. >> host: so this is realtime? >> guest: this is realtime. a little while ago we had a teacher sitting here teaching his class in north carolina eyeing video -- using video conference. >> host: what are they teaching now? >> guest: it aggregates science museums, history museums and libraries that are able to video conference to school, so you might have a school in the middle of the country learning about colonial history and do a video conference with historical reenactors in colonial williamsburg. you could be studying oceans and fish and talk to the fish handlers at sea world. that's the kind of thing they set up, and that's the kind of access any kid has no matter where he lives. >> host: i've seen a lot of white boards as far as teaching is concerned, but this one has an electronic quality to it. what's this board about? >> guest: oh, this is a promete yang interactive white board, and it allows you to bring all of the resources together in one spot as a teacher where you can go online, project the web site up there, you can show video c

the recommendations center around monitoring the sensors on the tracks in realtime. metro says that's not possible right now. maureen umeh has the details. >> reporter: an urgent representation for metro coming from the ntsb. they want the transit authority to upgrade its track circuit. tests after the deadly june 22nd crash show the system designed to detect a train on the tracks malfunctioned. the ntsb says metro should now monitor that system in realtime, implementing technology that instantaneously alerts officials to trouble on the tracks. if problems are found, the ntsb says metro should stop its trains immediately, or slow them down to avoid accidents. metro officials say they want to comply, but can't because no such realtime system exists. >> what they're looking for is not something that we can go to a hard wear store, buy off the shelf and immediately install it. it will ta some time. >> and money. millions if not billions for capital improvements to the aging transit system fox 5 has learned the subcommittee on transportation and housing and urban develop

we're going to start with our realtime graphics here. checking out 95 and the bw parkway out of baltimore, you can see nothing but green cars. it means we're in the clear. moving over to 270 we're live from father hurley. we have no delays to start your morning drive here all the way to the split. we're going to head over to virginia now going 66 eastbound out of centreville to vienna. nothing but open roads for drivers. checking out 395, it's looking the same here at duke street as you're heading up to the 14th street bridge. no problems. and finally let's head into the district. we're going to be checking out inbound new york avenue. you can see headlights here. at blade ensburg. no problems toward the third street tunnel. andrea? >> thank you, chris. >>> this morning the confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor will get underway. thanks to the 60 votes in the senate from the democrats, she will most likely get confirmed. the question is how much of a fight the republicans will put up. >> she has criticized the i

the ntsb says metro should now monitor that system in realtime. implementing technology that instantaneously alerts officials to trouble on the tracks. if problems are found, the ntsb said metro should stop trains immediately or slow them down to avoid accidents. metro officials say they want to comply but can't because no such realtime system exists. >> what they're looking for is not something that we can go to a hard wear store, buy off the shelf and install it. it will take some time. >> reporter: and money. millions if not billans for capital improvements to the aging transit system. now fox 5 has learned the subcommittee on transportation on housing and you are -- urban development has voted to give metro $150 million. metro says it will help develop software that will offer realtime tracking of circuits. >> we're looking at every resource to maintain the system on a daily basis and that is the bottom line. >> reporter: some metro riders say anything that can be done to make the system safer should be a priority. they believe something shoul

taking it to our realtime graphics. here's route 4, pennsylvania avenue, branch highway, crane highway. all of these roads are checking out fine and finishing with 270. here we go southbound past father hurley. traffic is flowing to the split. that's the traffic. >>> president obama told russian prime minister pouten it is time to put america's relationship with russia on a "strong footing." the first meeting this morning comes after both countries pledge to cut their nuclear arsenals by year's end. charlie d'agata has the story. >> reporter: president obama and prime minister putin shared a hand shake and hopes for better relationships between the u.s. and russia. at his first high level meeting with putin, the president said he hoped to improve ties through mutual respect and confrontation. it is a day after president obama announced a deal the two countries would slash their nuclear stockpiles by a third by the end of the year. >> we have taken important steps forward to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. this start

taking it to realtime graphics for you. here we are route 4, route 5, 301, we will give this a thumbs up. on 270 from germantown on down, a little volume but overall no significant delays. wrap it up with inbound new york avenue. no delays from the times building to bladensburg road. >> in the living well headlines, more on concerns about a cancer cluster in montgomery county. in january, residents near hempstone avenue in poesville raised concerns about the number of cancer cases in their neighborhood. the centers for disease control studied specific cases and determined there is in cancer cluster present but the agency plans to monitor the area. the couldn't i can is undertaking its own report, examining residents environmental concerns. that study should be finished sometime this year. >>> new researchers -- new research shows organic food has no nutritional or health benefit over ordinary food. they reviewed the scientific published over the last 50 years and could not find any significant proof th atgoing organic is he

