but with the thin overcast, the report may come in mostly cloudy. a high around 91 today. one little raindrop because there's a slight chance we'll see a shower or thundershower. notice the satellite and radar with the showers off to the south and east. had a couple overnight toward fredricksburg in charles county. this morning just the high thin clouds continue to stream in over us with temperatures into the 70s here. some 60s north. let's go to beverly farmer in for monika. she has timesaver traffic. we've got troubles. folks that are trying to get in 066 through falls church and in toward ballston and rosslyn, a long-standing crash eastbound before you reach fairfax drive has only one lane squeezing by. that's why this buying lynnup just inside the -- lineup just inside the beltway. i-95 volume building to get into dumfries making your way past the prince william parkway and more volume into lorton- newington but the stretch of 95 between fredricksburg and richmond close to the 104 mile marker still shut down with ongoing utility repairs after a

serious overnight crash. that's going to be the case north and southbound near the exit for 207 carmel church for some hours. here's the beltway near kenilworth avenue moving freely. on the inner loop near route 5 branch avenue checking for the report of a crash. accident northbound 210 near one of the intersections of old fort road had police responding. back in virginia prince william parkway at hoadley road the westbound lane blocked with a crash. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. we're learning more about the gunman accused of killing six people at a sikh temple in wisconsin last weekend. it's looking more like he targeted his victims because of their religion. >> delia goncalves is live in the satellite center with more on the suspected killer and some of his victims. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. page left no letter indicating his exact motives. we have learned that he's been an active member of a couple of white supremacist groups since 2000. and that could be a clue. the 40-year-old joined the

military in 1992 we're told. he was never deployed overseas and was discharged just six years later for getting drunk and going awol. f.b.i. investigators believe page acted alone and had no direct ties to the sikh temple in oak creek, wisconsin. detectives say page used a 9 millimeter handgun to kill six worshipers inside a temple and seriously injured a responding officer before he was shot and killed by other officers. >> he was met by the suspect who basically ambushed him around his vehicle. the officer was shot eight to nine times at this incident at very close range. >> my father by engaging the shooter saved a tremendous amount of more hardship because people were able to get to cover. >> these kinds of terrible tragic events are happening with too much regularity for us not to do some soul searching and to examine additional ways that we can reduce violence.

>> coming up at 6:30, we'll have reaction from local sikhs in our area and much more on page's white supremacist groups and their ties to maryland. back to you. >> thank you, delia, delia goncalves live in our satellite center this morning. the violence has brought the sikh community and the religion into the spotlight. it traces its roots back to the 15th century in india. sikh believes in one god, freedom of religion and in the equality of human kind. and in the importance of good deeds, especially service to others, including those less fortunate. sikhs practice daily prayer and meditation and community fellowship is key in this religion. drinking and smoking are forbidden. there's an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 sikhs in the d.c. area. coming up on 6:04. we have a commuter alert. federal money is coming to ease traffic congestion in bethesda. route 355 at the national naval

medical center has gone from bad to worse since walter reed pofd in. the -- moved in. the department of defense is giving the county $30 million. three parking lot attendants are accused of stealing at least $400,000 in parking fees. the group worked at the parking complex at the smithsonian air and space udvar center at dulles airport. court documents allege the man and two women have been stealing the money since 2009. the affidavit says the group was filmed unplugging vehicle counters so they could pocket the parking fee. a sailor in the royal british navy is behind bars in fredricksburg, virginia now accused of vandalizing a historic chump. edmonds whitehead was arrested saturday. police found him as he threw a door through a stained glass window and climbed out of the baptist church. he had broken in by breaking a

lot. the damage inside is estimated at $10,000. he's also accused of spitting on police officers. >> the thing that touches me most is the person who did this, a young person who was pursuing a career in military and i understand it that's probably not going to happen for him now. >> whitehead was temporarily stationed in quantico for training exercises and has since promised to pay for all of the damage for the church. jessica doyle is back and she's watching your money. >> talking groceries. apparently it's good to put your money in fruits. >> we're talking specifically about apple stock. it's been a really good bet for a lot of investors though i will say it's been a wild ride the last couple of days. you know, you may have remembered apple stock dropped on disappointment of the latest earnings report. that disappointment is gone. the stock has rebounded more than 8% and now just 3% below its all time high of $644 set back in april.

