lower humidity levels, it's going to feel fantastic. had the front come through yesterday morning. remember we had the showers real early and a sunny afternoon. the front now well to the south and continuing to push through the carolinas. behind it, the air drying out, especially north and west of d.c. even in the mountains this morning some of the temperatures are in the 50s. martinsburg 59. oakland is 55. we're at 70 here in manassas -- we're at 75 here. in manassas 61. 68 across the bay in cambridge. looks like its going to be a beautiful afternoon. the high temperatures in the low to mid-80s. next time we talk coming up around 5:15 or so, of course i'll update you on the very latest on hurricane isaac. right now at 5:00 a.m., here's monika samtani with unfortunately not as good news about the traffic. it's really bad news actually on the northbound side of i-95 in fact. here's a live look northbound 95 in virginia. sorry, a video. if you're planning to head into newington, this is what it

looked like overnight after 2:00 this morning. a huge tanker fire ended in one fatality. it took four foam units to put this fire out. it was massive on the northbound side of i-95. right now the two right lanes are blocked and there's no access to the fairfax county parkway right now. so you'll want to choose your alternate routes. let's put up a graphic so i can tell you what you can do. northbound 95 i suggest lorton road east to telegraph road to the beltway or you can use route 1 to the beltway. remember, that loads up very quickly. if you need to get to newington west of i-95 it's lorton road to route 1 to route 638. we'll end with some good news on the north and southbound side of i-270. let's take a live look there from our mdot camera. no issues to report from father hurley boulevard to the point where the lanes divide. these guys are just resting. they're not causing any problems on the northbound side of 270. more traffic coming up at 5:10. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. about 7:15 their time last night, hurricane isaac made landfall in louisiana as a

category 1 hurricane. >> since then the airports and the seaports have closed and now the concern is about the waters rising and how quickly they do that. we have more from jackson square in new orleans. >> reporter: just one day before the seventh annual versery of katrina -- anniversary of katrina, hurricane isaac has made landfall. isaac may get even stronger as it moves in according to forecasters and conditions could become more dangerous in the hours ahead. >> this is a slow moving storm so there are going to be many communities that will face several hours of heightened wind strength as well as heightened rainfall compared to normal. so that will result in localized flooding, will likely result in down tree limbs and power lines. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands are without power. >> we are beginning to see the impacts. we now have reports of down trees, heavy rain, strong winds. and power outages throughout the city. >> reporter: evacuations are in effect in isaac's -- and isaac's impact is being felt by many. >> at the present ti as

things begin to worsen, as the tropical storm winds come in and the rains come in and especially at this time and over the next few hours, it would be best if you stay off of the roads and stay in good shelter. >> reporter: as the eye of the storm moves over land, gulf coast residents are bracing for the worst but hoping for the best. more than 200,000 residents are without power at the moment and the eye of the storm has yet to even cross over the city. reporting from new orleans, i'm karen colieg. >> scott broom is in pensacola, florida. he'll have a live report for us why isaac's presence is also being felt. we also have continuing coverage of hurricane isaac throughout the morning. we have live radar, pictures on 9.3. we also are constantly updating our website wusa9.com. you can also stay up to date on our facebook and twitter pages

as well. don't forget our free weather app. it's fantastic. the republican national convention got under way in ernest tuesday night. >> the party nominated mitt romney and paul ryan to be their candidates and the first round of the high profile speeches got under way last night. kristin fisher joins us live now from the satellite center with more on that. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning. by far the most buzzed about speech last night was ann romney. she had two big goals going into this speech. she needed to rally the women voters around the republican ticket, and she needed to help humanize her husband. in their marriage, make them seem more in touch with the average mental. listen to this. >> i read somewhere mit and i have a story book marriage. well, let me tell you something. in the story books i read, there never were long, long rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. and those story books never seemed to have a chapter called "ms" or "breast cancer."