one is directed by the ntsb, we're working with firms to develop a computerized system that in realtime that would tell us if there's any problems with circuits anywhere in the system. that's what we're working on today. from a long-term future standpoint, we've been -- we have been in contact with systems in europe, because they have a more positive dupe dupecated system. as we go through and replace all the circuits and all of our circuit panels over the next ten years, i want to make sure we have the most sophisticated, updated system that exists within the world. that's the second phase and that's a longer term phase. but right now we're developing working with a firm to develop the system, computerized system in realtime to check our circuits every moment that our system is operating. [question being asked, inaudible]. >> the way our system, our train operators are operating in manual mode. we still have something called automatic train protection that will not allow the trains to get within a certain distance of each other. they will issue slow speeds and control the speed of the

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according to our realtime graphics and realtime sensors, you can see the drivers are clearly moving at a nice pace as they make their way from the wilson bridge past 95 to 66. move over to pennsylvania avenue. if bego back to the maps, northbound, a different situation out here. that's where we have crash activity and crews are on the scene. use caution heading that way. to the outer loop and take it to maryland. everyone is moving at speed as we track the taillights past new hampshire avenue. finally to 270, from 109 to 121. we are looking at no incidents or accidents at this time. over to andrea. >> thank you. >>> at one past the hour, fire crews remain on the scene ten hours after the start of a mass eu6 fire that destroyed a mansion. the home is on chain bridge road just off -- in northwest washington. digital correspondent armando trull is live at the scene with the latest. >> reporter: andrea, neighbors tell us they heard an explosion around 8:00 and soon thereafter the house was consumed by a two- alarm blaze. this is what several million dollars look like as they go up in fire

it is angie with the realtime traffic report coming up. >>> many people in gaffeny, south carolina did not venture out over the 4th of july weekend. five people have been killed there in the last couple of weeks. all of the victims were bound and shot possibly pointing to a serial killer. >>> a train operator at disney world is dead after a collision between two monroe rail trains. it happened at the magic kingdom in orlando, florida. a 21-year-old train operator died. the other operator and five park guests were treated for minor injuries. the monroe rail was closed all day on sunday. >>> dozens recovering from the 4th of july celebrations after a foot bridge collapsed in indiana. too many people were crowded on the wooden bridge as they will have the fireworks display. at least 16 were hospitalized but none had life-threatening injuries. >>> as great as tiger was it was another athlete that reached the pinnacle of his career on sunday. that's coming up in sports. >>> dozens of american citizens take their oath at the first home of our president. >>> are you ready for a fantastic work

we can see according to realtime sensors drivers are clocking in at a good space. going a little over the speed limit. the key bridge, a live shot. taking it outside. this is drivers entering m street. a few of them there. really volume light through dc and happy to report no incidents or accidents at this time. over to you. >> thank you. >>> president obama is pushing hard for congress to move ahead with legislation which would reform the american system of health care. the insurance industry is expected to come out in support of the change. susan roberts has more. >> reporter: the white house is sticking to the august deadline for overhauling the nation's health care system. >> we can make that. we are working toward that. president obama will step up his campaign during a round table meeting with health care providers. he says reform maybe the single biggest issue to getting the economy on track. still republicans say rushing a bill through congress is not the answer. >> i don't think we ought to get the bills we have seen out of the house or senate before augus

they also want to evaluate the track occupancy data on a realtime and continuous basis., metro says that they will attempt to complyith the ntsb's recommendations, but they point out that no such alert system currently exists. that thar ee going to have to invent this system and they have no idea how long that will take or how much that will cost. again, the general manager of metro as well as members of the ntsb will be on capitol hill later today so we're expecting to learn more information about the systems that are in place, what's going to be done in the future and perhaps learn some more information about the investigation itself. kimberly, joe, back to you. >> a lot of work to come. megan mcgrath, thank you. >> our time right now is 5:37, 65 degrees. a local airport launches a new way for your pet to travel the friendly skies. >> plus, arlington national cemetery gets a makeover thanks to hundreds of landscape specialists. >> dozens of people voice their opinions about a controversial school in fairfax county. discover a light yogurt like no other. activia light!

