northbound 95 at the way station. moved out of your roadway. only minutes ago. so better news now out of stafford. quantico, heading for dale city and woodbridge with all lanes now open at the scene of o the crash. 66, out to the west where we're seeing all the red and yellow between the plains and marshall. two separate incidents the crash westbound at the plains the 31-mile marker ties up the right side. eastbound a tree came down and a vehicle crashed i'm not sure which happened first but i suspect it was the tree. eastbound between the exit with the plain and marshall. 25-mile marker. traffic can squeeze by under police direction there. commercial fire in gainesville shuts down the southbound lanes of 29 between 66 and route 15. if you're traveling on 270 as you make your way out of frederick all lanes are open. southbound, getting into hyattstown and making your way into jermantown, gaithersburg and rockville that's a good start. your next traffic at 5:10. back to you. thank you. hail redskins' nation. you just got your first glimpse into the future. >> it's looking good. robert griffin iii made his nfl debut last night in a preseason game against the bills. our kristen berset is in buffalo and she has highlights. >> reporter: good morning everybody. robert griffin iii debut as a redskin is in the books and he did as well as they would have hoped. it wasn't perfect. but it was good. we knew his debut would be short-lived and it was. just 14 plays for the rookie. and he ended on a high note. let's get to the highlights. things did start out little rough last night. two handoffs to running back evan roister didn't really go anywhere and a completion to wideout pierre garcon was ruled out of bounds. the three and out on that series. the next series would have spelled disaster on 31 griffin turned the ball over on the batched handoff to roister and george wilson took it to the end zone. rg3 ran him down. no way buddy. third time was the charm for the rookie though. eight play, 80-yard drive capped you have a 20-yard screen pass to garcon who enjoyed a celebration flip into the end zone. i'm sure much to the dismay of his coaches. that would be it for rg3. and what was all in all a pretty good night. >> it was a lot of fun. and i definitely feel like it was a lot easier. but like i said -- it's -- the first one is always the toughest. but to get it out of the way and have a successful outing and get a touchdown on that drive to cap off our day, really set the tone for the year. >> reporter: rg3 looked confident in his debut. that will come with time taking risks and another positive note. no sacks on the rookie despite the o-line that's been hampered by injuries. that will do it for your morning sports, i'm kristen berset at ralph wilson stadium. have a great friday. >> pepco is reporting about 2,000 customers still without power. all but 100 of those are in montgomery county. strong thunderstorms blew through just before sunset last night. the winds knocked down some trees and took out about a half dozen pepco feeder lines. brian already had scattered pipers' lights around his home and now considering another move. >> unfortunately, we're getting used to this. and i am going to finally break down and buy a generator capable of -- of running more things you know. hope springs eternal. we think that we can live like this rest of the -- the rest of the first world but not so in this neighborhood. >> at one point, more than 10,000 people lost power. the manassas woman best known as the blond bandit has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. stephanie schwab pleaded guilty this year to committing bank robberies and a string of bank robberies and also confessed the a carjacking. she blames her crime spree on heroin addiction. that massive fire at a capitol heights home wednesday claimed a second victim. 15-year-old rickey cole died thursday as a result of his injuries is. his 5-year-old niece jade buffaloe deed hours after -- died hours after firefighters pulled her from the home. her father remains hospitalized with burns over half the body. an improperly plugged in air- conditioning unit is to blame for the fire firefighters say. prince george's county firefighter returned to the neighborhood along kenilworth avenue yesterday. they went door to door telling neighbors how to prevent electrical fires. bruce leshan has a look at with to do to keep your family safe. >> reporter: the toll of electrical fires in the united states is no pun intended, just shocking. some 280 americans are killed each year, about 1,000 more injured according to the u.s. fire administration. and in this case, the fix apparently pretty darn simple. investigators say that an air- conditioning unit, a window unit like this, instead of being plugged into the wall it is supposed to be, was plugged first into an extension cord like this one. and then the extension cord was actually plugged into a power strip and then the power strip was plugged into the wall. the experts say that any small electrical tool or appliance that shorts even a little bit or smokes or gives off sparks needs to be replaced. power strips generally okay if you just plug a computer, a cell phone, tvs into it. where you run into trouble is if you plug an extension cord in there and then run a whole bunch of other appliances off of this. anytime you have a plug near water, you need to have one of these gfi switches. finally if your light switches get hot or spark or if the lights flicker, shut them off and have them professionally replaced. 