howard has a beautiful forecast for folks who may have to work and maybe don't. >> it will be a haver warm, some people will call it hot with temperatures in the 80s and things change back to reality the next couple of days. this morning's temperatures in the 50s and 60s. in fact well to the 60s in winchester, at 68. we sit at 65. cool spots in the mid-50s. get away with even a jack at home. locally hay market 57. gaithersburg and manassas 55. college park 59 and 56 in ft. belvoir. the day at a glance, a lot of sunshine. 77 by noon. 83 at five. highs in the mid-80s. the full seven-day forecast at 5:15. right now here's angie average good morning. watch for road closures and parking restrictions near the national mall from today through friday. they are filming "transformers 3. " take you to 66.

open the door. everything is clear. a little volume out of manassas passing 28. keeping things move, we will stick in virginia and show you 395 northbound, it is smooth sailing from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. in maryland, 270, for drivers out that way, nice and quiet from 10 t to the -- 109 to the split. and wrap it up with a show shot of the beltway. live from new hampshire avenue a great example of the drivers moving at speed in maryland making their way to virginia. for the people who have to go to work this morning, riding metro could be difficult or impossible. metro is advicing anyone riding the blue and orange line through downtown washington

today to add an extra 40 minutes so their commute. i want to show you why. take a look at this map and you'll see the reason. you can see the farragut west and the mcpherson square stations will be closed until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. there will be no service at metro center on the blue and orange line. orange line trains will be operating from vienna fairfax to foggy bottom and federal triangle to new carrollton. as for the blue line trains operating from franconia springfield to foggy bottom and federal triangle to largo town center. free shuttle service will be available around the closed stations. metro says the work is needed to meet safety recommendations made by the ntsb. they are going to be installing new track switches and safety lights, replacing old tracks an repairing platforms. so metro riders may also expect to see shorter delays today, about 30 extra minutes along the yellow and red lines.

red line trains will be single tracked between shady grove and twinbrook to repair the platform platform. now, the good news is that i'm standing here at the fox give bottom metro station and you can see all of the metro shuttle buss are lined up to take people to and from the stations and there's a ton of them. that's good news. the other good news is all the metro stations will indeed be back up and running in time for the morning rush tomorrow morning when all of those federal employees return to work. jessica? >> that's definitely good news. thank you so much. police believe alcohol may have played a role in a crash that killed two pedestrians on sunday morning in rockville pike in rockville. police say 3:19 a.m., two men from silver spring were struck and killed. the driver a 25year -old man, stayed on the scene to render

assistance and then got in his car and drove up the road where he eventually stopped. the impact of the crash was so loud it woke up some living in a nearby apartment building. >> like a screech and then shattering of glass. >> i thought i was a gunshot. >> i sure didn't hear any breaks. i just heard thump. a big thump. >> reporter: these were the tenth and 18th pedestrian fatalities in montgomery couldn't think year. of the first nine all but one were the result of pedestrian error. police is a bicyclist put himself in harm's way yesterday. he collided with an suv on 20th street near m street northwest. he was taken to a hospital but is recovering. police charged him with traveling the wrong way on a one-way street. a woman is expected to be okay after being struck by a car last night in northwest washington. she was hit crossing the street

in the 4800 block of wisconsin avenue. police ticketed the driver. redskins fans may feel shaky by their team got a w on saturday. gano won the game in overtime with a field goal. washington's only touchdown came on a mcnabb pass to armstrong for his first nfl score while armstrong says he is thrilled, he credited the skins defense for the win. >> yards that the packers but up dunn amount to the.they put up and they gave us a chance to stay in the game. >> reporter: we're going to hear more reaction from coach shanahan and the redskins players coming up in sports. it is 5:05. time for the latest report of the morning. earnings season kicks in to full swing today. j.p. morgan chase, intel and google are to report earnings.

