with 60. also from bowie this morning, and in leesburg and visibility, if you're north up toward 70 or western maryland or in martinsburg, you've got issues here with visibilities down a quarter mile with the fog there and not so bad in frederick but even up in northern frederick county, perhaps thurmont and westminster, watch out for the fog as well. monika samtani, we're now in the 5:00 hour. how is traffic? >> not too bad for a tuesday morning. we're looking good. we're going to show what you it looks like on the beltway. you see all of the yellow cars up here. the overnight construction being picked up, causing a little bit of slow traffic through the silver spring area. no big deals there. let's zoom into 270 from frederick all the way down to the point where is the lanes divide. let's take a live look at the spur, democracy boulevard heading for tysons corner across the american legion bridge, you'll be ok as well. on the outer loop going back over to the maps, this time, let's zoom into southern maryland. no problems to report as you come in from route 5, route 4, route 301 all the way to the beltway through oxon hill down to the wilson bridge. let's take a live look at branch avenue. northbound over toward 95, college park is pretty much looks like this. if you're going to commute by trains and you're heading out the door, they're all checking out ok. we'll go into virginia at 5:09. thank you, monika. dozens of people are waking up in unfamiliar surroundings this morning. an apartment fire forced them out of their homes last night. >> which is adding to growing frustration of residents there. surae chinn is live in langley park, maryland with more on why this is the case. good morning, surae. >> good morning to both of you. this is what it looks like the morning after the fire that destroyed 11 units. you can see some of the boarded out places and the front door as the windows there, it is a little bit dark but still, it is burned out, 11 units here at the bedford station apartment at 14th avenue and university boulevard. 50 people are now without a home. everyone got out safely. fast moving fire tore through a third story apartment. by the time firefighters arrived, the fire was well advanced, shooting through the roof and a big challenge for firefighters facing all of this with multiple rooms on top of this apartment, there is at least one layer that's flat and the second one is not. >> we had firefighters on the roof that had to be pulled off. it is a tenuous situation for about 20 minutes until we were able to get water on the foam. >> the red cross has been helping some of these families get to another home and we're also hearing from the fire chief that management is trying to find them a place inside, within this complex in a vacant unit. we'll see if that has worked. we haven't seen a lot of people out. we've seen security out here, too. right now, we don't know exactly what situation. we've had a hard time getting in touch with management here. back to you. >> surae, we said earlier as we threw to you in the story that there were issues before this fire happened. what's that all about? >> well, the tenants have said they've complained long ago about roaches and bedbugs and the management company not doing much about it. the fight has been going on. so, they're saying when this happens, that the management turned their back on them when they had no place to go. we'll hear from an advocacy group talking with some of the tenants and in fact, we'll hear from them in the next half hour and see what they've come up with. mike? >> thanks, surae live in langley park, maryland. >> the government's investigation into the 2001 anthrax attack is once again coming underfire. this time, the heat is being applied by an expert on disease at lsu. letters containing anthrax killed five people including two d.c. workers at the brentwood mail facility. the fbi said a researcher at fort detrick was the likely culprit. that researcher, dr. bruce ivans, died of an apparent suicide before investigators could file any charges. disease expert martin hughes jones said the anthrax was manipulated in a way that was probably beyond ivan's capability involving chemicals that the fort detrick lab probably didn't even have. federal investigators stand by their earlier findings. >> a virginia man could be facing decades in prison bigamy charges. prosecutors are putting together more cases against ivan castillo. he's accused of marrying four women in the state over the last 11 years without divorcing any of them. he could get up to ten years in prison for each bigamy count. he'll be sentenced on one of the charges today and critics say this case points out that there is no active database to verify whether or not people are applying for a marriage license and they're actually eligible for one because they're not married to someone else already. >> organizers of the stop the machine protest can stay in freedom plaza. u.s. park police