river. no problems as you make your way up from braddock to 66. everything is moving well. outer loop is the same. 95 in virginia, we are not seeing any issues there as drivers make their way from dumfries. you start to slow down as you make your way all the way to lorton from prince william parkway. that's a ten-minute drive and 7100 to 644 and finally finish up with our graphic. metro no problems there. vre, everything is on time. one train on the marc line that is running late. beyond? >> right now loudoun county police are looking for a missing 12-year-old girl. she's been missing since 8 listen hundred last night. this is a picture of her. she lives along cottonham court in sterling, virginia. she was last seen in a blue t- shirt and blue da spree style jeans. she has black hair in a pony tail. if you have seen her call the loudoun county sheriffs office. it sounds like a cold war tale. the fbi says it busted a ring of russian spies here in the u.s. some of them lived in our region. kristin fisher is live from arlington, virginia with more. good morning. >> good morning, andrea. on sunday, a young couple, in fact the parents of two small children, were arrested by the fbi at this arlington apartment complex, which is where they lived. they are now accused of what the justice department is characterizing as a long-term deep cover assignment here in the united states on behalf of the russian government. it's something straight out of a cold war spy movie. a top secret multiyear investigation culminating with the arrest of ten spies living in new york, new jersey, massachusetts and virginia. now it is still unclear house successful the alleged agents have been this this country but the fbi said they were spying on a wide range of subjects including nuclear weapons, u.s. positions on arms control, iran and leadership turnover at the cia and congress. the investigation reached a climax on thursday when an agent posing as an agent of the russian government met with one of the virginia suspects in downtown dc. neighbors of the suspect say they are stunned. >> i was surprised to hear but, yeah. not what you expect to find out about your neighbor. >> of course it is surprising. it is north arlington. nice quiet, fun place to live and you don't expect russian spies to be living above. >> these arrests are one week after lawmaker shared some burgers right here in arlington with the russian president. no word on exactly how these new developments will affect the russian u.s. relationship. as of now the investigation is of course still continuing. as for the suspects they are held without bond and there is an 11th suspect still on the loose. >> thank you. police in fairfax county are now investigating a young woman's death as a murder. they originally ruled it an accident. the body of 19-year-old vanessa pham was found in her mother's car on saturday afternoon. the car was in a ditch. police say her injuries were not consistent with a car crash. they are trying to reconstruct the last hours of her life in order to find her killer. the 17-year-old montgomery county teen is dead after a weekend crash in darnstown, maryland. friends say justin dorsey wasn't wearing his seat belt. his car collided with another on river road. the car may have hydroplaned. all are expected to survive. now the lathest on the disaster in the gulf. today is day 71 of the oil spill. the underwater spill cam shows the oil going in to the water. b.p. says its contain system is capturing 1 million-gallons of oil a day. vice president biden will head head though gulf coast later today. he will visit new orleans and then to pensacola, florida. new streaks of oil are showing up in the waters off of the louisiana coast. some are miles long. state officials have plans to try to stop the oil coming in to coastal bays but say washington is stopping the efforts. >> to this day we are still, as of today, still fighting with the federal government to get approval to use rocks to help to narrow those passes. it is unbelievable. there are people in washington, d.c. that actually believe rocks in the water would cause more damage than the oil that is coming in to the bay. >> reporter: officials are also keeping an eye on tropical storm alex. it shouldn't hit louisiana but could cause rough surf along the gulf coast. five after the hour. jessica doyle is back with another "living $mart" report. you say some offers of working at home may be a little toad too good to be true. >> of course we profiled some really good legitimate work at home jobs but there are a lot of work at home scams out there. the number of work at home scams is increasing. complaints to the federal trade commission are surging almost 8,000 filed last year. that's compared to 4,000 in 2006. most of these offers promise generous profits from the comforts of your own home. if you receive an offer to work at home, check the company out with the better business bureau and the ftc before making commitments. tess la motors will offer shares to the public today. investors seem tock want a share of the action. they increased the number of shares it plans to offer to 13.3 million and priced