back to you. >> kristen fisher reporting live from the national zoo. >>> a two-state solution in the meets is in jeopardy, according to palestinian finance minister. he says the palestinian authority is in a financial crisis and donors have not followed through with $300 million in funds. the international community needs to go beyond expressions of support and take action that ends the conflict in the region. >>> fire crews are making progress against large wildfires in central washington state. thousands have been working for weeks to steer the flames away from hillside homes and communities. >>> time now 4:37. temperatures in the mid 5z, upper 40s in some places. howard is back to tell us about today. >>> a new study suggests one drug could work to help two deadly aggressive forms of cancer. >>> you are watching 9news now. >>> welcome back. 4:40 your weather first on this monday morning. grant a jacket, there is a chill in the air once again. we are going to be in the mid-60s for lunch, northwest winds 5 to 10, highs in the upper 60s, even 70, 71, looks like a great afternoon ahea

kristen fisher live in dupont circle this morning. and our redskins coverage continues. we have a photo gallery from the game there. get the nine things redskins fans learned from the game and you can see video earlier in the week of rg iii playing horse. >>> power crews did an excellent job bringing back electricity after saturday's storm. the strong wind and rain caused damage all across the region, the worst of it was in northern virginia, like this mess on south shore lane in reston. the line of storms brought down trees on to homes and cars, fortunately, there are no reports of anyone being seriously hurt. >>> the intercounty connector hasn't even been open a year yet and there are problems with proof the bridges. the bridges have hairline cracks this them. one carries the ic cover route 29 and the state blames a miscalculation by the contractors. the cracks will be repaired, the hairline cracks were found in three other bridges earlier this year. >>> jessica doyle is back with another your money report. >> the so-called fiscal cliff we are heading toward and is con

kristen fisher is life at the zoo with what happened. >> reporter: so sad. what a difference a week can make. you know last night this is what we know now. last night the zoo's pathology team performed their version of an autopsy on this panda cub. we are expecting to get the preliminary results from that at around 10:00 this morning. but by all accounts, from what we can tell at this point in time, it is a very healthy panda cub. there were no signs of visible trauma, of disease or illness. nothing to indicate anything was wrong until around 9:00 a.m. yesterday. that is when members of the panda team heard distress calls. the zookeepers needed to go in and get the cub. that is a dangerous situation with the 240-poundage tatted momma bear just a few feet away. one zoo keeper distracted her with hop any wort. another grabbed the cub and performed cpr for ten minutes but still no heartbeat. >> reporter: i'm worried about my keepers. the scientists and veterinarians. we have to keep them focused on the health of the mom. >> it was such a great opportunity and w

kristen fisher has more on what we know. >> reporter: good morning, a sad day here at the zoo. got to tell you last night the zoo's pathologist team performed their version of an autopsy on this cub and we are awaiting the results this morning. we should be getting some of the results later this morning. the full report won't come out for two weeks. officials say they can't rule out anything at this point, but there were no visible signed of trauma a, no -- no visible signs of trauma. yesterday distress calls came from the mother panda, it meant the six-day-old cub was in trouble. keep in mind there was an agitated 240-pound momma panda just a few feet away. it is a very dangerous situation, but it is something the team does practice for. they distracted mom with honey water while another panda keeper was able to bring the cub out, keep in mind this little guy weighed just four ounces, he or she was the size of a stick of butter. they performed cpr on the cub for ten minutes, but no heartbeat. the cub was pronounced dead at 10:30 a.m. yesterday. >> we are heartbroken. devastate

here's kristen fisher on the fan reaction to rg iii's debut. >>> good morning. i don't think redskins fans could be any happier waking up this morning. normally redskins fans usually don't have the best headlines to look at this morning. this is the express front page, believe it. rg iii shines as the redskins stun the saints in the season opener. i also want to do a check on some headlines on my ipad. check this out. this is the front page of the nfc east. robert griffin iii breathes life into the redskins. my personal favorite, washington redskins handing out week one award for the redskins. not many people thought the washington redskins would go into the superdome and beat the new orleans saints. and yet here we are, of course the redskins put a lot of time and energy and training into this rg iii playing a big part in the victory. look at the fans inside the superdome, there was a strong contingent of redskins fans at the superdome in new orleans. lots of burgundy and gold. rg iii says it helps power them to a win. all the fan support behind him in new orle

