very much. hello, everybody. we're kicking off this hour with the green light. everything nice, clean and green out there. no major problems all morning long. hope we can keep it that way. let's zoom on into 270. things are starting to slow down out of urbana. moving outside, notice still moving at a great pace as we track the headlights past germantown road down toward the lane divide. keeping things moving, we return to our real time graphics. our focus is on the outer loop north of the district. everyone is doing just fine moving at a pretty good pace. things starting to build in terms of volume outside between the new hampshire avenue exit over to university -- not university, over to georgia. some stop and go along the way. let's move it over to 66. drivers doing just fine from the fairfax county parkway to the beltway only about 11 minutes, inner loop no complaints to the toll road. toll road itself and route 28 in virginia, they're checking out incident-free and moving at speed. still ahead, more virginia roads to show you at 6:18. back to you. our top story this monday morning, the death of osama bin laden. u.s. forces killed the terrorist mastermind. >> this ends a nearly ten-year hunt for the man who plotted the september 11th attacks. in an address to the world just before midnight, president obama said u.s. intelligence learned bin laden was hiding out in pakistan. >> finally, last week, i determined that we had enough intelligence to take action. and authorized an operation to get osama bin laden and bring him to justice. today, at my direction, the united states launched a targeted operation against that compound in abbottabad, pakistan. a small team of americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. no americans were harmed. they took care to avoid civilian casualties. after a fire fight, they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. >> now, already this morning, we've learned that bin laden's body has been buried at sea. we expect some photographs to come out. we've seen one or two in papers around the world this morning. president obama said he called former president george w. bush and bill clinton before addressing the nation last night. >> former president bush issued a statement saying he congratulated president obama. he added... >> in the minutes follow this announcement, a flood of people flooded outside the white house. >> the scene was amazing! people carried american flags to lafayette square rallying outside the north lawn of the white house and they stayed there for hours. >> surae chinn is live outside the white house now where things have calmed down but what a night they experienced. surae, good morning. >> it has been a momentous and historic occasion here at the white house. we are some distance away right now because the crowds were so enormous overnight, we were pushed back out this way. if we zoom across lafayette square here, you might be able to see a few people still gathered in front of the white house and most likely, there will be more reaction and spontaneous celebrations to come throughout the day. but here is a taste of what it was like just a couple of hours ago after finding out the news. the large crowds gathered here upon president obama announcing that the leader of al-qaeda was killed by u.s. forces. thousands gathered, chanting u.s.a., cheering and waving their flags in jubilation. and one of those in the crowd was proud father of senior airmen sumner cohen who was killed in iraq. >> i'm very proud of all of our military servicemen out there. i really appreciate that. this is my boy. he was killed. he's buried at arlington and i love him. i miss him every day. >> a lot of people put their lives on the line like my husband. and i mean, look at this. this is one of the greatest days of my life. >> i'm proud to be an american. this is a very historic evening. >> this is a night that will define our generation. no doubt whatsoever. >> i'm happy i'm attending college in d.c. when bin laden is finally shot and killed by the americans. >> for this emotional and historic day, people will continue to celebrate but on the other hand, there is concern of heightened security and anti-american retaliation. back to you, mike, andrea? >> surae chinn reporting live near the white house this morning. >> people also gathered at the former site of the twin towers in new york city. they flocked there after the news came out about bin laden's death. of course, you know more than 2700 people died there in the september 11th attacks. the memorial museum and new office buildings are being constructed on that site now. and that is the reaction in the ballpark in philadelphia last night when people there got the word of bin laden's death. over their smart phones, they quickly spread throughout the phone and then the chants started. >> despite all of the celebrations, some concern. >> will the death of this evil man move others and other terrorists to strike back? police around this region are asking for vigilance now. >> jessica doyle is live outside the pentagon city metro station with more on that part of the story. good morning, jessica. >> good morning to you both. good morning, everybody. we're at the pentagon city metro. not too far from the pentagon. of course, one of the sites of the 9-11 attacks. this very much on the mind of commuters starting their monday morning, they're