them at the high end of the range at $17 a share. that is despite the fact tesla never turned a profit and sold one car, an electric roadster for $100,000. they will sell under the ticker symbol tsla. maybe it is the heat but starbucks is getting chilly with the instant via coffee. it comes sweetened and dissolves in cold water. they are trying to grab more drinkers outside of cafes to boost business as it runs out of room to expand the coffee chain. i wish they had an unsweetened version. >> i'm not a fan of iced coffee either. >> we'll give it a shot. we'll try. >> sure. job seekers crowded tc williams high school in alexandria, virginia. i held a federal jobs fair on monday. jim moran sponsored the free event. representatives from a dozen federal agencies took part. federal job experts were also on hand. >> we collect extensive data from job seekers, and we found that they find the process to be a little complex. particularly if they don't know anything about federal employment. so it can be intimidating and let's face it we are all competing for top talent in this country. >> reporter: among the agencies taking part in the jobs fair, the irs and the census bureau. it is 8 after the hour. in ten minutes the girl who tried to sail around the world finally gets home. in four minutes, remembering senator byrd. people in west virginia pay tribute to a mountain state hero. right now howard bernstein is beginning our focus on maryland's weather and traffic. >> good morning, everybody. we are in for the change that we have been waiting for. lower humidity levels and lower temperatures. in fact today we will start that. not going to be cool but it won't be as hot. in fact this morning we are on the warm side in many areas in the 70s to lower 80s as we approach the 9:00 hour. easton 82. frederick and baltimore 84. 83 in annapolis. as we go throughout the day i want you to notice garrett couldn't think in the low 70s. camp springs 87 with 88 in southern maryland. we will top off 90ish or so. but staying in the 70s in the mountains. how's the maryland traffic looking? >> things are looking good in the state of maryland right now. a live look at new hampshire avenue and adelphi. no problems in the area. checking over to river road, one of the busiest roads in the morning. wilson lane as you make your way to the district. things are looking good here. finally a fly 50 westbound as you come through annapolis or bowie area. right now no problems as you make your way to the beltway this morning. 9 news now will return after these messages with more news, weather and everything you need to know coming up. a walking example of the kind of america that i believe in and a living test amount to the values that made west virginia my own home forever. >> many other senators shared their memories of robert byrd they also held a moment of silence. senator byrd served his home state for six decades and it's hard to escape his legacy there. we see how he is being remembered. >> this is a sad day for west virginia. >> he will be greatly missed in this state. >> reporter: as a giant flag flies at half staff over the eastern panhandle of west virginia, residents mourn the loss of senator byrd. as do medical students in the byrd health science center. >> i knew from the beginning i wanted to stay in west virginia and it is a blessing. >> we owe a lot to him for him providing this environment for us. >> reporter: the facility which opened in 2006 serves more than 100 west virginia university students. senator byrd secured $6 million in federal funds to make it happen. >> we can honor him by doing our best. as he always expected us to do. >> reporter: miss in his record long career he funneled money from washington to pay for projects like roads, bring c-5 to the air national guard and improve the v.a. hospital. critic -- supporters say this center is responsible for countless jobs. county commissioner ronald collins says the 92-year-old senator was a fierce advocate for west virginia. his projects helped to improve the lives of many and while he hopes the governor will appoint himself to succeed the senator he admits it will never be the same. >> he stood up for west virginia. he loved his state. and he brought everything here that he could. >> reporter: in berkeley county, west virginia, 9 news now. somehow governor joe mansion will appoint himself to the senate but cbs news reports he won't do that. however he has been raising money for what some believe will be a run for the seat in 2012. senator byrd has been replaced as the president pro- tem. 86-year-old daniel innoway of hawaii was brought in yesterday. he served since ' 63. he is third in the presidential line of succession behind vice president biden and house speaker nancy pelosi. here's what is in the news now, supreme court nominee, elena kagan goes back to captiol hill today. she will face question actress the senate judiciary committee. monday elena kagan said if approved she would rule with an open mind. in a 5-4 decision the supreme court said the second amendment limits severe again laws in cities and states and the justices did not rule out less restrictive gun