deadlighits aug outer loop all y to rockville pike. -- oit is on the outer loop before you get to rockville pike. >>> officers found a man in a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead, rockville pike area. >>> in silver spring there is a hunt for a hit and run driver. a car hit a young woman saturday night along the 8700 block of carrol. the driver did not stop, but left behind a crucial clue. courtney robinson has more. from more >> good morning. woman is only 24 years old. is in serious condition in the house bill right now. the police are looking for this person. they have a piece of the vehicle that could be valuable. officers say the driver hit the woman with so much force that it through her 30 feet down caroline arroll ave. the driver never stopped after she was thrown under a parked truck. >> she was thrown. >> it happened directly across from a school at around 8:00 tonight. cars often go fast and police don't do enough to monitor it, neighbors. >> some cars go fast and some don't stop. >> officers do have one of the side vi

we have been telling you that rockville pike is one of the alternate routes. as we switch on to the next camera on trafficland, i'll show you how it is looking now. on the left side, you can see traffic is backing up as folks are learning about this as the best alternate route to take. but if you are in d.c. you can go farther away from the accident and take connecticut, new hampshire, georgia, all of those routes will cut across at randolph which becomes montrose toward 270 which will get you back on 270. so there is a way to get around that from d.c. without even getter near the beltway. so i'm telling you, if you are already in d.c., take any of those major routes out of town and you will do much better, because right now you are going to be stuck on 495 toward the merge. all lanes right there toward democracy boulevard are still blocked in both directions. guys, back to you. >> patranya. thank you for that. >>> as we continue to show you the aftermath of the scene from the traffic to the accident that is still going on where this accident happened. we wasn

here's 355 through rockville as you head over toward 270 and 495.o this is coming right through bethesda as well. and we will continue to see on and off showers and storms as we go throughout the afternoon into the evening hours. and we are under a threat of severe weather from the national weather service and the storm prediction center out of norman, oklahoma. bigger picture showing all of this lifting off to the north, but once again it's howard county that we are watching for that potential for that tornado warning from this cell, clarksville, east of glen ells, northwest of columbia. this is going to be out of howard county probably in 20 minutes, but you've got this second line off to the west that we continue to watch as it all builds off to the north at 25 miles per hour. if you are upstairs, get down stairs. if you have a basement, good time to go check it out. if you don't, get into the lower level of your house, just to be on the safe side as this storm rolls through. not the most intense-looking storm here. however, when you see some of

nbc's tom costello is in rockville, maryland, this morning with a preview. and tom, ray lahood, the transportation secretary, is calling this an epidemic. >> reporter: yeah. and i think that really he's probably accurate on that, in terms of the pure numbers. you know, a few weeks ago we got information that the total number of road fatalities was down year over year. that's good news, but the proportion of those accidents attributed to distracted driving has remained the same. and in fact, it's up dramatically over five years ago. and the stories, of course, are heartbreaking. >> we're probably going to need an ambulance for sure. >> reporter: the 911 calls warned the accident in davenport, florida, looked awful. >> a tractor-trailer just slammed a couple cars behind me. it looks really bad. >> reporter: within minutes, rescuers would learn just how bad. a 61-year-old truck driver, texting while driving, had plowed into eight cars at 65

after connecticut avenue, all the way to rockville pike. great picture of the beltway at new hampshire. wet roads with light volume. no problems to or from the american legion bridge. let's look at traffic in virginia. the rain is going to affect your commute this morning. it will take you longer to get there. >> thank you. >>> we began with breaking news from landover. police are searching for suspects in a deadly shooting that happened just before midnight in the 3400 block of dodge park road. when officers arrived, they found a man in a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound. was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. >>> the other top story of the morning, search is on for driver who struck a woman and kept going. the bid -- victim was critically injured in the 81 -- 8700 block of carol in silver spring. the driver left behind evidence. stephen tschida has more >> . it happened after 8:00 p.m. the woman was about to cross the street when a small dark, a car hit her with such force that she flew through the air according to

she is live from rockville with more. >> i gee all the tough assignments.he ones where i get to drink coffee on the air and spectacular coffee, i will add. i will tell you about that in a sec. we are in the kings farm air of rockville and bringing you trivia information about our favorite bean this morning in honor of national coffee day. so here's a did you know about coffee. did you know where the first coffee shop opened that is in 1475 and after that the popularity took off. joining us is a man who knows a thing or two about coffee shops. you are the president and founder of this chain. tell us about this delicious cup of coffee we drinking this morning. >> this is a latte made with sweet condensed milk. it has a sweetness to it and one of our signature drinks. >> it is fantastic. this is what the president ordered in your silver spring location. you have been around for a while in the washington area. largest coffee chain based in washington. tell us how you got started. >> started in college. i started as a way to pay for college and to help a family

