hours pushing through. then this afternoon the highs upper 80s to near 90 with a couple of strong storms also possible. here's this morning's rain. you can certainly see this area from the shenandoah valley now moving in toward d.c., central pennsylvania. there's been a little bit of lightning and thunder with this but most of that has been up near the maryland-pennsylvania border. heaviest showers just south of town. let's start north between frederick and gettysburg, myersville, thurmont. you see the reds here? it's really coming down on route 15 going northbound. back in northern virginia, we've got the scattering of showers from front royal. heavier there. sperryville as well. back down to the then down ya valley -- to the shenandoah valley. fauquier county into stafford county, all of this is moving to the northeast. almost to manassas. this is what will be moving in on top of us over the next hour just as the volume is picking up here on the morning commute. 5:00 speaking of that morning commute, here's monika samtani. wet roadways means you need

to slow down, take it easy. although volumes have been very light this august, i still want you to be careful out on the roads, especially when the rain really starts to come down. 95 right now coming in from baltimore looks great. no problems on the bw parkway, route 32 out of columbia or route 29 heading for the beltway. we'll take a live look outside right now and show you what it looks like. if you're planning to head south on 270, volumes are beginning to build out of frederick and here at old georgetown road. you're fine heading for the beltway and down to the american legion bridge. back over to the maps and this time to southern maryland where you're good on route 4, route 5, 301. no issues to report as you head up on 210 from accokeek to oxon hill and the wilson bridge. and a live look one more time outside. here's what it looks like northbound 95 at the franconia springfield parkway. i'll be back with more traffic at 5:09. today maryland's house of delegates takes up a bill to expand gambling. the bill would allow a sixth casino site at national harbor

in prince george's county. >> if it passes, it would legalize table games in addition to the slot machines that exist. it got support in a committee but that does not guarantee smooth sailing when it comes to the full house. kristin fisher is live at national harbor with more on the story. welcome. >> reporter: good morning. by the end of today, we could be one big step closer to getting this new casino here at national harbor. maryland's house of delegates will be voting this afternoon on a bill that would not only approve this new potential gambling site but it would also legalize table games like roulette and blackjack at the casinos across the state. this all comes after last night's marathon committee meeting. after hours of debate, the house, winter games and means committee voted -- the house, ways and means committee voted.

keep in mind there's been a lot of concern that a new is a seen foe at national harbor would take away too much business from the other casinos in the state, both the one that's already here and the planned one in baltimore. so lawmakers are trying to offset the potential economic impact that this future casino could some day have. in the end the committee voted to approve those tax breaks sending the bill to the full house this afternoon. what this means for the rest of today is that the house is scheduled to convene at 2:00 p.m. but keep in mind if approved, this bill still has to be approved by the senate. then it has to be signed by the governor. and then it has to go before voters in november. so we're still a ways away from getting a new casino here at national harbor. at the very least, maybe by the end of today we could see lawmakers reaching their decision up in annapolis. mike, andrea? >> kristin fisher reporting

live with that update from national harbor in prince george's county. an investigation is under way into a deadly fire in cheverly, maryland. prince george's county firefighters rushed to the cheverly station apartment complex on landover road yesterday afternoon. inside one unit they found an unconscious woman. she died sometime later. a marine from northern virginia was killed in afghanistan. begunnery sergeant ryan jeschke was from herndon. he died friday during combat operations in the helmand province. a metro bus hit a woman on jenifer street in northwest. the bus was turning on to the street last night when it hit the woman. her left leg and arm were

banged up pretty badly. there's no -- there were no passengers on the bus at the time. montgomery county voters will not get to vote on a recently passed ambulance fee. the county's volunteer fire rescue association announced an agreement on that fee with county executive ike leggett yesterday. it will now take effect january 1 and it will charge for calling an ambulance. the bill will go straight to a patient's insurance company and the county will pick up whatever isn't paid by insurance. if you don't have insurance, you are going to get the bill. the county expects the fee to bring in $16 million to $18 million. time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> headline time. jessica doyle is here. >> good morning. it was nice while it lasted. we're talking about the s&p 500's recent run. it had been up for six days in a row. best run since december 2010. but new evidence of a global slowdown in asia led to losses around the world. checking the numbers for here at home, the dow stands this morning at 13,169, slipped 38 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq up by 1 and a half.

