major incidents or accidents reported but a crash in maryland, 270, route 85 off to the right shoulder. we are seeing some traffic between germingtown and clopper but no major problems to report from commuters there. at the top of the hour let's get to the stories happening today. part of's new immigration law is in affect but the most controversial parts are being temporarily blocked. a judge wants outstanding lawsuits settled. the house is expected to approve airline safety measures today in response to the 2009 crash of a continental express flight in new york. it will improve safety and training of pilots. later this morning, president obama will deliver what's called a major education reform speech. he'll do that at the national urban league's 100th anniversary convention held in northwest washington. also today redskins training camp begins. lindsey mastis live with a preview. >> reporter: we are hours away from the official season of redskins 2010. the parking lot is filling up now as players report in to the area this morning. it is mike shanahan's first training camp with the since. fans are excited to see the new coach and his staff in their element. you have got mike shanahan's son, his offensive coordinator, has let is defensive coordinator and there's a lot of expectation and pressure to make the season good. >> we are going to give them every opportunity to show us what he can do. hopefully he will like the position we play him in and give us everything he's got. we will see how he does in practice and what kind of shape he is in and we will see quickly. >> he knows he's behind and we have to get him caught up. i think he understands what we are looking for and hopefully he will buy in to what we are doing and help us to win some games. >> reporter: of course they are talking able albert haynesworth. he accepted a $20 million bonus and wanted to be traded and a lot of his teammates were upset about that. at this point he has had a conversation with mike shanahan and it's been decided he will have to pass, basically have to pass a conditioning test before he can practice with the team. so very interesting first day here at redskins park. lindsey mastis reporting live. >> how will the redskins do this year? a lot of you are leaving comments on our facebook page. here's a sample -- stay with 9 news now for all of the redskins coverage. dave owens will have a live report from redskins park today at noon and dave will be joined by brett haber tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and seven. check out the redskins training camp page under the sports headline at wusa9.com. five days later and still lingering problems from our summer storm. while most of the power outages have been fixed, about 6800 customers are still without electricity. 5300 of those are in montgomery county. 1200 in prince georges and 200 in the district. the hardest hit zip code right now is the colesville area of silver spring including one home day care dealing with no power. >> it really messes up my business and my families that i provide care for. >> i'm very frustrated. you know, we have had to use a generator. the generator goes off every 2 1/2 hours so we are going back and forth to turn it on. >> reporter: pepco hopes to get the power on by tomorrow. many a montgomery county teenager admits to luring a montgomery county man to his death along a hiking trail in potomac. emily geller pleaded guilty yesterday. the body of 57-year-old of a man was found in may of 2009. he was a car salesman from gaithersburg. prosecutors say the two had met for a similar encounter days before the murder. virginia's attorney general is donating to charity some controversial campaign contributions he received. republican received $55,000 in money from the director of veterans of an organization. he is under investigation accused of misappropriatuation. the money will go to veterans charities. time for another "living $mart" report. jessica doyle is here and you are making us smarter shoppers. >> that's white. who doesn't love finding a discount? we love a discount and the outlet malls are usually swimming with deals but you need to be cautious about pitfalls and bargains that aren't all they are cracked up to be. >> absolutely you can find great deals. you have to look and be cautious and take your time don't be in a hurry. know what you are going for because there's traps wherever you go. >> reporter: this personal stylist says the discounts at the outlet mall may not be as deep as you think. >> they produce a tag that has a msrp on it, which is then crossed out with a new price to trick the customer to thinking they are getting a deal when they are not. >> reporter: another pitfall they often create a line of clothing just for outlet stores themselves, clothes that will never make it to a regular retail store and the quality can be just as cheap as the price. this sweater here when you look at it closely, you can see that