upper os in rockville. 58 in college park. 57 in bowie.o last night, i went around and closed all the windows. we could probably open them a little bit. 57 in reston. 56 in leesburg and 56 in manassas. tomorrow morning, mostly sunny, breezy and pleasant. 50s and 60s. winds southwest at 10 to 15 and then by afternoon, a nice day. partly cloudy, breezy and warmer. a shower or thunderstorm possible, but they are going to be few and far between. the best chance will be in the mountains and to the north. high temperatures upper 80s and winds still out of the south at 10 to 15. small craft advisory for the bay and title potomac. zone forecast, you're in the 70s in oakland, but in the 80s in cumberland. 89 in culpeper. a little better chance of a storm towards martinsburg. etch there, it will be few and far between. 88 downtown. 86 in annapolis and small craft advisory in effect. next seven days, upper 80s tomorrow, 90 on thursday and friday. 81 on saturday. nice, maybe a sprinkle on sunday. not a huge deal. then we are back up to 80 on monday an

west of rockville to be specific. but, much more rain beginning to develop here, and we're picking up it on maryland's most powerful doppler radar. heavy showers and storms down here into southern virginia. just inland of another funk and back into -- norfolk and back into parts of eastern carolina, unbelievable deluges of rain. that same wet weather tracking due north, really more northeast of north. the heaviest of this may in fact impact the eastern shore as opposed to central and western maryland but it's in central maryland where we have the flood watch. let's look now downtown. looking good. dry, 74. humidity high. uncomfortably so. it's muggy out there. winds southeast around 5 to 10. rain totals have been very high today. not so much right along the immediate chesapeake though we have a coastal flood advisory in these, these areas. rockville, more than an inch, in many cases pushing more than two inches. mount airy may have gotten two inches today as well as well as manchester. in the heavy downpours we had ea

this is 355 rockville pike, a little blurry, but you can see it's jammed up. this is one of the alternate route we've been telling folks all noon to get on to to get north. 355 take old georgetown and connecticut and georgia and all of the arteries up to randolph which cuts over to montrose. so that still stands but avoid the west side of the beltway because of the crash. derek, back to you. >> thank you, patranya. >>> and the other big storey, the bad weather on the way. we have a storm alert. heavy ran on tap. the national weather service has issued a flood watch as the recommend fants of tropical storm nicole is coming our way. troper is tracking this one. and the heavy stuff around midnight or so? >> we had light rain earlier but now we're in a lull. let's start with the flood watch. covering the entire metro area. does not cover folks in garret county or western allegany county but you will still get rain there. but it covers everybody else until 9:00 tomorrow. here is a satellite picture, radar combined, here is the first batch and it tried up but there

department of health and human services, rockville, maryland; dr. timothy condon, deputy director, national institute on drug abuse, national institutes of health, u.s. department of health and human services, rockville, maryland; dr. barbara krantz, chief executive officer and medical director, hanley center, west palm beach, florida; beverly gmerek, prescription drug abuse prevention program coordinator, peer assistance services inc., denver, colorado. dr. clark, how prevalent is prescription drug misuse in the united states? well, we estimate that there are approximately 15 million people who misuse prescription drugs in the united states, and that gives us an estimated 2.5 million new initiates per year, or, if you think about it, that's about 7,000 new initiates a day. and within that, do one age group uses it more than others? what is the distribution among the age groups? well, i think the most important thing to keep in mind is that prescription drug abuse affects the entire age range. we might see some peak use in the 18 to 25-year-olds, bu

rockville a shower on the west side of 270. heavier near bwi and woodbridge to waldorf,

this is around rockville pike, and headed toward wheaton, going to cross georgia avenue.othing severe but 1-2 inches of rain per hour and also colesville around new hampshire avenue. now we'll widen out a little bit and put this into motion. where is this complex of storms going to go. moving off to the south and east. and so if you are in beltsville north of college park and in bowie, you'll see the storms in the next hour move through. back to the commuter and we'll talk about the total equinox. here is the deal. the sun is directly overhead of the equator and that's equal day and night in both hemispheres but it will feel like summer tomorrow. partly cloudy and 60s and 70s and by afternoon. >> partly cloudy, hot, slight chance of a storm, high around 90. next seven days. 90s on friday and then getting cooler, unsettled on saturday and sunday. in fact more clouds on sunday. temperatures go back in the 70s. upper 70 toss near 80 on monday. and then warmer next week. derek, temperatures go back into the 80s with showers and more thunderstorms. >> like to cool off on the w

