverly farmer is in. she'll have traffic. we start with your weather first and mr. howard bernstein. a spotty shower or to can't be ruled out -- or two can't be ruled out this morning. the frontal boundary not that far away from us. kind of on top of us. >> it will help me with allergies? >> maybe a little bit because any time we get rain it tends to cleanse the area but we've got to get a frost. that's not going to happen for months. >> no one wants that. >> i'm sorry. anyway, let's get to weather. maybe it's the way you sleep.

>> no, it's an infection i guess. >> wow. we do have to take care of that. weather wise, sometimes you sleep on one side, things can drain to that side. >> here we go. >> all right. weather. 85 degrees. 85 by noon. spotty showers. even a rumble of thunder can't be ruled out. mike, i'll talk about that off camera. still a spotty shower, rumble of thunder. air quality is good today. here's some good news. there are the showers and storms from yesterday afternoon. this morning the spotty showers around and a live doppler 9000hd, nothing terribly impressive but front royal you have light showers moving your way. same between culpeper and warrenton headed toward southern fauquier county, qawnts key, even -- quantico, even charles county. look at this on the eastern shore where we have probably the heaviest thing we're looking at. temperatures this morning 70s to even about 80, 81 in annapolis. let's go to beverly farmer at

5:31 with timesaver traffic. right now, howard, your biggest trouble southbound on 270 trying to get out of clarksburg and heading into germantown. a crash after father hurley boulevard but before 118. it's moved into the far right shoulder and the beginning of the transition lane to head toward 118. but again early slowdown there. you weren't expecting southbound on 270. other trouble spot in maryland is a new crash southbound 95 right between the exit for 212 and the capital beltway that ties up the left half of the roadway. careful coming into laurel and down from the icc on 95 south. virginia drivers in on 66, building volume to get into manassas and centreville briefly as you make your way inside the beltway through falls church. that's incident free. nice light volume as you head toward the roosevelt bridge northbound 95, heaviest volume is getting into quantico, your ride into dale city and past the prince william parkway and woodbridge and on to newington and springfield. light volume with no incidents reported as far as obstacles. that's good news.

that's a look at your timesaver traffic. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. if you take the beltway in virginia, this is a big day for you. >> the beltway expands to five lanes. [ laughter ] an inside joke, delia. i'll explain. >> reporter: please fill me in. you're clearly having a whole lot of fun over there. i wish i was having just as much fun. john from the wilson bridge project is here to bring some really good news. more than a decade in the making. folks have been dealing with three lanes of traffic and now we're unveiling the red carpet. another couple of lanes to that. >> yeah, the black carpet. smooth asphalt. right now people have been dealing with three lanes of traffic coming through here. morning in, morning out. now what we've got is three lanes in the local. two in the through. so a total of five lanes coming through here. we're expecting this is going to make a major difference for people.

>> reporter: we know down at the wilson bridge we have five complete lanes at the wilson bridge. it changes a bit when we come to telegraph road. let's step out so we can get a shot right now of what the beltway looks like at telegraph road and explain what we have here. >> right. it goes to five lanes. as it passes over telegraph, it goes to four lanes n. is also where a lot of traffic is coming on and getting off. it resumes back to five lanes to the east of here out to the bridge into maryland. >> wonderful. and so we know that there's a lot more to this project to come. so what's the next step in the phase of the project? >> we're almost there. people have been so patient. commuters have been so patient about this. work here at the telegraph road there continue through the year with some good weather we might actually be finished with telegraph road at the end of the year. so things are close. >> reporter: so two lanes and -- [indiscernible] some major movement coming through the beltway hopefully

soon. do we think traffic usually picks up around 6:00? >> yeah. we're going to see traffic volumes heavy up as people are making their way to work. it's going to be saferrer, too, because we've -- safer, too, because we have both shoulders. people can get out to a haven of safety and not slow down other traffic. things will be much more reliable and working more efficiently. >> reporter: a lot of happy drivers i'm sure you'll v. thanks so much for joining us. we'll toss it back you to. we'll explain a little more about the project and what folks can anticipate when they come down the beltway this morning coming up at 6:00. back to you. >> we'll see you in a little bit. people who retire today are part of the first generation of workers who paid more in social security taxes in their careers than they will get in benefits. that's according to an nag sis -- analysis by the soashtded prose -- associated press which finds the situation will get worse for future retirees. workers at every income level could retire and expect more in benefits than they actually

