that's this sunday morning at 8, only on wusa 9. >>> in the mail bag tonight. my bad.terday i said the groundhog was from new hampshire. the groundhog is from pennsylvania. then this, yesterday's report from one organization that says the toll charges on the dulles toll road need to go up and go up a lot in the next several years to pay for the subway slowly making its way to dulles. joyce from arlington says that is a terrible idea. we have a road built exclusively for traffic to dulles airport. use buses to get people back and forth from metro stations to the airport. the subway should end at tyson's corner. why build more subway at tremendous costs when we can't even maintain what we already have? you know those are all good points. i'll only say that personally i am a lot more likely to ride the subway to the airport than i am the bus. it is faster and it will never be stuck in traffic. and then there was this on the recent tumble in the price of crude oil which somehow has not yet translated to what we are all paying down at the pump. germantown. what gives? the p

on wusa. >>> we'll go to the kitchen when 9 news now returns. to say it was a shock is just a complete understatement. i mean, i don't think there are words. you... don't have a choice of getting breast cancer. i had no choice. that 3-day gave me that opportunity. and i can actually do something to help. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. we can rid the world of this terrible disease... so that no mother... granddaughter... sister... daughter... mother... go through what my wife had to go through. (man) register today for the... because everyone deserves a lifetime. >>> if you have not made plans for next weekend, may 14th and 15th, you'll want to take the family to the national harbor because they're going to have wine and food festival. more than 20 restaurants will be there, international wines. there'll be activities for the kids and one of my favorite restaurants at national harbor is the ole hickory steakhouse. so guess what he brought me today. you think he brought me one of those big, thick juicy steaks that they do so well? no. he brou

bikes for the world volunteers were outside wusa 9 station locations.y'll be sent oversees where they can be put to good use by people who can't afford them. they'll eventually be sent to uganda. >> bikes get reconditioned overseas and the use of the bike gets people to work and school. >> they'll take any kind of bike except for children's tricycles and rust buckets. those are bikes that have been left outside for too long. bikes for the world is based in arlington, virginia. >>> it's a great day. >> great weather wise for all those good things out there. >> this trend will continue tomorrow. that's the good news, bruce. >> very good news. >> we've got clouds moving in tomorrow. if you have stuff to do, do it early in the day tomorrow, where we're looking at partly cloudy conditions for sunday. then clouds move in. we ask to talk about the chance for the showers rolling into our area as well. here's a look at your overnight forecast. partly cloudy conditions. a bit chilly up there. i needed my jacket outside. lows will be from 42 to 52 degrees. winds o

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my family and i lived in washington for ten years and i am a huge follower of wusa and i'm very, verylad to be with you and it's going to be fun talking with you a couple times a week. >> especially when he doesn't have to do 25 interviews sitting down talking to one after another. so scott is going to be a great addition. >> that really was brilliant on sunday on both of their parts. >> absolutely. a lot to look forward to. >> but here's what is coming up next new at 5:30. >> students from around the country visiting the nation's capital reflect on the killing of osama bin laden. what it means to them coming up on 9news now. to say it was a shock is just a complete understatement. i mean, i don't think there are words. you... don't have a choice of getting breast cancer. i had no choice. that 3-day gave me that opportunity. and i can actually do something to help. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. we can rid the world of this terrible disease... so that no mother... granddaughter... sister... daughter... mother... go through what my wife had to go through. (man) register today for

that's this sunday morning at 8, only on wusa 9. >>> high risk of stroke.of an aneurysm bursting in the brain. an aneurysm is a bulge. a stroke could result. vigorous exercise like that, drinking coffee, intense workouts, even having sex or blowing your nose may briefly raise the risk. >>> cancer, recovery and gift of motherhood. a young woman with a life threatening disease and an older sister who gave her something even greater to live for this mother's day. >> reporter: it is the sound every new mother knows but heidi sander's daughter didn't arrive like most babies. three years ago heidi was diagnosed with cancer at age 28. doctors told her she would need to have a hysterectomy. >> to have a doctor tell you having a child is going to be taken away to save your life. >> reporter: she underwent invitro fertilization. her older sister made heidi's dreams of motherhood come true. >> i thought i had two kids of my own. i wasn't planning to have any others. my pregnancies were easy and it just seemed like the natural choice. >> reporter: doctors implanted one

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