s&p 500 down by one and a half. wall street will be watching shares of groupon very closely today. they dropped nearly 15% after the bell. the online deals company reported second quarter earnings that beat estimates but sales growth was underwhelming. since its ipo this year, groupon shares have dropped from a high of 31 bucks to trading at about 6 in after hours trading. big, big drop there. help is on the way for farmers strupgling with -- struggling for costs for feed. the government will buy up to $170 million worth of pork, lamb, chicken and catfish. the purchases will go to food banks and other federal food nutrition programs. kind after win-win situation there. >> what do you have for us in the next 30 minutes? >> finding places that will pay you cold hard cash for your trash. >> i'm in. he deflected all the calls for him to seek the republican

presidential nomination. >> but now new jersey governor chris christy gets one of the top spots when it comes to the g.o.p. convention. the nationals scored 11 more points in their baseball game than the cowboys did in their preseason football game last night. we'll be right back with highlights. dad look, you can get eggs, bacon and pancakes for $4. umm. in my day, you get eggs, bacon and pancakes, and it only cost you $4. the $4 everyday value slam. one of 4 tasty choices for $4 off the 2-4-6-8 value menu. only at denny's.

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west of i-95 we've got some showers and even a rumble of thunder to the south and west of d.c. want you to know it is going to be somewhat unsettled weather day. ow day planner calling for -- our day planner calling for temperatures to rise to the middle 80s by lunch time. maybe 90 this afternoon if we get some sunshine. the problem is we'll have a few showers and storms. not all day but the threat will be with us. some of those this afternoon could be strong to severe. i'll be back again in just a few minutes with the full seven- day forecast. right now we go to monika with timesaver traffic. on the northbound side of i- 395 heading to this point at the 14th street bridge, traffic is moving well across the potomac river. in fact, all the potomac and anacosa river crossings are incident free right now. in my next report, we'll take another look at area roads at 5:16. it is coming up on 5:10 this morning. here's what's making news now. serving eviction notices can be a scary thing for police to do. that process led to a shootout at a home not far from texas

a&m university. constable brian bachmannn was serving the notice when shots ran out. the attorney for murdered defendant george zimmerman is trying to get a new judge in the case. the neighborhood watch volunteer is charged with murdering unarmed teenager trayvon martin last february. the current judge revoked zimmerman's original bond ruling that the defendant misled the court about his financial situation. after repeatedly turning down calls to run for president, later today new jersey governor chris christie is expected to agree to be the keynote speaker at the g.o.p. convention in tampa. the keynote speech is the convention's highest profile spot aside frbing the presidential or vice presidential nominee. about a dozen states are considereds toups in the november election --s toups -- tossups in the move election. redskins get more protection for their new quarterback robert griffin iii. >> next at 5:15, howard has a

cooldown in our seven-day forecast. we'll be back.

5:13. 77 degrees. the rain is coming in but for now at least the roads are dry for the most part. if you're planning to head around the beltway, all the overnight construction has been cleared up as well. good morning, everybody. if you're planning to head in on the northbound side of i-95, you're beginning to see just a

little bit of yellow right here in woodbridge. that means you'll find slow traffic across the occoquan river. traffic still moving well to the beltway. we'll take a live look on the northbound side of i-395 and 95 and show what you it looks like here. franconia springfield parkway still very light here as you head up toward the beltway and 395. let's go back over to our maps. this time we'll head to the north side of town on the beltway. traffic still moving really well from college park right into bethesda. no problems on your major thoroughfares coming in from the north to the beltway. a live look one more time outside and here's what it looks like at the beltway at university boulevard. both loops are open. i'll be back with more traffic at 5:24. back to you. >> thank you, monika. it's 5:14. howard is up. he says a cooldown is in the future but not before we get through some pretty rough weather. >> we could have a couple of strong storms. more heat before the week is up but the weekend into early next week, that's when temperatures are looking much more palatable. >> good deal. >> today you're going to need

