couple of showers out to the west, see they are widely virginia, southeast pennsylvania. for the most part dry slot in out of the south and this is going to mean betterwet here next several days. see the large area of dry weather to the south and west of us. that's going to be our future so to speak, over the next two days or so. high pressure creating the wind field tonight and tomorrow. if you haven't done so, latch down the trash can or anything that could blow away in the wind. looking ahead of our computer model trend here, nothing tomorrow. blue skies ahead. how about the events shaping up for the weekend. we will head toly net charles. >> reporter: the marathon is tomorrow. you've been talking about the winds , the winds going to be a factor. go to abc2news.com, click on the weather tab, go to the blog. justin, basically blogged about. that see this heres head wind and tail wind spots along the way. that's good information for you. let me go to the forecast, show you what is going on here, we can see that it will begin at 8:00 in the morning, that's the marathon an

haberle, project director, pennsylvania recovery organization, achieving community together, southeast pennsylvania. joe powell, executive director, association of persons affected by addiction, dallas, texas. dr. thomasina borkman, professor of sociology emerita, george mason university, fairfax, virginia. keith, let's start out by letting the audience know what is the need for treatment in terms of substance use and mental disorders in this country? a lot of people aren't aware of how prevalent these conditions are, but amazingly there are 45 million american adults who meet the criteria for a mental health problem. and 23 million who meet it for substance use, alcohol or drugs. and most of those who also smoke and the overlap between those groups is about 10 million people who struggle with both of those problems. so that means at any given time one in four people in this country could conceivably benefit from treatment for mental health or substance use disorder. and actually, we're using the term now, behavioral health, do you want to explain a little what behavioral health encompasses? behavi

. >> if you are traveling southeast d.c., police activity is shutting down some of the roads. pennsylvania avenue southeast is closed from north carolina avenue to seventh street in both directions. and also if you are traveling sixth street is closed at c street. police activity blocking all lanes there. congestion in the area has lifted. your commute is much better. earlier outer loop of the beltway, we were jammed at montgomery county. but now it's smooth sailing. and as you are taking 395, again, big delays were here earlier this morning but now a smooth ride for you as you make your way from edsall passing duke crossing over the 14th street bridge not seeing any problems for you. barbara back to you. >> nice to see the roads that clear, and of course they won't look that way in a few hours, will they? >> definitely not. >> thank you. >>> police say they made a discovery for the community activist. his corolla was found yesterday in prince georges county. shortly after he disappeared surveillance cameras captured a picture of a man using his debit card. his phone was found on the wilso

. >> good morning, a live look here on pennsylvania avenue. into southeast no problems. everything is quiet on the potomac. coming up in the next report, we'll look at construction around the area at 4:47. mike, back to you. >>> jessica doyle is off today. here are today's headlines. better than expected profit reports. the dow finished up the day 105 points to the plus side. >>> harley davidson recalling about 300,000 motorcycles. the company says brake light switches can be too close to the heat from the exhaust and that can cause the brake lights to fail or possibly even the rear brakes. touring vehicles from 2009-2012 are affected. >>> when you are shopping for gifts, in a recent poll 78% of the respondents said low prices would be the determining factor. several stores are already responding accordingly. staples, bed bath & beyond have already said they will match the lowest prices of amazon.com or any other big internet retailer. sears is offering to beat any competitor's price by 10% and wal-mart said gift cards are going to shoppers who are trying to find somethi

the new flyover bridge between 295 and pennsylvania avenue southeast will open this weekend.mean some realignment of lanes ndp area and intermittent closures starting at 10:00 p.m. tonight. so be alert if you are traveling that way. construction on the 11th street bridge project started in december of 2009. scheduled to be completed by july 2013. >>> plan on riding metro this weekend? three stations on the green and yellow lines will be closed from 10:00 p.m. tonight until tuesday. those are shaw, u street and columbia heights. now, shuttle buses will stop outside the stations and on the orange line, buses will replace trains between east falls church and west falls church as work continues on the dulles rail. >>> imagine being hauled into lockup by d.c. police all because the tags your car is expired. it happens several times. a u.s. senator is getting involved. sarah simmons has more. >> this is the craziest thing i've ever heard for expired tags. >> reporter: it happened one year ago but this man who doesn't want to be identified remember as a drive with his dog in d.c. li

