68 there. hagerstown and cumberland in the low 60s. some of our cool spots with 66 here in town. easton also 66 and la plata in the mid-60s as well. showers, they've been moving in toward western maryland, parts of pennsylvania. heavy stuff is really from roanoke south and west of roanoke toward blacksburg and eabville, north care -- ashville, north carolina. we'll see an increase for showers later this afternoon. highs in the 60s in the northern shenandoah valley. we'll probably top out about 73. it's 6:00 a.m. monika samtani, we've got volume building but still dry out there. still dry and as howard said the rain later today could complicate things, especially with the leaves falling right now. so later in the day do be careful as you head out on the roads. this morning right now, though, things look final. it's just that volume with dry road conditions. no problems to route on route 29, 32, 95 and the bw parkway coming in from the north. we'll take a live look in maryland and show you what it looks like on 270. delays 85 most of the way to

121. then the pace improves at father hurley boulevard heading for rockville. back over to the maps and this time to 95 in virginia. on the northbound side you can see all that yellow and orange forming trying to get into triangle. once you're beyond that, it still looks fair as you head over to woodbridge and springfield. a live look on to 395 north of glebe road still moving well to the 14th street bridge. i'll be back with more traffic at 6:11. >> thank you, monika. it was caught on videotape. now two prince george's county officers charged with the beating of a university of maryland student go to court today. >> john mckenna was one of thousands of students who was celebrating in the streets of college park following the school's big win against duke back in march 2010. kristin fisher joins us live from college park with a preview of what's expected to happen in court today. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning. these two prince george's county police officers reginald baker and james harrison have been charged with first degree assault, second degree assault, and misconduct in office for

what they allegedly did on these streets over two years ago. remember the maryland men's basketball team had just beaten duke and thousands of students celebrated by partying in these streets in college park. police had said the students were rioting but students claimed the officers overreacted. in total 33 people were arrested that night but it was a video that surfaced more than a year later that changed everything and led to those indictments. this is the video taken from a dorm room window and those these to police officers beating then 22-year-old student john mckenna. at the time the officers said mckenna and another student struck the officers and injured their horses. they also said the horses kicked the student. in the video you can clearly see that never happened. instead the video shows mckenna dancing down the sidewalk and approaching an officer on a horse. that's when the two officers in full riot gear move in and strike him several times with

their batons. those two officers baker and harrison have been on paid administrative leave ever since, their police powers revoked. now two years later after the incident ?icially happened -- initially happened, their trial begins. opening arguments start at 9:00 a.m. back it you. >> all right, kristin fisher reporting live from college park. round two of the presidential debates are set to go off tomorrow night. republican mitt romney is coming off what is widely considered a big win in the first debate. >> astaire a mergener reports, -- tara mergener reports, president obama is looking to make changes for this one. >> reporter: president obama took a brief break from debate prep to visit a campaign office in virginia. the president has been hold up at a williamsburg, virginia resort studying and this time aides say things will be different. prior to the first debate in denver, the president held a

campaign rally and took a field trip to hoover dam. when asked how his preparations were coming along? >> it's a drag. they're making me do my homework. >> reporter: but he had a different answer when asked the same question on sunday. >> it is going great. >> reporter: the obama campaign says president obama knows he has to do better this time. >> nobody is a harsher critic than the president is of himself. he viewed the tape. i think he's going to make some adjustments on tuesday. you know, i'm not going to get into detail about strategic changes that he might make, but i just encourage you to watch. >> reporter: mitt romney's campaign believes the first debate could not have gone better. he's made gains in the polls and appears to have reenergized his base. >> i think the wind is at governor romney's back. there's clearly momentum. you can see it on the trail. you can see it in the data. >> reporter: in the first round romney had to prove he could stand on the same stage with president obama and hold his own. he is has -- he has a new challenge for tomorrow's

debate. >> expectations for him are high near this debate than they were the first debate. he has to come out and maintain the momentum he had coming out the first debate. >> reporter: romney continues his debate prep near boston today. tara mergener for cbs news, washington. >> tuesday's debate will be a town hall format that will include questions from undecided voters. former u.s. senator arlen specter of pennsylvania has died. he was 82 years old. a family member says specter died sunday morning of complications from nonhodgkins lymphoma. he served 30 years in the senate and once headed the judiciary committee. specter was facing a rising conservative republican tide when he switched parties and ran on the democratic primary. he lost that race in 2010. funeral arrangements for arlen specter have not been announced. families of people killed in the september 11 attacks have been invited to watch pretrial hearings for the five men currently charged with planning the terrorist strike. the hearings begin today in

