julie, time for you to wake up. julie is here with a look at what is happening on the roads. >> you got to play that p-diddy again. that will get up. >> that will do it. >> i like that. >> you got some moves. >> i was dancing that in the club the other night. here we are on the roads. if she is coming in from the reston area, toll road looks good. so does 7 east of 28 out to the beltway. uner loop blast at speed leaving the bw parkway headed around around towards 50. chain bridge, we've been talking about that. they are not automobile to complete the line striping at the chain bridge so one lane open each way. if you are traveling inbound on the prince william parkway, hov lanes as well as the main line open for business. so far, we are still at speed continuing northbound up into lorton. >>> gambling casinos will be legal in west virginia as of july 1st. so this could be i win-win situation, not only for the tourists but also for people who are out of work. fox 5's john henrehan shows us the new casinos will bring

troops by july of 2011? to president hamid karzai, is there anything you can do, your government or people, to maintain that deadline, the endgame of july, 2011? have you found your meetings with the iranian president to be helpful or harmful in your relationship with the obama administration? thank you. >> first of all, let's be clear about what july, 2011 represents. what i have said is that putting in more troops over the last several months in order to break the momentum of the tell a ban that beginning in 2011, july, we will start bringing those troops down and turning over more and more responsibility to the afghan security forces we are building up. but we are not suddenly, as of july, 2011, finished with afghanistan. in fact, to the contrary, what i have tried to emphasize to president hamid karzai and the afghan people and american people that this is a long-term partnership. this is not simply defined by our military presence. i am confident we will be able to reduce our troop strength in afghanist

let's get to on-time traffic and julie wright. julie, everybody should just go to the beach today. >> hey, no complaining for me. i'll drive the bus. the bus has a nice big sun roof, just so you know. >> yeah, i bet. >> on the roads, you will find lanes are open, no incidents to report as you continue to work your way around the capital beltway leaving college park continuing around towards colesville road. along the stre coming in out of laurel. 66 behaving nicely now. overnight roadwork cleared at the beltway so lanes are open as you exit onto 495. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> emergency repairs to an overpass will narrow the highway to one lane. those restriction will go into effect at 9:00 tonight and last until 5:00 monday morning and chain bridge will be closed this weekend for final deck repairs. it will close tonight at 9:00 and reopen on monday at 6:30. >>> working parents don't have a choice. they have to put their children in day care. do parents really know what goes on after they drop their childre

as of july 1st, full-scale illegal gambling will be legal and that could mean a win-win for visitors and for people who need jobs. >> reporter: this is the present in charlestown, west virginia. slot machines, 5,000 of them. and this is the future in charlestown, full-blown casino gambling is coming here on july 1st, thanks to a referendum overwhelmingly approved by local voters who want jobs and tax revenue. in 2009 as a slots parlor, this facility paid $257 million in taxes to west virginia coiffures. >> westbounder, winner, winner. >> reporter: the take and taxes are expected to be larger when people can play black jack, poker, roulette and shoot craps here. training classes for dealers started here in february. retired new jersey policeman joseph montez has a good pension. why become a dealer in the casino? >> to have fun and i'm a people person. >> reporter: most trainees have been hit hard by the recession and have been out of work for a long time. jenny worked for 18 years for city c do it? >> we're working on it. >> reporter: the general manager estimates with tips, his deale

. >>> as of july 1st, full scale gambling will be coming to west virginia. we have a report. >> reporter: this is the present in charlestown, west virginia. slot machines, 5,000 of them. and this is the future in charlestown, full blown casino gambling is coming here on july 1st thanks to a referendum overwhelmingly supported by local voters. in 2009, as a slots parlor, this facility paid $257 million to west virginia coffers. the take and the attacks are expected to be significantly larger. training classes for dealers started here in february. retired new jersey policeman joseph montez already has a pretty good pension so why become a dealer in a casino. >> to have fun. i'm a people person. what a good place to meet people. >> reporter: most of the trainees we encountered have been hit hard by the recession and have been out of work for a long time. jenny worked for city corp. for 1 years but she has been -- for 18 18 years. >> you got a lot going on all at the same time, trying to be accurate, trying to be pleasant. >> can you do it? >> we're working on i

the fairfax county school board approved a new budget starting in july. sherri ly is live in fairfax with more on the deal. >> good morning, steve. this was a very long and a difficult meeting that went well into the night before fair county school board agreed to the $2.2 billion budget. but there bass no way for them to -- there was no way for them to avoid a lot of painful cuts. for the students, they will have to pay for something that was free. here is what thinks look like in the final budget. it's $35 million less than last year. even though they expect enrollment to increase. 200 positions will be eliminated and students who play sports will be charged $100 per student per sport to cover the budget shortfall. a new $75 fee will be placed for advanced placement and ib tests. >> i think it's horrible. there is so many kids that it will take everything out that they won't be able to play. >> it's a difficult challenge. i don't have the right answer. but i do know that we have to look for some alternatives to help out the county. >> some board members