this morning, we are checking out the gentleman have scene at the king farm area of rockville. jessica doyle is live where the store just opened for business. good morning. >> good morning, andrea. and can i say happy national coffee day to you and everybody. i'm joined right now by leslie, martin and matt and we are doing a little trivia this morning about everybody's favorite coffee bean. i'm going to give them a little contest. we are going to start with a question. do you know which country coffee was invented in? we will start with matt. >> i will say ethiopia. >> i agree with matt. >> agree. >> they are cheating. we gave that answer away an hour ago. espresso versus coffee which contains the most caffeine. >> espresso. >> espresso. >> the experts say it is drip coffee ounce for ounce. the coffee guys get that one wrong. >> what color are coffee beans before they are roasted? i will start with leslie on this one. >> red. >> before roasting they are green. >> green. >> that is correct. they are green. >> you had two questions for me an and i hope i will be able to handle th

department of health and human services, rockville, maryland; dr. a.mclennan, deputy director, white house office of national drug control policy, washington, d.c.; dr. alexandre laudet, addiction and recovery scientist, new york, new york; james smallwood, founder and ceo, the choice is yours, inc., camden, new jersey. pam, how many people in the united states are in recovery? well, the estimates are about 20 million people are in recovery, working on being free of drugs and other-and alcohol. and, alexandre, what is recovery? what are some of the common paths to recovery? well, that's really two different questions. what recovery is, according to people in recovery themselves, is usually, especially for people severely addicted, it is abstinence from drugs and alcohol, as well as significantly-significant improvements in other aspects that constitute quality of life, such as employment, social relationships, mental health, physical health, housing, as well as access to leisure and-and activities that contribute to a healthy and productive life. and t

heavy again through rockville. 56 and the toll road are okay.n the capital beltway and the baltimore beltway looking good. and the overnight roadwork should be wrapped up. >> thank you. >> thank you, jerry. it is now 5:44. coming up the pope arrives in edinburgh, scotland this morning for a visit to england and scotland. this is the first time a pope has vsited britain since the 1980s. >> plus the latest on burial mix-ups at one of the nation's most hallowed sites. stay with us. [ male announcer ] how can rice production in india, affect wheat output in the u.s., the shipping industry in norway, and the rubber industry, in south america? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex global econo. it's just one reason 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment objectives, risks, fees, expenses, and other information to read and consider carefully before investing. how does that work? hit it! see, other machines only go

no trouble spots to report ads you travel south of mva and continue out towards rockville.hat's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. sit so what does this man look like he is selling -- or doing. taking a survey possibly. howard county place say the man you just saw in a shirt and tie is called the preppy burglar. he was up to no good when he knocked on that door. fox 5's wisdom martin has more on the crime caught on camera. >> i came from work and was going inside and saw the back bedroom window had been pushed in. >> reporter: this howard county home owner would doesn't want his identity revealed says he was stunned when he realized someone had just broken into his home. but what the burglar didn't realize is that he was committing his crime on camera. >> i went to my computer and pulled up the video surveillance system that i recently got. >> reporter: the home owner had the sharp-tressed suspect on two cameras. take a look at this video. this man in a shirt and tie and glasses is walking around the howard county home. when he realizes no one is there, he breaks in. >>

rockville about .16 and waldorf only .09. my backyard in arlington, i potential picked up .004.hot one, 91 degrees the high temperature according to the almanac. yesterday was our 63rd 90-degree day so far of the year. the record for the year is 67. here is the latest drought monitor. yes, we are dry locally but we still have that extreme drought going on in parts of west virginia and northern shenandoah valley and parts of maryland as well. thunderstorms pushed through last night, around midnight and gave it a little tip in the rain gauge and that helped out as well. we're starting the day a little on the muggy side. dew points in the 60's. that is going to change. dropping humidity throughout the day. the cold front is moving through. we will clear out as well. significant cloud cover this morning but becoming mostly sunny this morning. highs in the mid 80's. mid 80's this weekend. mostly sunny to partly cloudy conditions. still remaining dry and unseasonably warm. >> the beltway in montgomery county reopened after connecticut avenue's last night accident. the lanes open. you

