howard, your turn. >> there will be areas that don't have theys in montgomery, howard and prince georges county. we have slick streets due to the snow band that's been persistent the last couple of hours. coming down 270, you will see it there. frederick to urbana to clarksburg. eastern montgomery on the border with howard county. this is drifting to clarksville. glen elk may get in on this right now it is west of you and laurel, this is the heaviest snow we are watching this morning. i anticipate we will have some snow covered streets. you see it north and east of bowie almost at 301. watch for that. temperatures in the teens and low 20s now. top out near 30 this afternoon. it is 6:00 a.m. here's monica. some slick streets out there. >> we say the affects of that, especially on 270 where there was an accident at route 109. we will take you there. the accident is cleared now and delays are getting better. may not look like it here but

it is a 15-minute ride from 80 in urbana past 10 t which is an improvement on 270. once you are beyond this, you are moving well this though rockville. take you to upper marlboro. an accident at brook lane and brown station road. you want to be aware of that. authorities are heading that way. look at the district. the district roads have been looking good. this is a live look at south capitol street at the suitland parkway. no problems here. take you over to 395 northbound. on the brakes from duke to seminary road and then a bit across the 14th street bridge. but you will be okay along 395. look at 66 slowing down in centreville around 28 and then again in fair oaks at route 50. coming up, another look at the district roads. a closer look at the slick road conditions this morning. >> kristin fisher is live in maryland. what's it like there this morning, besides having very cold. >> well, you know, andrea, i

think our perceptions about what constitutes a lot of snowfall has been warped after last year's massive amount of snowfall, snowmageddon as we have come to call it. i'm standing out here along 495, the 95 interchange in college park. we have only gotten a quarter inch of snow, a half inch maybe. but, you know, you know how dc drivers can be. that hasn't stopped them from getting in to quite a few accidents already along the beltway this morning. look at this video and you'll see what i'm talking able. we spotted to two accidents driving here. the first on the outer loop at connecticut. the driver appeared to be okay, thank goodness but can't say the same for his car. and then another accident on the inner loop at colesville road. the truck driver saw a van that had spun out and the driver slowed down and put on his hazards and he got slammed from behind. the drive of that car that hit

him, that woman was taken to the hospital complaining of chest pains. as for the truck driver, he has been driving trucks for 30 years and take a listen to how he described the driven conditions this morning in the dc area. >> they are not real bad, as long as people drive considering you have got snow on the gund and it's freezing cold. so any snow buildup will be icy. but i mean it's not impassable. i have driven in a whole lot worse. >> yeah, we've seen a lot worse but you know the morning commute will be a little more treacherous. certainly slower than your average day where there isn't a ton of know. you can see this is 495 outbound. looking good right now. not in the heart of the morning rush but so far it seems the drivers are doing a good job slowing down. my fate piece of advice from the truck driver you heard, and

this is something i should have followed this weekend. i was in a minor fender bender during some rain, nothing like this but what would normally take you 20 feet to stop on a day like today will take you 40 feet to stop. plan for extra time as your make your way this to work and dress extra warm because it is cold out. standing out here on the bridge with the wind going, i'm heaping all of you at home or nerve the studio is feeling sorry for me right now. back to you. >> yes, we do. yes, we do. kristin fisher is live at the beltway and 95 in maryland. this weather picture was posted on our facebook page. her husky wanted to play in the snow overnight. she just wanted to go to bed but she took a picture of murphy. post your pictures to

facebook.com/wusa 9. keep tabs on the weather give by going to wusa9.com. while you are at work get the latest traffic conditions and school delays. a super shuttle van driver is charged in a string of hit and run crash along 66. virginia state police say more charges are pending against a man accused of crashing in to at least six vehicles and fleeing each scene yesterday morning. police arrested him at dulles airport's main terminal one of the tow truck drivers, hired to clean up the mess, explains what he saw in the gay was going nuts and trying to make a third lane, go up the center of the two lanes here. >> reporter: a mother and her 1- year-old daughter were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. in rockville, maryland, three pedestrians were hit in two separate incidents. a grandmother and her grand daughter were not seriously hurt when a van struck them.