southeast is beautiful, too. showers are continuing through buffalo, detroit, pennsylvania and even new york city late today. same with philadelphia up into new england. i'd carry the umbrella. most of the day will be dry, but there will be showers out there late this afternoon. look how gorgeous in the middle of the nation. minneapolis, 80 and sunny. that is a nice fall forecast. that's a look at your national forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. st. louis, missouri, no complaints. 78 degrees. austin, texas, around 88. the texas heat ended. we're still very dry in the region. really, no rain in sight for you. albuquerque, new mexico, just a chance of a few showers. nice, easy forecast for me. that's the way i like it on my first day back. >> we're trying. >> sit back, listen to lynn. >> put your feet up. come on, when you get home, it's going to be harder. enjoy it while it lasts. >>> buyers, stocks in internet giants and a small chunk of new york city sold on the auction block. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a new book written by martha stewa

southeast southwest freeway. the live look at the sousa bridge inbound on pennsylvania avenue. at's been incident-free into the southeast corridor we'll go over to the 14th street bridge coming north on 395 into downtown. this is what it looks like. you may hit the brake lights though at duke street. a last live lack at the roosevelt bridge inbound on i- 66. we saw what it looks like outside the beltway. inside it's fine to the bridge span. coming up in my next report, north to maryland at 6:24. >>> it is 6:18. next in sports the redskins' injury list just getting longer and movement in the right direction to ends the nba's lockout. >>> right now time for another check of the question of the morning -- >> i agree with our facebook friend jean, she weighs in guessing -- >> cooking? >> paula deen is her idol. next to my mom of course she says. it's about the butter. jean posted that just after 4:00 this morning. >> oh my. jean. keep these guesses coming to our facebook page. facebook.com/wusa9 and we'll have the answer at 6:53. >>> welcome back. 6:22. howard here with your weather

. >>> a look live right now on pennsylvania avenue right across the sousa bridge into southeast d. c.. you will be fine. no real problems in the southeast corridor. we're also doing fine if you're traveling over the potomac river crossings. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at maryland. back to you andrea and mike. >>> 4:38. time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> jessica doyle is here. then yesterday, pow. >> weariful coming off a bad day on -- we are really coming off a bad day on wall street. the debt crisis in europe, that sparked another selloff. stocks also pulled lower by a report that consumer confidence plunged in october to the lowest levels since march 2009. the dow, had been up more than 400 points in the last two trading sessions. gave back half of those gains and checking the numbers for you, the dow standing this morning at 11,706 after falling 207 points. that's a loss of 1.7%. you can see the numbers right there. the nasdaq off by 61 points, that is a loss of 2.3% and s&p 500 dropped by 25 points, a loss of 2%. >>> drivers are getting

pennsylvania avenue. heading from the southeast freeway in toward the sousa bridge. no problems in toward the anacostia river. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at maryland roads at 6:18. surae and andrea? >> this morning, at least 22 people are dead in iraq. terrorists are apparently targeting security forces this morning. >> it is one of the stories making news at 6:12. two suicide bombings after bombers went after police stations in baghdad this morning while a car bomb went off near another police station nearby. so far, no claims of responsibility. >>> the university of california is trying to stop a mumps outbreak. students lined up on the berkeley campus yesterday to receive vaccinations. there are at least nine confirmed cases of muchs with another 35 under investigation. >>> big ben is starting to lean. the tower which holds the famous clock is about a foot and a half off center. engineers fear if nothing is done, it could topple over in another 10,000 years. like the leaning tower of pisa. it is still up. they propped it up a little bit. >> the