guantanamo bay, cuba. the hearings can be viewed through closed circuit television at military installations in new jersey, massachusetts, maryland and new york city. the board of the smithsonian institution needs your ideas so it can stay relevant in the years ahead. a public forum will be held today at 3:00 at the national museum of american history. the session is open to the public and board members will take questions from the audience and online. the time right now is 6:06. i am watching your money. drivers, we may all be paying a little bit less at the pump but probably haven't noticed. aaa mid-atlantic is reporting the average price for regular gasoline in the d.c. metro area is $3.73 this morning. that's actually down 9 cents from a month ago. still motorists in the region are paying more than a year ago. at this time last year, drivers were paying $3.39 a gallon. aaa says gas prices are expected to fall for the remainder of the year. the u.s. postal service is

getting a bailout of sorts thanks to election season. the mountains of political junk mail and super packs paying top dollars for postage are keeping the stggling postal service in business. spending hit close to $29 million by the end of august. the election season won't save the postal service, but the influx of ads will get the entity through the cash crunch of october. of course a lot of them go right in the garbage can but i guess they're paid for. our time is 6:07. sports fans are feeling just a little better following the nats losing friday. that's because the dskins snapped their home losing streak in a big way against the minnesota vikings. we'll have highlights in a little while. >> it's national teen driving safety week. monika will bring us some tips to help keep your children safer when they get behind the wheel but howard is up first with your back-to-work forecast.

welcome back. howard here with your weather first. looks like we'll need a little rain gear. mild with temps in the 60s. by lunch time low 70s about the high for the day. we may see a shower this morning but a much better chance for showers and even a rumble of thunder this

afternoon. i'll be back in a few minutes with the rest of your seven-day forecast. looks like this on 270 most of the way from 85 past 109 toward 121 before the pace improves through germantown, rockville and headed for the point where the lanes divide. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. it 16:11. here's howard. he -- it 16:116789 here's howard. -- it is 6:11. here's howard. he says you may need a coat but just a different kind of coat. >> the problem we're having today, the threat for showers. you'll need the rain jacket, not so much anything that's going to keep you warm because temperatures are very, very comfortable this morning. we start with a look at the bus stop forecast. it's generally dry out there. in western maryland got a couple of sprinkles around cumberland. we'll look at that in just a moment. that's why a stray shower can't be ruled out in southwestern and western suburbs. temperatures running in the 60s this morning with your sunrise

at 7:18. we don't hit the daylight saving time, the end of it till november 4. that's sunday morning when we fall back. at least we'll get an hour more of sleep. today we're looking cloudy. maybe a shower in a couple of spots at 8:00. by noon a better chance for a few showers, 73. i think that's the high for the day. with more showers this afternoon, we'll likely fall into the upper 60s. 4:00 some of the showers may turn into thunderstorms in a few hours with an 8:00 reading of 62. you'll notice the westerly winds turning to the northwest and skies starting to clear, especially western sections as we get into late this afternoon and this evening. this morning the showers have made it into western maryland fairly light in toward cumberland, back toward oakland. they're on 219 getting over toward kaiser. watch out in romney and paw paw. these guys. old town, will be heading your way, light ones in the next little while. heavier showers to the west and southwest of the roanoke area. could be some lightning trying to develop there this morning down toward blacksburg. all of this is moving in our

direction. so later this morning and the afternoon, that's why you need the rain gear. 66 in ashburn. it's 65 in columbia. off to the south 67 at fort belvoir with andrews coming in at 65. got to say hi to scott and the gang. they watch us every morning. we really appreciate t. outside on our michael & son weather camera, still quite dark. more than an hour to go before sunrise. 66 degrees. winds are up. they're out of the south, southwest at 11. that's one of the reasons it is just much milder this morning than what we've had. by the way tomorrow morning could be 15, maybe 20 degrees cooler than this morning. there's a storm system going through the great lakes. this is what is going to drive our weather for the next couple of days. you see the showers with us this morning up here. but it's also pushing a cold front in our direction. ahead of that front we've got the showers from actually atlanta through asheville nierro smoke this morning and

