in columbia near i-95 just past i-95. so be aware of that. i'll keep you posted on that situation. here on 95 in virginia, things look great. dale city to woodbridge all the way up into springfield. no issues to report right now as you head up on to 395. we'll take a live look right now at the 14th street bridge and across the river here you're doing just fine. all lanes are open into the downtown area. let's go back over to our map and this time we'll head over to the other side of town. gw parkway, dulles toll road, 66, inside the beltway no issues to the roosevelt bridge. a quick live look near the american legion bridge looking good here. both loops of 9 beltway between bah these -- of the beltway between bethesda and tysons cornering. you're saying there's a chance. maryland ltionors are ready to -- legislators are ready to vote on a gambling bill. >> the bill won't become law unless it's approved by voters this november. 9 news now reporter kristin fisher is live at the proposed sixth came seen know site at national harbor. wasn't it an early morning for lawmakers? >> reporter: it was so early. it was a very late night, early morning for lawmakers in annapolis. the house of delegates didn't vote until just before midnight. the senate voted annual hour later around -- an hour later around 1:00 a.m. now governor martin o'malley is expected to sign the bill around 10:00 this morning. here's a look at what this bill would do if it is approved by voters this november. thbill would essentially green light a sixth casino to be built likely right here at national harbor. it would allow table games at all state casinos and cut tax rates on slots at all current casinos except for the one in rocky gap. the last provision is designed to offset the economic impact that this future sixth sino could potentially have, the one that will likely be built here at national harbor. prince george's county executive and the delegates have voted for the bill -- that voted for the bill believe this could bring in big business for prince george's county. >> this is big legislation. we're talking about providing economic development for prince george's county, for the washington, d.c. region. we have 40 million visitors that come annually to the d.c. area. about capturing some of that in a resort style gaming facility that would create 4,000 jobs under one roof. >> reporter: that was delegate justin rock, a democrat from prince george's county. he voted for the bill, the gambling expansion bill. but six other democratic delegates from this county, prince george's county, voted against the bill that would bring this casino and all that business to their district. i'll let you know who they are coming up in half an hour at 5:30. >> kristin fisher reporting live from national harbor. 5:03 now. pit bulls are still inherently dangerous according to the state in maryland, the law there. the bill aimed at changing that died early this morning in the special session as well. it would have addressed the liability concerns related to a court ruling about dog bites regarding pit bulls. the house and senate could not reconcile the differences in the bills. the city of laurel, maryland and one of its police officers are facing a $3 million lawsuit. it stems from an incident ten days ago in a restaurant parking lot. cell phone video shows officers escortg a handcuffed suspect to a patrol car when one of the officers strikes the handcuffed man three times while shouting curse words. laurel's mayor denied our interview request but does say the results of an internal investigation will be forwarded to the state's attorney. reports of lavish trips overseas, sweetheart deals and a list of other concerns are now prompting some strong words from the u.s. secretary of transportation. secretary lahood, d.c. mayor, and governors of maryland and virginia all say they are gravely concerned over the board's lack of accountability. they're calling for sweeping changes right now. the board says a lot of those suggestions are already being implemented. it is coming up on 5:05. time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> jessica doyle is here with today's headlines. good morning, jess. >> good morning to both of you. we're hoping for a better day on wall street. that would be really nice. investors have had trouble shaking the lingering concerns about china and europe. those overhad doughed good news out about our -- overshadowed good news about our economy yesterday. we spent more in july increasing retail spending by the biggest amount in five months. checking the numbers, the dow stands this morning at 13,172, added about 3 points in trading yesterday. red arrows, though, for the nasdaq and s&p. nasdaq was off by a point and a half and the s&p 500 was off franceally. if you want to -- was off fractionally. if you want to invest, intel is investing in national oil and philips 66 adding those stocks to its $74 billion stock