and investors will be looking a the companies ' outlooks for profits and sales. checking wall street -- a consumer alert this morning. mercedes-benz is recalling 85,000 cars because of potential staring problems. it affects the 2010 c class and the 2010 and 2011 e class coupe and cabriolet models. the steering systems may fail due to lack of power steering fluid. drivers should return their cars to dealers. gas prices did just take a big jump. the average price of regular gas in the u.s. jumped overing acents in the past two weeks and is at $2.77 a gallon around the country. coming up in our next  "living $mart" report, saving you money on something no one

wants to pay for, those life insurance bills. the november mid-term elections are three weeks from tomorrow, and president obama is on the campaign trail, trying to preserve the democrats ' control of captiol hill. the president rallied supporters yesterday in philadelphia hoping to reenergize the voters that turned out for the 2008 presidential election. >> what the other side is counting on, what they are counting on is you are going to stay home. they are counting on your silence. >> reporter: the president is also emphasizing his point that the democrats are the ones who can right the economy. later today, the president heads to florida for a fund- raiser at former georgetown star alonzo mourning's house. the chamber of commerce is accused of illegally using foreign money to help republican candidates. karl rove karls the charge

dirty -- calls the charge dirty tricks. >> they have not one shred of evidence to back up that disturbing lie. this is a way to tar political adversaries. >> reporter: david axelrod says he has no proof of wrongdoing but is skeptical. the chamber stays the money they receive from outside groups season used for political campaigns. maryland governor candidates face off tonight. you can watch them on wusa 9's digital channel 9.2. that's channel 203 on comcast, channel 461 on fios and 8085 on cox. the redskins are happy for an overtime win, they are also thinking of haynesworth, who's away from the team because of a family tragedy. more on that coming up. plus, north korea puts on a display of military mighting

apparently to ease the transition to a new leader. you are watching 9 news now.

a military parade in north korea is a show of force that comes as kim jong-il elevates his younger son in preparation to succeed him. soul singer and song writer solomon burke has died. apparently of natural causes. he died on a flight from l.a. to amsterdam where he was to perform at a soldout concert he won a grammy for the record don't give up on me." police are looking in to whether someone spiked drinks at a house party in washington

state. 12 people were hospitalized after getting sick. most are students from central washington university. a search of the home did not find any drugs. a new traffic patten on part of the beltway in virginia. details ofen that coming up. plus, a sight to behold for skiers. fresh snow in the rockies. >> wax them up and let's go. we are talking record heat here today. we have changes before the week is up to get us back where we should be and then maybe some. we will have the full forecast when 9 news now returns. çñóó

a treat for the snow bunnies. the first snow of the season fell in the rocky di mountains. pretty there. don't really want to see that here anytime soon. >> november 24th snow shoe. that's the open. last friday i said daylight saving time is halloween. it is really the first saturday night, sunday morning. my bad. it is november 7th. that's when we go back to fall back an hour. >> no snow anytime soon. >> nothing anytime soon but back to reality. are you kidding we will be in

the 80. may see 90 on car thermometers today. let's get you going with the weather headlines. some changes. certainly we will not stay in the 80s as we go through the week but weather computer, the changing week starts with very warm conditions today. in fact, i think we will see some records. the record at dulles is 78. could be gone at noon. may be a rainy thursday. some models hundred at low pressure and if that happens, remember when the temperatures were in the 50s last week, we'll see. right now 62 but we will watch it carefully. momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, clear and mild this morning. 50s and 60s. the sunrise 7:13. look at today, a lot of sunshine. warm temperatures. upper 70s by noon. low 80s for 5:00 p.m. with a high of 85. that will happen maybe 2:00 or

3:00 or so. high temperature gets a little early this time of the year. mostly cloudy. a stray shower on the. 53 to 63. 6:37 on the sunset. tuesday, partly sunny not as warm. 75 to 80 with an isolated shower possible in the afternoon as a front comes through. well to the 60s now from 95 south and east. notice ocean city at 67 with 50s and only 40s are in williamsport right now. down to 48. locally culpeper, manassas 57. gaithersburg 55. winchester 66. they are the warm spot on the board with 63 tappahannock. dew points in the upper 50s and the humidity is 81%. across the country, we are watching storm system spinning in the middle here. this is bringing rain and it will make its way to the east. in the meantime, a front to the

north will slide south and bring cooler temperatures to the middle of the week and maybe low pressure. and then we get rain, maybe decent rain on thursday. could be a few showers, but i think we need more rain than what we have had. 85 today. 78 tomorrow. again a shower possible tomorrow. wednesday looks nice, 68. cool on thursday. potentially rain developing. if that happens, 61 will be too warm. friday an early shower. should be good for the high school football game and the weekend looks good. good morning, everybody. thank you, howard. hello, hello. right now we want to begin by taking a look at route 4, route 5 and 301. so far so good. no incidents or accidents to report out this way. as we move over to 95 in virginia, heading northbound. looks delay free from dumb fries to the capital beltway. -- dumfries to the exalt

