hagerstown for example down to juan quarter of a mile -- one quarter of a mile. more sunshine as we get into the afternoon. still with a threat of a shower or two this morning. high temperature 74. 5:00 p.m. temperature 71 degrees. big storm is spinning, there i went i disappeared. big storm is spinning across the great lakes, we'll try it again. in toward areas of new york state, pennsylvania, these are the storms we had last night. locally this morning it is quiet but the stuff down in raleigh, that's moving to the north northeast and that's what i think could be getting here in few hours. as you look at the doppler radar this morning just an isolated shower or two. heaviest stuff near annapolis. now with monika samtani on this friday morning, timesaver traffic. i saw a camera back there the beltway ugly. yeah so ugly and i can't believe it's only 5:00 in the morning. but, hence it's washington. and u know, but normally on friday mornings we don't deal with this. today is a different story. let's take a look live on the inner loop of the beltway before route 355. take a look at this. this delay now begins right

through bethesda heading eastbound toward route 355. and it doesn't even look like anything is moving right now. and that's because there are two tractor-trailers, two separate accidents got involved there before route 355. wreckers on the scene, t it's going to take a little while to clean this up. i believe one of the accidents involves a fuel spill now as well. so keep that in mind for your travel plans and know that it's going to take you much longer than normal to get through the area. and i'll be back with more details on this accident at 5:10. back to you guys. thank you monika. president obama and mitt romney will both campaign in virginia today. the president will be at george mason university this morning, and governor romney will make a stop in abingdon. >> yesterday, both men took time off from campaigning for some comical moments at the al smith dinner. a fundraiser for catholic charities. kristin fisher is live in the satellite center with more. good morning kristin. >> reporter: good morning. well you know two nights ago, we watched these two men go at it in one of the most heated

presidential debates in modern history. but last night they acted almost like it never happened. they were friendly, funny, romney made fun of his stiff public persona and the president poked at his own poor performance during the first debate. the smith dinner has been a good stop ever since world war ii. it's a fancy affair in manhattan and both were wearing white ties and tails something romney said made him quite comfortable. >> it's nice to finally relax and to wear what ann and i wear around the house. >> everyone please take your seats. otherwise clint eastwood will yell at them. >> i was actually hoping the president would bring joe biden along this evening because he'll laugh at anything. >> the unemployment rate is at the lowest level since i took office. i don't have a joke here. i just thought it'd be useful to remind everybody. >> he knows how to seize the moment, this president, and already has a compelling new

campaign slogan. you're better off now than you were four weeks ago. >> reporter: my favorite jokes of the night by far were when president obama and mitt romney made fun of their own performances during the last two debates. it is really good stuff. or at least their writers did a very good job of writing the jokes and i'll have the excerpts coming up for you in half man our at #:-- an hour at 5:30. back to you. >> kristin fisher reporting live from the satellite center. we're down to just 17 days until election day. no matter who you're voting for in november you're running out of time to be registered. today is the deadline to register in the district and you can only register in person at the city'sboard of elections office. deadlines to register in maryland and virginia have already passed. we have more on voter registration at wusa9.com. click on campaign 2012. the time right now is 5:03 and i am watching your money. google stock hit the skids after its earnings report was

mistakenly released to the public hours ahead of schedule. a 20% drop in profits and revenue sent shares of google tumbling 8% at the end of day. after the closing bell, microsoft also reported lower profits and revenue ahead of the windows 8 launch. the fast food chain chipotle also sa profits missed the mark because of a slowdown in growth and it keeps coming. advanced micro devices will cut nearly 15% of the work force after the pc chip maker reported a steep quarterly loss. now to make matters even more -- potentially challenging, today marks the 25th anniversary of the stock market crash of 1987. that was the day when the dow fell 508 points or 22%. but since then, the dow has gained nearly 12,000 points. since last session the dow slipped about eight points --