less than 14 hundredths of an inch in rockville -- a near bunker hill and in rockville, less than 11of an inch. the very nice friday with highs in the lower 80's. saturday, sunshine and pleasant, lower 80's. sunday, a bit cooler and send sunshine. -- and some sunshine. >> looking awfully good. i tell you what, this was the day that clinton portis was going to speak and everyone was all ears. he was scheduled to be at the podium today to explain his comments about female reporters in the locker room. brignac henry was there. if cracks clinton portis was fined -- >> clinton portis was finally available to the media after his controversial comments about female reporters. and for once, he was finally not running his mouth. he did talk to a head coach mike shanahan, who address the situation in private. >> i think my conversation with him is private, but i think he needed to -- he said what he needed to say. >> the wide receiver did open up about challenges in the game. with the exception of santana moss, the receivers have struggled to find holes. but the quarterback is convinced that t

it is a little bit cool. 75 in rockville. 75 in upper marlboro. 76 degrees in woodbridge -- 70 degreesidge. here is the weather map for tomorrow. high pressure will be the story all weekend long. temperatures will be in the low- 80's. your weekend forecast is looking great. for the final weekend of summer, fall begins next wednesday. next seven days will be a bit breezy and cooler. sunshine on monday. warming up tuesday and wednesday. the next cold front will be here on thursday and that is our only chance of any kind of rain next week. that is the latest. back to you. >>> let's check in with sports. >> the redskins are putting on their final preparations for game two. their opponent -- the houston texans. they have big weapons on offense and defense. >> the redskins have another tough line ahead of them. they face another formidable foe in williams. >> you cannot find that type of guy with that size and speed very often. he is a great player. >> they will have their hands full. they are going up against last season's number one passing attack led by shaw. grossman backed him up and is

i appreciate it. >>> southbound delays in rockville toward the lane divide no. accidents, just volume delays. inbound new york avenue at south dakota is where we have the crash trying up the center of the roadway and that will keep you on the brakes out of cheverly off of both 50 and the parkway. 395 across the 14th street bridge, all lanes are open. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> the buzz bin, paris hiltons trouble. she is expected to be in court in las vegas today. she's agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor in connection with her arrest last month in laound drugs in her car. she'll be put on probation for a year. she as was charged with cokation possession and obstructing a officer. >>> and lady gaga will stand next to servicemen who have been discharged because they are gay. the rally at the university of southern maine is meant to put pressure on the senators. she kaz hauled on the military to repeal the prohibition for soldiers to say they are gay. >>> it is now 67 degrees. she is one of the most respected motor crass athletes in th

prince frederick, wheaton, rockville, moderate rain that the time. to alexandria. oxen hill. the rain not quite as intense but fairfax county looking at heavy rain at this time. we are going to look at the potential for 2-5 inches of rain by the time the system moves out of here. locally, five inches-plus, especially across the delmarva peninsula. let's head over to lisa baden with a look at the traffic situation. >> i'm hearing about stalled car on the outer loop. so many things are coming in fast and furious. let's see if we can get a glimpse of a jackknifed between 270 and old georgetown road a jackknifed tractor-trailer. if you're on the inner loop and you come out of tyson's, you go across the american elegion bridge and that you know exit that would take you on the 270 north, this jackknifed accident is after that exit but before the next exit. only onelane is getting through. >> in alexandria is where we find courtney watching the water el elevels. >> pamela, i can tell you we're watching a city sweeper trying to clear away debris from these storm drains. 2-4 inches in

the arra you want to stick with 495 and take that to rockville we'll bring you pdates tonight on the news at 10. if yyu're traveling in howard ccunty we are dealing with several accidenns. here's a shot right now where you can see it's going to be jam packed along the inner loop and outer loop in this vicinity. if you have traveliig in howard %-several accidents.ng with anooher right on route 175 at dorsey run road. uufortunately, we're dealing with quite a bit congestion on the right side. it will ease uppas you make the push to the parkville area and do watch oot ffrrseveral accidents in the ity. one at east 27th street and another inneass baltimore on%or. that is a look at your traffic. let's send it back to you. >> thank you, lauren. >>> is public transportttioo to blame for poor attendance in some baltimore schools..3 mmre than 40,000 students use mta bbses to get to school. many say they are often skipped by bus drivers. now you can text ride and fiil out a survey about the experience. >> sometimes we get on the bus, the bus drivers have attitudds with uu.3 >> yoo know what, in

