trying to prevent cancers and doing exercise. >> sweating indoors and people were sweating outdoors. >> manual was it sticky yesterday. sticky again this morning. humidity is way up. no surprise. we're going to get rid of some of that over the weekend. this morning it's sticky and it's going to stay hot and sticky for the afternoon. let's show you the day planner. we're talking temperatures which will be toward 90 by noon. highs 90 to 95. it's 76 now. code orange on the air quality. that's unhealthy for the sensitive groups. as we head into the weekend, that's when things will change for the better. advice i can't as quarter mile -- advice i can'ts -- visibilities a quarter mile now down in stafford. even the tappahannock airport one quarter mime. even parts of upper montgomery county, southern frederick, parts of northern loudoun we've seen patchy fog there. only storms we're watching is southwest pa and that's falling apart and temperatures running in the 70s in most areas right now. let's go to beverly farmer.

what's happening on our roads at 5:00 a.m.? not a whole lot which is great news. friday eve we like to call it easing into the weekend and we're looking great right now if you're making the drive on northbound 95. only building volume north into fredricksburg, making your way past stafford, quantico, into woodbridge and here in springfield, the left side of the screen are the headlights toward you going north. virginia drivers 66, likewise we've got overnight work out of your way and the pace in from manassas and on in toward the fairfax county parkway here heading in past the beltway in falls chump has been great. no -- church has been great. no early troubles. they've pulled all of the construction out of your help. in bethesda, no problems there. 95 in maryland in good shape. 50 the bw parkway, downtown traffic all check in a-okay. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. an investigation is under

way into what caused a fire that killed a 5-year-old girl and left her father and uncle with serious injuries. >> firefighters had to pull the girl and uncle out of the burning duplex. geel deal is live -- delia goncalves is live at washington hospital center with more this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's a pretty sad story. firefighters were devastated after some really valiant efforts to try to save these young people. they did end up losing unfortunately that 5-year-old girl. we tell you the girl's 24-year- old dad and 15-year-old uncle are here at washington hospital center inside the burn unit receiving treatment at this hour. they suffered severe smoke inhalation we're told. flames broke out in the capitol heights duplex around 4:30 yesterday afternoon. when firefighters arrived at the 6300 block of carrington court, they found the 24-year- old father in the front yard telling crews that two children were trapped inside the home.

both kids were pulled from the fire and were unconscious without a pulse but paramedics worked very hard and were able to revive both children. sadly we know the 5-year-old never made it. she passed later that night. >> good family. family, three kids. i mean, just an average american family. just to come home to this? this is too much. i need to find my family. >> i had walked outside to go to the store. fire was coming from the side of the house. so i started screaming "help! " >> reporter: you could hear the panic it caused to many neighbors in that area. imagine what relatives were feeling like. we have a sound from one relative coming up at 5:30 who got a frantic phone call from his mother who nearly was hysterical because her family members were trapped inside

that story. we'll have that side of the story coming up in a half-hour. back to you. >> delia goncalves from the washington hospital center. we'll keep updated you on this story. prince george's county police are investigating the murder of a 40-year-old man after getting calls yesterday asking for a check on the man's welfare. officers went to his home in the 6200 block of kenilworth avenue. they forced their way in when no one answered. inside they found the man's body. he had been shot several times. detectives are trying to identify possible suspects and a motive. they have not yet released the victim's name. a takoma park man is facing charges of prostitution and human trafficking. investigators charged freddy leguisamon. police say some of the women came to the country illegally.

regulators hear more discontent from pepco customers. they heard from customers in largo, maryland. the psc is taking comments about the electric company's response after the derecho storm. 5:05. time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> here's jessica. >> after wall street investor focus turns yet again to the job market, something everybody is concerned about, the headliner on today's economic calendar, the labor department releases its weekly jobless claims. this comes after some recent -- [indiscernible] the dow starts this morning at 13,175 after adding 7 points but we saw a reversal on the nasdaq. it dipped by four and the s&p 500 was pretty much flat on the day. some changes may be coming to google search engine.

changes that will put your information front and center. when you type in a search query, google will still serve up a bunch of related links. and now also will search your g- mail account and deliver your relevant e-mails as well. google is testing this feature with a million g-mail users who must sign up to participate. their more than 425 million users can already search within their e-mail accounts to find something they need, such as an order from amazon.com or airline reservation. the market for mail beauty products is booming. a.o.l. reports that spending on men's toiletries has increased by $222 million since 2006 hitting $2.4 billion. the men's facial skin care market revenue rised 11% alone in 2011. mike is looking pretty beautiful all on his own, though. >> he's moisturizing three times a day. >> he loves his facials.