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julie wright will help us steer around this. >>> good morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. also ahead at 8:00, sunscreen is supposed to help you be protected from skin cancer but a new study shows it may be accelerating the speed at which malignant cells spread skin cancer. we'll look at that coming up. >>> and let's look at the forecast with tony as we start to heat things up this week. >> yesterday we had a high in the mid-70s and we'll see some temperatures in the mid-80s this week. let's show you the latest satellite radar image for the region. and we have clouds in over us. you can see more clouds spreading in from a storm system out at sea. clouds pushing in from the east and the easterly flow helping to keep moisture in over us. some of the moisture has turned into shower activity here and there. but for the most part, people are dry, meaning they are not seeing precipitation. here are the current temperatures at the area airports. reagan national 67 degrees. dulles is at 65. and bwi marshall is at 67 degrees. forecast

we are aiming toward july, 2011, to begin the process of transitioning security in some parts of the country to afghan security forces. it is a condition-based decision. we are impressed by the increasing capacity of the afghan security forces and both the defense minister and the interior minister on the military and police side reported the progress but also talked about the challenges. we see the july, 2011 date as another date to import -- to aim for and we believe it can be the beginning of the security transition. the enduring partnership will last long beyond any security transition, any withdrawal of combat forces overtime. we are committed to a strategic partnership with afghanistan. we believe strongly that the afghan people love freedom. we believe their absolute commitment to their sovereignty, there believed in their own potential -- their belief in their own potential maximum good long-term partner. we intend to work with our partners in afghanistan. after president karzai is no longer president, we will have this commitment between our governments and our peoples. this

the president's current plan is to begin bringing troops home in july 2011. a test of mcchrystal's counterinsurgency strategy took place in the town of marjah in february. the next offensive is already in its beginning stages. in june, mcchrystal will lead a military and political effort to secure kandahar province. i sat down with general stanley mcchrystal at the pentagon this afternoon. general mcchrystal, welcome. >> thank you. >> brown: as we sit here now, is the u.s. along with its allies winning the war in afghanistan? >> well, i think that in the last year we've made a lot of progress. i think i'd be prepared to say nobody is winning at this point. where the insurgents, i think, felt that they had momentum a year ago, felt that they were making clear progress, i think that's stopped. >> brown: what was what is your assessment of the insurgency. there was a pentagon report that looked back at the last six months that said things were getting better but it's still alive and even stronger in some areas of the country. what's your assessment? >> i think t

julie kirtz is joining us live to tell us about the president's trip. what can we expect, julie? >> we know the president is on his way to the coast guard station in venice, louisiana as we speak and that he got a briefing on air force one as he flew from washington to louisiana this morning. the weather there has been extremely windy today. so his helicopter tour that was planned is questionable at this point. regardless, he will get a briefing as you said there and talk to first responders on the gulf and then give a statement to reporters about what he has learned first hand from looking around and talking to officials there. at stake the economy, of course, of the region, the wet lands and environment and how much this entire effort, jamie, should be federalized. jamie? >> the question is a lot of people in the region want an immediate response and there has been criticism of what the federal government has done so far. they have responded to that. can we expect any news today out of the administration about what they will do beyond what they have done so far? >> well, it is

i don't know, julie. what do you think? >> i think right now i can do that. i mean things are likely to change later on this morning but right now, i think you'll like the commute around town. all lane are open if you are traveling in each direction down south at the wilson bridge. overnight roadwork in the process of being cleared. they had the inner loop blocked off so everyone was forced to go north on 395, ride the ramps and come back south. we are out towards the 14th street bridge, lanes are open in both the main line and the hovs. top stretch of the beltway holding steady, looking good as you travel west of 650 and continue around through silver spring. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> now, to today's top story and that is the murder which is rocking the university of virginia campus. we're learning more about the moments leading up to the death of 22-year-old yeardley love and we want to warn you that some of the details are disturbing. in court we learned the victim suffered a violent death allegedly at the hands of her

that is officially julie wright day on wednesday. thursday, 78. friday, 8 # 82 with a mix of clouds and sun. -- 82 with a mix of clouds and sun. >>> it is time for ask the weather guy. tucker barnes and i put our heads together to answer your most preeing questions. today's question is from ara wright and he or she writes, with all the rain we've been having lately, of a been hearing on the news that we need the rain. all of this snow we got this year does not account for anything in my emphasis. i think that was the the attitude that person had. tucker and i talked about this a couple of weeks ago because we were talking about that we're below where we normally should fob this time of year as far as rainfall goes and i posed the same question. what about all that snow in here with the answer, ladies and gentlemen, is tucker barnes. >> thank you so much, tony. well, in fact, we do need the rain and right now, in places like dulles and bw incident, we are pretty close to where we need to be. -- like dulles and bwi, we are pretty close to where he n