. >> you can follow the lunar mission online as if it were happening realtime. the nasa website is called wechoosethemoon.org. it has or kooifl and video and modern twists as well. for example, nasa is sending out messages like they were from mission control. the mission light is charred brown that took quite a beating during the launch. other tweeting is neil standing on his head again trying to make me nervous. >>> nasa is making plans to return people to the moon and go beyond that, to mars. let us know your views on this. david says, it is not just a reasonable idea, it is an important one. >> in 2009, 40 years later, with all the advancement and technology, we can do it again and again and cheaper and cheaper. we should. why let china, india or any other nation get ahead of us in this arena. this is something we are very good at. we are very good at aerospace, we are very good at science. we need to push the boundaries of what's possible. >> here's another i-reporter who says the original moon mission gave us a reason to dream, but a new trip would have mor

now the ntsb is also calling on metro to develop a realtime system that would immediately alert the control center if there was trouble on the tracks. it's something that doesn't even exist at this point. and would have to be built from scratch. but the metro general manager says he hopes to have a company working on it within the next month. >> i received dozens of e-mails from vendors, some who say they can develop the system for us. we're going to review those but we won't go through a long review process. we'll move as quickly as possible to collect a vendor who we feel an do this work and move forward. >> reporter: and there should be more money coming down the pike. metro is expecting to receive $300 million from the federal and local government that could be put toward the backup system. at the takoma station, sarah simmons, fox 5 news. >>> now to dramatic video sarah and her crew shot. a man fell off a platform. hard to see the video and on to the tracks at the takoma staon this morning. you can see two other passengers jump down to rescue him while others looked out for oncoming tr

inner loop from 95 to the american legion bridge, take you to the maps and show you according to realtime sensors drivers are clocking in on average at a great pace, 63 miles an hour. can't complain. keeping things going. here's 270, hey, maryland, heading southbound not much volume here at father hurley. no delays to the split. and to the outer loop we go. this time on the maryland side of things, live from new hampshire avenue a good amount of taillights but no brake lights. they are flowing without incident. finally to round it out. go to the maps and zoom in to route 4, route 5 and crane highway writ is an accident free zone. that's a look at traffic. now over to you. >> thank you. >>> in the living well headlines a come pound originally found in the soil on easter island extends the lives of mice by a third. so what does it mean for humans? it is called arapmicin and it helped mice to live the equivalent of 13 people years longer them compound also suppresses the immune system and that's a a serious side effect that may outweigh the benefit. >>> how about candy to improve the clarity

taking the shot back to the realtime graphics. and this time go 3-d for you. at howard road. that's where we have a report of an accident. to round it out we take you to the district. heading through northeast. here's inbound new york avenue where we have a little delay. stretching from the washington times building to bladensburg road. now over to andrea. >>> we are learning about a police standoff in fairfax county. it is a story we have been tracking overnight. the scene is playing out in mclean off route 7. armando trull is live from there with more. >> we are now in the 12th hour of the standoff behind me is the police scene. you can actually see some neighbors escorted by the police through this area that has been cordon off. that is being done for their safety of course. you see a police officer with a black vest. she's part of a negotiating team and in the blue van are the negotiators that for the last 12 hours have been trying to reach a man in a home in the 7600 block of lyle avenue. they want to speak to this man because they believe he may have information about a

back to realtime graphics, westbound on little river, we know it is closed at cornwell drive because of a sinkhole out here. we know the crews will be working out here. the best bet is to use columbia bike or braddock road as an accident. eastbound through manassas you are fine to the district. that's the latest look at traffic. now over to you. >>> commuters along the beltway near alexandria will find a change in the traffic pattern this morning. a new traffic pattern, the right lane of the outer loop in virginia. let's move on. the right lane will be diverted on to the eisenhower avenue connector. because beltway traffic will be using the connector it will not be open to other vehicles. this pattern will be in affect until september and we will have a live report from the scene of the changes coming up in the next half hour. >>> today metro's tacoma station will be closed for five hours for more tests on the tracks where last month's deadly red line crash happened. the tests will run from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and again on saturday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. the fort ttotten stations