>> i do, yes. moving right along into the next half-hour, what do you have in. >> we're going to take a look at how the airlines are doing getting your bags to their destination on time. we'll do that. >> putting a little stress into the body there, too. thank you. there is fresh fighting and conflicting reports coming out of syria's biggest city. that story coming up. mexico bracing for a second punch from what was hurricane ernesto. and ahead in sports, talk about helping his own cause, nats pitcher gio gonzalez hits his first big league home run. we'll be right back with the highlights. kids, do you know what it is that makes this country great? the constitution our forefathers wrote? our unified belief in the american dream? yes! those are some of the great things i was thinking of.

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5:09 on this muggy morning. temps in the 70s. there's a lone shower in the lower eastern shore. other than that, just some fog. here's a look at your day planner. the fog is down mostly south of town. patches in the northern suburbs too. we'll warm quickly. sunny and 90 by noon. highs 90 to 95. could be a late day thunderstorm in one or two spots. looks like a much better chance of storms on trip. i'll tell you more about that in about five minutes. we go to beverly farmer in for upon ta with a look at timesaver traffic. we have pretty much a clean slate. into manassas heading on into the beltway, everything wide open for you as you make the

trip towards falls church. your next check of traffic at 5:16. back to you. >> thank you, beverly. making news now coming up on 5:10, the f.b.i. now says the gunman in the sikh temple shooting killed himself. a responding officer did shoot wade michael page in the stomach but investigators say page then shot himself in the head. one of the latest rallies in support of the shooting victims and their families took place last night across from the white house. parts of syria's largest city is -- are getting bombarded by government troops. the latest attacks come after rebel leaders claim they had gained control of key parts. tropical storm ernesto is back over open water this morning. people are cleaning up from the heavy rains and gusty winds. three deaths are blamed on ernesto which could regain hurricane strength before hitting mexico's mainland. here in washington, the last day in the 90s for a

while, at least for a little while. howard has the details in the seven-day forecast at 5:16. today is buddy check 9. we highlight a program. do you have redskins fever? coming up at 5:22, rg3 takes the field in his first preseason game. that's coming up tonight. we'll be right back. u made me ? 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'.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. it's 5:13. looking forward to a change in his sing song about 90s, sticky, hot wet gler we'll get -- weather. >> we'll get back to the 80s this weekend. not the 1980s. >> i loved the '80s. >> a vh1 special. we've got heat and humidity on the way again today. the sticky stuff is going on big time. we have patchy dense fog. we'll talk about that in a moment. your day planner, we're looking at temperatures climbing to around 90 degrees. yes, 90 degrees by lunch time with the sunshine. then this afternoon we're looking at an isolated thunderstorm possible with high temperatures in the upper -- excuse me, low to mid-90s. we'll be back in the upper 80s by 8:00. probably just seeing an isolated storm leftover but i think most of us will be fairly

quiet for the day today. just hot, sticky. code orange air quality. that's unhealthy for sensitive groups. keep that in mind if you're very young or old or have respiratory ailments. quarter mile visibility for manassas. also stafford. tappahannock as well. some of the traffic cameras like around the truck scale have shown the patches of dense fog, the ground fog that i think will be around for just an hour or two here. sunrise today 6:17. so by 7:00, 7:30, even the foggy areas should be pretty good. a lone shower here and one shower in the lower eastern shore and the thunderstorm in pennsylvania is weakening as it's moving just south trying to sneak toward allegheny county near cumberland. other than that, a quiet, sticky morning. 72 andrews and upper marlboro. got 70 in bowie. prince fred wick coming in with 72 -- frederick coming in with 72 as well. 70 leesburg. the humidity way, way up this morning. good visibility under clear