. >>> let's check with julie and get a look at traffic. >> kind. busy in anne arundel county along 408 at sands road. you will find 408 remains closed. route 4 out of anne arundel county will be your workaround. no problems to report at the american legion bridge. traffic running smoothly on the outer loop and inner loop at this time. 395 at speed leaving the beltway trying to get past duke street. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> our big story this more than, a new spending plan to schools in fairfax county that will cost students and family more money and cost some workers their jobs. >> the school board approved the $2.2 billion budgeet for the fiscal year which starts in july. that is $35 million less than last year. according to the "washington post," the budget will eliminate 200 portions in the senior high school system. athletes will have to pay to play, $100 per child per sport. there will be a $75 fee for students taking advanced placement and imb tests. fees will not be charged to students eligible for free or reduced pr

a problem, and i think significantly, it was strongly emphasized today, they're trying to look past july 2011. they're trying to say this is a long-term partnership that transcends these two individuals that transcends any individual and is a long-term partnership that's important for our security and for their security. >> ifill: there are still fundamental differences on things like includingth taliban in the rebuilding of afghanistan or the relationships with iran. how do you past 2011. how do you get past those kinds of potholes? >> i think the key issue has established trust which did not exist, or at least diminished, given some of the interactions, statements, that karzai's perception that the obama administration worked against them. >> ifill: the vice president was tough on them. the national security council was tough on them. >> i'm proposing that's what he believes happened. and president obama did not spend a lot of time with president karzai, unlike president bush who spent spent a lot of purpose time with him i think they had a chance to spend quality time together but i t

lawmakers hope to wrap up a final bill by july. devoted to place on the worst day for the market since the rally began in march of 20009. the dow jones plunged yesterday. unemployment rose unexpectedly yesterday. analysts say we should expect more volatility in the near future. >>> president obama is looking for someone to oversee the intelligence agencies. the national intelligence director dennis blair has resigned under pressure after 16 months on the job. his last day is may 28. the departure comes after several high-profile intelligence failures. >>> into the oil spill in the gulf. bp is agreeing with scientists that more oil than originally thought is spewing from the oilwell. the company sent a camera so people can look at the gushing oil. it has reached marshes at the mouth of the mississippi river in louisiana. there are no reports of mass wildlife debts or large numbers of animals covered in the substance. bp has been ordered to loot -- to use a less toxic this person to break up the oil there. >> still ahead, you might n

now, here is julie wright with an update on traffic. >> i heard music earlier. is this music intense friday or something. >> i don't know. i like having music on the show. maybe. >> it beats tucker singing any day. >> yes, it does. me too actually. >> although the dogs in the neighbor tend to howl with him. all right. on the roads, we started off with the bw parkway at 450 capital plaza actual that is where we had the stalled car that was tying up the right side of the road. that should be out of the way. accident activity there with the medevac helicopter enroute. at the american legion bridge, we showed new camera at this time yesterday. we could hardly see the bridge itself much less into virginia because of all the fog. what a difference a day makes. nice easy ride now. no incidents to report on the you wanted out iror inner loop. southbound 270, nice and clear for those out of hyattstown. -- no incidents to report on the outer or inner loop. we'll continue now if you are traveling northbound i-95 out of woodbridge, volume increasing here as you traveling no

she will have another court appearance in july. >>> that court date is july 6th, to address the probation violation sentence for her failure to appear in court last week. >>> five months after britney murphy is found dead, paramedics rushed to he home to find her husband unresponsive. >>> too many too soon an intense study on how the brain is effected by first year vaccines in health watch. >>> and taking the search out of search and rescue. that story as eye witness news continues. >>> mostly cloudy, a bit sticky outside. bernadette woods has your updated forecast coming up. how many ways can you be comfortable? an energy efficient infinity air conditioner by carrier can save you up to 56% on your cooling costs, while also reducing your impact on the environment. which is better for where you live, and better for where we all live. turn to the experts during cool choices and get up to $1200 cash back on an infinity system by carrier. dr. scholl's back pain relief orthotics with shockguard technology give you immediate relief that lasts all day long. dr. scholl's. pain relief is a step aw