it's the moms who's always had to walk hardtory make everything right. it's the moms of this nation who really hold this country together. >> mitt romney's only appearance on stage last night was right after his wife's speech. he walked on stage to the temptation song "my girl" and gave her kiss. it's something done at every convention but it was an especially important gesture at this convention because again mitt romney needs those women voters. it's one of these great weaknesses and ann romney made sure to target them during her speech. >> kristin fisher live in our satellite center. thank you. see you in just a little bit. in other news a soldier has enter add plea deal and will now testify against three fellow soldiers. >> the group is accused of killing a soldier who had just left the service and another person. they say it was to protect what prosecutors call a secret militia. investigators believe their goal was to kill the president and overthrow the u.s.

government. the trial is now under way in georgia where those soldiers are based. michael bernette who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in this case says the militia killed the pair because they kw too much about the organization. >> i don't know how it got to the point where two people got murdered. >> say it again? >> i don't know how it got to the point where two people got murdered. >> prosecutors say the group stockpiled weapons and ammunition and planned to take over fort stewart, georgia and target government leaders. it is 5:06. time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> jessica doyle is off. we have today's headlines for you, though. >> do we? >> apparently we don't. >> we're learning more about what the virginia department of transportation wants to do with tolls it might raise along i- 95. the richmond times dispatch reports money from a plaza in sufficient fox county would go toward repaving, bridges and other improvements projects. >> ddot wants to charge $4 for cars and $12 for a tractor-

trailer. our time right now 5:07. coming up later in sports, the redskins decide to can a fan favorite to make room for new blood. we'll be right back. grab

5:08 on this wednesday morning. it is a very nice morning out there. we've got humidity levels which have dropped off, especially north and west of town. lots of temps in the 60s and we're going to have a beautiful day. what a great summer day ahead.

sunshine expected all day long. by noon 81. 3:00 84. maybe about 3:30, 4:00 we get to 85 for the high. then by 6:00 still gorgeous and 82. i'll be back in five minutes. we've got the latest update, the 5:00 a.m. advisory on isaac and i'm looking at a seven-day forecast due labor day weekend. here's monika with timesaver traffic. this is northbound 95 in springfield but just south of this point, a major incident from overnight involving a tanker fire. northbound 95 at the fairfax county parkway. here is a live picture at the scene northbound 95. fairfax county parkway. will you want to choose alternate routes. two right lanes are blocked here. i subject you get off in lorton and make your way around it. i'll have more details in my next report. back you to guys. >> thank you, monika. 5:09. in this morning's health alert, teens who smoke marijuana regularly could wind up with a lower iq as an adult. >> researchers in new zealand noticed sharp drops in iq in

those who smoked pot before the age of 18. this subjects heavy marijuana use is dangerous for the developing brain. a government study released in june shows 23% of american high school students smoke pot. >> we controlled for the amount of alcohol used over the same years. we also controlled for or adjusted for the amount of hard drug use. it predicts how well you do educationally. then predicts how well you do in the job market. it also predicts how you end up health wise. >> more than a thousand teenagers in new zealand were tested for this story. the cannabis use in new zealand is legal. the canning of chris cooley. >> isaac makes landfall. people arriving on the gulf coast -- living on the gulf coast are on edge. our own scott broom is live

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welcome back. good morning. it's 5:13 and 70 degrees. monika here with timesaver traffic. i have a lot to tell you. on the northbound side of i-95 just after 2:00 this morning, huge tanker fire endness one fatality on the northbound side of 95 right here at the fairfax county parkway in newington. right now the situation is this. you have two right lanes

blocked and no access to the parkway at all. it's going to be very tough not only northbound on 95 trying to get into newington but also trying to get in and around the area. you're looking at a live picture right now. with all this activity and equipment on the scene, you can tell it's going to be there for a while. so if you're just now heading out the door, south of this point you will want to plan your route accordingly. if we can go back to our graphics, i'll tell you what you can do to get around it. some alternate routes for you. northbound 95 it's lorton road eastbound to telegraph road to the beltway. or route 1 all the way up. newington lorton road to route 1 to route 638 will get you to the fort belvoir area. i'll keep you posted on this situation coming up once again in my next report. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. it's 5:14. we're here with howard. howard is talking about isaac. the store shelves were bare with people going after food and bread and whatever. and liquor.

