bbc news, vienna. >> thank you for being with us. still to come -- malaysia's baby hatch. >> the caretaker will then -- will then come down to take the baby. >> will be new innovation save babies or encourage mothers to give them not? -- give them up? >> first though, a team of explorers and scientists will soon set out for what they hope will be the fastest land crossing of antarctica. they will test new equipment designed to reduce the environmental impact of missions to the south pole. >> it is not a car. it is not a plane. but it is an new contraption of british expedition is hoping to use to cross into arctic up. >> of course, you can. absolutely. >> it runs on bio-ethanol. it can run at 80 kilometers an hour. but there are extreme dangers ahead. are 1me of the crevasses kilometer deep. >> with them, two monster trucks that will carry the equipment for the journey. >> we're looking at how we can reduce the overall impact of the expeditions like this in the future. >> unfortunately, i cannot go to antarctica, but i have been offe

a merry-go-round of cars at low lying areas from anandale to vienna. those that took the chance found out the hard way and abandoned the cars all together. rising water over flowed over old court road. basically all along. roads flooded, bricks remembers flood waters in the backyard of this house. high waters turned it into a lake. but today -- >> last month it was the second big flood they've had here, so this time it was not quite so bad. so it's always a sigh of relief. >> people get crazy, but it hasn't been that bad so far. >> not so bad so far, but did they speak too soon? now the rain is coming down and it is not expected to stop for many, many more hours from here. we'll be checking, of course, those bridges and roads for high waters yet again through the coming hours and overnight. live here in vienna, 9news now. >> struck by that car, stuck in the middle of the water. learning that lesson the hard way. topper always says, don't drive through it. two people were injured when a flight landing at reagan national hit some big turbulence this morn

. >> this monsignor is a former general of vienna. this -- these days in northern austria he finds himself at odds with the vatican he thinks has betrayed many. he was outraged by the cardinals conduct, but that the vatican had not investigated his record. >> the vatican must [unintelligible] they should have looked at his final -- file and should have decided this man is not able to become archbishop. >> in austria many catholics left the church in disgust. half a million joined a protest movement against the vatican. >> the case was such a terrible shock and a shock of a kind we could not imagine. this is also true for the pope. >> as a theological conservative, he had been a favorite of pope john paul ii. >> he was brought up in the kind of catholicism where a pope would never admit to that kind of thing. >> so he just turned his head away. >> those were problems a cardinal would not investigate. >> [inaudible] >> that is what they have been doing all this time. >> people were shocked and angry. they were disappointed. >> did the v

so vienna, out 123, out 7, toward great falls, wet. and 66 from vienna toward haymarket and further toward manassas is going to be wet but nothing heavy. back to the commuter we go. we'll talk about tomorrow's temperatures. partly cloudy and mild. 60s and 70s. a nice friday morning. by afternoon a great day. mostly sunny and warm, high temperatures in the low 80s. and winds northwesterly at about 10. hurricane igor headed toward bermuda. and it looks like it will get to west of the islands, which means that's the worst case scenario. it could hit sunday afternoon with anywhere from 105 to 15 in terms of wind. that would do some damage to bermuda. and then it races into the north atlantic. big swells would be our problem along the east coast over the weekend. next seven days. low 80s, friday, saturday and sunday and maybe a sprinkle late sunday. shouldn't effect your plans at all. 79 on monday. starts to warm up next week. 84 on tuesday, derek. fall arrives on wednesday and we turn around and it's 88 on wednesday and 88 on thursday. >>

live here, suray chin, 9news now. >> in vienna, it's a creek that people worry about. it's the potomac river and the potential of it over flowing its banks, but oldtown may have dodged the bullet. peg, how did things get around there? >> well, i can tell you the potomac river absolutely went over its banks and spilled out. is this what is left of it. the water receded as quickly as it rose. this is the strand, the last street before the potomac river. but here's what it looks like earlier. the whole end of king street was flooded and one woman took her shoes off to get across the street. you see, she had parked her van right where the street became flooded. she had to get it out of there in case the street was to get more flooded. but i mean, the water was sitting here on this roadway. there was so much water that traffic barricades were floating. over at the bell haven marina, boats were rocking. there was a man trying to tie up his boat so it wouldn't be damaged. things were rough there. there were park rangers standing guard to make sure things didn't get out of han

so the position taken by the american delegation in vienna that's not as a surprise for us but i guess the other countries do insist that. that is a must join the n.p.t. . because we are we call for the nation of the middle of the middle east furthermore we don't understand the insistence of the americans and western powers on the iranian nuclear issue. without dealing with the nuclear arsenal of israel the country is against the this policy of double standards when it comes to nuclear weapons in the middle east we hope in the future the americans and the west would change their position as as as far as the american argument is concerned which says that. calling on israel to join the n.p.t. would harm the peace process i guess this this this and this argument does not hold water that we and the arab world we believe that if israel would join the n.p.t. that would be proof that israel is the sincere in reaching peaceful peaceful settlement and living in peace and security with the arab countries a lot last year with the same proposal was passed at the i.a.e.a. why hasn't it put pressure