for all that you do. >>> let's check in with julie wright. >> along the outer loop. delays leaving 95 toward georgia avenue. inner loop clearing out nicely to work back over toward the northwest branch with earlier accident cleared. outer loop in the springfield interchange, heavy, slow and steady toward telegraph road. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> the housing market pretty tough, but there are some steps you can take to make it a little easier to help the sale go quicklier. >> holly has great advice for us this morning. hi, holly. >> reporter: that's right. a lot of people are asking, how do i sell my house in this down real estate market? the answer is you stage it. we are talking about home staging this morning. what it is, how you do it and why you should do. it it's all live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us. here's to the believers. the risk-takers. the visionaries. the entrepreneurs... who put it all on the line to build and run their own businesses. at at&t, we know something about that. our company started out in a small lab, wit

i'm juliet huddy in for julie banderas. and tonight, a bomb scare creates fear in new york city. cops found an explosive device inside an suv in the middle of times square. >> we're very lucky thanks to alert new yorkers and professional police officers we avoided what could have been a deadly event. >> who is responsible for this? we have the latest on the investigation. plus, a growing nightmare along the gulf coast. the oil spill is only getting bigger and moving faster than expected and many fear it could have a very grave impact on the environment. >> this is a lively, how we make our living. >> what's being done on the ground and underwater to protect property, wild life and the region's economy? and violent weather, fast and furious waters create massive flooding in the southeast. is more bad weather on the horizon? but we start in new york and the attempted car bombing in the middle of times square, an suv loaded with explosives smack dab in one of middle of one of the clouded parts of manhattan. investigators say it could have been a deadly day, and luckily the bomb fail

the 2011 jeep grand cherokee will be in showrooms in july. a short while ago i talked with chrysler ceo sergio marchionne and michigan governor jennifer grantholm. i asked marchionne why the new jeep is important for chrysler. >> well, it's the first new car that chrysler is producing after having come out of bankruptcy. it reflects all of the best and -- all of the best that exists in terms of manufacturing high end quality. the car is, in my view, probably the best quality car that chrysler has ever built. >> susie: governor jennifer grande prairie, what does it mean for the state of michigan. >> it means that the auto industry is back, and chrysler is back, and 1100 new jobs, which was announced today. a second shift at this plant. and it means for us here in michigan, we're going to be producing, as sergio marchionne, a new jeep. >> susie: sergio marchionne, what kind of sales do you expect from this jeep, and how does it stack up against the competition? >> i mentioned earlier, it is the best vehicle in its class. we don't normally annou

. >> 32-year-old julie of hampstead has been my personal trainer for years. but what happened two years ago, threatened her life. and her livelihood. >> i flew off the motorcycle. i broke my sternum. obviously, my ruptured disc. i had broken ribs. >> after the motorcycle accident, julie dealt with almost two years of pain. >> i had like a shocking shooting pain that would go down my legs. all the way down to my ankle. felt like a lightning bolt. >> trauma to the spine started a cascade of degeneration. >> i could not stand up. back locked in a position. >> when physical therapy and he medication did not help the herniated disc, she decided to have lower back surgery, at union memorial hospital. >> specifically, interior lumbar spinal fusion. >> a fusion is where you will put two screws and a rod, and you put bone graph between two bones, with a goal of getting them to wield together. >> they cut me from one side to the other, almost like a ses saraian cut. >> newer techniques, minimally invasive techniques where the goal is to do less trauma to get the job du

feeling like july and wednesday thursday in the 80s. morning lows in the 60s. >> rain showers just enough to make the road slick in a couple of spots. this is the outer loop of the capital beltway just after connecticut avenue but before rockville pike. this is accident number two of the morning in this stretch. can you see fire and rescue crews pulling up to the scene. as a result the outer loop delays extending back to georgia avenue already. there was the original accident inner loop of the beltway after rockville pike, that is over to the shoulder. top stretch a very tough. the inner loop, as you come north from springfield for the most part dry pavement here. out on trails at this hour we have issues on vre with trains 302 -- i'm sorry 300, 302 and 304 on the fredericksburg line being delayed. marc rain, brunswick 8700 minutes behind schedule. brunswick 890 is 12 minutes behind schedule. 872, since minutes late. >>> we have some bad news for those of you who were hoping to drive on a fully opened, fully restored chain bridge today.

