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WUSA Wusa 9 News At 6am May 25, 2015

Areas upper 80s for areas in the district. Suburbs mid80s. Not a bad day at all. Breezy, dry, sunshine. Enjoy your monday, enjoy your memorial day. As we head to tomorrow, well talk about rain. 6 01. Hope you had a good weekend and hope you have a great memorial day. The trains will be operating on a sunday schedule. Off peak fares so youll save money and free parking as we. Want to take you to the beltway where were issue free. See all the green . No issues around the beltway. 395, 295, bw parkway as well as 50 free and clear of any problems. A live look shows you how things are shaping up. This is the beltway at old georgetown road. Just a few cars on the road. Certainly not typical for a monday but well take it because of the holiday. Want to take you from our 495, you never see Something Like this. Just a few cars making their way into town but again no issues. For those of you traveling from areas like seminary road up toward into town and over the bridge. Well have another update now in about ten minutes. As for this holiday the nation pauses to honor our military. Across the nation many people already took part in solemn observances and parades over the weekend. Today president obama will lay tomb of the unknowns and make remarks at Arlington National cemetery. Another reb advance will take place observance will take place at the world war ii memorial in washington, d. C. Thousands of bikers in town for thage roller thunder weekend in honor of veterans. A lesser known ride also pays tribute to the troops. 4,000 bikers toortk pa in the ride of the patriots yesterday in fairfax. Many of those riders are Vietnam Veterans who didnt exactly receive a warm welcome when they returned from combat. Now theyre helping change try has come and rallied around their veterans big time, yeah. And im proud to be a part of it. Get n. The ride of the patriots has become so popular, the first bikers reached the pentagon before the final riders even start rolling out. Crowds of well wishers lined up along bridges to cheer them on. A very special day over the weekend. Im Nikki Burdine live in d. C. Continuing our coverage of the d. C. Mansion murders. We are outside the savopoulos home which is still clearly a very active and protected crime scene. Investigators were here over the weekend once again continuing to pull out evidence from Savvas Savopoulos where he, his wife, their 10yearold son and housekeeper were held captive. Police are convinced daron wind did not act alone. Police have confirmed men and women taken into custody when wind was arrested were questioned and then released but that doesnt mean police wont bring them in again with more questions. This is all part of their investigation and of course as Police Continue to build their case. Police also have questions for the assistant who delivered 4,000 in cash here while the family was being held. Those familiar with the case say he has been a bit inconsistent with what he says happened that day. Now as far as motive goes, police say it was motivated by money, but they also say, yes, this was somewhat of an inside job meaning wind was a former employee of the savopoulos family but d. C. Prosecutor spoke to us about the case. She says it goes much further than that. There had to be some connection because wind worked there ten years wint worked there ten years ago. So there has to be some connection to someone that wint knows thats working there now that was able to give the details to know about the money and that they could get the money delivered to the house. Reporter wint is due back in court at the end of june. Live in d. C. , im Nikki Burdine, wusa9. Topping National Headlines another round of storms is on the way for parts of texas this morning or some point today. Over the weekend flooding from record setting rains in texas and oklahoma swept away brinks, homes and left bridges, homes and left several people dead, including a firefighter. It even sparked tornadoes there. Omar villafranca has more. Reporter with more rain on the way, memorial day events have been canceled in the city of san marcos, texas today. The city suffered extensive damage over the weekend when heavy rainfall caused the blanco river to top its banks. Oh, my god, oh, my god. Reporter the raging river destroyed roads, wiped away hundreds of homes and sparked dramatic rescues. Nearby wimberley was also hard hit. Officials there are searching for several people unaccounted for aft storms. Thousands of others who were forced to evacuate are being urged to stay away from their homes. Severe weather also affected other parts of texas including houston where a tornado ripped a roof off this apartment complex. In austin, a kayaker had to be rescued when his adventure turned into a fight for his life. The rain has also soaked portions of oklahoma washing out roads and overflowing into homes. A firefighter in claremore was among those killed when he tried to rescue people from high water. We got caught in the storm drain itself. Reporter this may is already the wettest on record for several cities in the southern plain states. Forecasters say all the rain could officially end the drought the region has been facing for years. Omar villafranca, cbs news, wimberley, texas. Dozens arrested during a weekend of protests in cleveland. Iran is criticizing the u. S. For not doing enough to protect iraq. Well have those stories and more coming up. First lets check back in with allyson for a look at your forecast. Its really nice out here. Its cool and comfortable and the humidity is going to increase in the coming days so enjoy this morning. Its the coolest one of them all. 77 degrees by 10 00. By 1 00 were looking at temperatures already into the lower s on. Topping out into the mid to upper 80s today but dry and breezy. Lots of sunshine. Ill let you know when rain returns to the forecast i love the taste. Always smooth, never bitter. My cup of coffee is always awesome when i go to dunkin. Man i see the steam rising off the cup cause you know its a fresh pot. Man one cup a day for sure. Two if need be. And its usually need be. Dunkin your place for coffee. People of the coffee drinking world, dunkin has a dark roast coffee thats deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and smooth finish thats never bitter. Put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. Welcome back. Its 6 09. Hopefully your memorial day is off to a good start. Perfect weather. Going to feel like summer. Take a look at how were starting off. Pretty comfortable this morning, 67 degrees. The humidity is not too high just yet. It is going to be higher than yesterday but even more so tomorrow. We stay dry and breezy. 