then beyond that we got more slow traffic getting past the interchange of rockville.et's see hows the as you approach the beltway. no accidents on 270. just a lot of traffic. 95 jammed up making the trip from dale city to if wenged go to the springfield camera. the traffic at the beltway going to be jammed up toward landmark on 395. all lanes open on 395 getting to that point. 66 slow at manassas and centerville. back to you guys. we'll be right back with more on good morning, washington right after this. mmmmm... ( crash ) ♪ mmmmm... ( crash ) ♪ mmmmm... ( crash ) when you add velveeta to spicy rotel tomatoes and green chiles, you've got a queso so good, it'll blow 'em away. mmmmm... ( crash ) - ha ha ha! - woo! - dang! velveeta & rotel. man, that's good! >> at 6:55. one quick last look at weather and traffic. >> a traffic situation we've been dealing with in district heights, what's the latest with that? >> a stretch of marlboro pike still shut down between brooks drive and silver hill road. route four the best alternate route. 270 slow getting through hyattstown an

the weatherbug network temperatures cooling off nicely, upper 70's, 80 degrees. 62 rockville. leesburg 59, 57 warrenton. 58 la plata. we are cooling off nicely. in the morning, 50's downtown, 40's in the suburbs. we warm to the upper 80's to more. afternoon clouds, but a very nice finished the weekend. >>> coming up, igor on the move. bermuda tourists are trying to leave before the storm makes landfall. plus, a star high school quarterback collapses and dies minutes after throwing a touchdown. what caused his death? and heading home, the americans just released -- the american released from the iranian prison is heading back to the u.s.. introducing the samsung fascinate powered by verizon. super amoled screen. six-axis 3d gaming and access to thousands of free apps. all in one ultra-thin package. you want it, we got it. the samsung fascinate. only at verizon. >>> votes are being counted after a day of violence in afghanistan. bombings killed 11 civilians and three police officers as afghans voted for a new parliament. the vote tabulation is expected to take days and some say

arlington 64 and columbia and rockville at 59. national, mid-60s. sunny skies. are light from the south southwest. a front is coming but you will notice with the southwest wind we are not seeing the front yet passing pittsburgh approaching western maryland. the front does not have a lot of moisture to work with. over than a few clouds not expecting rain with it. we will turn our attention to the west. high pressure builds in. we are in for a good looking wednesday with less wind than today. we will warm up ahead of the next system. notice the showers and storms passing chicago on thursday morning through parts of indiana, back through missouri an illinois. that will likely take most of the rain knot of us but at least give us a chance of showers by thursday knight and friday. in the tropics, we have you'll ya behind me. tropical storm igor, pretty impressive looking hurricane there. and the forecast track from the hurricane center, thankfully starts to take this away. it is turning northwest ward soon away from the leeward islands but winds are down to 135. this

no incidents to reported out of rockville leaving 28 for the lane divide.of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> making headlines this more than, barring an unexpected last-minute move from the governor, a virginia woman will become the first female executed in the commonwealth in nearly a century. theresa lewis is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at 9:00 p.m. at a correctional facility in jarrett. the 41-year-old was sentenced to together for providing sex and money to two men would killed her husband and stepson back in october 2002. yesterday, the u.s. scream court refused to block the execution. virginia governor bob mcdonnell has turned down two requests for clemency from her lawyers. >>> a mother and two children die in a tragic house fire in virginia. the mother gave her life saving her other children too. she handed the kids out of a window to their uncle below. her 8-year-old daughter, six engineered son and baby girl all made it out alive. she went back for her youngest boys, five-year-old solomon and three-year-old alfonso. neighbors tr

everybody either side of rockville. 85 downtown and maybe 86 toward andrews. nice on friday and saturday. we have tweaked sunday a bit. clouds come in in the afternoon. there is a slight change of a sprinkle -- chance of sprinkle or shower. temperatures falling into the 70s during the game and you can watch it here on channel 9 at 4:15. and then back into the low 80s on tuesday and warming up next week. >> you've done your part to deliver a win. now they need to make it happen. >> let's hope so. we'll see. >> let's hope. >>> up next, what state is home to the best bathroom in the nation? the winner of this year's contest and why. ♪ [ female announcer ] have you ever seen a glacier while sunbathing? why not? have you ever climbed a rock wall in the middle of the ocean? or tried something really wild? why not? it's all possible in the nation of why not. royal caribbean's floating nation where you're free to do anything you want. which may be nothing at all. royal caribbean international. visit royalcaribbean.com today. >>> sky 9 was over a bulldozer that caught

rockville, almost 3 inches. two and three-quarters in the district. accident, maryland, is only 56 degrees at this hour. here is what is going on outside in terms of the latest watches and advisories'. a flash flood warning for the entire listening and viewing area. we have a tornado watch in effect for the next 40 minutes that includes montgomery, fairfax, prince william's, and points toward the east. a wind advisory for calvert county, and anne arundel county. two to 5 inches across most of the area. we will add to that overnight. showers will stick around for the day tomorrow. 75 degrees at reagan national airport. here is our forecast. 72, to 78. periods of rain once again tonight. for the day tomorrow, 72, to 76. here is a quick look at extended outlook -- high temperatures saturday and sunday in the 60's with lots of sunshine. >> looking forward to the weekend. that will be a nic host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? did the little piggy cry wee wee wee all the way home? piggy: weeeeeee, weeeeeee, weeeeeee,