cnn reports that it appears any lingering concerns about apple's underperformance has been replaced by excitement about new products. the iphone 5 to be unveiled and to go on sale next month. stay tuned. some good news for those looking to buy a home. closing costs are going down. over the past year the average mortgage closing costs have fallen nearly 7.5%, origination fees are down 1% while title and closing costs dropped almost 12 purposes. bankrate.com reports stricter lending standards are shrinking the pool of americans who can actually get a mortgage so banks are vying for customers and fees are going down. best buy's founders have offered to take the chain private. the chairman stepped down in june after caught up in a

scandal with the c.e.o. dunn. he didn't tell the board's audit committee about a dunn's relationship with a employee but he does not want his relationship with best buy to be over at this point in his life. >> what's the advantage of taking it private? >> he'll buy it back. basically he gets total control of the company if he buys it outright. he owns a huge portion of the stock. he'll be in charge. he can do what ever he wants. our time 16:07. in five minutes learn the local connections to the curiosity rover on mars. plus, the engineer who's become an internet sensation. howard says more sun today. slight risk of a shower. etails in your -- details in your weather first straight ahead. >> today is the 29th annual national night out. it's when police, neighborhood watch and local organizations come together to encourage community and crime prevention. the business improvement district is hosting family

movie night on the outdoor screen at 1stened when street -- -- 1st and l street. >> in reston they're holding a cookout from 4:00 to 7:00 on pine crest road. more than a hundred communities in prince george's county are holding events, including a moon bounce and water slide at bladensburg waterfront park.

we'll see a mix of clouds and sunshine today. another warm to hot day. by noon 85. isolated shower or thunderstorm possible this afternoon. highs upper 80s to low 90s. if you're east on 66 going to cost you some time trying to get into falls church toward ballston and rosslyn. a long-standing crash before fairfax drive just moved on to the shoulder so the pace is at least better here eastbound 66 inside the beltway. got complete details and timesaver traffic coming up at 6:18. back to you. >> thanks, bev. see you in a little bit. 6:12. here's what's making news this

morning. jared lee loughner is expected to enter a guilty plea in an arizona courtroom. he's the accused gunman in the shooting in tucson in 2011. 's charged with killing six people and then trying to kill congresswoman gabriel giffords. the white house believes rebels are gaining the upper hand in syria. government troops are stepping up their attacks on the rebels but the two-week offensive has yet to break the rebel fires. people in richmond, california are being told to stay inside and shut off their air conditioners. the blast at a refinery sent smoke and flames into the air. only one person suffered injuries from the explosion, however. 6:12. this morning we're getting a new look at curiosity's landing on mars. >> the video isn't 34u67 but still it's -- isn't much but still it's coming all the way from the red planet. >> this is low resolution video from nasa. it's 297 photographs. it shows curiosity during the final minutes of its decent on

monday -- descent on monday morning. we show you some local connections to the curiosity mission. >> reporter: hundreds of scientists and spectators gathered at nasa goddard to watch curiosity live up to its name. >> it's really just getting our curiosity as human beings, as we look at the universe and look around us, what else is out there. >> reporter: melissa is just one of the goddard scientists that spent years developing the instrument at the core of curiosity's mission. >> sam is analysis at mars. it's basically the chemical laboratory that is on the curiosity rover. >> reporter: the sam instrument is one of the main reasons that curiosity is so different from previous mars rovers. spirit and opportunity could only look at the soil, but curiosity can actually dig in and take real soil samples. >> spirit and opportunity,

those rovers were geologists. so now what curiosity is, it's much more of a geochemist. it has the ability to scoop up the rocks, take them in and break them down. >> reporter: breaking down the individual elements in the soil. to do it it takes serious sensors developed by atk, which is headquartered in arlington. >> atk was responsible for helping to develop the suite of sensors that will look at the samples collected by the robot arm. >> reporter: together sam and her sensors will have two years to try to find carbon based organic molecules, evidence that life could have existed on the red planet. >> now the actual real adventure begins now that we're safely on the surface. >> reporter: in greenbelt, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> scientists and engineers behind this mission are getting a lot of credit for their work, but there's one who's a standout and he's become an internet sensation in just 24 hours. and it's because of his hair. check out the mohawk with martian red highlights.

