bethesda with seven --. 07 inches of rain. -- with .07 inches of rain. the temperatures north have dropped into the 70's. you expect that with a cold front. here is the weather map for the week. we will keep the great lakes and new england sunday. increasing moisture from the atlantic moisture -- the atlantic ocean will keep us with rain. wednesday and thursday, we will see some clearing develop by the time we run in the saturday. patches of light rain with height -- highs in the mid 70's. cloudy but no rain on friday. a clearing trend set up for saturday with more showers returning bison that afternoon. -- by sunday afternoon. >>> the giants are in the rearview mirror, and it is on the the rams? >> the players were at the park in getting treatment and watching tapes. they say the same thing you do. it is critil that they put the giants in the rearview mirror. >> we know where we're at right now. we go on from there. hard work will solve our problems. we have to get ready for st. louis. >> some of the other guys were getting back to the community on thei

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but the winds tested as high as 30 miles an hour in bethesda. something swirling off to the north and eastern canada is basically shooting these cooler winds into the area, causing clouds to develop. and the sunshine is starting to be shrouded. showers coming off of the mountains, we will keep our eye on that. it could become mostly cloudy at times to partly cloudy, breezy and just cooler. let us look at the maps. here is the storm system often in the north, bringing gusty winds and bringingcooler than normal temperatures. we should talk about it 80 degrees today, and it is not much out of the 60's and most locations. cooling off again tonight and the same pattern repeating tomorrow. kind of repetitive until the winds subside, and that will not be until about thursday. on thursday we will see less cloud cover and i think it will be probably one of the better days, with temperatures around 70. the weekend will warm up the but also some moisture coming back. tonight, in the 40's up to the low 50's. still a little breezy. looking beyond tomorrow, i

a bethesda teen pleaded guilty in federal court today. bruce leshan reports his lawyers insist the whole thing has been blown way out of proportion. >> reporter: three assault rifles, two shotguns, bomb making materials and chemicals and triggers and how to r round they found it in the bedroom of the 19-year-old. the teenager's parents offered no explanation after he pleaded guilty to one felony count of possessing a destructive device but his lawyer says he never plotted to hurt anyone. >> there is no presidential motorcade map. there is no highlighted list of saint john's teachers. >> reporter: another teenager who lived here in a rural part of gaithersburg has already pleaded guilty to manufacturing pipe bombs. colin mackenzie gougie's lawyer says his client was holding the bomb making materials for his friend's father who lived here and was in the middle of a nasty divorce. >> there was no plot to kill anybody at any time. >> reporter: the story only gets more strange. the lawyer says the friend's father actually stars in this youtube

talking 67 in tyson. 66 in great falls. 69 in bethesda. a little cooler as you go up i- 270. not very much. 68 in rockville. 66 in upper marlboro. running about almost 10 degrees above average for the high and almost 10 degrees above average for tonight's lows. temperatures right now in alny. 81 in old town. even out to the west it is pretty warm. 81 in winchester. mostly cloudy, mild, maybe a shower. don't count on it. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. by afternoon partly sunny and warm. shower and thunderstorm possible but a nice day 84 to 88. satellite picture radar combined. little bit of snow still in the colorado rockies. above 7000 feet. >> atlanta dry today and they will be dry tonight and a slight chance of a light shower tomorrow. here are the clouds with the front. this is to our south tonight. to keep a chance of the shower in. 84 for the plains. 85 in oakton. downtown mid to upper 80s. pretty good deal. slight chance of a shower. 83 for annapolis. better chance of a shower south and east tomorrow as the front treks away. 86 tomorrow. beautiful on friday. mid-70s.

they are nod used to that. >>> the bethesda teenager of having bomb-making materials. >> police hope the man accused of carjacking a woman video will lead to an arrest. >> a report on renovations to one of the most renowned sporting venues. >>> in sports, nationals trying to avoid the 100 loss mark tonight. clinton portis says the entire redskins organization is on the hot seat. and michael vick getting ready to make his regular season debut on sunday. >>> we are looking at some of the stories making headlines tonight. >>> president obama challenged other united nations leaders to help step up and address the world's problems. he called on other countries to forget past sentiments that the u.s. likes to do things on its own. >>> officials with the treasury department have about drawn the request to change traffic patterns on f street. officials wanted to make the street go one way to deter potential terror attacks. >>> two men now have been charged in the murder of a 22-year-old fairfax woman. erika yancey was killed last november. one was her roommate. investigators are releasing fe

territory. >>> and the president announced $5 billion in grants in bethesda. that will help to research cancer and other diseases. it will create thousands of jobs of researchers and educators and people in the medical supply business. >>> and metro is getting a good, hard scrub down. the agency is cleaning trains and buses more often to prevent the spread of the flu. station cleaning will continue to happen every da >>> now to a major recall. toyo toyota's biggest ever. there is a big problem with the floor mats. the mats can snag the gas pedal causing the car to go out of control. 4 million car owners have been put on notice. tracee wilkins reports. >> reporter: toyota is calling it the largest recall ever. there is a problem with a removable floor mat could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash. there have already been more than 100 search incidents. >> they don't fit perfect. they usually don't have anything to hold them into place where they have a tendency to slide forward and can get under the pedals and stay there. >> an entire family was