beltway. -- to the exalt belt capital beltway. the inner and outer loop. brighter. connecticut avenue everything is okay. the lanes are wide open. back to you. a couple of commuter alerts for drivers this week. construction crews will be closing hundreder mill road where it intersects the dulles toll road tonight through friday night. these closures will run each night from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. weathered aer with mitting. doctor permitting. in high sons corner project is creating major changes for drivers. tomorrow all lanes of 495 northbound will shift left over 123, that's chain bridge road. the pattern will be in affect up to two years an the ramp from 123 to 495 will be closed during that time. new signals will guide drives through the detour.

vdot is warning drivers to expect delays during peak travel times. the brother of albert haynesworth will be buried tomorrow in south carolina. this weekend, lance mccoy was honored in a motorcycle memorial ride. haynesworth led a group of bikers through parts of nashville, tennessee to a memorial service in his brother's honor. he was killed when he collided with a car in nashville. mccoy's father remembered his final words to his son and only wishes the biking enthusiast would have listened. >> man, please slow it down before somebody scrapes you. i said, man, be careful. that's the last time i talked to my son. >> reporter: now haynesworth said he is greatly appreciative for all the love an support he and his family have received during this difficult time. while the redskins await haynesworth's return to the field, they have something to celebrate on the field, an

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good morning. the last time the redskins beat the packers, reagan was president. skins and packers at fedex yesterday. green bay only handed the ball off 13 times in the game but when you see this it makes you wonder why they didn't do it more. jackson right through the line and off to the races. 71-yards set up the opening touchdown for the packers. look he's on tv. they led 7-0. they led 13-3 in the fourth until mcnabb put air under that. 48-yards and skins within three. they kick a field goal late to force overtime and in the extra frame landry comes up with a

pick. diven on rogers nothing dirty about that 30 and that set up gano on the 33-yard field goal for the win. he strikes it as the skin, who lost in overtime to the texans in week two win one in overtime in week five after trailing or being tied the entire game. >> unless you have a lot of character on your team, you usually don't win games like that. too many mistakes especially early as i told our football team, proud of the way they handled themselves and kept fighting. >> that's what we are here to do, makeover your honor -- turnovers and big plays. >> can can't keep a team close for four quarters. for us today something happened positive and we were able to come together as a you know to try to win the game. >> that it did. here's the numbers. --

that's a like look at sports. i'm brett haber. we will have complete coverage of the shanahan conference tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. until then have a great monday. now to postseason baseball. the phillies are heading back to the national league championship series after a 2-0 win gave them a sweep over the reds. philadelphia trying to become the first national league team in 66 years to win three straight pennants. the phillys are waiting to see whether they will face the giants or the braves. san francisco beat atlanta 3-2 to take a 2-1 lead in the best of five series. so far, all three games have been decided by one run. game four is this this afternoon. in game four the rays, the

braves win a-2. the fifth and deciding game is tomorrow in tampa. the winner will face the yankees in the alcs. a local music legend is honored in his hometown. that story is coming up. plus, the sluggish economy means more bad news for people who receive social security benefits. and commuters who take metro could find their way to work blocked this morning. angie? >> we are traveling on a 0 westbound in from in the bay bridge to bowie an the beltway, nothing but green cars because we are moving at speed. more road conditions and the warm weather with howard bernstein coming up. stay with us.

for those that have to work this columbus day, part of this metro rail line is closed for repairs. welcome back. thanks for joining us. angie will have the traffic in

a moment but first howard is here with the forecast. >> good morning to you on this columbus day. this warm, summer-like day here. kind of weird to be talking about temperatures which will be in the 80s, possibly near 90 for october 11th. but that's what we have in store for you. no real chill in the east except new york state and maine. that's it. a lot of 60s and 50s out there. a couple of 40sin asheville and women williamsport, pennsylvania. fairfax 66. 62 rockville. also in springfield. andrews checks in with 62 and friends in columbia at 59. crofton 61. sunshine today. 77 by noon. 83 at 5:00. we will have highs in the mid- 80s which will crush the record at dulles. we will talk about what the record is that we are shooting

