and we're also seeing some snow out there where that snow is light. reports from clarksburg and upper montgomery county and just basically north of d.c. around the mason-dixon line. cloudy conditions this morning. here's your day planner. we're looking at by 9:00, still some light rain. 40s at noon. 47 degrees and the rain really should be tapering off by 3:00, it will be around 50. we'll be drying out and we'll be mostly cloudy. some areas though could see some variable cloudiness, maybe a little bit of sun by the afternoon. here is a look at the live doppler 9000 hd where you can see the entire metro area seeing some light rain to the north. we're also getting some reports of snow. watch that snow line. here is a look at the satellite and radar picture where this is moving up to the northeast. they're going to get a lot of snow today. some places, one to two feet of snow by tomorrow morning. currently, it is cold. if you're stepping out the door, you'll feel it. 39 for d.c. 34 in gaithersburg. hagerstown, 36 degrees.

your highs for today, we're going to still be well below the average. should be 60. only around 50 for d.c. 56 degrees. that's a warm spot in culpepper. here's angie with your traffic. >> all right. thank you, anny. right now, we're kicking off our 5:00 hour with no major incidents or accidents to tell you about. in fact, we're entering the hour with a green light. i'm always happy to report that. let's take a wide view of the area. notice a lot of green on the maps. drivers zeroing in on the outer loop from 95 all the way out to 270. tracking a little bit of a wet commute. overall, still moving at a great pace. back over to the real time graphics. want to zero in to 270, better news out here going northbound in the local lanes, the accident has cleared. looks like a couple of raindrops on our camera here. overall, you'll want to watch your speed this morning because of the rain. going to want to watch the spray past father hurley down to the split. 66, you're in the green. ten minutes from the fairfax county parkway to the beltway.

dulles toll road checking out fine approaching 495. it looks like you're doing ok from the beltway to the 11th street bridge. a look at the gw parkway. that's still ahead at 5:10. back to you. >> thank you, angie. >> highway deaths have reached their lowest point in more than 60 years. >> new figures released this morning suggest seat belt and the constant antidrunk driving message is actually making a difference. >> jessica doyle joins us from arlington, virginia, with more. good morning, jessica. >> good morning, andrea and mike and good morning, everybody. we're here on fairfax drive. very, very busy intersection and obviously the traffic will pick up as we move on through the morning. let me tell you if you grab your keys, get ready for the morning commute, some very encouraging numbers. it is a lot safer to be a driver. last year, one of the safest years in the past half century on the nation's roadways, a lot of that has to do with the things we're doing with our car and the things we're not doing with our cars.

we're putting on our safety belts or our seat belts. we're buying vehicles with standard safety equipment in there. and we're not drinking and driving to the same level that we have in the past half century. national highway traffic safety administration is out with some new statistics this morning. we're going to show those to you right now. they're very encouraging. now, for projections for 2010, the national highway traffic safety administration is saying people killed in accidents dropped to 32,788. that's the lowest total since 1949. or down about 3% from 2009. those declines coming even though we're driving more. americans clocked nearly 21 billion more miles on their odometers in 2010. they had the previous year. here's the really significant number. death rate down 25% in just the last five years. now, a lot of that has to do with the recession. people drive less when economic

conditions are bad. they don't drive to work because they don't have jobs. they're trying to save money on gas but that's the significant thing. 2010, we started driving, the economy started coming back and still, we saw these fatalities dropping. i'm going to take you inside my car. we're going to look at some of the safety features in there and talk about just how many lives are being saved by buckling up and with airbags just in the washington area. really good news out there, guys. i'm going to send it back to you in the studio. >> very good, jessica, thank you. >> here's a look at what happened while you slept. libya's foreign minister hopped a plane for england. >> he's the second person in moammar gadhafi's inner circle to leave the country. while rebels are fighting to unseat gadhafi, they call this defection a major victory. u.s. military experts say gadhafi's forces are nowhere close to calling it quits. >> radiation from japan's crippled nuclear power plant

turned up in milk here in the united states. however, officials say it is not dangerous. radioactive iodine has turned up in milk in california and washington state. it has also seeped into the ground water near the fukushima power plant. radiation began leaking after an earthquake and tsunami rocked japan three weeks ago. >> mayor vincent gray is expected to lay out his budget. the district is facing a $322 million budget shortfall right now. gray is not tipping his hand on exactly how he will make the numbers work but he does warn there will be significant cuts. tax increases are an option but at this point, it does not appear the mayor will impose a major tax hike. some council members believe the deficit can actually be closed through budget cuts alone. >> the fallout continues over the d.c. council's recommendation to make kaya henderson the new chancellor of public schools. henderson has been acting chancellor and her appointment comes during a controversial time for d.c. schools. most recently, teachers at one elementary school are being

