be aware of that in tacoma park. other than that things are looking good. the beltway, no delays yet college park into silver spring and bethesda. no problems on 270 or 95 coming in from baltimore. we'll take a live look outside and first show what you it looks like here at university boulevard. all construction was cleared up. no issues to report. traffic is moving at a good pace right now. back over to the maps and this time over to 66 and the dulles toll road coming in from the west. no issues out of sterling into herndon and reston and 66 out of manassas and centreville and fairfax. one more time outside, this time we'll take a look at the 395, 495 interchange in springfield which is looking good both loops of the beltway. i'll be back with more traffic at 5:24. >> thank you, monika. >>> 5:18. i wonder if the ravens will share any of their strategies with the skins and do the skins need them? >> es that' a because last night bat -- that's because last night the raishens -- ravens crushed their opponent. >>> the average one of these costs four times more

since early this morning where there was a fallen tree in tacoma park. it is blocking route 410 near piney branch road. so be aware of that. now you see all this red that howard was talking about. southbound 270, look at that out of frederick most of the way down to route 121. i'm going to step out and show what you it looks like live from our sky 9 n. is near father hurley boulevard. there had been a traffic stop on the shoulder as well and that was attracting is some -- attracting some attention but the lanes remain open. north of town, outer loop slows down from about 95 just past that actually new hampshire avenue as you head for university boulevard. a live look there. lanes are open. there are no ?efntses on the belt we -- no incidents on the beltway. it's just that frustrating slow traffic we deal with every single morning. before i go, i do have a commuter alert. the latest on an ongoing saga involving the new silver spring transit center. we've been telling you for months about the botched concrete work at the facility. it doesn't meet the safet

police arrested him at the tacoma metro station. he's accused of videotaping women up their skirts while asking them for directions. detectives think there may be more victims, including some younger than 18. if you think you may have been targeted, call the tacoma park police. >>> this morning, police are trying to solve the murders of two prince george's students killed within three weeks. the latest case happened tuesday. someone shot and killed markell ross while he walked to school in capital heights. last month, the gunman shot and killed amber stanley inside her home. both were good students and role models. both say there is no reason to believe the shootings are connected, but some students say they're worried. >> this stuff is happening at central. stuff is happening at flowers. all over. it makes each one of us think okay, am i going to be the next person at this school or that school to die next? >> police do not have a motive for either shooting. >>> this morning a business owner faces charges for selling stolen hair sa

[laughter] he is appearing at the comedy underground in tacoma, washington september 14 and 15. mcbeth, everybody! brooks mcbeth! [applause] >> thank you. thank you. i just got a brand new vote for obama sticker. i didn't really ask for it. [laughter] i just bought a prius. [applause] thank you. i recently worked with another comedian and after every joke he told, he would go i don't care who you are. that's funny right there. i don't care who you are. that's funny right there. whatever he does . i love the fact that he gets to just tell people what to think. i would love to have that power but in real life. like after sex. be like, i don't care who you are, that was the biggest penis you ever seen right there. [laughter] i don't care who you are, you had eight or gasms. i got her done! [laughter] all of my friends are having kids right now, but they are having kids and then giving them names that have way too much pressure for the child. like they go, this is my son, awesomeness! and goliath and destiny and craig ferguson. [laughter] [applause] it's -- it's too much pressure. i

women's skirts at the tacoma park metro station. tapha nyang distracted women while he videotaped up their skirts. police think there's more victims out there. >>> now the campus controversy that has a lot of people talking, an american university professor raising eyebrows after breastfeeding in front of her students. tonight she speaks out for the first time. >> the iphone 5 finally unveiled, we'll take you inside the big announcement and show you the new features. >> september has unveiled some of the best weather we've seen in a long time. i'll let you not how long it will continue. we are headed down to the 50s tonight, that's your first clue, full forecast later as fox 5 news at 10:00 continues.  >>> the breastfeeding controversy on the campus of american university has plenty of people talking. the professor who brought her sick baby with her the first day of class and breast fed the baby as she lectured speaks out tonight. fox 5's will thomas picks up the story from there. >> the question a lot of people are asking and prob