26,000 residential electrical fires every year, $1 billion in damages, don't be a statistic. bruce leshan, 9news now. >> the u.s. fire administration says electrical fires are worse in the winter when people are inside and using things like space heaters. the time right now 5:07 and i am watching your money. there are signs the job market is improving. 6,000 fewer people aployed for unemployment benefits last week. but looking overseas the job crisis in greece is getting worse. unemployment rate there jumping to 23%. u.s. investors continue to watch greece's economic problems very closely. now checking the numbers from wall street -- the government's new consumer lending watchdog is proposing new mortgage protection rules. the consumer financial protection bureau wants mortgage servicing companies to provide clear monthly billing statements to warn borrowers before interest rate hikes and to help them avoid foreclosure. it's also seeking to force the companies to credit peoples' payments promptly. correct errors and keep better records. after a two month comment period the agency will finalize the new rules in january 2013. today's the day that the world's most popular sports team will sell stock to the public. british soccer club manchester united priced the initial public offering at $14 a share. that's actually below the $16 to $20 price per share range that was widely anticipated. it will begin trading this morning on the new york stock exchange and the 134-year-old club has a record 19 english championships. i think it's interesting that an english soccer team would choose to list on the new york stock exchange. >> money, follow the money. >> tells you something about the supremacy of wall street. >> wall street. exactly. well, father is accused of using a form of torture usually associated with the cia as a way the discipline his daughter. that unusual story is coming up. >> plus, libyan lawmakers take another big step in establishing democratic rule. >> and ahead in sports a blockbuster trade involving one of basketball's biggest stars was finalized overnight. we'll tell you all about it when we come back. kids, do you know what it is that makes this country great? the constitution our forefathers wrote? our unified belief in the american dream? yes! those are some of the great things i was thinking of. celebrate america with the tour of america. only at denny's. 5:10. we've got quite a bit of rain moving here into d.c. in the next 30 to 60 minutes. the day planner we're going to have showers and storms at times today. not the all day rain but the threat will be on and off all day. temperatures in the mid to possibly upper 80s and if we get enough sunshine we could be looking at some severe weather this afternoon. full forecast coming up in five. right now here's bev with timesaver traffic. our problems out to the west where some of the rains have been such a big issue howard. i-66 each way between dell la plane and the plains there have been accidents including a tree across the eastbound side of 66. you can get by in each direction but with some delays early on. we have details on the structure fire in gainesville that impacts lee highway traffic coming up in your next timesaver traffic at 5:18. making news now at 5:11. defense attorneys for the accused colorado theater shooter say they need more time to assess their client's mental health. 24-year-old james holmes is charged in last month's shooting where 12 people died. holmes' lawyers say he sought help for mental imness before the shooting. a doctor in delaware is accused of using water boarding to discipline his 11-year-old daughter. police say they began investigating abuse allegations against dr. melvin morse after he was seen dragging the girl down a gravel driveway last month. they add morse's wife is believed to have witnessed the water boarding. libya's national assembly is picked its new president a year after they overthrowed the dictator muammar gadhafi. mogarese is a former opposition leader who had lived in exile since the 1980s. he's seen as a moderate islamist. he will lead the 200 member congress whose next job is to select a prime minister. the second special session is now underway in annapolis. we'll tell you if maryland lawmakers are making any head way on the a vote to -- on a vote to expanding gambling. >> at 5:23 which players helped the nationals complete