>> adult beverages. >> one of the stores that has a really good liquor department in their stores cleaned out every time they stocked it, cleaned out again. >> one of the staples for riding out a storm. we joke about it but it's serious business. this is a category one hurricane. made landfall along plaquemines parish last night. a second landfall this morning across areas south of new orleans. houma is a suburb maybe an hour or so west, north west of new orleans. the latest advisory at 5:00 has the storm centered -- it has a pretty big eye but it's centered about 35 miles east of houma. right over coastal areas. grand isle may still be on the eastern side of the eye right now. they were pretty quiet for the last several hours as the storm has been spinning slowly to the west, north west. the western side not looking as impressive as the eastern side. when you look at the radar,

you'll see we definitely have areas of moisture that are wrapping around. you see the wrapping around the storm even on the west side. these bands of rain, by the way, tremendous rainfall coming down. and occasionally tornadoes. had one overnight in mobile. caused some damage there. these feeder bands come in and they come around. this thing is very slowly moving off toward the west, northwest. you can just imagine the water being pushed up. a storm surge of 6 to 10 feet from the tidal gauges down there and rain is going to be tremendous here. 12, maybe 20 inches of rain in spots. you can imagine the flooding that's going to occur across areas of southeast louisiana, southern mississippi as well from n. here's the latest as of 5:00. still at 80. gusting to 100. but it's starting to come on shore. very swampy here so it's not going to weaken as quickly as other storms on shore will but it will be weakening. forecast by 1:00 to drop down to 75 mile an hour sustained winds. then maybe head even between

baton rouge and lafayette, louisiana as it moves up toward north central alexandria, maybe shreveport here as we get into late tonight, tomorrow morning as a tropical depression and what's left of it passing through st. louis as we get toward saturday ght, sunday morning. we may see some of the moisture from this around here as we get toward late sunday labor day. so we'll be watching that. today not much to tell you except it's really nice locally. at the bus stop this morning clear and pleasant. low 60s to low 70s. our sunrise at 7:35. looking at the day planner, we're expecting a gorgeous day. 81 by noon. 84 at 5:00 p.m. sunrise by the way happens at 6:35 but sets at about 7:42. temperatures down to 60 in lovettsville. it's 68 in sterling. andrews we've got 69. upper marlboro and laurel it's 65 along with college park and here in washington under clear to partly cloudy skies. temperatures 70. dew point 61. that's a lot less than

yesterday morning when it was up toward 70. so the humidity 73%. we've got some areas of dew, especially south and southeast of town where the moisture still. there are the showers and storms in the carolinas with the front that went through us yesterday. we're now north of that front. so the drier air has moved in. it's going to stick around for a couple of days. on the future cast no problems. maybe a shower in the mountains today. tonight it's going to be real nice. open the windows, enjoy. maybe a few spots in the upper 50s, most in the 60s. thursday sunny, still with the dry air but warmer, into the upper 80s. then friday, the dry air is going to start to inch out of here. a little more humid. but temperatures friday are going to shoot up into the mid- 90s. got to caution you now. friday is going to be quite hot considering where we've been the last few days. beautiful today, 85. tonight we're dipping down to about 68 in town. low 60s north and west. tomorrow warmer but still not too humid, 88. friday we've got temperatures in the mid-# 90s.