skies on our michael & son weather camera. national reporting partly cloudy conditions. they were clear last hour. 75 with a dew point of 72. so that is feeling awful sticky. humidity # 9%. -- humidity 89%. relatively quiet. cluster of storms continue out to our west and northwest. there's a front coming into northern minnesota. that comes in tomorrow late, tomorrow night. out ahead of it the moist air. the heat of the day will pop a couple of storms here and there. not too much i don't think this afternoon. so a quieter day than what we saw yesterday. tonight an isolated shower or storm. look at this. tomorrow morning we're looking at a couple of showers and storms around. more midday. several rounds of storms. with the front coming, potentially strong to severe storms out ahead of it as well. much better weather by saturday afternoon and sunday. so our forecast, we've got the yellow alert. this is border line for the isolated storm. 94. tonight 70s with a chance of a shower or storm. 89 tomorrow. scattered showers and storms,

some could be strong. early showers saturday 86. sunday looks good, 88 along with monday with a high around 90. right now 5:16. right now time for beverly farmer. howard right now we're going to let you know about some rail delays. metrorail blue and yellow lines single tracking trains between braddock national airport with a track problem so a heads up there as you head out to metro. outer loop of the beltway on the right side of your screen new hampshire avenue, still running at speed in the work zone around university boulevard and bethesda. maryland beltway all around i- 270 corridor looking good out of frederick county with no incidents or accidents. we mentioned patchy fog, mostly tree top level around the area. clarksburg looks good as you make your way down towards the beltway. 50 from annapolis toward cheverly in good shape. so far so good if you're on 95 in virginia. no troubles there. very light volume still as you make the ride to 395 or making

your way to the beltway through alexandria. next timesaver traffic comes up at 5:23. the nationals are playing some pretty tight games with the worst teams in the major leagues but somehow they end up finding a way. highlights coming up. >> plus, redskins nation is ready for tonight's debut of rg3. woohoo. >> let's take another look at the question of the day. statistics from tech world today suggest that this item outsells the ipod. is it a, the iphone, b, hearing aids or c, flat screen tvs. >> here's a look at a response posted on the facebook fan page by terry. this must be a trick question. i would think c, flat screen tvs would outsell just about anything. but it's probably not the right

answer. oh well.

good thursday morning. it's muggy out there. patchy fog toward stafford, manassas, warrenton, those areas. patchy ground fog to our north as well. temperatures, in the upper 60s to mid-70s this morning. by 9:00 83 in baltimore. we'll be near 80 here with mid- 70s. could be a couple of showers or storms in the mountains. we'll head toward lunch time at 90. then this afternoon just an

isolated storm lives 90 to 95. andrea and mike? >> thanks, howard. nats starter gio gonzalez gives the bullpen a break by throwing a complete game. >> you ready to see rg3 throw his first pass in a game for a change? kristen berset previews tonight's preseason opener sports. good morning, everybody. the much anticipated and talked about debut of robert griffin iii is almost here. tonight the qb will make his debut in a game in a skins uniform but if you want to see him play, you need to tune in early. he's only going to play a couple of series at the beginning. considering the amount of injuries on the offensive line, that's a good thing. less chance of injury for the rookie qb but still enough to evaluate how he's coping with the playbook. offensive coordinator kyle shanahan hopes rg3 simply enjoys the experience. >> i hope he goes out there and has fun. we're going to go out there and

hopefully try not to put too much pressure on him. give everybody a chance to get the ball. hope he can have some fun. >> it's going to be fun. first pre-game, even if it is a preseason game, it will be the first pre-game, first travel with the team. so it will be an eye opening experience and i look forward to it. >> gio gonzalez gives up one run in the 2 ndz but fix -- 2nd but fixes that with his first at-bat, his first career home run. he got it done on defense too. look at this reflex. he's like yeah, no problem. i've got it. then in the inning nats up 3-2 after the 6th. in the 9th, gio coming for a complete game. nats win their fifth straight 4- 3. gio picks up his 14th win in his second career complete game. that's a quick look at sports this morning. i'll be live later today from

buffalo so be sure to tune in. i'm kristen berset. have a great thursday. >> howard says a chance of showers for the game tonight so take an umbrella with you. you may be saddled with those extra fees but there's a little good news for airline passengers. that story is coming up. >> plus, we'll preview the start of today's special session on gambling at the state house in annapolis. a quick check of the commute, beverly? >> mike, we're looking good on the roadways. good news there. i-95 corridor no early troubles. the pace getting into dale city, woodbridge and on into springfield. your next check of timesaver traffic at 5:28. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back. stay with us.

welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. good morning. happy thursday. we made it to thursday. good morning. i'm mike hydeck. beverly farmer is in for monika samtani and will have traffic

momentarily. howard bernstein is here. if you're going to the game tonight, you say maybe bring along a rain poncho. >> buffalo will be 80 but a chance of showers tonight. they may be playing in some raindrops. >> do you think the skins will haul up to buffalo for a preseason game? i would love to know. >> there will be some who will make it. for the few that will make it. >> chris ten better set is going -- kristen berset is going. >> that's a reason to go right there. >> somebody is going. go with the flow. >> maybe they'll go to see kristen and rg3. weather wise let's talk about the humidity. we've got once again a sticky morning. got some fog in a few spots. it's going to be a very hot, humid afternoon. here's the day planner. we've got temperatures by noon up toward 90. 5:00 93. we're looking at a decent amount of sunshine today with only an isolated afternoon storm expected. sunrise not until 6:17. sets about 8:16 this evening.

visibilities a problem down south. manassas has dropped again to zero. quarter mile warrenton. half-mile stafford. visibility issues toward salisbury and patches of fog but that's your dense stuff. even the tappahannock airport a half a mile down in virginia. we've got one little shower here which is dying in southwestern pennsylvania trying to get into western maryland. other than that here are your temperatures. la plata 69. cambridge 73. it's 71 in gaithersburg. again patchy fog. some of the rural areas of loudoun and fairfax and montgomery county and frederick counties. in the mid-60s in martinsburg. beverly farmer, 5:29, volume starting to pick up a little bit. it is picking up but without any obstacles. that's the key. the obstacle is on metrorail. i will remind folks of that. that is with blue and yellow line impacted between national and braddock, between reagan national airport and braddock road, single tracking trains with a problem there. no problems in southeast. that building volume that

howard was talking about on pennsylvania avenue, branch avenue with all lanes open. suitland parkway, 295 headed for the 11th street bridge. for folks headed west on the beltway, outer loop of the beltway into silver spring, no early incidents but the pace is still decent as you make your way past university boulevard. virginia drivers, north on 95, 395 good as you make the trip up toward the 14th street bridge. your next check of timesaver traffic at 5:39. back to you. >> see you then, bev. thank you very much. this morning maryland lawmakers are going to convene in annapolis for the second special session of the year. >> the first session addressed the budget crisis. this time around the general assembly will debate gambling. governor martin o'malley is supporting a bill to expand gambling in the state. the proposal would legalize table games in addition to slots. plus, lawmakers will also consider adding a sixth casino site, one that could end up at national harbor. >> we can create jobs. we can maximize the dollars

that come from this. gaming has been approved by every single jurisdiction by the voters a few years ago in order to keep it competitive, in order to maximize the dollars that come to the state, we believe that this is the right way to go. >> a prince george's county group opposed to gambling plans to demonstrate outside the state capitol and then share their views with lawmakers. this morning an investigation is under way into a deadly house fire in prince george's county. doctors couldn't save a 5-year- old girl who was pulled from a duplex in capitol heights yesterday afternoon. both her father and teenage uncle suffered life-threatening injuries. delia goncalves is live in washington hospital with more. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike, andrea. a very difficult story, especially for neighbors and family members of this small, close-knit family who lived inside of that home in capitol heights. the girl's father, 24 years old, we're told he suffered

severe burns over 50% of his body. her 15-year-old uncle was also burned and this morning he is in critical condition here at washington hospital center. when firefighters arrived to the carrington court duplex yesterday evening, flames were shooting out of the second floor window we're told. the 24-year-old father was in the front yard telling rescue crews the children were trapped inside. both kids were pulled from the second floor windows. paramedics worked very hard, were able to revive both kids but later we learned the 5-year- old little girl passed. >> just want my cousins to be all right. talking to my mom on the phone, you seen how hysterical she was and how she couldn't drive. it was just eating me up. the girl's 5 years old. just a happy, go lucky kid.

