today is friday, december 17th. sick of the snow yet? >> i'll get this straight. i really will. it is friday. first we begin with a list of closings and delays and we start in virginia, culpepper schools are closed, king george closed, orange page also closed. stafford county closed. >> and fairfax county, you are on a two hour delay this morning. so too for fred ricksburg city code green prince william code red. in west virginia, berkeley county, a two hour delay, grant county as well two hour delay. jefferson county two hour delay, mineral county two hour delay. morgan county two hour delay as well. with prince william county and the code red the schools are closed and the staff knows what code red means to them. good morning to annie, what a

way to start out your mornings with us. with your first little snowstorm. >> we are not surprised to see those school delays this morning. in fact very cold outside as you get ready for this friday morning. we will see the sunshine so bring out the shades. here's a look at your day planner forecast, sunny skies, 29 degrees. yes below freezing. for the noon hour sun as well will warm up slightly to 36 degrees by 5:00 as you are heading over. 30 degrees by the evening commute hours. here's a look at your conditions right now. look at these-day-old temperatures. we are at 14 degrees in gaithersburg, 19 in winchester. 25 in dc, some of the roads can be slick out there. it feels like in the teens in most areas, including winchester at 19, york even colder at 11 degrees.

your highs for today, around mid-30s for most areas. we are talking and tracking a weekend storm that it can impact saturday and sunday maybe even snow. details coming up later but first richard andre has your traffic. no major problems, icy spots. i-95 northbound driving in virginia a clear shot to the beltway. 395 northbound looks fairly quiet making good time from duke street all the way up to the 14th street bridge. virginia side of the beltway no problems inner or outer loop and the maryland beltway on the outer loop side looks clear from i-95 all the way to the i-27 0 ramps. the parkway from baltimore southward again no problems and good news so far. next traffic coming your way about 4:40. if yesterday's snowfall

didn't get you, today's will. right now much of our region is waking up to temperatures in the teens and low 20s. that is the air temperature, not wind chill. >> right. so you have that to look forward to as you head out to your car. the combination creating a refreeze in many places across the region. kristen fisher has a look outside your door there. glad to see your hat on. >> reporter: i know. different day, different hat right? so far, i have been pretty impressed with the road conditions this morning. we drove out there, we are at the intersection of beau la road and manchester. we drove here from northwest dc. i'm very impressed with how the roads are looking. this is really virtually no ice we experienced on that road. the plows have been out in full force, a very impressive showing of plows this morning.

really no problems to report on the main roads in this area that i saw as we drove out here. looking very good for commuters this morning. but of course when you get on the more side streets, like right here, this is manchester, you can see that instantly the amount of snow on the roadway picks up, pretty substantially. so the second you get off the main roads, that is when you are going to want to watch out, that is when things do indeed still get a little bit slick. but again you know, there have been so many complaints, especially last year, during the snow, there were not enough plows or salt trucks on the roadway. but again you know, yesterday, they had 700 salt trucks and plows on the roads. the snowstorm peeked and they had 1200 and we have seen plenty out and about on the streets. for people heading into work this morning, i think you can expect to see a better than expected commute, although there are certainly some slick spots.

back to you. thank you kristen. glad to see you are warm out there. the district wants people to be warm when temperatures drop. that includes people who do not have a place to call home. if you see someone who needs a warm place to stay call 800-535-7252. transportation and emergency shelters, blankets, gloves, jackets, all available for the people who need them this winner. stay with wusa 9 and wusa 9.com when winter weather hits. we give you the weather first. on our website, go to the weather tab at the top of the page. president obama finally has the results he wants. >> after several hours the house passed the bill extending the bush era tax cuts. the final vote 277-148.

it led to the vote which had been delayed for awhile by a small group of liberal democrats. the tax cuts set to expire at the end of december will now stay in place for two more years. long-term unemployment benefits were also extended for 13 more months. >> this is a bill that is necessary to prevent our economy from getting worse. this is not a bill that is going to turn it around. >> now the tax cut package heads to the white house for the president's signature, and of course, he is expected to sign that. senate majority leader harry reid has scrapped a $1.3 trillion spending measure. he is going to work with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell to keep the government operating into early next year. the transit agency announced it will begin randomly inspecting passenger's bags,

following a string of unsuccessful terror plots targeting metro. officers will check for hazardous materials using a scanner which defects nitrogen, an essential element in most explosives. the outer contents of that particular package, we will put that in this machine. metro says bags generally won't be open for inspection, unless the equipment suggests a need for a closer look. if riders refuse a bag search, they won't be able to bring that item into the station. the program is based on similar policies in boston and new york. vincent gray has named his new police chief. as expected, gray will keep cathy la near. and during the announcement gray said the decision to keep her was an easy one. he also announced a nomination