laws in the future. here's some oaf the damage left from yesterday's storm in our area. this is in fairfax county, dominion still has a handful of outages this morning. we want to say good morning to the dress for success worldwide leadership conference meeting this morning in washington, d.c. i will be the emcee at their banquet dinner this evening. >> you always dress for success so of course you would be chosen to be their emcee. >> look good, feel good, work hard. >> it wasn't just fairfax county but storms came across the district and straddled route 50 and anne arundel county with gusty winds and branches down and power outages we have been dealing with. very heavy downpours. weather headlines this tuesday morning one more 90 plus day. that's today. make it the 18th time this month. never had that many in the month of june going to the 1870s a we have been keeping records here in washington. the .79 inches of rain yesterday was the most in three months and it has been dry and i have concerns by sunday, you know, we will be talking fireworks and very dry conditions. don't like the combination when you think of potentials for accidental fires to be set. 93 today. breezy and less humid. 83 tomorrow. and 80 on thursday. a couple of great days. in fact three or four great days coming after today. this morning, with the forecast first, partly cloudy and warm. 70s to mid-80s the next few hours with a west find at -- west wind at 5:15. partly sunny and breezy and hot and less humid. low 90s. and then tonight, comfortable. 50s and 60s. north wins 10 to 15. you will be able to open the windows and turn up the ac, save a few bucks. we have clouds this morning. these will be drifting to the east and southeast as we go throughout the morning. more nine this afternoon. 60s in cleveland and pittsburgh. 72 cumberland. 80 here in town with 77 in arlington. and 71 in reston. still 78 from crofton and andrews air force base. columbia is 75. 76 in sterling. 75 in rockville and a couple of 73s for springfield and ft. belvoir. officially 80 with a heat index of 82 and a west northwest wind at six miles an hour and the dew point, lost another degree. look up here. not much going on. that's the dry air moving toward us. a lot of shower and storms and these clouds in the gulf, those are with tropical storm alex headed to northern mexico near south texas. here's the front coming through with the drier area behind it. we will continue to watch the drier air filter in and any chance of showers is well off to the south and east in to the carolinas and points south over the next couple of days. the seven-day forecast, 93 today. only 83 tomorrow. even cooler on thursday and friday. great weather to finish the workweek. we warm up to 90 by the 4th of july. sunny and dry. it is 6:17. here's kris with the travel. >> we will start in virginia this morning. 66 eastbound, we are seeing two slow downs from 234 to 28. slow five to ten extra minutes and then again back down to 50 over to 123. moving to 395. right now the delay is from the beltway all the way up to seminary and again you start to back down as you pass the pentagon across the 14th street bridge. going in to the district, we are live from 15th at new york and pennsylvania avenue. you see everything is looking good here. we have no major issues throughout the district this morning. now we will check out travel times for drivers. the outer loop in maryland is a 14 minute drive. route 50 to 295 going season five minutes and then the toll road, we are seeing a slow down from 674 or 495, you are six minutes there. over to you. our time is 6:18. the southern california teenager forced to abandon her dream of sailing around the world is waking up in her own bed this morning. 16-year-old abby sunderland hoped to become the youngest sailor to circumnavigate the grown. she ran in to fierce storms in the indian ocean. >> she would have made the whole thing if it hasn't been for a rogue wave that snapped the mast but as she said, that is sailing. you get in toe storms. >> reporter: sunderland was rescued by french fishermen after she was spotted by a commercial jet. the 16-year-old says she plans to try it again. brett haber has the morning sports report up next. another outing with no run support for strasburg. in three minutes reaction from the nationals phenom. we'll be right back. le busch gardens williamsburg, where d.c. goes to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be 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[ static ] for fartherring your tuesday with us. i'm andrea roane. howard bernstein is on the weather terrace do you feel a change. lower humidity levels will be moving in. a pretty shot out there. the memorial bridge in the distance. a great morning out there. get out and exercise, to problems this morning. but it will be even better over the next few days. on our weather computer, we can show you the showers and storms. yesterday afternoon they were down in southern maryland. a couple of newer ones behind the main line did hit the area here and there during the afternoon and even around 9:00, 10:00 we had a few. this morning partly cloudy to mostly cloudy out there. 