at a coffee shop in the king farm neighborhood of rockville.ome until noon at that location and get a free drip cup of coffee. just tell them you know me. just say you are a wusa 9 viewer. >> we want to hear your accounts of meeting up with jessica. >> an celebrate national coffee day together. >> she will get her fix tomorrow. >>> don't wait for uncle sam to mail your tax forms this year. the irs decided to stop mailing them to save money. the "washington post" reports it will save $10 million. only 11 million people filed the returns they got last year. 98million went on-line and 20 million through an accountant. the forms will be available on- line at library and the post office. >>> anyone who's been pregnant knows finding clothes that fit can be a challenge. in six minutes we look for the perfect clothes with our mom to be angie goff. the latest install of oh my baby. howard is focusing on virginia weather and traffic. >> starting to clear out on the heavier rain showers. although on live doppler 9000 hd still watching a bunch of showers u

in rockville on route 28. this flooded overpass forced cars to squeeze from two lanes to one causing a back-up for blocks. >> it was really difficult with the level of rain we did get, the flow -- if it backs up, it will back up totally. >> motorists had to be careful in bethesda near grover and dickens lane. this tree came down in the middle of the road. drivered said the highways were just as treacherous. >> i was on t beltw to pick up my mother. it was quite dangerous. quite a downpour. >> reporter: as the creeks swelled and rain continued to pour, for many it was a welcome sight. today is only the second significant rainfall we have seen in september. >> it's been forever since it's rained all day. we ve had huge storms but this is nice. >> reporter: you don't have an umbrella out here. >> i like to get wet. it'sokay. >> reporter: rain doesn't bother you? >> no. it's very fine. >> i'm glad it's raining now. my grass is drying up. also because theast storm made me have a new roof. i'm testing it now. >> rep

low 70s, 72 downtown and 67 in rockville. 66 out in bowie. and out to the west, 66 in reston, 65 in leesberg. probably leave the a.c. off. tomorrow morning partly cloudy and warm, 60s and 70s. tomorrow afternoon, partly cloudy and hot. high temperatures around 90, winds out of the south at about 10. we'll disect tomorrow for you. 72 tomorrow, mild to start and 80 by lunchtime and 90 by evening. a slight chance of a shower or storm. 90 tomorrow. 92 on friday. and then cooler over the weekend. we had dropped there on saturday and sunday. would not change your plans. i don't think the drops will affect high school football on friday night but a couple of showers. more clouds on sunday than on saturday. and we go back into the low to mid-80s tuesday and wednesday with a chance of more thunderstorms. coming up in a little bit, we'll talk about the equinox, what it means. >> 90 and 92 in the fall? >>> up next after kevin costner testifies on capitol hill about his involvement in cleaning up the bp oil disaster. >>> students loans are meant to ensur

keep the ac off, i mean, 57 is rockville. 57 in bowie. out to the west, 56 in fairfax. 57 in reston and 56 in leesburg and manassas. certainly comfortable tonight. now tomorrow morning, mostly sunny, breezy and pleasant. 50s and 60s. winds southwest at 10 to 15. by afternoon, partly cloudy, breezy, and warmer. a slight chance, i cannot emphasize this enough. a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm. high temperatures in the upper 80s. winds out of the south. highs uniform. maybe 89 in springfield, but 88 downtown. 87 in college park. 87 out toward reston and 87 also in fairfax. 87 in manassas as well. next seven days, 88 tomorrow. slight chance of a shower, fall arrives tomorrow at 11:09 p.m. and hot on thursday and friday. highs both days around 90. slight chance of a shower on thursday. slight chance on friday. nice on saturday. cooler. we are back in the low 80s and on sunday, maybe a sprinkle. temperatures should hold in the upper 70s. nice on monday, about 80. and probably of all seven days, a better chance for showers and a thund

