trailers are involved and they have to drain the fuel out of both of them. so it's going to take a while. let's take a live look outside. first of all, on our mdot camera inner loop of the beltway you can just see the flashing lights here, i think they were trying to see if they can get a closeup shot of it. all you can do is see the flashing lights which is just telling you that they're there on the scene and no one is getting by on the inner loop before route 355. let's see if we can take a look at the delay from our chart camera and this is the spur as i said, even as you come down on 270 trying to get to the inner loop of the beltway, this is what you're dealing with. no one is moving. and you're at home right now watching that means you need to choose your alternate routes. not a good idea. if you head east on the beltway from bethesda into silver spring. the outer loop is not affected by this. the cameras by georgia avenue and as you can see the lanes are open. in issues to report on -- no issues to report on the outer loop. all the lanes are open. a look at the map. inner loop of the beltway before route 355, no one's getting by. two tractor-trailers involved in these accidents. i'll be back with more details congresswomanning up at 6:-- coming up at 6:11. live from new york it's -- thursday night. yes, president obama and mitt romney went back and forth with some zingers last night at the annual al smith fundraiser in new york city. >> today both candidates bring the battle to the commonwealth. >> kristin fisher is live from the satellite center with more on the race for the white house. 17 days until election day kristin? >> reporter: wow, hard to believe and hard to believe it was just two nights ago that we wahed these two men go at it in one of the most heated debates in modern presidential history. and they'll be back at it again today. president obama will be at george mason university in fairfax. mitt romney in abingdon, virginia. but last night they were friendly. funny, mitt romney made fun of his stiff public persona. while the president poked at hiss poor performance during the first debate. yes, i think this is what voters want to see a bit more of right? now, this dinner, the al smith dinner, it's been a tradition for presidential candidates ever since world war ii. the fancy affair in midtown, manhattan and both candidates were wearing white ties and tails. something that romney said made him feel quite comfortable. >> but it's nice to finally relax and to wear what ann and i wear around the house. >> everyone please take your seats. otherwise clint eastwood will yell at them. >> i was actually hoping the president would bring joe biden along this evening. because he'll laugh at anything. >> the unemployment rate is at its lowest level since i took office. i don't have a joke here. i just thought it'd be courthouseful to remind everybody. >> he knows how the seize the moment, this president, and already has a compelling new slogan campaign. you're better off now than you were four weeks ago. >> reporter: i'm saving the best stuff for last. when obama and romney made fun of their own performances during the last two debates. it's hill lair rouse, that's coming up at 6:30 and you know i think that this is what it would be like if jon stewart ran for president. don't you think? i mean, this is what we want to see a bit more of right? >> you know i saw his debate with bill o'reilly and it was engaging and still informative but funny and that's nasty. >> and you still learn something and they get their points across. >> exactly. all right, kristin fisher reporting live from our satellite center. she's back with funny more moments from that dinner last night. well, no matter who you're voting for in november you're running out of time to make sure you're registered to vote. today is the deadline in the district but at this point you can only register in person at the city's board of elections office. deadlines to register in maryland and virginia have come and gone. we have more on voter registration at wusa9.com. click on campaign 2012. more tragic news for the prince george's county police department. officer kevin bowden has died after his car crashed into a pole at branch avenue and clinton. this is the second officer who's died in a car crash for this police department recently. an suv was involved in officer bowden's crash and he was off- duty at the time. at a police press conference last night, officials did reveal quote we have witnesses saying the officer was cut off. unquote. police will have an update later this morning as a news conference and we'll have that for you on 9news now at noon. we have our eye this among on the rest -- the arrest of a man who allegedly threw a flammable substance into the ballston county mall. this is thrive video only find right here of the arrest. police closed the mall after reports that someone threw a molotov cocktail. after three hours of searching police took the man into custody. his name has in the been released at this point. closing arguments are expects today in the case against two prince george's county police officers. reginald baker and james harrison are charged with second degree assault and misduct. it was caught on