riggs vehicle involving an overturned vehicle. and between connecticut and georgia avenue, going to step out and see what we can see from sky 9. look at all the heavy traffic. that means there is an accident there. police were just arriving on the scene. be aware of this delay. inner loop of the beltway eastbound 495 between connecticut avenue and georgia avenue this morning. i'll keep you posted on the situation. with the rain coming down, it's not helping things much here. we'll go to a live shot southbound on i-275 at clarks burke. -- 270 at clarks burke. you have off and on delays but the lanes are open. more on the situation on the beltway at 6:11. at the top of the hour, we are following breaking news now. two deadly stabbings in the district in just one hour. >> the investigation into one of the stabbings is tying up the commute. delia goncalves is live in northwest with the latest. delia? >> reporter: an update for you, andrea. traffic is flowing smoothly about four hours into this investigation here on 5th and florida in northwest. the crime scene tape has been cleared. however, the only indication of this crash is this pole, this light pole that is sitting in the middle of this corner here. apparently it appears that the car carried this pole, uprooted the pole from somewhere and take a close look a little further down the block. you can see it appears and as our cameraman is zooming in, kevin king zooming in to give you a closer look, appears that could be the source of where this light pole was first knocked over by this vehicle. let's take a closer look at some video that was fed into our newsroom a short time ago so you can take a look at yourself at what the scene looked like when our crews first arrived. around 2:15 police found the car smashed into the side of the tavern here on 5th and florida. the male driver we're told was not breathing and suffered a stab wound to the neck. he was later pronounced dead at howard university hospital. as you know, that is just a short distance, a few blocks away from the crime scene here on 5th and florida. however, interesting to note about the crime scene, police are trying to determine exactly where this male driver was stabbed. it is clear that he was driving his vehicle and he may have driven away from the crime scene. police at this point don't though in which direction he was coming from and how far he was traveling. so police are trying to determine exactly where this man was stabbed so they can put the pieces together and try to determine exactly what happened early this morning around 2:15. more details coming up at 6:30. back to you, mike, andrea. >> thank you for the update, delia goncalves live on this breaking news in northwest washington. prince george's county police are looking for the people who robbed two university of maryland students in their own home. police say it happened yesterday at their off campus house on curry place in adelphi. investigators say the three armed men broke into the home, took cash, drugs, and one of the victim's cars. one year ago today the news of one man's death sent people into the streets celebrating. this is the anniversary of navy seal team six taking out terrorist leader osama bin laden. the seals execute add 40-minute raid into -- executed a 40- minute raid into bin laden's compound and no americans were lost during this mission. president obama said it didn't mark the end of the war on terror though. even though bin laden is dead, the fight against al qaeda is ongoing. >> along with allies and partners, we have been unrelenting. and when we assess that al qaeda of 2012, i think it is fair to say that as a result of our efforts, the united states is more secure and the american people are safer. >> the first -- excuse me. the white house also confirmed for the first time covert drone aircraft strikes against al qaeda even though it was common knowledge already. the boondoggle that's the silver spring transit center is getting more expensive. we told you about the bad concrete work that's halted construction at the news bus, metro and rail hub. montgomery county leaders now put the price tag at $112 million. that's up another $11 million and triple the original estimate. the best case scenario for the transit center has it opening in august but they're still deciding whether to repair or bring it down and redo. at 6:05, jessica doyle is watching your money, her money, all of our money. >> apparently our nest eggs are getting a little bigger. >> that's right. workers are successfully stashing the cash. they're putting it in their 401(k) plans in the first quarter and a sunning market -- sunning market helped -- surging market helped increase numbers. the average balance the end of march, almost $75,000. that was up six grand from three months before. about 80% of the increase is a result of market performance. the rest due to contributions from workers and their employers. stocks rallied nearly 13% in the market's best start since 1998. the stock portfolios may be worth more but few of us are living the mental dream of owning -- the american dream of owning a home. homeownership is at its lowest point in 15 years. the rate of homeownership fell in the first three months of this year to 65.4%, down from 66.4% in the first quarter of last year, another sign of the slow housing market after the bubble burst. maryland's public service commission announced the standard electricity price that takes effect this june will transform to a cut of about 54 bucks a year. you can go out to dinner or something. >> something went down for a change. >> it's rare. >> it is. just about 6:07. here are some of the other stories happening today that we will be following. prince george's county police will unveil a new traffic safety initiative. it's called. [indiscernible] they'll be enforcing driving and pedestrian laws. >> there will be an emergency exercise all day today at bwi marshal airport. the training will involve several law enforcement and security departments. the d.c. city council is expected to vote today on the first of two antibullying measures. the goal is to help protect children and stop bullying in schools. the council hopes to get the bills to the mayor for his signature as soon as possible. 