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friday morning. we are talking about another storm system for your weekend, but today still very cold outside. a live look at doppler radar 9 now, where we basically see clearing skies. temperatures in the 20s, still very cold. things change after tomorrow. richard andre has your timesaver traffic. >> reporter: looks like no problems this morning taking the ride on route 50 westbound from the bay bridge moving to bowie in toward the beltway ramps. all lanes open there. traffic coming up at 4:47. thank you, richard. it is time now for the first year money report of the morning. lack who's back from vacation. >> good morning, guys. >> did you miss me? >> yeah. >> i missed you. >> thank you so much. it is great to be become. i love the eight hours of sleep. but here's what happened while a lot of people were sleeping. investors expected to react today to news the house has

passed a bill preventing a tax hike for millions of americans, after stocks made more gains yesterday after a drop on unemployment games. now checking wall street for you, the dow standing this morning a hair under 11,500, after adding almost 42 points in trading yesterday the nasdaq closed up by 20 points and the s&p 500 was up by seven and a half. here's what the tax bill passed in the house means to you. it offers a two years extension of bush era tax cuts for pretty much everybody. that means taxes will not go up for next year. the bill extends long-term unemployment benefits and cuts social security taxes for nearly every worker. it looks like we could all use a little financial boost right now. one-third of us are financially worse off this holiday season compared to last. holiday spending continues to decline as we move closer to christmas and the majority of shoppers who will spend on the last holiday shopping weekend

plan to pay in cash. obviously we are still a little jittery about our financial health. >> we can understand that. >> credit cards are hiding too. cash is here. >> good to have you back. >> thanks. one of the best known hosts in cable television is stepping away from the microphone. the fda has a recommendation against the further use of a blockbuster cancer drug. we'll be right back.

good morning. welcome back to 9 news now. it is friday, but annie is here to tell us there is more to come. >> reporter: got a little bit yesterday, about an inch and a half at reagan national. not too much know there, we can all deal with that right? but yeah this weekend, the models are kind of all over the place. we'll talk about that later. moms and dads getting your kids

ready. temperatures around teens to low to mid-20s. the roads can be slick in some areas, so other areas looking not too bad this morning. here's a look at our snow totals. in case you are curious how much snow we got and where, reagan national inch and a half. frederick maryland two and a half inches, alexandria, 2.3 inches. we can deal with this. we of course can get definitely a lot more. we are talking with the satellite and radar picture. we saw the storm system go on through. now we are seeing areas of variable cloudiness in morning. otherwise more sunshine in the forecast. you may want the shades out there as you are heading out the door this morning. the sun can be bright at times. currently 16 degrees, 25 in washington at reagan national, baltimore 21 degrees. as we head out west, 19 for winchester, so yes, it is cold

out there. we are talking about a system for this weekend. here's a look at the satellite radar pictures. we see a system coming up from the coast that could impact us for saturday night into sunday. here's the futurecast. you are going to see the system basically going out to the coast. we are watching it for probably saturday night. this system here and this model, showing it is going to just miss us and go basically to the south and east and head out to the coast. you don't see the green there that means we are not going to get the rain according to this model. we have another model showing us it could bring us some coastal sacramento, the track showing no problems. the second model? well we could see a major east coast storm saturday night and interest sunday bringing quite a bit of snow to the area. it has a lot more moisture and we still have the cold air into place. at this point it is about 50- 50. saturday, increasing cloudiness

throughout the day and look for the chance of snow to develop late saturday and into sunday morning. and again, it could miss us. we are still watching this. here's a coastal storm possibility for the weekend. monday 33 degrees under sunny skies. tuesday another system comes on through, bringing more clouds and a slight chance for snow once again. here's richard with your timesaver traffic. >> reporter: good morning, once again we get the all clear around the area, except for ice patches here and there. you want to look out for that. around the beltway, it is fairly good right now. no major problems or delays. all travel lanes open and taking a live look at i-27 0, no problems or issues there. traffic but no problem. southbound heading all the way to the beltway, taking a live look at the beltway itself, a good drive as well at this early hour as you go from i-95

heading into 270. no real problems. 66, is 11 minutes. 495 itself going from 395 in virginia up to the toll road 14 minutes we are saying on the toll road itself, to the beltway ramps, that is about a 7 minute drive. we'll have more traffic coming your way in a few minutes. 4:49 now. in case you are waking up and checking out your tv set, you can see all the closings and delays. at the bottom of your screen. montgomery county, maryland, schools, two hour delays. check all the rest of the closings across the bottom of your screen. the health insurance reform law is once again facing a challenge. attorneys general representing 20 states arguing the lawsuit in a florida courtroom. they say the healthcare act is unconstitutional and congress does not have the power to force citizens to buy healthcare or

