behind. down to 52 now at reagan national. 44 in winchester, 32 at oakland. it's also giving us a bit of a windchill, andrea. windchills under the 30s in the shenandoah valley. going up to the low 60s today. nice weekend ahead. right now, 6:00 and here's traffic. tgif, everybody. so glad you could join us early. it is a new hour and new day out on the inner loop because we have the good update for you. 66 headed eastbound, that ramp now finally opened after being closed for most of the morning because of an accident. we are still seeing lingering delays because of it. those are starting around the route 50 area. moving over to maryland, new hampshire avenue right now at lockwood drive, that is where we have crash activity going on. overall, though, very volume light out this way. same situation on route 4, route 5, crane highway going to the realtime graphics. it looks like all of the roads under the clear. just the typical volume is what we're seeing usually around this time.

395 from duke to seminary. things are slowing down just a bit, volume building. 95 before that it looks like your delay stretches from the prince george's parkway up toward the fairfax county parkway. andrea, back to you. at the top of the hour, we want to bring you the latest developments in that west virginia mine explosion. a renewed rescue attempt is underway right now. crews are making their way traying to find the four people missing since monday's deadly explosion. this latest effort began just tbr 2:00 this morning. we go live to sandra endo in west virginia with the latest on the search. good morning, sandra. >> reporter: well, good morning, andrea. in just about half an hour or so, we're expecting to hear official word on how the rescue operation going. with time and oxygen running out, they had to make a push. rescuers went back into the mine to find the four missing miners. another attempt, hoping for success. >> the plan is for two teams to

go underground and to visit both of those refuge chambers. >> reporter: state officials say this remains a rescue mission until the very end. the focus is still on getting to the two emergency chambers deep in the mine. then are the only pockets of salvation for the missing miners. >> if everything works right and as precise as they've been, we have a good chance of a miracle there. >> reporter: workers are pumping nitrogen into the area where they believe the missing miners could be. >> that's to ensure we wouldn't be chased out in case the barometer begins to drop. and we have an explosive mixture again. >> reporter: while the rescue mission is underway a more somber mission will be undercaken recovering the bodies of those who are confirmed dead. >> the intent is for the recovery teams to enter the mine in the same time frame and begin removing the bodies from the long wall and areas near the long wall. >> reporter: some families of mining victims are already planning funeral arrangements

while others are praying that rescuers will find their missing loved ones. >> this may be the darkest days or darkest weeks in a long time. they may not have a whole lot of hope themselves. if they can't have hope, we have to have hope for them. >> reporter: and at least four funerals are planned for today. and the ceo of massey energy says the company will be paying for all of those miners' funerals. live in west virginia, i'm sandra endo. andrea, back to you. >> sandra, you said the rescuers started at about 2:30 and an undate at 6:30. so that's four hours. how long do they estimate before they get to the chamber where's, hopefully, the four miners could be? >> reporter: according to the last update from state officials here, they say they have found an alternate route to get to the chambers faster and anticipated that rescue workers, if all goes well, could reach those chambers in

an hour and a half. so we are presuming they under there and perhaps have news for us in a half hour or so. so of course we'll bring you the very latest as it becomes available. >> sandra endo reporting from west virginia. a controversial group is also in west virginia saying the miners' deaths are because god hates america. the church is known for protesting the funerals of soldiers. several members arrived in charleston yesterday. a crowd of 300 people held a counterprotest. now back to the weather. those storms that move through overnight with kristin fisher tracking the storm aletter. that tree is leaning behind you. >> reporter: i know, andrea. check this out. it's absolutely huge. this is just one of the many trees that were taken down during last night's storms. you know, for all of you just now waking up and heading outside for the first time this morning, what you can expect to

see is lots of branches and debris littering the sidewalks and roads. another thing i want to point out is power lines. as i was driving here, ways noticing lots of signal lights are flashing because of so many power outages last night. so check this out. this is one of the many trees that fell down during last night's storm. i want to show you guys another tree that we were able to film. this was shot on wisconsin and massachusetts on the st. awlden school grounds. we've had reports of trees down on northeast, northwest, capitol hill in particular. there are also several reports of trees falling on top of cars in arlington. so lots of things for crews to deal with as they wake up this morning. now, in addition to trees being brought down by the high winds and rain, there's a ton of