tape in 2010 as students a at the university of maryland celebrated a basketball win over duke. the video shows officers using their baton to hit a young man on the ground. harrison took the stand yesterday saying the young man punched another officer and refused to drop an object in his hand. that object turned out to be the man's cell phone. federal investigators continue to investigation this morning whether the suspect in a plot to bomb the federal reserve in new york city has ties to al-qaeda. agents are poring over evidence confiscated from 21-year-old quazi nafis' apartment. he is charged with trying to employee up the federal reserve -- blow up the federal reserve bank in new york city. the fbi successfully thwarted his effort. if convicts, nafis faces life in prison. -- convicted in nafis faces life in prison. antivirus software is easy. but that protection has become a target for scammers. and a consumer's best intentions can end up being pretty costly. steps to protect a computer and the personal information stored there. installing antivirus soft wafer and updating it on a regular basis. with that in mind, internet security experts have noticed a fast growing trend. scammers trying to snare well intentioned consumers with fake antivirus warnings and mall wear. >> nowdays it's gotten a lot worse because the cyber criminals can make a lot of money off of this. so they've developed elaborate graphical user interfaces to mimic things. >> security expert derrick mackey says it can silently install itself on your computer and try to hijack existing antivirus software. red flags include redirecting a user to a website and asking for a credit card number to fix the so-called problem. in the event of a scam, take the computer offline. reinstall existing antivirus software and complete a new scan of the device. to avoid getting tripped up by such a scam in the first place, have web filtering security software and antivirus protection to block malicious websites. if you do wind up falling for the scare ware pitches what you get for your money is often a junk software program. you may now have downloaded a virus to the computer. that makes the problem so much worse. you think you're doing a good thing and it winds up blowing up in your face. all right, when we return the long held silence about abuses in the boy scouts are released. >> and howard and monika will have your weather and traffic. you're watching 9news now on this friday morning. howard here with your weather first and we're still dealing with some lingering showers and storms out there. but a lot less than last night. as we two through the morning perhaps a leftover shower at 9:00. mainly south and east of town. by noon partly sunny and 68. and 71 at 5:00 after hitting a high around 74. might see a stray shower well east of town this afternoon. on the inner loop of the beltway, before route 355, work continues on two separate accidents involving tractor- trailers. and look at this. traffic is at a standstill coming off 270. trying to get to this live picture of the accident inner loop of the beltway before route 355. these people have not moved since 4:30 this morning. with that second tractor- trailer involved in the accident. oh, this is awful on the inner loop. and police are telling us this is a lengthy operation. we are not being told when they will set traffic free. we will of course cope you posted and we now have the live picture for you. back to you guys. well, here's a look at the stories making news now. in new york, a federal appeals court became the nation's second panel to strike down the defense of marriage act finding the law's denial of federal benefits to married same sex couples is unconstitutional. the 1996 act bars federal recognition of such marriages and doesn't force states to recognize them either. virginia's state health commissioner has quit over controversial new rules governing abortion clinics. we are showing all file video of dr. karen b remley. the state's board of health documented the rules last -- adopted the rules last month. they require existing abortion clinics to meet the same construction standards as brand new hospitals. that could force them out of business. the boy scouts of america released 20 years worth of secret files on men suspected of child sex abuse. the documents also known as the perversion files show the scouts failed to report hundreds of child molesters to police. dozens of these abusers are from virginia, maryland and d.c.. bruce leshan has the latest for you this morning. >> i loved it. it was awesome. like -- i didn't think anything bad could happen out there. >> reporter: stories like keith's repeated over and over. early and another boy abused by their scout master. >> how could you do that do somebody? how could you bring yourself to do that? >> reporter: the boy scouts and lawyers for the victims released box after box of the so-called perversion files. they build on details already released. arthur of virginia, 50 years in scouting, commended by presidents. recommended by scouting executives, despite allegations of abuse. even after he confessed, scouting officials promised not to tell anyone about it. hum frees was finally convicted of oral sex and sodomy on 20 