in bethesda, bruce leshan, 9news now. >> wow, bruce. that back, my friend. >> investigators say one of the best thing you can do is write down the serial numbers of all your gadgets or register them with the manufacturer. that way if the cops bust whoever sold them, they have some way of getting them back to you. >> good advice. >>> so before you hit the gym the next time, you might want to stop at 7-11. according to the american college of sports medicine, an ice slurpy may be an effective way to stay cool. they drank a slushy drink before running on a treadmill. those who just drank flavored cold water ran an average of ten minutes less. go figure. >>> a new survey also finds that pediatricians believe some risky health myths. only 24% of the doctors surveyed answered all of the so-called dangerous dozen questions correctly. one-third said it was okay to put a baby to sleep on his or her side. it's not. back sleeping is recommended to reduce the risk of sids. one-third of the doctors also said ice can be used to treat a burn when that

that was megan in downtown bethesda. it's national bike to work day. pit stops spread throughout the region where people can get refreshments. a great day to promote an active lifestyle and also to avoid those bad traffic problems out there. get on your bike you don't have to worry about the cars on the road. well in a different way you do have to worry about the cars on the road. >> our time to check the other top stories in the news. the white house is celebrating the passage of another piece of major legislation. i want overhauls the nation's financial regulations and aims to prevent a financial crises. the senate bill must be reconciled with the house version of that bill. >> bp released more real-time video showing the oil leak in the gulf coast. the company says it's capturing 5,000 barrels of oil a day. the company is siphoning the oil from the bottom of the ocean but more continues to leak into the open ocean. >> the man who oversees 16 intelligence agencies is handing in his resignation. dennis blair stepping down amid pressure from the white

aspen hill, stretching down from bethesda. a little foggy north of the metro area in frederick county. let's go to the weather bbug network. dulles airport, 65 degrees. brandywine, 64 degrees right now. let's look at today's forecast. an easterly flow by the weekend gives us low clouds. that is what we are dealing with outside today, even a few showers. showers are isolated in nature. by this afternoon there will be a little sunshine. high temperatures in the low to mid 70's. similar conditions to the weekend. patchy fog today. a little changed tomorrow. a little warmer and more afternoon sunshine. not a lot, but a little more tomorrow. a big improvement by mid-week. wednesday and thursday near 90 degrees. humid and partly sunny with a view of afternoon showers. if by the weekend we will cool down into the 70's. >>> and internet pioneer celebrity a major milestone. aol was founded 25 years ago. they have changed. it has been a rocky year for the company. it emerged and then spun off from time warner. aol is to have 35 million

a look at bethesda, wheaten, colesville. howard county between clarksville. near 29. 3-z 2 here.t is south of 32. north and west of there and up to columbia light sprinkles. in southern maryland we have been watching sprinkles dotting the landscape from waldorf to east of la plata there drifting to the west southwest. that's it this morning but a reminder you will need an umbrella just in case. the forecast has the threat of a passing shower. humid in the 70s. better tomorrow. can't rule out we will see one popup shower but less than 20% with 81 and then a warmer day on wednesday -- with highs in the upper 80s. showers around are isolated. it will be mild and muggy. this afternoon a few showers, mostly cloudy. mid-70s. highs around 79 or so on average. mostly cloudy and mild with an isolated shower. lows tonight 60 to 65. 8:21 on the sunset. we are all in the 60s with a lot of humidity out there. reagan national is 67. dew point 62 with an east- northeast wind at three and mostly cloudy skies. you can see this off the carolina coast. a lot of showers here. some of the moisture of

inches of rainfall in chantilly korea atomic, they had two inches of rain, and nearly two inches in bethesda -- 3.5 inches of rainfall in chantilly. potomac, they had two inches. this is going to impact our upcoming school and work week. here is a look and our express forecast. near 70 by the noon time hour. keep the umbrella ready. we could be looking for some patchy fog. coming up, we will take a look at the extended outlook, with lots of sunshine. you are going to love what is on the way. >> all right, thanks, steve. of course, you can always get an updated forecast by logging on our website at wjla.com. click on the weather tab. >>> at the university of virginia today, they honored a slain classmate. jay korff is live in the satellite center with details. jay? >> the university of virginia awarded more than 6000 degrees, and one of those was accepted by the family of yardley love. >> it was the university of virginia commencement in charlottesville. >> it is also a day to celebrate you and your achievement. >> the graduating senior was supposed to be in this class, and she was supposed t