portfolio. berkshires investments are watched closely by wall street because if buffett is successful -- [indiscernible] speaking of rich people, it might be nice to have more money than republican presidential hopeful mitt romney no matter your political affiliation. he's worth an estimated quarter of a billion dollars but you don't have to invest like warren buffet to get there. if you're the only person to pick all six of tonight's power ball numbers, you're going to claim a $320 million jackpot. okay. so here's what you need to know. if you take the lump sum option, that's a check for just over $213 million. no one has won this jackpot since june 23. of course power ball played in d.c., maryland, virginia, 41 other states, you know whaim' doing aft show today. maybe i'll go to each individual location and buy a ticket. >> we thought the strategy was let's go somewhere rural and maybe get a better chance. >> fingers crossed for all of us. by that i mean me. >> okay. just in case you don't leave too soon, what do you have for us in the next half-hour? >> you'll need power ball to pay for gas. we'll talk about how that's getting worse. >> don't want to hear that. a local police department may have been targeted in an identity theft scheme. that story is coming up. >> plus, virginia troopers file charges in an interstate crash between a big rig and a bus. it could have turned out much worse. >> ahead in sports, we'll see if the nationals were able to repeat monday's two touchdown performance. you're watching 9news now. 5:09 on this wednesday morning. fairly quiet out there. skies are partly cloudy. got a lone little tiny sprinkle in rockingham county. later this afternoon we'll have to watch out for a threat of again a couple of strong thunderstorms which could be popping. we start quiet. unlike yesterday, rain is not going to be a factor for the morning rush hour. by 9:00 77 degrees. winds sort of northwesterly today. by noon 84. then this afternoon mid- to upper 80s for highs but again the threat for strong storms could be with us for the late afternoon, evening commute. seven-day forecast we'll detail a cooldown headed this way by the weekend. right now monika is in with your timesaver traffic. we're taking a look at the sterling area on the inbound side of the dulles toll road here at route 28 coming out from the airport all the way through reston and herndon. you're going to be absolutely fine. no problems on 66 outside the beltway as well. i'll have more on traffic coming up in my next report at 5:16. back to you. making news now coming up on 5:10, thorpts close off -- authorities close off part of maryland after a propane tanker crashed into a condo complex. investigators believe the tanker lost its brakes coming down a hill. the driver suffered minor injuries no one else was hurt but the area was evacuated as a precaution. virginia state police blame a tractor-trailer driver for a crash on i-81 yesterday near harrisonburg. investigators say the big truck was heading northbound when it hit a commercial passenger bus while it was changing lanes. both vehicles went into the median. the bus driver is the only victim who suffered any injuries. an internal memo obtained by 9news now shows arlington police are looking into a possible scam targeting their own officers. a woman claiming to be from afleck recently gave a presentation to county police. she's one of two suspects under arrest in atlanta and charged in an identity theft scheme targeting officers in that city. it's kind of hard to stick to a diet if the food you try to eat stinks. coming up at 5:49, an area chef shows us how to make the dishes that are friendly for diabetics and taste great, too. >> no more two a days for the redskins. grateful players are celebrating coming up at 5:22. >> next at 5:10, howard is promising a cooldown in the seven-day forecast. we'll be right back. good morning. welcome back to nine fine now. 5:-- 9news now. 5:14. a special good morning to beverly. a breast cancer survivor having difficulties with lung cancer. she was just delightful. a special good morning you to. we're going to get a cooldown but we've got to pay the piper first. >> a couple of storms again this afternoon and friday. friday is going to be hot but you're right, the cooldown is coming for the weekend. low, maybe mid-80s for temperatures so that should be delightful. hopefully we can clean out the air. >> low to mid 80s? >> low to mid-80s for highs. the tree pollen was absent but the grass, weeds, mold spores all moderate. here's a look at your day plan other this wednesday morning. halfway home. got 75 here by 8:00. skies are going to be anywhere from partly sunny to mostly cloudy today. some high clouds will be coming in first. then this afternoon we've got the threat for a couple of storms to develop with highs in the mid- to upper 80s. yesterday we actually got to 90. winds today will be northwest at 5 to 10. even this evening at 8:00 