gas prices have started their seasonal slide. thank goodness. it's finally happening. the national arch for a gallon -- average for a gallon of regular is $3.74. that's down 13 cents from the peak a month ago. at least one analyst expects gas prices to drop as much as 45-cents a gallon by the middle of november. and it's cheaper to refinance a home this week. the average rate on a 30 year loan dipped to a near record 3.37%. while the rate on a 15 year mortgage fell to an all-time low of 2.66%. >> my goodness. that's incredible. >> i remember when i got my first mortgage in 2001. i got something over 8%. and i was excited about it. >> exactly. exactly. can you refinance if you just did it. maybe a year ago? >> you can, i mean -- you generally as a roll of thumb look for a -- rule of thumb look for a point spread. after a year you probably won't find that but do the math. sometimes it makes sense. >> all right, very good. the boy scouts of america are ordered to release secret sex

offender documents detailing decades of crimes against children. >> after 80 years a once popular magazine announces plans to stop printing weekly issues. we'll have that when wreturn. you are watching 9news now.

it is 5:08 on this friday morning. we've got a couple of showers in the mountains and also to our east and we may still see a few more before the morning is out. bull certainly a lot better than it was overnight. a look at the day planner, 50s and 60s to start and in the 70s this afternoon. low to mid-07s, perhaps 74 or so for the high by mid- afternoon with a drive home temperature right about 71 degrees. still though a few showers possible over the next few hours. let's check in with monika samtani. timesaver traffic and avoid the beltway in spots huh? i tell you what. miserable on the inner loop of the beltway look at this. unusual for this time of the morning. to say the least. inner loop before route 355, two separate accidents involving trucks. going to be there for a while. more details coming up in a few minutes.

back to you guys. here's a look at some other things making news now. the boy scouts of america has released a file of papers which shows the organization shielded scout masters and others accused of molesting children. there are more than 14,000 pages of memos and letters from victims and their parent as well as newspaper clippings in the quote perversion files. the oregon supreme court ordered the scoutsto release the files thursday. jerry sandusky has file paper work in hopes of getting a new trial. the former football coach is currently serving 30 to 60 years in prison for abusing ten boys. sandusky says there wasn't evidence to support the convictions. he also claims his lawyers didn't have enough time to prefair for his trial -- prepare for his tile. after 80 years of the newsstand "newsweek" will go all digital tail early next year. job cuts are expected but the company didn't give a specific figure. the online publication will be called news week global and

require a paid subscription. the december 31st issue will be "newsweek's" last print edition. victims of the fort hood shooting say the defense department is preventing them from receiving the benefits they deserve. >> and the trial of two local police officers accused odd beating a -- accused of beating a college student is expected to wrap up today. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back.

federal investigators are trying to determine if a

suspect in a plot to bomb the federal reserve in new york has ties to al-qaeda. agents are poring over evidence confiscated from the apartment. on wednesday he tried to use a cell phone to detonate 1,000- pound bomb in front of the federal reserve. if convicted he faces life in prison. a number of the soldiers wounded in the fort hood shooting rampage want the event to be classified as a terror attack. a group of about 160 people affected by the shooting expressed frustration thursday. they say shoaler ands injured or killed deserve fair benefits and purple heart eligibility. however those benefits will not be awarded until -- unless rather the shooting is declared a terrorist attack. the defense department considers the shooting to be a workplace violence incident. 13 people were killed during the shooting and army mayor hasan is accused in the incident. the identity of the man accused of throwing some kind of flammable substance into the ballston common mall is still

unknown. it was shut down after receiving a report of someone throwing is molotov cocktail into the building. after three hours of searching the nearby area police made an arrest. the system was questioned by the -- suspect was questioned by the police and atf and fbi. it was a bomb scare and it was captured on mall security. closing arguments are expected today in the case against two police officers in prince george's county accused of beating a university of maryland student. reginald baker and james harrison are charged with second degree assault and misconduct. the 2010 incident was captured on video and happened as students celebrated a basketball win over duke. the video shows the cops using their batons to hit a young man while he was on the ground. yesterday, officer harrison testified that man punched another officer and refused to drop an only in his hand. it turn -- object in his hand. it turned out to be the guy's cell phone. on 5:15, look what i guilty fred. a lovely -- got yesterday.

