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elsewhere, we have some scattered lighter showers around northern virginia, northern neck of virginia, eastern panhandle of weste virginia and shenandoah valley. maybe some isolated flooding and ponding of water through noon time. then drying out this afternoon with highs around 70, rather 80 degrees. then overnight tonight, partly cloudy, near 60 tomorrow. sun tomorow morning. highs into the low and mid-70s. and some rain is likely to move in late wednesday ranch, wednesday night. moderate to heavy rain is likely on thursday. highs in the 70s. then drying out just in time for the end of the weekend. nowlet's check traffic on this tuesday morning. how is it looki, jerry? >> so far so good over on the capital beltway, braddockroad. outer loop, far right side the issue be loop. springfield and i-66, moving along pretty well. let's see how wre doing on the maryland side. for those you traveling towards the bdge, outer loop from river road doing okay. once you get on route 7, word of an aident involving a truck. i believe it's over on the shoulder. they may need to take a travel lane. we'

county livestock exchange in marshall, virginia. it began last night. crews from five different counties were called in. one firefighter was treated for minor injuries. >>> and the cleanup is beginning slowly in the upper midwest. towns are recovering from some of the worst flooding in 20 years. no reports of any deaths but we will have to see the extent of the damage. >>> showers an here and in west virginia a severe thunderstorm warning until 7:30. the storm heading to paw paw and may clip northern frederick county, virginia. we are worried about winds up to 50 to 60 miles an hour with this. an you will have the traffic an i will have the seven-day forecast when 9 news now returns. i don't feel my age. and i don't want my skin to show it. (announcer) gold bond ultimate restoring lotion. coq10 helps skin renew itself. gold bond ultimate restoring. this stuff really works. >>> this beats sitting in traffic on the beltway. the first ever human wing flapping aircraft. it is being tested in canada. the plane is nicknamed the snow bird.

over to virginia we go. a water main break in alexandria causing problems at crest wood an valley drive. use caution this way. and 95 northbound. no incidents or accidents, but you are factoring in five minutes or so to make it from the prince william parkway to lorton. >>> a maryland man was among the nine troops killed in tuesday's helicopter crash in southern afghanistan. brendan looney became a navy officer in 2004. he later completed seal training. he lived in silver spring and graduated from dematha high school in ' 99. he play football and baseball in high school where his coaches remembered him fondly. >> if you could point to an alumnus and have present students to say that's the kind of person you want to become that would be brendan looney. >> tuesday's crash was the deadliest since may of 2006. the district woman, whose eviction became a neighborhood spectacle has a place for her belongings, at least for now. it is a followup to a story we brought you yesterday morning. diaz was evicted on tuesda

in virginia traffic alert. i'm hearing on the interloop between 50 and 56 there is an accident taking away a left lane. drivers are backing up around the braddock road exit. back to you. >> still to come on 9news now, the search for the stolen mr. pickles is over. the strange location where the inflatable primate was discovered is coming up. >>> good morning, everybody. we are five days away from the latest edition of sports.net football. the play of the day comes from isaac fair by at eleanor roosevelt high school. chris mcdowney taking the opening kick off against high point and he is gone. right up the middle. 80 yards on the touchdown return as roosevelt blanked the eagles of high point. high schoolers if you would like to become a campus correspondent, you can get a free flip kam and a chance to win a college scholarship, apply. have a great monday, everybody. >>> the mothers of the two hikers still being held in iran or hoping to meet with that country's president. sarah shourd was freed last week after b

west virginia is at lsu. >>> if there was ever a must-win game in september for virginia tech today's game against east carolina was it. the hokies started the day with a 2 record and a 0-3 start would be disaster. the last time that happened, bon jovi's "living on a prayer" was e number one song in the u.s., that was in 1987. today they tried to change their tune. they go agains a very good east carolina team and put up 100 points in two games, second quarter, the hokies are trailing. 24 yard touchdown and the hokies within three, an impressive play. six minutes later, daryn edwards gets it and they get the lead. hokies down at halftime. frank beamer's team goes off in the second half and east carolina driving dominique davis throws it to the sideline but check out rashad carmichael and davis is trying to atone here trying to tackle but davis, denied. carmichael into the end zone and virginia tech rolls 49-27 earning its first win of the season. >> great win. it came after a very difficult week on coach's players, our whole group. they came when you had to battle like heck out there.