the new southbound flyover bridge between 295 and pennsylvania avenue southeast will open this weekendning will mean some realignments of lanes in the area and intermittent closures starting at 10:00 p.m. tonight. so be alert if you're traveling that way. construction on the bridge project started 2009 and scheduled to be done by july 2013. >>> it's 8:15 now. let's get a little pick me up for the weekend. >> all right. tony perkins, give it to us, give it to us. >> only way to improve this weather cast, and that's by starting it off with a picture of a cute baby. >> i agree. >> let's take a look. it is time for the my first 5 photo of the day. >> mission accomplished. >> you did it. >> abigail. do you know what's great about what abigail is doing now? when they first get out there and they want to do these things. usually they're still a little too small, but trying their best. she's up there. that's great. we have not been told how old abigail is. but we know, obviously, she has no fear. she is a cutie. looks like she's having a good time, too. thank you for sending that in. go to myf

baltimore washington parkway, tieing up the right lane big delays for that, route 4, pennsylvania avenue, southeast southern avenue, suit land road, rescue units responding to that location. other side of town, 270, rockville headed out toward the lane divide no incidents to report, heavy and slow traffic, after randall road, still cleaning that up, expect delays ittc work zone. delays out of manassas. more slow traffic leaving fair oaks. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> new this morning, police say a passenger stabbed a metro bus driver in wheaton this began midnight when someone on the bus reported a suspect, a 52-year-old man was exposing himself the bus driver told him to stop the bus driver had a female acquaintance on the bus and asked her to keep an eye on the suspect as the bus approached the wheaton metro station the suspect began arguing with the woman and bus driver the altercation continued outside the bus the suspect hit the woman the bus driver tried to intervene and was stabbed. the suspect was taken into custody. >>> police in prince georges county investigating th

. >>> we're taking a look live now on pennsylvania avenue sousa bridge coming through southeast you will be okay across the anacostia river here and no problems across the potomac river crossing into the distribution. coming up we'll take a look into maryland at 5:16. back to you mike and andrea. >>> making news now, police in philadelphia are trying to figure out just how long four mentally disabled adults were abused. a landlord discovered them by chance injured and locked in a filthy basement. investigators say at least three people were involved in the abuse and scammed the disability checks. >>> president obama will continue pushing the jobs plan in north carolina this morning and then he will head into virginia -- southeast virginia after that. the president is on day two of his three day bus tour and he is telling crowds congress needs to vote on his $440 billion package in pieces to help americans get back to work. >>> a massive dust storm caused widespread damage in lubbock, texas. the high winds and debris dropped visibility to near 0. trees were uprooted and there was some ser

pennsylvania. this is going to slide more east and a little southeast and i think some of this will be around at timese this afternoon. we'll call for spotty showers here and there. as we go through the morning, this stuff in pennsylvania and new york fizzles out a little bit then late this afternoon. here we are at 6:00 p.m. you'll see the showers really into west virginia and al couple of stragglers getting into northern virginia. more than likely the showers overnight and then tomorrow morning, stop the clock just before 6:00. on thursday, 5:45, notice the metro north and west dealing with the rain. some of it heavy in western maryland and west virginia. that is with us on and off through the day on thursday. they'll start to sag south late thursday. 6:00, shenandoah valley seeing some clearing as far as the radar is concerned. much cooler friday. friday's highs in the low 50s and then late friday notice the moisture returning? that rain could be here saturday and hold temperatures saturday in the mid 40s. yeah, a real raw day. today, 70, isolated shower late. tomorrow 64 with the rain showers beco

southeast of the airport in petersburg. the pilot and two passengers were headed to johnstown, pennsylvania. >> a protest in front of the reagan building today targeting a 1700-mile pipeline cutting right through the u.s. hundreds of activists marched to the reagan building to protest the keystone protest xl pipeline. it's to carry oil from canada's tarzans field to texas refineries. president obama has until the end of the year to decide whether to approve that project. >> we think there is a better way to go than to use the -- build a pipeline using the dirty, sand oil from canada. we propose the president say no to this and yes to american wind power, a good alternative. >> they chose the reagan building as the site of protest because that is where the state department is holding a hearing. >>> three science teachers from bowie, maryland who went on a zero gravity plane ride are bringing their experience back to the classroom. the teachers shared a flight last month and the teachers conducted spents. it also renewed their passion for teaching physics. >> having that memory, that real experience it gives you a zeal for the s