80 reagan national. fredericksburg is 80. 70 easton. look at garrett county, far western temperature, oakland 61 in the mountains. they are in the 70s today. we will be hot, breezy and less humid by this afternoon for sure. highs once again should top 90. that will be a record setter. get an update on the traffic approaching 63 o. here's kris. >> like the weather the traffic is looking good from 95 over to georgia on the outer loop in maryland. we are seeing a slow down. this is typical this time of the day and you are 10 to 15 extra minutes right now from this point at new hampshire over to georgia. all right. going to the graphics, route 4, rout 5, 301 no incidents out there right now. everything is looking good. checking out the beltway in virginia. the outer loop from van doren to the wilson bridge is looking good. inner loop, slow around braddock to little river and clear up past 66. 95 northbound in virginia, however, we are seeing a decent slow down. prince william parkway to 123 and then lorton up to the mixing bowl. that's an extra 10 to 15 minutes there. a story that's happening today. the senate a takes up the nomination of general petraeus. he's president obama's pick to become the commander for the war in afghanistan. he could be the -- he would be the top u.s. and alternate general there and replace stanley mcchrystal. the president removed mcchrystal from his job last week following harsh comments he and aides made in a lowelling stone interview. he announced his plans to leave the army. day two on the confirmation hearing for elena kagan. senators will get a chance to question the supreme court nominee. sandra endo is on captiol hill with a preview. >> i do. >> reporter: now the tough questioning begins. supreme court nominee elena kagan will face lawmakers eager to find out more about the solicitor general. some are critical about her record and the fact she's never been a judge. >> miss elena kagan has less real legal experience of any nominee in at least 50 years, it's not just the nominee has not been a judge. she has barely practiced law. >> today it is welcome solicitor general elena kagan. i believe you are imminently confirmable. >> reporter: the 50-year-old former harvard law school dean would be the youngest member on the high court. elena kagan explained her judicial philosophy yesterday during opening statements. >> it means that everyone who comes before the court, regardless of wealth or power or station, receives the same process, and the same 0 protections, a fair shake for every american. >> republican lawmakers are skeptical. they are scrutinizing her work when she served as a clinton aide. the second day of the confirmation hearing some lawmakers are taking a tough stance. >> i will look forward to trying to better understand how you will be able to take political activism, association with liberal causes and park it when it becomes time to be a judge. >> reporter: it is unlikely elena kagan will not get confirmed but until that happens lawmakers will get a crack at her first. on captiol hill, sandra endo for 9 news now. today the judge in the robert wone murder trial will announce her verdict. he was stabbed in northwest in 2006. three men are on trial for allegedly covering up what happened. defense attorneys say the three roommates just tried to help a friend who had been stabbed to death by an intruder. all three men face more than 30 years each if convicted. ten people are in federal custody accused of being spies for russia. three live in arlington, virginia. kristin fisher is live with the story straight out of a spy novel. good morning, kristin. >> you got it. well, all ten of the suspects, including the couple that lived right here in these apartments in arlington. all ten were in federal court yesterday. they were not charged with espionage but were charged with conspiring to act as unauthorized foreign agents and conspiracy to commit money laundering and all ordered to be held without bond. now, if this arlington couple living here at this apartment complex, that means their two small children are in child protective services. according to court documents, the two suspects conducted covert meetings over a period of several years all over the dc area, in parks, restaurants, street corners, at times blocks away from the white house. neighbors of this arlington- based suspects say they are shocked by the allegations, but not sorry about the arrest. >> oh, well they should have been arrested. i'm sorry. yeah. this is america. they should not be getting information to send back to their country to do harm to us. i'm sorry. >> reporter: now, it is still unclear exactly how much harm these alleged agents could have done to the united states. that is under investigation but the alleged spies were supposed to be looking at matters involving u.s. arms control, iran and various leadership issues within the cia and congress. and keep in mind this is all taking place just one week after president obama met with russia's president right here in arlington. they enjoyed burgers and called it burger diplomacy. now with the latest revelation it is