will have great temperatures coming our way. a lot of sunshine. unfortunate my we are looking for more sunshine coming in which means on the morning drive, especially heading south. when you are heading east you are going in to a lot of sunshine. all of though skies have cleared. in store for a lot of sunshine before cloud cover builds in. a lot of sunshine. now we will contend with a breeze here, too. mainly through morning, midday in the afternoon. the breeze will die down late afternoon in to this evening. we are up to 63 by noon. 65 by 5:00. 50 at national. we will talk about the next rain chance coming up in 15. angie? >> thank you, devon. possibly through the 4:00 hour if you are up early. we have construction to tell you about on 95 between 198 and powder mill. it is taking away the left

lane. the bw parkway is checking out fine. we will move it over and show you 270 northbound between i- 270 and montgomery village avenue. that's where we see more road crews going southbound at clopper. another construction site. at route 7 and telegraph road, you want to watch for more workers out there. i-95 and 395, you are not going to be able to access the lanes. you are going northbound due to more construction. hopefully in the next hour it will be wrapped up. back to andrea. >> thank you, angie. today, president obama is expected to sign an executive order enforcing a ban on federal funds for elective abortions. it's an agreement the president made to get a group of antiabortion democrats in the house to vote for the health care bill. as tara mergener reports the senate will continue to debate changes on the law which the house approved. >> reporter: health care reform may now be law.

but that isn't stopping republicans from fighting it. >> i think the slogan will be repeal and replace. >> reporter: they are vowing to do everything they can to keep a package of fixes in the landmark bill from passing. lawmakers will resume their 2 a hour debate later today it. >> takes a good bill and makes it a better bill. >> reporter: the gop is offering amendments to improve the measure but others seem intended to put democrats in a tough spot. for example, one would prohibit erectile dysfunction drugs for sex offenders. it's an idea most lawmakers would probably vote for but in this case democrats can't. any changes would send the measure back to the house for another vote. >> i know we can't fix it really because it is such a terrible bill. >> reporter: the battle isn't just in congress. more than a dozen states have filed lawsuits claiming the overhaul is unconstitutional. >> the tenth amendment says that congress has limited

powers. they do not include the power to pass a health care plan like this. >> reporter: the attorneys generals involved argue the government can't force people to buy health insurance. >> i'm confident the court will declare the health care reform law unconstitutional. >> reporter: legal experts say this that is highly unlikely. the white house also isn't worried. instead president obama will be focusing his attention on selling the plan to the public, starting with a trip to iowa tomorrow. tara merger, cbs news, washington. maryland state senators have given approval to that state's 13 -- $13 billion budget for 2011. before voting they cut funding for chesapeake bay cleanup by 50% and cut funding for stem cell research and improved a plan to make counties sharing the cost of teacher pension in 2012. the budget goes to the house for consideration now. a former dc teacher wants a

court date to tell dc's school chancellor michelle rhee you are wrong. he is suing her for intentional infliction of emotional distress because after what she said after firing teachers and staff. >> reporter: 22 years in the air force, 13 in the classroom, ronnie jones is looking for work. >> i worry a lot about how i will be able to support my family. >> reporter: he finds some solis in his band vintage. you can see it on the web. >> reporter: what he can't forget is the explanation that michelle rhee gave fast company magazine last month for the firing of 260 teacher and staff. i got rid of children who had hit children, had sex with children and missed 78 days of school. >> it hurts deeply because i have never ever hit a child in school. i have never done anything

inappropriate with a child. >> reporter: jones says rhee's remarks smirks the reputation of all of those she fired. >> we brought suit based on intentional infliction of emotional distress. >> he says he can see the reaction of the statements on his grand daughter. >> friends she had now won't visit and any job i apply and when they ask where i am coming from and i tell them the dc public school systems it is a pretty short conversation. no jobs available. >> reporter: a spokeswoman for rhee said -- the suit will be watched closely because jones is asking for millions and there are 2 million over teacher and staff who could arguably make the same claims. , 9 news now.