a key negotiator predicts it will reach president obama's desk by the 4th of july. the government is directing bp to use a less toxic form of chemical disperse to break up the oil in the gulf of mexico. bp admitted the well is leaking more than the 210,000-gallons a day previously estimated. a live feed shows the oil leak spilling despite capturing thousands of gallons daily. >> it is bike to work day. >> it is a little dark outside to do biking when we have these hours. we are rounding out the week in great fashion. a lot of clouds around much of the week. the rain to start things out. this is what you want the weather to be like this time of the year. dew point 54. we want to show you the satellite and radar together. in store for sunshine but a few clouds moving in. rain and thunderstorms well off to the west. we will bring a chance of rain in later. i'll talk about that but we will be in for a gorgeous end to the week and it's not bad. a little humid might be the only thing we can say for today. >> all right. what can you say. >> construction, construction. does

by july there will be longer trains but fewer of them. there will be slightly longer wait times but less congestion. the organization is r responsible for overseeing metro safety is responding to a federal audit that questioned its effectiveness. the committee outlined plans to strengthen its oversight through additional funding, staff, and training. >>> still ahead, a warning for drivers before you hit the streets. why today is not the date to be breaking the rules. >> also, an update on the story , the philadelphia phillies fan tasered after taking to the field. video went viral and there are new questions about the officers' use of force. another >>> warm day is all the way. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> happy wednesday. eight minutes after 5 on this comfortable wednesday morning. your live in cleveland park. it's a comfortable start to the day, much better than the past couple mornings. you will feel the difference when you step out. absolutely no wind. high pressure directly overhead. not even a

we'll see the july 4th like conditions heading our way. we're talking about wednesday, thursday, friday, sunny and near 90 all three days and this day, it's gray, it's humid, don you started the show with the word dank. i couldn't agree more. no one's complaining. 73 degrees today and gray and a passing shower and not at this point. that's a good thing. ron, how are we. >> we're great. how are you. in. >> fabulous. we were talking about how in february, this square was piled with ice and snow. >> up to your chin. >> i'm going to put it in perspective, it was highier than the height of the kids. >> you're right. i want to tell you something, buckle your seatbelts, okay? this is going to be a good one. the music sensation from chapel hill elementary school when the eyewitness news morning edition rolls on. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> marty's in the first warning weather center. >> well, it's 90% humid and the barometer's continuing to rise. and still, 60 in ocean city and 63 again in easton. we dropped to 61 and 64 pax river and 67 d.c. and 66 hagersto

. >> what happens july 1st? >> july 1st, we're prepared to file suit in federal court but given we recognize that mayor rawlings-blake is committed to public safety as is the city council we're going to work as hard as we can with the administration to reach a settlement. if we can't reach a settlement, megan, our members have asked us, our required us, to file suit. we feel very strongly about this. you just can't stop at the bottom of the ninth inning and say the game's over. so we are prepared to go to federal court, however, we're confident, as long as we keep talking that we can reach a settlement with the administration. >> the pensions, i wonder if a lot of people out there think bit. they think about you guys when their house catches fire, car broken into but might not think about police and firefighters after their time on the job. maybe that's something we all need to think about a little more. >> it's a growing job -- as bob said, our services, our responses are going up. we're not getting any slower.

julie kirtz is live in washington. >> hi, juliet. no surprise that election year could be tough on incouple bent. it's the most important date so far in the election year calendar and both parties putting big bucks and political star power on the line and in pennsylvania's 12th congressional district the race is tight to fill the late john murtha's house seat and bill clinton was in pennsylvania today campaigning for mark crist and scott brown putting his name behind the businessman tim burns. >> and special interest should stay away and let tim and his opponent go toe to toe and let the best person win. >> reporter: let me ask you something, forget about politics. >> think about decisions you made in your life when you were really mad. >> it's about 80% chance you made a mistake. >> reporter: but getting mad can motivate people to vote and in arkansas, another key state to watch on tuesday, incumbent democrat senator blanch lincoln faces anger from the left and right about the vote for the health care bill and lincoln needs to get m

and our july, 2009, joint statement on nuclear cooperation, the russian president and i acknowledged the shared vision between the united states and russia of the growth of a clean, safe and secure nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and committed to work together to bring into force the agreement for nuclear cooperation to achieve this end. the russian government has indicated its support for a new united nations security council resolution on iran and has begun to engage a specific resolution elements with p-5 members in new york. on april 8, 2010, the united states and russia signed a historic new start streety significantly reducing the number of strategic nuclear weapons both countries may deploy. on april 13, both sides signed a protocol to amend the 2000 u.s.-russian plutonium management and disposition agreement which is an essential leap toward fulfilling each country's commitment to effectively and transparently dispose of at least 34 metric tons of excess weapon grade plutonium, enough where about 17,000 nuclear weapons, with more envisioned to be disposed in the future.