panhandle of west virginia 48 degrees right now. martinsburg, west virginia 51. winchester this morning. 40s and 50s across the inter mountain prts of the east coast. 60s up along the shore line. 75 degrees in atlanta. the dew pots have continued to fall. that means the hair is getting drier and drier. high pressure big area of high pressure in charge of our weather so we'll have a light northerly breeze today as that area of high pressure settles almost right down on top of us this evening it will take the winds awy, clear sky tonight, dry air in place, and as a result a very cool start tomorrow morning. there is hurricane igor, there's bermuda right there. this will be a very close call if not a direct hit on the island of bermuda. they are battening down the hatches. category 2 storm when it reaches berda. for us, though, this big cell of high pressure will keep that storm off, way off the eastern seaboard. little ripple of low pressure and ak weather front coming our way for tomorrow night monday morning time frame but i don't think it has enough moisture to

west virginia is at lsu. well, if there was ever a must-win game in september for virginia tech, yesterday's game ainst east carolina was it. the hokies started with an 0-2 record and an 0-3 start would be a disaster. the last time that happened bon jovi living on a prayer was a number one song in the u.s. that was in 1987. yesterday the hokies desperately trying to change their tune. taylor and the hokies going against a very good east carolina team. second quarter hokies trailing 17-7. taylor starts the hokies comeback. throws a dart to roberts. 24-yard touchdown. hokies within three. an impressive play. this was impressive, too. six minutes later evans gets the handoff. goes left and he's in for a seven-yard touchdown. the hokies down 24-21 at ha halftime. virginia tech sophomore standout running back ryan williams was injured in the game, injured his hamstring. trainers say he is okay. beamer's team goes off in the second half. dominique davis, uh-oh. carmichael reads it perfectly, interception down the s

virginia avenue, the latest, 21st street and 25th at virginia avenue northwest. winds could gust up to 25 miles per hour right into tomorrow morning. tom? is. >> thanks so much, veronica. i appreciate that and we'll have this rain tapering off and ending by later tonight and tomorrow into the weekend will be drying out. barbara? >> thank you very much, tom. >>> let's go to pete about a road rescue. >> how are you >> tell us what's happening out there? >> well, we had one of our re units came up on a situation. it happens very often. in fact, the 1,000 block in northeast which is near the metro station there and rhode island avenue and we have some foding, localized flood iing. but, unfortunately, a couple vehicles apparently tried to drive througit or the water came up on them quickly. we have four or five vehicles stuck in the water. each of the vehicles' drivers and occupants needed some assistance getting out. kind of an active scene right now. everybody is out of the vehicles. everybody is to dry land, or at least out of the water. our emsersonnel have evalua

they say it is not confident the plan submitted by virginia, west virginia, delaware, pennsylvania and new york can cut the pollution enough to heat the goals. the agency did call maryland and dc's plans for a pollution diet a strong start. you can read manufacture about the ruling at wusa9.com. just click on living green. >>> and we were sort of living sweaty today. it was kind of hot. >> it was hot. it wasn't humid. can't be humid and 99 degrees. doesn't work that way. >> was it 99. >> it was 99 today. >> not a monthly record because daily record and the 66th time we have hit 90. >> one more 90 in us. >> we may have. take you up to minnesota. minnesota, wisconsin. a lot of showers and thunderstorms. this is a place in minnesota north of row chester. and the dam could have collapsed. we had a bunch of vacuations and houses and cars swepted up. more rain is in in the forecast for on the and tomorrow. the dam is not broken but they did evacuate. that is north of row chester and 100 miles southeast of the twin cities. for us, a different story. temperatures will go down now. 87 tomorrow.

in five years and the first in virginia in nearly a century. our correspondent dave this background to the case. >> teresa lewis confessed to arranging the murder of her husband and stepson at age rather park in 2002. she arranged this with the two hit men that she had met in the local supermarket. one of those hit man later becombecame her lover. she confessed to this, but what her lawyers argued is that because she had learning difficulties -- her iq is 72, two pointys abovepoint the legal limits for execution in virginia that she should have an appeal, but those calls for appeal were turned down. >> what is the opinion in the state of virginia? >> this case has attracted a lot of attention because, as you say, it is the first execution of a woman in virginia in almost 100 years. and in general, execution of foreign -- executions of women in the u.s. are rare. there have only been about five since 1973, and that is just about 1% of all of the death penalty cases in the u.s. the second question was the question of her learning difficulties. ma

officials will unveil it at a hardware and building supply store in sterling, virginia. democrats dismissed the strategy as recycled gop ideas such as tax cuts and improved border security. ideas they say would make the challenges worse. >>> president obama is set to address the united nations general assembly this morning. wednesday, the president spoke to world leaders at a u.n. antipoverty summit. >>> a new book about president obama portrays a national security team deeply divide over the war in afghanistan. manuel gallegus reports on the journalist that he dug up for his latest look inside of the white house. >>> president obama pushes for a way out of afghanistan in the pages of a new book. he chronicles behind the scenes battle between the administration and its military leaders over the war. watergate journalist bob woodward has had access to presidents for decades and interviewed president obama for obama's wars. he tells his secretary of state and defense i'm not doing ten years or long-termination building, i'm not spending a trillion dollars when he agrees to

the outer loop in virginia. the accident is cleared and looks like the inner loop is okay between 95 and 66. i want you to know in chevy chase we have a water main break. as a result of that we have willard avenue closed between river and north park road. they will be out there for quite some time. as we move it outside, 270 northbound, we have an accident at shady grove. going southbound, no problems to the split, just slick pavement. and the big thing we are watching, 70 eastbound between 29 columbia pike and the river bridge. it is shut down. all eastbound lanes because of an overturned tractor-trailer. hearing from howard county officials, they are thinking it will be cleared up and out of the way between 5:30 and 6:30 this morning so it will be here throughout the bulk of the morning rush. back to you. >>> be careful what you wish for. remember we were talking about drought conditions in our area and how much we needed the rain? well, howard is here and he has more on how much rain we could get. we didn't n