toward cumberland. those showers are going to be around, some lighter ones through midday. at 3:00 this afternoon, here's our future cast. you notice the yellows and greens. maybe some thunder mixing in with some of those showers. starting to clear out. even by mid afternoon in the shenandoah valley. by 6:00 looks like i-95 east and south will have the better chance of showers than let's say north and west. then tonight we clear out. we cool down. that leaves us to a couple of nice days. the forecast today about 73. better chance for some showers later. that's why yellow alert. the drive home may be impacted by the moisture around. 40s to around 50 tonight. tomorrow 66. looks good. wednesday looks good at 70. thursday 72. might see a shower friday and then the weekend looks good once again. it is 6:14. here comes monika with another look at timesaver traffic. lots of volume, no major incidents. that's actually what we like to hear on a monday morning. no problems to report as you travel on the beltway westbound outer loop side leaving college park into silver spring. the lanes are open. let's take a live look outside

in college park near route 1 and show what you it looks like here and traffic again is mosque well, even on the -- is moving well even on the east side of town on the beltway through prince george's county. this time over to the other side coming inbound on 395, 66, 295, everything inside the belt waip across the river -- beltway across the river looks great. no problems to report. a live look in springfield northbound 95 bunching up here in springfield, also down in aquia harbor and woodbridge. i'll be back with more traffic at 6:25. back to you. >> thank you, monika. the time 6:15. time to take another look at the question of the day. most americans say they're more stressed out about this than they are about november's election. is it a, a first date, b, holiday shopping or c, buying a halloween costume? >> our morning friend on facebook terry writes, if most americans are stressed over a, b, or c, they need to relax. they should be more stressed out about jobs, the economy and putting food on the table.

good point. we'll have the correct answer in about 30 minutes.

welcome back. 6:19. your weather first on this monday morning. mild out there but we're going to have some showers around, so grab some rain gear. you'll need it later this morning into the afternoon. here's a look at our day planner. lots of clouds. with the extra leaves coming down, anything that does fall rain wise could be that much more slicker on the streets. 72 by 11:00. better chance for some showers, even some thunder as we get into the early to mid afternoon as temperatures slowly fall off into the upper 60s for the drive home. good morning, everybody. yesterday was a win that was a long time coming. it was a game interesting for a lot of reasons. was rg3 fully recovered from getting his noggen knock ld last week against the falcons? would he be tentative if and when he played?

could the team knock off the surprising vikings? he played and he was okay. there he is and getting it done with his arm. he was an arm's dealer, 17 of 22. buck 82. that one to santana across the middle. getting it done late as they tried to put it away. is he a doctor? yes. does he make house calls? absolutely. 76 yards, 13 carries for a buck 38, two touchdowns, washington wins it 38-26. home losing streak no more. >> took off running and got to the sideline, thought i ran out of bounds because everyone has been telling me that lately. and then, you know, you know in certain situations and i felt like i had the guy off flank and i took off running. the rest is history. i got to enjoy the moment a little bit. it was pretty fun. >> great game yesterday. in baltimore, the ravens and cowboys, late game drama. ravens leading by two but the cowboys able to recover this onsidekick. that sets up dan bailey,

possible game winner, long enough, yes. straight enough, no. ravens go to 5-1 and some devastating injury news which we will find out more about today on ray lewis. that's a quick look at sports. have a great monday, everybody. today is the start of national teen driemp safety week. -- driver safety week. with us is highway traffic safety administration david strictland. thank you for being with us and kicking off this important campaign. teen driving is the number one cause of fatalities among 16 to 20-year-olds in the united states. why is that the case? >> unfortunately, monika, those teenagers, our youngest drivers are also our biggest risk takers. they have a sense of innocence vincibility. they want -- invincibility. they want to explore. in a car driving environment it's risky and sometimes can be fatal. >> the campaign is focusing on the parents' role and their

responsibility. let's take a look at your video. >> so you have the contracts. >> oh, everything is right in here. >> he just got his license. >> is he here? >> yeah, he's upstairs in his room. >> no more than one friend in the car at any time. no cell phone use. no alcohol. >> really this is about laying down the rules. >> absolutely. >> what is the key advice you give to parents? >> interactive teaching. really the thing you have to do is you have to hold your teen accountable. driving is the ultimate responsibility. you're driving a vehicle that's several thousand pounds that can get up to over a hundred miles an hour in a chaotic environment. the key is lay down strong rules, no using a phone, no texting, not driving with other teens in the car, making sure you're driving where you're supposed to be driving in addition to frankly not only