this car got stuck in some high water this morning in vienna. the water came up 2 feet near the intersection of old courthouse road. the water receded after workers cleared out the storm drain. top. >> you know, southern maryland was a bulls eye for this morning's heavy rain and could be the bulls eye again tonight. many people who live along the chesapeake bay had to pile sandbags along their front doors. and in lusbee, the weather cracked one home's foundation. scott. >> topper, chesapeake ranch estates is where i am. officially down in solomon's, 7.3 inches of rain. a phenomenal amount of rain. it created mud slide conditions in front of this house. pushing water and mud completely through the foundation. >> a house completely undermined by water and mud. a disaster that collapsed the concrete block wall that used to be the foundation of this home. a good portion of the front lawn has moved mud slide style into the basement, leaving personal possessions exposed to the weather and the house itself hanging in space with nothing to hold it up. >

take a look at flooded old courthouse road in vienna. that was old courthouse road. and seeing se heavy rain right now as we speak. take a look at doppler radar. but one little line, whichas been a very persistent line now, into parts of montgomery county and fairfax county and prince william county. we'll zoom on in tohe heaviest rain which is right around four corners and just to the ooet of reston making its way to great falls and eventually over to langley. and you're looking at 495 as well. crossing over the potomac. you can see gaithersburg. that area has been seeing rain over the past hour or two. guess what? much more in the way of rain is on the way as the remnants of tropical orm nicole make their way into the area in about the next one to two hour. that's when you're going to see things change once again. let's show you what we can expect tonight. we saw round one earlier this morning. here comes round two very early rain. another two to four inches and some gusts, winds upwards of 15 to 30 miles an hour. but gusts upwards of 40 especially along those loca

at this tuesday morning, it is . 64 in temple hills, 62 in vienna. that is at marshall road elementary school. we are in the low to mid '60s for the most part. a few high, thin clouds. a cold front will drop in later. we will make it to 82 degrees. northwest wind at 10-20 with higher gusts. mostly sunny. sunny again tomorrow, near 80 degrees. now to lisa baden. >>> metrorail is reporting everything on normal service system wide. no disruptions this morning. normal travel times is what we expect when we hit the road. on 95 between fredericksburg and springfield is good. nothing on 95 inland valley of baltimore. a good trip on the green lake, a toast, 66, and 270. coming out of germantown, uneventful. now to the top stories with pereta and allison. >>> primary day in maryland, d.c., and six other states. local is getting the most attention of the district race for mayor. by the end of the day we could know if incumbent adrian fenty gets four more years or vincent gray will be taking over. pamela brown is live in southeast with the fight to the finish.

. -- roadwork. 66 it is quiet in rosslyn and vienna. looks good across the roosevelt bridge. looks good near the pentagon on 395. we will take you to maryland. in and out of baltimore is uneventful. clear to the airport. beltway traffic moving nicely at colesville rohde. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 61 degrees on this wednesday. >> coming up, double trouble in the topics -- topics. two powerful storms churning up the atlantic. >> the tea party stirs the political pot >>> welcome back. 4:45 on this wednesday. d.c. voters have decided to oust incumbent mayor adrian fenty. if with 90% of precincts reporting, if council chair vincent gray defeated the and 53-46%. graeme's victory in the democratic primary almost guarantees that he will be the next mayor of d.c. there will be a rematch between former gov. o'malley and governor bob ehrlich. rushern baker has declared victory in the democratic primary in prince george's county for county executive. >> tea party followers are celebrating this morning. from delaware attorney york. candidates backed by that group came out with big wi

tomorrow, we will see temperatures in the 50's. 58 degrees right now in vienna, virginia. here is what is going on in the tropics. igor has become a nasty storm in the north atlantic. there is bermuda -- that was earlier today. it is a cold storm. we begin with temperatures up again above-average. eight of the first nine months we had this year, to a mergers have been above average. memphis is 100 degrees today, a record high. even right now, temperatures in memphis are in the 80's. later on in the week, we will be seeing a return of that warm air. but not tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow morning could be in need 40's for you folks out in the shenandoah valley. as we get on into wednesday and thursday, a little touch of humanity might give us a little chance of an afternoon shower. primarily, out in the mounds of west virginia. -- mountains of west virginia. >> it is so beautiful. ♪ storyteller: little miss muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey. along came a burglar who broke into her home, and ransacked the place making off with several valuable tuffets. fort

stock hoholm stockholm, 13. 18 in vienna and kiev. athens, 34, keeping ahold of the summer's air. here's your extended forecast. >>> archaeologists say they've made an interesting discovery among the ruins located in the former japanese capital of mata. they have he unearthed for more than 2,000 ancient peach stones. they made the find near a large structure discovered near ruins last year. it dates back to the early third century. some say it may have been the palace of a queen. an excavation found the peach stones in an 80 centermeter deep stole dug next to the structure. peechs were considered sacred fruit that could bring about eternal youth and ward off evil. the latest discovery is expected to trigger fresh debate over the kinds of rituals the queen carried out. the location of that japanese kingdom has long been a matter of dispute in the country. >>> we'll be back in 30 minutes. thanks for joining us on nhk world. 