a bethesda teenager plotting to holmgren made bombs was in federal court today. colin mckenzie gude pleaded guilty. police found dozens of chemicals and timing devices at the teenager's home. prosecutors believe he intended to use those to make bombs. >>> wildfires in california burning along 8,500 acres. about 1,000 homes are being threatened. the combustion of a manure pile may have sparked the blaze. firefighters are standing guard protecting agricultural properties. >>> president obama delivers his first speech to the united nations today. he said the united states can't work alone solving the world's problems, including climate change, nuclear proliferation and fight against terrorism. the president called on other companies to meet global challenges and forget past sentiments, that the u.s. likes to do things on its own. >>> now the extraordinary story of that ohio woman implanted with the wrong embryo in less than two weeks, shannon savage and her husband paul will give birth to a new baby boy. >> tough story. then they have to hand the child over to his r

the 18-year-old man was arrested tuesday in bethesda. investigators say he used text messages to set up deals at walter johnson high school. police had put him under surveillance after getting a call from a school security guard who found his activities suspicious. officers say they found marin with marijuana and cash in his suv. >>> two arrests in the murder of a woman from fairfax county, one of them was her roommate. erika yancey disappeared last november from dulles airport where she worked. police later found her body in the trunk of her call. now police have arrested 27-year-old michael thomas and 28-year-old marcus williams. relatives say yancey lived with williams, his girlfriend and the couple's two children. police have not released a possible motive. >> getting back into the swing of things now. a boy has made a remarkable recovery after being hit by lightning not a baseball field in spotsylvania. a 12-year-old was killed at the time, but john han colson survived. after months in the hospital, he finally swung a bat again. >>

mid 60s in bethesda. and silver springs 65. 63 in bowie. and 63 also in upper marlboro. now, tomorrow morning mostly cloudy and mild. shower possible. not a lot. 60s and 70s. by afternoon, partly sunny and warmer. a shower or thunderstorm possible. highs near 85. winds southwesterly at ten. and despite the clouds, we'll make it into the 80s. pretty impressive. here is our nine micro cast. this kind of illustrates the clouds. the gray is representing the clouds but very little in terms of showers or even thunderstorms as we go through the day on thursday. even as we get into wednesday -- even as we get into thursday, not much going on. so, again, most of us won't see a shower or thunderstorm the next couple days. there will be scattered about pretty few and far between. okay. next seven days. 84 tomorrow. shower and storm. again on thursday 86. and then nice on friday. mid so. pretty nice -- mid 70s. pretty nice. saturday maybe a shower before the end of the terps game and cooler. highs maybe around 70. showers and rain on sunday. we clear out sunday afternoon and general

southbound on the beltway behaving nicely right now between college park and bethesda. southbnd 95 and # 95 in great shape headed down to the beltway. no incidents to report on the beltway between annandale and merrifield. overnight construction is part of that milling and repaving over at the american legion bridge so coming from virginia into maryland, the two center lanes have been milled. they have not been repaved so that is a little rough start for you there but very little delay leaving tyson's headed around towards bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> there are new developments aad lydeing in titi in the district. >> somebody opened fire on hamilton street in northwest leaving one person dd and three others wounded. sarah similar monday is joining us live in the studio with the latest. >> reporter: we are getting some new details. d.c. police just releasing the name of the man would was shot and killed yesterday. he is 24-year-old michael harris of northwest d.c. police and family members are still trying to figure out what happened. but s

maybe 59 in great falls but of three in bethesda -- 63 in bethesda. 60 in bowie and maybe even 59 out in upper marlboro. more breaks in the clouds will be east of town. that will allow the temperature to fall a little bit. so some cooler readings east of town for a change. now, tomorrow morning mostly cloudy but pleasant. it can be two things. it's going to be try tomorrow. 60s and 70s. -- dry tomorrow. 60s and 70s. by afternoon slight chance of a shower. most of the showers will be west of town and despite the clouds, high temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. some areas might hit 80 southeast of town. let me show you the nine micro cast now. this is tomorrow morning. howard will be here at 4:55 in the morning with radar. you put this into motion. you go to noon tomorrow. just a lot of clouds. most of the shower confined to the mountains and even west in this case. go through the afternoon and evening just a lot of clouds. so i wouldn't change your plans tomorrow because we have a shower in the forecast. tomorrow night maybe a sprinkle here and there. that's about it. just right arou