for at 5:45. here's angie. >> howard bernstein, crushing it. hey, everybody. right now holiday traffic is very nice and light out there. no real problems to report at this time. we want to take you outside and show you live camera at 270 southbound. everything is clear frederick past falls road to the split. as we move to virginia, 66 eastbound, no issues to report this way. looks clear from centreville to inside the beltway. no major delays just yet. 295 southbound at eastern avenue is where we wrap it up. a great example of an incident- free drive to the district. back to you. for people who have to work this morning, riding metro could be difficult or impossible. metro has closed three rail stations along the blue and orange lines over the columbus day weekend. kristin fisher is live from the foggy bottom station with news on how this could impact the morning commute. kristin? >> reporter: i could get ugly

out there because if you are riding or planning to ride on the blue or orange line through downtown washington, you are going to need to add an extra 40 minutes to your commute if you ride on the red or yellow line. certain sections you will have to add 30 minutes. i will break it down for you using the ipad. check this out. here's the deal. if you are riding on the blue or orange line, they are going to be closed, these two metro stations right here, farragut west and mcpherson square. they are going to be closed on the blue and orange line. also, metro center is not going to be open for anybody on the blue and orange line. what this means is that the orange line is going to be open from vienna fairfax all the way to fox give bottom. then you are going to have to take a shuttle bus if you are going from here to foggy bottom. metro service will resume on

the orange line. if the -- for the blue line you have service from franconia springfield to foggy bottom and hop on the bus and metro rail will resume from federal triangle all the way to largo town center on the blue line. , now, two more things to.out to you. on the yellow line, they will be single tracked between huntington and braddock road for a landscaping project. expect to add 30 minutes for travel time there. now, metro says they chose this weekend to do all of this work because rush hour ridersship is down 40% on columbus day. in 2009, metro reported 358,000 trips on columbus day. compare that to roughly 704,000 trips the following monday.

so it really is a good thing they are doing all of this work this holiday weekend. the good news is that metro service at all of the stations will be back to normal by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, and the other thing up to.out is that i'm seeing a ton of shuttle buses here at the foggy bottom station. hopefully the delays won be too long if you are on the orange and blue line traveling through downtown washington. the makers of transformers three will be in town to film scenes for a robot war. sounds like fun but it means a sleeve slew of street closings beginning today. the areas afced are around the you can gee a list -- you can get a list at wusa9.com. an investigation in to the

prince georges count. firefighter. they were responding to a call yesterday afternoon and other units handled the call. the firefighter was take on the the hospital and is recovering from his injuries. the farmers on the board of the faulkier livestock exchange voted to rebuild according to the "washington post." a fire destroyed the complex last month. firefighters freed more than 200 animals from their pens, while 19 died in the fire. the exchange is nearly 50 years old and it could cost over $1 million to rebuild. a prince georges county neighborhood honored its most famous native son this weekend ♪ [ music ] that is hometown legend chuck brown. he was the guest of honor at the fairmont heights maryland family festival. the man dubbed the father of go go said he is honored about a proposal to rename the market circumstance toll chuck brown circle. >> this is my old stomping

ground. the first town we lived in when we first came here to washington. living down there on sheriff road an i went to fairmont heights elementary school, which was right here, in this lot right here. and then i went to fairmont heights high school over there. >> reporter: chuck told the crowd he didn't finish high school. he was arrested and sentenced to prison in lorton, virginia. he told fans it was the best thing that ever happened to him because he finished the diploma in prison and learned how to stay out of prison. time for another "living $mart" report. more than 58 million social security resip yens will likely go another year without an increase in benefits. the government is set to announce there will be no cost of living adjustment. this is the second year without an increase. social security was the primary source of income for 64% of retirees that got benefits in 2008. for a third of retirees, social

security accounted for 90% of their income. students dropping out of college after one year are costing taxpayers billions of dollars. a new report says states appropriated $6.2 billion to four-year colleges and universities between 2003 and 2008. now, that's to help to pay for the education of students who did not return for a second year. the nonprofit, american institutes for research also says the federal government spent $1.5 billion and states spent $1.4 billion for grants for tunes who didn't start their solve more year. here's a tip. quit smoking and you will lower insurance premiums for being smoke free and workout because health benefits can say you money on life insurance costs when you face the mandatory physical examination. add together the cost savings

and cut your bills bay couple hundred dollars a year. for more check out my blog, the financialista.com, follow me on twiter and i lead love to be your friend on facebook. after two months the trapped miners in chile could be above ground sometime this week. angie? >> we are taking you live to the key bridge out of rosslyn. where you notice not many people are making their way in to georgetown. nice and quiet on the roadways early. more news next. stay with us.