power outages. dominion power was reporting 4,000 customers were without power. there's only a few hundred without power so they have made progress through the night. andrea, you can certainly expect to see quite a bit of debris on the ground this morning. back to you. >> kristin, thank you. in other news, family, friends and fellow officers will say good-bye to officer ayala who died on sunday while responding to a call. the funeral is closed to the public. routes 201 in olney will be shut down between 7:30 this morning until 12:30 this afternoon. the funeral procession will then make its way to timonium. the washington-based diplomat from qatar who sparked a mid-airplane scare will be sent home. the diplomat is muhammad

mohammed al-madadi. when asked about a smoky smell, he joked to a flient attendant -- flight attendant that he was trying to light his shoes on fire. that sparked an incident. some say the move to send him home is the right one. >> not only should he know better, he's been here for some time. he is the son of a diplomat. he grew up there. >> passengers say things were handled calmly. some didn't even know there was a problem until the jet landed. the wizard's gilbert areenis will work with at-risk youth as part of his sentence. areenis will work with young offenders in the juvenile justice system. he must perform 400 hours of community service as part of his sentence on gun charges. areenis will do that service at d.c.'s facility in laurel, maryland. he'll also serve 30 days at a halfway house in montgomery county. it's coming up on 8 after

the hour. in six minutes, we'll come up with the "discovery" crew conducting its first space walk. learn how franchises these days are more than just fast food. right now, howard bernstein begins our focus on maryland's weather and traffic. >> reporter: gg. we're starting to clear out from the overnight rain which was heavy at times. we still see a few light showers coming across the bay there over to the eastern shore for the most part. east end, watch out. you have showers knocking on the doorstep. we'll talk about the rest of the day where we see improving weather from west to seeft this morning looking at the sunshine early out west spreading eastward. garrett county, watch out, by 5:00 you could see a shower. your temperatures are holding in the 40s. how about the maryland commute? >> reporter: that's right, maryland. all eyes are on your roads right now. at clopper, very nice and

quiet. georgia avenue and the east west highway, same situation. finally, all aboard, we're flying over 50 headed westbound with a nice, green, clean commute. drivers are moving early. in 90 seconds, 9news now will be right back with more traffic, weather and news. stay with us.

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the water if you are interested in maybe exploring some of those possibilities. >> we're going to get people hired. let us know of some other tips for getting hired, too. here's what's in the news now. thousands of people are taking to the streets of thailand this morning demanding a television station go back on the air after it was shut down by the government. this is the latest in the month long protest. they will be cleaning up in anderson, south carolina today. strong winds moved through late yesterday. there were even reports of a tornado. right now, two astronauts are taking a space walk outside the international space station. they will remove a tank from the station and install a new one. it's going to take three space walks to get it done. howard bernstein is here. we usually thank people for starting their day with us. i want to thank tayzia and

rochon, who i met yesterday at bethesda. i told them about 6:30 this morning, so i hope they are up. so let them know that i said had hello. >> i had a lot of support when i had the back surgery. thank you for the support. hagerstown had trees down and rainfall from 0.4 of an inch and to over an inch in janet in reidville. a lot of rain, a lot of wind and this morning we're calmer. we're seeing the rain pulling away out of the eastern shore. we're done in washington and just south and east a little sprinkle we're watching right now. one shower is just about to push into the bay of the eastern shore. easton, you are not done with the rain yet, but you will be shortly. we'll keep moving for you as you go off into charles county now and right across the river.

we've got that one little shower south of quantico. i don't want to show you my back, but this will drift across part of charles county as well. in southern maryland and lower eastern shore coming out of the northern neck that's all that's left. quickly this stuff is pulling away. the front is pulling away, breezy. low 60s at best today. maybe around 60. tomorrow low, possibly even mid-60s. notice the predominance of sunshine as high temperatures make it into the lower 70s. the bus stop forecast this morning, sunshine north and west with clouds lingering south and west. 40s and 50s out there. yesterday 83. today maybe 60, 61. northwest winds at 10 to 20 miles per hour. tonight, it's going to be chilly if not downright cold as some lows west of town drop