insurance or penalize those who don't. >> if congress can force to you purchase a product such as healthcare insurance, congress can force you to go out and eat broccoli because that would be better for your health. >> earlier this week a federal judge in virginia ruled against the act, however two judges upheld the overhaul. legal experts expect it to end up in the supreme court pretty soon. >> i don't like broccoli. the food and drug administration has come up with a new recommendation on a block buster drug. >> it will no longer be used to treat breast cancer. randall pinkston has more. >> reporter: erica long's opinion of avas stun is from when her breast cancer occurred. >> reporter: twice you have had the appearance, twice you have

gotten it with chemotherapy. >> and it has been eliminated. >> reporter: the fda believes most patients won't see the same results. four independent studies show it does not increase survival rates for most breast cancer patients. and it comes with the risk of significant side effects. based on those findings, the fda is recommending it no longer be used for treating breast cancer. this is the first step toward revoking the drug's approval for breast cancer. >> when it works, it works really, really well. the problem is, it really only works if a minority of patients. >> reporter: the drug manufacturer says it will request a hearing, challenging the fda's recommendation. the action does not affect using the drug for treating brain, colon, lung and kidney cancers. it was approved for breast cancer in 2008, when used with chemotherapy it showed great promise. but results of subsequent studies led to what the fda

called a difficult decision. >> i think we need to figure out why it works in some patients and why it doesn't work in other patients. >> reporter: erica hopes the drug will continue to be available, because it is working for her. randall pinkston, cbs news new york. another school jurisdiction has been delayed this morning. loud don -- loud-on county schools are on delay. researchers studied patients who had an obstruction of blood vessels connected to the brain which accounts of '87% of all strokes. the study found when medicare stroke patients end up back in the hospital, almost 15% die within a month of being remitted. the agency for healthcare research and quality has released a report that says more than a quarter million women who gave birth in 2008 were

diagnosed with gestational diabetes. that is 6% of the women who gave birth that year. that number includes women who develop diabetes during pregnancy as well as those who had the condition before. the obama administration is calling for online information to be kept out of the hands of marketers. consumer groups have been pushing for this legislation. a half dozen students get sick at school and end up in the hospital. wait until you hear what they ate. a young man in resston, virginia is helping to spread a message that he says helped him get through a tough time of his life. according to a recent survey, what is the one thing most men say is the determining factor into how much money they will spend christmas shopping this year? >> how much money they have? or their relationship status? or how their favorite sports

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under sunny conditions. 5:00 as you head home from work, 30 degrees. currently, we have areas of variable cloudiness, suez seeing clear conditions. 25 degrees at this hour. our -- others seeing clear conditions. 25 degrees at this hour. the company brought you the slogan there is an app for that can now say there is a store for that. apple will launch a store featuring apps in categories such as graphics and design and lifestyle. larry king says goodbye on cnn last night. before signing off he told his audio against he has agreed to host four specials on cnn each year. well, never give up. that is the motto of one young man. >> he is helping spread an important message, if there is a

will, there is a way. ken has the story. >> reporter: keep breathing. >> he has been an inspiration to all of us. >> he is an amazing guy. >> reporter: so what is it that makes chris tate such an since administration? -- inspiration? >> i was riding a motorcycle and a car hit me. i had to get an amputation on my left leg. >> reporter: despite being an amputees, the 25-year-old is moving forward and influencing all those he comes in contact with. >> i'm back. i have a lot of metal and a prosthetic leg now but i can still train. >> reporter: in fact, tate is back to training full-time at the fitness first gym in reston. his co-workers and friends rallied behind him to help fund the treatment. >> they opened up their hearts and checkbooks and donated money. >> reporter: those same clients that helped chris out tell me

knowing his story makes them change their minds anytime they feel like giving up at the gym. >> if i'm feeling tired or under the weather, i can't make an excuse with everything he has pushed himself through. >> reporter: now this young man is lock ago head into the future and letting everyone know where there is a will, there is always a way. >> you are going to come to a.where this is hard to just keep moving. and you can't let that stop you. you have to finish the race, essentially. and good morning again. thank you for watching 9news now. it is 5:00 a.m. happy friday. we start this morning with of course, those all important school closings and delays. first off, the federal government is opening on time. now to virginia, where the following schools are closed today. caroline county, culpepper, fred ricksburg city, king