mar martinsburg, west virginia, 57. andrews air force base 58. 64 degrees now in la plata, may maryland. a gradual increase in clds will ce our way duri the course of the afternoon. most of us will stay completely dry. there have been a few random rain drops in the panhandle of west virginia and far southern pennsylvania. but on thehole good weather for today. no rain threat for the redskins and the texans. >> good to hear it. thanks, chuck. >>> in our headlines now after almost five months there appears to be good newsfrom the gulf. the deepwater horizon well is almost officially closed. scientists confirm theractured rig is sealed off forever. the end of the leak doesn't mean the end of major problems in the gulf. nbc's jay gray has more now from venice, louisiana. >> reporter: the final pressure test should be over now but there's still no word on sults or if the well has been officially killed. in the final hours on the primary relief well after pumping in 74 barrels of cement and making sure it was set there was a

the livestock exchange is a fixture in virginia. investigators a still trying to figure out what happened. this weekend will auction will go on as planned. >>> this morning europe is on high alertfter news of a terror plot against britain, france and germany. the eiffel tower has been evacuated twice in two weeks because of bomb threats. al qaeda is thought to be behind the threat which could involve mumbai-style commando aacks. the u.s. is involved. u.s. military is also stepping in. u.s. missile strikes in pakistan recently have been aimed at disrupting the plot. >>> right now former president jimmy carter is still at a cleveland hospital, doctors say it is purely precautionary. president carter began expericing stomach pains when he was flying to cleveland to promote his new book yesterday. today he is expected to be here in washington and hold a book signing at politics and pros. he is also speck expected to appear at the smithsonian tonight at george washington university. >>> a new polln the maryland governors race shows one c

we want to look at conditions in alexandria, virginia. jessica joins us live from old town. >> reporter: it is still coming down here in old town alexandria. it will keep coming down. we are being treated to a light rain. the sun has come up. we have daylight or at least overcast daylight. we have seen torrential downpours this morning. let me show you the scene on old town alexandria. we want to let you know that you can pick up sand bags at king and lee streets. bring proof of residence to pick up the sand bags. this around is called my thai. you will notice no sand bags. this is the situation we see all up and down king street. this is the low-lying area of old town alexandria. there is a 20-swath block that tends to get flooded when the potomac jumps its banks. there are lots of puddles. people are walking their dogs and enjoying the life in the morning in rain gear. obviously we have the potomac over here. the concerns are high tide comes to us at 1:25 today. with the amount of rain, the potomac could jump its banks. we had the indic

. >>> now to the tragedy in lorton, virginia. a mother and two of her children killed in a fire, but her quick thinking saved the lives of her three other children. with flames all around her, she and her two -- or she told her two older children to jump out of a second story window and dropped her 2-month-old baby to safety. but there wasn't enough time to save everyone. the fire broke out inside a home on richmond, highway. peggy fox is live near the scene and, peggy, this is a real heartbreaker. >> it certainly is. >> reporter: as parents we know, we save our children first. save yourself later. well that's exactly what happened here this morning when this young family was awakened by the smell of smoke. >> and i knew the kids were still in there. c.i.a. c.i.a. >> i asked her where they were at and they said they are still in the house. and we couldn't do anything. >> reporter: there was nothing they could do but watch the home burn with a mother and two of her small children inside. the neighbors say the young mother sacrific

also coming in from virginia. moving northward in to fairfax countiful travel will be tough just about anywhere. light to moderate rains in prince georges county. expand out and show you the heavy rains from annapolis down to western anne arundel in to calvert county and just in to the bay, in the northern neck. and this area of rain, we are talking about rain totals here have been incredible. this has difficulted to the bay as it is moving to the north. so far three to four inches of rain or more. upwards of five in to southern st. mary's county. kristin said the trampoline is gone and the winds. we had big winds and storms that rolled in earlier. and this is just the beginning. a lot of light to moderate rain covering everybody but the yellow and oranges are the heaviest in the metro and.s south. on the weather computer, we will give you the tour. the moisture continues to stream in from the bahamas up here through north central, eastern north carolina. most of virginia, maryland, up through pennsylvania, new yo

