Steelers game kicking off at 8 25. Weather by then should be much better than what well potentially see this afternoon. Quiet now but doppler still picking up quite a bit of activity in kentucky about to move into West Virginia, southern ohio as well. Well watch this area. I think this is going to have a tough time holding together. The front itself daytime heating will generate some new storms. Currently the upper 60s and low 70s just about everywhere with a few mid60s out toward orange and harrisonburg. And futurecast, this is the timetable here. Lunch time quiet. We get into the start to pop a couple of showers 1 00, 3 00. By 3 00, 4 00, looks like the best chances will be south of washington but some of these storms here by 7 00 p. M. Could be strong to locally severe down in senior maryland, colonial beach, fredricksburg. Looks like up in baltimore by 7 00 or so most of that activity will have left. So thats good news. Andrea and nick . Thank you, howard. Heres whats in the news right now. President obama is vowing to destroy the Terror Organization known as isis. The president promised no american combat troops would be in iraq or syria. Hes calling for expanded air strikes in Northern Iraq and in syria, once ets there are more clearly identified. The president will need congressional approval for a plan to train and equip moderate syrian rebels. House Speaker John Boehner announced his plan to address a joint meeting of congress on september 13. Boehner says having pore [indiscernible] today the nation observes the 13th anniversary of the 9 11 terror attacks. The ceremony at the National September 11 memorial and museum plaza in new york includes the reading of names of victims killed at the World Trade Center, the pentagon, and at shanksville, pennsylvania. Moments of silence mark when the towers were struck, when they fell and when the planes crashed at the pentagon and shanksville. 6 03. Tonight thursday night football makes its debut right here on wusa9. Were kicking it off with a bitter rivalry between the steelers and ravens. So bitter that ravens linebacker turrell broke out a jersey with an image from a sideline gate last year. The shirt read, we will never forget. So lets queue up the trash talk. Its quiet now but thats going to change in just a few hours. Reporter youve got that right. Its quiet now but thats because its so early in the morning. Wait till tonight when the big game kicks off, a heated rivalry between the steelers and ravens. Theres no shortage of things to talk about because theres no shortage of controversy surrounding the ravens tonight. The big challenge for the players will be to focus on playing the game, not the controversy. Ten of the last 12 games between the two have been decided by three points are less. The anticipation already building here and has been all week. Our expert analysis tonight will include commentary with bill cower and Deion Sanders tackling issues from rg3, the redskins name change, the steelers and of course ray rice as well as d. C. Area native james brown who talked to our own Derek Mcginty about tonight and how the ravens will focus on the game and not ought this controversy. Theres an awful lot of pressure on the ravens to win. This is as close to a must win situation for them because any Team Starting 02 since 1990 has only a 12 chance of making it to the postseason. Reporter a heated rivalry with a lot to talk about, a lot of controversy. Our coverage starts tonight at 5 00. Well have expert analysis with the panel. Well have a preview of everything you can expect tonight. Were excited to bring you that special. It all starts at 5 00 tonight with derek and jan live from baltimore. Well see you then. Back to you guys. Thank you, nikki. Former f. B. I. Director Robert Mueller will conduct an investigation into n. F. 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Its all about using your Energy Wisely and novec is here to help. For more tips, go to novec. Com. Novec helping you save. Sunny day. Enjoy it now. Its a little muggy. Most temps in the the 60s and 70s. Our forecast calling for a hot, humid day. 85 to 90 with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Your futurecast and weekend outlook coming up in six minutes. Beverly farmer, its the 6 00 hour. Volume makes it worse. Reporter certainly volume out there to deal with around the capital beltway. Thats our biggest deal, the outer loop heading into silver spring. No problems there. They reopened old georgetown road at n. I. H. Not as bad as we first thought. Thats good news. Inbound lanes of suitland parkway to get to south capitol street hung up because of the broken down vehicle on the bridge. That will be blocking the right lane and causing delays. A new problem Eastern Shore commuters. If you come over from kent island toward the bay bridge, theres a crash on the bay bridge. Only one lane squeezing by. Westbound 50 at the bay bridge. Thats our tieup out o of kent narrows out of kent in queen anne county. Thousands of survivors are suffering from Health Problems after being exposed to toxic dust and debris at ground zero. We look at a program that monitors new york city firefighters and the ems workers. Reporter retired new york city firefighter lieutenant terence jordan requires oxygen 24 hours a day. He has severe lung disease. I developed copd, emphysema, asthma, bronchitis, sleep apnea. Reporter he spent days at ground zero searching for survivors. He even helped rescue a fellow firefighter. Thats our job, you know. Were there to help people, save people. Reporter in the past 13 years, 89 new york city firefighters and Emergency Medical Services workers have died from illnesses related to their exposure on 9 11. What do we know about what was in the air that day . World trade center dust is a complex mixture. Reporter dr. David preson heads up the World Trade Center program that monitors 16,000 firefighters and ems workers. We do treatment to both their respiratory conditions, their Mental Health conditions. Reporter cancer is also a big concern. The program has seen more than 800 cancers related to ground zero exposure. We cant cure all of these problems. We can improve their quality of life. Reporter jordan says the program helped him get rehab for his lungs. I have seven children. My lovely wife, grandchildren. Reporter youre not going anywhere . Im not going anywhere. Reporter in fact, hes now training to walk in a 9 11 fund raiser later this month. Allison harmelin for cbs news, new york. The firefighters World Trade CenterHealth Program says respiratory problems have forced nearly 2,000 firefighters and ems workits 6 12 right now. Verizon is offering you a deal you might find hard to refuse. How about a free iphone 6 . You know the new one that just came out . But there is a catch. 