of my heart in college, poetry is not my full-time job, back home planted a launched a min have in tacomathen and i want to go back to the campus and say this is why he's awesome or better than things calling new college. >> mike: jeff, i can understand how this would really touch people who are college and younger people. but has has it been to provocative people are mad at you and criticize you because of what you said. >> totally, totally. there's been staunch criticism obviously. >> mike: where does it come from? from religious people or-- >> it comes from everywhere, i have to take the criticism and say, what am i getting criticism for? because i'm a christian and jesus said the same think or a criticized because i'm saying something stupid? that's tough to sit in prayer and say, jesus, is this because of i'm misrepresenting you or can i get better, learn, and grow here. >> mike: what's your long-term goal. what do you want to do with the youtube videos? look, 22 million hits puts you in the stratosphere. >> i'm up there with rebecca black and-- >> your message is better than rebecca

a 29 year-old soldier is dead, after being shot by police in tacoma, washington...and his girlfriendhinks it's all a mis- understaading. understanding."he was a good man, he didn't deserve that pnd i just want to know why." whyy"jolene ward says her boyfriend seargent prince gavin was heading to a new position at fort carson and stressful.they got into an prgument and she called police. confronted gavin as he was walking toward the doorstep and after gavin pulled out a gun the officer fflt threatened and opened fire.but warn the officer. 117-132"he always carried a weapon on him, he had a concealed weapons permit, he was trained. he was aareally good man and a good soldier, he was very just and righteous good man." man." the officer that shot gavin is on paid leave while authorities investigate. a serious case of schooll bullying ... caught onnvideo aa a washington state middle school in february.and while the incident is disturbing, even more disturbing is the person at the center of the episode.as chris legeros rrports... the school district is still dealing with the fallout as aut

police arrested this man, accused of so called up skirting at the tacoma metro station. police say he videotaped women up their skirts using a hidden camera while asking them for directions. detectives believe there may be more victims, including some younger than 18. if you think you may have been targeted, call tacoma park police. >>> in the days ahead, police will demolish a vacant apartment complex. about 9:00 this morning, crews will start tearing down 26 buildings at the chapel woods apartments in the coral hills area. the move is part of an initiative to fight crime. officials say that area has been a public safety hazard. >>> it is now 5:37. 64 degrees. not feeling so lucky. why this man says he hit the lottery jackpot but never saw a cent of the winnings. >>> plus, why doing a little window shopping could help you find the man of your dreams. >> enjoy the cool, pleasant weather now, because changes are on the horizon. your forecast is next. [ romney ] this president can ask us to be patient. this president can tell us it was someone else's fault. but this presid

police arrested this man at the tacoma metro station last week. police say he videotaped women up their skirts using a hidden camera while asking them for directions. detectives believe there may be more victims, including some younger than 18. if you think you may have been targeted, call tacoma park police. >>> an aide worker from rockville kidnapped in pakistan last year now asking for israel's help to be freed. 71-year-old warren wine steen appeared in a new internet video asking the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for help. he said that the american government had no interest in him and therefore he's turning to israel. he said if al qaeda's demands were met, he would be let go. in previous videos, those demands included the freeing of militant suspects and the stopping of u.s. air strikes. >>> this morning, there is renewed hope that an american contractor from maryland who was jailed in cuba may soon be coming home. a cuban diplomat says her country is willing to negotiate with the u.s. to find a solution to alan gross's ordeal. h

a little closer to average, average high temperature right now, 75 degrees >>> a man from tacoma park, maryland, is using his photography and a few computer tricks to document his daughter's young life. i started a collection of photos with his daughter, allison b. they all show her in precarious situations. they all have one thing in common, a coffee mug that says, world's best father. he says, almost all of the pictures were photo shopped and his daughter was never in any danger. the collection has gone viral. you can hear from david tomorrow morning during the 7:00 a.m. hour of the "today" show. looks like he had a lot of fun putting those together. >> he did. they are adorable. >> great fun. >>> coming up in sports, bryce harper and the >>> so we could say, it's good. >> have they really got a deal worked out? >> is it that good? >> it is not signed, sealed and delivered but it is agreed upon. the referees, the official officials in the nfl will be back and could be back for as early as thursday night's game. too much heat on the nfl. you guys said it. the president was talking ab

on the task force on police perpetrated domestic violence after the murder of crystaled judson in tacomashington. i was a public defender for many years, so i represented batterers as well. the sheriff needs to be removed. i was a judge pro tem. in the position of judges not only does it have to be fair, but there must be an appearance of fairness. and there is no appearance of fairness with the sheriff. in washington state we've formed a task force with the supreme court justice.