saturday low 90s. slight chance of a storm on saturday. a little bit better chance sunday afternoon. then labor day a couple of storms and 86. i want to remind you we've got continuing coverage of hurricane isaac. we've got radar and live pictures from new orleans on our digital channel 9.3. we're also constantly updating it on our website wusa9.com. don't forget our facebook and twitter pages and our free weather app. download the hurricane tracker on the weather pages. that's all. mike and andrea? >> thank you, howard. nasa has released new images from the mars rove gler this -- rover. >> this time we see mount sharp which was formed from hundreds of rock layers. curiosity will eventually explore that mountain and the new images come a day after members of mars nasa laboratory listened to a history making broadcast in california. >> hello. this is charlie boldin, nasa administrator, speaking to you via the broadcast capabilities of the curiosity rover which is now on the surface of mars. >> we had you listen to that

yesterday but it was so cool, we figured we would do it again. it was recorded by the space agency's chief sent to the scoruousty and transmitted -- curiosity and transmitted back to earth. it will be the first time recorded human voices made that journey. >> amazing when you think about it. 5:20. we want to take another look at our question of the morning. both men and women say this is the number one turnoff when it comes to dating. is it a, bad breath, b, a dirty home or living space. who wants to go there? and c, already being married? >> our facebook friend tiwanda wrote all of the above but i would definitely say b. you can offer someone a breath mint or piece of gum and they may be separatedded, but you can't make a slob be neat and clean.

5:23 this wednesday morning. look at these temperatures. we're down in the low 60s in many areas north and west. about 70 here in d.c. but it's going to be one of the better days we've seen, not just all summer, maybe all year. we are in for a treat this afternoon. by 9:00 74 in town. mid-60s in the shenandoah valley. mid-70s southern maryland. lunch time, take a long lunch if you can as temperatures will be approaching the upper 70s

and low 80s. the middle of the afternoon plenty of sunshine, 83. as we approach 3:00, high today will be about 85 or so. by 5:45 upper 70s to low 80s in the shenandoah valley. maybe a stray shower in the mountains. enjoy. good morning, everyone. the cuts continued in ashburn yesterday, but of course the big news was the team deciding to partways with tight end chris cooley after eight years. he was the longest tenured player on the redskins roster. he holds the franchise record for catches by a tight end with 428 and he amassed over 4700 yards. more than that, captain chaos was a favorite among redskin nation. this is the only time cooley has played for. he said yesterday putting on another team's colors will be extremely difficult. today we take a look back at cooley's highlights in burgundy and gold. >> it's been awesome.

i've been very, very fortunate to play for a franchise that has embraced me and for a fan base that has embraced me. this organization has changed my life in every way for the better. and i appreciate it. i've loved every minute of playing here. it's been a good ride. it's been a pleasure. i have every belief that i can play football. i have every belief that i can be not only a productive player but a starter in this league. i'm very confident in my abilities to continue to play the game. just again i want to say thank you to our fans. it's been great. thank you. >> chris wants to start. he wants to play. he's done a lot to prove that

he can play and cea back in excellent shape. >> i know for sure chris can start somewhere. i definitely feel, you know, there's a team out there he can start on. >> that's a quick look at sports this morning. i'm kristen berset. we'll be live tonight from the redskins preseason finale at fed ex field. have a great wednesday. we're going to take a live look at an accident scene from overnight, a major one northbound i-95 here at the fairfax county parkway in newington. expect to find lane closures not only on the interstate but also no access to the fairfax county parkway. you'll want to plan early this morning coming up to newington. i'll have pore on this coming up in my next report. -- more on this coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. [ female announcer ] now there's a way

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it's wednesday. monika samtani will have traffic. 95 is an issue this morning. it will be gorgeous while you're stuck on that road. weather is going to be perfect today. it is going to be absolutely outstanding for august or any time of year. the drier air has moved n. we'll have plenty of sunshine. absolutely gorgeous out there. let's show you what's happening this morning as we look at our weather graphics. 6:35. that's when we have sunrise. still an hour plus to go. we've got a lot to tell you about. by the way, when we come back with isaac, scott broom, he's live in pensacola. he's going to have more on how isaac is affecting residents there. we'll have that in about five minutes. here perfect. 81 degrees at noon. 5:00 84 with a high today about 85. i think we do that about the 4:00 p.m. hour with dry air. front pushed through yesterday morning. had the showers. there it was about 12 hours ago when it continued to sink down through the carolinas. so we're left with clear skies. lower humidity levels, especially north and west of town.