6:07 now. we're already in the 60-degree range. you can tack on 20 more. howard says there's rain in the forecast soon. he'll detail that when we come back. the showers and storms we have some spots this morning may be the most active weather we see all day. going to be much warmer as highs get into the low #s on. up -- low 80s. ups and downs for the rest of the week. the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. we'll take a live look at the inbound side of i-66 where we're just getting word of an accident on the left shoulder on route 29 here in centreville with slow traffic getting by. i'll have more on this situation coming up in my next report at 6:18. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. last weekend's deadly crash in new york city is being deemed an accident. but there may be problems with the highway where it happened. >> that's one of the stories making news now at 6:11 this morning. seven people died in this crash near the bronx zoo. aaa says the highway right there needs taller, stronger guardrails. this is the bronx river parkway. it opened in 1925 predating today's highway safety standards. 17 people are recovering from a hotel fire in california. many of them were treated for smoke inhalation. at least one person jumped from a second-story window to escape. the owner of the grand ole opry is suing uncle sam. it says the devastating floods were made worse by a lack of communication. they're seeking damages from the area corporation of engineers and national weather service. secretary hillary clinton will arrive in china. behind the scenes the focus will be on one man. >> a chinese human rights activist who had been under house arrest and nearly escaped. danielle nottingham has more on that man and how he may have taken refuge inside the u.s. embassy. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton had little to say about chinese human rights activist chen guangcheng in the hours before her arrival in beijing. she did say that human rights would be discussed alongside other key issues of the u.s.- china relationship, including trade and the economy. >> a constructive relationship includes talking very frankly about those area where we do not agree. >> reporter: chen is believed to be under u.s. protection in beijing after his daring escape from house arrest last week. the blind lawyer had been detained for years after he exposed forced abortions under china's one child policy. he released a video after his escape asking beijing not to hurt the family he left behind. my wife, mother and children are still in the guards' evil hands, he says. the obama administration is being careful not to inflame the issue before diplomatic talks begin on thursday. >> i'm not going to make a statement on the issue. >> reporter: president obama side stepped the topic but said the larger issue is one his administration has discussed with china before. >> what i would like to emphasize is that every time we meet with china, the issue of human rights comes up. >> reporter: one possible outcome? chen is granted asylum to live in the united states, something he said he doesn't want to do. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >> so far no one has heard from chen's wife and young daughter since his escape last sunday. the third annual wounded warrior games are under way in colorado. first lady michele obama spoke at the opening ceremonies on monday. >> you can inspire these kids to get active. you can inspire them to overcome obstacles. you can inspire them to achieve things they'd never dreamed of. >> the event is hosted by the u.s. olympic committee. more than 200 active duty soldiers and veterans are taking part, including some of the troops from britain. there was a wounded warrior golf tournament monday in leesburg, virginia hosted by the river creek club. the fifth annual event raises money for injured soldiers and charities which care for their families. will golfers be able to enjoy some time on the links today? >> not very early. you have an early tee type, you may want to wait. it's not going to take much. another couple of hours and i think the radar is going to be quite clear so we'll be looking much better by the 8:00 hour. right now it's wet. lightning and thunder rumbling across charles county at the moment. here's a look at the regional radars in motion. with the lightning, you see it from new york there's lightning up there as well all the way through baltimore and washington, down toward areas in virginia now approaching fredricksburg into southern maryland. we'll switch it over to live doppler 9000 hd and get a better idea. we're starting to clear out west into maryland and virginia. got heavier showers just off to the southwest. you'll notice the light rains in fairfax county if fairfax out 66 in towards prince william county. gainesville, haymarket, chantilly some of the heavier showers there, especially south toward manassas. but the heaviest stuff we're seeing is now coming out of virginia, crossing the river into maryland. you see even moderate showers down toward goldvein but it's this stuff, lightning and thunder moving toward the east at 40 miles an hour. mar berry toward accokeek. this will past just south of fort washington. this is all moving toward southern prince george's county, calvert, maybe northern st. mary's. southern maryland is going to get the brunt of the weather for the next 30 to 40 minutes. bus stop forecast, got some showers out there obviously. but it's also winding up north and west of town or winding down i should say north and west of town. 50s and 60s. sunrise is just five minutes ago. we didn't see it with the clouds. we will see partly sunny conditions today at least. temperatures by noon in the mid- to upper 70s. highs low 80s. might get to 84, 85 as winds become westerly 10 to 15 and still in the upper 70s at 8:00 