>> reporter: that 15-year-old kid is fighting for his life at this hour. pg county fire spokesman mark brady tweeted out a message shortly after 10:00 after learning of the deaths of that 5-year-old little girl. he tweeted, quote, it is profound sadness we have to announce a 5-year-old girl rescued from the fire in capitol heights has died as a rut of her injuries. -- result of her injuries. you can imagine how it affected those paramedics who worked so hard to revive both kids who were pulled out of that fire unconscious and without a pulse only to learn hours later that this little girl lost her bath. the investigation into -- her battle. the investigation into the fire continues. >> thanks, delia. a former culpeper, virginia police officer accused of killing an unarmed woman is now scheduled to go on trial in january. daniel harmon-wright is accused of shooting 54-year-old patricia cook last february as

she sat in the driver's seat of her jeep outside a church. police have sefd the former officer was -- said the former officer was responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle. he has pleaded not guilty in the case. d.c. police captain hilton burton formally a commander is filing a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the city. it's all over fallout from actor charlie sheen's high speed police es scart last year. -- escort last year. he said he was demoted after saying escorts were commonplace. captain burton says his rights were violated under the whistle blower protection act. chief lanier has previously said burton's demotion was due to poor job performance, not council testimony. some trees that could post a safety had discard to drivers -- hazard to drivers will soon be removed. it comes in the wake of the death of a driver last month

when an oak tree fell on to his car on georgetown pike. arborists have determined 50 more trees pose a danger and need to come down. some other trees will be closely watched. an update on a landslide that left two homes uninhabitable in stafford county, virginia. it happened last september after days of rain. then the ground gave way behind a row of houses along brush evert court. the repairs are expected to cost about a half million dollars but the majority of the work will be donated by the private companies making those repairs. another $150,000 will be donated by the county. it is 5:35. time for the latest your money report now. >> jessica doyle is back. if you're having trouble paying off those student loans, you are not alone. >> that's right. paying over $100,000 for a college degree often pays you back with a great career. we know that, right? but the student loan debt can hang around your neat like an albatross. believe it or not it can follow

you around till retirement. nowadays even social security benefits are being garnished. smartmoney.com reports that the federal government is with holding money from a rapidly growing number of social security recipients. this is up about 50% so far this year. this can be a big chunk of cash, too. generally running up to 15%. so say you're making $1200 a month from social security. that would mean losing $190 out of that paycheck. these seniors may not even be paying for their own education. they may be in hock to help their own kids pay for college. others went back to school later in life. here's some good news for frequent flyers. airlines are delivering your bags on time more than ever. a report from an information technology company shows that 99.1% of checked baggage actually arrived on time in 2011. >> no way. >> this is the highest rate on record. but there is more to the numbers than meets the eye. fewer people are checking their

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it is 5:40 on this thursday morning. a very muggy morning out there. once again high humidity levels and patchy dense fog in spots, especially south of town. here's a look at the day planner. the fog won't be around too long. we'll have a sunny day. it's going to be hot, 90 by noon. in fact 90 to 95. i think 94 here in d.c. with an isolated thunderstorm possible in spots this afternoon and this evening. better chance of storms on friday. i'll tell you about that in

five minutes. beverly farmer is in. she'll tell but timesaver traffic. northbound interstate 95 virginia side, checking out the ride to get into dumfries. there are brief delays heading into quantico at this hour. fairly typical here in dumfries. still looks good getting into the hov lanes. just brief delays in woodbridge. your next timesaver traffic at >> thank you, beverly. i've been combing through the day's daily deals to find you deep discounts. here are some of my favorites. this deal will make you feel pretty zen. pay $8 for eight yoga classes. this is normally $136 value, a whopping 94% off. the deal is with dude today b yoga on u -- buddha b yoga on u street northwest. how about wireless speakers. bestbuy.com has the blu tooth wireless speaker for $39.99, down from a hundred bucks.