we have been working with wane judson who is the father of a homicide victim in tacoma who was killed by her law enforcement husband. and so we have had not only san francisco and just a great team with lieutenant mcfaden and it has just been wonderful. and so we have outside consultants, i mean, informal consultants on this. we are very close to our very first draft and so we are not there yet but we will be here soon. i think in the fall to share that with you and we will make sure that as soon as we have a draft that we will make it available. so we are very happy about the progress. certainly we all have more to do. but we are honored to be a part of it. >> thank you very much. >> commissioner loftus? >> mis up ton we have worked a number of years back when i was a dv prosecutor. i really feel like it is important to under score the significance of what you said around the lower homicide rate of the domestic violence victims in the city and acknowledge your role and the role of advocates in the community to serve as sentinaland watch dogs to make sure that the justice system works

she's an otter at the zoo and aquarium in tacoma, washington.s playing with a shape puzzle that has squares and a circle. she gets the circle quickly and they give her some sort of bolt and nut combination. throws it in there. finally she starts playing with the square. she struggles with that a little bit. >> i always like how otters use their bellies as like their work bench or their play table. >> too busy like using wood for other stuff. they're going to use it for a table. >> the otter recognizes the square block and square hole. she is struggling obviously, but she recognizes shapes. >> this is a genius otter. >> she does struggle with this a little too much though and eventually gets upset. >> guys, this isn't working. what are you giving me here. >> she gives it back. >> yeah. this is crazy she has little t-rex arms and still capable of doing all this. >> she finally gets a little treat. >> do you blame her? >> happily ever after until the fish is gone. >> i'm going to start doing that. >> it's a work bench. >> eat my cereal off my stoma

on the task force on police perpetrated domestic violence after the murder of crystaled judson in tacomaashington. i was a public defender for many years, so i represented batterers as well. the sheriff needs to be removed. i was a judge pro tem. in the position of judges not only does it have to be fair, but there must be an appearance of fairness. and there is no appearance of fairness with the sheriff. in washington state we've formed a task force with the supreme court justice. we had a task force of police prosecutors, batterers, victims, everyone on there, 80 people. we formed by officer-involved domestic violence policy that say for every police agency in the state of washin!íj must have mandatory millet -- minimal policies in place to handle officer-involved domestic violence. i have not seen anything like that here. you do not have that. step one. i had an expert on police- perpetrated domestic violence, out to train the advocates to train the police, to train the prosecutors. when i say i come i mean the entire task force. i am alarmed when i see the same thing going on. no, we

he was arrested last week after the cops got a call about a suspicious man lurking about the tacoma metro stop. he was carrying a backpack and he fit the description of a man videotaping up a women's skirt last month. police say he may have done it to more folks. so, if you were approached by this man, call the police. >>> now we have an update on the story we first brought you last night. about 300 police cruisers being checked for steering frontals. we have learned -- problems. the not montgomery county have finished inspecting their cars. as of tonight, 289 have been inspected. 10 cruders had problems that caused the steering to fail. they have been fixed. another 37 had less serious maintenance issues and they have also been repaired. >>> after 5 months of trying to get answers, today, 9 news now confronted the boss of the general services administration. for the first time, agenting minute administrator dan -- acting administrator dan tangly any answered -- tangherlini answered questions. >> reporter: many problems were under the microscope in that senate hearing and gsa administrato

in kansas city, missouri and then spent, i think many -- it is fair to say your formative years in tacoma, washington, very much involved in the port operations there. he worked on the docks as a long shoreman for 24 years and then elected into higher and higher office to serve the international longshore and warehouse unions issues. so in his job as secretary/treasurer, commission adams as responsibility for the organization's finances. he oversees the union's political action work. he represents the union at international functions. and as such he has represented them with work in south africa, spain, cuba, et cetera. and he served on the board of directors of transafrica, where he works closely with board chairman danny glover and harry bell fonte. i would like to say that commissioner adams is not new to us at the port and volunteered time to serve with us most recently on the mayor's blue-ribbon panel and so it's a great honor and benefit for all of us at the port to welcome you here today commissioner adams. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you for volunteering. so as we