another pedestrian was struck in another crash, also on viers mill road. he suffered life-threatening injuries. a slots parlor in anne arundel county, maryland, could open by next year and it would go inside of a parking garage. last month, voters approved 4700 slot machines for a facility near the anne arundel mills mall in hanover. it will be the state's largest. until a permanent facility is built they plan to open a temporary facility. they did a similar approach in florida. before you head home, marc rail riders will have a chance to tell the bosses what they think. it is holding a meet the manager session at union station. heads of the transit system will moot riders tonight between 4:00 and 7:00. airlines are making millions from your bags. hundreds of jobs coming to our region and a dessert food recall, all at 6:06 in this

special report. a dessert company is calling for its product to be pulled from shelves it is the toe fewtti packages. they are pulled because mill seasoning not listed as an ingredient. they have a manufacturing code of 18497. 1900 jobs are coming to berkeley county, west virginia. macy's is building a distribution center along i-81 near martinsburg. it will fill internet orders for the eastern united states. construction will begin next spring. the center should be open by april of 2012. when it comes to charging you bag dee fees delta leads the way. it rakes in $259 million on bag fees alone. american finished sec, u.s. airways, counsel and united round out the top five. dozens of people spread holiday cheer on monday night

as they made up some dc-themed christmas carols and sang them around town ♪ [ music ] the this group of singer formed using twitter and facebook but their impromptu concert nearly fell apart before it happened. >> it sort of blew up. we really have to keep a lid on it. by drastically altered our plans. >> reporter: asked if the group accomplished its goals they said they got plenty of smiles. he didn't look very happy. ahead in the next hour, making school lunches healthier. the push coming from a maryland film maker. and a win for virginia's attorney general in his fight against president obama's

health care plan. what's next? next for us a look at the tuesday forecast. don't go away.

watching a heavy band of

snow shower. it is drifting slowly southeast. today we will have some flurry and snow showers this morning through 9:00 a.m. we have painer with weather advisory. temperatures will slowly climb to 30 by noon. this actual a little sun. 5:00 p.m. temperature 29. monica, 6:11. time saver traffic. getting word of fire activity in northeast at franklin and 24th street. watch for crews. rhode island avenue and new york avenue, everything is looking fine in the district. coming up we will look at more incidents to avoid. we want to get an update on how crews in maryland are handling the slick roads. >> joining us son the phone is kim with the state highway authority. thanks for joining us. >> reporter: thank you for having me. >> reporter: where do you see the worst trouble spots in maryland? >> right now looks like most of the main highways are being treated and treated pretty well but you could always find black

ice. it looks like the neighborhood and less traveled streets will cause more problems than the main arterial roads like the beltway and i-270. we have had crews out since just before 3:00 this morning to monitor the roadways and treat as we needed to. >> reporter: how many crews do you have out there? this isn't the big storm like last year. >> absolutely. we don't have the same amount of crews as last year because this is a dusting compared to last year. so we have 2 a to 25 crews out treating and monitoring and making sure that we get on top of the trouble spots before anything happens. >> reporter: how are the bridges and overpasses. do you imagine them to be slick? >> bridges and overpasses are obviously elevated roadways so they build freeze first and that's with we concentrate a lot of efforts to prevent anything from happening on the bridges and overpasses and they have been treated fairly well. haven't had problems of problems but we will monitor

them throughout the morning. >> reporter: for those looking at this and preparing to head out, what's the best advice? >> obviously you cowped encounter slick spots in your neighborhood an some slick spots on all area roadways, like in any rainstorm. take it easy. give yourself plenty of time to get where you are going. while it is not as severe as last year's snowfall we have snow on the roadways and we are treating. we ask drivers to help be safe. don't tailgate. give yourself plenty of time to get where you are going and you should have a safe morning. >> we hope maryland will experience a happy snow less winner. the man behind the controversial group wikileaks is due in a london courtroom this morning. >> it's a story making news at 6:13. julian assange is fighting extradition to sweden. he's facing accusations of sex crimes there. one of america's top