and the yellow stars shaved into the side. he's -- he works at the jet propulsion laboratory and in the last 36 hours he's picked up 20,000 new followers on twitter. he says he gets a new hairdo for every new mission and his co workers came up with this one. >> i would like to see the pictures of the other ones. >> great way to celebrate the success of what they're doing. it will be none to see the pictures and discoveries they make. weather wise, well, another warm, sticky morning. no surprise there. this afternoon we'll get over 90 again. no surprise there. we may just see a thunderstorm in one or two spots. it's been one of those centers. here we go with a look outside to start your day. excuse me, the day planner. we'll get the outside look in a moment. 79 by 9:00. a lot of this is high thin cloudiness. i think we're going to see a good deal of filtered sunshine today. that will help boost temperatures to the mid-80s by

lunch time. actual highs upper 80s to even 91 is what i'm expecting in washington as winds go southeast 5 to 10. there could be an isolated shower or thunderstorm before the day is out. temperatures this morning in pennsylvania, upper 50s to low 60s. some of that is filtered into northern maryland, western maryland, eastern west virginia. we are still up in the 70s here in washington, especially south and east. 74 andrews. we've got 70 in rockville. there's a 65 in lovettsville. that's pretty comfortable. 69 haymarket and reston but a little bit sticky and 75 in alexandria. outside on our michael & son weather camera, we're in tysons corner right now. you're happening at the high thin -- you're looking at the high thin clouds. 78 degrees. at reagan national with the humidity at 81%, makes it feel like it's already 80. the winds have been variable north, north west at 5. the boundary for the most part is off to the south. the clouds are blowing off the showers here up and over us. a little bit thicker out to the west. don't be surprised at times

it's an overcast. other times it may appear to be a good deal of sunshine through the high thin clouds that will be streaming over us at times during the day today with just an isolated shower popping up this afternoon. i think that will be the case again on wednesday as well. by friday, though, that's when we'll have a better chance of showers and storms. want to talk about ernesto which is gaining some strength here. still a tropical storm. look at the darker colors. those are the taller, colder thunderstorm cloud tops we're seeing on this color enhanced satellite. that means a stronger storm, 65 mile an hour sustained winds. pressure is dropping right now and it's moving off toward the west, north west likely to be a hurricane later today making land fall sometime late tonight, early tomorrow morning north of belize city. maybe tulume might be in about trouble from this. for us we are dealing with some heat and humidity again. high around 91, isolated storm this afternoon. 75 tonight for d.c. about 70 in the suburbs with 92 tomorrow,

chance for an afternoon storm. 94 thursday, chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. then friday a better chance of storms. some could be strong 89 before somewhat milder temperatures over the weekend. 6:17. beverly farmer, take it away. drive right now along the 95 corridor some volume building in woodbridge getting into lorton and newington. 395 to get up past the beltway edsall road it's just been volume. lanes open. i-95 between fredricksburg and the exits for richmond we're in much better shape. some traffic gets by each way between thornberg and lady smith near carmel church. still a slow go but at least you're getting by on the interstate. 66 you can get by now falls church into ballston but still trying to recovery. an earlier wreck has been moved to the left shoulder. remember the hov rules kick in at 6:30 inside the beltway so that doesn't help folks there. if you're traveling the maryland beltway crash on the inner loop near branch avenue has been moved out of the way

quickly. volume delays out of college park into the work zone past new hampshire avenue and off and on around to georgia avenue in silver spring. gw parkway there's a broken down vehicle after 395 but before you get to the cemetery. that may try up the drive off of 395 headed for the 14th street bridge. your next check of traffic at 6:25. back to you. >> thanks, bev. 6:19 now. coming up next in sports, an instant classic in olympic women's soccer. wait till you see how the nationals scored in extra innings last night. right now another check of our question of the morning. it is according to men's health magazine 98% of women surveyed want this from their significant other. is it a, some public displays of affection, b, a home cooked meal, or c, a date night. >> our facebook friend sharon writes, i would like a little pda every now and again. a date night would be fun but a home cooked meal from your man is what i really want my answer to be. >> keep posting your guesses. we'll have the correct answer