. >> also, the first woman to be executed in virginia in 100 years. we're live from the scene. >>> this is 9news now. >> and we will have that live report on the execution of teresa lewis from virginia in just a few minutes. >>> but first a fast moving fire has forced more than a dozen people out of their homes late tonight. >> flames burned three closely built home to the ground within a matter of minutes, but amazingly nobody was hurt. our own brittany morehouse has been live all afternoon long where she's watched as many try to come to grips with what went down. brittany. >> reporter: coming to grips after seeing flames 20 feet wide and 50 feet high shooting out of the houses behind me. so powerful was the fire that it carried embers this size 300 yards away. now threatening houses in this area as we just heard from a young lady that at 8:45 tonight the bushes in front of her house caught fire and this is after they watered their lawn for four hours. it burned one house to ground level, ripped through two more next door and if not for firefighters

west virginia battled back but fell short. the final score 20-14. >>> the so-called white house party crashers are using their celebrity to do some good. we told but this yesterday. salahi is auctioning off the infamous house she wore to the white house dinner for charity. this is the drs being previewed at the potomac company in alexandria. we went out to see it. the actioneers expect it to go between $2,000 and $3,000. the auction is this coming saturday. 80% of theroceedwill go to two charities. and there you go. >> you g your bid in? >> no. i'll let it go. whoever wants it, i will not get in your way. >> okay. >> mo worries there. still much more news 4 today after the break. also "viewpoint." right here in this neighborhood, i ew up learning strong filies and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools. it's a tradition here in maryland-- anwhy in these tough times i've put education first. we've made record investments in our classrooms... doubled the number of charter schools... and we've frozen colle

evans scores on the next play giving virginia tech a 7-0 lead. the hokey's defensive coordinator, bud foster, looking like a madman. 15 seconds t play in the first half. he runs out of the pocket trying to get to the end zone but morgan, number two on the tackle, he's short of the goal line and the clock expires. so that's it. end of the half. frank beamer and the hokies blank boston college 19-0. they were first shutout since 2006. the hokies are 2-2. how about that? >>> in charlottesville, the cavs hosting the military military institute. first quarter, no score. cavs on offense and to dontrle inman. he makes some mov a he's in for a 25-yard score. uva in front, 7-0. he threw three touchdowns. later, game tied at seven. vmi kicking it off. horn takes it at the 13-yard line. he fin some running room and in an abundance of running on the play, wow! >> he's faster than them. >> ght. 87 yards and the cavs win big, 48-7. uva is unbeaten at home. next up? florida state. >>> to baton rouge, louisiana. bill stewart and number 22, west virginia, against

across much of virginia in the mid 60s. most of maryland mid and upper 60s right now, as well as right near the bay, right near the waters it's inthe low 70s this morning. and on the eastern shore, away from the water temperatures are generally in the 60s. at the atlantic behes and around virginia's tidewater it's near 70 degrees. it's a balmy start to this thursday morning. this first full day of astronomical autumn. that's the point wher the earth and it's orbit around the sun has now reached the crossing point where the earth's shadow is directly north and south across the planet, as we approach dawn, and that earth's shadow right now is over the central atlantic. and i will be approaching us, and we'll have thesunrise coming up this morning later and later. it's around 7:00 in the morning. over the last 12 thundershowers we've had the overnight showers dissipate and we've got a weak area of high pressure now in place from new england all the way down to georgia and that southerly andsouthwesterly flow around that high i

virginia takes in $260 million each year from liquor sales. to make up for lost revenues, the governor's plan would tax restaurants and bars that buy liquor directly from wholesalers instead of retailers. david englin is vice chairman of virginia's house democratic caucus. he says changing the system now is risky. >> at a time when the state can't even afford to mow the medians on the state highways, we can't afford to risk losing hundreds of millions of dollars in perpetuity in state revenue for some up-front gain, which may or may not materialize to the extent the government proposes. >> reporter: virginia's not alone looking to exit the liquor biz, several of the 18 states that still control sales are considering similar moves to close budget gaps. garret peck studied liquor control for his book, "the prohibition hangover." he says privatizing state stores hasn't been a budget bonanza. >> a couple of states have moved over-- at least they have franchised their state control. iowa did that, maine did that, and what they've generally seen is

this ends at west virginia rolling today 31 to 17. wow. >>> well, 12 days ago, virginia tech was ranked 10th in a popular pick as a national title contender but the wheels have come off the wagon on the hokey train. east carolina promising to be tough today, too. already up 10 in the first quarter. looking for more. size matters in football. dwayne davis is 6'1". he wins the jiewmp ball over carmichael who's over 5'10". east carolina. david wilson may be saving the season though for virginia tech. pin balling his way into the end zone. a little bit later, david, david, david, has done it again. 12 carries, 89 yards. hokies come back and win 49-27. >> i think this is a great win, because it came after a very, very difficult week. >> the main thing i wanted to stress is don't panic. be relaxed and play the game. i've still got to go out there and have fun. don't go out there and try to stress over a win. let the game come to you. >> navy in ruston, louisiana, to face louisiana tech today. two quarterbacks playing tonight. chris procter