a lovely t-shirt and on the back in case you forget the breast self-reminders about the mammogram can the clinical exam from the sisters at heart breast cancer support group in la plata, maryland and nay know we've covered them because of weather and they didn't have any problems yesterday. >> gather on a sunny day isn't it? they've really come back, the tornado was back in 2002. the big f 4 that really did a tremendous amount of devastation there on that sunday afternoon. >> spent a lot of time covering that. >> great down in southern maryland. it's a favorite place of mine. glad you had a great time down this. hello to everybody in charles county and everybody else for that matter. we still could see a few more showers and sandstorms through mid -- storms through mid- morning and then a better afternoon ahead. a look at the bus stop forecast. a litable damp out there. touch of fog in a few spots as well with a stray shower right now. temperatures in the 50s and 60s and 's a mild morning. sunrise not until 7:22 and see

the sun later this morning into the afternoon hours with upper 60s in not 70 by moon -- if not 70 by noon. then the afternoon 74 for the high with a 71-degree reading at 5:00 p.m. winds southerly south-southwest at about 10 miles an hour. even though we've seen the big storms move east, you know i got a backup and show you this again. i'm sorry i jumped the gun here. watch -- well, anyway there's stuff coming out of the raleigh area through south central virginia that could be headed to fredericksburg or even southern maryland here in a few hours. we have some showers isolated scattered ones here along 522 along the state line here in frederick county, virginia and west virginia back there near fort ash by. east of cumberland. this is moving north northeast and off to our east, we've been watching some other showers that have been falling through annapolis now. this is lifted off to the north and coastal anne arundel and this is pulling away. other than that, a quiet morning. touch of fog. cumberland by the way, one quarter mile visibility. we've seen the fog in tysons in

a moment. 60 in reston and rockville. 59 leesburg and big rummage sale going on for the hospital out there. go check them out. 63 this weekend today and tomorrow. college park 63. upper marlboro 62 so a mild morning. it's damp outside and you can see the fog in the air. not too dense here at tysons corner on our michael & son weather camera. but we've got 64 degrees under mostly cloudy skies at reagan national. and the humidity it is up. as you would expect 87%. cold stuff that's out in the rockies, 20s and 30s here, it's cool in chicago at 45 while we're 64. this a big -- i mean a big storm spinning in the middle of the country. look at this thing, this is a big classic comma shape and covers a lot of real estate. drawing up the moisture from the gulf of mexico. we had the heavy downpours overnight and going to continue to watch. this stuff sweep through us. here's the stuff i'm concerned that could get into southern maryland here in a few hours. headed in our direction. not out of the woods just yet but a nice lull for the moment.

74 and some showers on and off through mid-morning, better afternoon. tonight we're falling into the 50s and 40s in the suburbs. pleasant this weekend with highs in the mid 60s saturday and sunday and then monday back in the 70s at least for the first half of next week. you know, it has not been much fun on the inner loop of the beltway this morning. at about 1:00 this morning, a tractor-trailer hit a guardrail before route 355 and got stuck there. then a little later, another tractor-trailer came by and didn't realize that there was an accident there. jackknifed and also had a fuel spill. to that's why you're dealing with all of the slow traffic on the inner loop that's eastbound 495 trying to get toward route 355 here. in fact let's just go to the live picture on the inner loop of the beltway and this is what you have to deal with. not moving. authorities crews are on the scene doing their clean-up and trying to get everything out of the way with two tractor- trailers involved you know that's a big deal. so this is what you have to deal with in bethesda if you

can avid the beltway through that stretch please do it. maybe get on at connecticut avenue past the traffic scene. east of the accident and you can see the traffic is not affected here. you're okay at georgia avenue and even on the outer loop heading to connecticut and route 355. you may hit the brakes because of people looking over at the accident scene but otherwise the lanes are open on the outer loop of the beltway heading west to bethese null remember that for your travel plans. let's take a look into virginia on the northbound side of 395. 14th street bridge looks great. by the way, outbound 11th street bridge to get on to southbound 295 that new ramp is now open. that should be great for commuters. back with more traffic at 5:29. back to you jess. thank monika. the time right now is 5:19 and another look at the question of the day --