get realtime replay of audio and the release of the spacecraft audio.one al l st ep website and my personal favorite would be all of those restored videos of the lunar landing that everyone has been talking about. you have to check this out. the footage looks incredible. and finally check this out. this is really cool. you have heard of google earth. look at this. we have google moon. just launched this in honor of the apollo 11 anniversary. it is really fun. i will have links to all of these sites on go fish@wusa9.com. >> really incredible. >> with the lunar orbitar going in to map the moon i bet those google moon images over the next few years will get really sharp. >> how are you? >> i'm fine. >> it is friday and muggy. >> yes. >> we finally have rain in the forecast. >> that's good. >> a dry month. only 1300 at national and things are bone dry out there. watch out, though. we could get heavy showers and storms law enforcement officer. the forecast first in the upper 80s with scattered showers and storms. the good news is i expect much of that activi

just click on the realtime cameras and map. >>> tonight, residents of a sterling neighborhood say they are afraid to drink their own water. they say the well in the community has been contaminated for years and as digital correspondent surae chinn reports residents are still wondering, why is this taking so long to fix? no audio. >> reporter: the environmental protection agency got involved five years ago and find high levels of tce, a toxic chemical that are lead to an increased risk of cancer and liver problems. the eba has been testing and drilling at the land fill. >> what they are doing now seems to be a waste. >> reporter: the epa says this is one of the most contaminated sites in the country designated a superfund meaning it is a top priority with the government. but they also say it could take ten years to resolve. larry johnson with the epa spoke by phone and says they are working on finding out the extent of the problem. >> we need to be slow, methodical. it is never quick or easy. >> reporter: meaning amy and ron will be thinking about the potential dangers in their water a

this broadcast realtime captioned by: christine stifter. >>> her nomination to the nation's highest courtade history. today confirmation hearings for sonia sotomayor get underway. good mo

"this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >>> issue 1. u.s. government health insurance. >> we will cover preventive care like checkups and mammograms that save lives and money. >> president obama's votes for health care are clear. what this would mean if it becomes a reality is far from clear. mr. obama used the prime time press conference of his presidency, his fourth one, for one purpose, to sell his plan for health care reform to the american people. what does the obama plan actually mean? according to the president, one, no add-on to the nation's monumental deficit. >> i've also pledged that health insurance reform will not add to our deficit over the next decade and i mean it. >> two, no denials of coverage. >> finally, no insurance company will be allowed to deny you coverage because of a pre- existing medical condition. >> three, no bilking. >> we want to ve a public option is to help keep the insurance companies honest. >> questions, subsidizing health insurance for over 45 million people currently without insurance. covering everyone

"this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >>> we begin tonight with of nowest washington. a tma washington. a massive fi rem atfire at a house on chambridge road just southwest of the university. live on the scene with the latest. >> reporter: what we have got anita, is a very sizeable fire ground here in the 3000 block of chambridge road. a large detached single-family home that is basically a total loss at this point. it is a second alarm fire. dc fire has had a massive response to this but they have had significant problems with water supply issues and hydrants that are out of service. at least one hydrant being out of service that we know of, possibly more. the situation with water was so bad that tankers, auxilliary tankers had to be called in to try to put water on the fire. basically the house itself began as a small fire. it appeared to be contained and then because of those water supply issues the fire reignited and destroyed the whole house. i have more now. >> we really struggled initially with water pressure in the area. we have a supervisor and personnel are e

"this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >> we have reporters following both big stories tonight. >> we begin with digital correspondent andrew stack live in mclean with an update on that standoff you first saw last night on 9news now at 11:00 p.m. >> reporter: anita, it did take almost exactly 24 hours for this standoff to reach a resolution. the initial 911 call came last night from a neighbor who heard a gunshot. when police arrived they found a woman face down in a yard and she had been shot in the head. now, within minutes they tracked her former boyfriend to a nearby home where he was holed up with their 8-year-old son and another woman. after a day of waiting and repeated negotiation attempts. >> they forced entry into the home locating a man, woman and child inside and the woman and child are okay, they are unharmed. >> reporter: hank's 8-year-old son and the woman accompanying him were both in the house through the entire ordeal. but even earlier this evening he didn't want to come out. when it was obvious they were coming to get him police say hank turned the gun on him

"this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >>> this is 9news now. >> he was held for almost two hours before being arrested. and he was held for almost four hours without having an opportunity to contact his attorney. mr. barry has said that he has every intention on elevating these concerns. >>> a new statement just released. marion barry stalking case could be coming to an end but new tonight hints another battle between the dc council member and park police could be in the works. and for the first time donna watts brighthaupt speaks out about her relationship with the former mayor. our own gary nuenburg joins us live. >> reporter: good evening, derek. with the reports of the charges are dropped the woman that barry is accused of stalking is now talking about her rocky relationship with the former mayor. >> we were a dysfunctional pair. >> reporter: donna watts brighthaupt says her relationship with marion barry were damaging. >> i lost the respect of my mom and family members. >> reporter: and not just family members. >> i hate the fact that i'm going down in history as one o