unclear how the u.s. and russia's relationship will be affected. andrea? >> thank you. the families of the nine people killed in last year's crash on metro's red line are eligible for a $50,000 insurance benefit. metro officials say its excess liability insurance carrier decided it would cover claims connected to the 2009 crash. they were remembered during a ceremony last week. the benefit is available to four other metro workers and a contractor killed on duty after july of 2008. the doctor credited with saving president reagan's life in 1981 will retire tomorrow. he spent 42 years at george washington university hospital. he's best remembered for his actions in march of 1981. president reagan was brought to the hospital. no one knew he had even been shot but doctors realized he had a shredding lung and was losing boulevard. he had a long career but doesn't mind being remembered for this one moment. >> saving of president reagan's life was a singular achievement and had a profound affect on history. you can't ignore that and say i want to forget about that. that was wonderful. but it was one day in time. >> he will spend part of his retirement in guatemala helping medical teams for assisting under served areas. we want to check in now with jessica doyle. she's in the information center. what's in the next "living $mart" report? >> today's the day you can try again to get your hands on apple's new iphone 4. i will tell you how coming up. but first howard begins the focus on weather and traffic. >> it's just a phone. we are looking a lot better as we get through the afternoon and the next few days. get the forecast for you on this tuesday. it is a cool phone with a lot of neat things, okay. 70s and even 80-degree readings early this morning, especially by 9:00. we are looking at 81 manassas, leesburg and fairfax around 80. as we go through the midday hour, mid to upper 80s for lunchtime. a lot of sunshine and a good breeze from the northwest. that will push highs 90ish if not the lower 90s. richmond a little hotter. 94 if you are heading south. kris sneed how about the virginia road report? >> everything is looking great. no incidents reported. a quiet morning so far. we are seeing delays but not here at route 29 and 50. everything is looking good. arlington, checking out lee highway and glebe road no problems as you make your way to the district this morning. and finally take a fly on southbound gw parkway from the beltway past 123. all the way to the key bridge. everything is looking good for drivers. 9 news now will return after these messages. it is a cool 80 degrees outside at 6:37. we'll be right back. we go to the top of the charts and a new list out this morning from forbes. it's the most powerful celebrities in the world. oprah winfrey ranked number one this year. beyonce is in second place. james cameron, lady gaga and tiger woods round out the top five. arlington's sandra bullock ranked number eight. it is 6:42. in 18 minutes the "early show" begins and harry smith is live with a preview of the show. he is in grand isle, louisiana. good morning, harry. >> reporter: you know i was convinced i was going to come in somewhere in front or behind lady gaga and i'm so disappointed with that news [ laughter ] >> work harder. >> we're in pensacola beach, florida and we have been here a could of days and yesterday the winds were so severe because of the shards coming off of that tropical storm alex that it really closed down booming operation and skimming operations. but we have good news for folks who are concerned about the gulf coast here. these cleanup crews were out here all night long last night. these are the shovel brigades. they are out with shovels and rakes and cleaning up the little tar balls, almost one at a time and it really creates a dilemma for folks because at one.they said, okay, the water down there is safe to swim in on the other side of the beach, for instance, to the west to my left they said last night that for health reasons the water wasn't safe enough to swim in. so if you are trying to figure out i want to come and support the people in the florida panhandle. should we come and go, what are we supposed to do? that dilemma has left the tourism business here shattered. we will have more on that story and all the coverage from the gulf in a bit here on the "early show." >> thank you very much. we'll be watching. time for another "living $mart" report. jessica doyle is here to talk about baggage. is this something i can carry or something i need to shed. >> we all have our baggage and for the airline industry people carrying a lot of baggage, that's been a good thing. major carriers brought in a wind fall from baggage fees. revenues from fees shot up 33% in the first quarter. $769million just for that and the airlines collected $500 million in fees to change reservations, another $500 million from fees for services such as processing frequent flier mile and flying pets. analysts say passengers are more willing to pay some fees and airlines reason about to give them up. with new banking rules kicking in, financial institutions are looking everywhere to make money off of you. some