now it's 59 in martinsburg and frederick. a beautiful morning for them. still in the 70s along the bay, annapolis and pacs river. fredricksburg is 66. and in manassas 63. today just doesn't get much better than this. 84 in baltimore. 86 fredricksburg. 82 winchester and 85 here in d.c. it's 5:30. monika samtani, just give us the bad news and get it over with. it's a stinker. i know. northbound i-95, i'm so glad the weather is good because traffic is not on the northbound side of i-95 in newington. let's take a live look at what's going on there northbound 95 at the fairfax county parkway where since a little after 2:00 this morning, crews have been dealing with a major tanker fire. it did end up in one fatality. let's go back to our graphic right now on the northbound side of i-95 so i can tell you what to do. two right lanes are going to be blocked for a while and no access to the fairfax county parkway in newington.

your alternate route lorton road east to telegraph to route 1. in newington lorton road to route 1 to route 638. no problems in prince george's county. we're looking good here on the beltway through cheverly, on the bw parkway and route 50 as we. a live look in college park on the outer loop. no issues here as you head for silver spring. all lanes are open. i'll be back with more traffic at 5:40. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. the republican national convention got under way in ernest tuesday night. >> the party nominated mitt romney and paul ryan to be their candidates. kristin fisher joins us from the satellite center with more on romney and ryan's big night in tampa and more to come. right, kristin? >> reporter: that's right. tonight is actually paul ryan's big night, but last night was all about ann romney and the keynote speaker new jersey governor chris christie. he had three big jobs. he had to rally the base, unify the g.o.p., and really go after

president obama. >> mitt romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to end the torrent of death that is compromising our future and burying our economy. mitt romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to end the debacle of putting the world's greatest health care system in the hands of federal bureaucrats and putting the bureaucrats between the american citizen and her doctor. >> governor chris christie took the stage with a fist bump. he told delegate it is was time to make the tough decisions to make america great again. he delivered the most sharply worded critique of president obama of the night. he criticized his party and his policies yet he never once said the president's name. i'll tell you who did. virginia governor bob mcdonnell. he said states with republican governors are fairing more better than states with democratic ones and he used the state of virginia as an example. >> while the president talks, republican governors lead.

talk is cheap. results matter. conservative fiscal policies are working and so are more americans in the states with republican governors. >> reporter: speaking of republican governors, former arkansas governor and former republican presidential candidate mike huckabee will be speaking tonight. another big name that will be talking tonight, condoleezza rice and of course finishing off the night will be the vice presidential pick paul ryan. i'll have more coming up at 6:00 with ann romney. for now back to you. >> kristin fisher from our satellite center. today the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina, the gulf region is again dealing with the effects of a large storm. hurricane isaac made landfall tuesday evening as a category one hurricane in louisiana. at one point more than 200,000 people in the state were without power. isaac is new orleans first test of its new levee system aft disastrous fail -- after the disastrous failure during

katrina. residents living all along the coast are braced for isaac. >> they have been bracing for a little while. the storm's heavy rain and huge waves expected had government agencies from florida all the way to texas on edge getting ready for the errorst. >> scott broom -- for the worst. >> scott broom joins us from pensacola, florida. what are the conditions? we can see the wind blowing but not blowing you over. >> reporter: i hope you'll like saltwater and sand in your coffee because when it rains here, you can taste the salt in the air and there's a lot of sand blowing around overnight here in pensacola. this is an entire region wide effect. here in pensacola, florida, we've had tropical storm conditions overnight and also had despite evacuation orders in this area, we have had lots of evacuees from new orleans showing up here. regional wide impact from a really big storm. isaac dealing florida's