encouraged even happy about the word that osama bin laden is dead but they're also aware of the new security warnings this morning in his speech last night, president obama said "there is no doubt al-qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against us." he warned the country to be extra vigilant. now, we just spoke with one commuter, matthew ruby, who talked about his reaction to the word that osama bin laden is dead. >> i was shocked. happy. it has been a long time and i'm very relieved. >> reporter: the president has warned of possible reprisals and that americans need to be extra vigilant. how are you feeling this morning? >> after i found out, i knew it wasn't going to be peaceful as soon as it was done. i'm a little worried. i don't want war. i'm kind of scared a little bit to see where it is going to go. all i can do is wait. >> reporter: are you going to be on high alert looking for suspicious activity in. >> i've always been on high alert looking for suspicious activity. definitely, i'll be alarmed and looking around, keep my eye out. >> does that not sum up how americans feel after 9-11. changing our dna, always being on high alert. analysts say there could be an upswing in violence from al- qaeda in the wake of the death of osama bin laden. a show of force to show it is still operational, even after losing its operational head. now, we spoke with mayor vincent gray. he was on 9news now last night speak being to bruce johnson. he talked about extra security precautions going into place to protect residents in the washington area. things you should look for. extra security at metro. hotels, federal buildings, military installations and of course, we also have state department travel alerts out putting a worldwide travel alert in place, putting u.s. embassies on alert. the state department is saying americans living or traveling abroad should limit their travel outside of their homes, avoid large gatherings and that u.s. embassies will continue to operate as security allows. this new security warning reminding folks this morning, be suspicious, look for suspicious activity. and if you see any, report it to the authorities. with that, andrea, i'll send it back to you in the studio. >> jessica doyle reporting live in pentagon city this morning. >> keep it here with 9news now. as we learn more about the death of the terrorist leader. coming up at 6:45, we'll get reaction, more from around the country. >> our partners at the early show will have live coverage from around the globe at 7:00 a.m. our coverage continues on wusa9.com. learn more about the raid that ended in bin laden being killed. you can see photos from last night's celebration at the white house. >> we want to get your reaction to the news. leave your comments on our facebook page at facebook.com/wusa9. up next, i'll be talk with terrorism expert ray locker. learn what bin laden's death will mean for the upcoming war on terror. >> our temperature is 56 degrees here in northwest washington. we're heading to a partly cloudy day with a high in the mid-70s. still to come, her forecast for the work week ahead. 6:12. we want to keep you up to speed on the death of terrorist leader osama bin laden this morning, the word's most wanted man was killed by u.s. forces in pakistan sunday. president obama said he made the call after being tipped off by u.s. intelligence. the announcement led to spontaneous celebrations outside the white house. and in new york, in boston and other cities, the state department is telling american embassies and tourists overseas to be on alert in case of al- qaeda engineering a revenge attack. joining me now about what bin laden's death means is ray locker, thanks for getting up with us this morning. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> as we hear more and more news come out, it seems as though bin laden was hunkered down in a mansion not far from the capital. is it possible that pakistan knew about the united states raid on the mansion or were they kept in the dark completely? >> i think many of the people there including folks in the isi, the intelligence operation, probably were kept in the dark but i think when you put together an organization like this, you have to have intelligence from all sources. i think that's what happened here. >> years ago, it has been reported widely we missed bin laden in bora bora by a short amount. it is my understanding that we made the call we thought al- qaeda was going to surrender back then. do you believe as we now see we have captured and killed bin laid than we learned from previous instances? >> absolutely. inner to roh borah, we contracted out many of the military functions there. when we were using a lot of afghan troops to help that fight which we probably would have gone in with our own people. that's what we did this time. >> how important do you think it is to show the public physically pictures of him, maybe video to help them understand he's indeed gone? >> well, i think that will come out eventually. i don't know if it really will make a difference. i think people know it actually happened but i'm sure there will be photographic evidence that people will see eventually. >> there have been many reports over the years, bin laden has been marginalized because he's been boxed in many cases cutting off much of his communication. how much does this affect the fact