paid in taxes throughout their career. in 1960 male retirees who lived to be 78 years old and female retirees who lived to be 81 could expect to get seven times more benefits than they paid into social security. yes, those days are gone. you're getting less now. jessica doyle is off but here's alexis christoforous with more on today's money news. >> wall street will try to build on last week's rally which was sparked by a better than expected july jobs report. on friday stocks rose to the highest left since may. the dow shot up 217 points while the nasdaq climbed 58. this week brings reports on consumer credit, worker productivity and the trade deficit. the civil trial against former imf head dominique strauss-kahn gets under way this week. the judge rejected strauss- kahn's attempt to have the case dismissed on the grounds of diplomatic immunity. a hotel maid is accusing him of rape. prosecutors dropped criminal

charges in the case last year. the i.r.s. has been handing out billions of dollars in fraudulent tax refunds to identity thieves. a new report finds the agency failed to prevent one and a half million potentially fraudulent tax returns from being processed last year that resulted in refunds totaling more than $5 billion. and nasa has picked boeing as two other aerospace companies to build small rocket ships that will take astronauts to the international space station. the contracts are worth more than a billion dollars but until the ships are built, nasa will continue paying russia to provide the ride. and that's your money watch. for more head to cbs money watch.com. in new york, i'm alexis christoforous. our time right now is a:37 -- is 5:37. nasa's ground crew is flying this morning after a historic mission to mars. >> the space expert on idea rover's touchdown on the red planet is such a big deal. we'll be right back.

a very good monday morning. we are warm and muggy this morning. also a couple of showers are here and there. there's -- they're spotty in nature and relatively light but that's going to be the case. the spot swi showers not just -- spotty showers not just this morning but this afternoon as well. temperatures will be cooler than they have been but still rather warm. 80s by noon. upper 80s, maybe 90 in a couple of spots if we can peek out enough sunshine. winds 5 to 8 miles an hour. we'll have the seven-day forecast and even cooler temperatures by the weekend. right now over to beverly farmer with timesaver traffic. >> howard right now southbound 270 has been the trouble spot. early morning crash south of the exit for father hurley boulevard before 118. moved to the right shoulder at the beginning of the transition

lane to 118. you can see the distraction there in the camera shot. delays beginning south of clarksburg, southbound on 270. that's your biggest obstacle and trouble spot. southbound 935 in maryland -- 95 in maryland to beltville -- beltsville, going to be slow. on 66 in virginia, just volume. eastbound seeing heavier volume. below speed to get past 234 and the virginia visitors center and only briefly in fair oaks. northbound 95, 395 travelers slowest getting past prince william parkway and 395 up through landmark headed for the 14th street bridge. looking pretty good. that's a look at timesaver traffic. back to you. drought and fast moving wildfires are continuing to pose problems for residents in oklahoma. the freedom hill fire is the largest fire has burned 58,000 acres and destroyed 40

buildings. hundreds of residents have been forced to flee their homes. so far no deaths have been reported but officials fear because the fire is so big, that might change. in the meantime residents in luther, oklahoma were allowed to return to their homes over the weekend after firefighters managed to control the wildfire that forced about 60 residents there to take off. many returned to their home to find ash and rubble where their houses once stood. >> when cow back to this -- when you come back to this, you see it all destroyed and everything you touch is just ash and there's not anything you can save. >> it's certainly been a tough week for the state of oklahoma. just numerous fires throughout the state. major fires, a lot of small fires. it's taxed the resources of the state of oklahoma. >> investigators say the fire in luther, oklahoma was deliberately set. they're now looking for a man in a black pickup truck who reportedly threw some newspapers out of the vehicle and then set them on fire. it is time for today's

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good morning. welcome back to 9news now. 5:48 on this monday morning. a lot going on in the world of

science and interstate gal racket came. >> we -- galactica. >> we had rover land. we'll get to weather right now because got to tell but your monday. the forecast t is humid -- the forecast, it is a humid day. we have spotty showers. a rumble of thunder can't be ruled out as the temperatures get into the mid and upper 80s. winds sort of variable 5 to 10 miles an hour. not expecting anything strong or severe today like we had yesterday afternoon with the big storms this morning from atlantic city east to the atlantic, locally we've got scatsered white showers here and there. you can see certainly everything moving west to east across the region and nothing standing out. we had the showers here earlier up across portions of the east and west virginia panhandle moving into frederick county. very spotty there. more concentrated showers on the west end of 66 coming in toward 81. also culpeper east we've got showers east of goldvein now approaching stafford.

showers have also now formed in southeastern fairfax county crossing the river. that's going to head toward maybe fort washington, la plata, waldorf, white plains. you guys in western charles county have to watch out for that as well. temperatures well in the 70s now. college park 79. it's 75 in fairfax. it is 76 in millersville, columbia 75. here in washington. we're looking at our michael & son weather camera. about a half-hour before sunrise. light in the sky up to the north here with 80 degrees. feels like 84, though. it is really a very muggy morning with the west wind at 6. frontal boundary right here extending from southwestern virginia to south of long island. with the front nearby, it's going to help a couple of showers, the fire, especially south and east of town through midday. even north of the boundary, in and:around the metro -- and around the metro. maybe a rum behalf of thunder this afternoon. any showers should be well to our south. looking at the forecast, today