p.m. but more of a northerly push will keep us ath bit -- we'll struggle with the 80s and 70s the next commof days. 56 in hagerstown -- couple of days. 56 in hagerstown. rain on the way at patuxent river, 67. here in washington as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, cloudy skies. light rain around and 62 degrees. dew point 56 so the humidity is up now 80%. the barometer 30.02. there's more stuff west of st. louis. we'll have to watch and see if that with arrive here or a piece of it overnight tonight. but the morning stuff, by 9:00 here it is. long island pushing off the jersey shore. we see an isolated shower or storm this afternoon, this evening. and then tonight we may see a little bit more. look what happens on wednesday. more scattered showers and thunderstorms. looking at the forecast, today we're in the low 80s. this might even be a little low depending on the winds. isolated storm. scattered showers and storms wednesday, 79. a few more clouds 78. southeasterly flow thursday. i know that's cooler than what i was thinking yesterday but i still think friday will be a very warm day along with saturday, mid- to upper 80s. then we start to cool off by monday. looks cooler next week. monika, 6:17, wet roads. never good. no, it's not been good this morning. we've had several separate accidents all around town. i'm going to start off with the north side of town. an accident quickly cleared luckily on the inner loop after connecticut avenue. let's take a live look on the outer loop. you have your normal slow traffic on our mdot camera as you travel from college park and into the silver spring area past connecticut avenue. your lanes are open. let's go back to the maps. now the bad news. on the inbound side of i-66, the accident in centreville near route 29 sitting along the left side of the road, first we'll take a look from our traffic land camera coming in from manassas. you'll watch out for all the slow traffic. now a live look from sky 9. ail step out on the inbound side of i-66. you'll have to expect quite a lot of slow traffic. i'm sorry we don't have sky 9 but it's slow and heavy from manassas into centreville with the accident at route 29 along the left side. i'll keep you posted on that situation coming up once again in a few minutes at 6:00:25. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. next in sports we'll show you the goal that tied up the capitals playoff series and you can see how bryce harper is making some new friends here in d.c. right now time for another check of our question of the morning. every year men spend $100 million on which of these cosmetic products? is it a, moisturizer, b, hair dye or c, tanning lotion. >> moisturizer is getting a lot more expensive than i thought good. >> one person says, i spend a lot on all of them. i don't use b, hair dye so it's probably that. >> keep your guesses coming. we'll reveal the correct answer at 6:49. we'll be back. [ female announcer ] it all begin with our powder. then we introduced liquid detergent with stainlifters. followed by the number-one super-concentrated liquid detergent. and now, the most concentrated all ever! introducing new all mighty pacs™. packed with all's active stainlifters... each mighty pac delivers more cleaning power per ounce to help tackle your family's tough dirt and stains the first time, every time. new all mighty pacs™. powerful clean. mighty results. you see the line of showers across the region. especially heavy toward charles county right now. another band coming from fairfax down west of i-95. but this is moving quickly. we'll be getting rid of it quickly in just a little while. even by 8:00, 9:00 i think most of this is gone. 69 degrees by 9:00. 77 at noon. look at the afternoon temps into the low 80s as wind shifts from the southwest to west, northwest late. just a tad cooler next couple of days. we'll tell you about that in a few. >> thank you, howard. the capitals are coming back to washington with their playoff series tied at a game a piece. it happened in their last series and ended pretty well for caps fans. >> they got their mo jo back. caps up 2-1 in the third period. rangers on the power play. ryan callahan gets the shot through traffic. that score ties the game at 2 with 13 minutes left. the caps go on a power play and it is time for alexander ovechkin with the bullet to the back of the net. didn't play a lot of time in this game but that proved to be the game winner. caps over the rangers 3-2. the series tied at one game a piece. game three tomorrow night in d.c. at verizon center. an embarrassment on and off the court for the new york knicks. first they lose game two of their series to the heat 104-94 the final. after the game amare stoudemire apparently punched the glass case around a fire extinguisher and cut his right hand. he left the arena in a sling. no word how long he will be out. >> anger management. the nationals begin a six- game home stand tonight. they host the arizona diamondbacks. the nats are trying to snap a a four-game losing streak. tonight will the home debut of bryce harmer. he's already played a little bowl in washington. check out this video of harper playing softball with some people on the grounds of the washington monument. he took a few swings. it was all in good fun and hopefully will have made a few new nationals fans. you can watch the entire clip on wusa9.com. trying to give some hitting pointers to fans. >> hope it doesn't throw off his timing. slow pitch softball. too much thought. still ahead, which one of our three airports is the cheapest to fly out of these days? >> video games can keep you healthy. coming up a new effort to make screen time an active time for the entire family. >> unhappy commuters on the inbound side of i-66. delays begin manassas into centreville because of an accident on the left shoulder. again very slow getting by. i'm have more on this situation coming up in my next report at 6:30. you're watching nine fine now. stay with us. -- 9news now. stay with us. 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