some patience and rain gear at times. the rain will slow you down this morning. this afternoon the threat could be for a couple of strong thunderstorms. here's a look at the day planner. we're talking about temperatures which are on the mild side. it's already well into the 70s here. we'll be in the mid-80s by noon. not going to be raining all day but we'll have the threat around this morning and again at times this afternoon. temperatures midz #s on by noon. -- mid-80s by noon. highs upper 80s, maybe 90 in a couple of spots. 85 at 4:00 and 82 by 8:00 p.m. we'll carry the threat for showers and storms into the evening showers. winds generally southerly at 10 miles an hour. looking at the satellite and radar, you can see the moisture coming in from west to east. everything is lifting toward the northeast. williamsport right down route 15 into our neck of the woods. i want to switch it over to live doppler 9000hd. you see light green in a lot of areas. a little bit of drizzle. we have heavier showers we're looking south of town, north of

town and out toward harrisonburg. we'll zoom and show you live doppler 9000hd. a few sprinkles in the immediate metro. you get into far western fairfax county and 66, we're starting to pick up some of the heavier showers out toward manassas, up through gainesville, getting in toward olney there on route 50, maybe east of aldie. between aldie and chantilly closer to the loudoun, fairfax line. you have light rain coming on your doorstep. south of manassas hearing reports of a little bit of thunder down toward the bealeton area. a little bit of thunder and heavy rain moving from fauquier county to prince william, parts of stafford, west of 95. you see the red here from goldvein north lifting that way. to our north we've seen some heavier showers into frederick county. they've been lifting up now thurmont but most of this is now north of the border into pennsylvania and even harrisonburg. watch out. you're looking at a couple of heavy showers coming in from your southwest. temps are running in the 70s

this morning. it's muggy and 74 rockville. also up in baltimore. out to the west we've got 73 in sterling. 75 for springfield. in prince george's county, upper marlboro 72. bowie 71. outside on our michael & son weather camera, it's quiet this morning, at least here in northwest. still quite dark. 77 degrees. dew point in the low 70s so the muggies are back in a big way with the humidity at 84%. big picture we've got the showers here this morning. but there's more energy out to the west. see ohio and the broken line of storms even going down into tennessee and kentucky, that still has to sweep through us today. that's why that threat of storms will be with us at times. also this afternoon and this evening. again some of those storms this afternoon could be on the strong, maybe locally severe side. 89. certainly a warm day today with scattered thunderstorms. yellow alert. it's going to slow you down at times this morning and again this afternoon. tonight low 70s. maybe a few upper 60s with a few more showers or storms mainly this evening.

88 tomorrow. isolated storms. 90 on thursday. thursday looks like a good day not too humid but friday becomes the hottest day, 94. could be some storms late friday. saturday a little unsettled, 83. then look at those temperatures sunday and monday, low to mid- 80s. mike and andrea, back to you. >> thanks, howard. the nationals scored so much, they could have been playing football last night. >> robert griffin iii talks about what he learned in his first preseason game as he prepares for game two. that's coming up in sports. plus, before we head to break, according to a harris poll, 50% of us admit to watching these types of shows very often. is it a, cartoons, b, cook be shows, or c, shows about zombies. >> other wusa9 -- on our wusa9 facebook page, one viewer says b. i. there's so many nowadays and i watch/dvr them

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and i approve this message. 5:21. we're looking at some showers, even a rumble of thunder mainly west of i-95 right now. as we go through the morning. we'll see this batch of rain to the north and east. may still see lingering showers. near 08 by 9:00. toward the lunch hour low to mid-80s. could be a decent low going o.

then this afternoon -- going on. then this afternoon we'll pop a few showers and storms. anything that pops could be strong, maybe even severe. be careful. mike and andrea? >> thanks, howard. two touchdowns and a safety overnight in san francisco. >> the nationals scored the touchdowns. washington exploded in the 3rd inning against the giants. almost everyone contributed with runs scoring in singles and doubles but no homers. the nats cruise to a 14-2 victory. here's dave owens with the rest of your morning sports. >> happy tuesday, everybody. yesterday was the final two a day practice out at redskins training camp. for that i am very thankful. starting today, the team will begin to structure things as they will in the regular season. rg3 getting ready for another go round in the preseason. yesterday looking pretty good during the early team drill session. he threw a bullet down the middle for a completion between multiple defenders, one of his most impressive throws of