diplomates has died. richard holbrooke passed away on monday night at george washington university hospital he had a tear in his aorta. he was 6 t years old. the postal service is honoring our 40th president. former first lady nancy reagan unveiled the stamp honoring president reagan. it will go on sale in february as pa part of the reagan centennial celebration. here's howard with an update. >> it is still snowing. >> it is. we will have a story on school lunches because we have an update from maryland state highway we weren't able to show you that. if you want to so it go to wusa9.com and it's on the health pages. the story on school lunches and it is snowing and we will get to live doppler 9000 hd in just a moment. start with a winter weather advisory here for washington. for prince georges and anne arundel, how'd ward, frederick and carroll counties until 9:00. it is not snowing in the entirety of these counties but

one snow band we have been watching since late last night through fright now that is moving southeast from areas in frederick county. frederick is almost clear. southern frederick seeing a it will bit of it. near the border, around the laurel area is what we are watching. switch over to live doppler 9000 hd because you folks are seeing the snow. moderate here. this is laurel, this is bowie. to the north on the county line with anne arundel and prince georges, extending to the county line with howard and montgomery county. and then lighter snows back where it had been snowing moderately in clarksburg and germantown to the south side of damascus. north of gaithersburg. this is where we picked up a half an inch to an inch of accumulation. it has been blowing around due to the wind. we will go up to urbana where it is snowing and southern frederick. a lot lighter now. we don't see the blues like the

laurel area. go to the weather computer and bring you the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast. it has a theft of flurry and snow showers. otherwise windy and cold. temperatures in the upper teens to mid 20s in the warmest locations. sun is up at 7:18. setting 4:46. today a couple of nows through 9:00 a.m. northwest winds at 22. at times will gust to 40 with a wind advisory. noontime can't rule out a flurry and tonight 29 under partly cloudy skies. less chance of flurries. 32 winchester. 2 -- 22 easton. 33-mile an hour gusts at oakland and almost 40 in hagerstown. that will be with us all day. these tremendous winds that will take these temperatures, which are in the upper teens and low 20s and give us brutal wind chills. we have wind chills in the single digits to around ten and 18 beflow oakland. garrett county with the snow and extreme cold.

that's why their schools are closed today. we will be dealing with a couple of systems for this week a little one passes south of us on thursday. 30swith the morning snow shower an flurries. tomorrow breezy and 32. thursday 36. southern sections might see a flurry out 0 that system. the next best chance of snow is saturday in to sunday morning, unless it slides out to sea and cold and windy behind that system. monica, how are things looking. >> i felt the wind when i was filling the car with gas at 3:30 this morning. >> have your husband do it for you. >> there's been fire activity and crews are on the scene at franklin street and 24th street. that's in northeast. rhode island avenue, route 50, new york avenue, everything else is fine heading to the district. we will take a look at an accident in upper marlboro. take you around town. on the utter loop approaching

new hampshire avenue. reports of debris on the road. it is slow from new hampshire avenue to georgia avenue and again use caution in that area. although, as we just heard from maryland state highway, roads have been treated. you want to be careful on bridges, ramps and overpasses this morning. here's a look at 270. delays begin at 80 to 109 and again as you head down to rockville leaving father hurley boulevard. elsewhere around town if you are traveling on northbound 95, expect delays from lorton. that's most of the way in to springfield. in my next report at 6:24, we will look at the gw parkway. back to you. it is 6:18. time for morning lights. every day we are showing off your holiday displays. >> this morning's photo is from patrick in springfield, virginia. check out that work. patrick tells us he and his family have been putting up lights for 15 years but the display has started to get bigger the last five. there's still time for you

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watching an area of snow flurries and snow showers through frederick county to laurel and annapolis. heaviest there from clarksville to laurel to the north and east side of bowie. there will be some slick spots. the future cast for today, temperatures by 9:00 in the mid- 20s with a couple of snow showers. more sunshine this afternoon. highs only around 30. andrea? >> thank you, howard. while you slept a surprising deal in baseball. it involves pitcher cliff lee. >> he's going back to the phillies. the associated press and espn report he will sign a 52 a

million dollars deal. he pitched in the world series for the phillys in 2009. this season he helped lead texas to the first pennant. the nationals had been in the running early to sign lee as a free agent. >> bret favre's streak of 297 consecutive starts in the nfl is over and his playing career would be over if his shoulder doesn't heel. they hook on the giants in detroit. the game was moved after the metrodome roof collapsed. new york rushed if war pair of touch downs including a 48-yard run. in the other monday night game the ravens visited the texans. houston scored 18 unanswered points in the second half. they tied the game at 28. in ot wilson intercepts the ball and runs it 12-yards for the touchdown. ravens hold on to win and

improve 9-4. up next, we will run down the latest list of school closings and delays in our region. a virginia judge says president obama's health care plan or part of it is unconstitutional. coming up, what is next in the legal battle. monica has a quick check on the commute. looking good from 123 to the key bridge and the 18th street bridge. the lanes are open. give yourself extra time with possible slick spots around the area. coming up, we will look at a couple of incidents in the district and maryland. you are watching 9 news now. stay with us.