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Org and download our new mobile app. Maryland. Land of history. Good you get the memo . Its game here on wusa9. Its going to be a good life, at least at kickoff. You know what im happy about . Its on channel 9. I never can find thursday night football on espn. I never knew what the channel was. Or the n. F. L. Network. You have no problems, channel 9 tonight. Our coverage continues. Big coverage starting at 5 00 p. M. Cbs takes over at 7 30. Weather wise i think the weather will cooperate for the game but weve got a couple of obstacles to get there in the form of some storms this afternoon and early this evening. Heres a look outside right now. It is gorgeous. Sun coming up at 6 45 or so thorn. I love the light at this time of the morning. Vanessa herring is over at the Air Force Memorial. Thats one of my favorite spots to see the sunrise in d. C. , especially when the sky is still lit. Shes there of course for the 9 11 anniversary observations. 83 at noon. 9 or so 89 or so for the high. Showers and storms start to pop this afternoon. For thursday night football up in baltimore, theres a chance of storms for tailgater. By 7 00, 8 00, thats all double. Its over. All done. Its over. Kickoff at 8 25. By 10 00 were down in the 70s here. Mid70s. So should be a more comfortable second half weather wise than the heat and humidity of afternoon. A muggy start for today. 71 for annapolis. Pax river and easton. Even out west and north we have low 70s frederick down to leesburg with upper 60s in the shenandoah valley. 68 cumberland and also in Garrett County. When Garrett County is the same asthma fan sas, its a as manassas, its a warm air mass. Youve got to see this. A beautiful looking sky this morning g wat 6 18. Weve got 73 or 72, excuse me, at Reagan National. Partly cloudy conditions with a south, southwesterly wind at 11 miles an hour. And a wind out of the south, southwest. That is a warm one this time of year. We do have some cooler air thats lurking to the north and west. Chicago down in the low 50s this morning with des moines at 50. 77 in charleston. Heres the cold front. This thing will be coming through here tonight. Ahead of it we see showers and storms from kentucky back through tennessee and arkansas and oklahoma this morning. We will continue to track these showers and storms. The morning batch is likely to weaken but with daytime heating, you throw in the approaching front, were going to pop some more showers and storms by early afternoon. 2 00, 3 00, a scattering of showers and storms north and west of town, a few toward the potomac. This thing by 5 30, looks like its crossing i95 in most areas except south of d. C. By the evening hours, 7 00, 8 00, Southern Maryland, lower Eastern Shore, colonial beach, fredricksburg, this will be your town. It will sweep out of here with the cooler air building in overnight tonight. Tomorrow looks like a very nice day. Today yellow alert for afternoon, early evening storms, 89. 65 tonight. But we will fall into the upper 50s in some of the northwest suburbs. 80 tomorrow. A very pleasant friday with lower humidity. Saturday, though, some showers are possible with the clouds, 73. By sunday, that looks good. Redskins are hosting the jaguars at fedex field 77. Comfortable monday and 79. Beverly farmer, weve had some good, some bad. Where are we standing now at 6 19 . Reporter present decent right now around the capital pretty decent right now around the capitol beltway. Building volume. Everything is open on old georgetown road south of n. I. H. So thats no longer an issue. North end of alexanderia south of slaters lane reopened. Check out the pace, though, on 50. If youre coming in from kent island getting to the bay bridge, there are delays getting past route 8 and on to the bridge. The good news is state highway made pretty quick leering of the crash clearing of the crash. Now lanes are open on the bay bridge. Well show you inbound suitland parkway had early delays to get to south capitol street as we zoom in toward the douglas bridge. Broken down car out of your way. Police activity northwest New Hampshire avenue, Washington Circle area if an overnight crash and investigation. Police are directing the circle itself. Looks like you can get there, just not from New Hampshire avenue. Extra v. A. 95, your volume delays virginia 95, your volume delays, first quantico getting into dumfries and dale city. 395 volume is building as you head past landmark where the lanes merge from four to three. Lanes open to the inbound 14th street bridge. 66 slowdowns getting through manassas taking you to the rest area. More heavy traffic in fair oaks and in falls church where the hov rules just kicking in in a few minutes. Back to you. Thank you, beverly. 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Feel the hamptonality women come back. 6 24. Partly cloudy skies. 20 minutes before sunrise. Should be a nice sunrise this morning. This afternoon potential problems. Our futurecast showing well be in good shape this morning as we switch it up to the weather computer. I was on the weather computer. Thats on me. 83 by noon. Partly to mostly cloudy. Temperatures climbing to the mid to upper 80s. By 1 30 a couple specks of green, fairfax, loudoun, frederick, montgomery and howard. Those are developing showers and storms. Looks like the better chances this afternoon will be south and southeast of town as we head into the evening hours. I want to point out as we get past 6 00 p. M. , i think baltimore is in much better shame. Maybe some tailgaters get wet but the game should be fine weather wise. Over to you. Reporter at least we have a dry start for our drive. So far on the dry pavement around the capitol beltway, volume delays forming near New Hampshire avenue west out of college park into silver spring. All thru lanes open there. No early problems beltway through oxon hill in alexandria. On route 50 coming off kent island, still looking at some slowdowns leaving route 8. Pace Getting Better on the bay bridge. An accident was quickly cleared out of the roadway. So better news there coming in from queen anne toward annapolis on the bay bridge. Downtow