training camp. he is hoping to build on his solid start in buffalo. he says he understands it was only one preseason game but a pretty good start. >> the experience in the buffalo game kind of reassured myself, reassured everybody else, you know, why they brought me here, reassured me this is still football and it's still the game that we love and love to play. if you trust your preparation, not that you can't be stopped but if you trust your preparation, you'll feel confident when you go out on the field and we definitely feel confident. >> we know the skins are bagged up on the offense -- banged up on the offensive line. they signed chris campbell, number 72 in white. campbell spent all of his brief career with the packers on the regular roster and the practice squad. redskins fans, you're going to love this. last night monday night football, the cowboys offensive line is in worse shape than your team. four starters injured and tony romo is a human punching bag. he gets sacked a couple of times. dallas did win the game 3-0.

that's a quick look at sports. have a great tuesday, everybody. the nation's top transportation official is raise something questions about how local leaders are operating our airports. >> today we'll see whether maryland's house of delegates will back a plan to expand casino gambling into prince george's county. 5:24. rain creating problems on the roadways. here's monika. right now on the southbound side of i-270 you're beginning to see the volume develop between route 109 and 121. then the pace improves still down to rockville. i'll have more on traffic coming up in my next report at 5:29. you're watching 9news now. stay with us.

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weather. >> the rain has already moved in. we've seen heavier showers, a rumble of thunder. it's the eastern suburbs that have been pretty quiet. this may skirt by you to your north. you may luck out but we still have to watch out for the threat after few strong storms later this afternoon into the evening hours. here's the day planner. sunrise not until 6:21. 84 by noon. there could be an isolated storm by then. we've got the showers around early. then this afternoon a couple of showers and storms. highs in the upper 80s with the 5:00 p.m. temperature of 85 degrees. here's the big picture. this goes back six hours. you see how the moisture has been moving in from the west to the east with the storms and showers moving northeast at this point. south and east southern maryland very quiet here but we've seen heavier showers, especially south of town. north of town some moderate rain still going on across parts of frederick county approaching gettysburg now north of the mason-dixon line. we'll bring it farther off to the south. look at this. manassas, this has gone into

western fairfax county, especially down when you head in toward stafford and spotsylvania coming out of southern fauquier. there was a little bit of lightning with this but this is moving off to the northeast. anybody along 95 south of town, watch out for that here's monika samtani at 5:28 with more on traffic. i'm going to show you a live picture down on 95 in just a moment. in the meantime the beltway is looking great all around town right now. of course we're still in that summer traffic pattern which is a good thing, especially when the rain is coming down soon. on the northbound side of i-95 you will still find the lanes open. let's take a live look down in the dumfries area northbound on i-95 on our traffic camera. you can see at least the volumes are light although as howard is saying, the roads will be wet very soon. keep that in mind if you're just heading out the door. this time we'll head over to the west side of town on the inbound side of the dulles toll road. still looking great out of sterling and the airport. no problems on 66, manassas into centreville. and a live look at american legion bridge on the west side

of town where traffic is moving well across the river basically between bethesda and tysons where the construction was picked up. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes at 5:39. back to you guys. in campaign 2012, the candidates and their running mates are fanning out across the swing states. >> president obama and the new republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan both campaigned in iowa on monday. the president told supporters he's trying to get help for farmers who are dealing with the summer's drought. congressman ryan and his fellow house republicans, he says they're holding up the farm bill. >> if you happen to see congressman ryan, tell him how important this farm bill is to iowa and our rural communities. >> i think it's immoral for us to keep spending our kids' future. if i'm president, i will actually cut spending and get america on track to a balanced budget. >> mitt romney is hammering home his economic message. lecampaign in ohio today. -- he will campaign in ohio today. vice president biden made stops

in ohio yesterday and is headed to virginia today. the full house of delegates in annapolis takes up the gambling debate. last night the house passed a bill that already passed the state senate. kristin fisher has the story live from national harbor. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. today's vote in the house of delegates is a big deal, but by no means is this the end of the casino gambling debate in the state of maryland because this bill still needs to be passed in the senate, signed by the governor, approved by voters in november. but if this bill is passed by the house of delegates this afternoon, it would be a very big step towards getting a casino right here at national harbor. casino supporters have said from day one that this is all about bringing more money into the state of maryland. the national harbor location in particular is a prime spot because it would bring in all