every day this is think place to get your weather fist. here's a live look at 270 in germantown, maryland. slow going because of the snow we received overnight but traffic is moving. mike, angie and jessica are off today in i'm andrea roane. we have some school closings and delays to pass on to you right now. in maryland garrett county schools are closed and allegheny and frederick county schools are on a two-hour

delay. howard bernstein has the forecast. the skies had cleared and individuals improved but we still have snow around east of town. get you going with a look at the day planner for this tuesday. we have temperatures which will struggle today. only to 30 by 3:00 with some snow showers and flurries possible through midday and brisk northwest to westerly winds at times gusting to 40 miles an hour. the snow showers and flurries have been across frederick, montgomery county, down through portions and anne arundel. and on live doppler 9000 hd, you can really see the lighter snows now. much lighter from damascus to olney but clarksville to laurel to bowie right now. that's the heaviest we have got and we will be watching that carefully as it will cause problems with slick streets. but really around the laurel area along the county line with

anne arundel and prince georges is where it is coming down the hardest. get over to the weather computer. we will talk about the temperatures in the upper teens and lower 20s. when you consider the winds we have wind chills right now this are in the single digits. they are gusting over 30 to 40 miles an hour with a gust to 38. i will see you at 6:43. we will talk about the next couple of weather systems. here's monica with time saver traffic. we will take you all around town. start in the district where there's been fire activity. this one is in northeast at franklin street at 24th street. now just watch for the crews cleaning up at the scene. otherwise route 50 and rhode island avenue. everything is looking fine. laurel on the southbound side of 95. getting word of an accident here at 198. no lane information given yet. once you are beyond that point you are okay to the outer loop. speaking of the outer loop, an accident just reported south of that point at branch avenue and on the north side of town, some

debris on the road at new hampshire avenue on the left side of the road but delays are basically from new hampshire avenue don'ting in toward silver spring. let's take you over to the other side of town. this time in virginia. on the inner loop looks okay from braddock to 6 on the outer loop a disabled vehicle is reported after braddock road and that's in the roadway. now let's take you to 395. you have delays basically from edsall to seminary. activity here at the 14th street bridge. we will keep you posted on that situation. and in the next report we will look at maryland roads. the word from police this morning, is take it slow and easy on any slick roads. >> kristin fisher is live on i- 95 in maryland. what are things like out there? >> we are starting to see traffic pick up as we start to head to the heart of the morning rush. you can see this is 495 outer

loop near college park, maryland. you can see the traffic is moving pretty well. the main section of the roadway, those four -- let's see, we have at least four lanes that are fully clear, but it's those shoulders we are starting to see the snow pack up and if we walk this way. get to the other side. this is again 495, outer loop. you can see that traffic is really starting to stack up as you head closer in to dc. this main thing is of course those really little room to maneuver. the roadway is clear and we have seen a lot of salt and de- icing trucks. they are out in full force. main roadways are looking clear but getting more congested. come down this way and you can see this is a bridge over the 495 outer loop. you can see that these roads, these side roads. that's where we are starting to see a lot of snow stack up. it is pretty icy down here. so certainly something you want

to watch for. for the most part, so far so good. keep it slow. plan for extra time in the morning commute. back to you. >> i'm impressed your mouth hasn't proen up. i always get the cold lock jaw thing going on. >> reporter: you know. it does start to happen. i'm trying to stay warm in the van. that's my little trick. thank you. our coverage continues at wusa9.com. check out the live interactive doppler radar. get the latest school closings and delays and upload pictures for us if you have some good ones. whenever winter weather strikes, you can always turn to wusa9.com. we will learn how long it will take to fix the metrodome in minneapolis. the teflon roof tore and collapsed under the weight of 17 inches of snow. the vikings are scheduled to host the bears next wednesday. the game could be moved if they