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just about 6:23. your weather first on this tuesday morning. radar is quiet. temps in itself 60s and 70s -- in the 60s and 70s. it's going to be another hot day. you'll see temperatures climb into the middle 80s by lunch time. upper 80s, even 90 by 3:00. high about 91. there's an outside chance we'll see a stray shower or thunderstorm. in london today it's all about the ladies. two american pairs play in separate semifinal matches in women's beach volleyball. >> the u.s. women's water polo team takes on australia this morning while the women's basketball team is facing canada. >> that border battle followed on the soccer field yesterday. the u.s. and canada were tied at 3 in the second overtime until 23-year-old alex morgan from california scored the game winner. the u.s. wins 4 been 3 and will now -- 4-3 and will now face japan in the gold medal round.

the men's basketball team wrapped up play with a perfect record. u.s.a. beats argentina 126-97. the americans will now take on australia in the quarter finals tomorrow morning. let's get a look at the medal count going into today's olympic action. china still hanging on to the number one spot with 64 medals. but team u.s.a. is right behind with 63 overall, 29 of them gold. russia is now in third place. the turning point in last night's game between the nationals and astros came in the 11th inning. instead of explaining what happened, let's just show you. >> suzuki pop it is. they run into each other. he's safe at first. the ball gets away. bernadinea goes to 3rd. they're trying to stop him and he scores anyway. >> a comedy of errors for the

astros gives the nationals the winning run topping houston 5-4 in the 11th. >> the coach says it's not pretty but it's a win. we'll take it. it's 6:25. a groundbreaking today for new express lanes on interstate 95. learn when you can start driving them. >> you can get your chance to tell pepco what you really think about june's storm. learn when and where you can get your say. >> right now beverly farmer has a quick check on traffic. >> talking about not pretty, it's been 66 eastbound with a couple of problems ahead of you. eastbound in falls church jammed, a crash before fairfax drive. tow trucks in the left lane. now a new crash in vienna near nutley street east on 66. you're watching 9news now. thanks for joining us this morning. we'll be right back.

thank you for starting your day with us. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. meteorologist howard bernstein is live on the weather terrace. i think we have a shot of the jefferson memorial. 78 degrees there. looks like there's a little haze in the air. we'll get the details from mr. bernstein on the weather terrace. >> hazy and muggy. i'm out here in the thick of it here in northwest d.c. the humidity levels way up once again this morning. the muggies are here. there's been a little break up north. slightly drier air has filtered into places in upper montgomery county, howard, loudoun county

and points north west of that where it doesn't feel too bad. it is sticky here this morning. here's a look at our day planner. we're looking outside at tysons corner. clouds breaking up sm. we have high thin clouds. 85 by noon again with the high thin clouds and 88 at 5:00. a stray shower or storm can't be ruled out. high about 91 degrees. we're looking at showers and storms well south and east of us. had a few overnight fredricksburg into charles county which have dissipated so a quiet morning. there's radar. you see the showers which went into charles county and fell apart as they moved there. there are the low 60s martinsburg and frederick. we're still a sticky 78 going to 91. 6:30 beverly farmer is in for monika. timesaver traffic. going to cost you extra time on 66 eastbound with two separate crashes. eastbound getting out of fair oaks and toward vienna, the crash at nutley street tying up the two left lanes. squeezing by to the right then inside the beltway you're slammed through falls church. the crash near fairfax drive

ballston was moved on to the left shoulder but now the tow trucks have arrived. they're tying the left lane up again eastbound trying to get into ballston. if traveling on the 95 and 395 corridors volume getting into woodbridge, lorton into newington. heavier volume through landmark but with the lanes open as you leave edsall road toward the 14th street bridge. the stretch of 95 between fredricksburg and richmond, long-standing crash near 207 carmel church. that's the 104 mile marker. some traffic is able to get by there now in each direction. beltway in maryland earlier crash inner loop of the beltway near route 5 branch avenue is out of the way. i-270 southbound volume delays just getting into hyattstown from urbana. heavier volume getting down through rockville but with all lanes open frederick down toward the beltway. that's a look at timesaver traffic. the next update at 6:43. >> thank you, beverly. secretary of state hillary clinton is heading to turkey to talk about the future of syria. the civil war there has its neighbors concerned. >> charlie rose sat down to