just off of old courthouse road in vienna, our camera caught two cars in trouble. the water wreaked havoc. >> traffic is backed up on 95. it is really challenging. >> old town alexandria is prepared. the city is giving residence at sand bags. this man said water hits them first. >> i am perfected the technique. it is a big help. anyone who is brave enough to ride a bleak in the rain, i will give you a discount. >> each time it pours, the river rises, and high tides means water's going into the street. >> i do not let it stop me. >> residents say they have seen much worse. >> i do not think it will hit too hard. >> she was wrong. the water has come in. we are standing on king street. we are getting ready to be at high tide. this street was completely clear 30 minutes ago. now, you can see several inches under water. not to fund. >> in just -- not to fund. >> in just 30 minutes. keep us posted. >>> a number of rows are closed. that is making travel tricky. let's check in for the latest on the traffic situation. >> we have beltway incidents. this is the interloop of t

speaking in vienna he said that opec has enough reserves to meet demand for 50 years. >> we have enough reserve in countries. enough preserve in other part of the world so you will see fuel will be around for the next 50 years. i'm sure will be fossil fuel for the coming years. >> he pointed out that other energy sources such as bio fuels could face problems because some are made from maze aize and user food consumption and said he is comfortable with current oil prices between $70 and $80 a barrel and hoped that economic growth would drive demand for oil in both industrialized nations and emerging economies. >>> u.s. retail sales rose in august for the second straight month. mainly due to strong sales of clothing and gasoline. tuesday said that u.s. retailers totalled $363.7 billion last month. the increase was bigger than expected. sales of clothing were up 1.2% and gasoline sales rose by 1.9%. purchases at department stores and mass retailers rose 0.4%. but sales of cars and auto parts fell 0.7%. attention is now focused on whether u.s. personal spending will continue to pick up. hig

bethesda, mclean, vienna, arlington. that is what we're watching this morning. right now, current conditions being reported at reagan national airport, heavy rainfall. 69degrees. we are looking for a high today in the mid-70s. humidity, 93%. the wind are out of the north at eight but they will pick up during the course of the day today. they could gust up to 50 miles per hour. they could be up to 70 miles per hour in some severe thunderstorm situations. so you want to be aware of that too. we'll get you the latest. tucker is taking in all the latest data as we speak. we'll get that to you in just a few minutes. >> i guess if there is any good news, this won't be a all-day event. >> we think primary irely in the morning hours. we do think later on in the afternoon, it will be lesser rainfall amounts appear than sporadic. >> that will be so good. julie wright has the latest on the roads now. >> it is okay. i just got off the phone with noah. he says he'll swing by in a few minutes with the ark. the ponding of water, and some places the visibility is less than a ca

a couple of work zones westbound 66 leavg the beltway toward vienna and fair oaks, as well. so just heads up for that. take you up to 270 northbound, a little ha to tell here in this camera but there is a construction zone. 270 northbound near shady grove road, right lane, not much to worry about as fars delays. southbound finally at this hour, finally has cleared out for the morning commute. good news. pat? >> all right. thank you, jerry. >>> it's 11:23. still ahead, a comeback the size of texas. washington tries to explain what happened last night after blowing a 17-point leadnd then losing to the houston texans. >>> plus, are you planning a little travel over the holidays? if so,e have some tips to help you find the best air fare deals. >>> but first, here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. >>> it took a texas-sized comeback to take down washington last night. the houston texans pulled it off in a 30-27 overtime win thanks to a timely stopping of the clock. washington held a 17-point lead in th third quarter, and many thought they had this game won on their own

trains on the orange will be single tracking between vienna and west falls. blue, pentagon city and braddock road. and blue line delays between the fran cone ya springfield and largo town center stations. green line, add 20 minutes. if you're traveling between branch a mailer road stations. >>> well, for the first time in almost 100 years, virginia has put a woman to death. 41-year-olderesa lewis was convicted in 2002 of hiring the two men who killed her husband and stepson in an elaborate scam to collect insurance money. >> death was pro announced 9:13 p.m. there were no complications. ms. lewis did make a last statement. she said i just want cathy to know i love her and i'm very sorry. >> the cathy she referred to is the daughter of lewis's husband. the lawyers for teresa lewis says she was borderline mentally disabled. more than 7300 appeals were made to stop that execution. >>> this morning chancellor michelle rhee's future is still not clear. she and d.c. mayor vincent gray met yesterday. both acknowledged their strong differences on education reform. th