>> sue mcgraw wrote on our wusa9 facebook fan page -- >> you can log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response. we're going to reveal the answer in our next hour. happy friday. you're watching 9news now.

welcome back. 5:22. still watching some showers and

storms some came through us last night. they were loud. but another batch southwest of richmond could get some areas south and east of us over the next couple of hours, on the futurecast, i'm going to move it forward to about 7:30. you see it there down to the northern neck pushing across southern maryland into the eastern shore by 9:00. into the afternoon hours a little bit more sunshine. and temperatures make a run to about 74 for the high. andrea? thank you howard. the rejection by the players' association means the nhl season may never happen. >> and the yankees get swept in the playoffs for the first time in more than three decades. dave owens has hose stories and more -- those stories and more. >> when is 50/50 not really 50/50? that's the quandary of the nhl. hockey this country's fourth most popular sport is in jeopardy of losing a season. reasons? well, like the o jays once said for the love of money. not good. owners proposed a 50/50 split on tuesday that would have

preserved the season. players responded yesterday with an offer that owners say well, stinks. you decide if you're actually going to use your seasonal tickets this year. -- season tickets this year. >> none of the three variations of playership they gave us even began to approach 50/50 and it's clear that we're not speaking the same language. >> we're available to continue negotiating. we're going to have to continue negotiating. whether it's tomorrow, or the next day or next week or whenever it is. but today is not a good day. it should have been. but it wasn't. >> all right, some football here, jason pierre-paul says rg3 don't bring that run stuff to my side. and alfred morris you don't either. they're talking some smack. the redskins' run game is the second best in the nfl only the mighty 49ers are better. back to the smack talk show. washington taking the quiet or smart approach not flapping

their gums about the giants, just praising them. >> they have a good defensive front four. i mean that's the key to their defense is their front four. i mean i think they have probably the best core d- linemen group thus far. >> they do have the best front four that the league has to offer and i mean it's a huge challenge. but you know, we -- we have to go in and play well. all right, and finally yankees, tigers last night. yankees, holding on for dear life. not for long though. miguel cabrera, sayonara. tigers sweeping the bronx bombers and heading to the world series. that's going to do it for a quick look at sports, have a great friday everybody.

good morning, welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. happy friday. >> yes. >> sort of. >> sort of. some people on the roadways you'll hear they're not happy. >> yeah, monika samtani's got

something she's going to tell you about that's not going to make a lot of people happen my. and of course howard has the weather first. >> mother nature woke them up last night with the loud thunder that was going on but right now radar is relatively quiet. still could get a couple of showers and storms here through mid-morning and we're better for the weekend. touch of fog in tysons corner, certainly a damp looking morning out there. radar is quiet. 64 degrees at reagan national. 68 by noon with sunshine breaking out then and more sun this afternoon. could be a stray shower east lingering with highs around 74. big storm out in the midwest helping to spruce the showers -- produce the showers and storms we're seeing and right now watching the stuff in south central virginia going east northeast. this could make it to the eastern shore later this morning and right now we have some showers well to the west and well to our east. it's 5:29. big problems on the north side of the beltway. here's monika samtani to explain. there really are and there is two two separate accidents involving tractor-trailers. one happened at 1:00 this morning and then the otherren

had i would say -- other happened i would say a quarter to 5:00 this morning on the inner loop of the beltway right before route 355. that beltway delay on the inner loop heading eastbound to route 355. crews are on the scene there. they were not letting traffic through for quite some time and you can see that it doesn't look like they are right now either. no traffic moving on the inner loop through bethesda. let's take a look at the maps so i can show you and give you some perspective of what we're talking about. right here it's two tractor- trailers as i said as you head eastbound on the beltway through bethesda towards silver spring. take another live look at the beltway delay and here at bradley boulevard you can just about see a little further up here, where the delay begins trying to head eastbound, now luckily if anything it's against the rush hour flow and plenty of people do use the eastbound side of 495 early in the morning. souples remember that for your travel plans, we're on it and sending a crew there as well and trying to get as much information as we can for you. let's go over to another live picture, this time, on the