have already disclosed plans to start charging fees to customers who don't meet balance balance requirements. to avoid the fees, consider opening a checking account at a credit union and another option is opening a rewards account with free checking. today is the day you can try to get your hands on the apple iphone 4. at 7 a.m. customers should be able to walk in to at&t stores to purchase the phone but supplies aren't expected to last. the iphone 4 is the hottest telling product launch ever in a a's history. it sold more than 1.7 million in the first three days on the market. another option you have today, at&t is now offering on-line orders of the iphone. don't have to wait in line, if they last. >> we'll wait. jessica, thank you. congratulations to virginia tech this morning. it won the solar decathlon europe competition with its eco friendly building called lumon house. it took ten days to assemble the house. they beat 16 teams from across the globe. to learn more on what made the design to special go to wusa9.com and click on the living green page and learn more about the hokies victory. way to go, hokeys. >> i saw this house. it was on the national mall. we did a story on this. and a guy christian was there. really cool house. a little small but quite green and energy saving. so god for them. >> very good. get to weather. we have tropical storm alex likely to be the season's first hurricane, maybe even later today. show you the satellite and color enhanced. colder colors are brighter than means tall thunderstorms are wrapping an the center and it is strengthening in the gulf gulf of mexico heading to the west northwest and the computer guided in good agreement now. looks like it will head to northern mexico or south texas here and hurricane warnings for parts of texas, south texas coast and northern mexico cost expecting land fall tomorrow night. latest advisories have winds on alex around 70. gusts to 85. and puts it 450 miles from brownsville, texas. here's the forecast track for the hurricane center. by 11:00 on wednesday, strong category one. talking about winds 100 miles an hour. land fall midnight or so tomorrow night and weaken as it moves on shore. but problems with this in extreme south texas. hot today and breezy. not as humid. 93. nicer on wednesday and thursday. highs in the low 80s. some spots in the 70s for july 1st minding return to cooler weather. partly cloudy and warm this morning. 70s and 80s. the next couple of hours, breezy and hot, less humid. northwest winds 10 to 15 and a comfortable night with lows in the 50s and 60s. this morning we are looking at clouds leftover from the shower and strong storms we had yesterday afternoon did some damage. temperatures in pennsylvania and ohio in the 60s. drier, cooler air will head our way. 70s and even 80 degrees that we have at reagan national are going to turn out to be our last hot day for probably four or five but yesterday will probably be a less rainy day for a while, as well. here's the seven-day forecast, very dry, hot 93. nice cool, dry weather through friday. a little hotter on july 4th. corn is needing rain and, sorry, farmers it is not looking good. here's kris sneed with the traffic. >> a quiet commute this morning. no accidents to report. we are seeing slow downs. that's typical, though. 66 eastbound, 234 to 28 and 50 to 123. moving to 395, that usual slow down from the beltway to king street and the pentagon across the 14th street bridge. going to inbound new york, we are seeing a slow down here from the times building to bladensburg. and they are clear from florida although way though third street tunnel. finally we will check out 270 southbound. that's the slow down from father hurley to the split. you are about an axe from 15 minutes for drivers there. andrea? our time is 6:49. today the public is invited to say farewell to manute bol. he former washington bullets star died ten days ago in charlottesville, virginia. after his nba days, manute bol became active in charities to heal the wounds in his native sudan. his funeral begins at 10:00 this morning and held at the national cathedral in northwest washington. life just got better for 22 horses. they were found living in deplorable conditions in west virginia. they were also moved to paradise stables in new market, maryland on monday. nearly 50 horses were found starved and near death at a near near wayne county, west virginia. the 20 but moved to new mark will stay there until they find permanent homes. >> we had their feet attended to, teeth, vaccinations, all the things a responsible horse center would have done for these animals had they been in a good situation dollar. >> the man pleaded guilty to 900 -- to animal cruelty and was fined $900. washington is hoping to snap a five game losing streak tonight. strasburg pitched six strong innings last night but things fell apart in the seven. the single was the last pitch of the ninth. the nats lose 5-0. it is 6:50. 80 degrees here in northwest washington. change is proposed to burgers, steaks and other kinds of meat. in three minutes what the fda has in mind. 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