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so i get claritin clear. this is all bayberry. bayberry pollen. very allergenic. non-drowsy claritin relieves my worst symptoms only claritin is proven to keep me as alert and focused as someone without allergies. live claritin clear. good morning. welcome back to 9news now. 5:46. people are excite. there are some going to buffalo but most of us will be watching the game on tv tonight. redskins versus the bills. >> that's right. 80ish with a couple of showers in the forecast this evening for the buffalo area. what about our area? >> hot, sticky, isolated storm this afternoon but we could be near 95 before the day is out. done that way too much this summer. it's going to get better over the weekend. just hang in there. we'll make it. here's your day planner for this thursday. we've got the temperatures showing up here. did i not set the computer?

that's entirely possible. that's exactly what happened as we're looking at that shower toward hancock. here's your day planner where we need to be. temperatures are going to climb pretty quickly into the upper 80s by 11:00 a.m. even 90 by noon. 91 at 1:00. this afternoon we'll make a run toward 94, 95 before the day is out. when you're not seeing any thunderstorm symbol, later this afternoon an isolated storm could pop up. i think rain chances today maybe 20%. the problem is anything that develops could be on the hefty side. this morning we've got fog we're dealing with. stafford quarter mile visibility. manassas reporting zero. we've seen an improvement in tappahannock. they were about a half mile last time we checked. as far as any showers or storms, got a couple in the lower eastern shore. then one or two little ones in south central pennsylvania. this one is weakening as it's moving toward cumberland with

some sprinkles. this guy north of hancock started to kick up a little bit. that's moving just south and east so areas in toward washington county right along the pennsylvania border we'll have to watch out for that one over the next hour or so. temps are in the 70s most spots. a few areas now in the middle 60s and with some fog in the neighborhood, culpeper 68. still a little ways until sunrise, 6:17 this morning. we'll start to see light out there on our michael & son weather camera with a temperature of 77. it's steamy. 89% relative humidity and a light south, southwesterly wind at 6 miles an hour. here's the future cast. got all this humidity around. the moist air mass is in place. that's going to help just get one or two storms going this afternoon. 3:00 not too much. by 6:00, 7:00 you'll see the isolated storm. tonight a couple of showers and storms start to move in, even toward tomorrow morning. then tomorrow scattered showers and storms ahead of this cold front. some of them could be strong to severe. the front clears us tomorrow night and into saturday

morning. maybe a leftover shower early saturday. 94 today, isolated thunderstorm. friday better chance of storms, maybe some strong ones so yellow alerts all three days. today is borderline but definitely tomorrow 89. saturday some early showers could slow you down in the morning, 86. as we head towards sunday, looking good. saturday afternoon looks better. sunday looks good, upper 80s. monday around 90. it's 5:49. we're approaching 6:00 a.m. beverly farmer is tracking the commute for you. >> i've got a yellow and blue alert. i'm talking metrorail. a track problem on blue and yellow line impacted it braddock road and reagan national airport where there's single tracking train sharing will take you extra time. 270 southbound a little more crowded here in hyattstown. just volume delays getting past the truck scales. the pace is still good germantown toward the beltway without any problems in the way. 66 eastbound volume building as you make your way east of manassas toward centreville. we're a little below speed. here getting past fair oaks to make your way into vienna still

a good ride into falls church. building volume into quantico getting out of dumfries and getting to woodbridge. 395 getting past landmark and making your way to the 14th street bridge, all lanes open. no accidents to report. just getting word after crash on 270 southbound near 121 clarksburg. details coming up in your next timesaver traffic after 6:00. back you to, mike. >> thanks, bev. we'll talk to you in just a little bit. making news at 5:50 this morning, some mass protesters used flame and smoke to draw attention to their campaign for lower education costs. demonstrators forced passengers off buses and set them on fire in santiago. fir responders had trouble reaching the fiergs because of road -- fires because of road black cades. chile's tuition costs are some of the world's highest. the presidential candidates are campaigning in a couple of key states. president obama is in colorado for a second day of events. new polls show the president is in jeopardy of losing the rocky mountain state he took in 2008. mitt romney stopped in iowa

where he promised to repeal the president's health care reform law if he's elected. an experimental device shows promising results when it comes to saving children's lives when they have failing hearts. of 48 children who received the berlin heart, 90% survived long enough to get a heart transplant exairdz to 2% under- - compared to 2% undergoing conventional treatment. today is the 9th of the month. we want to remind you to call your buddy. do a self-breast exam. >> reporter: women of promise, a project funded over the next two years by a $200,000 grant from komen. the car get group is women ages 20 to 74 with an aggressive outreach to those living in d.c. ward 7 and 8. >> we're especially looking for those women who have not had a