virginia side of things. northbound 95 in springfield looks great. it's incident-free. friday morning light thankfully through springfield and on to 395. more traffic in a few minutes coming up. back to you guys. thanks monika. tragedy has now struck twice for the prince george's county police department. for the second time in as many months, an officer has died in a car crash. >> officer kevin bowden was just 28 years old. the veteran was off-duty when he crashed the cruiser into an suv. debra alfarone has the story. >> reporter: the closer you get, the harder it is to even comprehend. it seems unfair anyone would meet this kind of end. >> with a very heavy heart that i come before you tonight to advise you of the death of a prince george's county police officer, officer kevin bowden. >> reporter: it was 3:00 this afternoon 28-year-old prince george's county police officer kevin bowden was off shift driving home in his take home marked cruiser northbound on

branch avenue through clinton. somehow, some way, bowden and a white suv seen here on the right collided ending with bowden's car seemingly wrapped entirely around a utility pole at the intersection at surratts road. bowden died. the female driver of the suv lived. taken to the hospital with what police say are nonlife- threatening injuries. now the morning starts along with lots of questions. >> we have witnesses saying that the officer was cut off. and we're not at a point yet to say that's what caused the accident. but certainly we're looking into that. >> it's very sad, yet again in the past two months we've lost another officer. >> reporter: august when prince george's county police officer adrian morris was killed during a purr site when his car hit a guardrail on i-895 eject -- i- 95 ejecting him, it was later found he wasn't wearing his seat belt. still too many questions. >> that was debra alfarone

reporting. chief ma gaw says bowden got off work at 1:00 p.m. it's not known where he was headed or how fast they were going when they collided. the fungus has been found in unopened vials of steroid medication. the food and drug administration says the fun buzz was in vials made in august by the new england compounding center. yes the massachusetts pharmacy at the center of the national investigation into more than 250 meningitis cases. there have been at least 20 deaths including some in maryland and virginia. they called it a rumble at hofstra but last night president obama and mitt romney took some time off from campaigning for some light hearted moments ad the al smith dinner last night in new york city. the candidates joked about themselves and each other. >> now the good times are going to end today when they head back out on the campaign trail. both men will make stops in virginia. kristin fisher is live in the 9news now satellite center and she promised us some of the best moments.

of last night and we can't wait to hear them kristin. >> reporter: just a second, but first, fortunately the jokes are going to be over today. because president obama is going to be campaigning at george mason university and then we've got mitt romney making stops in abingdon, virginia. but what people are really talking about this morning and i know what jessica wants. is what these guys were saying last night because they were really, really funny. now, they talked about a lot of stuff but i think their best moments were about the debates in particular the president made fun of his performance during the first debate. also his wedding anniversary by saying quote there are worse things that can happen to you on your anniversary than figuring to buy a gift. >> you may have noticed i had a lot more energy in the second debate. i was really well rested after the nice long nap that i had in the first debate. >> we were chatting pleasantly this evening as if tuesday

night never happened. >> earlier today i went shopping at some stores in midtown. i understand governor rom flee went shopping for some stores in midtown. >> don't tell anyone i said so but the 44th president has many gifts and a beautiful family. that would make any man proud. >> and i particularly want to thank governor romney for joining me because i admire him very much a family man and a loving father. and those are to titles that will always matter more than any political ones. >> reporter: look at this. the two candidates being surprisingly gracious but not going to last long. the next time the two candidates will share the same room will be during their next and final debate next monday in florida. but i tell you what, jessica, andrea, just agree there need to be more nights like that during the presidential campaigns? i think a once a month thing. that was good stuff. >> they still get the points across and the little jokes you know. >> wouldn't it be nice if the

whole process was that congenial and everyone got along and had nice things to say about at least each other? >> and the campaign didn't last as long? thank you kristin fisher reporting live from the satellite center. the benefits of green tea could prove beneficial to breast cancer patients. >> we'll also be showing you the emotional story of a breast cancer survivor who's now fighting a second disease. we'll be right back.

