with those questions anymore. >> everyone every week calling for his job an it is on espn we have been a soap opera for the nfl the last two weeks so hopefully it will calm down a bit. >> reporter: zorn has one issue he will need to deal with immediately. according to the "washington post," chris sam yums is set to retire because of a neck injury he suffered two weeks against against carolina. >> families living here at the garden apartments on p street southwest will be staying elsewhere tonight after a fire on the third floor. a resident of the floor was sweeping when a fire broke out behind the refrigerator. she wasn't able to put it out and pulled the alarm. two boys, ages 13 and 16 in the apartment across the hall couldn't wait for fire crews to arrive. dc fire and ems tells us they jumped from the third floor window. they weren't seriously hurt but were taken to the hospital as a precaution. i talked to a woman and her newborn infant. still just a few days out of the hospital. they made it out of the apartment safely. they, and the teenagers will be taken care of by the red cross. they say those apartments on the third floor are not habitable at this time. i'm armando trull in washington. next week metro rail will be testing software that can spot problem on the circuit that line all the rails in the system. >> last summer's deadly red line crashed nine people and injured dozens more. federal authorities haven't determined the cause, but they told metro it needed to install a better crash avoidance system. on monday, metro will test new software that can spot problems on the rail circuit in realtime. >> we will be looking at it constantly, consistently, every minute, every hour. >> we want a fix. we want to fix what is wrong. we want to reassure the riding public that this system has been fixed. >> reporter: you are not sure if the software will be the answer? >> we don't know. >> reporter: for more on those stories and all of the events go to our website 24 hours a day at wusa9.com. now to the latest on the flu. don't panic is one mom's advice tonight. her daughter just went back to school today after coming down with the h1n1 on monday. she says the illness was not as bad as the thought it would be and there's no need to panic. here's peggy fox. >> reporter: in many moms circles, getting your child the h1n1 vaccine is the hot topic. many say they are willing to wait in line for hours to get it. >> whatever it takes. >> reporter: her worries were elevated when she visited india where the virus is spreading fast. >> everybody is using a mask and people are avoiding public places. >> reporter: her daughter is 15 months old, within the age limit to get the vaccine from fairfax county's health department but sara weiss has older children and can't get it yet. >> it concerns me because of the fact there are children that have not made it through that had no underlying medical conditions and i believe that's the only difference between the flu and a regular flu, the regular flu doesn't concern me that much. >> reporter: this pediatrician says it is a misconception that h1n1 is worse. >> fortunately this flu isn't anymore serious than any other flu. in fact there was a flu about five or six years ago that had more punch to it and people were pretty sick. >> i knew exactly what it was. >> reporter: lisa's daughter rachel came down with the swine flu on monday. she went back to school on today. >> she would spike a fever but when she had tylenol or motrin she felt better, she worked on home work and did coloring and would lay around and watch tv. not a lot of energy, but nothing terrible. >> reporter: peggy fox, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> doctors say h1n1 is a numbers game because it is so highly contagious a lot of folks are getting sick. they say if children with asthma or some other medical problem have the flu they have to come in to be checked but everybody else can stay home and drink the fluids and get the rest and keep the fever down with ibuprofen and wait for the virus to go away. despite a shortage of flu and h1n1 vaccine nationwide, supplies are making it to our region. people were lined up for shots today at a clinic held by the arlington county health department. it was first-come, first- served. they will continue to give out the shots until supplies are gone. stafford county officials in the meantime resulted in to a drive in approach to hold the largest vaccination clinic in virginia history. it was at stafford regional airport. the catch about the clinic you had to stay in your car to get a shot. here's a look at the alexandria health department. 250 doses of the h1n1 nasal version of the vaccine were given out today and health workers handed out numbers to folks in line so nobody had to wait needlessly. convicted sniper john allen muhammad's attorneys are trying to convince governor kaine that their client is just too mentally ill to be executed. his lawyers submitted a compilation of interviews with attorneys, mental health experts and witnesses who say it shows that he is mentally ill. they want him to stop the execution and commute his sentence to life in prison. dc council members want to know why fenty's administration went around their backs to award millions of dollars in contracts to build parks and reck yeah -- recreation centers. he funneled money through the housing project for those projects. by law the council has to approve contracts that exceed $1 million. topper is here with the nine forecast first. we had a nice week. i'm thinking it is coming to an end, right. >> slowly but surely. it is not all gloom and doom. i would grab a coat and an umbrella, especially north and west of town. tonight a harbinger of more showers to roll in tomorrow. mostly cloudy and mild. that's the good news. a few showers or drizzle is possible. and winds from the south and gu midnight. temperatures are nice. 65 downtown. 