laying down the rules but having the parent having a role. make sure you build each element of teaming of driving. drive with your team. it really is thinking about any other life skill. parents should teach driving just like any other life skill. >> do you think, though, the law should be stronger? >> absolutely. a number of states are doing graduated driver's licenses where you have two to three levels of licensing where you have more restrictions on the early parts of the drives experience of a teen. and you build those skills up until you receive your full license. and really those graduated driving licenses which includes not driving at night, zero tolerance for alcohol, no alcohol at all, making sure you're driving with only an adult, not another teen, all those things really sort of build a foundation of safety for teaching a new teen how to drive. >> in the state of virginia a teen gets their license in front of a judge and the

parents and the judge hands the license to the parents and says this is yours. >> absolutely. it's really that great line of responsibility because really what you're thinking about, even though a lot of parents are real excited to have your teen being able to drive themselves to swim practice and all the activities, it does give the family more freedom but it's simply that. it's the ultimate responsibility and we want parents to be able to take that responsibility just as much as the kids do. >> it's a rite of passage but you've got to have regular feedback sessions as well. >> absolutely. the key to it is that you're just -- just like you teach anything that's important in your teen's life, your child's life, you teach driving exactly the same way. strong accountability, constant connection, constant feedback and also being an example. not only teaching your teen being a good driver but what you have to do? be a good driver yourself. >> and don't be on the phone and tell them not to be on the phone. >> that doesn't work in this environment. >> thank so you much for being

with us, especially during this important week. >> thank you, monika. we'll be back in a few minutes.

good morning. welcome back to 9news on this monday morning. it's 66 degrees. what a change over the weekend. this is a live look at the washington uponment. people on their -- monument. people on their way into work. howard, thank you for starting

your day with us. thank you for starting your day with us. you definitely want to hear what howard has to say. still another 50 minutes till sunrise. november 4 we fall back and get that hour. my wife's birthday. she has a 25-hour birthday. rain this afternoon, but mild. 66 now. 73 at noon. i think that's about the high today with upper 60s for the drive home. my concern is not so much for the drive in but the drive home with showers around and certainly we've had plenty of leaves falling the last couple of days. that could make things as i said more slicker or extra slick that would be. light stuff. 65 in la plata this morning. 66 easton. a mild morning. a lot milder than what we had

just a couple mornings ago when we had widespread frost saturday morning. clouds will be with us -- were with us all night keeping the temperatures mild. in cumberland we've had light showers. otherwise quiet now this morning. our temperatures this afternoon may be holding in the 60s in the shenandoah valley to about 73 here in d.c. it's 6:30. here comes monika, very important traffic information to pass along. we do we have a head-on collision in burke on burke lake road at lee chapel road. it's a pretty major intersection. we're hearing quite a bit of equipment is arriving on the scene there in burke. burke lake road at lee chapel road. i suggest that you take either route 644 or shipletl boulevard as your alternate route. here on 66 itself, you have the slow traffic out of manassas. it will be off and on through centreville. lanes are open as you head for fairfax and the beltway. let's take a live look outside and show you what it looks like

first every here on the beltway on the american legion bridge. traffic is moving well along the beltway you but white a -- belt waip but quite a -- belt waip but quite a bit of -- beltway but quite a bit of volume. you're going about 16 miles an hour leaving frederick toward 109, 121 before the pace improves. another live look outside. this time we'll take a look here at 66 outside the beltway coming toward the 495 interchange. things are looking fine, just a bit of slow traffic. i'll be back with more on that accident in burke in a few minutes at 6:00:43. back to you guys -- 6:43. back to you guys. >> thank you very much. two police officers charged with the videotaped beating of a university maryland student go to court. >> john mckenna was one of thousands of students celebrating in the streets of college park following the school's big win with duke in 2010. kristin fisher joins us with more on what to expect in court