into the 30s and low 40s by the bay. we've been watching the front with the heaviest stuff well south and east of us now. 38 in pittsburgh, 45 cumberland. we're down to 52 here. mid-40s now gaithersburg. the winds gusting to 28 right now at nashua, 24 hagerstown and lees 16. front's pushing through and the weekend's looking up. they will be down for low temperatures with the highs today and tomorrow. monday noted about and another cold front tuesday. it's 6:16. here's the morning complut with angie. >> reporter: taking a look at your outer loop here. we're losing the left shoulder due to an accident. we know the volume is building and slow between new hampshire

and georgia already. moving to 270 headed southbound, stretching from 118 germantown road to 370. we're also tracking traffic in virginia on 66. headed eastbound. a whole lot of taillights here between 50 and 123 stop and go. we also want another live look at the beltway where we are seeing the volume front leftover from the accident at the 66 ramp. that backup starts around route 50. new york avenue getting word of power out. so watch out for traffic signals that are either out or on flash. meanwhile, your delay, no surprise here between "the times" building and bladensburg road. now back to you. at 6:17, we have a commuter la letter for you -- alert for you. roads around the convention center will be closed because of a multinational nuclear summit being held here.

it starts sunday night. parking will be banned for blocks ash the convention center. the mount vernon square metro station will be closed. we have a list of closures and des on our web site under extras at wusa9.com. you'll soon be able to access information from your metro smart trip card online. metro's board of directors gave preliminary approval thursday to the plan. it could be in place by july. you would be able to check your smart trip card balance and add value to it from the web. we're learning more about what metro riders said about the recent public hearings. metro is working on ways to close a $190 million budget gap. our partners report that 79% we spoke to at metro oppose service cuts. 70% are in favor of increasing fares to make ends meet. that may be one way metro brings in more within money 59% also wants local governments to give more funding to metro.

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good morning, everyone. i'm brett haber with your wake- up sports. so what did we expect, after five months off he'd start shanking balls into the lake and shooting 80? unlikely since after his knee surgery tiger took eight months off and came back to win. nobody should have been surprised by yesterday. tiger smiled, dropped his cap and then bird yid three, sunk that putt for eagle on eight.

this is on nine. look at them behind that tree. he's running to see what he did. he did well. the best opening round nor tiger ever at the masters. as for the nontiger story line, looks like 60 is the new 30. 60-year-old tom watson did great at the british at 59 last summer. he won the masters 33 years ago. that makes this guy seem like a teenager. fred couples won 18 years august. he's your lead are by one. gnats' third game of the year against the phillies. willie harris is platooning but that will help him argue to get a full-time gig. ryan zimmerman perfectly placed seeing eye double down the line. gnats up 6-5. stayed that way till the ninth. induces the pop-up from shane

victor reno. 6-5 final first one of the year. that's a quick look at sports this morning. i'm brett haber. have a great friday, everybody. the gnats' willie harris celebrated the win by wearing this silver wig home this week while talking with reporters. the wigs will go to whichever gnat is named player of the game. it's 6:24. a look ahead at our region's long-term economic picture and why things are look going. things are not good for some poker players. their game became the target for thieves. more shots of the road this morning. do travel early. coming up, howard? >> shorts and t-shirt yesterday, but the jacket is on today. we have a big change as we head to the weekend. i'll have the friday forecast when 9news now returns.

hi! welcome to progressive.com. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. we're back at 6:28 with some virginiaians recreating history. this group of civil war re- enactors are tracing the steps of robert e. lee. 145 years ago this month, lee walked 47 miles to surrender to the union army. this group is following his path to raise money to save

historical artifacts. they are also being trailed by a film crew, which will tell their story. f. it was on this exact date april 9 in wilmer mcclain's home that general robert e. lee surrendered to general grant. thank you for starting your day with us. i'm andrea roane. moal meet ol sift howard bernstein has the jacket he needed earlier because it is a little chilly outside. >> it is, especially after being so warm early in the week. it's painful this morning. maybe that's an exaggeration but it hurts a little bit. the front went through last night with the strong thunderstorm and showers racing east. still a few stragglers south and east of town. the temperatures are dropping. we're now down to 52. that's reagan national at 6:00 a.m. mid-40s shenandoah valley. you can see the 40s to around 50 right now. a look at the beltway roundup.

