kelly clarkson's coming this morning. and the crowd's already there. sam? good morning, diane, robin. it's a huge crowd. our biggest crowd yet, for kelly. and we're getting into drier skies. that's a good thing. let's check your skies this morning. we'll tell you exactly what you can expect. we'll have strong to severe storms pop up. there's two, basic areas. one in the plains and the other one all along the middle atlantic coast today. these storms will be very strong when they redevelop in the afternoon. and they will have two to four inches of rain. inside them there will be a lot of flooding. here's good news for the northwest. the temperatures are coming down a bit. you're 84 in seattle, after a terrible week of heat. 86 in olympia this morning. now, we have to talk about how dry it is there. a v aergoy od morning,y meteorologist brare showers and thundetorse er te sharowers and toun in rea t into the area as the day progresses. temperatures are muddy -- muggy. the four care shows a fair amount of cloud cover today whichever's that will move on in -- t

kelly clarkson is in full-fledged damage control. clarkson blames her co-writer the song already gone. now, later that same writer ended up with the suspicious halo by beyonce. spokesperson confirmed to ew.com that an unnamed woman that he's no longer in a relationship is expecting his chide in the fall. jessica simpson confirms prior to their relationship going sour she gave former boyfriend tony romo a $100,000 speed boat. asked if she would take it back simpson replied, quote, i'm not an indian giver. speaking of politically incorrect, kid rock, who hates twitter, started a language rubbing us by summing up his feelings about the site. in a rolling stone interview saying, quote, it's gay. finally, eva mendes tells england daily mail she loves cemeteries. in fact, she finds them beautiful and peaceful. among her favorites, oscar wild grave's. this comes from wrc nbc 4 in washington, d.c. where one man's hobby is raising more than a few eyebrows. the deep sea resident is hoping to claim the title of world's longest eyebrow hair. his

and dave's guest tonight kelly clarkson. and that is 9news now for tonight. thanks for staying up with us. and don't forget we're always on at wusa9.com. as we just noted, letterman is up next. we'll see you later. (announcer) the official $5 combo of summer is here. featuring arby's new bbq bacon cheddar roastburger with curly fries and a drink for only $5. it's the $5 combo done better.

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kelly clarkson's a moment like this sold more than a million copies. >>> not exactly millions but still pretty big crowd of idol hopefuls there in denver. they're registers for tomorrow's audition. the mile high city is the last to hold auditions for season nine. if you want to be a part of it, you better get there now. all day tomorrow, 20 producers will screen thousands of aspiring singers. many of them traveled from right outside of colorado to be there. >>> well, the fox 5 storm force all over a work of art in the skies. check out daybreak this morning. isn't that beautiful? fox 5 photographer dave rye zack shot this video at the capitol. we used time lapse to speed things up. amazing colors. it turned into a eautiful afternoon. isn't that beautiful? i just want to look at it for a little while. it almost looks like -- i don't know. it doesn't really -- it looks like sunset almost. >> dave gets up at the crack of dawn so you don't have to. >> and dave rise ac does not halfway do anything. i've seen him crawl up on cherry pickers just to get the perfect shot. he's one of a kind. not

. >> kelly clarkson has a new song out called "already gone."cern is that it sounds too much like "halo." she's throwing her music producer under the bus. take a listen to the songs and see what you think. >> that's beyonce and now here's kelly. >> this is beyonce. >> sorry, flip that. >> sounds a lot of like. >> same backing track is what they say. one four star hotel. two identical rooms. so why does this one cost so much less on hotwire.com? because when four star hotels have unsold rooms, they use hotwire to fill them, than any other travel site. guaranteed. travelocity price $195. on hotwire just $98. the same great room, just less tn other travel sites. hotwire.com. four star hotels. two star prices. h-o-t-w-i-r-e, hotwire.com save big on car rentals too. from $13.95 a day. ouch! ow! oops! it's neo to go!®, ready. aim. protect. neosporin® gives you infection-protection, and pain relief. neo to go!® plus pain relief. every cut. every time. .everywhere. ♪ 'cause germs do't stick on me! ♪ only band-aid® brand plus antibiotic waterproof... has