that money from d.c. in virginia. but opponents are saying hey, what's the rush? why are we pushing this through in a special summer session? they want more data and research to understand how a new casino would affect other casinos and other future casinos in the state. but last night the supporters won out. the house, ways, and means committee voted in favor of the expanded gambling bill which would improve the national harbor casino and lengthize table games like blackjack and roulette. the committee also approved some pretty big tax breaks for american live and a planned casino in baltimore. the reason being? lawmakers are trying to protect casinos in their district, protect them from any business that the national harbor casino could take away. you can expect a very interesting day up in annapolis. the house of delegates will be convening at 2:00 this afternoon. the senate convenes at 7:00 p.m. so senators up there expect

this could be a very long night, much like last night was up in annapolis. back to you. >> kristin fisher reporting live from prince george's county. in this next story, we want to warn you about theismages, how graphic and disturbing they may be fordown children. two trucks plastered on the sideshowing aborted fetuses are driving around northern virginia this week. yesterday they were seen in springfield and leesburg. the trucks are operated by the center for bioethical reform and antiabortion group. they say the graphic images will help swing virginia voters to the republican ticket. nicole cooley who says she regrets having had an abortion helped organize the event. >> this is the truth. and the truth isn't pretty. and if this is okay, then it should be okay to put pictures of it out there. >> but many viewers told us on facebook they don't agree with the group's display. they felt the images were too disturbing to show publicly.

organizers say the trucks will continue to drive around virginia until friday. police in prince george's county are asking for your help. they're trying to find a missing girl. her name is maurishe davis. she's 12 years old. she also answers to the name kisha. she was last seen yesterday at 1:00 p.m. in temple hills. police say she was wearing a black t-shirt, blue jean shorts and black shoes. if you know anything about her or her location, please call police 301-868-8773. more controversy for the metropolitan washington airports authority. u.s. transportation secretary ray lahood says he has serious questions about how the board operates reagan washington national and dulles airports. that comes after a recent audit found questionable spending and contractor deals. secretary lahood tells "the washington post" he's met with maryland governor o'malley,

virginia governor bob mcdonnell and d.c. mayor vincent gray about possibly making changes to the board. it is 5:35. time for another your money report now. >> jessica doyle is back with an unusual way to make money. >> that's right. we all know that recycling is important for the environment. everywhere you go you see the blue recycling bins. we do it at home. what if i told you that recycling certain items could actually give you cold, hard cash? three things you can recycle for cash back or a tax deduction. that's of course like having cash come april 15. number one, gift cards. we've all received that gift card for a holiday gift or birthday present we feel we're never going to use. if you have one of these laying around the house, gift card rescue is a service that will take your unused gift card and send you a check for it. if you have a gift card you've used up or it's outdated, gift card recycler will take those and give you points for the number of cards you send in.

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the muggies are back after the dry couple of days we've had. we've got quite a few showers that are falling, some heavy ones from manassas down in toward stafford and extreme southern fauquier county. even western areas in montgomery county out toward dickerson seeing a couple of heavier showers now. some showers this morning. some breaks, a chance for a couple more showers and storms this afternoon. highs in the mid to the upper 80s. coming back in five minutes with that seven-day. right now here's monika. she's got a look at timesaver traffic. we're beginning to see some

delays on the northbound side of i-95 closer to quantico and dumfries. then the pace improves in springfield on the beltway. but just be aware of that. down south on the northbound side of i-95. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes. back to you guys. i've been combing through the day's daily deals, e-mails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. we're starting with one of my favorite restaurants in d.c., road 24. it's getting together with the legendary inn at little washington. this is a high end dining experience. to get a taste, you'll pay 50 bucks and you're going to get three handicrafted rogue 24 cocktails paired with three bar dishes. the menu, a deliberation of james beard award winning chef rj cooper of 24 and patrick oh connell after the inn at little washington. you'll find this on gilt city. google offers getting you a deal on jewelry at blue nile.com.