46 now in gaithersburg. for the day, we'll have sunshine returning, temperatures 60, maybe 62 for a high. right now, good morning, angie. >> reporter: hello, howard. i want to tell you about the slow goes we're seeing on our cameras. 95 on northbound adding an extra 10 minutes or so and 395 as we continue on to this interstate. looks like the delay has started to stack up between duke and seminary, okay crossing that 14th street bridge. on the outer loom, better news at 29 at coldsville road is clear. we are still dragging along between new hampshire and georgia avenue. this delay will grow. 95 into the bw parkway, smooth sailing. nice clean and green telling us we're moving at speed. andrea? >> thank you, angie. you saw howard with his jack. the storms that moved through last night made things cooler but left damage in their wake

as well. kirstin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. how would you like to wake up to this giant tree on top of your home this morning? that's what several people along neil lane are having to deal with. i want to show you all exactly what we're talking about here. want to make sure i'll not be run over. this tree, when it was uprooted, it took out huge chunks of the sidewalk here. look at the roots all the way down. definitely quite the chore to get this sidewalk back to normal and get this tree out of here. this is just one of the many trees that were taken down by the nye high winds last night. i want to interzeus you all to -- come on over here to paula lee, correct? >> yes. >> reporter: and paula lee is for better or for worse this is her home this pink burgundy home that the tree fell on.

when did this happen? >> about 8:15 last night. actually, i was in the tub. [ laughter ] then i heard this boom and actually the tree went all the way through the back bedroom, went through the -- >> reporter: wow. >> the roof and we have a little crawl space into the back room. ing see the leaves -- >> reporter: oh, my gosh. >> on top of the bed of course. >> reporter: you were telling me that this is especially painful for you because why? >> because i just put a new roof on literally less than six months. >> reporter: can you believe that? >> i can't believe it. and now have i to get a new roof. >> reporter: what are you going to do now? have you talked to any city officials? what steps will you take to get your home back to normal? >> i called d.c. public works and i called nationwide. d.c. public works said they would be here last night, but they didn't show. okay, i work for you guys.

but nationwide said 7:00 they are going to have somebody from a tree company come and they will need a train because he went by and looked at it. that's what i'mtrying to tell you guys, move at 7:00. >> reporter: you seem in. >> spirits about the whole thing. >> i am blessed. he loves fools and babies. i guess i'm the fool. >> reporter: he just got your bed and your room, and dodged you. >> yes. >> reporter: sorry about the downed tree. andrea, this is what a lot of people are having to deal with this morning. lots of trees falling down in the winds and heavy rain last night. also tons of power outages, not nearly as many as the thousands we were seeing last night. on a few hundred people are still without power this morning. back to you. >> all right, kristin, thank you. now to the latest on the mine explosion in west virginia. while you slept, rescue teams restarted their search for four missing miners. they are holding out hope the group survives. 25 people died in the explosion

monday. rescue teams have been trying since then to get back into the mine to see if there are survivors. nitrogen is being pumped into the mines to neutralize the toxic gas. >> i believe the families are relieved and knowing the process has started and the end will be near. >> we committed to the families that we wanted to get within the chambers within 96 hours. we're trying to do everything within our power to do that. >> president obama wants answers on the explosion. he's asking mine safety officials to report by next week on the cause of the blast. a group of six men is in police custody this morning in fairfax county. investigators say the group targeted a poker game inside a home. the six men are accused of stealing cash, jewelry and credit cards. police say they raided the card game along clover dale park and court, tied up the people and

robbed them. police arrested the men then told fairfax county police about them. >> they contacted fairfax county police because they found what they felt was evidence of robberies that may have occurred in fairfax county. these were i.d.s with fairfax county addresses, credit cards, that sort of thing. >> investigators want to know how the suspects knew about the card games and whether they committed any similar robbierys. lawmakers will vote today on a major cell phone ban preventing you from using a hand held phone while driving anywhere in the straight. the bill already passed the senate. a fire in a bar sent lawmakers running. they were celebrating last night in o'brien's bar in annapolis. the security team smelled smoke and escorted the governor out. the fire was small. no one was hurt. time for another living smart report. jessica doyle is here with the