71 fredericksburg. but upper 50s in frederick, upper 50sin winchester and cumberland. a quick meek at live doppler. most of the activity north of town leesburg to frederick and up 70 by hagerstown. we will come back and tell you when the next batches of showers and i say batches of showers and thunderstorms roll in. >> thank you for that. get to the evening rush hour. patranya bhoolsuwan, the beltway is a problem. >> that's right. a serious accident on the inner loop at branch avenue. three right lanes are blocked right now. only the left lane is squeezing by. expect delays as you can see on this side of the beltway. police are on the scene directing traffic. we have another accident to report. this was 95 southbound in virginia at backlick road. it is pushed off a few minutes ago to the left shoulder but causing delays. we have a report of another accident. route 123. expect delays going south to dumfries. as we head outside and check out 66 westbound. steady delays as you can see from nutley to 123. good news. no accidents. bad news, you are going to see delays for a little longer. and finally a reminder that this sunday is the marine corps marathon. a lot of people in town for this already. so foot traffic will be the focus this sunday. a lot of streets will be closed from 4:00 a.m. in the morning until after 1:00. be aware of this that. the advice take metro and prepare for big crowds. >> thank you for that. what really happened on the flight that overshot its destination by 150 miles? a lot of us would like to know. we will talk about the dc -- talk with the pilot for perspective. eat to win. even if you are not running a marathon we will tell you how to eat to get more energy. stay with us. i'm steve shannon, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. in this attack ad, ken cuccinelli says, "it's a study in contrasts and judgment," and it is. steve shannon was a fairfax county prosecutor who convicted hundreds of drunk drivers. ken cuccinelli has no experience as a prosecutor. and ken cuccinelli opposed tougher penalties for repeat drunk drivers. he said, quote, "a suspect might not recall a previous dui arrest." that's the true contrast. welcome back. investigators are trying to figure out why the pilot of a northwest airlines flight shot past their destination by 150 miles. on wednesday, flight 188 made it about two-thirds of the way from san diego to minneapolis when air traffic controllers lost contact with the pilot at 6:56 p.m. central. an hour later the plane flew over the destination at 37,000 feet and kept going for 150 miles. finally at 8:14, the pilots radioed in, turned around and went back and landed safely. the planes cockpit voice and flight data recorders have arrived in washington at the ntsb but the voice recorder may not provide much help because it only recorded the last 30 minutes of the flight. it is an old school reporters and therefore not much information. we want to look at the situation involving the older flight and tonight we are joined by captain weiss of the allied pilots association. captain weiss is also a member of the civil aviation association, and of course, everybody, all the civilians are talking about this. is it plausible that an argument on that plane in the cockpit could distract the pilots enough they would fly 150 miles without knowing. >> it seems hard to believe. one of the things we practice for years and i flew for a major airline for 24 years is distractions and how to cope with that. at all times, one pilot is always supposed to be flying the plane. apparently in this case that wasn't the case. >> reporter: they keep talking about the possible factors. is it plausible that both pilots would fall asleep for that long of a period of time. >> fatigue has been around for a long time. it's been an issue for 30 to 40 years and that has a lot to do with the fact that over the years the faa has had a dual mandate. one of the areas they have to be concerned with is safety and the other area they were concerned with is promoting commerce and it seems like over the ear years promoting commerce is a high dollar issue and that's always trumped safety. >> reporter: so what is your sense of how fatigued pilots are? we know some of the small airplanes don't pay much to pilots commuting back and forth, but this is northwest, one of the big boys. >> well, commuting is a fact of life with an airline. your pay is based upon the weight of the aircraft. so the larger the plane you fly, the more pay you'll get. so people will commute to go to work. >> so you are saying that pilots are -- it is an issue no matter what airline. >> it is irrelevant what airline it is. fatigue is an issue and has been for a long time. >> if they are caught sleeping in the cockpit are they in big trouble. >> that's not for me to determine but i believe that fatigue is finally being addressed after 40 years with the latest faa reauthorization bill. >> if they were overtime because of their schedules maybe it is not their fault. >> i think it is, a number of the european carriers and other carriers in asia allow their pilots to take short naps on the enroute portion of the flight so you can be awake and alert during a high workload, during landing which is the most important time. >> absolutely. >> mark weiss of the allied pilots association, thank you for being here. topper will have the full