5:08 on this friday mo -- 5:38 on this fed morning, we have wet streets but not too much in the way of showers this morning and a touch of fog here and there with some of the overnight rainfall. see temperatures climb into the low 70s early this afternoon. topping out about 74 to the drive home temperature of 70 but still a few showers and storms through mid-morning especially south and east of d.c.. i'll be back in a few minutes with the rest of the seven day. right now over the monika samtani -- to monika samtani. troubles in traffic land. i mean really you don't

expect this. it's 5:00 in the morning on a friday especially. but look at that no one is moving on the inner loop of the beltway trying to get past route 355 where there are two separate accidents involving tractor-trailers. that's why the clean-up is taking so long. pleasant be aware of this avoid eastbound 495 through bethesda if you can. more details on this of course in my next report. back to you jess. you want to shape up? get off the couch! couch to 5 k with jessica doyle. >> good morning friends. i'm in week five of my couch to 5 k program. this is my slow and steady training program. there is hao been training for the howard bernstein been training for the 5 k with me. this is what week live looks for you. -- five looks for you. it is a five minute warmup. jog for five minutes, walk for two minutes. jog for seven minsk walk for

two minutes. jog for five minutes and then walk a minute. not so bad. then a big development this week, i have finally selected the 5 k. friday, november 9th at rfd stadium. to get a portion of the proceeds delivered 1,000 solar lanterns for children in need in somalia. i am assembling a team? want to join up in hit me up on facebook, twitter, the tumble r blog. another thing, finally one more fitness pitch. ladies, come on in and join me. >> hi everyone. >> hello. now consider this a step in your training program for a 5 k. not too late to jane team daddy's girls for the team 5 k walk at national harbor tomorrow morning. andrea, monika yours truly all proud to again emcee the stepout walk to stop diabetes. we have the hands there on the

screen. the event begins at 8:00 a.m., the walk is at 10:00. to sign up go to this website. stepout.diabetes.org or register as the day of the walk at national harbor. >> and we will see you there. >> yeah. >> and we'll all get off the couch. be running past us. >> all for a great cause and a great day. we'll see you after the break too. >> bye.

welcome back. your weather first at 5:44. we've got bus stop forecast right foul and looking at temperatures this morning they're up there in the 50s and 60s, still the isolated shower now and we could be looking at temperatures later on -- later on into the 70s. hey control room flip that prompter monitor for me will you? we've got temperatures as i said 50s and 60s now. they're going to be headed up into the 70s this afternoon. probably lower, maybe mid 70s. we still have a threat for a few showers, isolated thunder this morning. basically south and east of town the heaviest stuff there.

by noon partly sunny 68. south winds at about oh 7, 8 miles an hour. they'll be south-southwest at around 10 this afternoon with a high of 74. 72 at 4:00 that's going to be pretty nice. the skies go partly sunny and at 8:00 p.m. tonight you got plans? friday night football, should be decent for it. mid 60s so a lite jacket or ash -- light jacket should do you for the football game. showers and storms last night woke a few people up. this morning we've quieted down. some isolated showers in western maryland and then the heavier stuff to the south but looking closer in on the doppler you see the one shower just coming in to hancock here on the southeast side in northern frederick county, virginia we have a little shower here northeast of cross junction. that other shower north of st. michael's headed to queenstown then the heaviest stuff right now we're watching, this stuff is west and southwest of richmond. moving to the northeast so ash land, lady smith eventually i think charles county, st. mary's, calvert you guys will have to watch out for this. oh give it another one o two