bethesda. 69 laytonsville and springfield.own south at fort bell voifer. 80 bowie as is college park. brandywine in the upper 60s as well is columbia. crofton 69. national right now still cloudy. a lot of clouds all day. 70. we were 67 this morning so we barely moved. dew point 1 and a northeast wind at seven miles an hour. big dip in the jet stream. you can follow the clouds as they come down here 678 big storm with that big dip. we are worried about tornadoes in to colorado. off shore now one storm. i will step out of the way trying to develop here. not tropical yet and back here all of the shower and storms off the carolina coast, the moisture, the heavy moisture that we had over the weekend that is south of us. you see how the clouds are socked in from pennsylvania through the carolinas. so don't expect to see like bright blue skies but a little sun is possible hoar later on. high pressure happen near albany. on-shore flow here. winds becoming southerly. that is really warming things up. i will see the warm air in the midd

82 bethesda. 79 arlington. washington 79. we have more of the same in to springfield and in to ft.oir. laytonsville coming in at 79 degrees. rockville around 82. gaithersburg 77. and we are at 81 in to columbia right now. bwi, 76. so if you are heading to the airport be aware of that. bowie 83 and you are looking at 76 in to andrews. satellite and radar. this is the big picture here. we are watchinger this system, the weak front that will try to move in here as we go to tomorrow. i will show you what is going on. right now looking good. high pressure is in control of our weather. we are sandwiched in between systems. the one that moved through is to the south here and then we have one back here that's going to move through as we go in to tomorrow afternoon and evening. there it is around two, around 4:00. not a lot with this, but a scattered shower or two to make sure you have the rain gear as you head out and about at that time. as we move to friday it looks better as high pressure will build bag back in the area. for a while, so we will have a dry day on tap. for today highs comi

. >> we did visit the wounded warriors here at bethesda, and walter reed and then, at brooke army medical center where the burn patients are. in san antonio, often, whenever we could. and then, we met, of course with families of the fallen, at all different times. i remember especially in the 2004 campaign, we'd go to big events, and them, after the big event, were over, big campaign rallies, we'd go back stage or in other rooms and meet with the families of fallen from those -- from that part of the country, wherever we were. and, that is a... you know, a grief that is very, very difficult to share with or to see with these families, and what i always saw was how the families of people who died, both in september 11th, those families that we met with after the terrorist attacks and then the families of the fallen after that, how they wanted you to know about their loved one they had lost and what they really wanted to do was tell us stories and, in fact, one sister of someone who died in iraq, had written a story that she read to george and me about her protbro and there was something mo

and temperatures, mid-70s. 74 in articlington, 74 in bethesda, and 76 out towards great falls. temperatures are very comfortable for this cloud cover. not a big deal. winds are easterly at about 10. and the lows tonight across the area. you get out there, probably right around 60. up towards 270. and downtown, we're talking about the mid-50s which is still pretty comfortable for late may. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy and warm. and by ten, in the afternoon, we'll call it partly sunny and f much warmer. a slight chance of the thunderstorms. high temperatures in the mid- 70s to near 80s. probably more spots with light wind. we'll take you through the unofficial beginning of the summer. tomorrow and wednesday and thursday and just an isolated shower possible. 90 by thursday. mid-950s. over the weekend, it looks okay. there will be a front that goes through. we'll keep an eye on that throughout the week. and a little cooler on sunday and memorial day with temperatures back in the mid- 70s. a reminder to celebrate fairfax coming up, june 11, 12, through the 13th. and who doesn't l