today. >> reporter: good morning. initially this student john mckenna was one of 33 people arrested that night in 2010. he was initially charged with disorderly conduct and assault on a police officer. but then a video surfaced about a year later and that video changed everything. here it is. it is showing to prince george's county police officers reginald baker and james harrison shoving mckenna against a wall and then beating him several times with their batons. but in the police report those officers stated that he was the one who hit police and that his injuries were caused by one of their horses kicking him. after a year long investigation involving the f.b.i., those for officers were indicted and charged with first degree assault, second degree sought and misconduct in office. the night that this all happened, police were already on high alert because it has become something of a tradition here at the university of maryland where students have flood route 1 after big basketball games. in years past, it even caused

considerable damage in the area setting fires, uprooting street signs. so police were prepared. they accused the students of attacking officers and insighting mayhem, but students say that police simply overreacted that night, especially when it comes to the case of john mckenna. those two police officers had been on paid administrative leave. their police powers have been suspended for the last year. now today, this morning their trial begins. opening arguments are set for 9:00 this morning and the trial is expected to wrap up by the end of the week. jessica, andrea? >> all right, thank you, kristin fisher reporting live from college park, maryland this morning. the search resumes this morning for to virginia hikers missing in montana's glacier national park. rangers and a team of 50 are looking for the men. neal peckens of hearn don, virginia and jason hiser of richmond have notten seen or heard from since friday. wintry conditions and 18 inches of snow in the park are

hampering the search. >> they did say that this morning the weather wasn't good but that this afternoon it had started to break and they did have helicopters up in the air. he loves the outside, loves the outdoors, loves to bike. he loves to run. he's very physically fit. >> just a gentle giant, a wonderful person. we'll keep our prayers alive. >> family members reported the 32-year-old hikers missing friday after they failed to catch their flight home from montana. 9news spoke to neal peckens' wife just a short time ago. she's in montana helping with the search efforts. we spoke with hiser's mother who says her son and wife are expecting. they both work in veterinarian medicine. the grounds of the washington monument were awash in a sea of pink to celebrate another milestone. some 1600 breast cancer survivors and their supporters wrapped up the komen three-day awareness walk. the 60-mile trek started friday in southeast washington and

raised $3.8 million for breast cancer awareness and education. >> it was fantastic. got a few blisters and it was great. donate. donate. >> three days, 60 miles. very tired. ready to go home. but excited. >> good for them. the event was one of 14 komen walks across the country. there are some very important dead lienls coming up if you plan on voting -- deadlines coming up if you plan on voting in the november election. in virginia today it's the deadline to register. tuesday, october 16 is the deadline to register in maryland. in the district you must register in person at the election board headquarters. the deadline to do that is this friday, october 19. for more information on voter registration, go to our website. it's wusa9.com. look under our campaign 2012 tab. ed time right now 16:-- the time right now is 6:35.

i'm watching your money. if you buy a tablet that runs microsoft's operating system 8, you're in for a surprise. users will be able to pick from millions of songs and stream them for free as long as they put up with an audio ad every 15 minutes. the new feature is called xbox music. the roughed up housing market may be making a comeback. some experts believe it could soon become another housing boom. there are a lot of signs of recovery under way right now. the recent pickups in home prices, home sales and construction also foreclosures are down and the federal reserve has acted to push mortgage rates near record lows. the f.b.i. reports that thieves stole a large amount of newly designed hundred dollar bills that were headed to a federal reserve facility in new jersey last thursday. but the thieves may have to sit on these bills for a while. the missing hundreds carry a

design that's not hitting circulation until next year. they feature a large gold 100 geographerric on the back and orange box on the front with a faint image of the liberty bell. >> why did they tell? >> i guess they'll just stick it in the basement. >> i guess so. our time coming up on 6:37. when the news continues, find out how you can take a walk against diabetes and get some exercise at the same time. >> we love that. >> plus, if you're in the market for some new electronics, you'll want to check out my daily deals when we come back.

welcome back. it's 6:41. 66 degrees. we have a pretty serious situation right now in burke. a head-on collision on burke lake road at lee chapel road right in the intersection there. you might just want to avoid it all together and either use route 644 or shiplett boulevard. the accident right in the center of burke. keep that in mind for your travel plans.

it will slow you down. 66 is incident free. just slow out of manassas and centreville and just a bit in fairfax. we take a live look outside and show you what it looks like on the northbound side of i-95. overall delays pretty normal as you head into quantico. then across the occoquan river, off and on from dale city now as you head over toward spring field. 395 by the way looks okay. a little bit of slow traffic in landmark as usual around duke street toward seminary road and the pace is still pretty good across the 14th street bridge. let's go back over to our maps and this time over to southern maryland. this is incident free. no problems on route 5 out of brandywine. andrews air force base on route 4 as you head for the beltway and then head south toward oxon hill across the wilson bridge. the hanes are open in der -- the lanes are open in alexandria as well. there is a pedestrian struck right now in crystal city, route 1 at south bleeb road. thorpts -- south bleeb road. -- south glebe road. authorities are just rink.