that's kelly clarkson. that's her new video. "already gone," from her smash cd, "all i ever wanted." you know what? she's going to be with us this friday. you know why? that's 2 place to be. central park, summer concert series. >> is that -- >> i like to give information in a succinct way. >>> we say good morning, america, on this humpday. you know that sam is off in philadelphia. here with diane and chris. >>> and taryn winter brill is standing by because there's a new book. a new book in which recipes from your favorite restaurants have been identified. theyey are copied. and we're going to see if you can tell the difference this morning. u can save so much money by making them at home. >>> you know this week, we have "funny people" here. that's the movie with adam sandler. look who we have here today. th are a hidden treasure in this movie. they take the movie to a whole other level. >> great to have them here. >>> there's a gossip truth squad. it launches today. it helps you separate the fact and fiction from your favorite c

. >>> kelly clarkson, performing live here tomorrow. be with us. have a great day. >>> 8:56.ant to go to the pool? today might be the day. howard county, 74, feels like 78. a little hint of humidity. 78 degrees on the thermometer in parkville, feeling like 80. we're expecting a flare-up of showers and storms like yesterday. right now just high thin clouds strewn in from clouds to the deep south but we have more expected this afternoon. just isolated storms. most of us won't see it but there's a chance later today to have isolated storms. 89 degrees our two-degree guarantee. tonight the chance of showers will increase after midnight towards daybreak. we're down to 73. tomorrow will be a better day, for the chance of storms throughout the day. i say chance because there's no guarantees and it could pop up at any time. 84 degrees tomorrow and storms continuing into the weekend. let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >> still a lot of heavy volume on the outer loop causing delays between york road and bel air road exits. in harford county, still dealing with eastbound

. >>> we'll be rig >>> kelly clarkson, performing live here tomorrow. be with us. day. >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. >>> good morning. i am dg mckelway. let's get a look at traffic and weather. >> heading ready to head into falls church, i will tell you to avoid 66 westbound with a vehicle fire after glebe road wrote. it will cost you a few minutes because they have shut the road down to put out the flames. then they will let traffic get by. we have the beltway in montgomery county. there is a wreck on the left side. look at the pace of traffic. we will take you next to virginia, 95 northbound out of virginia. lanes are open to the pentagon. i understand your son is visiting. >> he is indeed. he says hello. he is having a good time. silver spring, 79. temperatures will get to near 90 degrees. one storm system is off to the north east. another is off to the southwest. it to be a pretty decent day. it will be muggy again tonight. temperatures will be held back a few degrees. saturday it looks good. more storms on sunday. >> thank you. >>> d.c. lead

i was with mcintyre and kelly clarkson. >> and you opened the show. you get to venture out at all? >> i did. i lived if baltimore 10 years ago for six months. i did tony and tina's wedding. i was -- the stripper in the wedding, if you saw it, hi. >> and so i lived in baltimore for about six months and so it was really fun to come back 10 years later and i did have time to venture out and explore. i went to little italy which is one of my favorite hang outs when i lived there. >> i love baltimore. it's a beautiful, beautiful city. >> i need an excuse to come back. >> we will see you at the singing bee on saturday. thanks for talking with us this morning. >> thank you. >>> you can watch the show on saturday on cmt. bestselling author. her teachings are heard all over the world every single day. she has overcome horrible abuse yet discovered how to forgive and now, she's coming your way. joyce meyer -- her no-nonsense approach to everyday issues has made her one of the most sought-after speakers in the world today. don't miss out on this unique opportuni

. >> listen, it is not exactly kelly clarkson. afghanistan and it is revolutionary. >> thanks, alina. very great story. >>> she learned to fly at the age of 12. at 15 she's breaking aviation records flying solo. we're going to meet a young girl who joins us about what her next mission is. >>> 29 minutes after the hour. we're "minding your business" this morning. bad news for many of bernard madoff's victims. the trustee overseeing the liquidation of madoff's estates warns there is not enough money for all 15,400 people who filed claims. meanwhile, madoff begins his first full day at the buitner federal correctional complex in north carolina. larry levine is the founder of wall street prison consultants to tell us what madoff can expect. as usual, larry didn't sugar-coat it. what are some of these other folks like in the general prison population who he may at some point mix with? >> well, he's going to mix -- first of all, he's got 150-year sentence. he gets another 20 knocked off for good time so he's looking at 130. he doesn't r