a sweep of worst team in the majors. >> and next at 5:16. howard tells us what lies past today's unsettled weather in his seven day forecast. we'll be back. so i brought you a freshly made sandwich. you made me a sandwich? no, dunkin' did. but i wrote the note. dunkin' bakery sandwiches are freshly made just for you. grab a turkey cheddar bacon sandwich today. america runs on dunkin'. good morning, welcome back to 9news now on this friday morning. it's 5:15. looking forward to the weekend and looking forward to howard's forecast, you say you have some good and some bad news to get us started. >> saturday afternoon looks pretty good especially north and west of town and today it's going to be wet. in fact already quite wet west of washington just about to move into the metro area in the next hour or so. some problems due to the rain as well and we'll talk to beverly farmer with traffic in just a minute. the day planner because one you need the rain gear today. today not going to be raining all day with the graphics not raining all day but the threat of shower asks storms will be with us all day and we'll see some sunshine at times and the more sun we see, the better the chances for strong to severe severe thunderstorms this afternoon. as high temperatures make the mid- to upper 80s. and we're still looking at some storms this evening and 82 degrees by 8:00 p.m. let me show you the radar here over the last -- three hours or so and this rain in virginia, inching closer to d.c.. it's made it into maryland. western maryland. and going to zoom in. there's a lot more lightning overnight and we have some power out annals in montgomery county from yesterday's storms. but in the shenandoah valley a few power outages. only a little bit of lightning in and around the manassas area. otherwise a big area of rain. look at the yellows and oranges here on live doppler 9000 hd. right through loudoun and prince william and western fairfax now. show you south of leesburg here in to western fairfax between chantilly and reston, you're going to get wetter here on the western half of montgomery county in a very short period of time. upperville to loudoun and right down fauquier -- look prince william though is really lifted out of prince william. the heavy, heavy stuff. now on top of manassas and headed to centreville as well. gainesville, haymarket you're seeing that and well to the south, now down from fredericksburg over to lady smith, we've been seeing some other showers and storms and that's going to be tracking off in towards southern maryland here in the next little while as well. look hat this thing coming right up 301. let's talk temps this morning. they're warm in town. we're 80 out west and upper 60s thanks to the rain in the area and still 79 at the pax river naval air station. sunrise at 6:16 and quite dark on the michael & son weather camera. humidity way up and 79%. and it's another very muggy morning. several bands of showers and storms you see them here. still a cold front to the west. that will not be coming through until overnight tonight and rounds of showers and storms. look at the sun though. the more shun we see, boy if it gets the sunny i'm afraid the second area could be strong to severe and we'll have to watch that for the late afternoon to evening hours because anything that does go severe today could have damaging wind gusts and some hail. right now the yellow alert but we'll up to the red. the severe weather alert day and i may be changing that by noon. 87 today. tonight will be in the 70s in town and 60s north and west. early showers 87 tomorrow and showers linger south and east saturday. sunday looks good 88. and then monday sunny and hot 91. beverly farmer? >> absolutely. on i-66 to the west of manassas in fact in fauquier county they've had no less than four crashes between dell la plain and the plains. one a tree down across the roadway in that severe weather. in each case, although it's slow you can get by under police direction. here we are in manassas and the cameras there on just wet pavement but not far from here in gainesville a structure fire tying up the southbound lanes of lee highway just south of 66 between route 55 and the exit for 15 at the light there. a lot of equipment on the scene there. on the 95 corridor the early morning crash in dale city is cleared. northbound 95 into springfield lanes are open to 395. no issues there. maryland drivers no complaints there. up in frederick counties there a crash that closed route 26 each way in unionville. ongoing investigation there. your next timesaver traffic at 5:24. back to you. thank you bev. >> after months of rumors the l. a. lakers get richer with a block buster trade. details of that coming up. >> plus the nationals avoid extra innings in their final game in houston, we have highlights after the break. and a good friday morning. we're looking at quite a bit of rain on the west half of the viewing area. the east halfs the all drifting off