talk to the king of jordan about syria. he's back in new york now with a preview of his interview. good morning. >> good morning. only on cbs this morning, jordan's king abdullah on the scenarios that could play out in syria. i asked the king about the options for syria's president and this concern about chemical weapons and the search for a solution to the crisis. we'll have that and more when we see you at 7:00. >> charlie, did he mention in your interview would he thought it would take to get more western nations involved in this conflict? a lot of people don't want to weigh in on the civil war but seems like we're headed in that direction. >> i think what he did -- he did not specifically address the question what it will do to get to them because he thinks the ball is in their court. he clearly is concerned about what follows after assad goes. i think most people believe that i talked to there. and he believes that this thing will play it out certainly by the end of the year. but he also said that syria's

stronger than some people think it is in terms of the regime and the firepower they have. lots of concern about their chemical weapons. the rebels are getting stronger. we're going to see i think a climatic battle. it's an interesting time and day by day it gets different and we have these defections taking place. >> not only high level defections but other people from the war torn areas coming to jordan putting a strain on that economy as well. >> indeed. we went to a camp, a refugee camp and to see the sort of bewilderment in the eyes of these young kids, it's extraordinary. >> charlie rose, we'll be watching. thank you. >> thank you. the national sikh center in rockville, maryland is going to hold a vigil tonight. it's going to honor those

killed at a sunday shooting in wisconsin. >> delia goncalves is live in our satellite center with their reaction to this tragedy. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we spoke to several of hem, members of the sikh -- of them, members of the sikh community at a temple in silver spring, many telling us this terrible tragedy brings back some really bad memories of the days post- 9/11. investigators say the 40-year- old suspect left no letters indicating a motive for the temple shooting in wisconsin but he was an active member of a white supremacist group. detectives say he acted alone and had no ties to the wisconsin temple where he shot a police officer at least eight times at close range and walked indoors and killed six worshipers. the pain felt all over the country and here at home within washington's close-knit sikh community. >> we do not know what the motive ever the assailant was but the fact is that he singled out the six -- especially the six with the turbines on. >> we went through this 9/11

where the first person who got killed after the 9/11 was a sikh itself, mistaken identity. >> this is my homeland, my home. my children are born here. my brothers and sisters are here, everybody. >> it's important for us not to put the blame on any one person or group of people. it's to educate one another about who we are, where we're from and what we do. >> reporter: investigators believe the suspect's ties to white supremacist bands could have led him to the violence. we discovered the bands are backed by a maryland-based label in lithicum, maryland near bwi. the label representatives released a statement shortly after we knocked on the doors for comment saying they do not condone the violence and have removed all images of page from its website. the suspect, the 40-year-old suspect was shot and killed by police officers in ways. -- in wisconsin. back to you. >> delia goncalves with that live update from our satellite center this morning.

a university of maryland student accused of making threats is expected to plead guilty today. police seder der song posted multiple -- say alexander song posted multiple threats online. he wrote he wanted to go on a shooting rampage. he was arrested last march after other internet users reported the threat. police say they didn't find any weapons in his dorm room or at his parents' home. we are still three months away from the presidential election and the rhetoric is starting to heat up now. president obama spoke at a fund- raiser last night in connecticut and he offered this criticism of mitt romney's economic plans. >> he'd ask the middle class to pay more in taxes so he could give another $250,000 tax cut to people making more than $3 million a year. it's like robin hood in reverse. it's romney hood. >> the president said rosm

any's tax -- romney's tax plan would hike taxes on the middle class family. romney is beeght the president, however, -- is beating the president, however, when it comes to fund raising. he has more than $101 million just last month compared to $75 million for the president. the third month in a row the g.o.p. has brought in more money than the democrats. andrea? at 6:37 we have a quiter alert. -- commuter alert. work begins today on relief for virginia drivers. governor mcdonnell will take place in the official groundbreaking for the new express toll lanes that will extend from stafford to north of the beltway. it will give a free ride to car poolers or you could pay to ride in the express lanes. the relief is scheduled to happen when it opens 2014. a lot of you have to a lot to say about pepco's performance after the june derecho left thousands without power. tonight is your night to say