hours as it's moving off to the northeast but i think it is going to stay south and east of d.c.. 64 in baltimore right now. it is 54 in winchester, cumberland this morning at 52 and 65 in fredericksburg. so we're starting out mild. and also with just a touch of fog although here in northwest d.c. we've got good visibility in our michael & son weather camera. cloudy skies officially and 64 degrees. winds are calm and the humidity at 88%. it is up it is muggy. spoke to charlie last night fauquier county. inch of rain overnight with the storms and there's the wide picture showing the other area of storms coming into southern virginia now and that's why i i think it's tracking more to southern maryland than us. we will get better this afternoon. and your weekend, i'm excited about it. all sorts of walks going on. the diabetes walk, the strides against breast cancer walk, the lupus walk, all going to be good for that, even the terps tomorrow the early shower or storm for the next few hours especially south and east of

town. mild this afternoon. 74. tonight low 50s in town with mid 40s in the suburbs. 66 tomorrow. very pleasant saturday. go terps. good luck. sunday a nice day with 65 and then next week we're warming back up into the 70s and dry through thursday, here's monika samtani at 5:47 with timesaver traffic. yes, absolutely and before i get to that headache, there's another one. mark brunswick line 870 by the way is running 25 minutes late this morning. inner loop this is what you have to deal with. i just got off the phone with maryland state police. literally 30 seconds ago. and they told me they're waiting for a second tow truck to arrive on the scene after the accident. in fact two separate accidents involving tractor-trailers on the inner loop before route 355. one happened right around 1:00 this morning, the other one at 4:30 the morning. and one of them does involve a fuel spill. so it's taking some time to get there and to clean it up. that's why you're dealing with this on the beltway. in fact let's go to the maps

and i'll show you where it is. right here on the inner loop heading eastbound on 455 before you get to route 355. now back to the live cameras and see bradley and that means through bethesda as you head over toward 355, you're going to come to a complete standstill. outer loop of the beltway at the accident scene has in the been affected although i'm just getting word that there could be an accident on the outer loop at 355. i'm checking on that and back with you in a few minutes to update you at around 5:-- or 6:00. back to you guys. thank you monika. here's a look at some other things making news now. we have probably heard of the home remedy of using cranberry juice to fight urinary tract infections. well, it may take a whole lot of juice to have any effect. the latest research review shows women with recurrent kidney and bladder infections might have to drink the juice twice a day for months to prevent even one infection.

pills with concentrated cranberries may be slightly more effective and the research should continue. a blood test may be able to identify women at high risk of breast cancer up to 20 years before symptoms surface. boston researchest found women with a certain combination of hormone levels in their blood were two times more likely to eventually develop breast cancer. scientists say the finding could one day lead to a common test letting doctors know which women need to be watched closely. a compound in green tea may help some of the women. a small study found a green tea extract appears to suppress proteins which fuels cancer cells. it was to small to determine if it can prevent breast cancer but larger studies are now being done to find out. come walk with me. please. join jessica, monika and me tomorrow morning at national harbor for the step out walk to stop diabetes. walking is one of the easiest

most relaxing form of exercise for many people. but especially those living with diabetes. >> my name is joyce cartwright. i've been a runner since elementary school. high school and in college. and this is me -- i had to circle me so i know me later. >> after graduating howard university, chris thought she'd never run again even for the bus. instead she focused energies on her family and her job as executive director of strive d.c.. it helps the unemployed get and keep a job and live a fuller life. but in 2007, her life turned upside down. she felt a lump under her arm and on the day before her 46th birthday a biopsy confirmed breast cancer. >> i had a lumpectomy and they tell you, oh, you can go back to everything that you've done before. and i said, it's obvious they didn't know what i did before

because i couldn't do anything that i did before. i was in pain and hurt. >> a year later after chemo and radiation, tests showed a sharp rise in her blood sugar levels. doctors suspected diabetes. but chris missed the symptoms. >> i didn't realize you know that that thirst is one and the vision issue is another and losing weight is still another. >> but put all together chris was now a breast cancer survivor trying to survive type 2 diabetes. she admits it's even harder than fighting cancer. >> they determined the medication. they determine this and that. i had to go with it and i had to have faith they were going to do the right thing. and go with it. it's diabetes -- it's on me. >> chris has to watch what she eats, her weight and she has to measure her sugar levels every day and now that she's back on her feet as a distance runner, chris has to monitor her sugar levels twice while she's running. she just finished is san francisco marathon for women's cancers and an ambitious 198-