that way. so get ready look at the weather in virginia here. east of fredericksburg tracking to southern marylandment and heavier rains out to our west will be moving in. and we'll see some batches of rain today. some periods of rain. by lunchtime though a few showers and storms and 81. this afternoon if we get enough sunshine, the evening or late afternoon evening rounds of storms these could be strong to severe and highs mid- to upper 80s. jess and andrea? thanks howard. we showed you the redskins' preseason victory a few minutes ago but another big sports story developing overnight. >> the widely rumored trade of nba star dwight howard is reportedly a done deal. the league's most sought after center will head from the orlando magic to l. a. lakers in a deal that involves a couple of other teams and shuffles several players around. after signing a one year extension, howard's current contract is up after next season. after three close games, the nationals shutout the astros yesterday to complete a four game sweep. flush flush starting pitcher jordan zimmermann struck out 11 batters with washington already in the lead michael morse hit two solo home runs in the 6th and 8th inning. nats win 5-0. washington heads to arizona tonight for a weekend series. some of the guys on the sports channel or maybe this will continue. we'll have to see. >> of course -- >> the nats are for real. campaign 2012 again be focused on virginia this weekend. that story is coming up. >> plus the bill to expand gambling in maryland passes its first test in annapolis. beverly? >> we're checking out the ride to the west. where all the showers and storms have moved through. on i-66 through manassas and east, you've got lanes open on wet pavement but west in toward the plains and dell la plains. several accidents with only one lane getting by. your next timesaver traffic comes up at 5:29. you've watching 9news now. we'll be right back. stay with us. happy friday. good morning and become back to 9news now -- welcome back to 9news now, happy friday. i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm jessica doyle, mike hydeck is off this friday. monika is out and we're going to start with howard and your weather first. >> yeah the bright last night with the lightning out in the west. power outages in the shenandoah valley. some and even lingering ones this morning in montgomery county from the showers and storms last night. the rain is knocking on the doorstep in d.c.. it's raining west of town and east of town still dry. here's a camera view out of tysons corner this morning. it was one little lightning strike not far from prince william county, manassas into fairfax. so we may see something in the background but it's been a lot less than it was. rain now at the national army. they're reporting a shower and 79. temperatures slow to climb today. in fact mid possibly upper 80s and all depends on how much sunshine we see this afternoon. and that will also determine whether or not we see strong to severe thunderstorms this more sun, the more heat the stronger the storms will be. you can see the rain this morning moving up south to north. but the whole line shifting closer and closer to d.c.. look at the heavy rain in fairfax and loudoun counties. out to prince william county as well. northern fauquier all the way out to i-81. south of town, things are getting a little less heavy. out toward culpeper but look at this to port royal going up through dahlgren and eventually into charles and st. mary's county. we have a shower on the western half of charles county and dealing with that. boy the heavy stuff again lifting to the northeast. most temps this morning in the 70s. rain causing problems on the roads. here's beverly farmer with mar. >> absolutely. we have got a crash on southbound 123, not far from -- well right in oakton just before you reach hutter mill road at hill road the southbound lanes of 123 are blocked. here's the wet pavement on light volume. 66 out in fakier hard hit by the storms. in east direction of 66 there have been at least four different crashes teal the plains -- between the plains and delaplane. in chakras traffic can get by. -- each case traffic can get by. the commercial structure fire closes the southbound lanes of 29 just south of 66 down the 15. if you're traveling now on the 95 and 395 corridor, virginia you are incident-free right now. to lands mark and the 14th street bridge, and if you make the trip on 270 out of frederick all lanes open. crash closes route 23 year unionville -- near unionville closed the rose. back to you. campaign 2012 is returning to virginia tomorrow. presumptive republican romney mitt romney will make stops in norfolk, ash lands, and manassas. >> president obama is back at the white house after a two day visit to colorado. tonight, he'll host a dinner honoring ramadan. the president tried out if wrestling mat at the u.s. olympic training center in colorado springs but he aimed the knockout