no disruption for the virginia railway. express ride on the beltway virginia. a wreck out of frederick, maryland on the ramp from i-70 east to go south on to 270. we'll take you quickly to the geico camera. quiet on the beltway. that is moving relatively well. back inside. >> hey, lisa, did you remember the movie "derty dancing"? >> absolutely, jennifer grey. >> there was sort of a repeat. baby is upfront. take a look. >> ♪ >> that's actress jennifer grey, best known for her role in "dirty dancing". she earned 24 points from the judges. the highest of the night. brandy and kizzny star kyle massey -- disney star kyle massey finished in second place. margaret cho and jersey shore star the situation and david hasselhoff landed in last place. bristol palin scored 18 points for her cha cha. tonight is the first elimination round. >> they must practice a lot. it is a good group this time around m >> jennifer grey is cuter than ever. >> hasn't changed a bit. >> lindsay lohan might be headed back to jail. a judge is going to decide on friday if the act resident viola

jerry has traffic. >> following breaking news in northern virginia. i ar just one of many accidents already out there this rning. you're looking at live pictures of an accident that occurred just minutes ago. this is 95 northbound near route 123 in woodbridge. you can see one vehicle spun sideways. left half of the roadway is currently blocked. this is one of two or three separate accidents on the 95 corridor in virginialready this morning. there was another one down around dunnfry. you're going to have to keep your speed way down this morning and just be aware of your surroundings. let's head on over to maryland, and update you on the inner loop of the beltway. authorities just dispatched for an accident, inner loop between conneccut avenue and georgia avenue. of course we had the tractor trailer jackknife reported inner loop after the i-270. in addition to 270 southbound, at leas one accident in rockville that authorities are on the scene dealing with right now. out on the rails, good option this morning, metro, vre m.a.r.c. doing fine so far. >> th

, virginia, maryland, the district of columbia. the heaviest rains where you see the areas of yellow on t eastern shore and north and east of washington, etern howard county getting the heaviest showers. elsewhee, scattered lig showers around the region. right now low to mid-60s parts of west virginia. and on the etern shore, low 70s. northern neck, near 70. more rain on the way. more showers coming south. conveyor belt moisture off the gulf of mechanics will bring in showers and perhaps song storms late this afternoon, overnight into tomorrow morning. individual storms could produce damaging winds tonight, into tomorrow morning. highs around 70. tomorrow we should make it to near 80. might get another passing shower on thursday. how is the monday commute? >> already getting quite busy volumewise. through green belt, that's a you have to worry about. inner loop and outer loop incident free. b.w. parkway, police on the scene dealing with those. interstate 66, lanes are open. a little activity to the far right side as you pass 123 so

extreme drought in west virginia, the panhandle of west virginia and even western maryland. there is only one category less than that. we need rain. we know we need rain. there is a slight chance for showers. we get into more of a summertime pattern, maybe a few pop-up storms. high pressure with the northerly winds today. high pressure will move off shore over the next couple days. that will give us southerly winds. upper 70's further west. upper 40's out west. mid 50's downtown. now to the weekend. >> we have plenty of traffic starting to hit the road this morning. 66, 95 between richmond and baltimore, only volume discussed. construction gone on northbound 95. now we'll take you on a quick spin. begin with delays between wood yard road and powerhouse road on route 4. then from 210 drivers, it is slow from old fort north to get to palmer road. 95 in the baltimore-washington parkway open, just slowing. see if we can pull up a geico camera. beltway moving well at new hampshire avenue. alison? >> lisa, thank you. >>> 6:21. 65 degrees outside on a monday. >>> still to come, sho

mississippi follows that list topped by west virginia. virginia is seven knot the category. the survey is by mayors against illegal guns which is headed by new york mayor bloomberg. >>> today the district board of elections and ethics will start a manual audit of the unofficial results of the september 14th primary. the board drew slips of paper from a hat on friday to determine which races would be audited. when certification is complete the board will release the results of a forensic audit. >>> time for another "living $mart" report. the government may want to snoop on your e-mail. >> the obama administration wants to make it easier for the government to snoop on e-mail and internet communications. this is our of the new york times report. the white house plans to submit a bill next year that would require all on-line communication services to be technically equiped to comply with a wiretap order that would include encrypted e-mail like blackberry, facebook and direct communication services like skype. officials say terrorists and criminals are giving up their phones to c

. >> not much happening on the highways in virginia. that's good. good on the dulles freeway and toll road. maryland drivers heading to baltimore, northbound 95 a wreck after the exit. two lanes are getting by in case you're just passing through. baltimore, you may want to take 295 just to save yourself a little grief. quickly we'll jump over to a camera just to show you the quiet stuff on the beltway. >> lisa, thank you very much. we begin now with a developing story from southwest washington where police are investigating a body found on railroad tracks. the body was found late last night near second and d streets. police have released few details about what happened here. we will bring you the latest as soon as it becomes available. >> and our other top story this morning. an alert for parents of middle and high school students across virginia. a man interacted with students at area schools for years but it was what was found inside his home that put him behind bars. >> could it have been sheer chance that mark barget showed up on the police depa