offered to extend their permit to demonstrate by four months. protestors will declared they would stay even if their permit was allowed to expire today. they started camping out at freedom plaza last thursday to protest the tenth anniversary of the start of the war in afghanistan. it is 5:06. time for the latest "your money" report. jessica doyle is off today but the markets, they're cruising! >> absolutely on fire. asian markets posted huge gains after a banner day on wall street. the dow jones industrial average soared 330 points to close at 11,433. that's almost a 3% jump. nasdaq and the s&p 500 posted solid gains. the strong gains came after french and german leaders promised to deal with the rure row's own debt crisis. >> people in prince william and fairfax county have had flooding damage from tropical storm lee could be getting help soon. bob mcdonnell has now asked for federal disaster aid for those areas. mcdonnell says the rain and flooding destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes or businesses in those two counties. >> netflix has abandoned plans to split its dvd and internet streaming services. a few weeks ago, the company said it would rename its dvd by mail service quickster while netflix would focus on internet streaming. the decision comes after customers complained they did not want to manage two accounts. netflix's shares rose after the reversal was announced. >> civilians are diving for cover as fighting escalates in moammar gadhafi's hometown. >> more than a month after hurricane irene, one of the main eye ways on the north carolina coast has reopened. >> wizards fans, you might want to start thinking about what you're going to do this winter instead of going to games at verizon center. we'll be right back. you might need a little jacket later today for some rain which could be developing before the day is out. but certainly by tomorrow, and later on tonight, you're going to need the rain gear for sure. here's a look at today's day planner. temperatures not so bad. mid-60s at 9:00. upper 60s to around 70 at noon. still at 5:00, still looking at 69 with a chance of a shower mainly south of town. but rain is on the way. more on that coming up. monika is in. timesaver traffic. >> we'll take a live look at the 14th street bridge on the northbound side of 395 between the beltway and this point across the potomac river. no problems on 66 inside the beltway to the roosevelt bridge. coming up, we'll take a live look around virginia again at 5:16. andrea, back to you. making news now at 9 after the hour, rebel forces in libya are closing in on the last significant number of forces still loyal to deposed leader moammar gadhafi. fighters have captured a convention center in gadhafi's hometown from loyalist forces. many civilians are trapped in the middle of this combat. opening statements scheduled for today in the trial of the huge underwear bomber. mutallab is charged with attempting to bomb a jet headed to detroit back on christmas day in 2009. he's acting as his own lawyer in the case. the road that links north carolina's main land to the outer banks has reopened. it has been more than six weeks since hurricane irene washed out parts of highway 12. crews have finished installing a temporary bridge that is 650 feet long, a permanent bridge could take another five years to complete. the rain is a comin'! it is coming today. howard will let us know when. he's got the seven-day forecast. >> also, more late game drama for the capitals. highlights at 5:22. >> at 5:33, we'll take a look at a prospect for getting a job during the holiday season. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back. keep hair healthy. welcome back to 9news now. 5:14 on this tuesday morning. it was nice while it lasted. all good things come to an end. >> we've got some rain coming. the weekend will be decent. >> ok. >> not as warm but decent. 60s for saturday. low 70s on sunday. that's looking pretty good around here. the middle of the week will turn wet around here. in fact, kind of cloudy today. our bus stop forecast this morning calling for mostly cloudy to cloudy skies. take a look at it. temperatures, they're cool but comfortable. low 50s to low 60s right now. it has become a little bit more muggy over the last couple of days. sunrise at 7:12. today, we're looking at lots of clouds. by 11:00, 68. slow rise toward 70. winds not too bad. by 3:00, 71. then as we head to 5:00 p.m., 69 degrees with a chance for a couple of showers especially south of washington. where the moisture continues to stream up from the north. see the rains here into north carolina getting into southern virginia now. around here, plenty of clouds. this is ground clutter in and around the metro. when you look at the dew points, you can see how the he will level moisture is returning. the green areas were dew points upper 50s to 65 at norfolk. more browner, the dew points into the 40s and low 50s. more humid air is starting to replace the