it. the first of two hearings will take place tonight at 7:00 at the montgomery county office building on maryland acin rockville. -- maryland avenue in rockville. then another at prince george's county community college in largo. 6:38. jessica doyle is watching your money and your waistline. >> she says getting food delivered is more than just pizza and sushes these days. -- subs these days. >> ordering food and delivery, it's getting a high-tech makeover. this is for takeout of course and maybe delivery to your door. nowadays you can order online. there are a bunch of companies that let you order over your smartphone. that makes lunch and dinner easy but it can also make it more costly and less healthy. a recent study from the university of rochester evaluated 160,000 online orders to a north carolina pizza chain over the course of four and a half years. since people didn't have to place their orders with human beings, orders placed anonpowsly came in with more --

anonymously came in with more calories and a higher cost. but the same online tools that help you load on extra cheese on a pizza can also be used to customize a healthier meal. for example, sites like grubhub have recently added more options. >> we had a lot of people really ask for these kind of low fat, low carb, convention tear january, -- vegetarian, gluten free because they want more healthy options. >> we're waking up to the healthy options out there. when you order online you can place requests like taking off sauces and substituting healthier sides. portion control easy at home. put half of your order right in the frig as soon as it arrives. not only is it cutting calories but turning one meal into two, possibly three and saving you money rather than eating an entire pound of pasta when it shows up at your door. >> do they have an app for willpower so i will put it in

the frig? >> thank you. >> you got it. our time is coming up on 6:40. in 9 minutes an update on batman. howard says temperatures could be creeping up today. we'll be in the low 90s. some breaks of sun. we'll get a peak of the weekend forecast as well. we'll be right back.

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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 to 9news now tuesday morning. 6:44. 78 rather muggy degrees out there. we're starting timesaver traffic with a look at 66. it's been a trouble spot. live shot from sky 9 shows the wreck on 66 in vienna near nutley street still tying up the far hf lane. eastbound -- hov lane. eastbound delays. a crash near fairfax drive in ballston. delays getting past fairfax drive, getting through falls church where the left lane has been blocked near fairfax drive with the recovery effort. if you travel on the beltway in

maryland, slow spot getting into the work zone between new hampshire and university boulevard and off and on around to georgia avenue in silver spring. the story we've been talking about since early this morning on 95 south of fredricksburg close to the carmel church exit. that's the 104 mile marker, route 207. some traffic is able to get buy in each direction but delays. your next check of timesaver traffic comes up at 6:58. back to you. >> 6:45 our check on weather right here now with howard. >> still quick outside. the humid -- sticky outside. humidity lefts are up. you guys in frederick, maybe up in montgomery, you felt a little bit of the humidity drop but it's not going to be lasting all that long. let's start you off with the day planner. we're expecting the high clouds to be around for the day today with temperatures climbing into the middle 80s by lunch time with the humidity. winds going east to southeast at 5 to 10 miles an hour. there's a slight chance we'll see a shower in one or two spots late this afternoon.

still 88 at 5:00 p.m., high of about 91. with the lower humidity levels we've seen temperatures drop just a touch. mid- to upper 60s in the northern shenandoah valley. south of town toward orange, a touch of fog down there with 75 in fredericksburg the easton is 75. here in washington a sticky 78 degrees. outside on our michael & son weather camera, you can see lots of the high clouds i'm talking about here in tysons corner looking off toward the east with 78. that dew point, though, still above 70 so feel feeling tropical. humidity 81%. the feels like temperature at 80. high clouds streaming in from the southwest to the northeast. the upper level winds are moving in that direction with most of the rain along i-40 well south of us in north carolina, we will see some showers in southeastern virginia today, even through lunch time. around here we'll have a pop-up shower or two. it really looks like 98, 99% of us won't even be bothered by this. as we head toward tomorrow morning, still looking at the

showers south. we'll see a few showers start to pop especially in the mountains but can't rule out the isolated storm around here. watching ernesto in the tropics, this thing is getting stronger. you can see the center of circulation, we color enhanced the cloud tops otherwise we can't see it if we don't use the infrared sensors so the coldest ones show up darkest. you can clearly how they're starting to wrap around a center here. that could become a hurricane later today. and hurricane warnings are up in the yucatan because it looks like by late tonight, early tomorrow morning we could have a land falling hurricane maybe toward tulum, the yucatan coast. so belize would be spairped the brunt of this but -- spared the brunt of this but mexico will get it. south of cancun and cozumel will get hit later tonight. here's the forecast. 91. isolated shower or storm. tonight 75 with a high tomorrow 92. chance of afternoon storms. so yellow alerts wednesday and