in bethesda, i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now. >> there are several of these applications out there ranging to a couple hundred dollars. >>> well, wusa is proud to be a historic step of an event. remember the coalition which is embarking on a new era of digital tv. to represent the 103 million households as a mobile digital system is created. here is topper to tell us all about it. >> reporter: monday is the official launch for the mobile digital tv consumer show case. the event was spon tord by omvc, the open mobile video coalition which has brought together 900 television stations across the country in anticipation of mobile tv. washington was picked as a test market because of its size and high tech savvy consumers. >> the next generation is to take that high definition experience, that gorgeous digital picture with you in your pocket whenever you go. >> reporter: over the next few months it will be tested by consumers. it will track programs and how long they watch and at the same time ask them for feedback from what they want. >> this is all types of devices. >> reporter: this has majo

but this junior who is known huguely since their days at bethesda's landon school says he is stunned with court document that's say huguely viciously attacked love causing her death. >> i've known george eight years. it just doesn't seem like anything that he's capable of. this whole thing seems to unreal almost. i didn't believe it at first. but now, you know, you saw the details came out. it's just, you know, i'm sort of in shock. >> reporter: the search warrant documents say huguely kicked in love's bedroom door, shook her, beating her head against the wall. love was found on her bed. her head in a pool of blood. her face bruised. despite that, huguely's attorney told reporters he'll show the death was an accident not murder. >> we're confident that miss love's death was not intended but an accident with a tragic outcome. >> reporter: charlottesville police chief says the continuing investigation is focused on the prior relationship between love and huguely. friends say there had been previous physical abuse. >> there had been no complaints to the police. whether there had been co

if you are traveling the top stretch of the beltway, lanes are open between ledge park and bethesda. uner loop and outer loop still rolling at speed. no problems reported on 395 coming across the 14th street bridge. as we had mentioned, they were not able, thanks to mother nature, to complete all of the roadwork at the chain bridge over the weekend. the weather prohibited all of that. we do have one lane open in each direction. gw parkway, 66 for those hov accessible will be feeling the heat this morning. they will tax a lot of that bailout traffic where those normally would travel the chain bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> new york senator kirsten gilibrand says she wants a legislative ban on drop-side cribs. they are blame for the deaths of 32 babies. >> this legislation will force the prohibition of selling any drop-side cribs anywhere in this country, whether it is a resale on craigslist, through a regular manufacturer e whether it is through a store. no day care cent are, no child care provider, no hospital will be able to have drop-side cr

the beltway at montgomery county has heavy traffic getting from college park 3 zobrist kring and bethesdaose to the 270 interchange. the left lane is what close to 355 and 270. hyattstown is back on the brakes again try to get from montgomery village into rockville. there are delays on the vre fredericksburg train 300, 45 minutes late. 302 is for the minutes late. 304 is late. 870 on the marc system is running late as well. >>> former president clinton was involved in a fender bender on the weekend. he was writing in the secret service and when it was hit while it was merging onto the highway. he was on his way to deliver a speech at yale university. he did deliver the speech as scheduled. >>> 6:42, 64 degrees outside. >>> mike allen has an exclusive inside look at the white house. >>> rianne carter live in northwest. some unsuspecting diners may have paid for more than >> coming up tonight at 5:00, want to learn how to save $500 an hour? one local family learns how to cut the fat out of their budget and you'll see how you can as well. surprising savings you can find if you just know how.

this morning there are numbers in the low 50's in southern maryland, 56 in bethesda, in fairfax, 53. the storm system looks like it's pretty close, but it is kind of far away. we have high pressure ahead that's blocking it. there will be like mr. tomorrow afternoon, an isolated shower or a thunderstorm by late day. in the mid 70's. possible shower on sunday, but nothing major. high clouds today, 80. let's look at traffic with lisa baden. >>> baltimore washington parkway and southbound at 450, there's a trailer with a broken axle. they have to wait for a record. washinton parkway at the 450 southbound, expect a little deception. metrorail says the first trains out are on time. if the new jersey turnpike at exit 4 is closed because of a tanker leaking few woulluuid. do not commit to the new jersey turnpike. on 270 on the camera. alison and doug. >> thank you. >>> watch for wall street to react to capitol hill. last night the senate passed the most sweeping overhaul of rules governing wall street since the 1930's. the bill would impact everyone from high-flying players to the first-time