right now in prince georges county, they are investigating an overnight murder. it happened just before 1:00 this morning near the intersection of capitol heights boulevard and gunther street. police say that the victims believed to be in their late 20s were dead at the scene. police are searching for suspects. arenas is scheduled to be sentenced on a felony gun charge. prosecutors recommended he be sentenced to three months in jail for bringing guns of to the wizards locker room. his lawyer is asking for probation and community service. the capitals are denying any players received steroids from a northern virginia chiropractor accused of dealing drugs. authorities charged him with conspiring to deliver a controlled substance, specifically steroids. the charges came after neagle boasted supplying the steroids to the capitals and the

nationals. police need your help in finding a missing 12-year-old from temple hills, maryland. dickson was last seen on friday. she told her parents she was staying after school for an event that ended at p.m. her parents report her missing after they went to school and found out there was no such event. anyone with information is asked to call police. in news now, two men will be in court to be charged in the death of five teenager boys. it is part of a cold case dating back 32 years when the teens disappeared without a trace. prosecutors say the men forced the boys at gun point in to an abandoned building before setting it on fire to kill them. a generator problem forced an american airlines jet to make an emergency landing in phoenix. the flit was carrying 234 people at the time. there's word israel has

approved more homes to be built in a mostly arab neighborhood in jerusalem. netanyahu met with president obama on tuesday. the meeting was so sensitive the white house would not release photographs. palestinians have said negotiations for peace cannot go forward until israeli settlement building stops. the obama white house is considering doing away with what was once two of the most powerful lending firms in the country. and the summer job market for teens and college students remains stagnant. it is 4:38. we'll be right back.

southbound u.s. 29. construction. it is angie with spots to avoid coming up. time for the first "living $mart" report of the morning. jessica doyle is here and she's been watching world markets. >> what we are seeing is more

green arrows. wall street has climbed in 15 of the last 19 trading sessions. the dow begins the day at 10888 after gaining almost 103 points yesterday. the nasdaq up almost 20 and the s&p gained 8. the obama administration is taking steps to develop a system that could replace mortgage giants freddie mac and fannie mae. the movement follows criticism that officials are dragging their feet. the government seized control of them in 2008. these massive companies purchase home loans and package them in investments and guarantee them against default. the government has spent $126 billion in to these companies to keep them afloat. a new survey says the summer job outlook for teens and college students is no better or worse than last year. snag a job.com says hiring conditions will be the same with 6% of businesses planning to take on more summer worker and nearly half of managers

will prepared for a hiring freeze. for those lucky enough to land a summer job, average pay is expected to be flat, around $10 an hour. there are census jobs that kids can apply for and college towns are places where they need a lot of summer workers. >> you can get more information on those census jobs at our website on wusa9.com. one hospital could be on the forefront on the way to treat a debilitating disease. and caesarian births have become the most popular procedure in the nation. cloudy all day yesterday and had shower activity but with the sunshine meaning warmer temperatures we will let you know how far and track the next round of rain in the forecast when we come back.

some lucky elementary students have received tickets to the white house easter egg roll. the white house is providing 1200 easter egg roll tickets to the city. students in northeast

washington were selected because of their academic achievement. congratulations to them. i can't believe the month is almost over. what is it april 5th will be the easter egg roll. >> coming around. >> a special place in my heart. my uncle got a invitation to be a storyteller for that and he was here with jane seymore who happened to be here a couple of weeks ago. >> i used to hand out the eggs to the kids. a lot of fun. >> a little happier system i get to give from the weather position when we don't have to say clouds, rain and cooler temperatures. look at that forecast, sunny skies and 66. have to deal with a little breeze. if there is any down fall to that it is gusty. west to northwest winds 20 miles an hour. the winds will die down this afternoon and this evening. it will be a great porch night. i'm thinking a barbecue, a grill anything like that outside on the deck. it will be perfect.