86 to 789 degrees to 89 degrees. Rain returns tomorrow. You talked about perfect weather and we certainly have a perfect commute. For those of you out in Southern Maryland and brandywine, upper marlboro, accokeek, fort washington, even camp springs. No issues on route 4, 5 or 301. Want to take you to 301 at route 5 to show you that everything is fairly quiet for the most part. Again maybe one or two cars on the road. Certainly something we cant complain about. For those of new chantilly, sterling and leesburg, no issues in your area making your way to your destination this morning especially if youre going to be traveling along 28. Coming up after the sevenday forecast, looks like we have an issue going on the bw parkway, the southbound side. Well talk about that and also give you your drive around the metro. Delia and nick, over to you. Those lanes are empty. Thats pretty much unprecedented in d. C. One half of a legendary comic duo has died. Fallout from the duggar child molestation scandal continues. Wusa9 back after this. Take a look at these temperatures. Theyre looking pretty comfortable. Were 63 for winchester. 61 for leesburg. 67 in d. C. Aim be right back with the federal government Surveillance Program. Has collected records on nearly every americans phone calls. Emails; your most private moments without a warrant. Without cause and without your permission. Right at this moment. So we got your test results back and. And this moment. The courts have ruled the government. Call Surveillance Program illegal, but the nsa. Hasnt stopped. When they invade your privacy, theyve gone too far. Tell washington protect our privacy. I could just smell it now. The hamburgers and hot dogs doing their thing on the grill. Youre saying the weather is going to cooperate . Great weather today. The weekend was good. Today is a little bit warmer and more humid but were still gi staying rain free and a good looking memorial day. Enjoy your day. We are going to see temperatures into the upper 80s so the cool day is looking good. Heres your michael son camera. If youre having a boat day, thats a good day as well although a little breezy at times. Take that into account if you are sailing especially. 67 degrees. Winds out of the south today. Thats going to add in that humidity. The humidity is not too bad right now but as we head through tonight and tomorrow, youll notice a difference. 65 for chevy chase. College park youre at 59 degrees. We have High Pressure in place off to the east. That gives us that south, southwesterly wind today. We do have a front headed our way later in the week. It just takes its time getting here. So well stay dry today. Breezy, though. Temperatures above average. As we head through tomorrow, a couple more clouds, still warm, more humid. Not everybody sees the rain on tuesday. The rain on tuesday is really for areas off to the west and west only. Maybe as far east as frederick or even gaithersburg but leesburg points west, thats where youll see the showers and storms for tuesday. By wednesday and thursday, everybody is going to have one of those showers and storms around the area. Not everybody will see it every day. Its not a washout but its a typical summer pattern where one day you get drenched and one day you stay dry and your neighbors get drenched. Above average all week long. If it doesnt reach 89, it will feel that way once you factor in the humidity starting tomorrow. Scattered showers and thunderstorms thursday and into friday. Near 90 by saturday with another stray shower. Larry, good morning. What have you got going on . Looks like we have an issue on the bw parkway where we understand we have a multivehicle accident, four to five cars involved so the southbound side of the bw parkway closed between 202 and route 50 as a result of that accident. Emergency crews are on the scene. Were working to get more information. You can count on us to pass it along as soon as we get it. No issues on the inner loop of the beltway. Youre looking at a 19minute commute from georgetown pike to cherrywood lane. Sudley road to north lee highway a 28minute commute. For those of you traveling northbound to i395, no issues to the 14th street bridge. For those of you traveling westbound on 50 from crain highway here to n street northeast, youre looking at an 18minute commute. I want to take you live right now and show you how things are shaping up here. This is on 95 in springfield. No issue there is this morning for those of you traveling into town. Delia and nick, over to you. In the news right now, at least 71 people were arrested in cleveland this weekend involved in protests over the acquittal of a Police Officer in the shooting death of to africanamericans. The cleervegland Police Cleveland Police Department has been criticized for its use of Excessive Force leading to other high profile cases. Reporter hundreds of protesters took to the streets of cleveland last night but there was no looting, no fires, or real violence because of saturdays verdict allowing 31 yearold Michael Brelo to walk free. Therefore find that brelos entire use of deadly force was a constitutional reasonable response. Reporter brelo was one of a dozen of officers who chased Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams in cleveland in november 2012. When it was over a total of 13 officers