talked about it threw those areas. temperatures this morning generally running in the upper 50s and low 60s. not going to move today with the cloud cover and the rain get ready for a cool damp monday. it's 4:30, just about 4:31. >> good morning. the washington, d.c. water main break we will have more on that. but as far as how it is affecting traffic here is the situation. 21st and pennsylvania avenue crews are working out there all throughout the morning rush. that's what we are being told. taking away lanes as needed expecting to cause delays in the area. so i would avoid 21st and pennsylvania all together if you can. moving over to the outer loop let's take it outside. everyone is moving smoothly here. it is like this into virginia. 50 headed west 9 passed the bay bridge you are going to want to use the detour to get passed 108 to get around this early- morning accident already causing some early morning tie- ups. 395 doing okay across duke street all the way towards that bridge. 95 you are incident and accident free all the way up to the mixing bowl. back to you andrea. >> a washington, d.c. break is going to cause some problems it happened yesterday at northwest at 21st and pennsylvania avenue. last night a spokesperson told 9 news now the leak will require a major repair and no word how long those repairs may take. >> montgomery county is looking to have a lawsuit filed against speed cameras thrown out of court. they say they pay a contractor to maintain it on a per ticket basis which would violent the county law. they maintain the county and not the contract are in question operates the camera system. county officials say they only perform camera maintenance, an argument which would nullify the lawsuit. opening statements are scheduled to begin today in the case of three men charged in connection with the death of robert woon. he was stabbed to death in a due upon the circle town home four years ago. no one is charged with his murder but three suspects are charged with conspiring to covering up the killing. each man faces up to 18 years in prison if convicted. rescue workers from virginia are expected once again to try to locate a missing fishermen. 38-year-old man disappeared while fishing near harper's ferry west virginia saturday evening. several family members reported him missing. yesterday searchers used helicopters and kayaks in their search. an autopsy is expected to be performed on a man found in the state park. the body was discovered in the state park by a february -- fishermen. the witness said he spotted an elbow protruding from the dirt. police say the bid showed signs of trauma. a going washington university student injured after falling from a dorm window has tied. 20-year-old taylor hubbard fell out of a dorm window early saturday morning. no word why he was at the dorm or what caused him to fall. debate is bring over whether the incumbent president of the washington teacher's union is eligible to run for reelection. critics say current president george parker failed to submit nominating petitions for the upcoming wtu election on time. they say that should bar him from seeking reelection. parker told 9 news now he is seeking reelection. today a senate committee will hold a hearing on the response to the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. homeland security secretary janet napolitano along with representatives from british petroleum are scheduled to testify. today's hearing comes as we learn that oil from the spill could wind up on the nation's east coast. >> reporter: bp's president mckay will likely have some good news to share when he appears before a senate panel today. >> we are making good pro grows with this insurgent tool. >> reporter: the energy giant successfully hooked up a mile long pipe sunday to suck crude into a tanker ship. the fix is designed to contain the massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico but it will take days before crews know how well it's working. >> we do have oil and gas coming to the ship now. we do have a flare producing or burning off the gas. >> reporter: but members of the obama administration aren't ready to call the success just. they, too, will be on capitol hill today to give their take on the progress being made. a day before the hearing, secretary of homeland security janet napolitano and ken salazar issued a statement saying. there is growing fears that the spill could be far worse than previously thought. computer models show the oil may have entered a major current that could carry it through the florida keys and up the atlantic coast. giant underwater plumes of oil also appear to be filling up the gulf. it's quite likely that some of the things living down there are going to mistake it for food and eat it. it could be poisonous to them. >> reporter: and if that's not bad enough, some scientists estimate the well is now spewing 60,000-barrels of oil into the gulf every day. that's 16 times the official estimate. tara for cbs news, washington. >> today in washington, protestors are expected to convene on the nation's capitol for a series of demonstrations against wall street, corporate and anti-immigrant lobbyists. they want to end the control they have on the lawmakers. today's demonstrations begin this morning at k and 15th streets northwest. in the news now at 4:36 a renegade thai army general who sided with protestors has died of gunshot wounds five days after he was shot by a sniper. the general was the military strategist for the red shirts. the group has been holding protests since mid-narcotic demanding the resignation of thailand's minister. an investigation is underway in detroit after a 7- year-old was shot and killed by a police officer. jones was asleep on the living- room sofa when the police tossed a flash grenade through a window and stormed into the home looking for a murder suspect. police say one of the officers got into a scuffle with the little girl's grandmother. the officer's gun discharged, striking the child in the head. the murder suspect was taken into custody. however, he was arrested at another address. the girl's father wants to know why his home was targeted. there is also some debate as to whether or not officers identified themselves when entering the home. there is a new miss u.s.a. this morning. 24-year-old rema paki of deerborne, michigan won the title at last night's pageant in la las vegas. she beat out 50 other people after falling during the evening gown competition. we will see if the markets improve after a sell-off on saturday. and signs for a positive rebound for the housing market. it is 4:38. you are watching 9 news now. . hey, thanks for waking up with 9 news now. travelling eastbound where we have no incidents or accidents to report. there are some tie-ups in the area to tell you about. stay tuned and i will have those coming up. it is time for the first living smart report of the morning. jessica is here with today's headlines. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. this brings news on construction and investment that could possibly give wall street a boost. weighed down on concerns about the european economy. asian stocks sell again today on those continuing anxieties. checking wall street the dow starts the new woo week from 10,620 after losing 162 points on friday. the nasdaq is up 47 points and the s & p lost it 1 points. propelled by the federal government's growth and the private sector's budding optimism about the economy. the washington post reports that when the government's april unemployment report for the region comes in next month analysts think that for the first time since october 2008 the area will have added more jobs than it lost. it could post a net gain of 20,000 new positions. and a positive sign for the area's housing markets. the glut of homes for sale in the washington region has shrunk dramatically. the number of area homes last month was down 25 percent from april 2008. if your home is on the market it means that sellers can start to ask for higher prices. andrea little bit of good news on this monday morning for you. >> we will take it, jessica, thank you. for more living smart log on to w u.s.a.9.com and hit on the page. >> pesticides and a common disorder in american children. and the public paying for public transportation in the district could fall on the back's of washington, d.c.'s residents. >> andrea i will let you know how long the rain will be around and how long you will need the rain gear. and even next weekend what to expect. 9 news now will return in just a moment. >> i have got plenty of questions about that. [ music ] welcome back to 9 news now. this is a live look at the astronauts aboard the space shuttle atlantis. getting ready to take part in the first of three space walks today. the shuttle arrived at the international space station sunday delivering batteries and other equipment to help keep the facility running long after the shuttle program end. in fact, nasa has just two shuttle missions remaining. but howard, you told us that atlantis is also going to be prepared when it comes back as a backup in case there is a rescue mission there. >> right. and nasa from what i understand is going to ask for one more opportunity to take atlantis since they are going to prepare it any way and launch it for one more delivery mission. it has a much greater payload than the russian space ships there. so at least two, maybe three. >> we will see. stock up the pantry. >> and fill the pantry. we will fill the pantry and the rain buckets as well, andrea, as we have some water moving this way. it will stay unsettled at least through wednesday. and then maybe again this weekend. here is your forecast over the next three days. temperatures which will certainly be cooler than the averages which are right now around 75 and 76. low 60s today and tomorrow w rain today. maybe a little less rain and showers for tuesday. a couple of showers still left over on wednesday as temperatures recover into the upper 60s. for your forecast the rain jackets and umbrellas. cool showers and rain out. there mid 50s to low 60s. sunrise at 5:54. then this afternoon cool and damp with a steady rain. could be even heavy at times. temperatures only in the low 60s with an east northeast, 5- 10 picking up 10-15 as we toward the later afternoon. tonight more showers, breezy 10- 15. sunset at 8:15:00 p.m. if you have a monday evening soccer game or something else, i don't think it's going to happen. look at all of the water that's moving in from the south and west this morning. it is just starting to rain in areas. in fact, doppler hd show you off to the north and east of town still dry. this is lift not guilty this direction. as we zoom in show you the western half of montgomery up to fairfax some light showers. there northern prince george north of 50 still dry now. even up into howard county it is quiet. most other areas seeing at least light rain. some seeing moderate rain especially out to the west and northwest into parts of northern virginia and west virginia. woodstock see the yellow showing up here. this is light to moderate rain all in here down along 66. and southbound 17 down 95 to prince william and other counties. light to moderate rain. fairly steady this morning. it will stay that way for, as i said, much of the day. let's talk temperatures. it's on the not too cool side. but you know with upper 50s and low 60s and rain moving in, i don't think temperatures will move much at all. maybe 1-2-degrees. 63 at regan national. the barometer at 30.16. new storm coming in on the west coast. but for us it's kind of two piece. one spin here. and then a big upper low out to the west. some of the showers in iowa and illinois. all of it out ahead of it. you add to that somewhat of an east and northeast flow will keep us socked in here over the next couple of days. the high pressure just off to the northeast. got the earl winds here. and as low pressure pulls out another low is going to form. our winds will be northeast and earl. here we go with the futurecast, monday, look at this, 4:00. moderate to even locally heavy rainfall here. this will be the case tonight. the heavy stuff pulls east. but still dealing with scattered showers. some breaks from time to time. here we are wednesday morning at 4:00 so you get the idea. until that upper low passes a threat of showers. >> seven day forecast, low 60s today and tomorrow. steady rains today and tonight. showers tomorrow. showers wednesday. 1-3 inches area wide by the time we get through wednesday. thursday and friday are nice. warmer with more showers and storms over the weekend. it's 4:48. let's go to our third traffic update of the morning. >> is that what it is? are we counting? we are journalists i thought we debit do that. hey, everybody water main break at 21st and pennsylvania following the morning rush. best advice avoid the area because they are going to be dealing with this major project all morning. 