can't rule out a lingering shower or storm, 79 degrees. we're looking at a couple of showers well to the west. this stuff is really light. not even sure if any of this is reaching the ground. the only echoes locally -- i doubt this is reaching the ground in northern rockingham county. knew market, if you've -- new market, if you've got a lone drop on a windshield, that probably would be it. 56 in gaithersburg this morning. it's 68 in baltimore. look at all the 60s out west. cumberland and winchester 64. fredricksburg 70 along with richmond. this morning in washington a fairly quiet morning out there. a little bit of condensation on our michael & son camera lens. 74 degrees with a northwesterly wind at 5. humidity up at 82%. want to show you the temperatures nationally because fall not that far away. 50s this morning in the northern rockies. we're liking that in great falls. detroit is down to 61. we're going to take a little bit of that cooler air, even kansas city at 57. what a morning for them. we're going to take some of that cooler air, bring it toward us for the weekend. big storms down across north texas this morning. cold front here. they're welcoming that down there. they could use the rain as well. up to the north we're still watching yet another front. this northwesterly flow, a sign of the cooler air trying to come on in. that's what we'll be enjoying but not until the weekend. right now, though, we've got generally quiet, clear morning. we're looking at the threat of severe weather along the east coast once again today talking about some damaging wind gusts. maybe some hail in the strongest of storms generally east of 95. you'll see how as we get into the afternoon the showers and storms once again pop up here and there. so the forecast today about 87. a yellow alert day. the storms this afternoon certainly could mess with your plans. tonight we'll dip to about 70 in town. 60s north and west. a good looking thursday. hot, not too humid, about 90. friday another yellow alert. we'll be 90 to 95. could be some storms friday afternoon that could cause some problems. then saturday showers, a couple of storms, 83. sunday looking better at 84. 5:16. monika samtani, it's been a pretty good looking wednesday. it really has been. let's keep our fingers crossed it stays that way. no problems to report on the beltway. good morning, everybody. we're doing really well on the north side of town it college park and bethesda. you can see all of your lanes are open. no issues to report. on 270 or i-95 coming in from the north. we'll take a live look outside here on 270 at montrose road. things are looking good there. and here at oxon hill as well on the beltway. south side of town if you're heading for the wilson bridge, you're going to be okay. no issues to report as you head into alexandria. back over to the map and this time over into virginia on the northbound side of i-395. looking good inside the beltway to the 14th street bridge and into the downtown area. all of your potomac and anacostia river crossings are incident free. a quick look live into springfield on the northbound side of i-95. no problems. just a bit of volume now heading to the beltway. i'll be back with more coming up in a few minutes at 5:24. back to you. >> 5:18. the nationals offense dries up after exploding for two touchdowns earlier this week. >> plus, it appears there is a redskin willing to be up to the challenge, filling the jokester road when clinton portis stopped wearing his costumes. >> first, we want to take another look at our question of the day. the question is average single man does this about once a month. the average woman does this once a week. is it a, clean out their car, b, wash bed sheets, or c, balance checkbooks. >> our facebook friend billy writes yup, wash the bed sheets. deit by process of limb neighbors. i wash my car every -- elimination. i wash my car every other day and i don't use checks. what do you think? post your answer on our facebook page. we'll have the answer in our 6:00 show. 5:21 on this wednesday morning. it's nice and quiet. we don't have the rain like yesterday. want to get out this morning, commuting should be fine. like jogging in the morning? weather not going time pact you there. we might see a stray -- going to impact you there. we might see a stray shower. looking at partly sunny to mostly cloudy. a lot of high thin clouds. 84 degrees. then this afternoon pay attention. look how some of these storms are popping here by 3:00, 4:00, 5:00. some of those could be strong to severe. so a yellow alert day. annual dray ya and mike -- andrea and mike, back to you. we talked about the to touchdown score yesterday. the nationals should have held back some of their runs from monday's 14-2 blowout. >> sure would have helped last night. the game in san francisco stayed close till the bottom of the 8th. already leading washington 2-1, the giants exploded for four more. despite its solid start, zimmer pa gets tagged -- zimmerman gets tagged. here's dave owens with the rest of your morning sports. good morning, everybody. 