didn't take long before the low- lying stretch of browns mill road was flooded in vienna. a car partly submerged. you see it there and turn around. >>> flooding problems in maryland as well. there have been reports of possible waterspouts and waves can causing coastal flooding and let's continue in maryland and bob barnard is live in annapolis and taking a beating from the heavy rains and mixing the tide, bob and that is a real mess. >> reporter: that's right, high tide is not for another 5 1/2 hours and that is coming out of the city dock harbor here and over the sidewalk. you can see, we'll follow it across here and that is underwater and the street here and businesses are closed and there he is on sand bags and in front of the ice crime shop and was basically damaged and destroyed, $40,000 in repairs them and spoke this time -- to them a short time ago. >> i'm unnerved by this because high tide is not supposed to be until 11:30. >> i get a few more sand bags, i will make it. >> not going to see -- but it could have given us more sand bags and that is cheap. why did you

the floods have made roads in vienna a bit tricky. in annandale, the roads were impassable. onecouple had to be rescued in their car after they went around a barricade. scary moments for drivers in the district caught in flash floods on rhode island avenue and fourth street in northeast. that road was shut down for hours. tow trucks removed the cars and cleared all the debris. so -- >>e're not done yet, doug. overnight will be another issue for us? >> yeah, it really is. earlier today people were thinking these are the rmnants of tropical storm nicole and once we're out of here, that's it. no, the remnants of tropical storm nicole will make its way in overnight tonight. that's why we have round two to go. a dock under water. this is out towar chesapeake bay. you're saying your dock might go under water. >> my dock's been under water all day. >> this is down towards anap o husband. do not drive throughed throughed water. i cannot say this enough. flash flood watches and warnings are up all across the area. live digital doppler showg the rain across the area. heavier rain off

here is a look at how temperatures will be on thursday. 27 in rome, so not bad. 21 in vienna. we have rain pushing into london and paris but it stays dry for madrid and lisbon. here is your three-day outlook. >>> and that's all we have for this edition of "newsline." i'm hideshi hara in tokyo. we'll be back in half an hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world. j

vienna, about 0.25 inches. southern maryland, tomorrow morning, you may be seeing some heavy rains down around charlotte county and st. mary's county. here is what is going on around the area. here is the regional radar. here we are in washington. he was the first batch we came to earlier today. there is a general area of low pressure. this next batch will come up and over, and i think more into southern maryland as we get into the early morning areas. i think we will break out with a bit of sunshine. high temperatures around the country today, we were at 78. the mid part of the country again in the '80s. phoenix was 106. it missed the record by one degree. humidity all the way into new york city. we are headed toward october with a do point of 70 -- a dew point of 70. another wave is going to be dipping to the south. by thursday, that will be bringing in more heavy rains. tomorrow morning, especially folks in southern maryland and the eastern suburbs of washington will see locally heavy rain showers. by 12:00,

flooding could be a problem here. 20 degrees in paris today. 21 in london with heavy rain and showers in vienna, 18 degrees for your day heim hitime high. here is your extended forecast now. >>> taking a look at our top story this is hour. >>> the japan coast guard has arrested the captain of a chinese fishing boat on suspicion of attempting to obstruct an inspection in japanese territorial waters. the 41-year-old chinese captain was arrested early on wednesday morning after his trawler collided with a japanese patrol ship off the senkaku islands in the east china sea tuesday. coast guard officials say the trawler was operating in japanese waters. they also say the fishing boat ignored a warning to stop and collided with the two patrol ships as it fled. the fishing boat eventually stopped outside japanese waters and coast guard officials boarded the trawler to question its crew. the officials concluded that the captain intentionally rammed his boat into one of the patrol ships to obstruct the inspection. chinese fishing boats are frequently seen in japan's exclusive economic zone near the islan

berlin coming in at 19 degrees, 21 in vienna, moderate temperature here but it will be much, much milder towards the west for places like paris, 28 degrees with sunshine. here's your extended forecast now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us.

