look out for major work on the metrorail. starting 10:00 the stations will close down. that is so metro can do some track work along the blue and orange line. so there will not be any blue or orange line service at metro service either. those tracks are expected to be back open by tuesday morning. >>> i'm meteorologist topper shutt. after a march -like day, we'll take you out with your wakeup weather. a little cold and chilly to start. partly sunny sky. temperatures low 40s to mid 50s downtown. we'll come back and see if any showers are on the way for the evening commute looking ahead to the rest of the week. >>> still ahead tonight, hawaii five-0 a smash hit again. meet one of the original actors. he gives you a look at the show past and present. >>> also you want to make the big bucks, we'll show you which college degree score the wúçúwú >>> caught on tape tonight, disturbing video of a woman being hit by a car in brazil. she was walking down the street when it happened and was thrown about 65 feet. but somehow survived with just minor injuries. now, the driver did st

we walked right into where the metrorail will extend. >> i would prefer to ride the train, if i couldo drivers, the warning signs and down the train lines are downright annoying. construction will be under way for almost 12 miles from east falls church to western. five metro stations are under construction. overall, but the project is just 22% complete. >> i need your bobbi into the traffic one way or another and i am dealing with it daily -- i am either something into the traffic one way or another and i am dealing with it dealedaily. >> it is progress and progress takes time. you've just got to be patient >> as far as things being done in time, here is the time line. the first five metro station we just mentioned, those should be ready by 2013. those that go further out from dulles airports, 2016. >> remember the local woman who wanted to become a nun, but had $75,000 in college loans to pay off? today, she is on her way to becoming a the a sister of the four, joining in northwest d.c. chapel. two months ago we shared her plight and the sister's efforts to raise money, including a b

the federal holiday. clara barton, canal road and two way. metrorail is taking advantage of the holiday and doing track maintenance. blue and orange lines are affected. back to you. >> we will be right back with more "good morning, washingto.". tough on a monday morning. could switching to geico really save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance? does a former drill sergeant make a terrible therapist? patient: and that's why yellow makes me sad. i think. sarge: that's interesting. you know what makes me sad? you do! maybe we should chug on over to mambie pambie land where maybe we can find some self-confidence for you. ya jackwagon! tissue? crybaby. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> our top stories. police question the driver after the deaths of two pedestrians. rory weichbrod and adam hosinski died after being hit. alejandro roman was processed for d.u.i. but hasn't been charged. things came down to the end again sunday at fedex. redskins fans will take a win any way they can get it. graham gano kicked the field g

out on the rails, doing pret at the well. metrorail, vre 2 slight delays. fredericksburg 00 to 302. r.c. 872 and 892 delays under ten minutes each. >> the national park service says the road work near the lincoln memorial willbe finished by the end of the month or early november. crews have been working on ohio drive since april. they're replacing structures, curbs and sidewalks along the heavily traveled road that runs along the potomac river. the cpletion date is new for drivers who had trouble getting to the memorial bridge, and the southwest freeway. >> more on that breaking news we've been following all morning out of northwest washington. a woman is in grave condition after being hit by a car near due month circle. police said the driver then too off. megan mcgrath is live on the scene of that accident. good morning, megan. >> good morning, joe, the driver involved in this accident did not stop. she kept going. but investigators believe that theyave found that driver, thanks to some key information that they got from a witness who was here i the area when it happened. now, this

the '60s. >>> metrorail reporting emergency track maintenance at the foggy bottom station is complete, so everything is on all service system wide. 66 at the visitors center, two lanes are closed out of gainesville to manassas. outer loop at new hampshire avenue live in the camera. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we begin with breaking news from chile, celebrations as the first of the 32 trapped men are pulled to the surface. they have been trapped a half mile underground since it bought collapsed on august 5. -- a rock collapsed. >> this is live video. this is number eight coming of that mine in the small capsules. the people are cheering and applauding. the man is 34 years old. >> it is an amazing process. they did not think that they would be able to accomplish this until perhaps next year. they built three capsules. this is called the phoenix because it rises from the earth. they have to bring them up 2,000 feet and put them in this 21- inch-wide capsule. they slowly bring them up and that it takes 15 or 20 minutes to get to the surface. they take precautions to make sure they would be healthy en