crews will probably begin to extract the miners on tuesday. they are taking aspirin to

prevent clots and taking a special drink to ease their stomach for the rise. police in new york call it an antigay attack. police say members of a neighborhood gang tortured and beat three men suspected of being game all three survived. a ninth suspect is at large. a convicted felon in texas is starting an unusual sentence. he was walking in front of a mall holding a sign proclaiming he stole $2,580,000 from the county's crime victims fund he must told it every weekend for the next six years. if you are looking for a way to top off the long holiday weekend, the sailboats are calling. howard? >> sailing, a good day for that. temperatures will be like june levels. unbelievable warmth today. that will change as the week progresses. the full seven-day forecast

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there's a new addition to the poor pool at sea world orlando. a whale birthed her seventh calf this weekend. the father is the same whale that drowned a trainer in february. the whale weighs 350-pounds. sea world staff doesn't know about the calf's jenner yet. if you would like to spend this columbus day at the bay. beautiful day for the there. >> somebody else finish the news. we're on the way to annapolis. >> perfect. >> a beautiful morning out there. summer like once again. for those who get to enjoy this

monday outside, it is going to be eat. then things will start to go back down temperature-wise. it is comfortable out there. on the weather terrace a few moments ago, seriously leave the jacket at home. 50s and 60s. winds not too bad. this afternoon, our sunrise, by the way, 7:13, a lot of sunshine. warm if not hot. highs in the mid-80s. we could flirt with 90 in spots southwest, south of town. 83 for 5:00. noontime in the 80s. winds today southwest at five to ten. not even that windy and we are talking records. not so much in washington. our record of 90 goes to 1919. however, dulles where they started to keep records in the early 60s their high is 78 so that will be crushed. probably by five to seven or

eight degrees. mostly cloudy tonight. stray shower can't be ruled out late 53 to 63. sunset 6:37. tuesday, well, mix of clouds an sunshine. not as warm but still mild. 75 to 80 with an isolated shower in the afternoon. right now we have 40s in williamsport. 30s in new england. but a lot of 50s and 60s. charlottesville 69. luray is 59. and add ten to that in winchester, they are 63. bowie saying it is 61. national 65. call it partly cloudy with a south wind at seven and the humidity at 81%. an nationally, well, there's nothing near us now. one storm here and you can see the spin across nebraska and kansas with showers and storms, south oklahoma in to kansas. a few showers in to new york state and ontario.

there's a front up there and that front will slide south over the next day and a half. as the front comes south, a little wave of low pressure passing it will bring in two things a it will start to cool us down a little bit tomorrow and the showers tomorrow morning in pennsylvania, they will slide south also. middle of the afternoon, we can't rule out a shower or two. an by the way, look at the rain on tuesday to the west. low pressure will come on that front. and that could be here on thursday. so while we will cool down we may turn wet here for part of the week. an we still need some rain. wednesday a cool rain and 62. if that happens may be in the a 0s and 60 on friday and what nice looking weekend ahead. overall not so bad. we have a new traffic alert to

tell you about. we want you to know in the riverdale area. u.s. 1 southbound is closed at route 410. that's because of an accident. police say they will be investigating this until about 6:45 this morning. meanwhile, 95, one of the most heavily traveled roads at this time, is looking nice and clear. partly due to the holiday. heading northbound no major delays past the car rest area. 395, continuing on this roadway a nice clean commute. 270 southbound at 121, tracking a little volume past this point but overall you are doing okay to the split. ending with a shot of the outer and inner loop we take you to the capital beltway and in maryland, i want to show you near the new hampshire avenue exit, drivers are moving at speed. now, back to you. it may feel like you are being robbed whenever you park your car next to a meter but that could soon change in the district. some city council members are considering a roll back of the

meter price increase they just passed. brittany morehouse explains what that could mean for you. >> reporter: councilman jack evans says he received more e- mails from people complaining about these puppies than anything else and he thinks people shouldn't have to pay for parking after 6:30 ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> reporter: if the idea sounds like music to your ears, you are not alone. ray simmons made up a song about the proposal. rolling back meter rates to the way they once were before these badges were dolling out the slips until 10:00 at night. >> i see them putting tickets on the cars all the time. it is outrageous a money maker. >> it is a problem at the verizon center with so many shows that could go longer than two hours you are guaranteed to