panhandle a glancing blow [ inaudible ] the result has been some flooding and in this case a close call with a broken boat from its mooring monday afternoon. >> it was very rough. >> very dangerous. >> reporter: between squalls as isaac approached, lifeguards have been posted to keep people out of the raging surf. waves are running close to 20 feet overwashing the pier at casino beach, lulls in the weather drawing people out. then squalls roll in dumping heavy rain for a few minutes at a time making the storm surge flooding worst and this is what the hussein family from new orleans says is a lot better than home. >> we evacuate and we have big damage in our apartment. we decided not to do that again. >> reporter: overnight out of town power crews staged for trouble, including these trucks from st. mary's county, maryland, on the gulf coast to

help if needed. pretty unlikely they'll be needed here in pensacola despite the tropical storm conditions. i think most of the linemen and power crews i talked to who were down here from maryland and the mid-atlantic expect to be moved towards louisiana later on today. there really have not been any -- has not been any serious damage here besides that minor flooding but i showed you that surf. believe it or not, somebody tried to go jet skiing in that late monday afternoon off pensacola. that person is missing. the coast guard continues to look for him. if you can believe out there in those raging waves. when i come back, let's talk about something else here. how about the sea turtles at gulf island national seashore. they are a matter of some concern for people here as the waves are punching through the barrier islands. we'll talk about that when i come back. >> scott broom live in pensacola, florida. thank you. we'll talk to you in just a little bit. >> we have continuing coverage

of hurricane isaac. we have radar and live pictures from new orleans on 9.3. on x finity we're on 2.03. on verizon we're on 461. we're also constantly updating our website wusa9.com. and you can also stay up to date on our facebook and twitter pages and with our free weather app which is one of the best going. >> it sure it. 5:38. what did doctors at the national zoo find when they gave the giant panda mei xiang an ultrasound? what can happen when you turn your back on a child for just a second. we'll be back.

5:40 on this beautiful wednesday morning. the air is drier than it has been the last couple of days so it feels really nice. then it's going to be a near perfect day across the region. here's a look at our day planner. sunrise not for a while still. almost an hour, 6:35.

by noon sunny, 81. north to northeast winds 5, 8 miles an hour today. 3:00 p.m. 84 with about a 4:00 temperature 85. right now monika with timesaver traffic. this is what it looks like heading northbound on i-95 trying to get on to 95 from the fairfax county parkway. all because of an early morning tractor-trailer accident northbound 95 in newington causing major backups northbound 95. to right lanes are blocked and no access to the parkway. i'll have more details on this coming up in my next report at 5:48. andrea and mike? >> thanks, monika. no word yet on whether the national zoo's giant panda mei xiang is pregnant. they did conduct an ultrasound on tuesday. she allowed them to do that. zoo keepers recently saw a jump in hormone levels that could indicate she's either pregnant or experiencing a pseudo pregnancy. that's when a panda off lates but did not -- ovulates but does not conceive.

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the gulf. >> winds have gusted over 100 miles an hour at the bell chase naval air station on the southeast side of new orleans. the storm getting closer to houma, morgan city over the next couple of hours as it's just skirting the coast. you can see it there on our infrared satellite imagery. quite a few big dangerous thunderstorms wrapping around the center of circulation. the hurricane center still has winds sustained at 80 with gusts to a hundred on the 5:00 advisory. here's the radar presentation. you can certainly see this looks more sip metric than the satellite with these bands feeding around what looks to be an eye wall. as long as it's down here, very swatchy, it's not like it's making a solid landfall. there's still a lot of moisture available to feed this system to keep it strong and these feeder bands continue to bring in the threat for tornadoes as well as the heavy rains and winds. 80 mile per hour winds.