london will remain dry until late tuesday. 20 for your high in london, and 18 in paris, 15 degrees for vienna and a little chillier in stockholm with, a high of 11 degrees. that's a look at your weather for now. and here is your three-day outlook. >>> taking a loo at the t storynce agai nor korean leader, kim jong il has named his third son, kim jong un, a four-star general in the military. it comes a day before a key gathering of the workers party. the official korean central news agency made the announcement early on tuesday. the opening day of the conference. it marks the first time that the son's name has ever gone public. kim jong un is also expected to be given a high ranking party post to succeed his father. the announcement said the leader's younger sister, kim yu in everyone g he has also been promoted to a four-star general. she's considered to be a caretaker for the transfer of power. >>> japanese prime minister, naoto kan said he's thinking of attending the asia-europe meeting in belgium next week. he's expected to seek the support of the participating countries over a maritime co

jamila trindle, vienna, virginia. >> tom: finally tonight, if you can't get hired in your career field, maybe it's time to change focus. diane eastabrook brings us the story of a former chief financial officer who found a new life by returning to his roots. >> you are now at fenwick high school. you are friars. >> reporter: this assembly on the first day of class at fenwick high school in oak park, illinois, marks a new beginning for 300 freshmen. it is also a beginning for greg pritz, the school's new finance director. he joined the staff last may after being jobless for 18 months. for pritz, this job is a poignant return to the past. he graduated from the catholic high school 35 years ago. >> did you ever think you'd be back at fenwick working here? >> only in my nightmares. ( laughter ) >> reporter: we met pritz in last year's labor day special. the former chief financial officer talked with other laid- off professionals about losing work and trying to finding it again. at that point, pritz had been jobless for nine months. >> the hard part is keeping the energy up. >> reporter: as

years natasha kampusch was held captive in the basement of my house and a quiet suburb -- the suburb of vienna. she managed to escape in august 2006 and now age only 22 she has written the full story of our captivity. our reporter asked her about the media frenzy that greeted her when she emerged into the outside world. >> yes, in fact, it was a very confusing time. it made me unsure of myself to try to pick up where many people have left off. and his criticism of may was very strange. it made me feel very settled and felt like i'd like to freedom as well -- i lacked freedom as well because it was an incredible burden that everything i said was put under a microsoft -- microscope and very unpleasant. >> i suppose one of the things people find difficult to understand is when they read that there were opportunities once or twice possible for you to escape -- when the kidnappers took you shopping or it took you on a skiing trip and they do not understand why you did not run away. >> yes, indeed, but have to point out it is very easy for people on the outside to say that it would have been easy fo

for 7100 to vienna to the beltway. washington street add franklin and old town alexander. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> new this morning, a police chase that start in district heights maryland ended in the district with shots fired. prince george's county police were chasing suspects of accused of an armed carjacking on silver hill road. two vehicles were involved a honda and toyota avalon. the honda suspects baled out at 31st and g street southeast when they got in a shoot out with officers. nobody was hurt. two suspects were arrested. police are looking for a burgundy toyota avalon with maryland plates. >>> a virginia neighborhood is charred by a devastating fire yesterday afternoon in manassas. three homes are destroyed and several families are lucky to have made it out alive. >> reporter: this view from sky fox shows you the devastating nature of this fire. three homes side by side up in flames. scores of firefighters virtually powerless to stop it before the damage was done. investigators believe the fire started in the middle house, then quickly s

made in china never used to be a compliment but how things have changed as nutriment vienna checks out the high tech exhibition billions in shanghai. where most of the usual stuff aspire to harsh way over the lot of confidence from the russian president maybe because not planning to meet with the former mayor to get the news . could aliens have control over the world's nuclear weapons a group of retired u.s. air force officers thinks so. while russian officials are doing all they can to stay on the inflow of drugs from central asia police are also dealing with the problem of amateur chemists in their own. recession may return a warning from a new york university professor who predicted the economic crisis of two thousand and eight that and more in our business program. in the russian capital you're watching our team with me rena joshua welcome to the program after serious talks and deals in beijing of russian president dmitry medvedev is wrapping up his visit to china on the third day of his trip he is in shanghai to check out the russian and chinese offerings as a world expo and he sa

stock markets along first day tokyo stocks ended almost flat after hitting a five week high as the vienna failed weakening farther yen tumbled off a fifteen year high against the dollar go to japan for us intervention and sixty years of that and that fourth of the benchmark hong kong's hang seng is trading lower as well. stocks in europe are mixed and morning trade britain's footsies a read ahead of another set of us. jobs data had news that british retail sales fell in august for the first time since january shares are down two percent on the footsie followed by rules forced you all named jesus down one percent on the tax that's trading in the red as well. it must go beyond yes on lies it's a roll so and the read on the downturn in asia all of the blue chips are losing value dragged by financial and telecommunications stocks with raw.