punches to his gop opponent. >> we have tried this before. they tried to sell us this trickle down tax cut fairy dust before. it didn't work then and it won't work now. >> the obama administration and their campaign is just broken. >> while virginia governor bob mcdonnell often been mentioned as a possible running mate for romney he's not at the top of the new poll. 28 opinions of republican voters would like to see him choose florida senator marco rubio. in less than five hours day two of the maryland special session on gambling will begin. yesterday, a senate committee voted in favor of the measure. that would make room for a vegas style casino at national harbor. the bill would also make it legal to play games like craps and blackjack at maryland casinos. owners of existing casinos in some prince george's county community leaders say allowing this expansion would hurt business. prince george's county executive baker and senate president mike miller say it will make more money for maryland. >> if this bill passes, what you're seeing in the obama, romney ads are nothing compared to the ads you will be seeing in prince george's county if this bill passes because the people in west virginia do not want this bill to pass. because they want the maryland money to continue to flow to west virginia. we need to keep it here and build schools with maryland money and cut taxes with maryland money. thank you very much. >> voters will decide on the referendum in november. if it passes, the earliest anyone can start gambling at that sixth site is in 2016. one person had to be pulled from a burning house early this morning in northwest d.c.. fire crews were called to the hampton court apartments on new hampshire avenue northwest near v street. it started around 3:30. firefighters quick lidossed the flames and only bun -- quickly doused the flames and only one unit was damaged. we don't have the condition of the viii. police in arlington are investigating four murders over the last few weeks after no murders in the county over the last two years. now a man is being streeted for -- treated for serious injuries after he was stabbed yesterday afternoon. ken molestina reports on the growing concerns about the outbreak of violence. >> i think it's -- safe place but last two, three weeks i don't know what's been going on. >> reporter: he works and lives near the 3300 block of wilson boulevard. the spot where a man was brutally stabbed on thursday afternoon after confronting another man who was reportedly breaking into his car. he like many others is worried about what seems to be a recent spike in violence crimes enarmington street -- on arlington streets. >> we're scared. we be careful you kno . >> reporter: police say the man stabbed is recovering from multiple wounds at inertial hospital while they search for the suspect. it follows four recent homicide in the county that hasn't had any in the past 28 months until just a couple of weeks ago. >> it's very concerning for us. you know, we've had multiple incidents now. >> reporter: the spike in homicides began in late july when police responded to a murder/suicide on an apartment complex. then there was the jewelry store owner kilted inside his sol. most recently -- shop. most recently a double homicide near lee lea at an apartment. >> two of the homicides are closed. and the one that would just a couple of days ago we have some promising leads on that and hopefully we can bring that suspect to justice. >> reporter: despite that arlington police chief doug scott is well aware of the public concerns and the work his department is now tasked with. mainly calming worries among residents. >> i hope like everything is going to be fine you know. but -- but that's a scary thing you know. >> reporter: you heard the police chief talking about closing some of these cases and having leads in some of the others but they still need the public's help. anyone with information on yesterday's stabbing is being asked to give them a call or if you have any information on the murders that are being investigated, police do want to talk to you. we're in arlington county, ken molestina, 9news now. the time right now just about 5:35. and that makes it time for another your money report. the justice department says it won't prosecute wall street firm goldman sachs or its employees in a financial fraud probe. in a statement the doj says it conducted an exhaustive investigation of allegations brought to light by a senate panel investigating the financial crisis. the department says its plan could change if any additional or new evidence emerges. that senate panel found goldman marketed four sets of complex mortgage securities to banks and other investors but failed to tell investors the securities were very risky. the senate panel said goldman then secretly bet against the investors' positions. has olympic fever inspired your child to go for the gold? this fall, thousands of kids will sign up for new sports. and