boys. >> we're talking about hundreds if not thousands of unidentified men who should be registered sex offenders who are roaming free in society. >> reporter: the scouts have been keeping the ineligible volunteer files since 1935. the documents released under protest cover the years from 1959 through 1985. lawyers are pushing the boy scouts to release more. but the organization insists it has implemented new policies to protect children. >> ensuring at least two adults are present at all activities. >> reporter: victims remain suspicious. >> it's such a loosely run outfit that i just wouldn't feel comfortable letting my kid into it. >> reporter: bruce leshan, 9news now. >> all right, it is 6:15. and howard is here with weather. i gave him an umbrella little while ago. it says live, laugh love. it was from the sisters at heart support group in la plata, maryland. i was there talking to them yesterday at their lunch and we won't need it this weekend. we have all of the walks going on. >> still going to need it for a few more hours. >> you can have it for a few more hours. >> the weekend looks nice cool and fall-like. just north and west and i want to mention quickly the grandmother of all rummage sales going on by the ladies board of the fairfax -- loudoun hospital. that is the, loudoun hospital excuse me,. that's going on today and tomorrow at the park. watch the traffic around route 415. the showers and storms that could be coming up our way especially south andest of town. bus stop forecast. a stray shower now it's pretty quiet at the moment. but south and esteem be seeing the increase -- east we'll be seeing the increased activity here. sunrise 7:22. throughout the day the next few hours still a little touch and go. and then this afternoon, looks better. sun returns. 71 by 3:00. we get to 74 for the high with a drive home temperature still about 70. showers and storms off to the south and you can see them here. this lightning and thunder and this stuff is hitting rich monday rich -- richmond pretty hard at the moment. little shower on shore. might get up to chester town and then look at this from richmond up to lady smith. this is tracking up to the north and east. so looks like it's doing to take 301 right into charles county and cross into st. mary's and calvert counties as well over the next couple of hours. the temperatures are on the immediate island this morning with at in leesburg. hey market 61 and andrews 63 and laurel and bowie this morning right at 62 degrees. there's a touch of haze fog in the air from the showers and storms overnight. this is our michael & son weather camera out in tysons corner. where we've got 64 right now. no winds to speak of. and high humidity. no surprise there. with the showers. 90%. so we've got the big storm out west. throwing the moisture off toward us but this is tracking north and east and once this passes, other than a stray shower east and southeast of town this afternoon, i think we're going to be in pretty good shape for the next seven days. today 74 the early showers and even thunder south and east of town. sun this afternoon. 53 tonight for d.c.. 44 in the cold spots. tomorrow 66 a pleasant saturday with all the walks going on in the morning should be fine. sunday looks good too 65 and then we're warming next week into the 70s. it is 6:18. let's check in with monika samtani with this look at timesaver traffic. and i was just on the phone with the troopers at maryland state police barracks and this situation is not good. going to the inner loop of the beltway before route 355 it was two separate accidents involving tractor-trailers. and what they're telling me that is that it is an extensive operation there and that's because they need to off load the fuel off both of the tractor-trailers. you're taking a look from our paul lester at a live picture of the beltway inner loop. how the get all these people off of the beltway. if they're stuck before old georgetown road. yes they can get them off there. but anyone beyond old georgetown and headed to 355. these people have been stuck there since 4:30 this morning and because it involves a fuel spill, it's a very difficult situation here to get all of these people turned around. i in fact personally think it's not possible. on the inner loop of the beltway, before 3551 what we're talking about. two separate accidents involving tractor-trailers. now the problem is another accident on the outer loop and this one is at connecticut avenue. a single vehicle accident hit a wall there and it's disabled on the outer loop at connecticut avenue as well. i would say avoid the beltway in this area of bethesda if you can. i'll be back with more details coming up once against in just a few minutes. back to you guys. not a happy friday at all. >> it is time for another look at the question of the morning. >> and it is -- >> facebook fan page friend jean says -- >> doesn't that make you mad? log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response. and we're going to have the correct answer for you at the end of the 6:00 hour. i don't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my 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[ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ welcome back. 