no incidents to report coming from bethesda headed over towards silver spring. 395 across the 14th street bridge, all lanes are open. no accidents to report. that's a check of your fox 5 onime traffic. >> thank you. >>> security concerns are prompting possible changes to traffic patterns near the white house. f street between 14th and 15th could be turned into a one-way street. that particular block doesn't see a lot of traffic and opponents say a change isn't necessariery. the treasury department plans to ask d-d.o.t. to withdraw that one-way plan. >>> taxi drivers are upset with the city council and they are planning a selective strike. their target is adams morgan on weekend nights. at issue, proposed new rules for d.c. taxis. depending on how that goes, the strike is set for october 2nd and 3rd. that is friday and saturday of that next week. >>> the fight to bring slots to maryland is starting to pay out. a commission just approved a license for the ocean downs racetrack near ocean city. owner plans to have 800 machines by memorial day. will we get slots at arudnel mills mall, laurel

investigators found all that in the bethesda bedroom of 19-year- old colin mckenzie goody. >> how was it to see your son? >> reporter: the teenager's parents offered no explanation. but his lawyer said mckenzie goody never planted to hurt anyone. >> there is no presidential motorcade map, there is no highlighted list of st. john's teachers. >> reporter: another teenager who lived here in a rural parting of gators burg has -- gaithersburg has already pleaded guilty to manufacturing pipe bombs. his lawyer insists that his client was simply holding all those bomb making materials for his friend's father who lived here and was in the middle of a nasty divorce. >> there was no plot to kill anybody at any time. >> reporter: the story only gets more strange. the lawyer says the friend's father actually stars in this youtube video that purports to show a russian special forces unit in chechnya. he says the father wanted to teach his kids about the explosives he used before fleeing russia. >> he is of a mind-set that his children should learn how to be men. >> reporter: but prosectors continue

traffic on the right out of bethesda to get into bethesda -- to get into virginia seems smoothes. >> thank you. >>> we begin with a check on the developing situation out west. >> the deadly wildfire has forced thousands of people to flee. the flames are threatening a mountaintop. pamela brown has theatest. >> the blaze has grown to the size of san francisco and is showing no signs of slowing down. more than 2500 firefighters are focused on the battle at the mountain top. from the air and land, firefighters are in a fierce bottle -- a fierce battle with this fire that is raging towards mt. wilson. 20 television and radio transmitters. >> this is a dangerous fire fight. >> with high temperatures, conditions are a dangerous or recipe for the blaze to pick up speed and spread. the blaze may not be fully contained for a least two weeks. >> it will be a fire of epic proportions. it will be a fire that we have not seen in southern california. >> thousands of people are fleeing their homes. firefighters are now trying to rescue some. some were badly burned. so far more than 100 homes have be

this morning, we are already tied up out of silver spring headed westbound into bethesda. if you are travel ago long 66 approaching 29 centreville, accident activity off the road to the shuler. it was tying you want two left lanes. already traffic slowing early as you travel out of the centreville headed eastbound towards fair oaks. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> those who used to chastise america for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for america to solve the world's problems alone. >> today, president obama will run a u.n. security council meeting. it is the first time a u.s. pleas president -- these airs have i u.s. president -- it is the first time a u.s. president has done that in 10 years. >>> one leader yesterday made remarks so offensive, the u.s. delegation walked out. moammar ghadafi went on a rant yesterday, criticized the united nations, said the taliban should form its own territory and asserted the swine flu was created by an unknown military group. meanwhile, mahmoud ahmadinejad denounced the u.s. and all capitalistic n

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the beltway in silver spring and bethesda, incident free along highway 270. back to the eastern shore, good shape, as well. doug, back to you. >> all right, beverly, thank you. >>> 66 degrees, 5:15. >>> coming up, more drama for a reality star. we will tell you about her boyfriend and jail. and we have a check of >>> our top stories at 5:15 on this labor day, new numbers about the work force. the u.s. economy lost numbers for the 20th consecutive month. the unemployment rate jumped to 9.7% last month, a 26-year high, but despite this grim numbers, most say the economy is moving in the right direction. >>> a busy week ahead for president obama. later today, he will be speaking at a labor union picnic in cincinnati. tomorrow, he will deliver what has become a controversial speech to school children, and wednesday, he will lay out his case for health reform before a joint meeting of congress. >>> a lieutenant-colonel has died from swine flu. he passed away on sunday. >>> schools are bracing for another outbreak. over 500 deaths are attributed to the h1n1 virus s

courtney robinson is live in bethesda with more. >> good morning. tonight, counted leaders want to hear from the community about their speed enforcement programs. whicwere passed and which are the most effective at protecting pedestrians on the roadways. speed cameras are the most controversial. they have been in the county since 2007. the prevalence is growing and so is the outrage against them. we have seen them vandalize, deemed inoperable because in cabin john, some people have taken spray paint to them. many drivers say they are not there to slow people down, but for the county to make money. county officers say they are the most effective at reducing the speed, getting people to stop dropping so fast and catching all of those speeders. tonight, 7:00 p.m. at the county office building is one you cannot weigh in on all of this. they want to hear about traffic bombs, speed circles, and even radar guns. >> thank you. >>> 6:07, and we have 58 degrees. when we return, new details in a terrible beating death of a chicago high school student. police h

out of bethesda, a route towards fedex field, the russians are open. -- the lanes are open. out to 395, that is a struggle heading north across the inbound fourteenth street bridge. only around the exit, get good news is there is police activity. that has been cleared, but it is -- it was in the roadway for a while. that is why the pace was so slow. >>> it coming up, do you want to keep your team driver safe on the road? experts say parents should start teaching by exmple. >> and a sad lesson. >> they lost a the government contract, but they are having a hard time paying employees. who is to blame is to gecko: uh, you wanted to see me sir? boss: come on in, i had some other things you can tell people about geico - great claims service and a 97% customer satisfaction rate. show people really trust us. gecko: yeah right, that makes sense. boss: trust is key when talking about geico. you gotta feel it. why don't you and i practice that with a little exercise where i fall backwards and you catch me. gecko: uh no sir, honestly... uh...i don't think...uh... boss: no, no. we can do