dominate this year's general conference of the international atomic energy agency which is opened in vienna arab countries have proposed a resolution on israel's nuclear program but the u.s. and e.u. member states are against it saying it could undermine middle east peace talks well paul ingram of the british american security information council says israel is using double standards on the issue of nonproliferation. israel has believed to be anywhere between eighty and two hundred nuclear weapons already and we believe a development program for fusion nuclear weapons and submarine base launched their weapons as well as the existing air launched nuclear weapons and missile. warheads on missiles it's a very substantial but well developed nuclear arsenal that has been in israel's possession since we believe the late one nine hundred sixty s. so yes on the surface it is a very double double standard the israelis and the americans would point to the fact that the iranians have made a very public commitment in the nonproliferation treaty not to acquire nuclear weapons where israel is perfectly l

dominate this year's general conference of the international atomic energy agency which has opened in vienna arab countries have proposed a resolution on israel's nuclear program but the u.s. and e.u. member states are against it saying it could undermine middle east peace talks while paul ingram executive director of the british american security information council says israel is using double standards on the issue of nonproliferation. israel has believed to be anywhere between eighty and two hundred nuclear weapons already and we believe a development program for fusion nuclear weapons and submarine base launched their weapons as well as the existing air launched nuclear weapons and missile. warheads on missiles it's a very substantial but well developed nuclear arsenal that has been in israel's possession since we believe the late one nine hundred sixty s. so yes on the surface it is a very double double standard the israelis and the americans would point to the fact that the iranians have made a very public commitment in the nonproliferation treaty not to acquire nuclear weapons where i

dominate this year's general conference of the international atomic energy agency which is opened in vienna arab countries have proposed a resolution on israel's nuclear program but the u.s. and e.u. member states are against it saying it could undermine middle east peace talks before more this is joined by paul ingram from london he's the executive director of the british american security information council thank you for joining us this evening mr ingram i'd like to begin by asking you israel has always pressed hard for tough measures against the wrong but it's believed to be developing nuclear weapons itself do you see this as a double standard. well of course it's a double standard israel has believed to be anywhere between eighty and two hundred nuclear weapons already and we believe a development program for fusion nuclear weapons and submarine base launch nuclear weapons as well as the existing launch nuclear weapons and missile. warheads on missiles it's a very substantial but well developed nuclear arsenal that has been in israel's possession since we believe the late one nine hun

it is still quiet passing business 234 continuing in towards fair oaks and no problems leaving vienna towards the beltway. the dulles toll road at speed leaving the greenway continuing in towards the beltway. this is over in greenbelt, the beltway here at 201 kenilworth avenue. the inner loop head southbound back around towards andrews, all of your lanes are open. still an easy commute out of annapolis. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> as you get your kids ready for school, a reminder that there are three schools in maryland that are closed today because of a water main break. chesapeake high school, chesapeake bay middle school and folger mckenzie elementary school. >>> igor is not the only storm out there in the ocean right now. a typhoon into asia is dumping as much as four feet of rain in some places. mary ann rafferty has more. >> reporter: 44 inches of rain in just hours as a typhoon hits taiwan with winds reaching over 100 miles per hour. people are staying indoors. much of the southern part of the island is under water and thousands have been evacuated. water

dominate this year's general conference of the international atomic energy agency which is opened in vienna arab countries have proposed a resolution on israel's nuclear program but the u.s. and e.u. member states are against it saying it could undermine middle east peace talks or paul ingram executive director of the british american security information council says israel is using double standards on the issue of nonproliferation. israel has believed to be anywhere between eighty and two hundred nuclear weapons already and we believe a development program for fusion nuclear weapons and submarine base launched their weapons as well as the existing air launched nuclear weapons and missile. warheads on missiles it's a very substantial but well developed nuclear arsenal that has been in israel's possession since we believe the late one nine hundred sixty s. so yes on the surface it is a very double double standard the israelis and the americans would point to the fact that the iranians have made a very public commitment in the nonproliferation treaty not to acquire nuclear weapons where isra

some spotty rain on the north side of the beltway out to the west, out towards reston, vienna, leesburg. this will be with us not only today, tonight but right into the first part of tomorrow before we get it out of here. let's go on to the radar and show you all the rain shower activity off to the south and west. very impressive amounts and we are tapping into a lot of gulf moisture here. it will stream north and northeast over the next couple of days as we get an area of low pressure which will ride up to our west and as it does so, it is possible that some of this energy here could get spun off and we could get some thunderstorm activity tonight and tomorrow. when we are atalking about rain showers like this down to our south and west, we'll get a lot of rain around here for the next couple of days. maybe rain totals, one, two, three inches in some spots before all is said and done. need the rain. 64degrees at reagan national. 64 in leonardtown. 63 in manassas. hagerstown, that is a little cooler. will be a cool day with high temperatures only in the mid- 70s. much cooler than what w

dominate this year's general conference of the international atomic energy agency which has opened in vienna arab countries have proposed a resolution on israel's nuclear program but the u.s. and e.u. member states are against it saying it could undermine middle east peace talks paul ingram the executive director of the british american security information council says israel is using double standards on the issue of nonproliferation. israel has believed to be anywhere between eighty and two hundred nuclear weapons already and we believe a development program for fusion nuclear weapons and submarine base launched their weapons as well as the existing air launched nuclear weapons and missile. warheads on missiles it's a very substantial but well developed nuclear arsenal that has been in israel's possession since we believe the late one nine hundred sixty s. so yes on the surface it is a very double double standard the israelis and the americans would point to the fact that the iranians have made a very public commitment in the nonproliferation treaty not acquire nuclear weapons where israel