"this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >>> i'm bruce johnson.nk you for joining us this sunday night. alexandria's police chief on paid administrative leave top after his arrest on dui charges. the chief was arrested last night after the city-owned vehicle he was driving struck another vehicle causing minor damages and injuries. surae chinn has more on this story, our digital correspondent. >> reporter: chief david baker's job is on the line tonight. city officials say he was driving a city vehicle when he got into an accident last night. the city manager says according to its policy driving a city vehicle while intoxicated is a fireable offense. the police chief david baker arrested and booked last night. his blood alcohol level .19 more than twice the legal limit. >> i have placed chief baker on paid administrative leave at this time. >> reporter: alexandria officials quick to respond to this embarrassing bombshell appointing the executive police chief to lead the police department. >> this is behavior that i have never seen. it is something t

. >>> the site will track the apollo mission in realtime starting with the anniversary of the liftoff at 9:32 thursday morning. it is all sponsored by the john f kennedy presidential library. we have a link to the site at www.wusa9.com. just click on water cooler and while you're there check out the history beat link for more on those moon landings. snflt just a few minutes ago nasa decided once again to put off the latest trip to space. engineers scrubbing the launch of the shuttle "endeavour" because of thunderstorms once again hanging around there. right now nasa deciding whether to try tomorrow, or wednesday. now when "endeavour" lifts off it will dock with the international space station and the astronauts will offload and install a film piece of the giant japanese space lab. >>> >>> okay tony what is the deal man. what is with the thunderstorms all over the place. >>> it is a rare day in florida 11 you don't get thunderstorms in the -- >> in the summertime. >> it is almost the same forecast every day. you're okay until 2:00 or 3:00 and then thunderstorms develop. >> why don't th

"this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >> right now a wounded woman and a whole world of trouble in one mclean neighborhood. 7700 block of fisher drive. digital correspondent andrew stack joining us live with the latest. >> reporter: derek, as of right now you can see that four blocks behind me are lined wall- to-wall with police vehicles and a short time ago they brought in several mobile batteries of flood lights. to neighbors it appeared as though the entire fairfax county police department had descended. >> quite a disturbance when the fire department and everybody else came by but what can you say, man? it is the times. >> reporter: a neighbor in this quiet mclean neighborhood heard a gunshot. what he saw next left him shocked. a woman shot in the head and laying in a front yard. >> she is alive. unknown condition at this point. >> reporter: for hours police tried to make contact with the manholed up inside the home on the 7700 block of fisher drive but no luck. >> we have someone inside the house that we want very much to talk to and that's why our negotiators are o

they had him under realtime surveillance, but he eventually cut it off. the department of juvenile services says it acted immediately and issued a juvenile warrant for davis, but was not able to find him before the shooting last week. meanwhile, the family of 5-year- old victim raven wyatt would rather her condition no longer be released. in baltimore, brian kuebler, abc 2 news. >> as davis sits in jail, a prayer vigil is about to begin for the young victim. abc 2 news christian schaffer joins us live from south pulaski street where she was shot last week. chris? >> reporter: yeah, marybeth. the main point of this villagele is to simply pray for that little girl, raven wyatt, and for their family. take a look around there is quite a crowd that is gathering here in the 300 block of south pulaski street, which has been blocked off now by baltimore city police. a number of interested observers and organizations are here. state delegate melvin stoopes is here. the frank connelly is here. we're expecting a number of city and possibly police officials to be her

"this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >>> this is 9news now. >> i'm bruce johnson.nks for joining us this saturday night. tonight we have got two people murdered appeared a suicide in the distribute of columbia. police are convinced there is a connection. bodies of a man and woman were found in the university city apartments this morning. authorities were initially called to the 2200 block at university boulevard east for report of a fire. both murdered victims appear to be in their 20s. about the same time their bodies were discovered a 53- year-old man who had lived in that same apartment was found dead an apparent suicide victim some distance away in north east washington. >> we think that individual in washington, dc, was the one who actually committed the murders here in prince george's county and fled to dc and committed suicide. >> no names or motives tonight and police have not said how the suicide victim may be related to the homicide victims. >>> new details about a robbery and hostage situation that ended after more than ten hours friday night. nobody was