. >> reporter: kristen fisher, 9news now. >>> almost all pepco customers are back online. the power company is reporting just over 70 outages and the majority are in the district of columbia. >>> redskins fans are feeling good about thfuture. rg iii looked awesome in his nfl debut yesterday. the redskins picked up a win against the new orleans saints. the heisman winner threw for two touchdowns, 320 yards and not one interception. the redskins win 40-32. coach mike shanahan was quite impressed with his rookie quarterback. >> robert not only executed the offense well, he had two or three plays that were off balance that only a great athlete can make and a guy that has his type of talent. hopefully we'll keep getting better and better. you know, this is you know, obviously a kickoff for us. >> only three other players have thrown for more yards in their nfl debut, the most recent was cam newton, last year. >>> our redskins coverage continues on our website wusa 9.com. check out our photo gallery and get the nine things redskins fans learned from this game. also see video fro

captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> i'm kristen fisher live at the national zooeleased a preliminary finding into what could have killed this poor little panda cub, over the weekend. coming up. >>> i'm meteorologist howard bernstein. beautiful weather now and a warming trend on the way. when it is going to get warm and when we could see more rain

popular figure but the first lady is doing her best to boost her husband's appeal. 9 news reporter kristen fisheras more on how she did from our satellite center. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. michele obama has always been a very good public speaker but she's become even better after four years of first lady giving speeches all over the world. last night she had charisma, energy. she rallied the base. and she really tried to remind the independent voters of why they voted for her husband four years ago. >> i have seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. no, it reveals who you are. >> reporter: michele obama needed to do something very similar to what ann romney did one week ago. she needed to humanize her husband, make him seem more appealing, more ak esible. she -- accessible. she also very subtly attacked romney without using his name. she used personal stories to draw contrast between her husband's upbringing and the more privileged upbringing of his opponent. she also said that the reasons she loves the president should be the same reasons that voters reelect

kristen fisher of our washington affiliate wsa is at the zoo.od morning. big developments over the last hour or so. the panda team here at the national zoo says they have finally seen this baby panda. over the last night since the panda was born around 10:45 they haven't really had a chance to see this cub because it's really only the size of about the palm of your hand, very small. the mamma panda, mei xiang has been holding it close to her body, keeping it tucked in her arms. these scientist, all the members of the panda team aren't allowed inside the habitat for at least a few more weeks. it's going to be several weeks before they can actually go in, hold the panda cub and perform an actual physical exam. it's going to be many more months before the public is actually allowed to come inside the national zoo and see this panda cub. a very big moment for everybody here on the panda team. this has truly been six years in the make. very big deal. people here very excited this morning. they really had no idea this panda cub was going to be deliver

it stars kristen dunst, ila fish fish fisher. it's "the hangover" meets "bridesmaids." in high school is getting married before any of you. and you're not exactly happy about it. >> i love her. >> she has a pretty face. >> remember in high school? all the boys called her pigface. >> everybody called her pigface in high school. >> the girls, becky. i want you to be with someone who shouts it from the rooftops. >> i know. that's why i can't really keep it a secret anymore. dale asked me to marry him. >> oh. >> that's insane. >> oh. you love that expression, don't you? i actually heard that this movie is so racy, kirsten, you didn't want your dad to see it. >> this movie, he doesn't need to see some of the things i do in this film. >> really? >> my brother, he can see it all he wants. my girlfriends, fine. my gram even watched it. >> you were already in one of the biggest movies about weddings, called "the wedding crashers." you have a story about your mother's wedding that fed into the plotline for this movie. >> i was at a bachelorette for my mom before she got married.

kristin fisher is live outside the school in capitol heights with more. good morning, kristen. >> reporter: if prince george's county have any leads, they're not talking about it. the word this morning, still no suspects and still no motive. but marckel's mother says she believes bullying may be to blaip. she says when the 18-year-old transferred from central high school to anne arundel county in 2009, initially he was bullied. last year he got into several fights with several students. she complained to school officials but then the bullying wore off. she thought his school life was stable but now she's wondering if maybe it played a part in her son's murder. >> when you have children that go to school, they're smart, everybody likes them. they enter all type of activities and then you have the kids on the side that are smoking, the drugs, and very unfortunate and those are the ones that come after the other children. that's what i mean. >> maybe people were jealous about the popularity. >> reporter: prince george's county police will not comment about any of those theories.

fisher live at fed ex field this morning. back at 6:30. >>> well, the regular refs will be back on the field tonight when the ravens host the browns. our kristin -- kristen berset will be there live starting on 9news now at 5:00 p.m. we want to know what you think about this deal. leave your thoughts on our facebook page. we'll share some of your posts coming up at 6:30. >>> montgomery county police are looking for a gunman in an overnight shooting. the victim was shot nearby and able to stumble to this cvs drugstore on montgomery village avenue. medics rushed him to the hospital with several gunshot wounds. no word on his condition this moing. >>> happening today, u.s. park police will try to flush out new clues about a cold case. they are offering a cash reward in the hit-and-run death of 27- year-old ebony johnson. johnson was hit by a car crossing suitland parkway. the driver took off. police have identified the car as a late 199 on acura rl. >>> also today, virginia lawmakers will dig into this summer's unrest at uva. you'll remember school president teresa sullivan was forced to resign in june. that led to weeks of protests until dr. sullivan was r