dominate this year's a general conference of the international atomic energy agency which has opened in vienna arab countries have proposed a resolution on israel's nuclear program but the u.s. and e.u. member states are against it saying it could undermine middle east peace talks paul ingram executive director of the british american security information council says israel is using double standards on the issue of nonproliferation. israel has believed to be anywhere between eighty and two hundred nuclear weapons already and we believe a development program for fusion nuclear weapons and submarine base launched their weapons as well as the existing air launched nuclear weapons and missile. warheads on missiles it's a very substantial but well developed nuclear arsenal that has been in israel's possession since we believe the late one nine hundred sixty s. so yes on the surface it is a very double double standard the israelis and the americans would point to the fact that the iranians have made a very public commitment in the nonproliferation treaty not to acquire nuclear weapons where israel

. >> a unique center for children with special needs will open october 14 in vienna. it will provide overnight care and activities for children with special needs. a pastor and his wife wanted to create a safe and welcoming place for children that would also give parents a break from caregiving. >> a lady came into our life and taught us what respite means. it changed our lives. >> when we started getting a break and started getting some sleep, we started being able to spend time with our other children. >> it has an indoor pool, a computer lab and a sensory room. a nurse will be on duty there are around the clock. it costs $75 per child per night. >> it is a great idea. >> we are on storm watch. a live report from alexandria. will see what the people are going through down there. also, sarah palin is worried about her safety. she has taken legal action to protect herself. those stories and more at 6:00 p.m. >> thanks a lot, gordon. in the meantime, the rain continues to come down. >> more light rain we can handle. is the heavy downpour we're not too excited about. he

. >> grief counselors will vienna high schools this morning following are rollover on friday that killed one student entering for other 16 your driver is being charged with suspicion of drunk driving. it happened friday morning when the car they slammed into a tractor- trailer. to. empty beer cans and liquor bottles inside the bmw >> latest in this gas line explosion pg&e is rid of leasing a list of 100 high risk natural gas lines. two of the lines in the north part of the sierra crest milpitas as the holder to of pipelines of concern. they ask for the last which could be released today. the gas line explosion at causing fire that destroyed 37 homes. if first lawsuit against pg&e from that. president that was evacuated has filed suit saying they should turn over $100 million to a third-party and pay other damages. it claims pg&e could withdraw withhold funding for not follow through if that money is not in a supervised account. >> so snow 680 congestion pricing is open if you got paid to get into the express lane. it is a long and carpool lane where if as you see here on google or the wi

he's found a problem with high water in vienna, virginia. he joins us now along old courthouse road. what's the there? >> not just high water, but a real inconvenience for commuters. you'll see car after car after car coming to this roadblock, which is at intersection of old courthouse road and burl wood court. old courthouse road adjoins. that is a main commuter route from the back end of wolf pass. because the roadblock is here as opposed to about mile away at a main intersection, car after car after a car come up the road, see the roadblock, have to make a u-turn to go back down to vienna. why is the roadblocked? well, the same reason it is at a number of other locations. high water. about a quarter mile to my left, it's overflowed its banks. there are a call earlier today to rescue people from a vehicle at that stream. i think when they arrived, they actually saw a couple people getting out of the car and walking to the dry portion of the road. no big story there. certainly, as you can see from the video, an inconvenience for commuters t

trains on the orange line will be sile tracking between vienna and west falls church station. blue and yellow, you'll be facing delays between pentagon city and braddock. blue line delays between franonia springfield and largo. green, add 20 minutes to your commute if you're traveling mailer road and branch road stations. >>> this morning chancellor michelle rhee's future is still not clear. she and d.c. mayor vincent gray met yesterday. both acknowledged their strong differences on education reform. there have been reports that arne duncan wants her to stay in th district. gray, though, is giving few clues about his plans. >> we did not talk about the state of education in the city. and i think we'll just leave it there. >> rhee is giving fewer clues. she said nothing yesterday. they will meet sometime before november's general elections. >>> a u.s. delegation walked out when iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad said many people in the u.s. government were responsible for the 9/11 attacks. earlier, president barack obama urged world leaders to move ahead for the quest in the