yes, calvin coolidge was born on the fourth of july. july 4th, 1872, to be exact. in the minuscule central vermont hamlet of plymouth. not particularly near anything save maple syrup and hillsides. he was not born rich nor poor. though by the standards of 1872, plymouth notch, his father colonel john coolidge, was a man of means. a general store keeper, insurance agent, farmer and politician. of his father calvin would write the lines he laid out were true and straight. and the curves regular. the work he did endured. and from his father's business, he learned this lesson which never left him. as i went about with my father when he collected taxes, i knew that when taxes were laid, someone had to work to earn money to pay them. of his mother, victoria josephine moore coolidge, he wrote, whatever was grand and beautiful in form and color attracted her. it seemed as though the rich green tints of the foliage came to her in the spring. and for autumn it was for her the mountain side was struck with crimson and gold. she died on her 39th birthday on march, 1885, five m

changes should go into place by june or july. police in maryland and virginia are cracking down on hov violators as part of the first ever hov awareness day. officers will be monitoring the morning and evening rushes today, in virginia police will patrol i-66, 95 and 395, and the dulles toll road, in maryland interstate 270 and route 50. now back to you. >> kimberly, thank you. we're staying on top of a disturbing discovery, authorities have shut down a prince george's county funeral home because of what they found in a garage. chambers funeral home and crematorium on cleveland avenue in riverdale. tracee wilkins joins us with details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. on the website they promise funeral and also crematorium arrangements done in a respectful manner. when inspectors did a surprise inspection they found that is not the case at the funeral home. a pile of bodies was found in the garage. inspectors discovered 40 bodies in a 12 by 12 pile in the garage that contained the funeral home's cream atory. many of the

weather like july the 4th. don, take it away. >>> a few weeks after being born, an infant is found dead and the police are trying to find out what happened there. >>> don, even though the police don't know how the baby died, they probed an investigation. a woman was crying for help, knocking on neighbor's doors. when the police arrived, they found the infant unresponsive. an autopsy is done now. the 6 week old has been identified. there may have been an argument before the baby's death. anyone with information, call the police. >>> thank you, andrea. the police are searching for who shot and killed a dundalk business own every. he was shot 9 times saturday morning. two men were seen fleeing the seen. anyone with information is asked to call crimestoppers. >>> the battle over the slots is heading to the courtroom today. and they're hoping to be done building the casino now. the company is suing the state board of elections saying it overlooked the fraud in the procedure. >>> we know more about the remains that w

julie parker, abc 7 news. >> as you can see, it was good weather there. doug hill has more with what to expect a night. >> blue skies and sunshine. it looks good to me. we will continue to see this trend. warm temperatures through the evening. 78 in silver spring and the same in alexandria. 73 in germantown. here is the story overnight. mainly cloudy at times. still some pettifog possible. improving weather conditions just around the corner. that is minutes away. >>> coming up, you will want to take a close look at your credit card bill tonight. >> jesse james tries to explain what he would cheat on his wife. >> the final three "dancing with the stars" are getting ready. >> a member of the british royal family takes a bribe in exchange for ac >>> it is a royal mess for the british family. >> sarah ferguson is on tape caught taking a bribe. >> she did not know she was being secretly videotaped. in a statement made yesterday, she professed her deep regret over the situation saying that she had committed as serious -- a serious lapse of a judgment. thinking

after the death of virginia senior yeardley love, cavaliers' coach julie myers said the best therapy for her team was to keep playing. today tires in virginia in north carolina hoping to continue their run in the ncaa tournament. cavs taking on the tar heels in the quarterfinals playing in honor of their late teammate yeardley love, who was murdered earlier this month. virginia down 2-0 early until charlie finnegan scores but it was all tar heels after that. north carolina scored 11 goals in the first half. north carolina goes onto win it 17-7. ending virginia's win in the ncaa tournament. plenty of emotions. cavs' head coach julie myers so proud of her team after all they've been through. >> and i think to the end of this season been all that we've been through, you guys have been with us so much, makes it especially hard. i am completely impressed and proud of my team. i'm so proud of their families. i'm so grateful for who -- for va to play for us. one of our fifth-year seniors said not a question in anyone's mind that we all love each other and to know that is a pretty special an

it's likely to arrive in maryland around the end of july. that according to the professor. it could stay far from the shore but a hurricane would create a perfect storm. >> if you have a big hurricane with big waves, getting that water from depth then you could see a lot of stuff moving on shore. >> reporter: if the storm season is slow the oil could stay in the gulf stream about 150 miles from the coast so beach goers wouldn't notice anything. >> we will know if we are going to get oil when they start seeing it in south florida. >> reporter: the keys will be impacted in a few weeks. the professor said is that will be a good indication of how much oil is moving up the east coast. the one benefit maryland may see is the oil start to break down, experts say the most toxic parts of the oil should evaporate along the way. you can track the latest movement of that spill through noa. you can get their by clicking on a link on our website. cheryl connor . >> the message to bp from the governor of louisiana. clean up or get out of the way. the governor wants bp or the federal gover