investigated over allegations they helped students change wrong answers to right answers on standardized tests. at last night's town hall meeting, d.c. council chairman kwame brown got an earful. many who took the microphone say henderson lacks credentials and her appointment was made without considering other candidates. >> i don't even know her. she's just a carbon copy of michelle rhee. >> they already had in their mind who they wanted to select for the chancellor. she was close to michelle rhee. i think it should be a good selection process. >> another meeting for community input on henderson is scheduled for next wednesday at stewart hobson middle school. people living around a creek in prince george's county are breathing a sigh of relief this morning! they're being told not to worry about the color of the water in that creek. hazardous material team was called out to wells run creek on adelphi road wednesday to check out a fluorescent green

stream. wow! officials say this is a nontoxic dye however. it is used to identify boiler leaks. they say that's what the dye is. it does not pose a health threat according to officials and it should dilute over time. it is time for your money report of the morning. no kids allowed. that's what one airline may soon tell its passengers. according to the travel site travel mole, european discount carrier ryan air will introduce children-free flights this october. the carrier gave few details to the web site only saying the option will be offered on certain high frequency routes. well, the cribs you see on mtv, they've got nothing on this mansion. at $100 million, look at that estate. this french style chateau mansion is one of the most expensive single family homes in the country! it measures more than 30,000 square feet and has multiple family rooms, nine bathrooms, the home was built in 2008 and comes complete with a ballroom,

home theatre, wine cellar and indoor pool. now, get this. the russian investor who bought the home has no plans of moving in any time soon. could be available for rent, mike! [ laughter ] you know, i would know what i would do with 34,000 square feet. >> you can invite over friends, that's for sure. >> we've been walking talking about this for weeks. we're giving away an ipad 2. >> we asked our viewers to go to our facebook page and hit the like button and enter our great tablet give away. we're going to announce the winner this morning at 6:48. make sure you stay with us because it could be you! >> here it is. >> the time right now, 5:08. next when the news continues, find out how a spice got a navy mid shipmen kicked out of the academy. >> we're not talking about oregano here. >> 12 mid shipmen got the boot for using synthetic marijuana and more expulsions are expected. >> later in sports, highlights from the nats home opener

against the braves. it was a cool 41 degrees at the ballpark but the nats pitchers were red hot. we'll be back. i knew i needed help paying for college. i've always wanted to be a teacher. i used to make worksheets for my friends to do -

no one ever wanted to come over. my guidance counselor told me about federal student aid and my mom helped me fill out the free application. i got the grants and loans that made school possible. there is a way to pay for school. you just have to find it. my name is caitlin. i'm going to be a special education teacher. i'm going to live my dream. >> it is april 1st. we're talking about some snow this morning. not an april fools joke. in fact, along interstate3, i'm told there is snow falling, sticking to the ground. up north toward baltimore, north of d.c. live doppler 9000 hd, basically, widespread rain around the d.c. metro area. you head north, some of that rain is turning to snow this morning. especially around north central and southeastern maryland through 6:00 this morning. some snow could be sticking to

the ground. we'll have more on your forecast coming up. first, here's angie with your traffic. >> good morning. thank you, anny. right now, we're tracking a slick commute along the gw parkway. no problems through arlington. 14th street bridge. still ahead, wa we'll check on more virginia roads. >> thanks, angie. >> making news at 5:11, libyan rebels are cheering the defection of leader moammar gadhafi's foreign minister but the top u.s. military leaders warned on thursday gadhafi is far from beaten at this point. admiral mike mullen told congress that while coalition strikes seriously hurt his fighting power, his forces are nowhere near collapsing. >> the naval academy has shipped out another mid shipmen, expelled for using spice, the synthetic marijuana. that makes 12 mid shipmen kicked out for using the banned substance. synthetic marijuana is banned by the defense department and the administration. >> parts of the northeast are in for a messy commute this morning.

a spring snowstorm in the region. the system expected to dump several inches of snow on areas in northwest new jersey, eastern new york and around new england. rain is in the forecast for other parts of the region. >> anny is up next with the weekend forecast. >> and angie is checking the roads. plus, we'll have this story. >> would you spend $200 to watch your child graduate? one local high school is asking parents to do it. i'm wa peggy fox. we'll tell you who is and why. restora helps heal my symptoms. s cortizone-10 -- feel the heal. more bold flavor!onds! more variety! more of what you want... not what you don't.