270 southbound, one long slow lineup, route 85 most of the way in toward germantown. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 6:58. back to you guys. >> crowded on the roadways but at least it's dry. >> that's right. it may not be so drive as we head home. consider that for your afternoon and evening plans. that's why today is one of our yellow alert days where the rain could certainly impact you later on. this morning wait till you see our michael & son weather shot. very cool. the bus stop forecast. temperatures are running in the 60s. yeah, it's mild out there. very comfortable with 60s. dry at the moment. sunrise not until 7:18. our day planner, oh, manual, check this -- oh, man. check this shot out. with the clouds and sun in the east, really cool. we're still a ways away from the sunrise. temperatures will be rising till about 70 by 9:00. 73 at noon. could be a couple of showers by then. there's even a chance we'll see a few thunderstorms this afternoon with a high in the

upper 60s. wow, that's a cool looking sky. we'll look at it one more time in a moment. we've got the showers in western maryland. and southwestern virginia, in fact cumberland, light sprinkles that are coming through from cumberland approaching not quite hancock but maybe over to areas like old town and paw paw and flinstone. then as you go southwest down route 81, you get past i-64, we're picking up heavier showers from roanoke. not quite to lynchburg yet. not quite to -- give it a couple of hours as the stuff is moving toward the north and east. our temperatures, they're up there, 66 in easton. it is 68 at the patuxent river naval air station. fredricksburg already 69. win chester has dipped into the upper 50s. we'll look at temperatures now. we've got this one more time, this awesome shot of the eastern sky. we're in tysons corner on our michael & son weather camera this morning with 66 degrees. dew point 57. humidity 73%. the winds and clouds combining

to keep temperatures from falling off all that much. we've got some showers out to the west but notice in ohio and kentucky andeanian, -- and indiana, skies are clearing. they're behind a cold front which is moving in our direction. ahead of it southerly winds. it's mild behind it. cooler northwesterly winds. even a few showers in the upper great lakes. so we've got the threat for showers here later this morning toward the nunn hour. might -- noon hour. might be seeing a few sprinkles toward lunch time. mid afternoon some showers and maybe thundzer. i-81 seeing clearing already. it works its way toward us by 6:00. i-95, corridor and points east, better chance of showers than north and west. we clear out tonight as temperatures drop into the 40s to near 50. we look pretty good here tomorrow, wednesday and thursday. your forecast today 73. the yellow alert for those showers, maybe a rumble of thunder this afternoon so your outdoor plans, you have sports plans or after school activities or maybe even just the drive home could be impacted by that 40s to about 50 for the low tonight.

tomorrow sunny and cool, 66. wednesday looks nice as we get back to about 70 with low 70s thursday. friday could be a chance of showers then, upper 60s. by saturday terps are home. looking pretty good. we've got the breast cancer walk as well downtown with kristen berset and i. high 65. monika, back to you. >> thank you so much, howard. our morning show is stepping out to stop diabetes this weekend. that's because almost 26 million people in the united states have this disease. joining me today to talk about their own experience with diabetes or alley and katrina merva. thank you for joining us this morning. how are you, katrina? >> good. >> you were diagnosed with type i diabetes when you were only 2 years old. look at you now. you're an 8-year-old and very active young lady. you play soccer? >> yeah. >> reporter: what happened at your soccer match? >> the whole team, we were like inoue we had a losing streak. >> you won, didn't you? >> yeah.