southeast. look for scattered showers and cold temperatures in the northern rockies. thunderstorms will march through ohio and pennsylvaniae east, bringing quick downpours and windy conditions. >>> in sports this morning, boy, what a difference a day makes in the world series. the rangers derek holland completely shut down the cardinals, striking out seven and allowing only two hits. he got some big offense from mike napoli in the sixth. he hit a towering three-run blast to the left. texas blank st. louis 4-0. the series now tied up appear two games apiece. >>> in football, it really can't get any worse for the indianapolis colts. they weren't rallied by the new orleans saints. they were obliterated by them. you won't believe the final score in this one. 62-7. one lone colts fan in the superdome summed it up, we don't need luck, we need peyton back. >>> tim tebow, two-point conversion tied the score at 15. in overtime, matt prater drilled a field goal. >>> christian ponder had a great first throw against the packers. he had a wide open michael jenkins. got tripped up at the 2 yard line. got ugly when brian robison hit t.j

southeast will have fair weather and clear skies. gusty winds, heavy rains and possible severe weather will continue in the northeast from pennsylvaniacattered showers in the northwest. southwest cooling down back to normal with temperatures ranging from the 70s to the 90s nsports this morning, milwaukee has tied if you want with st. louis in the national league championship series. aal to the left side of the cards infield. in the fifth. struck out six, he only gave us six hits in seven innings, the brewers won it 4-2. game five tonight in st. louis. in the american league series the tigers still alive. detroit's dell monday young had two home runs and a so low shot in the fourth inning. a two run blast in the sixth. verlander struck out eight and a 7-5 victory the tigers avoid elimination. texas leads the series 3-2. game six tomorrow night in arlington synergraft and a british marathon runner has been stripped of his medal for cheating. runner rob sloan said it was a tough race in northeast england. he had crossed the line as third place finish. sloan was seen getting off the bus. he rode for the last quarter for the race. >>> you

southeast will have fair weather and clear skies. later today, gusty winds and heavy rains and possible severe weather will continue in the northeast from pennsylvania. occasional scattered showers will fall in the northwest. southwest starting to cool down, back to normal, with temperatures ranging from the 70s to the 90s. >>> in sports this morning, milwaukee has tied it up with st. louis in the national league championship series. the brewers ryan braun singled to the left side of the cardinals infield and driving in the go-ahead run in the fifth. milwaukee started randy wolf. he struck out six, only gave up six hits in seven innings. the brewers win it 4-2 evenening the series two games apiece. game five tonight in st. louis. >>> in the american league series, the tigers still alive. detroit's delmon young had two home runs and a solo shot in the fourth inning. a two-run blast in the sixth off texas starter c.j. wilson. justin verlander struck out eight in a 7-5 victory. tigers avoid elimination but texas leads the series three games to two. game tomorrow night in arlington. >>> a british marathon runner has been stripped of his medal for cheati

pennsylvania this afternoon. near us tonight. tonight's wind, tomorrow, fairly light out of the southeast. as we head into saturday, here we are friday evening. we head into saturday. the high continues to pull away. the winds turn more south and southerly. that will bring warmer air in here to finish out the weekend and to go right through columbus day. as we look at the forecast, today, near 70. tonight, 40s and low 50s. winds will be light. tomorrow, sunny. nice, 72. for saturday, a warmer day. 77. sunday and monday, columbus day, even better in the low 80s finally by tuesday, we may see a shower later on. high around 80. wednesday, a better chance for showers and storms. highs back in the 70s. monika, the next five, six days looking sweet. >> something to look forward to. thank you so much, howard. unfortunately, i don't have the same news as howard on the northbound side of the bw parkway here as you're looking from sky 9 down at this accident scene before route 198 but north of route 197, a two- car accident. i just got off the phone with park police. officer whiteman told me it was