4:49 in virginia no problem here incident and accident free up wilson bridge up towards the american legion. also at speed on 56 towards the capitol beltway. marilyn's 270 is moving well. 50 headed westbound a little slow approaching the bay bridge thanks to an earlier accident. but the good news is that all lanes of traffic are now getting by. >> thank you, angie. >> washington, d.c. residents may have to foot the bill for the two street car lines. they say rider fares may not produce enough revenues to cover the cost of running the line. as more lines are added those costs are expected to grow. according to an april letter from the washington, d.c. to the national capitol region transportation board fare and revenue will only cover 30% of the operating costs. london's heathrow airport is expected to re-open sometime today. europe's busiest airport was caused to shut down because of ash drifting across from the volcano in iceland. several airport were closed sunday because of the ash. it is time for this morning's living well headlines. we begin with some new research concerning pesticides and our children. a recent analysis of health data links children's attention deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits and vegetables. while the study couldn't prove that pesticides used in agriculture contribute to childhood learning problems the research is persuasive. they are published in the medicine journal of pediatrics. the number of children hospitalized with dangerous drug resistant staph infections has jumped 10% in recent years. the staph infection known as mersa increased from 1989 to 2008 for hospital admissions. most of the infections did not happen in hospitals. students will have safer beef to eat when they return to school in the fall. starting in july the government will require new tougher standards for ground beef purchased for school cafeteria. companies will be subjected to more frequent testing and will be beaned from using certain trimmings. the purchase of beef will also be prohibited on the same day e.coli and salmonella is found through testing at a plant. the fight against childhood obesity may start in the woman. new research shows babies who develop diabetes when pregnant are more likely to be overweight by the time they are 11 yearly. but studies found children born to obese mothers had a better risk of developing obese problems than children born to thinner moms. a first of its kind study finds the quality of early child care can have a significant impact later in life. as katherine brown reports, researchers found it didn't matter whether a child was watched at home or at a daycare center. >> these two mothers made different choice when she is it came to child care. page casey takes her 2-year-old luck to a daycare center. >> it's always engagement and activity and creative play going on all day long. >> robbi barry has a sitter watch her son at home. >> we wanted someone who would match his energy. >> a new study find the type of care doesn't affect children as much as the quality. researchers determined quality by the amount of warmth, support and learning experienced in the sitter's care. >> children who were in higher quality child care before age five actually showed a little bit of a better performance. >> reporter: they scored slightly higher on reading and math tests and were better based as teenagers. but children who spent the most time with a caregiver tended to be a bit more impulsive and take more risks later in life. >> other studies have shown similar results. but this particular one is significant. 3-because it followed children all the way from one month of age through 15 years of age. >> they have again through the physical changes of add lessens and still those child care effects persisted. and i think that was a surprise. >> reporter: for now page is pleased with the qualities of care luke gets when she can't be with him. >> it offsets the guilt of him being in daycare for me. >> reporter: she thinks sees his time here as an investment for his future. >> researchers say the study was not determined cause and effect. for more living well headlines log on to wusa9.com and click on the living well tab on the front page. president obama honors the nation's fallen law enforcement officers. and graduating seniors from george washington university are rewarded for their volunteerism. it's 4:53. we will be right back. 3q this is unlike any car you've ever seen before. this is power with efficiency. this is an interior that exceeds even the promise of 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information at the aveda institute is to give back to society so this is a wonderful experience for them. and it was a great opportunity for to us have the chance to do something nice for the women. >> the aveda incident hopes the spa day will become a country wide event for military women across the country. >> it was graduation weekend for a number of virginia students. more than 3400 students graduated from northern virginia community college. the 34th commencement ceremony was held at the patriot center in fairfax. virginia's new secretary of education gerard robinson delivered the keynote address. he is also a community college graduate. first lady michelle obama made good on a promise to the graduating students at george washington university. she delivered their commencement address but only after students met her challenge to perform community service work. as we report, the 5,000 graduates went well i don't know the goal set by the first lady. >> reporter: it may be what got the first lady to speak at the commencement that is most inspire. it started with a challenge. >> and it's students, faculty and staff here about 100,000 hours of community service that i would do what? speak at commencement. >> reporter: gw students did not disappoint. they poured their hearts, time and sweat into the community building homes, helping the elderly and our military. even helping out during snowmageddoon. >> you all keep it up maybe i will see you here in may. >> reporter: consider the michelle obama community challenge next. >> you have reached out and volunteered and applied to organizations like teach for america and the peace corp in record numbers. >> reporter: and mrs. obama says she is asking the graduating class to continue volunteering. >> you didn't think i would show up here without another challenge, did you? >> reporter: chantal row main is putting it to heart putting off her goal to one day become a pr executive for now. do you have a job yet? >> no, i don't have a job yet. i think a lot of people including ourself have taken the whole service thing to heart. i will go abroad and do some volunteer work. >> you have emerged yourselves in your community becoming active and engaged citizens. you have joined a group of activists and doers. >> reporter: the activists not only met the 100,000 goal set by the first lady in september, but they exceeded it. if she would have known how the students would have reacted to her challenge she might have increased her goal. good morning, you are watching 9 news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. right now howard is here with a quick look at the morning ahead. good morning. >> andrea, good morning. looking at the rainfall month to debt that's a minus 4.5. so an inch and a half for the month. the low average since january