25 days until regular season kickoff. redskins at new orleans. lots going to happen between now and then. we'll get a few more looks at rg3 and of course the roster will be shaved from 90 to 53. that's right. a lot of guys are going to get the pink slips before it's all said and done. but yesterday was the day for collective exhale because camp officially in the books. let's be clear. they're still going to practice, just not twice a day. the players, though, do get a chance to get back to their families. veterans and young bucks don't always see things the same way but when it comes to camp, they agree, thank the lord camp is over. >> it's time to start thinking how we'll be practicing for the regular season. it's cool. but other than that, you know, i enjoy coming out here every day going to work. >> feels good, working long days, like 14-hour days. definitely want expecting that but it really didn't bother me because i'm doing something i love. >> the first major casualty of the season bestowed upon the backup nose gear chris neil. mike shanahan telling reporters after yesterday's practice it is a dreaded acl. on a better note, wide receiver anthony armstrong has become sort of the comic relief guy at camp. he's made a habit out of quirky uniform stuff. yesterday he posed as the anti- rg3, not number 10 but o-1. he taped the name "bob," not "robert" on his jersey. he said he was going to rock a wig but? >> i had some actually. but like i said, it got too hot. i had a sleeve. i had to take that off. had a cap as well. everything just got too hot. i didn't want to cramp up. >> that's a quick look at sports. i'm dave owens v. a great wednesday, everybody. >> some of the most controversial comments of campaign 2012 came yesterday in virginia. that story is coming up. >> we're just getting started. >> plus, maryland voters will also get to cast their ballots for or against gambling coming up this november. quick check of the commute, monika? >> there's construction in place on the fairfax county parkway north and southbound at lee chapel road. that will be there till 6:00 this morning. here in springfield the lanes are open on i-95. i'll be back with more traffic at 5:30. you're watching 9news now. good morning. welcome back to 9news now on this wednesday morning. i'm andrea roane. it's that time again. i'm mike hydeck. here's monika samtani. >> i'm starving. i talk about coffee all morning long. then we move to food about halfway through the morning and we're ready to eat. >> you must have been a dog in another life. food motivated. >> you're probably right. >> weather wise, let's talk about that because i don't want to get in any more trouble here. we've got a decent start today as opposed to yesterday. it's going to be dry, maybe a few clouds mixing in with the sunshine but we won't have that wet commute like tuesday brought us. your day planner calling for a mix of clouds and sunshine. sunrietz, look at that -- sunrise, look at that. 6:22. a mix of clouds and sunshine, 84 by noon. then this afternoon the threat for a couple of storms. the couple of storms could be on the strong side. that's why today a yellow alert day. you'll have to pay attention because they certainly could impact your plans later on. we're watching an area of weather coming out of kentucky and tennessee with the showers and storms. that's going to throw some of those high clouds over us first. as that energy gets here later today with the daytime heating, the threat for the storms will be with us. temps in the low to mid-60s in the shenandoah valley now. very comfortable. luray 63. down to 69 in fredricksburg and la plata. annapolis mid-70s. your highs today mid- to upper 80s. watch out for some late afternoon thunderstorms. 5:29. monika, happy wednesday. happy wednesday. on metro's orange line between foggy bottom and clarendon, there are some track problems. due to that, they are single tracking through that area. expect some delays because of that on metro's orange line. i will keep you posted on that situation. in the meantime, beltway looks great. no problems on the bw parkway or route 50 through cheverly. we're looking good all the way into the northeast corridor and over to the anacostia river. you're going to be just fine this morning. we'll take a live look outside. first of all taking a look over here on 270 coming in from the north, you're going to see a bit of volume forming. you can see this here at route 109. that continues to about 121 before the pace improves. back over to our maps, this time to southern maryland with we're fine on route 210, route 4, 5, route 301. everything is good up to the beltway. heading through the wilson bridge, all lanes are open. i'll be back with more traffic at 5:39. well, we've already heard the negative tone in the 2012 presidential election. a