thursday. and friday is going to be yellow if not red. friday could be an active weather day with storms 89. maybe a lingering storm saturday 87 and nice on sunday also 87. back to you. >> thank you, howard. it is 6:48. remember the story of lenny rib bongson? >> he's -- robinson? gles' the maryland man that dresses up like batman and visits children in area hospitals. now he has a new ride. >> there are no windows and there is no roof. >> reporter: for the past 11 years, robinson has spent his spare time visiting sick children in hospitals around the country. in fact, back in march he was headed to a hospital then when montgomery county police pulled him over for not properly displaying the license plate on his old batmobile. >> he was just, hey, buddy, you know, do you have a license plate? >> reporter: then last month shortly after the colorado movie shooting that killed 12 people and wounded dozens more,

two hospitals called canceling robinson's visit with the kids. >> i understand it and i respect their decision. fortunately the other hospitals welcomed me. >> reporter: that's why wherever he goes, robinson continued to pick up fans who just want a picture with him and now the new batmobile. >> we saw the car and thought it would be a good idea to follow him. cool car. >> reporter: despite the shooting in aurora, colorado robinson says he's received many more phone calls from many hospitals around the nation asking him to bring the batmobile and greet kids at hospitals. , wjz eyewitness news. >> robinson adds he wanted the 1966 batmobile because it's the original vehicle and, yes, it has the license plates properly displayed. >> i wonder where he found that. really neat. 6:49. time now to reveal the answer to our question of the morning. the question one more according to men's health magazine, 98% of women surveyed want one of

these things from their significant other. is it a, a little pda action public display of affection, b, home cooked meal or c, a date night? >> women in our newsroom disagreed with this but the answer is a, some public displays of affection. >> i'm kind of shocked by that actually. home cooked meal is what i thought it was going to be. >> date night. a check of the news before you go is coming up next.

6:53. we've got the high clouds out there now. we're going to see a day with a mix of high clouds, sunshine. temperatures by noon in the mid- #s on. we'll top out -- mid-80s of the we'll top out upper 80s, 90 with a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm. today is tuesday, august 7.

here's a check of the news before you go. people going to the howard county fair are being told to wash their hands often after checking out the livestock. about a dozen cases of swine flu have popped up around the country and the illnesses have been linked to public contact with pigs at county and state fairs. work on the reflecting pool at the lincoln memorial is nearly finished. it's been closed since 2010 for a $34 million reconstruction. "the washington post" reports crews are going to refill the pool over the next few weeks. the astros made two errors on an 11th inning funk. d.c. tops houston 5-4. the nationals are now 17-9 since the all-star break. cbs this morning begins at the top of the hour. they'll talk with senator joe lieberman on his upcoming retirement and his thoughts of the presidential race. before that we'll have one more check of traffic and weather so stay with 9news now. i got the chance to start my own business.

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one more thing before we go, you ever seen your cat playing outside, maybe playing hockey with a mouse. you've seen that happen, right? >> i've seen it happen. but this story is creepy almost. cats as predatory animals. >> violent beasts. apparently they only bring home 30% of what they kill and often don't kill what they catch. there's a scientific study showing they actually kill a lot more than that and leave 49% of what they attack. >> i'm a cat owner. i love cats, dogs, all creatures but apparently they're killing a lot of birds, too. when we see a drop in certain birds in the wild, it's because cats are killing them but i've got to say amber, she's a great mouser, part of the reason i

have her. >> i'm a dog guy. >> she brings me little presents sometimes to show me the love. hot, humid day today. maybe a shower or storm, one or two out there, 91. tomorrow 92 with an afternoon storm. thursday 94, afternoon storm. friday, stay up on the weather on friday. there could be some strong storms then. we've been chasing the delays on 66 this morning. crash cleared out of your way eastbound near nutley street. one inside the beltway in falls church. actually getting into ballston has also been cleared so the pace is better in falls church jammed up from fair lakes into vienna with the crash just out of the way. if traveling on 95, 395 heading to the 14th street bridge, no obstacles. in fact better than average for you. back to you. wall street is looking higher this morning. a little good news for us. >> good stuff. cbs this morning is coming up next. charlie rose talks to the king of jordan and actors jeremy renny and ed norton. take care.