long-term outlook on our region's economy. >> it is looking really, really good. we can't complain. the washington region's economy will double in size over the next 20 years. area growth will be among the fastest in the country. we will be third only behind atlanta and dallas/fort worth. also, the changes will bring in more than a million new jobs. that trend will force local leaders to figure out how to accommodate all of the new people. the study was conducted by the 2030 group, a nonprofit think tank founded by area businessmen. apple's update for the iphone and ipad will be available this summer to allow users to use more than one application at a time. apple said yesterday that it has sold 450,000 ipads so far. having trouble paying your tax bill this year? we've got a couple of options for you. the irs accepts credit cards. know you will pay a processing

fee of 2.4%. you can also set up an installment plan. can't pay the whole amount? you can request a compromise. you can also request more time to pay. sometimes the irs will grant you an extra 30 to 120 days to pay in full. we want to let people know that we'll continue to answer your tax questions up till the big day, april 15th. you can e-mail questions and answers are at 6:30 a.m. and of course on my blog. >> the date is coming soon. next thursday. right now we focus on virginia's weather and traffic. here's howard. >> good morning, andrea. virginia, you are clearing out after the thunderstorms last night. about a half inch in places like cross junction. over an inch, rain just about out of southeastern virginia as well. we're looking at skies that will become mostly sunny

quickly here from west to east as we go throughout the morning and into the noon hour. everybody's seeing the sunshine. temperatures climbing out of richmond. and a breezy after-noon. an angie? >> virginia, virginia, it's all about you right now. this is near the hunter mill exit on hunter mill. we're calling it a friday light out here, things checking out okay. moving over to the grass eggs, come fly with me over the gw parkway making our way past the beltway 123 to the bay bridge. the time now is 6:38. tgi friday. 9news now will be right back.

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minutes. good morning, maggie. >> good morning to you. coming up here this friday, we'll take you to west virginia where crews are back underground searching for the four missing miners after the blast on monday that killed 35 of their co-workers. plus, trouble in paradise. the wife of a reality tv producer has been found murdered in cancun, and he is the main suspect. we'll bring you into the investigation and speak exclusively this morning with a friend of the victim and a former contestant on that very popular show. plus, a woman who finds herself stuck in the middle of a custody battle over adopted embryos. she and her attorney will join us exclusively this morning to share their story. it's all coming up on this friday on "the early show." andrea,a, back to you. >> thank you, maggie. we will be watching. as maggie said, they will start off with the west virginia news, that we just heard in the briefing the governor says rescue teams again had to be pulled back from the mine. we'll have the latest on the "cbs early show."

it is 6:43. here is your warning. downtown will be a scene of gridlock early next week. one day after signing a nuclear treaty, president obama is hosting a global nique leer summit here in washington, d.c. leaders from 47 nations will be here and dozens of streets around town will be closed. alex trevino has more. >> secret service, law enforcement. >> reporter: a change in clientele your market owner arol brown has already welcomed. he eaz the men in black have already taken security measures. the summit will undoubtedly create a traffic mess for tom's cienese laundromat across the steet, especially since the owner resides in the same building. >> i think it will be a minor inconvenience. >> reporter: paul chen says he'll have to present photo

i.d. just to come home. >> it might be a problem. we never expected this to ever happen. >> reporter: road closures from 7:00 to 11:00 and new york to mount vernon. this is not the only section of town you'll run into gridlock. the signs are up open. >> reporter: the metro station is half a block away. >> reporter: the management office tells us they were subject to security screenings. they make sure everybody is novembered on security procedures and so through those two days, let's all be patient with each other and do what we do here in washington d.c. best. >> reporter: alex trevino, 9news now. >> we have information under the extra section. also learn how metro bus and rail will be affected and where you won't be able to park until the diplomats head home.