"this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >>> we begin tonight with breaking news out of theistrict. the spokesperson for marion barry's office says all charges have been dropped against the former mayor and current council member. audrey barnes is here with more on the story which is changing so fast. >> reporter: it is, derek. marion barry was due in court tomorrow to face charges of stalking his former girlfriend donna watts brighthaupt. within the last hour a spokesman for barry says those charges were dropped. i just got off the phone with natalie williams who says they have maintained all along that the allegations made by donna watts brighthaupt were baseless. this news comes on the heels of some explosive audiotapes released. voice mail messages from barry claiming he was addicted to donna watts brighthaupt and was trying to end the relationship. it looks like the u.s. attorney's office is taking the next step in a statement they releas

the ntsb recommends metro add realtime continuous backup. >>> metro officials say the tacoma station will remain open thursday and friday night. they've been occasionally closing the tracks between tacoma and fort totten at 10 to accommodate the ntsb investigations working to determine the cause of last month's deadly crash. the tacoma station will stay open until midnight thursday, and service will run from 5 a.m. to 3 a.m. on friday. >>> two state welcome centers are closing due to budget cuts. sideling hill exhibit center on interstate 68 west of hancock is closing on august 15th. the bay country can welcome center in queen anne's county is also closing. the sidling center opened in 1991 and has a four-level geological museum. the closings will save more than $390,000 in fiscal 2010. >>> the latest now on towson catholic high school, and the decision of the baltimore archdiocese to close its doors. according to the president of the school's alumni association, a hearing is scheduled for 2:00 tomorrow for a restraining order to block the school's closing. the archdiocese says it's

i'm matt nesto with your "closing bell" realtime flash.you know, i'm fishing around today looking at the markets trying to find some action. so i'm in the russell 1000 and what grabs my eye but student loan corporation, stu. hello, stu. look at that on the bottom. 6% higher. you know, sallie mae was the best performing stock in june. it's in the consumer finance space. and then you look at the dow, led by a 5 1/2 gain in american express, discover financial also strong in an otherwise kind of weak and lack lustler market. so take a look at those consumer finance names. clearly there's some buying going on out there with those names. except for sallie mae, which of course is up 40% already. got in most of its action. back to you. >> all right, matt. thanks so much. with the economic storm taking a toll on so many sectors this year investors have been betting that technology will be the first to benefit from the recovery when that takes hold.f the technology-heavy nasdaq composite, for example, has advanced more than 12% this year. well, th

head over to realtime graphics and show you.s is the southeast southwest freeway at the third street tunnel. moving outside, 95 northbound from dale city to the mixing bowl. traffic is light and in maryland 270, drivers are at speed from frederick to the split. >>> 1 billion federal dollars have been made available to get high mileage gas hogs off the roads. the cash for clunkers program began three weeks ago but so far not a single car dealer in the country has been certified to participate. digital correspondent andrew stack has more. >> reporter: forget the fact the cash for clunker program officially started july 1st. >> the last two weeks i would say 60 to -- 60 to 80% of the people i talk to are asking for the program. >> he has row after row of high mileage hybrids line up for it. >> it is frustrating because we want to help the people as much as we can. >> reporter: the bottom line is not a single dealer in the united states will be officially registered until friday. >> we don't have all the paperwork yet or what forms

"this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >>> this is 9news now. >>> a 19-year career ends with the alexandria police chief's resignation. >> the 58-year-old chief was arrested in arlington county friday night. he was charged with driving drunk. he has been the police chief for three years. the city manager says he thinks baker is making the appropriate call to step down. >> we are all very disappointed in what happened and the decisions made by chief baker the other night. but we also can't lose sight of a stellar career as well and that is what we are trying to balance against the mistake made. >> baker failed a field sobriety test. his blood alcohol tested at .19 saturday night, twice the legal limit. he was supposed to be in court tomorrow but that hearing has been pushed back to august 14th. >>> the seemingly voluntary resignation of a disgraced public official has become increasingly rare these days. there is a long list of those who have been caught violating the public trust but who still fight to stay in office. we asked our own gary neurenberg to explore this question