the commute? >>> very quiet. it's a tuesday morning. metrorail is on normal service. blue and orange customers, track maintenance complete. looks good on 66. a little slow toward centreville from annapolis. great inside the beltway through falls church. 95 in virginia starting to see a little more action. no problems on 270. moving nicely at 109. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 65 degrees at 5:21. >> alex ovechkin with the game- winner. will it until you hear what some thought about the performance. >>> today on "oprah," it is the love story reunion of allie mcgraw and ryan o'neal after 40 years, today at 4:00 on abc 7. >>> it is intercepted. >> brett favre tried to rally minnesota to a comeback in the fourth quarter. storms delayed monday night football. the jets won. >> brett favre had no comments about reports of racy pictures that he allegedly sent to a former jets employee. >> a very pleasant good morning. in hockey last night, the capitals won the game in overtime. at the verizon center. the game was tied at one. the capital's leading two to one. alex ovechkin had

the rails. so far so good. metrorail is okay. stl have the yesterday ricksburg trai300 about ten minutes behind schedule. m.a.r.c. rail, everything is good there. >> thanks, jerry. >> we're following some breaking news right now out of northwest washingt where police are searching for the driver who hit a woman and then took off. the victim was struck in the 1300 block of conneccut avenue near dupont circle. police say the woman is in grave condition. this happened around 1:30 this morning. there was no word yet on who the woman is or what kind of car police are looking for. we do have a crew on the way, and we will bring you an update as soon as possible. >> well this morning the search is on for answers after a woman was murdered inside a northern virginia restaurant. this happened inside the 5-t bar and grill on spring garden drive in springfld while people were eating dunner. police say a man and a woman got into an argument when the man pulled out a knife and stabbed her before he injured himself. investigators say the two d

the 14th street bridge. uneventful in and out of baltimore. 270 has little volume out of frederick southbound. nothing complicated through southeast. normal service system wide on metrorail. back to you. >> thank you. >>> breaking news, a man is dead in northwest washington. d.c. police say it was a homicide. officers found the man's body at 2:30 this morning in the 2000 block of ninth street. he was on crutches and suffered a trauma to the body. we will bring you more as we get it. >>> our other top story, two local police officers under investigation, it stems from an arrest attempt sunday night when the officers used a taser on a 65-year-old man. he died a few days later. courtney robinson is at police headquarters with what went wrong. >> there are two officers on leave at montgomery county as they investigate. this happened on sunday in white oak at an apartment complex. they say that they got a 911 call from a resident reporting a 65-year-old man hanging in the stairwell and acting suspicious and appeared to be on drugs possibly. when officers arrived, they tried to remove him from the building. he did not comply. they used pepper spray and a taser. shortly after t

the opportunity to be out at habitat. >> really some wonderful causes. >> exactly. one last look at traffic and weather. lisa baden, take it away. >>> one accident in manassas, strokes, at 66. if you take metrorail and yellow line, you have a delay because of a train malfunction at crystal city that has been resolved. >>> it will be mild today, mid 70's for high temperatures again. it will cool down, but not until friday. we anticipate the thunderstorms to kick in later this afternoon and evening. we are looking at high temperatures in the 70's. by friday and into next weekend, cooler, low 60's. >> that will do it for "good morning washington" this morning. >> "good morning america" is next. women are charged 40% more for the same health insurance as men. domestic violence is treated as a pre-existing condition in eight states. women are abused by their husbands and then by their insurance companies. and last year they tried to end our coverage for mammograms and other preventive services. well i'm proud to say i got the law changed. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know that being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition.