. >>> and the president was in bethesda today at the national institutes of health. he announced $5 billion in founding for research into cures for cancer and other diseases. it comes from the stimulus plan and is the biggest boost to bio- medical research. >>> take another look outside this noon. the forecast is 2 minutes away. >>> here is a look at the stocks. >>> welcome pack. we do have a couple of showers out there. and where you are dealing with those and just off in baltimore county. you can see the showers around, they are drifting to the southeast. we'll take you back through the overnight. we had the clouds move in and then a few of the showers down from the north. and it really is just a secondary cold front coming through. there is not a lot of moisture to work with. don't be surprised if you see a shower or two. and the winds out of the northwest. that's keeping the cooler air in place. and temperature wise in baltimore. 61 in cumberland. 72 at the ocean. temperatures are not going up much but they are going down. and they will clear out. as that that ha

. >> they will have a seminary at suburban outpatient medical center in bethesda. we have information about this on our website including a phone number. registration is required. there's a fee. we have information on websites dealing with healing touch and healing touch clinic in bethesda. all of this is on my buddy blog and on the buddy check nine page of wusa9.com. and if you would like to see this report again, just click on wusa9.com. >>> and i tried healing touch with marion warner. >> i was relaxed just watching. >> very relaxing. i could not believe the power and energy. you think her hand is on your body but she is at another part of the body. very worthwhile. >> and cancer is stressing. >> you got it. >> yesterday turned out to be better than we thought. in reedville jan had an inch and 4/10 and then steve, a weather watcher in junction said 62 but only a trace an we could use rain. rain chances going up tonight. the low off the atlantic finally gets pushed toward us. today mid-70s with a spotty shower here. look at doppler in a moment. tonight in to tomo

we have the loans lanes open on the beltway between college park and bethesda. nice easy commute on 295. no incidents to report south of 50 continuing down to pennsylvania avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. spectator slowdown. >> his memory was immortalized in films like "dirty dancing." hollywood mourning the loss of patrick swayze. >> swayze starred in box office hits like "dirty dancing" ""roadhouse ""and ghost. he met his wife lisa in 19975. he last worked on "the beast" "while he was undergoing cancer treatment. he was 57 years old when he died. >>> and now to a developing story out of new york. despite finding no weapons during a raid, authorities called the situation a real threat. a joint terrorism task force raided at least two apartment buildings in queens. they believe a person with linked to al-qaeda visited the apartment homes. officials didn't identify a terror plot or planned targets but they do think they may have stopped something in the works. >>> investigators say the raid had nothing to do with president obama's visit to new

they took me to bethesda naval hospital. they screwed my shoulder to get there. it worked fine and we are getting old and now my shoulder only goes this type. i set off to see how other countries provide high-quality health care. i thought i would get my shoulder fixed to see what other health-care look like. guest: what year was this? host: 1972 was when i had the procedure done originally. guest: 10 or 12 countries, you have to go to the general practitioner first and she refers you to the orthopedic surgeon. i saw at least 25 doctors. host: let's start with the american doctor after you get out of the needy. guest: that was in denver. the doctor fixed the other shoulder. i went to the doctor and i trusted him. he was an orthopedic surgeon. he was very confident and aggressive. i could not swim a golf club. he said we would fix it. he came back with a little bread box and said here is your new shoulder. he was going to cut out the old shoulder and put in a new tightening shoulder. that is the american high-tech aggressive way. he had no idea what it would cost.

all lane are open top side of the beltway between college park and bethesda. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> big story we're following. roman polanski has hired a lawyer as he sits in a jail in switzerland. swiss police arrested polanski as he entered zurich seat sate to receive a lifetime achievement award in film. a zurich law firm has confirmed it is representing the directeddor. polanski fled to france before his sentencing. it is expected today that the french and polish foreign ministers will ask secretary of state hillary clinton to offer polanski clemency scientist maryland father of four is murdered in his own home and police are trying to find the men who did it. it happened yesterday on marley drive. three masked men stormed the home but only went after 39- year-old tyrone richardson. public records show he had filed for bankruptcy less than two weeks ago and went to court in 2002 for weapons charges. that case was later dropped. the suspects in this case got away in a black mercedes they stole from the home t had maryland tags ia