. >>> there's no football in july, right? well, actually that's not true. there will be football this summer along with 70,000 fans. sherrie johnson is live with another rematch at m & t bank stadium. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, megan. are you ready for great soccer action? you'll get the opportunity to see great soccer teams in action when m & t bank stadium hosts an international soccer match this summer. last summer, about 70,000 fans filled the stands here at m & t bank stadium for the international soccer game between ac milan and chelsea. fans from all over the world turned out for the match. this type of event means big bucks for baltimore. it could bring in about 14 to $20 million for the economy. it also means international exposure. this could shed a positive light on baltimore. that news conference starts at 10:00 this morning right here at m & t bank stadium. organizers will sort of man out the plan for the match. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. >>> the orioles lost in texas last night. the

we will start making awards in july. most of them will be done in large amounts through the middle of july and the middle of august. we will have time to go through the mechanics of the papers getting signed and everything didn't obligated by the september 30 deadline -- everything getting obligated by the september 30 deadline. we need to make sure we get broadband where it needs to be. the demand is greater than the supply. we need to get them signed, sealed, and delivered. >> they have to be in their hands by september 30, or the funds go away? >> there have to be a commitment by the federal government. we do not provide the funding -- there has to be a commitment by the federal government. we did not provide the funding until the project as begun. -- has begun. did not cut a check up front -- we do not cut a check upfront. we do it as they build out the project. >> once is a big bond -- once the the criticism came from this letter -- one specific criticism came from this letter. they wanted to do this without loans f

(guitar music) >>> we brought julie into see this. all of you will be amazed. do you remember that we met they call themselves dude perfect? these students at texas a&m, they're also roommates who became youtube sensations with their incredible basketball shots. well, that was nothing. take a look at their latest one. >> you're in the air. >> let's go, baby. >> let's go, tyler. >> this is the airplane shot. >> no, your eyes are not deceiving you. they really hung out of an airplane out of a crop duster and on their second try got the ball in the basket in the field below. it was a stormy morning in austin to boot. so not only did they have to figure out the right speed and height of the plane, but they had to account for the storm and rain. and they nailed it on the second try. that's not edited. >> and they had to get the gmc truck in there in the right way, too. >> because gmc sponsored it. >> and that's just one of the videos that they made for the nba finals for gmc. we'll see more as the playoffs continue. >> i will take credit forgetting them on the show

if you think back to last summer, about a year or so ago, june or july, into that really rough august of 2009, that is when the white house lost control of the message. part of the reason it did was, they let reporters like meat write endlessly about the inside congress minutia, tedious process kind of story, and it took president obama coming back and be engaging in september 2009 with that joint address to congress, which was really a speech to the whole nation, to kind of get it back on track a little bit. then of course, fast forward to took the president and his own, articulate message to really get it back on track. tavis: so i will put you on the spot now. we'll talk about the potential supreme court challenges in a moment, but now that is the new law of the land, it means what for everyday americans? >> lots of things for everyday americans, some of them different. the very first thing it does been for just about everybody in this country is that, come 2014, you must carry health insurance. very similar to the way that in this country, everybody wants to drive a car must have

one congressman predicts final passage by july 4th. >>> stocks overseas followed wall street's big plunge thursday. ashley morrison is here with that and more. >> reporter: good morning. well, a big selloff for stock markets in asia. the nikkei posted its biggest weekly drop in more than a year today losing nearly 2.5%. wall street today will try to recover from yesterday's big plunge. the dow fell 376 points. the nasdaq lost 94. >>> the financial crisis in europe has investors worried about a new shakeup to the global economy. investors also reacted to disappointing employment news. the labor department reported the number of people filing weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rose last week by the largest amount in three months. >>> in washington, a new bill that's expected to pass next week could extend unemployment benefits for up to 99 weeks in many states. the bill would also extend almost 50 tax cuts that expired in january. the bill which could cost as much as $200 billion will be funded in part by tax increases on investment firms and some u.s. based multinational companies. the bil