the stitching season perfect, the buttons are extremely loose. >> it is not something you would see on the rack in the retailer itself. >> reporter: protect yourself by examining the quality of the fabric and craftsmanship of the garment before you swipe your credit card. the best deal. >> probably going to get the better product at the better outlet store. >> reporter: another option, look for clearance stores rather than outlet malls they usually have clothes in the store that didn't sell out completely. >> you have to look through the racks an take the time to do it if you are really looking for the deals. >> reporter: here's another way to get up to 20% off. before you head to the outlet mall, head to the website for coupons and stop by customer service desk. often time you will find a v.i.p. coupon book that offers better deals. this is one from leesburg outlet and you will find 20% off at kenneth coal. >> this is for every store. >> right. not necessarily every store but over 670 there and and in individual stores ask if there are coupons, this is from sax and an additional 30% off. you can't combine these but you want to ask for these. the first stop, get your v.i.p. coupon book. >> i never thought of that. >> now you know. >> what would we do without you, jess? appreciate it. if money were no object where would you travel to, no the outlet malls don't count on this one, folks. the number one spot is italy, us a central ya is number two, ireland, great britain and france. the time is 6:08. the controversy in arizona is far from over this morning. new immigration law is in affect but not all of it. in four minutes, learn why part of it was blocked and what happened next. right now it's our focus on maryland's weather and traffic. we begin with howard. >> good morning. start with doppler. we have a lone shower in western maryland that is pushing through hancock right now along 68 heading off to the east. we will be watching that for you. you can see it coming from hinesy grove in to hancock right now. get the maryland forecast. a sticky morning out there. we have the heat and humidity. it will warm up quickly and also an early chance of showers and storms. even by noon, look at that in the mid-80s cumberland and hagerstown. 90 in spots and around annapolis and camp springs can't rule out storms midday as the action moves to the south during the afternoon. finish out the day with a better chance of storms south and north. temperatures low 90s in many spots. it. >> will be a warm one. start off on 270. traffic southbound. an accident on route 85 to the right shoulder. not really disrupting traffic heading south. slow germantown and clopper. moving to over parts of montgomery county. still have those six lights not working properly. tech road and route 29 among them. police are directing traffic, trying to get you to work safely. so use caution in that area. fly over 50 westbound from bowie to 495. right now not seeing major incidents or accidents, just buckle up and be safe this thursday morning. we'll be right back. stay with us. we are following a developing story. it is the most controversial parts which are blocked by a judge. 's governor, who supports the law, promises to appeal later today. sandra endo has the story from fee nick. >> reporter: 's immigration law goes in to affect today. but without what many consider the most controversial provision. a day before the law known as s b-1 070 was scheduled to go in to affect, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction against key parts of the law meaning at least for now police are prevented from questioning a person's immigration status if there is no reason to believe the person is in the country illegally and the judge blocks criminalizing people for not carrying or applying for immigration registration papers. the ruling came after the department of justice filed suit arguing immigration enforcement should be dealt with at a federal level many say it is a victory against potential racial profiling. >> when looking at the law, the way it was written and the only way to ten force the law was to take somebody's race in to account, racially profile, i feel strongly about that. >> reporter: asceses governor jan brewer say that's will appeal, arguing states should have the power to combat illegal immigration and that the federal government hasn't done enough. >> we are going to continue to request that we get heard on this and that the citizens of arizona are protected. >> reporter: the parts of the law that go in affect today include a ban on all sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants and making it a crime to hire illegal day workers. it could be a matter of days before the court of appeals takes on the case and won't be until october before the supreme court could handle it since they are in recess. in phoenix, sandra endo for 9 news now. our coverage continues at wusa9.com. get more reaction to the judge's decision on the immigration law and learn about local protesters, as well as a local crackdown on illegal immigrants. it is 6:14 on this thursday morning. here's what is in the news now. it is not believed anyone survived the crash of a military cargo plane. it went down last night at an air force base in a alaska. four people were on board. hundreds of people are out of their homes, forced out by two wildfires. this is in southern california. governor schwarzenegger has already declared a state of emergency. massey energy plans of to resume work at the upper big branch mine in the next few months. 