top stretch the beltway behaving nicely between college park and bethesda. all lanes are open as you continue to work your way up towards seminary road out to the 14th street bridge. overnight construction along 66 close into the beltway should now be cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> to a developing story, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is waking up in the hospital. she checked in yesterday a precaution. she said she felt faint. she had low blood pressure from undergoing treatment for an iron deficiency. she is said it be doing okay. >>> this morning, there is a seasoning reminder that terrorists still want to harm the united states. wave learned that the fbi stopped three attempts in just the last few days. we'll begin in dallas where a 19-year-old jordannian national thought he had parked a truck full of explosives in a parking garage underneath a skyscraper. he used his cell phone to detonate the bomb but it turns out he bought duds from undercover agents. he is in jail charged with trying to use a weapons of mass dest

top side of the beltway at wrufert boulevard in the clear as you head to bethesda. southbound 29 behaving nicely. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. -- top side of the beltway at university boulevard in the clear as you head to bethesda. >>> we do want to give you a quick update on the earthquake in the unnortheastern nba i can't area. it h been confirmed that seven were killed as a result of that quake. >> the quake an initial 7.0 on the richter scale. there had been a tsunami warning initially but that has been canceled. we are starting to get in the numbers of some of the victims there. seven people confirmed dead at this point. we'll let you know if that number changes. >>> there is good news if you are heading out of town for the labor day weekend. the roads are not going to be as crowded as in past years. about 850,000 people from the d.c. region are expected to make ips of 50 miles or more during the holiday weekend and that is down 14% compared to last year. some 33,000 are expected to fly. that is down more than 21%. > might be some good news for

low 60s in bethesda springs. the temperature really plummeted saturday night. but still comfortable. 60 out in bowie. maybe 59 in upper marlboro. temperatures tonight, low 70s. 73 in gaithersburg. 73 in woodbridge and 74 in fredricksburg and 74 in glen burnie. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy and pleasant. 60s and 70s. winds south easterly at 10. the showers will be in the mountains tomorrow morning. by the afternoon, mostly sunny and warm. a shower west of town possible. we mean west like winchester, low ray. winds will still be southeasterly at 10. temperatures will still be close to 80 despite the cloud cover. a lot of thunderstorms through much of missouri. a solid line of severe weather stretching through southwestern missouri, about to go into northwestern arkansas. we still have a tremendous amount of showers in the east. we've seen rain and showers in this area and we saw the flooding in north carolina and it looks like they'll have one more night and day of pretty heavy day storms. we may see a couple of showers tonight in garrett county. that's about i

the president for bethesda campus. mr. obama praised them for saving countless lives. >> the work you do is not easy. it takes persistence and patience but it holds incredible promise for our nation and world. >> the president says the $5 billion grant will support 12,000 existing projects and create thousands of new jobs. >>> metro buses an trains are getting a thorough cleaning top to bottom in an effort to keep commuters from getting the h1n1. clean steering wheels and seats and poles. fare cars as well. remember to wash your hands frequently to stay safe. >>> beginning tomorrow you can ride amtrak from northern virginia to new york and boston. it begins new service from lynchburg with local stops in culpeper, manassas. the department of transportation held a ceremony today celebrating the new stop. >>> dry for a good part of the day but now we are seeing just a little bit of rain out there. meteorologist topper shutt has the umbrella out on the terrace with your forecast first. >>> just a couple of sprinkles. i probabl

. >> you worked closely with annie at the national institute of health when she was in bethesda, maryland. can you tell us how closely the two of you did indeed work together? >> annie was a scholarship student who has the privilege to actually work at the national institute of health for two summers on an nih undergraduate scholar program. there she was in my lab for two summers working on adult stem cell research and so we worked very closely together. >> professor, give us an idea of what annie is like and who she is as a person and we should mention we're looking at a picture of annie in your lab in bethesda. tell us who annie is. >> she's a very lively individual. very smart, dedicated student. truly interested in research. always very upbeat. very positive attitude. gets along with everyone. and always a smile and a laugh every day and a delight to have her in the lab. >> can you tell us how and when you heard the news that annie was indeed missing? >> it's basically that. i heard it on the news. it was on thursday. it just came to me as a shock. i knew that she was preparing to get

the commander in chief left the campus in bethesda minutes ago where he praised federal employees who he says saved countless lives. >> the work you do is not easy. it takes a great deal of patience and persist tense, but it holds incredible promise for the health of our people and the future of our nation and our world. >> reporter: the president said the money from the $787 billion economic stimulus bill represents the single largest boost to biomedical research. >>> firstly did is in denmark this afternoon. she arrived there today to help to lobby the international olympic committee on behalf of the city of chicago. president obama will arrive in cope hagueen on friday to spear head the presentation to the ioc, rio de janeiro, tokyo and madrid are also in the running to host the games. >>> advocates for the sligo creek golf course can breathe easier. it will remain open. in a 7-2 vote the council couldn't voted to keep it open until june 30th of next year. it was scheduled to close tomorrow but the council decided to spend the money to keep it open until the end of the fiscal year.