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>> happy friday. >> not a great way to start off a new month. >> no april fools joke. we have snow out there this morning. it is light stuff though. not expecting a whole lot in accumulations. maybe some of the grass will see it. except for areas around baltimore. they're getting some more serious snow. but yeah, in our area, we'll talk about some chilly conditions out there and kind of a yucky day. here is a look at our bus stop forecast. as you're getting the kids ready this morning, time to wake up. light rain and some snow. mid-30s to start off the day this morning.

so, definitely, kids, you'll want your scarves and gloves. no heavy duty snow boots needed because the snow will be falling in some locations and it really should be light. live doppler 9000 hd, you can see we have widespread light rain where you see the areas in green. you go up north, around -- around the mason-dixon line, we have some reports of light snow falling. here is a bigger picture, the doppler radar. you can see we're just on the southern edge of the storm. which is why we're not going to get a whole lot as far as accumulations are concerned whether it is snow or rain. it is really to the northeast. really getting hammered with really what's a nor'easter for april. to so, no winter weather warnings or advisories for our area. you head up into northeast, the whole area in white, those are winter warnings in effect through much of today and parts of saturday. where we can see maybe one to two feet of snow locally in some of the locations especially around maine. all right, in our area, we're talking about temperatures cold start today.

it is in the 30s for arlington. 39 in downtown. college park, you're coming in at 39 degrees. andrews air force base, 37 degrees. good morning to you. our future cast, here's how things are shaping up this morning. you can see the light rain, 7:00 this morning and then gaithersburg, some of that could be changing over to some light snow throughout this morning. we're still talking about light rain for d.c. still by 8:00 this morning. then by 10:00, the precip really should be winding down whether it is the light snow or the rain. by the afternoon, we're going to be drying out. the clouds may break up a little bit here and there for mostly cloudy to partly sunny conditions. and then tomorrow morning, we're going to be dry to start the early part of the day. we do have another system we're watching that could bring snow and rain once again. the highs for today, low 50s. we should be around 60 this time of year. it is chilly out there. the lows for tonight, we're talking mid-30s for most locations. plans for friday night, going out to dinner, definitely going to be cold once again.

here is your seven-day outlook. winds will also pick up tonight and through saturday. we're talking highs mid-50s for saturday. sunday, it will be dry. 58. look at monday and tuesday. we're around 75 degrees warm. but some thunderstorms are in the forecast. we now turn to angie with your traffic. good morning. >> thank you, anny. right now, 18 minutes after the 5:00 hour. green light stays on despite having the wet roads out there. we're still doing fine as far as incidents and accidents are concerned. 95, we're moving at speed from dumfries up to luray. watch for a little bit of spray this morning. back over to the maps, we'll stay in virginia but shift our focus over to 66 tracking the eastbound trip. a lot of green cards. crystal clear from manassas over to centreville. a little bit of volume starting to pick up. we'll wrap up your travel times beginning in maryland. from 95 over to 270, about 10 mens. same amount of time going southbound on 95 toward the

beltway. on the fripp route 4 pennsylvania over to the wilson bridge, no incidents or accidents to report. still ahead, a closer look at 95 at maryland at 5:25, i'll have that coming up. >> space shuttle commander kelly is waiting for the ok to bring his wife, gabrielle giffords to his next launch. >> the launch is expected to take place in just under three weeks at the kennedy space center. giffords, as you may remember, is recuperating from a gunshot wound to the head. commander kelly and his crew members spoke this morning. >> we're still working on plans, jerry and i were actually talking this morning a little bit if my wife can make it down here for the flight. so, that's still being discussed. don't have final approval from her doctors yet. >> liftoff scheduled for april 19th. this again will be "endeavour's" final flight. >> our time is 5:19. sports is next when the news continues. highlights from the nats opening day game is just ahead. >> plus, the caps had put it

into overtime at the verizon center. against the blue jackets. if you miss the end of the game, i'll get this out, i swear. we'll show you what happened next. >> before heading to break, it is time for the question of the morning. >> what do you think was the first american product to be sold by a bar code? >> here's a look at a response you left on our facebook page. alice wrote i think it is b but then again, it may be c. so, that's true. thank you for sharing.