forecast. so keep it here. now for living well. on fridays we focus on fitness and avid runners almost always get excited about the marine corps marathon which winds its way through dc this weekend. anita brickman shows how to make a power packed but healthy meal to go the distance. >> healthy carbohydrates, yep, they are out there. just ask chef marijuana marin from the morrisson grill. >> most people think you carb load before the race but it is something you have to carry throughout your training. >> reporter: especially for the marine corps marathon runners. he focuses on meals that offer taste and extra fuel to stay energized. >> pastas, rices, grains, some fruits and vegetables. you want things with good dietary fiber. not all fruits are good. they have some carbohydrates you want higher carb hydrates and fewer proteins. >> this dish offers the right amount of carbs to protect a compound called glue coe jen. it is essential to muscle recovery that helps runners fatigue. >> if you don't properly store those they can be depleted within one of the -- 20 minutes of the run. it is one of the super grains and in there i have soybeans for protein. >> reporter: any avid runner is looking for easy options on the the go. a high fiber, high carb energy bar like this one dennis created for the grilled menu is under 200-calories. >> you want to add all of your dry include cents, oats, dried fruit, you can change it whenever you want. the peanut butter is high in protein so that helps. dried fruits are good for you. chocolate helps your mood. so i always all for having chocolate in your diet. my nieces make this all the time. there is nothing unhealthy about carb hydrates. your body needs them. >> anita brickman has more tips for endurance athletes avoid unusual foods. one of the worst prerun foods is bacon because it digests too slowly and the best bet is to eat one to two hours before you start to run. to see the energy bar recipe and find out more about the morrisson grill head to our website at wusa9.com and click on living well. don't run. i know you are about to run out right now. at least the weather looks good for the the marathon. >> great for the marathon. doesn't look good for howard's homecoming or the dog walk but we will get through it. shower and thunderstorms in two waves. not like last saturday when it rained continuously all day. the next three days we are looking at temperatures warm. despite the showers and storm storms in the mid-70s. 63 on sunday. beautiful day. cooler, yes, but very nice and very nice on monday with sunshine. temperatures back in the upper 60s. now, for tonight, mostly cloudy and mild. a few showers or some drizzle. low temperatures between 54 and 60. the temperatures won't fall much tonight. and winds will increase from the south at 10 to 20 and become rather gusty. show you on live doppler. you can access this along with interactive radar at wusa9.com. around town, quiet, a couple of sprinkles here and there and you go up north, 270 to frederick and get in to steadier rain, occasionally moderate rain past middletown and also way past frederick. also out to brunswick and lovettsville in virginia. we are probably seeing a little light occasionally moderate activity. nothing really heavy. over the next hour it will continue to move to the north and east. urbana will get a shower. i think gaithersburg will get a shower and even rockville as it crosses 2700 in the next hour, hour and a half. nothing really heavy. in some respects when this goes through we will get a break for a while so it is a good thing. temperatures are nice. low 60s pretty much across the board. 63 olney. 63 laurel. 64 old town and 65 dumfries. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy, windy and mild. another chance of a batch of showers and maybe a thunderstorm. 50s and 60s. winds from the south at 10 to 20 and gusty. best chance tomorrow morning is west of town. by afternoon, here's a good chance of shower and thunderstorms. some could be heavy. high temperatures low to mid- 70s and winds from the south southwest at 10 to 20 and rather gusty. here's our nine microcast. put this in to motion. midnight a couple of showers in the metro area and then a break. we will stop it at 7 a.m. clouds yes but showers in the mountains and we will put it in to motion. by lunchtime the showers form to the west of us and then push across and between 2:00 an 4:00 or 5:00 we will see a line of showers and storms across the metro and across 95 by 6:00 p.m. looks like the parade for howard's homecoming is tomorrow and is okay and the late afternoon not so good for the battle of the bands. 74 tomorrow. showers and storms, beautiful on sunday. 63. upper 60s on monday. mostly sunny, showers are possible on tuesday. upper 60s. mid-60s on wednesday pane we warm up next week. we are at 70 on thursday. and 75 with showers and maybe a storm on friday. >> you want to see the return of thunderstorms on friday. >> i did see that. >> book ends. >> flanking you. >> let's get to the weird news file. fore-- forget bernie madoff or michael jackson. the hot new costume for halloween is balloon boy. the subject of a high school high school costume reportedly flying off the shelves. for $20 you get the mini silver helium balloon connected to a hard board box that you put over your head. what do you want for $20. it is only cold in the great white north. it is a long way to go for a costume. >> that's funny. you wanted more. u waed videos and phos... ail and brdband. you wanted to ruyour buss from anywhere... and stanmessa#g stay in h everyone. you wanted apps to find 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