in the meantime lows tonight comfortable. 50s and 60s. 58 great falls. 62 bethesda. 62 silver spring. 62 in oxon hill. temperatures right now after a high of 78 back in the low 70s. pleasant. 72 gaithersburg. 73 woodbridge and 73 fredericksburg. a very nice evening. tomorrow morning, for saturday morning, partly cloudy and cool. little breezy if you have an early tee time. wins northeasterly at 10 to 15. by afternoon winds die down. mostly sunny and delightful. highs 74 to 78 and winds northeasterly at ten. so a great looking saturday. satellite picture radar combined a lot of moisture to the south of us. we will watch this carefully and also watch this area of showers. this is with the cold front pushing through new york state. drops south of us. suppress moisture to the south for the time being. as the front moves through could see a couple of showers after midnight tonight. we will keep you posted on that at 11:00. in the meantime, even if it showers tonight it will put moisture to the south and give us a nice saturday and sunday. moisture comes back next week. next seven days, 76

it is at cabin john regional park in bethesda. >>> i'm surprised. i'm a ghost and i -- i'm a goat and i talk. >> amazing, yes. it is hilda, the spokes goat for read aloud. she will meet with students today at jefferson houston elementary school in alexandria, virginia. >>> and i'm in the web center with kristin fisher. you have more high school heros for us following hilda the goat. >> right. following that of course. you know, every friday we are taking hero central to a different high school in the washington area for high school heros. and you can learn all about it on the hero central homepage by going to wusa9.com. last friday i was live at deb stewart high school in falls church and this friday at damascus catholic high school in hyattsville and one hero is a coach of 27 years big mcgregor. he's been hero at this school for hundreds of players over the years over his nearly three decades there and i will show you how he's been a hero on friday morning but this morning i want to highlight three juniors at bcc high school. they are 16 years old.

low 60s bethesda and silver spring. downtown in the mid-60s. temperatures right now, pretty uniform in the 70s. frederick keeps having an erroneous reading of 71. tomorrow partly cloudy and cool. breezy. 50s and 60s. by afternoon, mostly sunny and delightful high 74 to 78 and winds northeasterly at ten. satellite picture and radar combined. we talked about it being a slow process to lose the clouds but more clouds will come in tonight with a cold front. 74 winchester. 75 tomorrow leesburg. upper 70s tomorrow in woodbridge and down across the river, 76 for us. 75 annapolis and 75 in lusby. there are some small craft advisories on the bay tomorrow until noon. so boaters need to be aware of that. next seven days, 76 on saturday. 78 sunday. beautiful weekend. 80 on monday, mostly cloudy and dry. showers and thunderstorms on tuesday. back in the 70s and a little touch of summer. back in the low to mid 80 on wednesday thursday and friday of next week. thunderstorms are possible each day but not a washout. >> can't put the shorts away just yet. >> no.

lots of sunshine in bethesda. you do not have as much time after work to go out and enjoy the sunset. sunset is about one hour and five minutes, by my count. 79 degrees in winchester. official numbers from oregon national, the high was 84. -- from reagan national. we agree to see some clouds rolling and tomorrow and eventually cooler temperatures, moisture in the air, and patches of rain. that forecast may last for a while. first things first, look at these numbers. ted rogers will fall to the 70's and will be cooler overnight. -- temperatures will fall. the rains have been terrific over portions of texas. there were under a huge drought. to much of a good thing down there. some locations had up to 12 inches of rain. -- too much of a good thing. we could see some steady rain by thursday. a cold front will have our way tomorrow. the clouds will increase. coming from the north, there are showers and thunderstorms. you can see this span, it will try to drift off to the east and northeast. a call for early will help k

police in montgomery county are investigating a serious pedestrian accident in bethesda. a driver hit a man in his 40s on friendship boulevard at willard avenue around 6:30 a.m. he was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. >>> it was wall-to-wall president obama on the sunday television talk show circuit with one notable exemption. one of the key messages, reform the nation's health care system. with me is bet's senior political analyst. >> it must have been a busy morning for you. all of those sunday morning talk shows to watch. what did we learn and. >> this was his message that reform is health care reform includes insurance reform. and people will not lose the insurance they have. he will keep the deficit neutral and he feels everyone should have what everybody in congress is entitled to have, the same health care. >> reporter: do you think we learned anything new from these appearances or listing the talking points we have heard in the past. >> i wasn't able to watch every one of the shows but i looked at transcripts. there was no new ground broken or

a lot of 50s tonight. 58 bethesda and silver spring 57. 55 in bowie. temperatures right now around 70. 70 upper marlboro. and 69 in woodbridge and fredericksburg. tomorrow morning, clouds on the increase we will see some sunshine early if you get up early enough to see it. cool, 50s and 60s and by afternoon, light rain or showers develop and highs 65 to 70 and winds southeasterly at ten. i'll apologize for the quality of this. this is from my phone but this bothers me. i will x out where this is but if you look carefully you see the snowflakes we are not even halloween yet and they are putting up snowflakes. it really bothers me. at least at least get through halloween. >> courtesy of me. >> they have snowflakes up and no pumpkins out. come on. got that off my chest. good news they are drying out in the southeast. and it is dry right now. a lot of moisture is building to the north in the tennessee valley and to the southwest of us and that's going to roll in here tomorrow. again, heavy activity rolls in tomorrow night, but still some afternoon showers