clouds developing through thursday and rain as soon as overnight on thursday and in to friday as we see it. friday will be a cloudy, chilly day that we tend to get here in springtime. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, keeping warm through the morning hours. chilly. we will dip down to upper 30s to 40 in some cases. 40 to 46 in other places. temperatures rising in the 60s by afternoon. get in to one of those cool starts and warm afternoons. dress accordingly with the ability stripped down by this afternoon. clear skies, breezy and cool in the morning hours. we go through the afternoon and we are back to the 60s in many cases. the winds 10 to 20 miles an hour and dying down as we get late afternoon and in to tonight. the winds will be light tonight allowing us to get to the upper 30sin the outer suburbs and the heart of the city, 45, 46 degrees. the sunset 7:24. we are starting to expand those days. morning sunshine tomorrow. still mild but as we go to the

afternoon hours on thursday, really starting to develop the cloud cover out there. 50 is our current temperature at national. baltimore you are at 45. 47 in andrews. fredericksburg, down south, one of the cooler areas at 42 degrees. really broke the clouds earlier. all of us should be bringing the temperatures down a couple more degrees through the morning hours. satellite and radar together shows the system out to sea. let's track what's ahead of us the next two days. the nine future cast is showing a lot of sunshine through this afternoon. watch the cloud cover as we get through your wednesday and get to thursday. a front will enteric with a weak system coming through. that's going to spell shower activity coming through as soon as overnight on thursday and in to friday. it will keep us cooler with cloud cover. the rain that's in place. not heavy rain. not expecting thunderstorms but it will be a typical spring day with a rain shower activity around. high temperatures here, at least the upper 60s, mid to

upper 60s for most. 66 is the official high in washington. low temperatures tonight, mid- 40s in the city. and upper 30s outside. today it is still okay, temperatures in the upper 60s and the seven-day forecast shows the rain coming in on friday to round out the week. the first part of the weekend is looking good. had to introduce a little rain in the second half of the weekend but it looks to be holding off until sunday evening. take away from the forecast a warmer day today, sunny and mild but breezy through midday. >> thank you, devon. hello, everybody. 12 minutes from the 5:00 hour. we are going to start things off with virginia. home state virginia. 95 northbound, looks like we are smooth sailing from fredericksburg past quantico to springfield interchange. taking you to the beltway in virginia. on the inner loop a couple of construction sites, route 7, telegraph road, 95, 395 exit is

where it is impassable the next 12 to 15 minutes but you are forced to go to 395 and head north there. 66, take it outside, heading eastbound you are okay out of centreville. making your way to the beltway, watch out for road crews. hello, maryland, 270, northbound between i-370 and montgomery village avenue, we are seeing construction on the left lanes and to wrap it up with a shot of the outer loop, everything is moving at speed here. a good example near the colesville road exit. back to andrea. a maryland doctor is pioneering new treatment in to a rare neurological disorder called ald. kristin fisher has a story of how dr. gerald raymond is helping a virginia family. >> reporter: one year ago, eric was a healthy 8-year-old from falls church. >> eric was a real fun kid. he was very imaginative. his drawings were incredible. >> he was a friend to all. he was a good kid.

>> reporter: but in march of last year, eric had a stroke. he was diagnosed with a rare, often deadly neurological disorder. he was diagnosed with ald. >> it was devastating emotionally. you are standing there and you are numb and you wonder what hit you. >> reporter: as of now there is no cure but there is treatment and one of the most respected specialists happens to be in baltimore. >> once you are diagnosed with ald, everybody hears about dr. raymond. >> he gave us a lot of hope that, you know, that made that first dark weekend a little brighter. >> reporter: eric spent the next 15 weeks in a minnesota hospital but this story doesn't have a happy ending. eric died on october 25th. >> he passed away four hours shy of his ninth birthday. >> reporter: today eric's parents are fighting to raise awareness about the disorder that killed their oldest son. >> get in the box. >> reporter: but at the same