>> time now, 5:22. on your friday morning, time to wake up. it is friday. get out of bed. we're talking some light rain for d.c. area. here's a look at live doppler 9000 hd. to the north, where you see the purple and the white, that's the mix transitioning over to light snow this morning up toward the mason-dixon line. most areas, it is not really sticking. you can see we're on the southern edge of the storm system. really hammering new england through today. we're talking about basically highs around 50 and the rain should be tapering off by this afternoon. sports is next. >> and now, 9 sports, the best sports in town. >> good morning, everybody. when the nats spent $126 million on jayson werth and another $125 on adam la roche, they had a pretty good idea

they would score runs but just not on thursday. they gave up five hits, just two off the second inning. 41 degrees yesterday. remember that when you're there in july and it is 91. braves striking first in this game. top one, brian mccann slaps a single, scores the single. atlanta up 1-0. in the second, jason hayworth who homered in his first at-bat last year and does it again this year. 2-0 braves. livan hernandez retired 15 strai. unfortunately, the braves derek lowe was filthier than livo. the nats get blanked 2-0. >> the story was pitching and both clubs pitched good but they were a little better than us today. >> that's one of the games where we needed to win. more than half of those if we want to have a good year. you can't be upset about losing that game. >> hockey last night, caps hosting columbus. a lot of rebounds off of

jackets goalie steve mason. here is one of them. mika nubilemike ca nubile buries it. looky looky. deflects one right to jason chimera who beats the team where he played for four and a half years. caps take it in overtime 4-3. that's a quick look at sports this morning. i'm brett haber. have a great friday, everybody. >> we'll take a look at today's top stories when we return. >> including promising news about the number of traffic fatalities on our roads. they're now at a record low. quick check of traffic. angie? >> thank you, mike. 95 in maryland, the southbound trip out of baltimore toward laurel, everything all clear. just a little wet. your district roads, we're focusing on those. we'll have your weather. tgif, everyone! you're watching 9news now. g

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>> i'm sad that howard bernstein isn't with us anymore. april fools! [ laughter ] >> he's freaking out right now. >> he's calling me right now. >> he's already called anny early this morning to talk about what he saw outside his window. >> he saw the rain turning to some light snow this morning. he's in clarksburg, maryland. so, good morning to you, howard and everyone else out there. as you're waking up on this friday morning, most areas seeing some light rain at this hour. it is a chilly, cold rain. we're starting to see the rain turning to some snow. here is a look at live doppler 9000 hd. we're getting some reports of snow basically north central and northeastern maryland through 6:00 this morning. you know, the snow could coat the ground in some areas but you know, really, it is not going to be a whole lot of accumulations that we're expecting because we're basically on the southern end of the storm.

and if i can zoom in on the doppler radar here, i'm going to show you where basically, some of it is -- basically around the mason-dixon line, frederick, in that area. here is a look at the day planner for today. we're talking about the light rain. some of it, maybe some snow as well. 40s by 9:00. noon, we should be tapering off with the precip. and then we'll be in the 50s by 3:00 and 6:00. mostly cloudy conditions and drying out. notice the winds, the breezes will be picking up tonight. definitely be prepared for that. here's angie with your traffic. >> halfway through the 5:00 hour, right now, we kick off the traffic report with our green light. no major incidents or accidents to tell you about taking a wide view at the area. you can see what i'm talking about. we're zooming into the district. going to give you a camera tour moving it outside. we open the door and show you the live shot from the key bridge making your way out of rosslyn on to m street. pretty much a smooth ride.

moving it no the north part of the district, we give you georgia avenue. this is where it meets new hampshire. if you travel within the southeast part of the district, m street and south capital street, a live look at conditions out here. one smooth ride but a little bit wet out there. no issues to report on your trains but do want to let you know metro riders, foggy bottom station, we're hearing the escalators are out of service but the station is still open. still ahead, we're tracking 395 in virginia. that northbound trip, i'll have it for you at 5:40. back to you. >> while rebels fighting to oust moammar gadhafi are cheering the defection, many military experts believe the battle is far from over. kusa is the second libyan official to leave the country. >> radiation from japan's crippled nuclear plant is detected in milk here in the united states.