6:23. your weather first and it's quiet now in the metro area but we've got another batch of showers and storms down to richmond and flush moving east -- fredericksburg moving east. the showers and storms still possible for a few more hours and partly sunny this afternoon. not bad at all with a high of 74. monika? in today's the extra mile report, we're wrapping up national team safe drivers week. by focusing on tools parents can use to help keep their teens safe on the road. and that's exactly the priority for national organizations for youth safety or n. o. y. s.e .. they say parents of new drivers need to get them involved in advocating for safety. >> whether or not you're involved with enforcement in your communities, or outreach or any program to improve safety. listen to the teens because they know what the issues are. and they can help you with the solution. >> they are holding a national youth led summit focusing on tone safety and distracted driving right here in washington on december 3rd at the hotel in northwest. ray lahood will be the keynote speaker at the summitment then in may 2013 it's global youth traffic safety month. registration is now open for high schools from around the country to act out loud and get involved in the message of traffic safety. you can find information on both events on our website, wusa9.com. very good. when we come back the latest on the race for the white house. both presidential candidates will be in the commonwealth today. >> plus, we're going to take a look at what happened last night in the virginia senate race. we're back at 6:29. this is always the place to get your weather first. here's a live look at the washington monument. and the jefferson memorial. it is dark but the lights are twinkling at least there on the 14th street bridge. they are moving, monika is going to be telling you about a standstill that's been in the work for hours on the beltway inner loop in just a few minutes. thank you for starting your day. hope it's going better than the motorists, i'm andrea roane? >> and i'm jessica doyle. >> for some of us we still have more storms though. last night it was loud and thunderous and some of you got woken up. this morning we're watching another batch of storms through fredericksburg coming out of richmond moving northeast. let's start with the day planner quickly and we'll see you a touch of fog in the area of tysons corner. looks better than it did an hour ago. then a better afternoon as the sunshine will return. temperatures climbing maybe to even 74 for that high. with a 6:00 p.m. temperature still comfortable at about 70 degrees, looking good as we head into the afternoon. big storm which is spinning near chicago with all the rain there. gave us our showers and storms last night and there's that one area coming up from virginia this morning. tracking in towards southern maryland. it's over to richmond and fredericksburg. not much going on in town but south of washington, this is where seer seeing the thunderstorms -- we're seeing the thunderstorms. the lightning northeast of richmond up to the fredericksburg area with some moderate to heavy rains, coming up 301 and watch out charles county. watch out to quantico. this is all moving in this direction even st. mary's calvert and southern opinions. you'll see this -- prince george's county. you'll see this in the next hour or so. over to monika samtani here at 6:30. she's dealing with an awful lot of traffic on the beltway in montgomery county. we've been working phones maryland state police. keeping us mosted on -- posted on this situation. we've been telling you about since first thing this morning. on the inner loop of the beltway. two separate stents involving tractor-trailers -- accidents involving tractor-trailers on route 355 in bethesda. all lanes are blocked and will remain blocked for at least another hour. let's go to our live picture from our paul lester first. and this is what it looks like everyone stuck here. basically between old georgetown road and 355 will not get through. if you are one of those drivers that uses 355, you can get on the beltway. this is the inner loop eastbound 495 trying to get to the two accidents involving tractor-trailers. before route 355 and crews on the scene tell us that they need to off load all of that fuel before they can let the traffic through and that's why it's taking so long. let's take a lock at our delays now. here's the spur, trying to get to the inner loop. so if you're just heading out the door, you know what to avoid. now what you need to do is maybe take montrose, randolph. connecticut avenue combination, to connecticut. that will get you around it north of the beltway as well. so again, inner loop before 355 will be blocked for at least another hour so those that have been stuck on the beltway have been there already for two hours and not moving. now let's take a look at the other side. here's what it looks like at montrose road southbound 270. these are the people that will hit that delay to eastbound 495, now let's take a look at the outer loop where there's another accident at connecticut avenue. hence this delay as well. i'll be back with more coming up in a few minutes. back to you guys. thank you monika. cbs news