had the opportunity to present the weather to about 100 kids at wood acres elementary school in bethesdamaryland and the kids hay chance to ask me a lot of questions. one little girl said what is your favorite cloud? and i had never heard that question before. my favorite cloud is a cumulonimbus cloud. that is that thunderstorm cloud that we'll be talking about that has the anvil shape on the top of the cloud and what happens is, when the atmosphere is unstable, we get rising air in the spring and summer months particularly around the washington area and that air reaches all the way to the top of the tropics here. all the way to the top of our atmosphere, of the lower part of our atmosphere. when it reaches it, it can't go any further up. >> those clouds that you see there reach up to 40,000, 50,000, 60,000 feet up and can't go higher. >> i want to mention, which picture was provided to us by eric h edmonton l ge. son. the second picture we saw from noaa. we thank him for that picture. very cold up there. it is frequently snowing up there at the top of those clouds. and sometimes if you

belvoir and gaithersburg and 55 in bethesda and arlington and 53 in brandywine. we have 62.inds are nice and calm. a comfortable morning out there. clear skies. got the last quarter moon there off of this morning and a great start to a great day. as we look at what is happening across the country, an old front here and another frontal boundary here. this one is dying but will probably fire up again. this next one as it approaches chicago will be watched until later. because that is going to be moving quickly east. i think we will see a couple of showers and storms with that. for today, high pressure is in control. as we put the future cast in motion, watch the line of storms through the afternoon. no problems approaching buffalo and syracuse and albany by tomorrow morning and then watch in the afternoon, right there. there we go, 4:00 we have some showers and isolated thunder popping up for your thursday afternoon, especially central and south. seven-day forecast. we will be 80 today, beautiful. 84 tomorrow with afternoon storms possible. friday dry and 78. shower and thunde

. >> reporter: shawn, the accused killer, a star athlete and graduate of bethesda's landon school isormally charged with first-degree murder. in court we learned the victim suffered a violent death allegedly at the handses of her former boyfriend. 22-year-old yeardley love was beaten to death in the bedroom of her off campus apartment. charlottesville investigators say she was found in a pool of blood face down on her pillow. a large bruce on the right side of her face. her right eye swollen shut. she had bruises and scrapes to her chin. police say the door to love's bedroom was forced open, had a hole in it. in the documents her accused killer and one-time boyfriend george huguely reportedly admitting breaking in the door and shaking her so her head repeatedly hit the wall but his attorney says it was all an accident. >> we're confident that miss love's death was not intended but an accident with a tragic outcome. >> reporter: leaving the courthouse from left to right, that's george's father, mother and stepfather. they had nothing to say to reporters. from yeardley love's high scho

police handed out the money at two locations in bethesda and rockville. a nice little surprise. auto malls donated $150 for the program. motorists also the got seat belt stickers and a child safety seat handout. all good information. >> yes, look out dollar store, they are coming your way. >> it seems like things are clearing out a bit. starting a little hazy. >> a little drizzle this morning. a little light rain. kind of that way all weekend. finally we got that sunshine back out here today. we've got more of that sunshine coming your way right as we go into tomorrow. things are really starting to heat up throughout the middle of this week. you'll see them in your three- day forecast. temperatures will be pushing the 90-degree mark. in fact, that's what we're forecasting by the time we get to thursday. talk about this last night. howard had this on earlier today. there is a weak front that will be moving from the north, northeast. that will close in on us. more now on wednesday night and thursday. that's the real next chance of rain on the forecast. we've got east winds keeping

thomas you go to norwood school in bethesda. how did you get involved in this?ery home room in our schl from fifth to eighth grade had a class competition and the winners of the class competition competed in a school competition about a week later and after that, there was a written test which all the bee winners from maryland had to take and the top 100 scores qualified for the state bee. and i competed with 103, i think it was at the maryland state bee on april 9th in baltimore and i won. >> congratulations. you're 12 years old. >> yes. >> you're 11, is that right, matthew? >> yes. >> you call yourself matt, everybody does. we'll call you that. you go to blessed sacrament? >> yes. >> tell us how you got there. >> sort of the same won. i won my class, then the school, i had to take a written test and went to the state and won the state. >> how do you get ready for a bee like next week? why don't you tell me. >> my dad and grandpa have been asking me questions from a book and i've been taking notes and i also, like, use the atlas and i write down all the feature