again, a lot of people are saying ask your employer if you can do telecommuting. it will be a nightmare. >> maybe permanent telecommuting would be nice for some. >> for some. >> i know people three or four days a week do that. nice. and the weather is getting much nicer now. the rain trz last night really did a number on the area. not so much south and west but as we got toward metro, we gusted to 60 and articling continue with the trees down in the hagerstown area as well. rainfall totals in spots exceeded an inch. so welcome to springtime and back to april. we say good-bye to summer for a while. a line of showers across delaware and the eastern shore. locally, we've got two little sprinkles. just want to show you quickly. we got one other one though what's left of it near brians

road. st. charles not sure if they get in there. one great thing about the rain last night it's cleaning out the atmosphere because the allergy update that we've been looking at the last couple of days has had the tree pollen in a high category, weather graphic, and grass pollen and weeds and mold, though. with the rain, we're going to clean it out and bring that tree pollen down. with the cooler weather moving in, we'll keep it down for a while. the next three days will be breezy, much colder today. we'll be lucky to get to 61 or so. tomorrow low, possibly mid- 60s. sunday a great looking day. sunshine back in the low 70s. you will love the weekend. and that bus stop forecast, clouds south and east, the sunshine breezy and cool. definite jacket weather with a bit of a windchill out there. mid to upper 40s and sunrise 6:41. this afternoon, sunshine,

breezy cool only around 60 with a northwest wind 10 to 20. tonight, cold, mid-30s to low 40s. the sunset is 7:39. we're 52 now here. we've got low 40s in winchester. 30 "9 eyewitness news" garrett county in oakland. still holding on to 55 across southern maryland and parts of the northern neck. 40s now to arlington. it's 50 in manassas but 46 in gaithersburg. brandywine's 49. 52 at bwi. national also to 52. it is a much chillier morning out there. the forecast, the first half of it, you will like, i promise you that. low 70s on sunday as the winds relax and turn to the southwest. monday not bad then tuesday back to a cold front. more clouds cooled only around 60. angie, what's going on, on the

roads? >> we're taking a live look at 95 headed northbound. this is the view from sky 9. a little bit of volume between 123 and newington. drivers may be tacking on an extra 10 to 15 minutes. no incidents or accidents to report. as we take the shot over to 395 for those of you who continue on to make it into the district, your delay is at the beltway and lasts at the seminary. so far so good heading into d.c. next stop looks like that congestion between braddick road and dallas road is gone, which is great considering we had that early morning accident that tied up traffic. as we take it into d.c., andrea touched on this earlier. we had the national security summit taking place starting on sunday. as early as townt is when you

can -- tonight is when you can see the parking restrictions enforced around the convention center. remember wusa9.com is your one stop shop. hopefully the rain overnight will tack a sting out of the smell for the district's ginkgo trees. the tree's fruit has been smelling quite pungent. it was considered a rotten smell. the district will spray to get rid of the odor. the caps host the thrashers at 7:00 while the wizards under boston face the celtics. the nationals grap their first curly w of the season. gnats beat the champion phillies 6-5. they visit the mets tonight. the orioles also nabbed their first win of the year. garrett atkins hit a two-run single in the sixth to pad the

os lead. baltimore has its home opener tonight against toronto. coming up on 6:51, 52 degrees here in northwest washington. new developments in the diplomat who caused a midair scare. that update is three minutes away.

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. it is 6:54 this friday morning. the diplomat from qatar behind the midair scare is being asked to go home. mohammed al-madadi was smoking in a united airlines plane wednesday leading to fears of a terrorist bomb threat. d.c. mayor fenty delivers his mate of the d.c. and will deliver it this morning. a 65-year-old man is in critical condition after this crash. police think he may have suffered a medical emergency before the crash on connecticut avenue last night. no one else was hurt. howard? andrea, the front pushed through. the rain's just about gone even south and east of town. sunshine returning this morning. highs only around 60 or into the lower 60s.

and angie will have one final look at traffic and the forecast when 9news now returns.

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georgia, plus 15 minutes to are that. that's 270 and looks still slow. 395 headed northbound, we're jammed from the beltway up to seminary. no incidents, howard. >> rain is gone, clouds will be moving out in the next few hours. 61 maybe if we're lucky spp sunday looks great. monday not bad and another shot about 60. dow 11,000, only 70 point as way and looking high their morning. so we'll see how it goes. >> "the early show" is next. they will have the latest out of west virginia plus the latest on a major republican meeting going on in new orleans. our next newscast is at noon with j.c. hayward. until then, you can get the news, weather and traffic and how it will affect your commute at wusa9.com. have a great weekend. we'll all see you again monday morning starting at 4:25. >> have a grea