those can add up to a lot of extra costs. so some advice. start slow. kids can definitely lose interest pretty fast. let them dry different activities before making a big financial commitment. kiplinger's personal finance says should parents wait to buy before buying all that equipment for their players? >> get something use. get something used first at least for the first one and maybe even first couple of seasons until the kids again really make a commitment to this. >> so some more advice try buying sports equipment at the end of the seasonful that's when it will go on sale and also carpool with other players that will help save gas money when shuttling between games and practices. ready for some football and ready for rg3? redskins' fans answered an emphatic yes as he took the field last night in buffalo in his first nfl preseason game. looked good. washington's rookie starting quarterback only played the first three series but on his final series he connected with wide receiver pierre garcon for a touchdown. griffin finished by completing 4-6 passes for 70 yards including the 20-yard score. the bills came out flat racked up about 13 penalties. washington came out with the 7- 6 victory. super bowl -- super bowl you know it. >> people are packing they are. absolutely. now would you like to start your weekend with some savings? i'm going to have our friday's daily deals coming up. >> and we have celebrity birthdays on the way including the artist who scored a huge hit with this song "buffalo stan." 5:39. some light rain now in northwest washington. some heavier rains to the west and southwest overnight and starting to move in toward the district. here's a look at day planner. we are going to see the scattered showers and thunderstorms around this morning. and on and off today. it's not going to rain all the time and the threat will be with us and the more sun we see this afternoon the better chance for severe weather and highs in the mid and possibly upper 80s. i'll have the full seven day forecast in five minutes. right now here's beverly farmer with timesaver traffic. >> absolutely on 66 howard, out to the west in fauquier county each way between delaplane and the plains a series of accidents when a strong storm moved through. one involved tree that came down across the roadway. you can get by with early delays. here with manassas volume is light. jessica back to you. thank you beverly. we've been combing through the day's daily deals emails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. and here are some favorites on this friday morning. how about some back to school savings? you can get backpack and lunchbox combos, activity books, calendars, and a variety of other items for more than 50% off. there's even free shipping in some cases. you can save two extra dollars with the promo code school. the offer is through ever save. looking to change up the summer shades gilt city has a deal for you. pay $50 and you will get $100 to use to sunglasses. you can choose from a wide range of top designer brands. this deal is only valid if you order online and there's free grounds shipping. finally, how about paint balling and beer? for $59 you can go paint balling at pete's paint ball in aldi, virginia, you'll also get a catered barbecue meal from jimbo's and two beers or two glasses of wine. additional drinks just $2. this offer being sold through living social adventures. for an extra $30 take a shuttle to pete's. if you have an offer you've seen or if you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i would love to hear from you on facebook. andrea? thank you jessica. well, you may have noticed our regular morning reporter delia goncalves isn't with us this morning. hopefully she's sheeping in because she had a rough afternoon. she delivered a baby girl about 11 hours ago. there she is. she arrived at 6:25 p.m. weighing 8 pounds, 4 ounces and 20 inches long. mom, baby, dad and big sister dylan all doing fine and congratulations to them. >> i'm sure this will surprise you delia is up and she's been watching this morning. >> all right! >> delia, go to sleep. while you still can. >> openfully maybe daily is feeding and will be a new regular viewer of 9news now. we need all our viewers. thank you very much. the best of luck to you. >> yeah. you have a chance to win a quarter of a billion dollars tomorrow. that story is coming up. >> okay. i'm ready! >> let's do it. >> plus, that is a sign cysts from a -- nasa scientists have a new mystery to unravel after receiving the newest photos from the curiosity live on mars -- rover on mars. >> and birthday time. let's see who's celebrating today -- plus, did you guess our singer from the last tease? neneh cherry turns 48 today. happy birthday if this is your day too. yoo-hoo! mom? i hear you're having a tough day, so i brought you a freshly made sandwich. you made me a sandwich? no, dunkin' did. but i wrote the note. dunkin' bakery sandwiches are freshly made just for