takes a look at the latest developments in the presidential race. >> one of the stories fora o'donnell has -- norah o'donnell on "cbs this morning." she joins us from washington. good morning to you. >> hey good morning andrea and jessica, that's right there's a new national poll that shows mitt romney's biggest lead yet. 7 points ahead of president obama. but is that the support showing up in the key battleground states? that's really the key question. we'll and political director john dickerson and plus heath bell from 24 miles up and broke the speed of sound. only on "cbs this morning" felix baumgartner describes what it felt like, why he did it and the big fear that a psychiatrist helped the him overcome. i'm thinking he needed a psychiatrist to tell him not to do it. >> are you kidding? oh my gosh. >> what an amazing feat. >> exactly. >> exactly. exactly. >> what's next? >> see you guys both right here at 7:00. >> welcome back home to washington. well, looking debonair in white tie and tails, both president obama and mitt romney hit each other with their whips last night at the al smith fundraiser in new york. >> today both presidential candidates are duking it out in opposite sides of the swing state of virginia. also nicknamed the mother of presidents. >> kristin fisher is live from our satellite center with more on the race for the white house. good morning kristin. >> reporter: good morning, well, yeah unfortunately the jokes are over. president obama is going to be campaigning this morning at george mason university in fairfax. mitt romney is going to be in abingdon, virginia. but where people are really talking about this morning is how funny these guys were last night. now, i think probably some of their best stuff was about the debates. in particular, the president who made fun of his poor performance during the first debate which also happened to be his wedding anniversary. he made fun of it by saying quote -- there are worse things that can happen to you on your anniversary than forgetting to buy a gift. >> you may have noticed i had a lot more energy in our second debate. i was really well rested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. >> i'm pleased that the president's here. we were chatting pleasantly this evening as if tuesday night never happened. >> earlier today, i went shopping at some stores in midtown. i understand governor romney went shopping for some stores in midtown. >> our president has had some very fine and gracious moments. don't teem anyone i said so but our 44th president has many gifts and a beautiful family. that would make any man proud. >> and i particularly want to thank governor romney for joining me because i admire him very much as a family man and a loving father. and those are two titles that will always matter more than any political ones. >> reporter: now, you can see the two candidates were very gracious and i think most people in the room said that it felt very genuine. but you know don't expect those nice warm fuzzy feelings to last for too long. because the next time those two candidates are going to be sharing the shame room will be next monday during their final debate in florida. jessica, andrea, let's hope they keep some of the humor into the final debate right? >> that would be nice. all right, kristin fisher reporting live from our satellite center. well. it wasn't warm and fuzzy last night in virginia. things very heated in the last of the five debates between the two virginia senate candidates, former republican senator george allen and former democratic governor tim kaine are trying to replace retiring senator jim webb. allen accused kaine of wanting to be president obama's senator, he pointed to the sportif obama care and environmental regulations and tax increases for the well think. but cane e accused allen of being an ideal log who will promote gridlock on capitol hill. allen accused cane e of neglecting his responsibilities as governor while serving as chairman of the democratic national party. it is 6:35. and time for another your money report. google is reportedly blaming the financial printers company. the draft shows the internet giant missed expectations on both revenue and earnings. google's stock plummeted about 10% before it was halted and eventually ended the day down 8%. they're working the finalize the earnings statement and they're planning to issue a release this afternoon discussing both earnings and what happened yesterday. and this is kind of fun. it is sort of an election of cents. what we bring you this morning. this comes from bliss. and this is of course the spa that is in the w hotel. they've come out with two hand lotions for the president and for the governor. this is o-'bama. it is an orange body lotion. i wonder how you like the scent on that? interested the see andrea -- to see andrea's response. >> it smells nice. >> not so bad. and of course here is mint romney. put a little bit there. come on out. >> see if it has any mint smell in it. mint -- >> minty? minty fresh? >> yeah. it's not a part -- but the obama smell is a little better. >> i like the obama smell better as well. about $12 if you want to participate in this election. >> if you wear white tie and tails you'll look good in either fragrance. this stepout walk to stop diabetes is this weekend. it's a cause very near to all of us here in the morning. we'll have more on that. >> uh-huh. that's right. plus, some expert advice from a fitness expert on how to battle this disease. >> we'll be back. it's 6:141. 