if you are trying to get into bethesda and silver spring, it won't be an easy commute for you at all. once you get across the american legion bridge being you are stuck in the gridlock traffic that will take you around to the exit for 270. a lot of equipment on the scene at this point. if you got to get into downtown, you want to beat the hov rules, now is the time to do it that. could save you some time but not an easy ride if you have to get across the river and head up towards bethesda this morning. outer oop. beltway, the headlights coming towards you. this is the traffic coming from 270. all of your lane are open. but all of the flashing lights, that is what is causing the rubbernecking delay. everything open on the out are loop coming from montgomery county headed down towards tyson's. it is the inner loop. beltway well north of the american legion bridge where traffic has to squeeze by using the two right lane only. by contrast, 395 look good crossing over the potomac. new york avenue will be an eyesore. we have milled pavement between bladensburg road, the road is bumpy, chunk

. >>> president obama traveled to the national institutes of health in bethesda today to make a big announcement. $5 billion in new government grants that will be used to help fight cancer, autism and heart disease. >> cutting edge research all across america to unlock treatments to diseases that have long plagued hue mappity. to save and enrich the lives of people all over the world. this represents the single largest boost to biomedical research in history. >> the white house says the $5 billion in grants announced today will support some 12,000 existing projects and create thousands of jobs over the next two years. >>> now a cosmic change in the auto industry. saturn will no longer orbit general motors. gm said today it would shut down its saturn division after a proposed sale to pensky automotive group fell apart. no word on how soon saturn dealerships will be affected. gm says saturn owners can go to gm dealerships for service once saturn dealerships are closed. >>> more potential confusion for parents over h1n1. which flu shot should students get first and why? >>> and baltimore city hall

inner loop delays beginning to build from the american legion bridge into bethesda. we've received word of a crash at the end of the ramp for george washington parkway to go northbound on 495. other side of town, not so bad. definitely slowing. westbound interdenominational dock road is where we had the crash. follow police direction in order to get by. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. >>> a number of commemorative events are being held across our country as the country remembers the 9-11 terror attacks. >> there is a formal ceremony at the pentagon at 9:30 with president obama and a noon service at the national cathedral. the ceremony at the pentagon is taking place one year after the first 9-11 dedicated memorial was unveiled. holly morris is joining us live again from the pentagon with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we've got the rain picking up. we've got the wind picking autopsy and activity picking up as they are indeed gearing up for a ceremony set to take place at 9:30 this morning. it will be relatively simple compared it

temperatures tonight, some areas may just kind of peek in the upper 50s, but 62 in bethesda and silver spring. and 63 in oxen hill. right now, temperatures, we haven't moved much today because of the cloud cover and the easterly flow. 64 in brookville. 64 in annapolis. everybody is pretty much in the mid 60s. now tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy and cool. there will be some breaks in the morning. 50s and 60s. winds southeast at 10. partly cloudy and pleasant. high temperatures in the upper 70s. satellite picture, radar combined, a lot of showers and thunderstorms. eastern texas through louisiana, arkansas, tennessee, and the deep south, that moisture for the time being will stay in the deep south and may play a part in our weather next week. in the meantime, a lot of low level clouds, but very little in terms of precipitation and the low level clouds will go away once the winds switch and become southwesterly. zone forecast, all six zones are on our website as is interactive radar. 76 in charlestown. 79 in springfield. stafford, you might hit 80 tomorrow. other side of the river, well 7

lows tonight, low to mid 60s across the board. 65 at bethesda, if 3 downtown, 67 in old town. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy and cool. a few showers possible. not a washout, 60s to around 70. by afternoon, mostly cloudy and cool. again a few showers possible. a little bit cooler than today. we managed to make 77 despite the cloud cover. highs tomorrow low to mid 70s, and winds at 10. the next 7 days look like this. 74 tomorrow, a couple of showers, returning partly cloudy on friday, and 78. very nice on saturday for the turps. the upper 70s for sunshine. also the children's festival on saturday and sunday. that will be nice. if clouds coming in on sunday it will be dry for the red skin game. if showers were to move in it would be saturday night. back into the upper 70s, and warmer next week. we're not done with summer just yet. low 80s on tuesday with thunderstorms, and low 80s on wednesday with partly cloudy skies. >> but we will probably not see 90 again this year, will we? >> never say never. but probably not. but never say never. >>> thank you, tom. >>> investigators beli