>> that's awesome. i'm really happy for you. i'm going to go to you, alley. i know as a parent it must have been very difficult, especially the beginning whether she was first diagnosed. >> it was very difficult because she was still in diapers and a toddler and when you first are diagnosed, you start on shots. so she ended up having to have her insulin via four shot as day which is very difficult with a little child. most kids don't like to have any shots at all. >> just to explain to the audience for people who don't know, type i diabetes means the body doesn't produce insulin and barring any medical breakthroughs this is a lifelong disease. >> it's an auto immune disease which is different from type ii. until they find a cure, children and adults who have it have to take insulin either via a pump or shots every day. >> tell us basically how you keep katrina healthy? >> she has to check her blood sugar probably six to ten times a day. when she was younger of course

we did it for her. she's now very self-efficient in terms of doing a lot of it herself but we do have adults monitored to make sure she's in range. she has an insulin pump which you may not be able to see but she has to have a bolus. >> she just showed it to us. this is something you wear at all times? >> except when i take a shower or go in the pool. >> but even when you're playing sports it doesn't bother you, does it? >> no. >> for anybody in your situation, a child or even parents, what would you say to them? >> i'd say you have to power through it, be strong and like no matter what anybody else says, you can be yourself and like, you know, you could end up like being -- like-- >> a pretty strong kid. >> yeah. >> you look pretty great to me, right? do your friends ask you about your situation or why you wear the pump? >> yeah, a lot.

>> what is your answer? >> well, i basically have to go through the whole thing. >> but that's okay, right? because it's all about creating awareness about your situation and showing everybody you're pretty normal. >> mm-hmm. >> really quickly, what advice would you give to parents, ali? >> i would say power through the first part which is sort of overwhelming and you just get to a new normal. it's all about routine and being organized. then your kid, the i ask's the limit. >> you're an a-- the sky's the limit. >> you're an amazing role model. thank you for being with us. we'll be emceeing the step out walk to stop diabetes. it's this saturday, october 20 at the beautiful national harbor. we're team daddy's girl and we do hope you'll join us. >> thank you. she's a wonderful role model as you said. it's time now to answer our question of the morning. the question again, most americans say they're more

stressed out about this than they are about the november elections. is it a, a first date, b, holiday shopping or c, buying a halloween costume. >> here's a look at a response you posted on the wusa9 facebook fan page. christine thinks the answer is b, holiday shopping. >> but the correct answer is c, buying a halloween costume. remember we spend $370 million just on our pets. >> just be a chick magnet like howard bernstein. we've been combing through the day's daily deals, e-mails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts and some monday favorites, a tablet computer under a hundred bucks. best buy is selling a prestige 7-inch tablet. this is 33% off the normal price. you can find it on the website today for $99.99. also you're going to get free shipping on this one. you're saving 50 bucks off the retail price. how about a 37-inch panasonic

lctv for $349.99 at sears.com, $200 off the asking price. this deal also includes free shipping. and living social is selling tickets to the fall fringe festival. this is a 50% discount, live arts performance in november. $45 gets you a pack of four tickets to any show. throw in $10 more for a bar voucher. if you have an offer you've seen or you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i would love to hear from ow facebook. >> we'll -- from you on facebook. >> we'll be right back.

welcome back. 6:54. your weather first. we've got clouds out there. still kind after cool sky to the east. got some showers all the way, especially later this morning into the afternoon. perhaps a rumble of thunder with a high of 73.

at 6:56, -- 6:55 rather, here's a look at today's news before you go. two prince george's county officers charged with beating a university of maryland student will be in court today. this is footage of the march 2010 beating of student john mckenna. it happened during a riot following the terrapins beating the duke blue devils in basketball. robert griffin iii ran for 138 yards and to touchdowns, snapping the redskins' eight- game home losing streak on sunday. skins with a 38-26 win over the minnesota vikings. the time right now is 6:55. >> we'll have one final look at weather and traffic when we return so stay with us.

welcome back. 6:58. showers on the way later this morning into the afternoon.

73. nice around here tuesday through thursday and maybe a couple more showers on friday. to take public transportation, you'll want to know marc penn line number 404 is running 25 to 30 minutes late due to a mechanical problem. we'll take a live look on the northbound side of i-95, the normal slow stuff in springfield. head-on collision burke lake road and lee chapel road. cbs this morning is next. they take a closer look at what the presidential candidates need to do to win over undecided voters. howard and i will be back in just 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. if you can't join us later, be sure to join us online at wusa9.com for the latest weather, traffic and news of course. of course we're going to see you tomorrow morning. the time 4:25. have a wonderful day, everybody.