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. >> well, one man from tacoma park, maryland, is taking the title to heart. david started a collection of photos with his daughter alice. these are phenomenal. the photos show alice in precarious situations and they all have one thing in common. a coffee mug that says world's best father. he says almost all of the pictures are photo shopd, of course -- photoshoped and his daughter was never in any danger. stay with us on nbc. he and his daughter alice will be on this morning's "today" show right here on nbc 4. just so delightful. she is so cute. later in life, she'll look back on these photos and be so happy that her dad went to the effort. >> or mortified. >> look how cute she is. >> that's nice. you see so many baby pictures, that's definitely another way to do it. >> so creative. >> good for him. >> still to come this morning, we have much more on the late night deal between the nfl and its referees. >>> also coming up, yet another reason why you should make it a priority to enjoy a little chocolate. >>> first though, the new record that may have you dread

and when you have evidence -- i remember this, one of the first exchange programs at tacoma, washington, what they found was the needle exchange program was the principal point of source of recommendations into drug treatment. think about it. people come to a needle exchange program so they can safely use their drugs without getting an infection and spreading it to other people. there is no coercion involved. it is the most important you can have for someone who is a known drug user what that suggests is that when people need to get help, when people are trying to get better, what they most need is to have the opportunity to find their own dignity, their own self, their own worth. having a judge or prosecutor with a hammer over your head saying you better be clear or i'm throwing you in jail. you better give me clean urines or i'm throwing you in jail. that may work for some people but that's no reason to make it a one size fits all model. in fact, huge numbers do seek out treatment whether it's 12 step or anything else, if that treatment is respectful, if it's quality, if it has eviden

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jenny quinn, who's a professor of interdisciplinary arts and sciences at the university of washington-tacoma. jenny, thanks for coming. >> thank you, dan. nice jar. >> well, here are these buttons, and as far as i'm concerned, one button per kid. and i happen to have their pictures here. >> okay. so what we have here are two sets of six things. >> six buttons, six photographs. >> so a set is just a collection of objects. what you did here was you created a bijection between the set of buttons and the set of kids, okay? >> sure. one button per child. >> one button per child. one thing from each set matched up, holding hands with something from the other set. and this gives us a lot of information, okay? >> yes. >> so it's a question of how much information we actually want to keep track of. >> i see, because we could assign the buttons in many different ways, in fact. >> yes, because notice each one of these buttons is actually distinct. so if we paid attention to which button went to which child, we would be able to say, if one of the buttons were missing, what child that corresponded to. >>

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. >> and i'm from tacoma, washington.ows bridge is famous for plummeting into the water. and now, apparently on the map, it's doing it again. >> every previous iphone has the google map loaded into it. >> apple and google aren't getting along well these days. they used to be buddies. but ever since the launch of android, which is their greatest competitor on the smartphone space, they've been fighting. so, this is essentially a corporate battle between apple and google. and customers are suffering for it. >> is there a chance that it will be rectified? can you get the google map app any other way on this? and also, the youtube app that used to be loaded on the other iphones is not on this one. >> for right now, you can't get a google maps app. what you can do is use the browser to go to google maps and you can bookmark it so it's easy to get to. my understanding is there is an ios 6 google maps app in the works. but it's not -- it's not yet made it to the phone. >> are we going to see more as the companies compete more an

proposed redevelopment is the addition of the finall newl car the and have it run through silver spring, tacomark, college park, river dale and finally new carrollton. the proposal still has a long pipeline to get through. so you won't see bulldozers and backhoes breaking ground any time next week. >> we're hoping there'll be a public hearing in october. with the planning board sending the plan up to the county council early next year. >> reporter: in chevy chase, news 4. >>> nathan portnoi of falls church was hailed as a hero after trying to save a victim from the storm. tonight the 22-year-old is facing charges that he sexually solicited and assaulted a 12-year-old girl. today family, friends and neighbors came to court to support him. his lawyer says he never had any physical contact with the minor and that she summoned him to meet her in bethesda after they had exchanged messages for three months on a social media site. >> there is not one element of kidnapping. it is, if anything, the opposite of kidnapping. >> his bail was lowered today from $1 million to $300,000. he'll be released from