time they are dealing with a new diagnosis, their youngest son jake also has ald and they are hoping dr. raymond can help. >> it's impossibly difficult. these people that are working tirelessly at achieving better outcomes, that means the world to us. >> reporter: in falls church, kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> a new government report finds caesarian births are at the highest level in the u.s. in 2000, one in three babies have a c-section. 1.4million births an increase of 53% from ten years earler -- earlier. ever wonder how many calories are in your favorite fast food? you are about to find out. a provision in the health care legislation requires restaurants with 20 or more locations to include calorie

counts on their menus. it is believed 200,000 restaurants will be affected. some states and cities require calories on menus. it will be at least a year before the new national standard takes affect. protecting pedestrians has become a top priority of one local county. and what role, if any, could electromagnetic interference be playing in the recent out of control toyota vehicles? we'll be right back.

speed kills is the message from the street smart pedestrian campaign launch by montgomery county. alex trevino has the story. the driver of the gmc pickup is traveling at 25 miles an hour. his mix is to apply the brakes 29 feet away and avoid striking

a wire frame model of a 10-year- old child in the street. plenty of reaction time to avoid hitting the dummy we are calling bobby. watch what happens hen the driver speeds up only ten more miles. not enough time. bobby would be severely injured that. >> can be the difference between life and death. >> reporter: the safety coordinator joined regional leaders at the street smart pedestrian campaign in silver spring to send a strong message. >> that is that speed kills. >> reporter: he says the faster you are driving the longer it takes to stop and the harder it makes to become a correction. common sense for most but a reality some drivers refuse to keep in mind. >> the car we drive today are so comfortable and soundproof we don't realize we are 10 to 20 miles over the posted speed. >> reporter: what happens if you go faster, say 40 miles an

hour? >> listening to music and sometimes i get so distracted and cars, you have to watch for that and then we have to watch out for car and stuff because some drivers aren't really paying attention either. >> reporter: responsibility is ultimately shared between pedestrians and drivers. alex trevino, 9 news now. an internal memo from toyota is telling dealers to provide replacement accelerator pedals to owners dissatisfied with their repairs. dealers have been inserting a piece of metal to prevent friction. more than 100 owners have complained to the government about problems with sudden acceleration even after toyota dealers fixed their recalled vehicles. leading auto experts are refuting toyota's claims that electronics are not to blame for the run away cars. they say toyota failed to do any real testing to prove electronics in their cars are

not malfunctioning. on the issue of electromagnetic interference, experts say the automakers tests fall short. >> they don't stimulate faults. no practical amount of testing can ever be sufficient. >> reporter: experts say the reason why toyota is having trouble replicating these problems is because when drivers turn off their cars it is the same as rebooting a computer and the data disappears. toyota releases results. they insist that sticky gas pedals and misplaced floor mats have caused their cars to take off. we have more on emi and what it can do to your car. >> reporter: this video released by toyota shows engineers testing cars for

electromagnetic interference. that's one theory behind cars speeding up without warning. the center for environmental software engineering director says electromagnetic interference or emi occurs when electrical devices interfere with each other. >> there is electromagnetic interference everywhere in our environment. >> reporter: your ipod, pie phone and towers can create the interference. >> he plugs it in the audio system. >> this here could similarly interrupt or confuse the messages that the gas pedal is sending to the engine. >> reporter: these machines in toyota's emi testing chamber simulate a driver in the car, subjecting the gas pedal to various sources of emi. it comes out of different components in your car, even electric motors that power your

windshield wiper system but replicating it is different. >> it is here today and gone tomorrow and leaves no trace. >> reporter: he speculates the issue with run away cars could be linked to a software glitch. >> if it is a software problem that's much easier to solve. >> reporter: jack gillis says whether emi is at play or not finding the root cause could be a challenge. >> to discover what caused the problem is going to be a mystery that may not be solved. >> reporter: this is one mystery that millions of toyota drivers hope engineers will be able to unravel soon. >> that was lesli foster reporting. good morning, everyone. you are watching 9 news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. angie goff will have the traffic in just a moment. right now devon lucie is in for howard bernstein and he has a look at the forecast. >> good morning. a lot rosier than yesterday. a lot of cloud cover. rains came in the afternoon and evening