out on the rails thisour. metrorail is good. vre, one day. manassas, 324. brunswick 892.erry, thank you. >>> staying on top of breaking news. new details about what led to a man's death on 9th a u street in the heart of the night life district. tracee? >> reporter: well, aaron when we have breaking news sometimes details change which is whywe call it breaking. it's still happening while we're on the scene. initially d.c. police told us this man died from a gunshot wounds. turns out it was blunt trauma. it appears this man was beaten, according to sources. let me tell you how this all started. it started apparently at a nightclub. an adult male was refusing entry in the d.c. 9 club on the 1900 block of 9th street jt down the street here. he threw a ick. and then, according to witnesses on the scene, was chased down about a block by some people who were inside. sources say he was beaten. several people are now being questioned in connection to everything that happened here. but it appears that the beating happened right down the block here. that why police have this area ta

top side of the capital beltway moving around well. metrorail doing okay. uing issues on marc rail. train 89 canceled. 878 will terminate in brunswick and 878 will operate on 880 schedule. check with marc rail for the latest update. >> thank you, jerry. now to the race for maryland governor. current governor martin o'malley and former governor robert ehrlich will debate today. both are campaigning hard in the final stretch of the race. the latest polls show o'malley ahead. >>> delaware is the 45th largest state in the u.s. but its senate race is geing major attention right now. republican senate candidate christine o'donnell scaquared o against chris coons. they disagreed on every topic from jobs to taxes to bipartisanship and centered on the candidates' checkered pasts. o'donnell said she dabbled in witch craft and coons wrote a graduation article on marksism. >> it shouldn't be about comments i made on a comedy show er aecade and a half ago but what is important to the citizens of delawar >> it's clear it was a joke. despite that my opponents and folks on

the rails we go. problems on metrorail. blue and orangeine because of the foggy bottom.g the same track. so be prepared for delays there. unschedud maintenance 3. 22 running behind schedule because of stch problems. camden 841, 21 minutes behind hedule. back to you. >> thank you, jerry. there is a new traffic pattern in northern virginia, happening around route 123 and the beltway in tysons rnerme. part of the hot lanes project. here's a breakdown. overnight crews shut down lanes from cambridge to beltway. drivers will have to move to a left turn way. and crews shifted all northbound lanes the left when approaching 123. this weekend crews will shut down all four lanes of 123/425, friday night through early monday morning, add at least 20 minutes to your commute. >>> we are getting a better sense this morning of what's been behind all those recent el greater problems at metro stations. they are accused of lack of adherence to maintenance. they were not cleaned properly. and water is making its way into machine areas and some mechanics aren't trained properly. > you'll be

the mid 60's. breezy tomorrow, mid 60's. a lot of sunshine this weekend. paul desa like, 60's to near 70. -- it will be fall-like. >>> quiet for metrorail, normal service system wide. pretty decent around the beltway. traffic slowing on 66 and 95. there's a crash near the prince william parkway northbound 95 that will be on the shoulder shortly. in springfield, headlights on the way to the pentagon. we are on the way to breaking news. >>> that's right. homicide investigators were on the scene of a murder in northwest washington. officers found a man's body around 2:30 this morning along the 2000 block of ninth street. he was unconscious and suffered a trauma to the body. he was pronounced dead of a house bill. we will continue to follow the news and bring you details as they become available. >>> two local police officers under investigation. it stems from an arrest attempt sunday night when the officers staged a 65-year-old man. he died four days later. courtney robinson is at montgomery county police headquarters with what went wrong. >> good morning. if montgomery county police are looking into a few things. the two officers are on leave pending the outcom

the shuttle stops. making it worse there is a lot going on this weekend in and around washington. so, metrorail riders planning to attend the capitals game, d.c. united game or redskins game, breast cancer walk downtown as well as a concert at the verizon center you want to check out tbd.com for the details, the home of abc 7 news online. >> mike, thank you. you just mentioned this event. breast cancer patients, survivors and supporters will spend this weekend making a 60-mile trek around washington. the susan g. komen three-day for the cure kicks off in less than an hour at 7:00. the walk concludes with a ceremony at the foot of the washington monument sunday evening at 5:00. >> we are following breaking news out of norway where liu xiaobo was awarded the 2010 nobel peace prize. he is currently serving an 11-year prison sentence for subversion. china had urged the committee not to give him the prize. 55 degrees outside and 6:07. >> still ahead, the economy is adding jobs but is it enough to make a dent in the unemployment rate? we will preview the report. >> president bush's memoirs making his