. >>> a pedestrian was struck in rockville and sky 9 was there. this happened on randolph road near hunter lane. montgomery county police say the woman who was struck may have suffered broken bones, but she should be okay. police are talking to the driver to find out exactly what happened. >> and u.s. capital police shot a man early this morning who was carrying a gun on capitol hill. shots rang out at 2nd and c streets southwest. our 9news now has the latest from the scene. >> 5:00 a.m. friday, a lookout is broadcast over radio. there's a man with a gun wandering around capitol hill. >> shortly after that initial lookout went out, capital police saw that suspect standing just over there at the intersection of 2nd and c street. he was standing there and he was holding that weapon. the officers observed the man brandishing a weapon. he matched the exact lookout. the officers fired, fearing for their lives. >> u.s. capital police say the officer shot the suspect after he failed to comply with their orders to drop the weapon. police won't say how man

we've got 56 in spring field. 50 in rockville. looking at today at a glance national 64. 747 at noon and 79 for the drive home and gorgeous afternoon ahead. hello to angie. >> looking good. hope you're off to a terrific tuesday. we're going to begin with our live shot in virginia. everything out here looking a-okay. as we continue onto 395 we're going to find our lanes wide open. we also want to take you to south capital street. those of you trying to cross the douglas bridge you're going to be reduced down to one lane. that's only going to last until about 5:00. it's very nice and quiet this way. finally we'll wrap it up with the capital beltway. here is your outer loop live. no problems to report. drivers still moving at speeds making their way into virginia. back to you. >>> today the senate will hold a procedural vote on whether or not to repel the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. that policy prohibits service members from revealing if they are gay. it prohibits recruiters from asking people about their sexual orientat

westerner building in rockville. tonight's meeting is held in largo at the rms building located at mccormack drive. it begins at 7:30. please call the wssc. their number is 301-208-8110 if you would like to speak at tonight's meeting. you can submit written comments to the wssc until september 27th. >>> a hearing has been scheduled today for the man accused of opening fire at ft. hood, texas. the attorney for major hassan says he does not think his client can get a fair trial. >> the court-martial system will be used in a manner that disregards the defendant's rights. >> reporter: the defense wants the army to close future proceedings to reduce the media frenzy surrounding the case. 13 people were killed. more than 30 others wounded in the ft. hood shooting. hassan once worked at walter reed army medical hospital and lived in the dc area. >>> now the primaries are history, the white house is looking forward to the general elections in november. president obama encouraged hispanics last night to remember democrats hav

rockville pike looks like it's longone. inner loop from 355 doing fine. we'll keep you updated. joe, eun. >>> a traffic alert for drivers in virginia. new ramps are opening at the telegraph road interchange. a new ramp will be open from inner loop to telegraph road north. 176b will give access to telegraph north or eisenhower avenue. a temporary ramp will be shut down. >>> this morning the search is on for a hit and run driver who struck and seriously injured a 24-year-old woman at 8:15 saturday evening on carroll avenue in silver spring. witnesses told police the c was speeding when it hit the woman who was under a parked truck. the accident was so violent part of the side view mirror ripped off the car. >> there will be some kind of indicator that we'll be able to ll what it belongs to. ideally something that would be helpful is the color of the moore error could conceivable match the car. >> peoe around the area say traffic can be a problem and would like to see speed bumps installed. they are looking for a dark sedan that might have damage on the front end as well as the win

along interstate 270, several stretches of construction at urbana, rockville.which appears t be out of the roadway. still may be construction on the north bound side in gathers burg but not a major issue at this hour. let's head over and see how we're doing through southeast. south capitol street, douglas bridge. making the trip to pennsylvania avenue at the bridge. nobody is there. oh, there's one car. i feel better now. >> got up just to talk to you. thank you very much. >>> well, the reas no cars, because this is car-free day. people from around the world are leaving their cars, trucks, suvs in the garge and walking and taking public transportation to work. the move car free day is to push city planners to think about cycling and other transportation besides automobiles. and more people are riding the metro. ridership w up 1.2% april and june from the same time last year. it had 54 million trips. public transportation ridership is also up nationwide. >>> 4:54 your time. 66 degrees. when 270 is going tbe shut down. >>> plus, hollywood star meryl streep is in

moments ago police are set to check on the report ofn accident, inner loop of the beltway between rockville pike and connecticut avenue, probably just around the bend. slid off the roadway possibly because of the water. authorities are headed over there. we will keep you updated. could be aware that will be a little difficult because of the weather. we'll keep you updated. barbara? >> thanks, jerry. >>> maryland police are continuing their search for the hit-and-run driver who struc and seriously injured a 24-year-old woman. itappened around 8:15 saturday evening around carol avenue in silver spring. witnesses stay car was speeding when it hit the woman who was thrown under a parked truck after she was hit. part of the car's mirror was ripped off during the the accident. they are looking for a dark sedan that might have damage on the right side of the front end as well as the windshield. >>> an autopsy could now help police learn how a woman accused of murder died at a maryland pshiatric facility. the body of susan sacks is being transported from perkins state hospital. police say another p