64-degrees and in extremely busy morning traffic wise. start with the story on the inner loop of the beltway two separate tractor-trailer accidents, one happened at 1:00 morning. another one at 4:30 this morning. both in the same spot. inner loop before route 355 right here in bethesda. step out and live first from our paul lester at the scene. on the inner loop before 355. these are all those people stuck on the beltway with authorities on the scene and you're looking i believe at one of the tractor-trailers involved there as well. now, both of those tractor- trailers, they need to off load the fuel and that's why they're in the letting nip of this -- not letting any of this traffic through. basically all of these people have been sitting there since 4:30 this morning and will be there i believe for at least another 45 minutes to an hour before they can start the let traffic through -- to let traffic through safely. in the meantime if you usually use eastbound 495, take a look at your delay. let's go to our chart camera. this is the spur and again no one moving trying to get south to the eastbound side of 495. so that's definitely not a good idea. you need to choose your alternate routes north of the beltway. it's montrose to randolph to connecticut or 355 to strathmore avenue to knolls to connecticut and south of the beltway go aled and use jones bridge to connecticut. so basically what i'm saying is you can get on the beltway on connecticut, you can even get on the beltway at 355, but it's between old georgetown road and before 355 that the accidents occurred. and now i'm going to show you quickly the outer loop also heavy here at colesville road. the accident at connecticut avenue now blocks the two center lanes. back to you an grow yea. thank you monika. as we've been telling you the morning, join us at the stepout walk to stop diabetes. today ken clark of fitness together is joining us some workout advice to help fight the disease. you'll see representatives from ken's fitness together there at the walk getting people warmed up. this is personal for monika, jess ska and me. and it's -- jessica and me. and it's also a personal fight for you, your mother has type 2 diabetes. >> actually my mother was diagnosed in 1998. she had a severe stroke and as a result of the stroke was diagnosed with diabetes. and early on had to receive -- >> the family? >> had to receive insulin injections three times a day. and then we were able to taper off for that and now she's on oral medication. but still it's still battling the disease as well as the results of the stroke. >> so definitely a reason why you want people to get out and get active. like jess is starting her couch to 5 k. how do we warm up and get off the couch and be ready for a 5 k? >> sure, well first obviously the first thing is let's just get moving. so the walk tomorrow is a perfect venue to get started and kick start a fitness program. >> okay. >> and warming up for the walk you know, we'll do a few dynamic warmup exercises. >> like what? >> so first we'll start off with what we call -- these are squats. all right? we're going to go shoulder width apart. chest out. head up and just think about sitting back into a seat and then pushing through your heels as you come up. so i'll just demonstrate first and you can follow right in. sit down and back up and let's go. >> okay. you feel it right in there. >> exactly, working the wads and the glues gush -- quads and the glues. next the toy soldier. we'll just have the hands out and just kick up one leg at a time. >> 30 seconds. and same leg? same hand. >> uh-huh. exactly. >> feel that in the back of the leg. >> stretching out your hamstrings. stretching out your gluest and lower back. >> the last one? >> think about having fence beside uh-uh. maybe one, two steps to the right and two steps to the left. lift the knee nice ask tall to the torso. think about stepping over the fence. >> i hate this one. >> then over the fence. >> you didn't put nit squat. that's good. >> we nixed the squat this time. >> thank you very much. >> this is the elementary version. >> usually they do a squat and then you're -- whatever. exactly. but it's early. >> it's early. >> i feel bet now -- better now. thank you very much. >> it will get anise and loose and warmed up. >> ken clark and fitness together will be there tomorrow morning along with jessica, monika and me at national harbor. in american registration starts at 8:00 a.m. you can register online still at stepout.diabetes.org and program begins at 9:30. a k walk starts at 10:00. howard? i'm all loosened up and ready to go and we've got some showers and storms south and east of town. the bus stop forecast a bit isolated earlier coming back in a big way though to the friends down in southern maryland and the northern neck. mostly cloudy. 