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good morning. welcome back to 9news now. 5:46. don't leave home without it, some rain gear. here's howard. >> we have rain. some of it is on the moderate side. southern maryland you may escape the morning showers. everybody has a threat for a shower or storm again this afternoon. that could be depending on how much sunshine and how warm we get, strong to maybe locally severe. here's a look at the day planner this morning. we'll tell you we've got some showers out there. even an isolated rumble of thunder. temperatures by 9:00 79. i think by 9:00, maybe by 7:30, 8:00, much of what we're seeing now will be north and east of the area pulling away. we do have the threat as i said for some showers and storms. it's not going to be an all day

rain but the threat will be with us, especially this afternoon into early this evening. temperatures topping out upper 80s to near 90 with 85 by 5:00. a southeast wind at 10 miles an hour. here's the batch of rain moving in overnight. lots of clouds with it. and some yellows and oranges. when we look at dopplers, got a little bit of red showing up, too. when you see the darker colors, those are heavier rains. had a little bit of lightning and thunder but the heavier rains from poolesville, dickerson down to sterling, over to chantilly now where we're picking it up in western fairfax. from fairfax south into prince william, it's the southern half of prince william county picking up the heavy rains between manassas and dale city, going to stafford around quantico here just west of it. just getting to 95, dale city south. so that is going to slow that northbound commute. as you look at it on live doppler 9000hd, it's inching up toward hoadley so check it out. fairfax, annandale, give yourself, 35, 40 minutes to make it up in your neck of the

woods and even northwest d.c. we'll watch it. 73 at andrews and also in columbia. it's 73 in sterling. vienna 74 while centreville is 72. and in leesburg as well, 72 degrees. sunrise not till about 6:21. so barely a little bit of light out here now but we're getting closer to it. 77. humidity at 84%. the winds this morning south, southwesterly at 8 miles an hour. a few sprinkles being reported by paul out near national airport this morning. we've got the rain here but there's still more energy back to the west that's got to come through. with the daytime heating, well, we're going to try to bubble up so maybe a couple of strong thunderstorms in spots as we go through the afternoon and early evening hours. our forecast today upper 80s. there will be some scattered showers and storms. could be heavier ones and certainly some delays this morning. a yellow alert day. tonight we're back in the low 70s in d.c., upper 60s in the suburbs. tomorrow isolated afternoon storms, upper 80s. thursday looks pretty good,

hot, 90 but not too humid. hotter on friday. friday the hottest day at 94. could be a late storm. saturday a little unsettled, 83. but sunday looks good, comfortable. high about 84. it is 5:48. monika, we're noticing the rain sthowrs moving -- showers moving toward 95 south of town. >> we have an accident close by as well. dale boulevard at miniville road. cruisers just headed that way. if you are heading northbound on i-95, you want to watch out for the wet road conditions. still looking good heading for the 14th street bridge into the downtown area. let's take a live look in shirlington on the northbound side of 395. volumes are light. still heading for the potomac river. let's go back over to our maps and this time to the other side of town. maryland bw parkway, route 50 both look good into the northeast corridor. no problems over the anacostia river crossings. we'll take a live look one more time outside in oxon hill. traffic still moving well on

the beltway. i'll be back with more coming up at 6:00. making news now, coming up on 5:50, she became famous for her take on sex. cosmopolitan's editor in chief helen gurley brown died yesterday. she started editing the magazine in 1965 after her book "sex and the single girl" became a best seller. she famously said good girls go to heaven. bad girls go everywhere. she was 90. the battle against wildfires is heating up along the pacific coast, one of the worst in lake county, california, north of san francisco. the wildfire has scorched more than 6,000 acres. hundreds of nearby families have been forced to leave their homes. a missing todz letter sends a couple -- toddler send as couple into panic mode. the atkins family called 911 when they couldn't find their 3 yearldz nicholas ---year-old nicholas anywhere. he was found asleep in his own bed in -- "n" being the key

word. he had crawled through a hole in the mattress's box spring to take a nap. we're less than 90 days away from the presidential election and an end to all of the nasty political ads. the veterans of presidential campaigns say this may be the nastiest and most misleading campaign yet when it comes to those ads. >> part of the reason for the nastier ads this time around, a court ruling that allowed super packs to buy negative ads without getting the candidates' approval. gary nurenberg explains. >> reporter: at first, tv ads were about name recognition. likability. >> you like ike. i like ike. everybody likes ike for president. >> reporter: qualities to sing about. >> a man who is old enough to know, young enough to do. >> reporter: in 1964...