29 miners died there last april in an explosion. the company will build a new entrance and hopes to resume work in the next six months. talking an the weather today. temperatures not going to be so bad but it is the thunderstorms that we will have to worry about. >> a little punchy from sunday when it comes to thunderstorms and some of the thunderstorms today could be on the strong so severe side. not anticipating anything close to what we had. this morning live doppler 9000 hd starts with some lighter showers, some out in western maryland pushing think hancock. they are moving east as these are fairly light and few and far between. and then across west virginia, we will go south for you. that's going to be approaching the shenandoah valley. you see franklin west of peterburg and oakland. they could be approaching the shenandoah valley in an hour or so as they get out of west virginia and this action is going to be increasing as we go through the day with the daytime heating that is coming. back on the weather computer and talk about today. shower and storms. 79 now. expect 84 by 9:00. noon we could be pushing the 90- degree mark with showers and stops an. that's the case off and on for the afternoon as the action moves from north to south. clearing north first. so by 4:00, 5:00, northern virginia, winchester, should be done with all of this. culpeper may not be done, fredericksburg until 7:00, 8:00. warm and muggy. scattered storms north and west. 70s and 80s. this afternoon we will have scattered showers an storms and i'm talking lunch hour to mid to late afternoon. some could be severe. winds to the northwest at 10 to 15. clearing skies and less humidity tonight. 56 to 70 for the low. that will feel good tomorrow morning with sunset 8:22. spoke to lou anne in annapolis, 81 cambridge. 79 in southern maryland and tappahannock, fredericksburg is 80 and cumberland and hagerstown in the upper 70s there. muggy. that's the reason temperatures haven't dropped off. 82 under mostly sunny skies. the sun came up ten minutes ago. the cold front to the north. showers and storms and the warm humid air. we will watch them as we go through the morning in to the afternoon. midday we will have a scattering of showers and storms. see southern maryland waiting. we could have a couple of storms here and there. through the evening, action settles to the south. fredericksburg 17 cnn 15. could be stuff by you and clear out nicely overnight. that means a good looking friday. here's the seven-day forecast, low 90s today. thunderstorm, could be strong midday through the afternoon. tomorrow 87. nice and dry. saturday can't rule out a storm 87 with better chance on sunday. 85 and here comes what looks like more heat. i hope i can change this tomorrow but could be in the mid-90s by tuesday. it is 6:17. good morning, patranya bhoolsuwan. good morning. happy thursday. here in the traffic center we are keeping an eye on this accident out in prince william parkway. it is pretty bad. we hope it will be cleared by 6:30. right now still there, prince william parkway near the hack kwan river bridge. all lanes are shut down. moving to i-66. we have a crash at route 29 centreville and we are seeing traffic from 234 to route 29 because of the crash. it is off to the shoulder but will be slow for drivers on 66. moving on to the outer loop in maryland, if you are taking a trip north of town, right now from university of georgia delays are growing but moving without incidents. back to the maps and check route 4, 5 and 301 in maryland. not seeing incidents or accidents on the screen here. that is deathly good news. the drive times are slowing down in spots as we check 66. slow from 7100 to 495, a half hour drive there. 