50s and 60 this has morning. so we're starting out mild. we're looking at a day planner calling for the early showers and storms. later this morning we'll mix in a little bit of sunshine with more sun this afternoon. high of 74 4:00 p.m. temperature 72. out this evening friday night football or maybe date night? not bad. a few clouds and 66 by 8:00 p.m. so yeah just a little jacket or sweatshirt should do you well. we have the showers and storms from last night which are now up here but this morning look at this batch which has been coming out of the richmond area. zoom down that way. a thunderstorm with this. still some lightning and thunder and you see it here a little bit north of port royal right now. some new lightning strikes showing up. this is headed up to dahlgren and la plata almost to you. western charles county. this is moving up to prince george's county, the southern end of this into st. mary's county. this is eventually heading in your direction probably going to take oh an hour or so until it gets there. but the next couple of hours south and east of town will be rocking and rolling. temperature-wise, we've guilty 61 for arlington this morning. not much change from that as you head up to leesburg. 59 degrees. got the big grandmother of rummage sales over at the park today and tomorrow. 63 upper marlboro and bowie. college park 62. still just a little bit of fog in the air at tysons corner with cloudy skies and 64. your winds they're calm right now and the humidity way up at 90%. storm systems still spinning up here giving us the showers and storms this morning. they'll sweep through us and we'll have a decentdy and a nice weekend -- day and nice weekend especially for maybe little the pumpkin patch and doing the apple picking. 74 with sun returning this afternoon. 53 tonight in town with 40s north and west. tomorrow 66. sunday a cool start and a nice finish, 65 degrees then next week we're warming into the low 70s monday and mid if not upper 70s tuesday through thursday. we've been combing through the day's daily deals emails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. and here are some of our favorites. ebay is offering a 76% discount on a canon power shot sc 4500 i. s.. you can buy the camera today. $114.99 including free shipping. the suggests retail price for this camera get this -- $479. that's a huge discount. how about a new recliner? 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thank you howard. the time right now 6:53 and here's a look at the news before you go. campaign 2012 comes to virginia today. after both presidential candidates spoke at lastnitis' al smith -- night's al smith dinner in new york. the president will attend a rally at george mason university for the second time in two weeks. and governor mitt romney will be in the opposite side of the state in abingdon. a new workplace study issued by capitol hill's office of compliance outlines violations in congress when it comes to following the americans with disabilities act which was passed by congress. it says sidewalks surrounding all three house office buildings are overwhelmingly not in line with the americans with disabilities act. it is time now to answer our question of the morning. the question was -- >> is it -- and andrea got it right. today's answer is b., ttering. now remember you can always comment on our question of the day anytime on our wusa9 facebook fan page. and we do play the game with you. we don't look and cheat ahead. to see what the answers are. we'll be right back. >> that's right. it's friday and of course we're looking forward to the weekend and especially the nfl this weekend. and he says he'll be back despite a season ending injury at age 37. now, you have a chance to win a ray lewis number 52 jersey. >> you know last week we gave a pair of rg3 jerseys aways and if you'd like to enter to win, just log on to wusa9's facebook page and like us or share and us and tell us why you deserve a free jersey. >> i'm not giving this back. >> and -- your name will be? one winner will be selected at random and their name will be announced on our new saturday evening sports show called "game on." >> game on. airs tomorrow night at 7:00. you can enter all the way up to show time. then on sunday, you can see the ravens/texans game followed by the jets/patriots game here on channel 9. >> this is high deck's jersey. >> no. yeah. >> all right howard? >> we still have showers and storms south and east of town and watch out for that. temperatures today will climb into the 74-degree range. then your weekend looks good with highs in the mid 60s. and enjoy it. we laugh -- but there's a lot of people crying. >> on the inner loop -- oh. since 4:30 this morning, the accidents blocked the beltway before 355. it will be this way for a while. by the way to the 14th street bridge, an accident eastbound freeway. causing this delay as well. >> oh boy. >> glad we are here. "cbs this morning" is next. they'll be taking a closer look at campaign 2012. mitt romney now leading in the polls but how is he doing in the swing states like virginia? >> howard and i will be back in just 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. >> and don't forget you can always check us out on wusa9.com. >> come out tomorrow, we have a lot of walks, join us. >> yeah, see you monday. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: [email protected] ]