. >>> a swarm of bees that at moment seemed like a scene from a horror film, russ ptacek checking is out live from northeast washington with the very latest. >> reporter: we are here on capitol hill. if you are afraid of bees, this is not the back porch where you want to be. the hive has called down quite a bit, but still you may be able to see hundreds swamming near where the brick is making that corner there. a bee expert estimates that inside right between the first and second floors are between 10, 20, maybe even 30,000 bees. it was buzzing that drew the residents' attention. dan wolfe lives here. he came outside to this back porch to let his 2-year-old ride on this trike. then he heard the buzzing which at first he thought was a neighbor's air conditioner until this entire area darkened with a swarm of bees. >> i was coming out around this time with my son just to play outside and i heard a buzzing and it was the classic, you know, if you've seen the 1978 movie with michael kane, the swarm, that's what it was. i saw them up there and they quickly descended and i basically shove

in this 9 wants you to know investigation reporter russ ptacek has the documents that has a marriott pool in hot water. >> reporter: according to this d.c. health department memorandum, the marriott wardman parks hotel was closed friday because of a "imminent health hazard" but once inspectors walked out the door after the inspection the memorandum indicates the hotel allowed guests right back in the water. marriott wardman hotel on woodley road in d.c. is narcoticked as a premier destination -- marketed as a premier destination. so imagine the surprise of guests when they saw this sign saying the pool is currently closed for unforeseen maintenance, but according to documents obtained by 9 wants to know under the free dom of information act, the closure was actually ordered by the d.c. health department alleging staffs unable to provide certification of lifeguarding and cpr training, that the water system was in disrepair and conditions created a hazard to the public. marriott wardman park also cited for ignoring the citation and reopening despite the closure order. marriott declined

i'm investigative reporter russ ptacek, 9 news now. >> all right, top?> great weekend, gorgeous, summer-like. >> love it. we've had such a nice spring, you know. it's just been gorgeous. >> except for june 1st every day has been below average. that's kind of nice. here's the deal. it's going to warm up, but it won't be humid tomorrow. it will be a little more humid sunday but certainly bearable. i think even derek will give this a double thumbs up. >> that's hard to get from d. >> let's look outside, our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. it's just wonderful. temperature 85, dew point in the 40s, everything is good. it will be comfortable at night. dry air masses, relative humidity 28%, heat up quickly and they cool off quickly. that's the good thing. it will be warm during the day, but because it's dry, we'll be able to perspire that. evaporates and that cools us. waves a foot or less, a great weekend to be on the water, no threat of storms and winds well under small craft advisory criteria, sunday sunshine, 82 to 87. to the beaches, st

i'm russ ptacek, 9news now. >> so whether you know of health dangers, corruption, government waste, 9 wants to know too. send us an e-mail. >>> so as we reported earlier in this newscast, the problem of distracted driving is getting so bad the government is trying to figure out ways to crack down on people who insist they're one of the exceptional humans who can work a mobile phone and a car at the same time. such people are exceptional but not in a good way. >> yes, anita, you know you see it all the time. you come up behind somebody on the road. the car is waving around erratically or else just going very slowly. and you get a look at the driver. sure enough, they're on the freaking phone. now, having made a scientific study of all of this, i've realized that these distrackable varments can actually can be broken down into sub types. there is the common all purpose blabberer just chatting away. sure, it's completely illegal everywhere, but he's not worried the cops will get him. oh, no. the problem is, he might get you. now, this is a subspecies of the blabberer. the crooked side wi

well in, this 9 wants to know investigation reporter russ ptacek has the documents that has marriott in some pretty hot water. what's going on? >> this is the actual memorandum from the d.c. health department that discusses closure at the marriott park hotel pool. the health officials declared what they call an imminent health hazard, but according to this document, once the inspectors walked out the door, the guests went right back in the pool. marriott markets the 1,300 room wardman park hotel on woodley road in northwest d.c. as one of washington's premier

ptacek, 9news now. >> if you have a story tip you'd like russ to investigate, you can send an e-mail to him. >>> howard is here this tuesday morning. rain gear is definitely part of your outfit this morning. >> we had heavier showers a couple hours ago. now we've got light, scattered stuff. it is a bit annoying. this will inconvenience you this morning. this afternoon maybe cancel some activities outside later on. here's a look at our bus stop forecast. we've got temperatures this morning anywhere from really the mid-60s to low 70s. it is a muggy start to the day. sunrise came up about half an hour ago at 5:42. we are looking at sunshine today. barely any sunshine today that is with mostly cloudy skies. scattered showers, the threat for scattered showers with us right through the day, but this afternoon a better chance we come into thunderstorms. look at temperatures not really advancing much in the mid- to upper 70s to near 80 for a high. yesterday we were 90 degrees. this morning the moisture has been flowing in from south, southwest to north, northeast. we've had the showers. now the heavier showers