you. grab a turkey cheddar bacon sandwich today. america runs on dunkin'. making news now -- i'm sorry, not making news -- yes, he is making news in a way. at 5:46 is weather and howard bernstein is here, we were saying go west young man. if you want to find the troubles. in weather and now they're coming our way. >> oh, yeah the rain is moving in and that means all sorts of showers and thunderstorms. a little bit of thunder we'll be dealing with but the rain on the road is something we have to be dealing with for the morning commute. >> but it's going to pay off with cooler temperatures for the weekend? and yeah drop it to the 80s. >> sunday looks great. >> lower humidity too. >> i'm excited this is looking for the yard sale on sunday. >> find the yard sale. go early buy often. >> lots of 50-cent items. >> that's a deal and a half right there. let's get the weather going this morning with a look at the tea planner. scattered showers and thunderstorms today. the threat will be with us all day even though not raining all day. a lull for several hours and the more sun we see in-between the showers and storms then it will get hotter and that would mean the better threat for some of the storms late this afternoon to be strong to severe. temperatures mid to maybe upper 80s better than the 95 we hit on thursday. the water here another line of showers and storms ohio and kentucky and that's why i'm expecting several rounds today. we're not seeing nearly as much lightning now as we did a couple of hours ago. a little flash here in toward -- oh it looks like near potomac now over the great falls into virginia and montgomery county. and all of this is lifting off to the northeast. here's the view on live doppler 9000 hd. with the light rain moving in toward howard county up in frederick county but even southern frederick extending back down toward the west side of d.c. now into arlington and fairfax county. we're seeing some of the moderate the heavy showers. lighter rains across most of fairfax and fauquier but the heavy rains from poolesville over to gaithersburg back down across the river and tysons even. springfield seeing heavy showers and even -- even northeast headed toward college park there. back into prince george's county. some heavier showers develop. we'll zoom in and show you look hat this line from annandale back down to just west of fort washington. this is moving that way to alexandria and d.c.. there's no real thunder or lightning with this that we're seeing other than that one strike of lightning. but we are going to see the downpours for a little while and that's going to just mess up the commute big time. jump back and one more radar view south of town because the friends in st. mary's and charles county. there have been some strong showers and a little bit of thunder possibly coming out of this cluster from port royal headed to colonial beach andal again. that is headed you are o -- and dahlgren. that's headed up to you in the next hour or so. temperatures this morning, big range. 60s in hay market and also lovettsville where the rains have been falling there for the last hour or so. it's also 70 in gaithersburg with the rain and 75 springfield and heavy rain near you. outside on the michael & son weather camera, you know what? we're still about a half hour until we get to -- the sunrise. and you can see the rains here in tysons corner turning wet rather quickly. got a temperature of 79 with the light rain at national. winds south at 11 and the humidity way up a muggy muggy morning. one cluster of showers and storms here and another line there and with the daytime heating the energy around, you're likely to see a couple of rounds of showers and storms. if we get all the sunshine at 2:45, 3:00 that this models are showing up, this line could be severe with damaging wind gusts and maybe somewhile. have to watch that for the -- some hail. have to watch that. right now we have a yellow alert for today. certainly the rain and showers are going to slow it down at times but if it gets to look like the severe weather a sure thing we may be upping that to a severe weather alert day. 87. tonight down in the 70s in town and 60s north and west. morning showers and they'll linger south and east of town. more sun northwest tomorrow 87. sunday looks really good. pick of the weekend. highs in the upper 80s and mondays you have a long weekend? make it monday too. 91. sunny hot dry and then tuesday, going to be a few more storms 93. beverly farmer we know rain and a morning commute just don't mix around here. certainly not on 66 this morning howard. there have been multiple accidents with the really bad storms coming through in fauquier county between delaplane and marshall. eastbound still squeezing by along the left side headed to the exit for the plains and westbound they still had a couple of accidents they were clearing up in that stretch out near the 31-mile parker. early delays there. then into manassas seeing just