>> we'll take a live look at pennsylvania avenue here at the sousa bridge coming in from forestville. silver hill and into southeast across the sousa bridge, you'll be fine this morning. in my next report, we'll take a look at reports of an accident at northbound 295 at the 11th street bridge. back to you, andrea. >> they're not happy. some montgomery county residents say newly-revealed plans for metro's purple line will wipe them out. planners had to expand the size of the rail yard and maintenance facility in littonsville. that proposal along with the route could lead to the destruction of dozens of businesses along brookville road. >> the yards of some homes will be taken in the development of the purple line in our neighborhood. >> there's no hope for us to keep our business, our building. >> lee expects to lose his 30- year-old rental property and a heating warehouse. now neighbors are hoping somehow to convince planners to scale back the project even though governor o'malley has already signed off on it. >> virginia's department of transportation is trying to find a way to ease traffic back- ups near fort bel

pennsylvania avenue across the sousa bridge. if you're coming in from suitland across the district line into southeast, you'll be fine. same story on branch avenue this morning. we'll take a look at virginia roads coming up at about 5:45. back to you, andrea. >> thank you, monika. >> british researchers think they're closer to letting the cars take charge from drivers. engineers at oxford university are adding a robotic brain to vehicle in addition to standard gps so the vehicle learns more about its surroundings. the engineers say their event goal is to allow the vehicle to make and execute decisions if the driver is otherwise occupied. >> otherwise occupied? yeah, not these people. there are some mixed messages coming out of lexington, kentucky. it is all over a "men's health" magazine article that names the city as the most sedentary city in the country. so, hundreds of people said hey, we'll take that and run with it. have a sedentary parade. feature people on floats sitting on their coaches. however, others participated in some fit activities like zumba and aerobics and kick boxing but the couches sort of seem to

north of town near pennsylvania and in the higher elevations out west we could be looking at several inches of snow through the day tomorrow. cold right now. 40 in southeast d.c., 33 in cumberland 4-d and huntingtown along with remington. increasing clouds today, highs in the low 50's. clouds developing later this evening especially farther northwest of the metro. there is a winter storm watch in effect for all counties along the mason-dixon line, along the pennsylvania border, and for the higher elevations out west. that's where we expect manly some areas of snowfall. locally, heavy rains with some wet snowflakes. within the winter storm watch in those counties along the mason- dixon line and higher elevations, we could see several inches accumulate. breezy tomorrow, precipitation coming to an end tomorrow evening around nightfall. 40's on the weekend. >>> 270 crash northbound at montgomery village avenue, that's gone. 270, headlights are southbound out of frederick into clarksburg, all the way to the beltway, looks nice. 95 and 66 moving well. water main break on seminary road at the king james highway. seminary rd. is closed in both directions. we will

pennsylvania. it is still a good distance away from us. we'll get to the morning drive and some the rain showers will movement during the afternoon drive. we have high pressure off the southeastoast and low pressure near ohio. we'll get close to 70 after starting in the 50's this evening. a mixture of sun and clouds. a chance for rain showers late in the afternoon. upper 60's and low 70's. showers likely tonight. temperatures drop back to around 50. into the weekend, changeable is a good word. a good chance for rain tomorrow with a high near 60. it should be chilly on friday. 40's on saturday for a chance for a few rain showers. we could see some snowflakes to mix and on saturday. a chilly day on saturday. it should clear up for the ravens game on sunday. halloween looks good with temperatures in the 60's. back to you guys. >> city hall has a message for the occupied baltimore protesters -- time to pack up. jennifer franciotti joins us with what they have worn out their welcome. >> . >> the mayor's office has supported free speech but says that mckeldin plaza is not a designated campground and so it is time to ratchet down. this movement started about three weeks ago. it has

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