mile relay from cumberland, maryland to d.c. in memory of a friend who died of lieu kenya. maybe, but they were -- leukemia. maybe but they are training for the second challenge. the walk to stop diabetes. this year's step out is saturday, october 20th at national harbor. the path is only 3.1 miles long and you can walk it or jog it. the best part is you don't have to be a fitness expert, you don't even have to be fast in order to do your body and the cause some good. >> you know when i was younger it was about being first. you know. i ran for -- the fact offering. the winning -- of winning. the winning is different now. you go to events and you see all these other people that have either survived or people that are supporters and it makes me feel better. >> 26 million americans have diabetes costing the country nearly $200 billion. but together, we can do something to stop diabetes. register today and join our

team. daddy's girls, click on the link make a donation. monika, jessica and i will be looking for you saturday morning. october 20th at national harbor. so join us and join chris. she's going to be there. she made it back from san francisco in one piece. >> such a great story. thanks fordoing it. now let's take a look at the question of the day -- >> here's a look at the response posted on the wusa9 facebook fan page. eric wrote -- seems pretty wise. log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page and leave rain shower response. we'll -- your response. we'll reveal the answer in about an hour.

5:56. the big showers and storms from last night have raced north and east of us but still watching a batch of storms west of richmond that's going to head maybe just south of fredericksburg to southern maryland over the next couple of hours and it's showing up on the futurecast as well. going to stop the clock at 7:30 and you'll see over to the tappahannock airport with some showers extending just south and east of d.c.. these showers rolling over toward easton and cambridge by about 8:45. 9:00. temperatures not moving much from where they are now. mid 50s to mid 60s. then toward lunchtime, upper 60s, 70ish even as skies go partly sunny. and then this afternoon, more sunshine, maybe a stray shower well east of town. highs should be between 70 and

75. a much better finish to the day. jessica? here's a quick look at some movies which are new to theaters today. and investigator alex cross returns to the big screen in the new movie alex cross. tyler perry resumes the title character once played by morgan freeman in kiss the girls and along came a spider. perry plays a younger version of the detective trying to capture a serial killer. the two face-off in a psychological struggle which pushes cross to the edge of his limits. par normal activity 4 picked up where the third movie ended. it has been five years since the disappearance of katie and hunter. a suburban family begins witnessing strange events in their neighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in. this movie is rated r. academy award-winning and nominated actors come together to tell the true story of one

man's struggle to find love. >> teresa garcia sat down with the stars to discuss the new film "the sessions." >> john hawks takes on the most challenging role of his career in "the sessions." he plays mark o brian a poet and journalist who survived polio as a child but couldn't walk and needed an iron lung to both. when he was 38 -- breathe. when he was 38 he decided it was time to discover love. he confides his desires to a catholic priest played by william h. macy. >> have sex with a person known as a sex surrogate who would be sensitive to my special needs. >> the priest thinks on it and prays on it and says yes, do it. >> academy award-winning actress helen hunt plays the professional who helps o'brien experience intimacy. >> i play a sex surrogate. >> talking to his real life sex surface helped her -- surrogate helped her prepare for the

role. >> i thought i want to be like that. shall we get undressed? >> john hawks says playing someone so physically come compromised was extremely challenging. >> i help make this soccer ball size piece of foam a place under the mid-way left side of my back to approximate his spine. >> the movie finds humor. >> am i sharing too much father? >> go on. >> showing that everyone needs and deserves love. teresa garcia, cbs news. and thank you for watching 9news now. good morning, it's 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm jessica doyle, mike hydeck is on assignment this friday. monika samtani will be back in a moment with your timesaver traffic. >> yes. lots of information. and i have something for howard. he could've used it last night. an umbrella. >> pink and white. we have a big