the federal holiday. h.o.v. is relaxed for everyone except 50 john hansen highway. metrorail is doing track maintenance. blur and orange -- blue and orange line no service at farragut or mcpherson and only red line trains at metro center. we will show what you is or is not happening on the roads. plenty of traffic on 270 at falls road and moving nicely and the guy co-camera in virginia shows it is nice there. >> the music world is mourning the loss of the king of rock and soul. solomon burke passed away at an aorta over the weekend in amsterdam. he performed with everyone from james brown to the rolling stones but he was best known for the sound track hit cry to me and everybody needs somebody to love. the latter was featured in the movie "the blues brother." he is survived by his 21 children. he was 70 years old. >> here is a question that a lot of people are wondering and lisa, i don't know if you saw this photograph. we were joking about it last week. who is this cigar chomping mystery man in the back of this photo. look at him there. he was really there. he is nicknamed cigar guy and they started ph

the 14th street bridge. moving along well. good to go. metrorail, vre and mark all reporting new early delays. >> thank you, jerry. >> tha you. >> our time right now is 5:22. coming up, a familiar name returns to the skies. >>> find out when pan am airways will take flight again. and new security measures in place for the holiday travel season. >>> fairfax county is talking school rezoning today. school rezoning today. we'll show where you can voice bob ehrlich's 24 years in politics. in congress ehrlich voted with george bush 90% of the time, protecting the special intests. as governor, ehrlich cut education, increased college tuition by 40%, and vetoed an increase in the minimum wage. and after losing his election, bob ehrlich joined a lobbying firm and gopaid $2.5 million to represent casin and wall street banks. bob ehrlich--24 years of putting the special interests first. ♪ ♪ hello sunshine ♪ sweet as you can be ♪ i love waking up [ chuckles ] ♪ to your morning mody ♪ i can tell it's gonna be ♪ a sweet day [ female announcer ] wake up to sweetness with hon nut cheerios real. kissed with re

cops are on the lookout for lawbreakers but they first have to get you on another violation like speeding before they can pull you over. no. 1, a weekend traffic alert, metrorailopening an hour early for an naacp rally on the mall this weekend. rail service starts at 6 a.m., will operate extra blue line trains to accumulate the larger crowd. the biggest crowds are expected between largo town center, stadium armory and the pentagon station. of course, you can find tonight's top five on www.myfoxdc.com. just chick on web links. wisdom? >> laura -- click on web links. wisdom? >> laura, thank you. >>> a maryland woman is sleeping more comfortably tonight in her brand-new free house. betty reed's 200-year-old home needed a lot of upgrades. that's when a group of community organizers came together and built her this brand-new house. >> no words can express. everything you hear and read is always negative, but the amount of volunteers was just unbelievable. >> now betty's hold house didn't have plumbing or central heat. -- old house didn't have plumbing or central heat. her new one has furniture, a washer and drier and so much more. the whole house was torn down toda

the upper 50s, we should be. >>> 66, 95, 395, marching along. tuesday morning. metrorail reporting normal service system wide. single problems may cost you extra time on the kamdesh online on marc rail. -- camden line. there's a motorcycle crash after shady grove road. everybody's standing upright on the left shoulder. this is 270 southbound. all lanes have been opened. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:21. 64 degrees. >>> a medical miracle in the making. we are talking about the first time ever stem cell treatment being tested on human subjects. today on "oprah," after 40 years, the "love story" reunion of allie mcgraw and ryan o'neal, today at 4:00 on abc 7. >>> welcome back. it is being called a landmark medical event. >> they've begun testing avionics stem cell treatment on a patient with spinal cord injuries. this is the first time this has been used on a human. it will take place in atlanta. the study will examine the safety of the treatment and how weell the person will tolerate it. >> leaving behind the days of using pills to treat symptoms and entering a new era where we are using living human cells. >

the mid 70's. tomorrow. cooling by friday. now to lisa baden. >>> metrorail reporting all service. s a crash that has moved agley on 95, maryland, outbound coming out of baltimore. there's a press on the inner loop at pennsylvania ave. braddock road, a utility pole knocked down near the building. cavorted radical eastbound before the beltway. let's go live on 395. sackur to the pace. looks beautiful lawn duke st. on the way to the pentagon. -- let's check out the pace. looks beautiful. >>> there is a piece of art from texas that stays put. the cathedral of junk has a building permit from the city after back-and-forth for months. the man has spent 20 years constructing it out of odds and ends. the cathedral has 40 tons of stuff and has 10,000 visitors a year. >> would you want that to be your neighbor? >> not at all. 20 years. >> that is how they do it in austin. that is unique, but fun. >> we are all about art, but is it in his front yard? >> why don't you investigate and let us know? >> and other stories, pop singer katy perry got married. that is unfortunate for a lot of men. she