. >>> a bethesda teenager pled guilty to owning bomb-making chemicals just a short while ago. investigators say a surgery of colin mckenzie gude's bedroom last year turned up assault weapons and ammunition and bomb- making material but defense attorneys say that he never intended to hurt anyone. a judge could sentence the teen to ten years in prison. >>> virginia state police have released video of what they say is an alleged car jacker running away from a crash scene. you may recall the story of a woman who was car jacked from a shopping center in gainesville, virginia and then forced to ride with the suspect on september 17th. he then led police on a chase before crashing in prince georges county, maryland. this is new released video from virginia state police. and they say the man, seen here, running away from the crash scene, is the same carjacking suspect who led them on a chase in to maryland. police also released a sketch of what the suspect looks like. he is believed to be armed and dangerous, but if you have any information that may lead to an arrest in this case, ple

amount of jobs approved there, if it was accepted, what the planning board proposed would equal downtown bethesda and nih combined but you don't have two metro stations there. the use is good and i'm sure some expansions but can't be as much as proposed or it will overwhelm the area with traffic. >> they say their homes would be destroyed and they don't want to move to downtown silver springs and that's why they moved there but you have to look at the jobs and the industry it would bring and the tax revenue. >> certainly the life sciences industry is very appealing but 17,000 jobs could be added already in terms of the approved plan in place right now. so it is not an all or nothing kind of thing. i believe the goal to expand the life sciences can be accomplished and still not overwhelming the area. i think it needs to be scaled back, but we can see growth in the life sciences and we do want that. >> reporter: you had to many people in the meeting that you are carrying it over. when will the next session be and whether it be the last session. >> we have 45 last night and we have another 45. the c

spring valley for years and years and years right near american university and i went to school in bethesda, maryland and i love it back there so much. i understand it is raining there. i wish we had rain there. >> come back and visit us anytime. but i know you must be excited. you are going to the fifth season. are you excited? >> i'm deliriously happy. can you believe we're having a fifth season. i'm so happy about that. and it's particularly good season. the premier episode tomorrow night is actually one of my favorites we have ever shot, with the wonderful wanda psychs, whom everybody adores. she plays my best friend barb. and in this particular episode she is threatened with deportation to the bahamas because she's here in the united states illegally so she enlists christine, me and my brother matthew to fly to the bahamas, find some guy named bonn go to get her papers. matthew gets stoned on the beach, christine loses her passport and in a jail. it is a disaster and incredibly funny episode. it is really good. >> i cannot wait. >> yeah. it's a good one. >> tomorrow night here on cbs.

messy yesterday, but right now wide open, no big isss leaving springfield up through tyson's through bethesda. barbara and joe, back to you. >> thanks very much. >>> 82 people are now confirmed dead. dozens of others missing after a powerful earthquake generated tsunami waves in some mow wa. the white house is now declared american some mow wa to be a major disaster area, of course, a u.s. territory. >>> in the fight against the swine flu, president obama will tour a laboratory at the national institutes of health today. he'll talk about stimulus money at work but may get questions about the nation's head dins for disease. >>> in washington today, hundreds of experts will gather for a summit to discuss what the transportation secretary calls an epidemic of distracted driving. distracted driving is believed to be responsible for a fourth of all traffic accidents each year. lawmakers are now working on ways to ban the use of cell phones and other mobile devices behind the wheel. >>> the top u.s. commander in iraq will go before a house panel on capitol hill where he's expected to announce that

. >>> also today, at 11:00 this morning, president obama will be in bethesda at the national institutes of health. he'll announce that nih has been awarded $5 billion in grants to support research and to cure cancer and other diseases and to create jobs. the money is part of the $787 billion economic stimulus plan. >>> beginning tomorrow, you can ride amtrak from northern virginia to new york and boston. amtrak begins new service from lynchburg with local stops in culpeper, manassas, burke center and alexandria. there will be a ceremony later today at the burke center station. >>> you spoke and the district listened. the circumstance lather bus route through georgetown will keep going north to glover park. budget cuts were going to force the city end to the route at georgetown harbor but riders got the decision reversed. >>> a recall for thousands of vehicles currently on roads. >>> we'll be right back. if i lost the weight, i could stop taking so many medications. if i lost the weight, maybe my feet... my back... ...my knees would stop hurting. if i lost the weight, i'd feel more comfo

a little bit cooler than last night but not much. 64 in great falls. 67 in bethesda. 66 in silver spring. and mid 60s for bowie and upper marlboro. and downtown upper 60s. now, tomorrow morning mostly cloudy and cool. again, left over shower possible. 60s and 70s. winds northeasterly at ten. and howard will be here at 4:55 in the morning. by afternoon becoming partly cloudy, cooler. high temperatures holding in the mid 70s. and winds east, northeasterly at about ten. we'll salvage a pretty good day towards the back half of friday. here is a look at the zone forecast. all six zones on our website wusa9.com. mid 70s chantilly. springfield and stanford upper 70s. slight chance of a morning shower. downtown mid 70s. batter chance for some morning -- better chance for some morning showers. temperatures there also in the mid 70s. next seven day, 75 tomorrow. morning shower and clouds. partly cloudy. there comes light rain on saturday. heavier saturday night continuing into sunday morning. upper 60s on saturday. back in the upper 70s on sunday. on monday we're back near 80. thunderstorm maybe.