moving west, northwest only 8 miles an hour. forecast to move to the northwest, maybe west between baton rouge and lafayette as we get into the evening hours. it will be a very wet, slow moving day. the storm will move towards shreveport here as we get into thursday knight, friday morning -- night, friday morning into arkansas. by saturday what's left of it starts moving in toward central illinois, headed toward indianapolis and some of the moisture might make it here for the weekend. there's a lot of moisture with this. this is one computer projection of what we're looking at. from now going forward the next 48 hours. this white, grayish area, that's 10 to 15 inches plus what's already fallen. there will be 20-inch rain totals southern mississippi, southeast louisiana. you can imagine the river flooding. even around should port or monroe -- shreveport, monroe. they could get up to 8 to 10 inches of rage. incredible amounts of rain. we're covering isaac here and also our digital channels. we have all the latest for you on channel 9. 9.3 where we

normally have our doppler, we switched it over to isaac mode the next day or to because our weather will be so quiet. if you want to follow that, you can follow the radar images. we have traffic cameras also from the new orleans area we've been rotating through on 9.3. don't forget you can follow us also at wusa9.com. we've got our free weather app you can download. twitter, facebook, we're all over the place. let's talk about our weather because we've got a great day. bus stop forecast clear, pleasant. temperatures will be in the 60s and 70s. a couple of spots right now down in the upper 50s. sunrise at 6:35. this is just a butty today. 8 -- beauty today. 81 by noon. mostly sunny. we've got sunshine all day. 6:00 p.m. 82 with a high of about 85. that's going to happen around 4:00 p.m. your temps this morning low 70s down in southern maryland but low 60s for most of the then dough ya valley. look at -- shenandoah valley. look at garrett county. oakland 55. i'll be at the garrett county

festival out there. 67 in gaithersburg. looking at highsons -- tysons this morning, looks nice in fairfax county. winds north, northwest at 9 bringing in the drier air, the humidity at 73%. a quick look at our satellite and radar. eight quiet here. showers and storms down in the carolinas with the front that went through yesterday morning. our forecast green across the boards. 85, a great day today. mainly in the 60s tonight. upper 60s in town. near 60 in the suburbs. tomorrow 88, warmer but still not too humid. friday looks fantastic but hot, 96. you folks who love summer, one last chance for your friday. saturday low 90s. maybe by sunday we'll get a couple of storms from isaac moving this way but a better chance to see some of that moisture on unfortunately the labor day holiday. monika samtani, timesaver traffic not good. >> not good. if you're just beginning to get ready to head out the door, i want you to listen to this first, especially if you're a commuter on the northbound side of i-95.

good morning, everybody. about 2:12 this morning, crews in virginia got a call about a major tanker fire northbound 95 in newington at the fairfax county parkway. there was one fatality involved in this incident. so they're still there investigating. it's just south of this point in springfield. northbound 95, two right lanes are blocked at the scene at the fairfax county parkway. i'm going to step out and show what you it looks like live. loisdale road is closed as well. police diverting traffic around the area. let's go over to our graphics so i can show you your alternate routes that i figured out for you. northbound 95, lorton road eastbound to telegraph will take you to the beltway. route 1 will take you to the beltway and to newington it's lorton to route 1 to route 638 with delays. 66 on the other hand looks great out of manassas. a quick live picture of 270. overall just slow at 109 to 121. more traffic coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks, monika. some firefighters in china are being hailed as heroes after they rescued a 6-year-old

boy. the child crawled into a narrow space between the walls of two houses and he got stuck. his grandmother was busy inside and didn't notice he was missing till it was too late. so neighbors tried to get the child out. they couldn't do it. firefighters had to smash open a wall with some electric drills and hammers. it took them about 30 minutes but the little boy was freed. amazingly he only suffered bruises. you request see them drilling the walls right there -- you can see them drilling the walls right there. many parents are still trying to get their kids into the school routine. parents in parts of virginia still have a little time to get their kids in the mind seth for going back -- mind set for going back to school. we have help for all of you. i'm joined by stacy, the c.e.o. of moms center and -outer of the mom book. she's going to show us all how to manage the morning lift-off. this is not just good advice for moms. this is good advice for people who work on the morning shift. i told you we're getting ready in the dark. get us started. clothes. organization is key to this. >> mornings are so stressful