right around virginia tide water and southeastern virginia, low 70s. and over the last 12 hours we had those evening thundershowers coming through. but have now dissipated. we have a few clouds drifting in from the rest. afternoon highs climbing into the low and mid 90s. going to be uncomfortably warm or a few hours midafternoon like yesterday. more of the same tomorrow although less humid on friday. tomorrow's record high is 94. so we may be tying it or exceeding it tomorrow afternoon. then cooler for the weekend. jerry, how's the traffic? >> doing pretty well. just a story of vome as you take a live look through vienna along interstate 66. eastbound traffic as you head on in looking good. westbound, also moving along well. no early hang-ups to report. let's hea over and take a look. elsewhere the rush hour picking up a bit of vome both ways at the american legion brie. just a little volume. no concerns,270 also moving very, very well. let's update you on the rails. have a problem on metrorail's red line. that problem has been quickly cleared. there a

virginia easily 48-7 over vmi. >> virginia tech lost its two in chestnut hill. looking for a better view. defense playing, too. that was the difference the secondary picking two today. they got this one and another one later in the end-zone. thes offense wasn't great but evan filling in for the injured ryan williams swings to the outside. they shout out boston college 19-0. this game is still going on in west virginia. this is a tough trip to be taking this time of year. to tiger stadium at night. that's deadly. against lsu. that's patrick peterson, running, running. he has it going on for the long punt return i should say in tiger stadium. lsu the 12th ranked team. number one team in the land in trouble down three in the fourth. mark ingram just back from knee surgery. somebody laid hands on him. 157 yards rushing and that touch it down is tied up by four. arkansas quarterback had a day. 307 yards but a couple of picks. alabama remains unbeaten. they win 24-20. >>> albert hainsworth hasn't spoken much to the media but he did speak on radio today, saying everyth

and a virginia teen will not be returning to the water anytime soop. hear what he says about a run-in [ mom ] my son ryan didn't know his voulez-vous from his frere jacques... [ speaking french ] [ mom ] ...so he decided to study in paris. ♪ to see french masterpieces with his very own eyes. we even linked our citibank account to his so when his account ran low we just transferred funds. i just hope the language isn't a barrier. njour. [ mom ] my ryan can be very shy. [ male announcer ] from linked accounts to citi mobile we make it simple to manage your finances. what's your story? citibank can help you write it. >>> a virginia beach teenager lucky to be alive after being attacked by a shark while he was surfing. caleb and his buddies were hanging out at sand bridge beach when he felt something brush up agnst him and then clamp down on his leftleg. his friends helped pull him to safety and now he's got 51 stitches and one amazing story. >> i can't even see the cuts because i just see blood kind of pouring down my leg. i was just hoping that i wasn't

staying in virginia northbound. we are bumper-to-bumper from the beltway to king street and also very slow crossing the 14th street bridge. and 95 northbound, pack a lot of patience because we are looking at a solid crawl among sloppy conditions. dale city to the mixing bowl, that is taking drivers one hour already. back to you. >> my goodness. thank you. >>> it is 6:51. >>> up next a check on other stories in the news now, including an update on the health of foreign ministerrer president carter -- health of former president jimmy carter. >>> now the high school sports play of the day. >> tomorrow is the latest edition of the game night tonight. the campus correspondent play of the day from annabelle russell. this is wolverines linebacker picking off justin and taking it 30-yards to the house. west lake wins the game. oh, he jumps that. final score 40-12. >>> high schoolers if you would like to be a campus correspondent and get a flip cam and a chan at a $5,000 scholarship, log on to apply. my dad is the supervisor

we lost that shot, let's go to virginia. no problems to report on 395 here and the 14th street bridge. >> 6:22. thanks for waking up with us on this thursday morning. we will be right back. building wind farms and expanding clean energy manufacturing. but in america, gridlock has held us back. now, the senate can change that - by passing a renewable electricity standard. it will spur development of clean energy and boost manufacturing in america, creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs. so we can make our own energy future - not just buy it from china. call your senators and urge them to pass a renewable electricity standard today. >> we have important news for parents this morning. there is a popular infant formula being recalled. abbott laboratories is recalling five million containers of similac powder. they say it may be contaminated with insect parts. it doesn't affect the liquid formulas. >> there is another half hour of "good morning washington." coming up, joaquin phoenix comes clean more than a career after the t

the last woman to die in virginia was a 17-year-old virginian. she was put to death in the electric chair in 1912. >>> police have made an arrest in the murder of a d.c. waiter and college student neil godleski. he was shot to death while riding home from work last month. police believe the killer was 17-year-old eric foreman. he was 16 at the time of the killing. >>> the district's presumptive next mayor sat for a much- anticipated meeting with michelle rhee yesterday. rhee kept quiet but gray announced the meeting was productive although no decisions have been made about rhee's future. >> the chancellor and i just finished what i think was a very product yugoslav meeting. i think one of the things we both agree upon is that we want the best for our kids in the district of columbia. we will have those conversations in a later discussion. we did not talk about chancellor rhee staying or going. >> convincement gray maps to meet with michelle rhee in the next couple of week and says no personnel decisions will be announced until after the election.