had fired more than 130 rounds into the car. Brelo jumped on the hood of the car and fired 15 bullets through the windshield after the couple had stopped moving. Timothys sister Michele Russell is furious brelo was acquitted. It was horrible. I mean, everything, all that evidence that was available and they still walked. Nothing happens to anybody. Reporter there is another controversial decision looming in this city whether to charge an officer in the november 2014 shooting death of 12yearold tamir rice. Shots fired. Male down. Black male. Reporter in a recent interview tamirs mother said shes angry with how long her sons case has been under investigation. A 5yearold child came up to me and said the Police Killed your son. It is an [indiscernible] reporter do you think criminal charges should be pursued in that case . No. Reporter steve lomas is the president of the Cleveland Police patrolmans association. You look at that video and you see a 57, 191pound person pulling a gun out of their waist band while a Cleveland Police car is approaching him. What are those guys supposed to do . Police and Community Leaders say they are preparing for the worse if officer Timothy Lowman who fired the shot is not charged. [indiscernible] on bribery corruption charges. He was convicted in march of unlaughlily accepting money from a unlawfully accepting money [indiscernible] he was forced to resign in 2009 because of the corruption allegations. The revolutionary guard is accusing the u. S. Of allowing isis to take control of the iraqi city of rue maddie. In ramadi. It comes a day after the defense secretary ash carpenter accused iraqi forces of hanging the quote, lacking the quote, will to fight. They said military forces didnt do anything to aid arookie forces in aid iraqi forces in stopping isis. Mathematician john nash has died. The 86yearold was the inspiration for the movie a Beautiful Mind. Nash and his 82yearold wife alicia were killed when the taxi they were riding in crashed saturday on the new jersey turnpike. The couple had just returned from norway where nash had accepted an award. Nashs struggle with schizophrenia was featured in that movie a Beautiful Mind and starred russell crowe. Hollywood mourns the loss after comedic legend. The fallout from the duggar molestation trial continues. Arienne thompson is here. Is tlc going to face any fallout from this duggar scandal . They kind of already have. Over the weekend they pulled all reruns of 19 kids and counting. Thats what you have to do these days to avoid a pr nightmare n. Is already a pr nightmare but you have to sort of respond to peoples anger and outrage about this. They had trouble with honey booboo. The same thing. Momma june decided it was time for her to speak out and say this is unfair my show was canceled and that you havent made a decision about them. Its just a mess really. They havent officially said we are canceling the show but looks like that will happen. We spoke to some experts and they said it would be really difficult for them to continue with the show. The seriousness of these allegations, their eldest son is accused of he actually admitted to molesting some young girls when he was a teenager. This has been known for a long time so i guess the question is how long did tlc know. Right. They have a lot of work to do in their Publicity Department this morning about a decade ago someone had said, you know, you need to look into him and apparently some producers at the Oprah Winfrey show when it was still on, they found out about this. So its very serious, very disturbing, especially from a family who touts their religious values and about how perfect they are. So ironic and sad. Speaking of sad news, hollywood mourning the comedic legend anne meara. Shes better known to a lot of us as ben stillers mother. But she and her husband Jerry Stiller had been a comic duo for years and years and im sure young people know him from the king and queens and she was also in sex in the city. She was steves mom. Thats how a lot of people know her. She was 85. They havent disclosed how she passed away or given any details. They said obviously she will be missed and she was a comedic legend. We dont know if she was sick . She was 85 so who knows. I know everyone is thinking of ben and Jerry Stiller this morning. We got to wrap up by touching on this. I dont know if i could say that i expected this to last a year but tim yay they crossed the year mark yesterday. Lots of doubters, lots of haters but they made it, guys. He made it. And theyve had quite a year making headlines at every turn. Ive got to say i was pulling for them. They do seem very sweet with each other and shems to be the only person that can make him smile. If thats what it takes, whatever. Good for them. Way to go. Thank you. This week we may learn exactly how right over here. Oh, thank you. I appreciate it. We may learn what is supposed to be a routine blast at a local quarry and how tended up damaging local homes and businesses. Thousands of people will visit the vietnam wall this memorial day weekend. There is a way those who cant travel here can still see it. Cool out here. Thats the story and well warm up nicely today into the mid to upper 80s and then the coming morning not as cool. Ill show you in your sevenday forecast. Count on a dry one today for your memorial caress presents a fine fragrance breakthrough. The worlds first body wash with fragrance release pearls. Touch your skin to release fragrance up to 12 hours. New caress love forever. For an unforgettable fragrance up to 12 hours. Today we honor the men and women who died serving our country and one of the most moving. If youve ever been down to the National Mall and seen all those names, then you know it stirs up so many emotions. This is one of those days where its a constant reminder how lucky we are to live and work in d. C. But its not a quick trip for everyone that wants to visit the monuments and memorials. Danielle nottingham brings us the story of

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