295 in dc from the beltway to dc, 295, eight minutes and growing. on the inner loo loop from 395 to the toll road, 14 minutes right now. back to you. the prince georges county fire department is reminding you whenever there is an extensive power outage you should unplug your appliances. that's because of this house fire yesterday in oxon hill. ten minutes after the power came back on, a fire broke out at the home on miles drive. three firefighters suffered minor injuries. damage is estimated at $200,000. good news for anyone who got a speed camera ticket in one maryland town. it is getting tossed out. this involves ben wood and in prince georges county. the washington examiner reports anyone who got a ticket between june 24th and july 1 putt will get a refund because of what is called an internal error. the cameras are at the intersection of 38th avenue and rhode island avenue. slug riders, don't fear. the district says it will not crack down on the car pool lines inside of the city. we told you last month that the district would go after slug commuters for violating city laws but the police chief wrote a letter to congressman connelly saying slugs are okay. it is 6:19. ahead in sports the braves do something to the nationals they have not done in ten years. plus, more from the redskins in three minutes. an apparent beef involving haynesworth. it's not back-to-school, it's forward to what's next with an hp netbook, samsung reality or lg cosmos for under $20 after rebate. good morning, everyone. if hains worth hadn't already lost 30-pounds there's a good chance he would have in the first week of training camp for all the wind sprints shanahan will make him do. he knows he disrespected the head coach with his selfish behavior and tried to mend fences yesterday. he met with shanahan and declared himself ready to rejoin the team, but not so fast said the coach. shanahan telling haynesworth he will start camp on the second string defense. he will need to pass a fitness test before he can play at all and he needs to "buy in." hernandez pitches for the nats against the braves last night. 1stinning he strikes out one and heyward is on third and steals home. chaos on the base pass. jones with a flair in the fifth. the braves take out thionates 3- 1. josh howard agrees to a one year deal with these wizards last night. he came to washington in that butler heyward deal from dallas in february. looks spectacular for four games before he tore up his knee and ended his season. he averaged 15 points over the seven year career. that's a quick look at sports. i will see you tonight from redskins training camp live in ashburn, until then i'm brett haber, have a great thursday. >> one more sports note an up date on strasburg. he will likely miss the next start because of the inflammation in his right shoulder. that's his pitching arm. he told reporters yesterday he felt the tightness a few days ago and felt like he might be hitting a wall. it is 6:25. ahead, jessica doyle has a new warning about a job scam out there. and we will check in on the pony run. and we could see thunderstorms roll back in today. howard tells us when a we could expect them when 9 news now returns. ♪ (announcer) we all want to stay active. we don't want anything... ...to slow us down. but even in your 30s... ...your bones can begin to change. overtime, you can begin to have bone loss. calcium and vitamin d work together to help keep your bones strong. and yoplait gives you... ...20% of your daily calcium... ...and is the only leading yogurt with vitamin d in every cup. keep your bones strong every day... ...with yoplait. my dentist gives me act restoring mouthwash. act kills germs, restores minerals strengthens enamel. act restoring-- for strong teeth act now. we are back with a delmarva tradition. the 85th annual pony swim. 150 horses made the swim from maryland in to virginia. about 40,000 people watched. today many of the horses will be auctioned off. thank you for starting your day with us. i'm angie goff. andrea roane is on vacation this week. meteorologist howard bernstein is on the weather terrace with the forecast and no umbrella just yet. >> no umbrella, jacket, it is warm and muggy but there are showers and storms that will be moving in. north and west they will move in this morning, even in washington the lunch hour or shortly thereafter. the showers and storms, you see the lightning up in pennsylvania, west virginia to the shenandoah valley. that's an hour, hour and a half way aif it holds together. regardless there is a front coming and the air will sag toward us. we will be watching this this afternoon. it is warm and muggy. you can see the temperatures in the 70s except annapolis at 80 degrees already. we will be 90 by noon with scattered showers and storms an. that will be the case for the afternoon. highs in the low 90s. let's go to patranya bhoolsuwan and find out about the commute. >> 6:30 on the dot here and we have good news in woodbridge, the accident at prince william parkway has cleared. moved to the shoulder between yates ford and. an earlier accident at route 29. still slow from 234 to the scene and then again from a 0 to the beltway. this is due to a crash. not a crash, actually a disabled vehicle is blocking the right lane. so it is slow on 66 for now. move out to how things are looking. on the inner loop a disabled vehicle is blocking the lane approaching 66. and in maryland moving without incident but heavy from university over to georgia and add extra ten minutes to your commute this morning. back to you. today the state of arizona will appeal a judge'