more computer issues a the dmv in virginia. find out whap what's happening now. >>> angie is watching the roads for us. >> we are live from georgetown. m street at wisconsin. nice and quiet drive this tuesday. we will have more shots of roads you take coming up. >>> smooth sailing weather wise but a little cool. find out how warm it will get today and when we may see much- needed rain. 9 news now returns in just a moment. america needs clean energy, and america needs jobs. wind power can deliver on both - but only if the senate encourages investment by passing a strong renewable electricity standard. with a strong res, we can keep 85,000 wind power workers on the job, and create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, too. jobs that america could really use right now. for american jobs, tell your senators to pass a renewable electricity standard today. i get to sleep faster, stay asleep and wake refreshed. melt to sleep fast. unisom sleep melts. >>> we're back with beautiful nature shots. first check out the gorgeous sunset. a great

in virginia. the first woman to be put to death in virginia in a century. rebecca cooper has the story. >> is it the wrongful execution of a woman? >> the death penalty is reserved for the worst of the worst, and she is not close to that. >> or did she carefully plot the death of her husband and step son? >> i can say she is one of the most evil people there is. >> mcdonald says he remains convinced lewis acted in cold blood planning to collect insurance money by having her boyfriend, even going through her husband's pockets while he lay diing. >> i would tell the governor, if i were to speak to him, these are people i love very much. >> her defense attorney would say she is a victim herself of an evil boyfriend. >> she is on the cusp of mental retardation herself and she was an easy mark. >> if someone is close to mental retardation, they are not subject to the death penalty. . >>> police were responding to a domestic dispute call when a man with a rifle opened fire on officers. the man, identifi

the inner loop in virginia, a radical and construction blocking one lane. on the note at 66, or traffic must exit west on 66, "nutley street, and then hit that eastbound to access the beltway. construction and remains on the lappin at 66. 270 is good in germantown. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 4:32 on this wednesday morning. an apparent according case in the northwest neighborhood. a woman's belongings sprawled down the block after she is a victim from her apartment. it has led to serious issues. details from the roman and insight on how this will be resolved. >> eliose diaz came from nothing, growing up in venezuela. she began saving everything she could when she moved to the u.s. >> corridor for years to collect things to send to my country. >> she recently lost her job as a husky per, delahunt, and got evicted today. >> no job, no money. >> neighbors were concerned and they saw how much stuff was thede the the bodman cial --- womans' house. >> we've been calling politicians. >> it was to no avail. >> we went through a similar situation with a blizzard

breaking news on the execution of a virginia woman. mini melt down. you just saw the scenes and anatomy."om "gray's captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> a neighborhood in shambles after flames fly, damaging eight homes. tonight crew remained at the scene in manassas. we captured these pictures as it was unfolding. we are live on the scene right now. >> this fire was unbelievably destructive. take a look behind me. firefighters are still on the scene, working to extinguish some hot spots. a couple of homes were completely burned down to the ground. this fire started in a couple of minutes and ignited and spread as quickly. you get a bird's eye view of the inferno in this manassas subdivision. neighbors say they saw smoke at this address at 3:00 p.m. and called 911. moments later house was engulfed. >> in about 15 minutes, it was completely gone. >> eight homes were damaged, three of them destroyed. high winds calls the burning embers to jump from one house to the next. >> the man who called this in, his house is now a b

across virginia. charlie in catlett said it felt like a warm august night last night and we have muggies this morning. a touch of fog between culpeper an manassas. what we are expecting today is any low clouds and fog to burn off quickly and then we are off. temperatures will soar rather quickly to the 70s by 9:00. mid-70s. lunchtime temperatures already in the low 90s. topping off in some areas mid- 90s for highs. records on the way. >>> let's look at a couple of delayst delays in virginia. begin with the inner loop. looks like we are slow between braddock road and 66. no problems along the way. moving to 395 northbound. we are clearly below speed. stacking up from duke to king street. and we will end with a look at lee highway. this is at the intersection or where it meets military road or actually this is 495 at robinson terminal. but both roadways. they are clear. we are exciting to help kick off the weekend. it is friday. the time is 37. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting

it happened yesterday afternoon in virginia beach. officials say the bite wouldn't around the y's leftnkle and knee were consistent with a shark take. in 2001 a 10-year-old richmond bo died after being bitten in the shark in he very same area of virginia beach pup covered that story. >> it was a scary time for folks down near the beach. >> right now metrobus operators and mechanics are being put to the test. >> early morning exercises are evaluating their skills for your safety. this is the metro rodeo. happening in landover, maryland. derrick ward is headed out to the rodeo. what your seeing out there? >> rorter: a lot of buses and cones actually pretty interesting to watch. take a look. the actual rodeo began hereith metro and since spread internationally. the driver who does the best here will go on th represent metrobus in the internatial rodeo and it's something that's gained popularity over the years pup see a bus right now is going through its paces. one of the things it has to do, some guy in the foreground with ten tennis bal