we do have lanes open between college park and bethesda. it is outbound river road coming towards the capital beltway that we are concerned with. got an accident there. receiving word now that the outbound lanes of river road are now closed. so coming from d.c. in the direction of the beltway, outbound traffic is blocked off at burdette. coming inbound, your lanes are open. volume increasing here and we are starting to slow as you approach the prince william parkway headed around the curve. incident-free on 66 coming from man as is to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. -- from manassas to the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> bp says it will try again to cap the oil leak in the gulf tomorrow but it is not a guarantee. five weeks have passed and with no solution in sight, louisiana governor bobby jindal is saying bp should step aside if it cannot get the job done. the state has start the building sand barriers around the estuaries. >> wave got two options. we can either fight this oil off of o

better chance of a shower or sprinkle up in darnstown as opposed to wheaten. 85 in wheaten, 85 in bethesdak, we'll talk about the weekend. >> you got it, top. coming up, a dramatic creek rescue caught on tape. >>> bus up next, police taser an alleged carjacker when he reaches for a gun. we'll be right back. >>> caught on tape, an accused carjacker and his december desperate attempt to avoid capture. unable to fight the tide, he climbed out of the water as the suspect reached for what appeared to be a gun. officers used a taser on him. he is now in custody and the gun was a fake. >>> dramatic video from a water rescue in georgia. what started out as a fun dare turned into a life or death situation. three college students were pulled from the swift moving waters of a creek in georgia. they all escaped serious injury. >>> time to get another check of our evening rush hour with patranya. >> if you are about to hop on 495 in virginia, you may want to wait it out a while. it's very slow. almost half an hour, almost as long to get to 270. other routes slowing you downright now, 66 westbound, it's

the taliban embassy to the members inside the united states and i mean all over the united states, bethesda maryland, the santa was, buffalo, kansas city, all over the country and the calls stopped abruptly on september 10th 2001 and started again slowly on september 60 and. >> host: so you have a live one. >> guest: this is the best lead we had during the time i was in pakistan. he was very excited about this. this is a very serious catch so he cabled the fbi and said be advised this is what we found. we're patching the originals back. he said police majeure the original come to such and such office and we were so busy i kind of put it out of my mind. so we went back to the agency several months later and i asked what ever happened to those phone number said one plane and he said nothing that i know what. i know that we sent them back to the fbi headquarters. i never received them but i haven't had any follow-up. a couple of years later left the agency and i spoke to him again in 2005 and i asked him what happened to the numbers for the traces were done and he said the fbi never traced tho

lanes are open between college park and bethesda. again, better than usual at this time.n 50 as you travel inbound from davidson to the beltway. 202 to the northeast and new york avenue traffic slow from the times building to bladensburg road. 295 before the inbound 11th street bridge a crash. inbound stretch of the dulles toll road accident activity at spring hill road in the two right lanes. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> we begin with money news in the 8:00 hour. stocks around the world are down after the dow had the biggest points drop in more than a year. in an effort to prevent another financial meltdown, the senate passed a sweeping financial overhaul bill and lauren green has more on the stop story. >> reporter: the senate passes a sweeping overhaul of financial industry regulation designed to clamp down on banks and increase responsibility in financial institutions. >> they can no longer gamble upon other people's money. >> reporter: the legislation is intended to prevent a repeat of the 2008 crisis. >> the goal is not to punish the banks but