87. 88. somewhere in that neighborhood. yellow alert because some of the showers may slow you down a little bit. tonight 60s and 70s. dry, south of town tomorrow a chance of a shower or storm fredericksburg, calvert county, st. mary's, southern charles. 90 degrees there. 90 on wednesday with a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms returning. take will be the case thursday 90. perhaps a better chance of showers and storms friday 89. look at the weekend temperatures in the mid-80s. we've got problems on 270. beverly has been telling us about that she's here with more. howard good morning. better morning southbound 270 although still slowing heading south of clarksburg to get into germantown. the good news is the crash after father hurley boulevard, what was left was over at the far right shoulder and the beginning of the transition lane to get on to 118 moving at a much better pace at father hurley. going to cost you a little extra time but it's going to improve for you as you make your way to gaithersburg. 95 southbound situation improving in maryland with the crash south of 212 before the

beltway, moved quickly to the left shoulder. virginia drivers east on 66 you don't have any volume issue or any other issues except volume as you make your way in through manassas. slow traffic leaving 234 business to get past the rest area. again briefly in centreville and fair oaks. northbound on 395 slow getting -- passing landmark and briefly at the 14th street bridge. your next timesaver traffic coming up at 6:01. back to you. nasa is probably still celebrating several hours after curiosity's landing on mars. nasa engineers say the robotic rover landed on a nice, flat spot. one of the instruments used was built here at the goddard space flight center. i'm joined by laurie, a planetary scientist. good morning. >> good morning. >> so this seems to be a big deal for us but why is this such a big deal to nasa and

everybody else? >> this mission, the curiosity lander is a great exciting time for nasa because this lander is going to be looking for the early signs or the early markers of the precursors to life that may exist or may have been preserved on the surface of mars. >> what exactly is goddard doing on this? i know the jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena is sort of the lead agency here. goddard has done something, some of the instruments on board? >> you're absolutely right. jet propulsion laboratory built most of the rover and was responsible for the landing and management of the mission but goddard space flight center provided the sample analysis of the mars instrument package which is one of the key components of the science laboratory lander. the instrument package is one of the key ways we're going to be looking for, the early precursors of life or markers of life on mars. >> how do you do that? how does that work? >> that's an excellent

question. the simple analysis at mars is -- i've lost my -- pardon me -- is made up of a suite of instruments. there's a mass spectrometer which measures key chemicals. it will grind them up and measure it. it also has laser instrument which looks for key isotopes of these elements. >> i understand-- >> looking for carbon, hydrogen. >> i understand the last funded add planned mission. where do you go from here? >> it's not the last planned mission. in fact, we've got maven mission which is going to mars in 2013 which is going to look at the upper atmosphere of mars. nasa also has right here at

goddard, a mission is being run here at goddard that will visit annual ais troid. so -- as troid. we've actually got quite a few missions planned still into the future. the next mars mission at the moment is beyond maven is a little uncertain at this point but we are still very active in exploring the solar system. >> we're going to check back with you at about 6:45. we thank you for your time. mike and andrea. >> thank you, howard. time to take another look at the question of the day. the average person does one of these things 13 times a day. is it a, send a text, b, log on to facebook, or c, laugh. >> here's a response posted on our facebook fan page from sandra. she wrote b which is log on to facebook. how else would we know what's going on. >> log on to our facebook fan page. leave the response there and hear about it on tv. we'll have the answer in about an hour. . bayberry pollen. very allergenic. non-drowsy claritin relieves my worst symptoms

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danny devito is the voice behind the title charter fighting to protect his land. that's your eye on entertainment. i'm edward lawrence for cbs news, los angeles. good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at the 6:00 a.m. hour. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. monika is off today. beverly farmer is going to have timesaver traffic in just a minute. >> howard bernstein has our weather first, a sticky start to the week. >> humidity way up there. we've got a couple of showers. nothing terribly heavy but southwest and southeast of town those are the areas looks like if you're north of d.c. right now, relatively quiet. here's a look at our day planner. first outside clouds are breaking a little bit here as we look toward the northeast. this camera on the roof in northwest washington, d.c. temperature in washington down to 79. yay, we've made it to the 70s. 85 by noon. still a spotty shower or thunderstorm can't be ruled out, even into the afternoon with highs mid- to upper 80s. front came through or trying to come through. one line of storms yesterday ahead