>> 6, 7, 8, 9... >> reporter: it was the countdown to the nuclear war that would kill little girls if voters vote -- [ inaudible ] >> the stakes are too high for you to stay home. >> evidence shows negative ads do work. >> reporter: because they work, negative ads increased, some mocking the opposition. agnew for vice president? [ laughter ] >> reporter: michael dukakis as commander in chief? >> america can't afford that risk. >> reporter: or the risk dukakis would let black men rape your girlfriend. >> kidnapped a young couple, stabbing a man and repeatedly raping his girlfriend. >> reporter: barack obama said enough pledging in 2008. >> we're not going to go around doing negative ads. >> reporter: but this year if you believe one political ad by a super pack supporting the president, mitt romney's policies could help your wife die from cancer. >> and she passed away in 22

days. >> reporter: "the washington post" called foul giving the ad four pinocchios for false si and this campaign ad on welfare policy? >> you wouldn't have to work and wouldn't have to train for a job. >> reporter: not true. four pinocchios but guess what? >> it doesn't matter whether your ad is accurate or not. the main thing is to get people talking about it. >> reporter: to reinforce an image. >> the obama campaign wants to cast romney as a rich guy who's out of touch with the ordinary person, the ordinary working people, the romney campaign wants to cast him as a socialist who has a war on religion. >> reporter: this is-- >> this is the ninth presidential campaign i've covered and we have never seen ads like this, never seen so many ads and ads that take such a harsh tone. >> you want to take a shower and get it off of you. >> reporter: why is it so bloody negative? >> we have two candidates who have problems building a positive case for themselves. so they're trying to build a negative case on the other guy. >> the obama and romney are

still only a couple points apart. so both sides are seeing desperation start to show. when campaigns get desperate, they get nasty. brace yourself for negative ads from now till november. >> reporter: so hard this year to find a candidate who's happy. >> i like ike, you like ike, everybody likes ike. >> wouldn't fly today, would it? >> no. >> that was gary nurenberg reporting. today the full maryland house of delegates takes up a debate on the proposal to expand gambling in the free state. that story is coming up. >> in today's hero central, we honor an organization that does double duty providing affordable housing and tutoring services for families. >> there's -- they're some of the most expensive cars on the road but new crash tests show there is room for improvement when it comes to safety. i'll tell you the two named places that scored high in safety marks and the ones that didn't. that's coming up at 6:07.

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a well known african proverb says it takes a village to raise a chill and a local nonprofit is taking that to heart. >> it's called jubilee housing and affordable housing program. it creates supportive community for its tenants. jc hayward recognizes them in this hero central report. >> reporter: she'll attend inova university on a

scholarship this fall. the 18-year-old has achieved the feat with the help of jubilee housing, a place she has called home since she was 5 years old. >> talking about how hard it was to afford housing so now that we live in jubilee, i can see that she works hard and can afford to pay and provide for us at the same time. >> reporter: jubilee housing provides subsidized housing with eight apartment buildings in adams morgan. >> the after-school program that they have for us as neighborhood kids is a good way where i can get my homework done and get tutoring. >> reporter: karen's three sisters attend after-school programs that are located right inside the apartment building. >> i have a lot of friends who are -- who are really happy for my babies and they help me a lot. >> reporter: executive director jim knight says the goal is to provide opportunities for a better life. >> the things that we try to

provide along with the housing are things that help people build on their own natural gifts and who become the people they were created to be. >> reporter: karen was salutatorian at her class. she gives big praise to her jubilee after school tutor. >> he was a huge help, just planning and making sure everything was done for college. >> reporter: and the planning worked. >> i'm the first in my family to go to college and it will be a big step in my life. >> reporter: i'm jc hayward, 9news now. >> for more on jubilee housing, go to jchayward.com and click on hero central. thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. good morning. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. we're glad you're here. good morning, monika samtani. >> good morning. >> she'll have traffic momentarily. >> howard bernstein is here. good news in his forecast after today. >> once we get to the weekend, temperatures are going to kind of get much more comfortable around here. we've got problems th