don't fix it in time. we expect a full vote in the senate on the tax cut plan worked out by president obama and the republicans. they allowed it to come up for an official vote. it means it is likely to pass. it would extend the bush-era tax cuts for two years, extend unemployment benefit and create a one-year payroll tax cut. if approved by the senate it faces a tough fight in the house. president obama says he is not disappointed by the ruling this in the federal judge in richmond. the case was brought by virginia attorney general who is a republican. he said that congress overstepped its bound by requiring all americans have to health insurance. the judge in the case agreed with that. >> the way i would say it this case is not about health insurance or health care. it's about liberty. and the judge said as much in

his order. >> reporter: the attorney general and the justice department believe the case will be decided eventually by the u.s. supreme court. just in time for the holidays, u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood was in arlington to adopt a no refusal strategy when it comes to testing potential drunk drivers it. >> really helps us to continue our efforts to do what we need to do to get drunk drivers off the road. more than 75 -- 750 people were killed in drunk daveing accidents. santa pulling up with eight reindeer is pretty cool but santa rolling up with 20 montgomery county police officers is even cooler [ applause ] >> reporter: police officers who escorted the big guy along

with loads of toys for the children of children's inn. they were donated by residents in montgomery county. the facility provides housing and comfort to critically ill children and their families. don't forget toy drive 9 is underway. drop off a new unwrapped toy at a local fire house. the donation will go to the toys for tots program. get more information by visiting wusa9.com and we have a lot of toys right here in front of us and we are so thankful for people who have been donating a new, unwrapped toy. s what they need and consider all the different ages. >> go to the local fire station and drop it off there. up next, howard will tell us if we will see anymore snow today and when it will warm up. here's a look at what is on tonight on channel 99. try this.

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welcome back. howard has the forecast. we have moderate snow causing slick street and especially the back roads and a winter weather advisory believe it or not includes dc and earlier today i think the weather starts to be cautious because we have seen

much of it north and east of washington. that goes until 9:00. don't be surprised if these advisories or this advisory gets dropped a little early but i want you to know about it because it has been persistent. it has extended from frederick to montgomeryty and prince georges in to anne arundel. it is starting to wane ann we see the lighter intensities of the snow. look at live doppler 9000 hd. if you were with me earlier you saw we had more dark blues than we are seeing now and these grays to whites and a little blue showing me this has become much lighter than it was 30 to 40 minutes ago. that's good news. although the damage has been done. we have had a few fenner benders with the slick streets. go in to laurel and this is where the moderate band was. not much there. it extends eastern montgomery along the howard county board echt. flurries west of 27. all is quiet in virginia this

morning. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, definitely chilly and windy. a couple of flurries and snow showers north and east of town. temperatures in the upper teens to the mid 20s at the warm spots. not going to feel warm because we have a lot of wind and temperatures only 30 for a high with a chance of snow showers this morning. more so than this afternoon. 18 luray. out in mount jackson,. winds went calm for her. 23 culpeper. charlie 19 in cat let. gaithersburg 18. in reedville, jan was 23 and pax river 21. wind chills look i will step out of the way. single digits to ten in town and 15 below in garrett county where they have the snow flying winter storm warnings were up there. some areas could get two feet of snow by the time the snow winds down. feels like ten with a temperature of 23. while we have the storm in the

east bringing us snow showers the general flow is northwest and the next system taking shape here will slide to our south on thursday. beyond that, you are going to have to wait until saturday night for the next chance of snow. 30 degrees today. a couple of flurry and snow showers. tomorrow 32. breezy. by thursday, lighter winds with a slight chance of a flurry or light snow, well south of washington. the storm will miss us. on friday and saturday, not bad. by saturday night, this one and i'm going to borrow a phrase somebody said. it will either skip us or slip us. maybe i said that wrong. i will have to read that. hit or miss us. there was something better than that. i can't think of it. back in the 30s for sunday and monday. monica, save me. >> i am glad we can have a giggle. it has been tough on the roadways. a lot to talk about. start with laurel on the northbound side of 95 where authorities did head up to an accident on the northbound side