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metro should monitor that system in real ti realtime, implementig technology that shows officials to track the information right away. if something happens, metro should be be able to stop the trains immediately or slow them to avoid excellent. while metro wants to comply, they say it's not possible right now. >> reporter: . at least six lawsuits have been filed since the crash. one party is seeking as much as $25 million in damages. experts say the number of claims may continue to rise for months and even years. again all of this will be brought up during today's hearing. another big topic will be the cost of upgrading. coming up next half hour, find out just how much money we're talking about. megan gilliland. fox 45 morning news. >>> since the deadly metro crash last month, riders have been paying closer attention to their drivers. a silver spring woman says she took pictures of a ride on bus driver reading behind the wheel last friday. officials say the driver will not be working while these allegations are being investigated. this comes after video is released of a metro operato

what the ntsb has suggest ed is they come up with a realtime model to take a look at the issues as thefound a vendor to make that happen. tracee wilkins. back to you. >>> metro has postponed plans to roll out new buses along the x 2 line. road construction and utility work are the reasons why. the new ultra long buses would operate between lafayette square and the minnesota avenue metro station. it was supposed to be up and running by spring. metro was worried about bad road conditions along buenning road and 8th street. metro is studying ways to improve bus service along the corridor. >>> drivers on the chain bridge will notice traffic pattern changes next week. it will affect outbound traffic from the district into arlington. work crews will adjust the construction barriers and restripe the roadway on the bridge to create a separate lane for traffic turning onto route 123. currently traffic turning on to 123 and heading on to gleeb road share a single lane. the changes are part of the on going chain bridge project that began last month. >>> we're following a developing story in princ

if you need to convince your loved one on why you're getting it, it also comes with realtime scores forrite team. >> yeah, that's going to fly. >>> if you're a student at loyola college, you can complain about your roommates. just not the room. >>> princeton review rates the school's. >> it ranks only smith college in massachusetts ranks higher than loyola. they have 14 residence halls. also loyola has 10. >> you are a proud alum at smith? >> yes. the dorms are pretty nic >>> sports director, mark viviano joins us live tonight in westminster. >>> it was the start of training camp here today. and it was a limited workout for the ravens, as there are a limited number of players who are here. about a dozen are injured. so unable to play, still sore from last year. the most notable absence is that of veteran receiver derrick mason. as you know, he is pondering retirement. that's led to many questions about how that might affect the quarterback. >> joe flacco says he's much more comfortable as quarterback with a year of experience on his nfl resume. his most experienced receiver may be retir

every web site has played it or posted links to this site, every sports web site, showing it in realtimeslow motion and with the different version. here's tmz's version, a little different angle. a lot of this shot from cell phone cameras. i know some are thinking who cares, right. but if you look at how many people have viewed it on one single web site,y. e bomb nation wit postedery at #34sh 2yet daert a #34sh 20 inhe afternoon, already this single clip has been viewed right here 1,391, 302 times. so while it may not seem like too much to a lot of people maybe not too familiar with the sports world and lebron james, maybe some are fans and say it doesn't matter, some people have a bad day. it is certainly what's hot on the web this morning. >>> thank you. here's howard and you have more muggy and maybe some storms. >> lebron was able to destroy the tape of me dunking over him, so you won't be able to see that. >> okay. >> i was on the terrace, it started sprinkling on me. heavy showers, this is tropical type stuff, you will see blinding rain briefly as the showers push through south and

and upgrade the systems that backup the automated system by evaluating track occupancy data on a realtimeasis to detect problems. the system failed to detect a trains on the tracks in the june 22nd crash. the ntsb says the investigation into the crash is far from over but asking metro to/ its recommendation and take action within 30 days. we'll have much more on this story coming up on "news4 at 5:00." >>> passengers on a korean airlines flight experienced a pretty rough landing in japan today and it was all caught on tape. a boeing 777 touched down against some strong 40-mile-per-hour winds. winds so strong in fact that the plane's tail was scraping across the runway as it landed. aboard passengers so terrified they were screaming. one said it was like being on a roller coaster. no one was hurt. the airport was closed for more than an hour after that landing. japanese aviation authorities are investigating the incident. >>> turning to our weather which is very nice today but the weekend was rough in kansas. >> yeah. we did have some really nasty weather in kansas. in fact, that storm sys

let's kick things off with the realtime graphics. i have a tieup on the southeast southwest freeway at south capital street. drivers are losing the right lane. stay to the left to get by and be careful. watch for the crews. moving to the outer loop. 15 minutes is what i'm track and that is growing. 15 to 20 in 95 to georgia north of the district. in virginia we know drivers are stacked from van doren to telegraph road. 270 southbound. that's the next stop from montgomery village avenue to montross road. you are below speed. hey, virginia, what's going on 395? not much. looks like we are crawling along here from the capital beltway. like this to the 14th street bridge. no incidents or accidents, folks just that's just volume. go outside and show you inbound new york avenue from the washington times billing to bladensburg road. below speed. okay once you hit florida avenue. that's a look at traffic. now over andrea. >> is retro's train system failing to do its job. >> metro says it is doing fine but a published report is raising questi