get a ticket. >> we are waiting 45 minutes to go to dinner and we wait 45 minutes, sit down to dinner and the meter expires. >> it is ridiculous. >> a couple of dollars to park for an hour and they should reduce that. >> reporter: that might happen soon when city council extended the meter hours in in the spring it wased with a price increase to generate revenue for the city. one quarter buys just seven minutes. evans believes it should buy you 15. a change that could save you change. and turn that anger in to -- ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> reporter: if jack evans is successful it may not get rid of them completely but you won't get them after 8:30. brittany morehouse, 9 news now? evans is the councilman for ward two which is downtown. and he chairs the revenue and finance committee and one more note, the last ticket you saw

was on brittany morehouse's vehicle. we will see which movie claimed the top spot at the box office. and we will look at a video version of cliff notes and why some teachers are embracing it as a learning tool. this is your captain speaking. we are 14th in line for takeoff. looks like it's bumper to bumper on the interstate. i gotta get to cleveland! remove your belt, your watch, your shoes. i wonder what gas costs today. seven dollars for a pillow! an extra bag costs what? i hate traffic! ♪

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looks like the social network got more friends this week. it is up to $46 million in ten days. romantic comedy "life as we know it "was number two with 14.6 million. rounding out the top five -- in local buzz, an unbelievable turnout for a breakfast that supports the gift of life. at the capital fund-raiser, they highlighted the services the center provides like mammograms and cervical screenings for women regardless of their ability to pay. survivors shared their stories, too. >> we must help each other. we must help each other because we are here in the district and the district has one of the

highest rates of deaths from breast cancer. we need help. we need it now. >> reporter: that is sur cipher ms. gordon speaking. gorgeous dress took over the korean embassy. the ambassador of korean embassy celebrated foundation day with hundreds of guests including the prime minister of south korea. the holiday commemorates the creation of ancient korea founded in the year 2333 bc. michael and his band of giant space robots are coming to the district today through friday. transformers 3 will be filming from pennsylvania to constitution avenue. get this, if you get a good

shot of the stars doing something interesting that's what we want or the movie being filmed. send your picture and get paid. if we post your picture on dc.metromix.com you get $25 per submission. don't forget to tell us a story behind the picture. that's a quick look at the local buzz in entertain. back to you. you probably remember cliff notes, perhaps you used them a few times to get through college or high school literature course. there is a video version that some teachers are welcoming as a tool for students. manuel gallegus has more. >> don't expect another charlotte's webb. >> she is talking about george orwell's animal farm. >> reporter: her summary of a classic on the internet. >> did i mention the book doesn't have a happy ending. >> reporter: it is a website to guide teens through literature.

>> if literature is a sheer cliff, it gives people hand holds so they feel like i can get through this like i start to understand who the characters are, i feel i can relate to them more. then i want to actually read the book. >> reporter: a former book reviewer and english major she tries to inspire young readers. >> to make them feel it is not stupid home work assignment they have to do because they have to go in to college to get a good job they are taped in a boston studio. >> this is to kill a mockingbird. >> reporter: breaking down the tale of race and coming of age. >> it's about how to overcome prejudice and injustice. >> reporter: so far, sawyer recapped 31 familiar titles from the great gads by. to jane eyer. >> gist jane dunn want to be his possession. >> and betrayal is the main theme. >> the creators of 60 recap

insist the videos are not a substitute for reading, not a way for the youtube generation to cheat. >> who can help me out. >> reporter: many teachers consider it a tool. >> absolutely a conversation starter because it gives both them and myself a jump off point to start to talk about the characters in the book, the empty of the book. >> what happened that night ed fuss. >> they say i murdered my father. >> it has had 4.5 million hits. >> our world, success is measured by economic growth and prosperity. >> sawyer is keeping the value of books a i live. -- alive. cbs news, new york. you are watching 9 news now. almost 6:00 a.m. i'm jessica doyle. andrea will be back tomorrow an we miss her desperately. howard is here with a super hot forecast. >> a great day to take off. we start comfortable this morning. even with the windows open still almost warm in the house