this is what it looks like most of the way i several stretches betwee frederick and rockville.y a little relief headed for downtown. we're okay here. once you get here the 14th street bdge. joe, eun? >> thanks, jerry. >>> classes at prince george's community college in maryland will resume today after a gas leak shut everything down yesterday. the leakhappened just after 8:00 yesterday morning when workers accidentally ruptured a four inch natural gas line. authoriti said there was never any danger of explosion but roads in the area were closed, and the school was closed as a precaution. the gas line has been repaired. >>> a disturbing story. the white house is not commenting on reports that a medal of hor recipient's family was not allowed into the white house's west wing for a tour. vernon baker's widow and her 10-year-old grandson were not allowed in because, reportedly, the boy was wearing shorts and a -shirt. the shirt had a picture of his grandfather on it. casual dress is generally prohibited in the west wing, where the president's office is. this all happened o saturday

three others were taken to shady grove adventist in rockville, and one other victim was taken to shadyer in germantown. kris van cleave has a late reaction from one relieved family. braque's very relieved scared that is true. this is montgomery county's trauma center. in the worst of the injuries were brought here. so were a lot of kids. video of the kids sent family members are rushing into suburban hospital to check on their loved ones. eight of the 12 injured came here. >> we are glad they are all sacred >> late tonight, signs of relief. the youngest of the survivors hugging family and nurses before going home. we watched as four children left the hospital. these three kids are siblings, a nine year-old girl and two boys. >> thank go.d d. it could have been all whole lot worse. >> definitely relieved. they are sacred >> and the kids were of school today and had gone to the nationals here with at least one adult. the mother of the six year-old girl was taken to suburban hospital. >> haven't had the chance to talk to them? >> the kids did not remember a lot. >> the hospital also treat

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lows tonight, plenty of 40s. 48 in gaithersburg, 49 in rockvillement one of our colder nights really. 57 downtown. 50 in bowie. out to the west, 49 in sterling and 48 in leesberg. so a sweater in the morning, at least for the big kids. sunny and a chilly start. 40s and 50s. winds out of the southeast at 10. and by afternoon, mostly sunny, spectacular again. high temperatures near 80 and winds southeasterly at about 10. next seven days: 80 tomorrow, and fall arrives on wednesday at 11:09. it will feel more like summer into thursday and friday. upper 80s on wednesday, maybe a shower or storm late. thursday near 90, maybe a shower. friday around 90, maybe a shower overnight on friday but that's not much of a chance. and then nice over the weekend again. low 80s on saturday and back into the upper 70s sunday and monday of next week. >> looks nice, topper. thank you very much. >>> from our weird news file there are some dances out there so tough and complicated, so athletically demanding, you watch in amazement as some superstar get it's on. this would not be one of those. to cincinnati wh

everything is light and most of it is west of town, up 270, rockville north and out 66 in western fairfax county and west. so that's where it is. it's going to slowly move through here tonight. and here is your forecast. tonight, showers and most storms develop east of town. comfortable and low temperatures in the 60s. winds west northwest at 10. and because it has rained or showers everywhere, it is cooler. after a high of 92, it's 72 downtown, 64 in gaithersburg. we'll come back and talk about the all-important redskin forecast and look ahead to our weekend forecast and hurricane igor. >>> well, coming up on 9 news now, imagine this, driving from wilmington delaware to richmond, virginia, on one gallon of gas. meet the local designers making it happen. >>> and as of next year, 6,000 more cars are coming to one small section of northern virginia where the traffic is already a disaster. one what congressman is doing to try to help. chevy chase bank is becoming capital one bank. with the most locations in the dc area, we figured they could use our help. ♪ down a bit. too much. [ crowd chee

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mayor fenty is out and pete from rockville said the city is worse off because of it. glad i do not live in d.c. because every brain fenty had in his administration will be gone before he leaves office, if they're smart. gray is just marion barry in disguise. and similar sentiments from someone named trishy. in fenty's office there was no financial grief. schools were fixed and teachers got an education at their own. they learned to get better at the job or you don't have one. i like fenty. but that's wonderful but the majority of d.c. residents would beg to disagree with you. meantime t. baker from d.c. was not a fan of how i described that voter discontent in our late-night coverage yesterday. correct me if i am wrong, but isn't derek mcginty's job to report the news. he referred to voters being disgusted with mayor fenty. his inflection seemed more personal than professional and i would like to know what he is basing the opinion on if you listened to my comments, you would hear me say that is exactly what i heard firsthand from voters for months now. that's where i