in washington. look at culpeper, fredericksburg. a little cooler on the bay, temperatures there holding in the mid to upper 80s. looking at today at a glance. low 80s at noon. 89 for the drive home and we may see in a couple of spots if you re lucky a much-needed rain-making thundershower. it s 4:31. angie take it away. dealing with some construction early on. south capitol street at the douglas bridge until about 5:00 you re only going to be down to one lane in both directions. that s ongoing construction that will be with us for weeks to come. we re looking at a one hour drive getting out of fredericksburg making your way out of i-95 and 395. 395 is our next stop. no problems from the beltway over towards duke street. 495 in maryland and your drive is moving at speed making your way in towards virginia and we re going to end with inbound new york avenue nice and quiet commute this morning towards the 3rd street tunnel. investigators are searching for answers after a w
temperature set back in 1865. sclofere to low closer to low 80 s again. we ll have upper 70 s for afternoon highs. lingering road work on the beltway at virginia and arlington boulevard, the traffic is able to get through. you can see that flashing light under the g.e. in georgia. traffic is very light in volume but they are still out there working for the morning. now, the news desk. thank you much. at 5:01, our top story, a man is behind bars this morning facing child pornography possession charges. even more disturbing, mark barget spent hours interacting with children all over northern virginia during his side job as a wrestling referee. a case of dumb luck, pretty much. that s right. in fact, some would say it was just sheer chance that he has now been charged with counties of child pornography. this has been troubling for parents because for eight years barget was working with jackson major high and high school students. his the house next door burned down and w
condition is not known. police caught one of the suspects shortly after that attack. we re also following broking news from breaking news from prince georges county. we have just learned that green party u.s. senate candidate natasha pettigrew has died. she was riding her bike near prince georges community college in largo when she was struck. the driver, christy littleford said she thought she hit an animal and drove to her home even though the bicycle was lodged under her suv. at this point, police have not charged littleford. we are continuing to follow the story and also the robbery. more redales on details on our website wusa9.com and on 9news now beginning at 5:00 p.m. d. c. police have charged adams of maryland with involuntarmanslaughter. 26-year-old julia bartletter of austria was killed. the accident happened nearly two weeks ago near 18th street northwest in the adams morgan area. adams was driving under the influence when the crash happened. the growing
her daughter s shoes had been left at the scene. that is my daughter s shoe. we laughed when she bought those. i said those were the ugliest shoes i ve ever seen in my life. and she said nobody will have them because of me and she said everywhere i go people are recognize me from the sneakers. reporter: she decided to sit on the curb until the police came back to the scene. while we were there the young witness who saw the aftermath came to talk with her mother. she saw the driver briefly stop at the scene. i didn t want them to notice me noticing them. i saw smoke coming from the front of the suv and i went up, as soon as i could make a u- turn, i made the u-turn and came back around and before i could come back around the suv was gone. reporter: crystal hayes stayed with natasha until the medics arrived. she was lying in the road. she was unresponsive, totally unconscious. i talked to her and told her it was okay and somebody was on the way. i told her to keep bre
path we would be ignoring the views of the troops and casting aside the professional military advice given by each of the four serce chiefs. before president obama awarded a medal of honor today. the marine he s chosen to keep in command of the corps said don t let gays serve openly yet. we re not quite sure what the impact will be on an all volunteer force. reporter: a bgger blow ca from susan collins who backs repeal. but not to help democrats win more gay votes. now is not the time to play politics simply because an election is looming in a few weeks. reporter: this isn t over. democrats are vowing to fight on. they say a majority of u.s. senators and polls indicate most americans back a repeal of don t ask, don t tell. live from the hill, steve handlesman, doran, jim, back to you. thank you, steve. nine american servicemen were killed today when a helicopter crashed in afghanistan. it happened in the zabel province. the taliban immediately claimed responsibili