light volume here at wet pavement. eastbound into certain visit brief delays in -- centerville brief delays. close to vent hill road a structure fire ongoing there. i-95 corridor northbound has been slow only in woodbridge getting into newington but the pace has been in good shape. beltway in maryland we've got a crash on the ramp from the inner loop in college park to go north on 95. outer loop coming up from andrews to get into greenbelt lanes open here at kenilworth avenue. your next timesaver traffic at 6:00. back to you. making news now at 5:5 #. at least two deaths in mexico are blamed on tropical storm ernesto. the storm came ashore on the mainland yesterday after hitting the yucatan peninsula on wednesday as a minimal strength hurricane. a key oil port city shut down operations before the storm hit. some cities could get a foot of rain from ernesto. this could be the most important 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sparking a baby boom? that tour is coming up dish story is come -- story is coming up. >> plus, our entertainment insider is here on the latest bourne action movie and if its new star makes the grade. we'll be right back. i'll go east coast for the philly cheesesteak omelette. no, let's go to the heartland for the midwestern meat & potatoes sandwich. wait umm, yeah. try the seven regionally inspired dishes of the tour of america menu. only at denny's. welcome back to 9news now, if you already tiring of the real race for president you may want some comic relief and you can find it in "the campaign." it pairs funny men will ferrell and zach galifianakis. he's become accustomed to running unopposed until zach's character is pushed into the race by his unscrupulous father. now our entertainment insider somewhere niece phenates joins us to discuss "the bourne legacy." the new star is jeremy renner. how did he do? people know him from "the hurt locker." >> he did really well. the question was will the franchise survive? the director walked away and so did the leading man matt damon. everyone wondered how can you have this franchise continue without its james bond and it works. connie gill roy -- >> he wrote the first three. >> he is the act tect of the narrative and wrote all three and wrote the fourth one and directed it. the question is, how do you do it without jason bourn? well, you expands the narrative. it's all about the operations. where did he come from and there's others like -- >> i like that idea. that matt -- matt damon's character wasn't the only one where you think of what these characters were intended to do. makes perfect sense. >> it makes perfect sense and that's what's good about it. at the beginning it didn't look like it could fly without the leading guy and without the director. we've got -- it does work. and then connie gillroy's work he wanted to do something that had integrity and not cheesy. this mow see accomplishes both. -- movie accomplishes both. jeremy is terrific and few look at it in the big thing it feels like a place holder. if damon wanted to come back he could. absolutely. >> you talked to tony gill roy was he as excited as you are in telling you about this having written and directed the film? >> he was surprisingly calm. i said everyone knows about the turbulent history of the franchise ask what happened when you get involved. were you afraid what do you think of -- he said i never thought it was a risk even before and people that were against it had seen what we were doing they probably would have supported us. one interesting thing that i asked him that he seemed perplexed but what was matt damon's takeover it and are -- on it and are you curious about the reaction? he goes yeah i guess. i'd like to see what he thinks. of course he wants to see what he thinks and i think matt damon will be pleased. you're pleased but "usa today" said it started out slow. did you agree with that. >> no. i don't think it starts out slow. >> got you right from the again -- beginning. >> i think that we have a relationship with jason bourn and his complex -- his mind that he lost. he's not a memory. this man has struggles but they're different. we don't get to see the character development as much because he's in a quest to save his own life. you basically follow him in a chase for his own identity and he needs to basically remain the superagent that he has become. which in his words he actually said nothing about this is sci- fi. i think it's happening right now and the viewer will be curious about what that means and it's a good movie to watch. i think "usa today" was maybe a little harsh. >> all right i wanted to see it before and definitely want to see it now. "the bourne legacy" opens today. probably an r. rating right? >> maybe pg-13. >> even better. good to have you with us. and have a great weekend. >> thank you. >> jessica? >> that's pretty good endorsement. >> my 12-year-old loves the commercial. >> welcome to 9news now on the friday morning. thank you