for parents and kids. we're trying to mobilize everyone, it's early. they always are forgetting things. they're sluggish. >> they don't want to get up. >> is your hearing impaired and you can't listen to us. i want to share some tips on how to get things moving, especially the first months. one is to prepack clothing. you can either followed them like you see here out of the laundry. kids, especially young kids can take forever deciding. if they decide what their favorite outfits are, it's grab and go. >> you've got it all right here. you also have the snacks to grab and go. >> there are so many times where you're packing lunch, you're trying to get kids' breakfast or snacks on the go. so having prepackaged things from grapes to carrots, kids can choose oreo gurt is a great thing to have in -- or yogurt is a great thing to have in the morning. this just came over from europe and they have add-ins. >> what distracts us in the

morning? we're distracted. the kids are distracted and that slows everything down. >> it does because we need to get everyone fed. then there's all the last- minute items. so the kids say oh, my sports bag. you look at the calendar. so you make sure they have their mouth guard and all the things in it and also i love last-minute items. i can't tell you how many times my kids said i can't go back upstairs to brush my teeth. >> you've taken the bad out of the excuses. >> right by the door. >> people are going to say i don't have room for this right by my door. i need to get out of the door. what's your best advice? >> i would have a lift-off area for both kids. could just be on the hallway floor. you can keep some of this stuff. >> just in case they forgot. >> again any other tips for keeping things going in the morning or in their rooms or whatever? >> i think it's great to have a big calendar that everyone in the family looks at. so it's right in the kitchen or in the hallway as you're

heading out. >> in the bath rooms? >> that's it. post-it notes. there's nothing worse than driving back to school to bring your child the recorder or something critical that they forgot during the day. >> good advice. you can learn more about this and how to make your morning lift-off a little easier. stacy is the c.e.o. of moms central and author of the mom book. thanks a lot, stacy. have a good morning. >> thank you. question of the daytime now. both men and women say this is the number one turnoff when it comes to dating. is it a, bad breath, b, a dirty home or living space or c, already being married? our facebook friend kim wrote, really? i would say all three are really gross. so what do you think? put your answer on our facebook fan page. we'll have the answer to the quiz in our next hour. we'll be right back.

. 5:56. a beautiful wednesday morning. some temps actually in the upper 50s. we're still around 70. as we head toward the 9:00 hour, still sunny, upper 60s to mid-70s. great lunch time. upper 70s to low 80s. this afternoon sunshine. high temperatures approaching 85. andrea and mike? >> thank you, howard. there's rich and then there's really rich. forbes released its new list of the highest paid celebrities and no, we are not on the list this year. >> after we win the lotto next year we will be. the man who really picked the wrong house to break into,

the guy who broke into ll cool j's home was in court. teresa garcia has those stories and more in this eye on entertainment. >> reporter: the suspect accused of breaking into ll cool j's home has pleaded not guilty to a felony burglary charge. the actor and rapper who stars in the cbs series ncis los angeles says -- ncis los angeles says he caught jonathan kirby in his home last week and broke the intruder's jaw, nose and ribs. oprah winfrey tops the list of the highest paid celebrities for the fourth year in a row. she made an estimated $165 million between may 2011 and this year. transformers director michael bay came in second place making an estimated $160 million while steven spielberg landed in third raking in about $130 million. rihanna has been added to the list of performers at mtvs video music awards. she's nominated for five awards including video of the year.

other performers include frank ocean and taylor swift. the vmas will air live from the staple center in los angeles on september 6. rapper willi.m became one of the first entertainers from earth to have his song blasted from mars. >> i wanted to show human collaboration and have an orchestra there and something that will be timeless. >> reporter: nasa's rover curiosity currently exploring the red planet played his new song "reach for the stars." that's your eye on entertainment, teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. you're going to have one of the top ten days of the year. here is monika samtani. >> someone is making bacon and eggs. hello, scott greenburg. >> over