upper 40s in many locations in virginia, maryland, as well as west virginia and into pennsylvania. and as we lookt the other temperatures where you see the dark green, it's 40s in western maryland, northern wesvirginia and all across pennsylvania. only in the 30s in new england right now. it's in the mid-50s throug southern virginia. we have a clea sky than to high pressure pushing down to the carolina border. we have tropical storm lisa just formed in the last few hours. here's bermuda. here's washington. that's going to stay in the atlantic. for us for the students waiting for buses this morning it's going to be chilly. in the 40s throughout much of the region. by non, mid-70s. by midafrnoon, 80 with bright sunshine. by midnight, it wil fall back to the low 60s. by dawn, near 60. look for bright jupiter in the sky. going to stay summer like thursday and friday. a passing shower thursday. small chance sunday and monday. how is the traffic? >> tom, unfortunately tre is more trouble in northern viinia. chper 4 scooted a little bit over towards i-66 with a new accident on i-66 as you

president obama heads to northern virginia. he'll discuss health care reform at a home necessary falls church. he'll be there just before lunch. >>> after that, he heads to new york for the united nations conference. today world leaders will unveil a global campaign aimed at saving the lives of women and children. it will be backed by $40 billion in funds. >>> the heads of two egg companies go before congress today. right county egg and hillendale farms are linked to a salmonella outbreak. 1600 people have become sick. investigators blame filthy conditions at two the farms. >>> district police are watching over the belongings of what some call a hoarder evicted from her apartment. they stretch for blocks. the senator of it all. 11th and otis place in columbia heights. kristin fisher is there live to tell us exactly what's going on. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. how would you feel if all of the stuff you have been collected in your home has been spread out for everybody to see. we have a lamp and furn

some are hoping drivers belong -- around and number 8 virginia. -- int number n virginia. the northbound lanes opened on saturday. >>> time for a check of the traffic situation. eric thomas is live. >> right here, this is the beltway coming off of the american legion. that had been built wait more or less set down for a little while. traffic is moving, albeit slowly. 270 northbound a very slow. heading up to 109, you're going to see slow traffic from an accident that has been cleared. 95 northbound, this is here at the belle glade. -- at the beltway. there was a crash earlier. activity on the right and left side. this is unusual traffic jam. it is not usually slow in this area. >>> coming up, paris hilton and -- avoid jail time on it dropped charges. >> the documentarian remembers his washington d.c. our roots. >> a sign that we are out of the recession. >>> we have breaking news coming out of atlanta right now, where a plane just made an emergency landing on the interstate. we're looking at live pictures right now. this is interstate 85 in atlanta. some lanes have closed,

no problems on the beltway in virginia. giving you the green light, normal travel times between fredericksburg and the the lead, in and of baltimore, nothing on 270, 66 between centreville and the beltway, an undertaking you live to the beltway at university blvd., looks ok. back to you. >> thank you. >>> continuing storm watch coverage, the two-day rain is creating complications borrowed construction projects. the weather has affected beltway traffic since the construction started. vdot has built fences to try to keep the dirt from turning into a mudslide when it starts to rain. much of the problem is and lack of drainage. it is 69 degrees. still ahead, blackberry's answer to the ipad, the tablet that could give apple a run for its money. >>> i am courtney robinson in college park. in a few days it will be time to put this all fall away behind the wheel in maryland. details on the new law coming up. >>> parts of southern california are baking under late fall he auglaize. laytonsvil >>> in our top stories, a two- year-old b

en arlington virginia, alfredo miranda, univision. una vez mas un numeroso gr de residentes latinos de herndon se dirigieron al consejo municipal de esa pequena ciudad en fairfax para pedir que se elimine un ordenanza que castiga a los jornaleros convirtiendo en delito solicitar trabajo a los ocupantes de un vehiculo..esa ordenanza durante la la audiciencia unas 500 cartas pidiendo la derogacion de la ordenanza..se espera que en las proximas semanas el nuevo consejo municipal se pronuncie al respecto. unas veintidos personas resultaron lesionadas hoy cuando un camion de bomberos y un autobus del metro chocaron en el nor-oeste del distrito de columbia... ocurrio esta manana sobre ron transportados a hospitales locales lesiones lev indico un portavoz.. el camion de boms respondia a una llamada de auxilio de un peaton accidentado.... las circunstancias de la colision son investigadas... exitosa actriz aboga por la educacion de ninos y jovenes.. detalles al volver.. la conocida actris del cine y la television eva longoria acudio

even further south and west from berkeley west virginia, hancock down into west virginia. that's also moving off to the east. in the city we have a chance by about midnight, a little after getting more shower and perhaps thundershower activity across the region. temperature wise we've been dropping since the rain. take a look at the current readings -- can we? thank you. 67, 67, 70, 59 in oakland and 77. 83 it never rained up there. the storm, the front that caused a lot of activity in new york, new jersey moving across new england is dragging this storm now through our region. 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning still some showers. after that things clear out. pleasant, nice weather moving in. another weak front coming in sunday. but a dry front, more nice temperatures and nice conditions. now let's go right to the tropics, igor still a category three. winds of 127 moving off to the northwest at about nine to 10 miles per hour. it looks like it's going to go right over bermuda by sunday evening. very, very dangerous storm. it may be a category two by the then by still extremely