screening in the past two years so they have been disconnected. we want to get them back into care. >> reporter: the director karla williams says volunteer ambassadors will select buddies. they'll support them in getting them a mammogram and educate them about early detection. >> we see that d.c. really still experiences a lot of cancer health disparities, especially when it comes to breast cancer. for example, a woman living in ward 5 or ward 8 is twice as likely to die from breast cancer compared to someone living in ward 3. so because of that, we figure that one of the best ways to reach women with other women who they already know and trust. >> reporter: women of promise hopes to reach more than 2,000 women having at least 70% of them actually getting a mammogram will be a clear measure of success. >> that's really a tall order because women oftentimes even if we reach them with information, they don't make that transition to care. so that's really our benchmark.

how many women are we getting to actually get that screening. >> reporter: gl keep yourself and your buddy in check. text buddy check 9 to 25543 for a monthly early detection alert sponsored by washington radiology associates. the political scandals in the district this year may be having some trickle down effects. >> coming up, we'll tell you about a youth sports program that's in desperate need of funding after huge cutbacks. here's jessica. there's a lot to gripe about at the office and this morning the biggest faux pass when it comes to elevator etiquette. are you an offender? find out at 6:10. you're watching 9news now.

5:55 on this thursday morning. muggy out there. a little bit of fog in spots toward manassas and spotsylvania, warrenton watch out there. temperatures by 9:00 still in the 70s but some, look at this, we've got 80-degree readings already headed toward 90 by noon. might see a couple of storms basically in the mountains through mid afternoon. highs 90 to 95 with just an isolated storm expected. much better chance, though, for storms on friday. michael? a couple of government workers have been using basket basketball as a means to keep d.c. youngsters out of court and on the court instead and out of trouble. bruce johnson reports the founders of metro ball could use a lot more support from the d.c. government, however. >> we have the 19 and under

division. >> reporter: kevin jones works for the airport authority. >> this is 15 games we have on saturday. >> reporter: terence judge for the fcc. together in their spare time they run the metro ball league and they'll tell you that's their most important work. >> 12 years ago the kids in this neighborhood were killing each other. they had kids from this side of the park to that side over on new york avenue, they were shooting each other. >> reporter: this weekend the metro ball tournament will attract some 500 youth to the court at first and n streets. >> while we had them playing basketball, we mentored them. >> reporter: they have a $12,000 grant, a big cut from the $50,000 metro ball got last year before ward 5 councilman harry thomas was caught stealing money from the youth investment trust fund. >> this copses us about $-- costs us about $20,000 a year. we work on grants and donations. >> reporter: the d.c. recreation department, police and other city agencies could

step up with more youth services in kind to ground this weekend's tournament. mayor vincent gray was in the neighborhood to dedicate the adjoining remodeled park. >> this is for the people who already live in the district of columbia. >> reporter: they've -- they got an earful from locals who say new facilities alone are not enough. >> within three weeks of the park opening, criminals came right in and took over waiting outside the gates. >> reporter: here's another major concern. as part of the renovation of this park, the city has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to renovate this building over here. it used to be a day care. the problem is they don't have any programs right now to go in that building. the community people are concerned that after this weekend when all the basketball activities end, what happens to the 500 to 600 kids? >> i'd sad because this building could be used for institute aring and mentor -- for tutoring and mentoring. >> reporter: metro ball will be held all day saturday 1st and n

streets northwest. >> they will take proposals from any group who wants to provide programs in the mely renovated center -- in the newly renovated center starting in october. good morning. i'm andrea roane. we made it to thursday. i'm mike hydeck. monika samtani is off this week. beverly farmer will have traffic momentarily. howard bernstein has our weather first. change is coming. >> big change coming by the time we get into later saturday, saturday night, sunday. drier air, slightly cooler air heads this way. out ahead of it it's still sticky, still going to be hot and we're going to have some thunderstorms to deal with, especially tomorrow. it is august. a few more weeks. hang in there. fall just around that big, big corner. weather wise, we've got some haze out there, about 15 minutes, 17 minutes till sunrise. 76 under the cloudy skies at national airport. 90 by noon. a high around 94 with still 93 at 5:00. sunny a good portion of the day with an isolated storm not out of the question. code orange