nice dry air we had for the last few days. temperatures down to 53 in lovettsville and centreville at 58 along with laytonsville. you go south. low 60s down to fort belvoir. baden has dipped to 58. columbia, 60. college park at 59. rockville, you're holding at an even 60 with 63 at national. dew points, 59. humidity is up at 87%. it will continue to climb thanks to low pressure coming out of florida. gave florida all sorts of rain and problems yesterday. some tropical moisture coming in off the atlantic feeding into this system. some of the rain over the next day, day and a half are going to be locally heavy. especially up toward the appalachians. we're potentially some of the extra lift from that easterly component will aid in the rainfall. our future cast, plenty of clouds today. through noon, we're looking cloudy with the showers staying well south of us through the afternoon and evening hours. again, we may see a couple of showers closer to the southern suburbs here this evening. tonight, that moisture starts to move in and by tomorrow morning, light showers around here. heavier stuff toward roanoke out into west virginia. this will be feeding toward us during the afternoon on wednesday. some of the rain tomorrow could be locally on the heavy side and then just more showers here after that. mild today. 72. rain late tonight, tomorrow. 67. for thursday, 72 with a few more showers. by friday, early showers and 70. look at your weekend. saturday looks good at 64. sunday looks real good. sunny and 72. monday, even warmer. 77. monika is coming in, smiling. she must have something good to tell us. >> it is the green light. it is tuesday. things are looking up. no problems to report right now. good morning, everybody. here's what it looks like on the beltway. you can see that things are looking better on the northside of town where the overnight construction was cleared up and actually, the pace is improving. we'll zoom in first to virginia. 395, 66 inside the beltway to the potomac river crossings are fine. no problems on 295 across the anacostia river here. let's take a live look at 95 northbound in newington at the fairfax county parkway from fredericksburg right up the line to this point into springfield. you'll be ok early this morning. we'll take a look back at the beltway. this time, let's zoom into the west side of town. if you're one of those that travels the dulles toll road from reston, georgetown pike and 123 through tysons corner, no problems all along the west side of town. we're going to take a live look here at the american legion bridge coming in from bethesda across the bridge span into tysons corner and down to annandale, you'll be ok. travel times... coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at the district at 5:24. >> thank you, monika. the first part of the nba regular season canceled. we'll have an update on the lockout coming up. >> plus, one game was a blowout and the other one, wow. went to extra innings. wait until you see the finish in this one. >> here's a look at our question of the morning. >> there are as many of these animals living in the united states as pets as there are in the wild. is it a, a chimpanzee, b, a tiger or c, a chinchilla? >> this is what lee ann applebee wrote on our fan page. a. it might go for chinchillas for their fur. some people raise them for that exact intent. >> log on to facebook.com/wusa9 and leave your response. we'll read your comments and reveal the answer in the next hour. [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] movie buffs! this film is tres bien, but the interest rate on your checking account is le pew. interest on your checking? earn more with new high yield free checking at capital one bank. your interest rate will be five times the national average. five times the interest! and free atms at any bank. show's over folks. make your way to capital one bank. what's in your wallet? were you crying? yeah. clouds are thicken. by 9:00, cloudy skies. 65 degrees. we should be dry much of the day. if you've got outdoor plans, not as warm as yesterday. middle of the afternoon, still only in the low 70s. that will be about the case for the rest of the day. looks like we've got some rain moving in tonight and wednesday. andrea and mike? >> thanks, howard. in sports, the national league championship series is tied up. >> after losing game one to the brewers, the cardinals wasted no time in making game two a laugher. pujols kicked it off. then in the third, former national and he was a favorite, morgan mislaced a pujols hit allowing two more runs. st. louis downs milwaukee 12-3. >> game two of the alcs was played after getting rained out sunday. it went into the bottom of the 11th when boom! rangers nelson cruz walk-off grand slam. texas wins 7-3. takes two games to none lead over detroit. here's dave owens with the rest of your morning sports. >> good morning, everybody. it was humiliating, i'm talking about tampa bay's four game sweep in