the bad. 270 southbound loading up very quickly now. several long stretches between frederick and germantown. no accidents or incidents to report. metrorail doing fine. vre, manassas, 324 slightly delayed. other merckissues on mark rail cleared. >>> more on thbreaking news we've been following all morning. 8 of the 33 trapped miners are now safe. here's alive look at the rescue efrts in copiapo, chile. they are pulling the nth miner out as we speak. these are the sights and sounds from the first rescue. >> the miner's name here florenico alvaros. he embraced his 7-year-old son and wife. >> the reunions probably have to be the best part. >> best part of watching this. >> amazing. a morning full of emotion and excitement. >> we've been watching each of the rescues closely. elaine has the latest on that. elaine? >> we understand that any moment now the ninth miner is set to emerge. according to chal lay health minister, he needed some oxyn to help with his health issues. otherwise, it has been fairly flawless. let's take aook live to see what is going on. the ninth miner on his way up. family members presumably standinghere waiting for him t

the vre/\. manassas trains are not running today but metrorail is a normal service. we will begin in maryland. ing out. we will next go over to 270 with no delays from germantown to rockville to the beltway. the outer loop that no hampshire avenue has a stalled car toward university boulevard. i-395 northbound is good at edsall road and a brief delay at duke street. things are settling down at the pentagon. >>> these guys are beginning to brighten a bit unpleasant conditions are expected later this afternoon. the rain is moving off to the north and sprinkles remain to the north of d.c. gradual clearing throughout the day with gusty winds up boards of 25 miles per hour. nighttime lows in the upper 40's and saturday it looks really nice, 65-70 degrees with partly cloudy skies >>> st. mary's county public schools are closed today because of weather-related issues and virginia railway express' has canceled all manassas service because of problems with low- light and power lines over the tracks in alexandria. we will have another update at 8:56. for continuous news coverage, tune in to tbd news on n

the same area that flooded just over a month ago. now, vre customers who can get to -- can't get to metro can use metrorail for free if they show their vr, ticket. those who decided to drive, traffic again here along 395 is moving although it is still heavy at times. and that also means with the additional people on the roads, the commute home tonight could also be a little bit longer. tony? >> all right, sherry, thank you very much. that's true. >>> in other news this morning, federal investigators are now trying to figure out what caused the deadly bus crash on i-270. state police have ruled out mechanical problems as the cause and investigators are now looking into claims by passengers that the driver passed out right before the crash. the driver, 66-year-old joseph claybaugh of hanover, pennsylvania, was killed in the crash. all of the 11 passengers were injured. they're students and chaperones from carlisle, pennsylvania. they were headed back home after a day at the national zoo. and the mall. >> it was over in about ten seconds. >> did it roll once or twice? >> three or four times. >> the bus was in an hov lane on interstate 2

the roadways this morning. >>> we had a disabled truck that has been cleared from 66 eastbound after nutley street. metro rail had a trade malfunction in crystal city but that is been resolved. metrorail is back on in normal service. we have a couple of pictures. here is the pace southbound 270 with delays from father hurley boulevard and go to the laying divide. next is 395 northbound with a normal backup out of springfield past duke st. which will carry you to the pentagon. >>> gorgeous morning right now and mild. we have clear skies temperatures are right near 60 degrees. look at the sun coming up over the bay. these clouds will thicken and increased throughout the morning. have your umbrella and the by this afternoon. late day showers and thunderstorms after 3:00 and ties in the mid-70's. it feels like spring today and for most of the week. another round of rain possible by friday. temperatures should drop closer to average by friday and saturday. >>> meanwhile, opening statements are set for today in the chandra levy murder trial. ingmar guandique is accused of killing the federal in turn back in 2001. garry condit was cleared in the case but he may be called as a witness. we wil