july 11 and be pulled out by december 11. in december 10 there would be a review and the drawdown of those 30,000 troops would begin in july 11. provo's correct statements? >> why would say differently is july of 2011 is the end of the 30,000 surge if you will and the inflection point where we will begin conditions based process of looking to transition provinces that are ready to afghan lead with the associated implications in terms of changes of mission, potential changes and force allocation and some drawdown associated with it and i think a responsible drawdown of all that you've seen in iraq is going to inform the approach that you are likely to see in afghanistan. the president hasn't put a timetable on that except to say by 2011 we will begin the process and that was informed by our judgment of conditions across numerous problems is that some would be ready by then. >> let me also comment on one other thing i remember about that is when i met with general mcchrystal, he said he felt 30,000 would be sufficient even thou

julie carey has our story. >> reporter: it is a movie theater like no other in the metro area. just opened near fredericksburg. the join movie coast has a bowling alley, 3-d screens, premium seating, and a lounge. but it was this mural being paint order the bar patio wall over the weekend that captured one new employee's attention and concern. because it feature as confederate flag. >> shocked i wt was being put u. i told my manager that many people would be offended. he told me to shut up and go back to work. >> reporter: sean said his criticism not well received. he was september home. a local naacp officer came to look for her zblefl artistically it is nice but it represents the confederate flag, represents so many deeds done to our people, that caused a lot of hatred even to this day. when we think about -- we think about that flag and how deprived and -- depressed that people were at that time. >> reporter: the controversy was quickly put to rest by the movie co-manager. when news4 asked the mural the chatter box lounge has a historical theme, photos, some from the civil w

the only exception, july 4, that's normally a very slow travel day. american, delta, continental, united, and us airways are all adding surcharges. >>> still ahead, where was she going? >> the excuse an elderly woman had for a cop for why she was caught speeding at 100 miles an hour. >> plus, the youngest person to climb mount everest is talking about his conquest. >> the airline strike just as the summer travel season is about to kick off. >> a popular statue is going to be off-limits this year on the mall. we'll tell you why. and we'll introduce you to luke, a border collie attacked in virginia. we're going to find out what happened to luke and why a warning comes with this story. i'll see you at 5:00. >>> in just a few years, college park, maryland, will house what's being touted as one of the nation's science research facilities. they were ground breaking ceremonies held today for the university of maryland's new physical sciences building. the 158,000 square foot facility will include more than 50 high tech laboratories. it's expected to be compl

last july a sellout crowd of 71,000 fans packed m&t bank stadium to watch the game between chelsea and he milan in exhibition match. this summer you will see a chancee-- you will get chains to see enter milan take on engengland's manchester club on july 31. officials are hoping for another sellout crowd. especially since the match is a few weeks after the world cup wraps up. ravens president hopes this trend will continue and help to bring in other big time events. >>>we are extremely excited to have soccer coming back to m&tt3 bank staaium. hopeful that this will be -- we're having the event this summer, hoping to ave more events. i think, as we demonstrate that baltimore and m&t bank stadium is a good venue for soccer. we hope to bring more soccer events to the stadium. -opeful that this will help our cup bid for the united states. if we can demonstrate that this is a great place for soccer, we're hopeful thattwhen the u.s. gets the world cup awwrded to it baltimore will be one of the cities that will have matches. >> this year's world ccp starts3 june 11 in south africa catch the >>

>> well he was diagnosed in july of 2008 with a disease called osteo sarc coma. and he was the perfect picture of health after that. he had a x-ray and there was a tumor and so he went through 11 months of chemotherapy and preplace some of his bones and my wife and i lived in the hospital with him and went through the journey and we lost the battle. >> and our hearts do go out to you, but what you are doing is wonderful. how will this walk help support families? what are the issues that you face when you go through this? >> very good question. 40,000 children a year are struggling with pediatric cancer. 46 a day are diagnosed. that's almost two classrooms full of children and four die from it. and it's the majority from diseases. and adult cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, get treatment and funding, those diseases are different than the pediatric cancers. so as you go through the process of a child that is healthy and is struck down with this cancer, your whole world stops. and it's an emotional rollercoaster, you have a single focus and priority of trying to g

reconciled with a house version and a negotiator predicts the president could sign it by the 4th of july. the legislation touches on all points in the financial sector from ceos and first time home buyers and small town lenders. >>> jp morgan chase is closing its credit center by the end of the year eliminating 600 jobs. the operations there will be moved to other locations. >>> maryland residents facing foreclosure will have a right to mediation under a new law that governor o'malley signed yesterday. the new rules apply to all foreclosures that begin after june 30 but a court could decide to apply it to close foreclosures already in progress. the hope is to result in more agreements to keep struggling homeowners in their homes. >> thank you. >>> for more "living $mart" headlines log on to our website at wusa9.com and click on the "living $mart" tab on the front page. >>> a local rail line will remain under the control of amtrak for a while longer and scientists say they have created the first ever synthetic platform. >>> welcome back to 9 news now. firefighters are battling a wildfire