the playoffs. it sparked a good debate as in are these caps capable of getting over the top? let's check it out. lightning back for a rematch. ov to tickle -- always good to be hanging around. brett clark on the doorstep beat tomas. three minutes to go. jason chimera. he knocks his 100 and 101st career goals. caps win 6-5. let's hear from our hero, jason chimera. >> used to play a solid game. it was nice. lawson came back. it was nice to get the win. >> well, bad news for the nba commissioner david stern canceling the first two weeks of the season after players and owners could not create a framework for a new collective bargaining agreement. two sides have been seeking resolution on revenue sharing and salary cap. stern saying the gap is so significant, we can't bridge it at this time. derek fisher responded saying we're not at a place where a fair deal can be reached with the nba. that's a quick look at sports this morning. i'm dave owens. have a great tuesday, everybody. >> thank you, dave. redskins player chris cooley hosts a special event to fight breast cancer. plus, local farmers say you may not want to -- >> may not find what you want if you wait too long to boy your halloween pumpkins. i'll get it right. monika, over to you. >> i've bought mine. new york avenue at bladensburg road as you come in from cheverly through northeast to gallaudet university, no problems on the anacostia freeway as well. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look into maryland at 5:29. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back. good morning. welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. it is tuesday morning. thanks for being with us. >> terrific tuesday. i'm mike hydeck. here's monika samtani with traffic. >> i'm ok with that positive spin. >> it is my friday. >> howard has your weather first. >> don't gloat don't gloat! i'm happy for you but don't gloat. yes, i am. we have a decent day. not as great as yesterday. we'll get some rain this week. the weekend, we'll put a positive spin on it. the rains will be done. there you have it. here's a look at today's day planner with plenty of clouds. maybe even a shower developing here south of town by later this afternoon. temperatures will struggle to get toward the low 70s. 69 at noon. high today right about 72 or so. you'll see the moisture, the green, the yellow. this is rain. some of this moderate across the carolinas lifting northward. looks like this is going to go more southwest than north. get a little anxious, we could get some of the stuff in here this afternoon. if the trends continue. we're at 63. 52 frederick. 61 in cambridge. in the mountains, 50 in cumberland. visibilities down to one quarter mile. giving it the green light once again and that's because all around town, things are looking pretty good. good morning, everybody. here's what it looks like on the beltway. we're going to zoom in. if you're planning to head on the northside of town, i've been telling you they were a little late in clearing the construction on the northside of town in silver spring. you have the yellow vehicles. everything is cleared. everything is open. live look at 270, no problems in clarksburg heading down toward rockville. you'll be ok if you're heading to the america legion bridge. a look again at the beltway. this time, let's zoom into the other side of town. we're looking good route four, route five, route 301, everything heading up toward the beltway is fine. we'll take a live look at the bw parkway and we're looking good here as we head in toward cheverly. and quick look at your trains. no problems to report on metro, vre or marc. we'll go into virginia 5:39. >> at former marine accused of firing shots at military buildings is scheduled to plead guilty in an unrelated case. >> jonathan malaku has been jailed on larceny charges. he's accused in a series of vehicle break-ins however he faces federal charges of shooting at military-related targets in northern virginia including the pentagon and the marine corps museum. he was arrested in june when police spotted him in arlington cemetery in the middle of the night. organizers of the stop the machine protest can stay in freedom plaza. u.s. park police offered to extend their permit to demonstrate by four months. protestors had declared they would stay put even if the permit were allowed to expire yesterday. they started camping out at freedom plaza last thursday to protest on the tenth anniversary of the start of the war in afghanistan. >> this morning, 50 people are out of their homes after an apartment fire in langley park, maryland. they were already having problems with complex management before last night's fire. 9news now reporter surae chinn is live at the scene with more on the details on that part of the story. good morning, surae. >> good morning, mike. first, i want to tell you this fire was huge. we're talking about three buildings together destroyed. three that are attached. there is one, two