that he's gone make an impact on the war on terror moving forward? >> i think it is a moral victory. it shows we can get the job done. this is a guy who's been in hiding for at least ten years. and now we've shown we can find -- it may take a long time but we can get you. he had a lot people helping him out and it still wasn't enough. if you're not as well prepared as bin laden was, you're probably more vulnerable. >> cbs 2 foreign affairs correspondent lara logan responded a lot of people, locals didn't believe the reward money was real and that may have led to either bogus tips or more difficult operation trying to find him. can that change moving forward now that this has happened? >> i think so. now you know that something could happen. people took it seriously. we had to have gotten information somewhere. and those people probably will benefit from it. will get a reward if they did tip him off. that means more and more people will take it seriously in the future. >> very interesting to see if somebody steps forward to accept the $25 million. >> ray locker from the investigative project on terrorism. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you very much. >> ok. anny, over to you. all right. thanks, mike. we're talking about driesly start. a drizzly start. >> a continuation of sunday's forecast in a way. >> the only difference is we'll be warming up more today compared to yesterday's high in the 60s. milder out there. we're seeing some light rain out there. first, your bus stop forecast. i'll show you the doppler in just a moment here. as the kids are getting ready for school this morning, you can expect cloudy conditions, areas of fog and light rain possible. 50s and 60s this morning. here is a look at that live doppler 9000 hd. where you can see again, some light rain from hagerstown, frederick. inch its way toward the beltway. this is really light stuff. we're not expecting this to be heavy at all. it should be ending by this morning. in the next couple of hours here. you can see around 66 in leesburg and warrenton. fredericksburg down along i-95, getting really light stuff, more like drizzly and sprinkle. the fog, the visibility down to 4 miles for frederick and martinsburg, 5. cumberland down to 1 3/4 of a mile. d.c., gaithersburg, no problems for fog and the visibility is just fine. currently in the mid-50s for d.c. 54 in gaithersburg. lower 50s for martinsburg. it is a cool start out there. maybe bring in a little light jacket or sweater. here is a look at the future cast. so, for the rest of today, we're really going to expect some drying conditions this afternoon. we'll see dry all day today. maybe some clouds breaking up by the afternoon today. by 9:00, you can see the showers still out to west virginia and pennsylvania. and d.c. will be dry. now, things change though tomorrow night. the line of storms come in. 6:00. around the d.c. area. then overnight, tuesday into wednesday, see some thunderstorms acting up. here is 6:00 on wednesday morning. so, it will be a lot cooler once this cold front comes on through. we'll really feel the effects of that on wednesday. but for today, becoming partly cloudy, breezy and warmer. highs around near 75. southeast winds 10 to 15 miles per hour. your next three days, we're warming up tomorrow into the 80s. we start out pretty nice. again, showers, rain coming tuesday night into wednesday. that cold front comes through. and yeah, from 80s on tuesday down to lower 60s on wednesday. stays cool through thursday. on friday, we finish off the work week, partly cloudy. a slight chance of some showers later in the day on friday and during the evening hours. here's angie with your traffic. >> thank you, anny. right now, 18 minutes after the 6:00 hour. for the first time this morning, we turn on the yellow light because we're dealing with our first accident of the morning. it comes to us from 395. this is going southbound. the accident is at the 14th street bridge. overall though, not too much going on going that way. it is northbound where the delays have already started to set in. tracking the taillights 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"endeavour" probably won't lift off until after may 8th. engineers need to repair a faulty heating system on the shuttle. the astronauts and their families have been released to go home until the repairs are finished. don't be alarmed if you hear cannon fire around arlington national cemetery. in about five minutes, the presidential salute battery will begin conducting cannon firing drills. the exercises are expected to last until around 8:00 this morning. the training is being conducted before the cemetery opens so it interfere with on-going services. >> the capitals need to bounce back in a big way. they dropped game two to the lightning last night. the final 3-2 in overtime. d.c. now trails two games to none. game three is tomorrow night in tampa. >> up next, more on the death of osama bin laden. hear from president obama on what's next in the war on terror. >> plus, the amazing jubilation outside the white house. we'll take you to lafayette square for a live report. >> before we head to break, quick check of the traffic. angie? >> we're looking at 95 heading northbound. no problems out of fredericksburg. we'll be back in a moment. xóp [ female announcer ] love the look of freshly colored hair? now you don't have to wa