. >>> realtime, i'll give you some realtime.t's not necessarily good news if you have long kb homes, if you're short, you're loving it. stock down for a fourth day in a row here today and sharply president not only sharply but twice as bad as the broader homebuilders index, down 3% today. we are seeing weakness across the board in a lot of sectors and groups here today. kb home certainly getting hit harder than the pack. also worth a peak is the solar smackdown. barclays says this is going to be a long-term out performer. dip your tail in the water cautiously on these stocks but they rein in the estimates as you can see, nenenergy conversi down 8% prks first solar down 4%. ying lee green down about 10% itself. watch out for the solar stocks here today. bernstein is out with a note talking at the pc upgrade cycle. you know we heard an earlier guest talking about o'reilly, automotive and the aging auto fleet. same thing happens in pcs and the smart guys look at these things and say that dell and hewlett-packard could be beneficiar

including a realtime interactive recreation of the apollo 11 mission.of the links on our home page. >>> extremely cool stuff, steve. thank you so much. >>> and meantime, a tough comme ahead for drivers in detroit. a gas tanker exploded yesterday, closing a busy stretch of i--75 indefinitely. that tank he went up in flames beneath an overpass. the heat so intense it melted part of the bridge above. the flames jumped to nearby carsch the driver of the tanker was okay and two other drivers only had minor injuries. >>> it is 8:36 right now. and when we come back, new unemployment numbers are out. we're going to have you for those ahead. and he held a title at male athlete of the year for five years but now tiger woods has been de-throwned. that's a hint at who might have taken his title. we'll have much more when we come back. stay with us. the art of gting dirty. the art of getting clean. new poweully formulated wisk®... is better on tough mud stains than tide total care. wisk®. powerfully clean. perfectly priced. i felt this deep lingering pain thatas a c

realtime flash here. check out gannett, best stock in the s&p 500 having a best single day move since first quarter results in april. dave will tell us month are about that in a second.. take that intel. amd is riding more thanks to your good results. doesn't make sense but it's true. look at las vegas. report out there from bloomberg saying the company may be able to reduce commission. it's having a big day today. this is in mccow area and janice down six. the ceo leaving the company. interim takes over. raise $300 million through stocks and convertibles and caterpillar gets an outperform even though saying earnings out next week will miss. go figure. david faber. what do you have? >> not going to follow-up on what you just mentioned about gannett. one of the largest, of course, newspaper companies in the country, and the world. 84 daily u.s. newspapers and not dead quite yet over at gannett although they still continue to take their lumps. 30 cents a share when you put up eps item, you get 46 cents. and

and finally wrap it up with a realtime graphic. here's route 4, route 5, crane highway. the area is incident and accident free. that's a quick look at traffic. now over to and california. >>> the oldest and busiest part of metro's rail system is about to receive $177 million facelift. plans to overhaul the metro's red line were in the works before the deadly crash. 9 news now digital correspondent, armando trull is live outside of the metro station with more. >> reporter: well, andrea, that renovation will begin early next year. but things will get worse before they get better because doing repairs will take four years. the red line repairs had been on the agenda even before the deadly plane crash last month but now some of the money will be used to upgrade control systems as well as other problem areas identified by the national transportation safety board. the first phase will target the track between dupont a circle and silver spring. the next 48 months red line commuters will face delays. metro will single track many trains traveling under repair. however, most of th

the ntsb says metro should monitor track occupancy data on a realtime basis. metro, however, responded saying there are currently no systems available to provide those kinds of alert but that it will devote its resources to following the recommendation. a congressional hearing into the june 22nd crash has been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. >>> meanwhile, a tough new zero tolerance policy took effect today for metro train and bus operators. any operators caught texting while on the job will be fired. the new policy comes after a passenger videotaped an operator using his phone while a train sped along the tracks. metro urges passengers to report violations of the newpolicy. >> the more information, the better. if it's a bus, the route number, the date, the time, the street location, bus number, as much information as customers can provide it makes it easier for the transit agency to follow-up with the appropriate investigation. >> the operator shown using his cell phone ithe video from last month was suspended. >>> i guess it was so much a matter of if it w