. >> bob: you talked about all the local atlanta kids on their team, justin maxwell from bethesda marylandtidewater area is local enough, don't you? >> rob: uh-huh. outside. justin maxwell has been more selective this year. that is his 11th walk. so he's aboard with one out, and nyjer morgan coming up. so bobby cox really playing left-handed baseball with hits bullpen tonight. of course his other left-hander is billy wagner, who is going to hang it up when this year is over, huh? >> bob: that's what he said, but he didn't know at the end of last season when he finished up with the red sox what he was gob in a too, and convictedly signed with the braves. >> rob: he's 13 saves away from 400. >> bob: he's gone through a lot in the last few years, and, you know, the whole tommy john and coming back, they took it out of his hamstring, and bothered his leg for a long time. >> bob: runner going, and a good jump! ground ball right at prado, and maxwell is into scoring position now with two outs. nyjer morgan 1 for 4 tonight. cristian guzman 1 for 3 as he tries to step up and give the nats a 3-run

he is being treated at the naval medical center in bethesda breathing with the help of tracheotomy tube. >> i love taking care of my marines. it's a good thing to be over there and to be, you know, making a difference. the biggest thing that matters is taking care of my boys. >> reporter: after spending time with karzai at arlington cemetery, the top commander of the war in afghanistan general mcchrystal spoke of the great sacrifices many americans are making there. >> every single casualty affects people, it affects leaders. more importantly, it affects families and children and parents. spouses. each one is sacred and we all know that. >> reporter: mcchrystal said the force is strong but casualties are something he hopes the american people keep in mare minds and their hearts -- in their minds and their hearts. at the pentagon, mike emanuel, fox news. >> shannon: we're days away one of the most important senate primaries this year and we tell you how the voter anger is playing out in that race and owe biggies across the country for tuesday. we are getting word just now there has ban s

host: bethesda, md., the democrats' line. caller: 5 with nothing highly emotional politics has become. people do not want to pay taxes, but they want the roads to be in shape. they have taken clean water for granted. there does not seem to be a rational connection. it is a government that all of the time. it is discouraging. i am so disappointed that people are not working harder. it is difficult, but i think congress could avoid some of the arcane language they use when writing these bills. thanks. host: florida, and the benetton. caller: -- independent line. caller: i had a question for the lady that is gone. i had a question about the election in pennsylvania 12. the democrats seem to be further right then the republican. he is against nancy pelosi and harry reid. i am wondering to myself, as he won that election, do the people in the district understand that like arlen specter, they are only saying what they want you to know. host: new york, republican line. caller: good morning. it was amazing watching that last night. t

. >> will you release the navy report investigating congressman murtha's death at the bethesda hospitalsee? >> i talked about the ses and how we are reducing the number from 40 and 80 in the entire crew. the rest of the question is one of those i learned, i hope i learned early in my career. it is a hypothetical. and i -- nothing could has ever happened when i answer hypothetical questions. [laughter] >> hypothetically how much do you think the u.s. navy should have? [laughter] >> will actually come of hypothetically the u.s. navy needs the floor at least 313 ships in the fleet. we are on a tract. this administration is on track to get us to more than that in the next ten years to 320 ships. the chief of naval operations has said 313 as a floor and not a ceiling and just as important as house members are to keep a bloody and mixture of ships you are building. the combat ship is going to be one of the backbones of the navy. a very different ship from previous u.s. navy ships. sprick a couple follow-ups. you mentioned earlier the challenge posed by piracy in the horn of africa. how has th

beltway in maryland remains heavy and a little improvement as you head west to silver spring in bethesda methods could rid your home of dust mite, but is > hello, everybody. it's winesday. and it happens to be cinco de mayo day as well. one more reason to have alcohol. >> there's actually an alcohol show comes up as well. >> the entire show. >> all right. let's catch up on a couple newsy thing as well. the suspected bomber was caught. we said that yesterday. 30-year-old faisal shahzad. he claimed he told investigators he was working alone. he had connections. he's from pakistan. they were looking to see if he wasconnected to any of those groups. >> he left his keys to his house in the car. >> with a gun. >> and a gun. all these things arevery traceable. >> it's a lot of dumb moves. >> you think he might have just panicked and just left? >> i don't know. he was on the no-fly list. he was put on at 11:00 a.m. monday. they got him 12 hours later. what i didn't realize is they're constantly updating this no-fly list hourly and the airlines have to be on the ball hourly to make sure. >> this