of 198 and that is blocking the left lanes. southbound side is not affected as you head to the outer loop. the outer loop is crawling from new hampshire avenue all the way to georgia avenue and now a wreck reported on the inner loop of the beltway at old georgetown road. that is on the right shoulder. go up to 270. that's been a tough one this morning. right now the delays are basically from 80 to 109 and 20- minute ride from pearl hurley boulevard in to rockville and to the point where the lanes divide. go to virginia and a live look at 66. delays on 66, route 50 to 123 and an accident is reported at nutley street. we will keep you posted on that one. go to 395. an accident here,ly step out of the way on the 14th street bridge. that is on the right side of the roadway. be careful as you head north to the bridge span. coming up, we will talk about the big incidents in in the area. as we have been telling you and as monica has been saying

it is slick on the roads this morning. >> joining us on the phone is john lyle. good morning. he is with the dc department of transportation. >> we have been hearing the trouble spots are mainly in many and parts of virginia. what about the district? are you seeing problem spots or did you come off easy in this one? >> there were definitely slick spots ored to us but so far our traffic pattern very quiet. that's a good sign because that means there aren't a lot of accidents or there isn't a lot of incidents on the roadways. that's a good sign. there are some slick spots and we have 40 trucks out on the roads. we did before 6:00 and we will mobilize some more. so we have trucks on the roads to treat them an we are trying to get to the spots we are aware of where there are some slick conditions, but again no accidents yet we would encourage people to be careful out there. >> any trouble with the winds

out there as far as tree branches you have heard of or things blowing in to the roadway? >> not yet. when there are high winds it is always a possibility but i haven't heard a warning 0 tree down, at least not in the roadways or impacting the traffic. that's a good sign but that obviously can happen. that often happens when we get rain or when the ground is saturated an we have high winds. that can really make the trees unstable and so far so good. >> reporter: all right. that's good to hear. john lyle with the dc department of transportation. we are following breaking news right now out of baltimore. our partners at w jay-z television report five people are dead in a house fire. the two-alarm fire began at 5:30 this morning on homewood avenue. right now we don't now anything about the victims or how the fire started. we will have more on the story at noon. again, our partners at w jay-z

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cold morning. by noon up to 30 and that's our high for the day. windy today. gusts over 40 miles an hour. 5:00 p.m. partly cloudy and 29. andrea, peggy? >> thank you, howard. here's a check on the news before you go. this is a live look at virginia avenue at e street in northwest washington. just a very light dusting of snow overnight and plus the frigid temperatures means there are slick conditions but we heard from vdot, no major accidents or problems yet. give yourself extra time

heading to work or school. a grandmother and they are grandchild are recovering this morning. they were hit by a car on monday night along viers mill road in rockville. the driver did stay at the scene. president obama called richard holbrooke a true giant of american foreign policy. embassy holbrooke died on monday night at george washington university. he was 69 years old. it is 6:54. we will have one more traffic and weather check when 9 news now [ male announcer ] itchy dry scalp?

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coming up on 6:58. a little flurry and snow shower activity. north and east of washington but this is a lot less intense than a couple of hours ago. watch for the slick spots and few school delays that are scrolling on the bottom of the screen right now. we are watching another system that will be here on thursday but it will slide south. the key is the wind and cold. only 30. gusts at times to 40 miles an hour wind advisory until 10:00 p.m. and we also have some wind chill single digit and teens most of the day. tomorrow 32. still, on the breezy side. by thursday, system slides south, 36. looks like saturday night, sunday maybe a little snow. we will watch that one. it could bring accumulation and then cold and windy on sunday and monday. >> northbound 395 at the 14th street bridge. police activity on the right side with delays beginning at the pentagon. look at 66. it slows 50 to 123 and disabled on the left shoulder and a beltway accident on the inner loop at old georgetown road. it's in the right lane.

the outer loop is jammed to georgia avenue. one last check on the school closings and delays -- the "early show" is next. they will have more on the winter weather across the nation and at 8:30 the live announcement of the golden globe nominees. >> the next news is at noon. until then get the news, weather, traffic and interactive radar at wusa9.com. of course we will see you tomorrow morning at 4:25. until then have a great day and be safe on the roadways. >> bye-bye.