trains on the orange will be single tracking between vienna and west falls. blue, pentagon city and braddock road. and blue line delays between the franconia springfield and largo town center stations. green line, ad20 minutes. if you're traveling between branch and mailer road stations. >>> well, for the first time in almost 100 years, virginia has put a woman to death. 41-year-old teresa lewis was convicted in 2002 of hiring the two men who killed her husband and stepsoin an elaborate scam to collect insurance money. >>> the fire described three homes in the 8300 block of tillup loop in manassas. jane has more. >> reporter: eight homes were damaged or destroyed as strong winds whipped the massive blaze through a row of single-family homes. an upscale neighborhood turns into a fiery inferno as strong winds cause fles to jump from roof to roof. amateur video shows a fast-moving blaze as firefighters struggle to get control and neighbors start to panic. >> it was only ten minute before all of these went up. it was really, really horrific. i said, you kw, i nee

senior american official at the united nations nuclear agency annual meeting invy yesna, says -- vienna says the u.s. will continue to pressure iran to come clean about the nuclear program. the head of the program says the u.s. agency is suffering from what he calls a moral authority and credibility crisis. back here at home, there is new opposition to a proposed islamic center and mosque near ground zero. senior correspondent eric shawn says that effort could force many blue collar workers to make a difficult choice. >> reporter: hard hats delivering plywood to site of mosque proposal near ground zero but the new website 9/11 hard hat pledge.com is calling to boycott building it. it's the brain child of construction worker andy sullivan. >> i feel it's mockery, desecration of the lives lost that day and to the military. >> reporter: sullivan acknowledges that the sponsors have the right to build but says they should not because it's so close to ground zero. other construction workers agree. >> i would not want to work on the mosque. >> some say they may have no choice. >> would you wan

trains on the orange line will be single tracking between the vienna and west fall church stations. on the blue and yellow lines, you'll be facing delays between the pentagon city and braddock road tations. there will also be blueine delays between franconia, springfield and largo town stations. and on the green line, add at least 20 minutes to your commute if you're traveling between branch avenue and mailer road stations. >> hundds of people have been forced out of their home by massive flooding across minnesota and wisconsin. it's '42iflooding produced by a lingering storm. just yesterday, rivers and creeks have overflowed into neighborhoods and both states are now under atate of emergency. the wionsin national guard distributed a total of 30,000 sandbags to help deal with the flooding. the rain has stopped for now but it is back in the forecast for tomorrow. >>> we're cooking for one more day. the calendar does say fall but it is feelina whole lot like summer still. >> we're sizzling. veronica johnson tells us when we'll cool f. >> some extreme heat today. even a little humi at

perhaps vienna and in dale and into the city and if this holds together. everything is moving to the east. a slight risk of a couple of pop ups and no more than that. in terms of clouds, we're very, very clear around here with the exception of the clouds and the showers and thunderstorms. it's 7:00, and spotty thunderstorm or -- thunderstorm or shower. mostly fair by 9, 10:00 and temperatures into the 70s. onday of real, real hot stuff and we cool off into the weekend and question, will the weekend stay drier or will there be more showers. >> thank you very much, gary. >>> and we haven't heard much from gilbert a reinas lately. where the -- yet commissioner of the nba is urging him to be tight-lipped about his gun conviction. >>> what a pastor is saying about claims he seduced young men in exchange for sex.  >> the commissioner of the nba has told gilbert arenas to keep quiet about his conviction. he wants him to move on from the 50-day suspension arenas earned when he brought guns into the wizards locker room. the owner agrees that the team should

train on the orange line will be single tracking between the vienna and west falls church stations. on the blue and yellow lines you'll face delays between the pentagon city and braddock road stations. thereill be blue line delays between franconia. and on the green line add at least 20 minutes to your commute if you' traveling between branch avenue and mailer road station. >> reporter: a world war ii medal of honor recipient was honored today. he not only fought in world war ii. he served in the first all black unit to intercom bat. he was a young soldier then who was awarded the distinguished service cross for his activities in the war. decas later, after a review of baker's service records, president clinton honored him with a medal of honor in 1997. this past july, baker died after a valiant battle against brain cancer. he was 90 years old. >> two soldiers were awarded the purple heart at walter will reed medical center. he was joined by his family as he received the honor for his service in afghanistan. the specialist zimmerman was also awarded >>> there is a bear in montana th

if you are making a drive through the vienna area. right now so far so good. looks like lanes are open. oh, man looks like we don't have that camera. fly the gw parkway heading southbound. right now you are doing fine making your way from the beltway past 123 all the way to the bridge. the time is 6:38. hope you are off to a great thursday, everybody. 9 news now will be right ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy, low-fat yogurt. mcdonald's new strawberry banana and wildberry smoothies are 100% pure sipping fun. the simple joy of real fruit smoothies. ♪ go-gurt is specially made to freeze and thaw by lunch time? so kids can have their favorite yogurt in their lunch box go-gurt. freeze it. thaw it. eat it up. ¿qué si usamos tacos más grandes? [ male announcer ] old el paso super stuffers. 33% larger shells. feed your fiesta. i thought it was over here... ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just takes us a little longer to get back. ♪ >>> in 1984 geor