however, officials say it is not dangerous. radioactive iodine has turned up in milk in california and washington state. radiation began leaking from the fukushima plant after an earthquake and tsunami rocked japan march 11th. >> highway deaths have reached their lowest point in more than 60 years. new figures suggest seat belts and the constant antidrunk driving message is making a big difference. jessica doyle joins us live now from arlington this morning with more. and she's in the vehicle. good morning, jess. >> i'm in the car. it makes sense. we're talking about highway deaths. we're talking about safety features in cars. we're going to go through the new numbers from the national highway traffic safety administration and they look really good. for 2010, the projections are traffic deaths were down 3%. go back five years, they're down 25%. really spectacular numbers there. you may be asking the question why are these traffic deaths down? the first thing is the most

important thing you're doing for yourself every single morning, putting on your seat belt, putting it on your kids, putting it on everybody in the car making sure they're clicked in and ready to go. i have some statistics, i'm having trouble putting my observe seat belt on. some statistics for the washington area alone for 2009. seat belts saved 400 lives. if there was 100% of the folks wearing them, it would have been another 100 people saved. airbags, let's talk specifically about that. 100 lives saved just in the washington area because of airbags. i've got a child safety seat in the back of my car. i make sure my daughter is secure in the safety seat before we go anywhere. safety seats for children saved 300 lives around the country just last year alone. coming up, we're going to talk about drunk driving and how drunk driving laws have saved so many lives in the washington area over the last couple of years. mike and andrea, back to you. >> jessica, thank you. an surd and utterly --

absurd and utterly senseless, that's how a mother's son killed is describing the incident. three men ordered from domino's, gave their address on seat pleasant drive and waited for paul bennett to arrive. officers say the trio then shot the young father, stealing the food, his car but left the $53 in bennett's pocket, behind. >> the audacity of someone to take someone else's life over some food is just senseless and it is hard to comprehend it. >> he's my baby son. he's my baby. >> they took his life. they took away everything but he is still in my heart. it will never go until i die. >> all three men have been charged with first-degree murder and robbery. bennett will be laid to rest saturday april 9th. >> this time next week, we could be facing a federal

government shutdown as congress -- if congress cannot agree on a spending bill for the rest of the year. that as tea party groups are turning up the heat once again. they're upset about a possible budget deal between democrats and republicans in congress. many of the tea partiers feel the proposed budget cuts do not go far enough. the group held a continuing revolution rally outside the u.s. capitol to express their anger. that as john boehner signaled a compromise is on the way. >> as i said from the beginning, our goal is to cut spending, not shut down the government. >> we're tonk work very hard to avoid the terrible consequences that would come with a government shutdown. >> speaker boehner says he's agreed to discuss a cut for about $33 billion which is down from the $60 billion cuts had already been passed. >> so, would you pay $200 for the best seats to watch your child graduate from high school? >> as part of a class fund- raiser, seniors at lake

braddock are selling four ticket packages for as much as $200 for premium seats at the graduation ceremony at the patriots center. >> as peggy fox reports, some concerned parents say the whole thing is sort of elitist. >> i've never heard of this. >> that's the reaction we've gotten from a lot of people about the plan to sell tickets for premium seats to graduation. >> we threw it away. our family wouldn't be able to pay for it. >> claudia has a child who graduated from lake braddock last year and one that will graduate this year. >> i've heard other parents say it is not fair. but i know some parents wouldn't even blink an eye and be able to sit up close. >> like many fairfax county high schools, the ceremony is hold at george mason's patriot center. this is video from masons own ceremony last year. the high schools do provide families with ten free tickets but seating is first come, first serve. unless your high school is selling the good seats.

>> if you want to see your graduate up close and sit in one of the first four rows, it will cost you $200 for four tickets in the gold package. but if you would rather only spend $100, you can purchase the purple package and get four tickets in rows five through eight. but if you're just going to take the freebies, you might be sitting way back here just remember to bring those binoculars and a camera with a zoom lens. >> a fairfax county school spokesperson says only 340 premium seats are being sold. the rest are free. he says the money will be used to help offset the cost of renting the patriot center which is about $10,000. >> it is a good way to raise money but maybe to some families who can't afford it so, i don't know, i think it might be unfair in a way. >> peggy fox, 9news now. >> now, the mom peggy interviewed suggested making decent seats available at a more affordable price like $10

a ticket. >> long lens on the camera. as long as the child has diploma that's worth something. i don't think parents are going to mind being in the deck there. >> our time right now is 5:38. next when the news continues, winners of the $319 megamillions jackpot have gone public. >> find out how much they'll walk away with after uncle sam gets his cut. >> and before we take a break, i would like to announce that mike and i, this is our last morning newscast. because we're part of the group that won the megamillions. april fools. sorry. >> we wish. >> this is a day you can pull a prank on a coworker. >> april fools day has been celebrated for centuries dating back to the 1500s. have a good april fools day. but come back with us, ok?

>> 5:40 on your friday morning. we're talking about a dreary start to your april and also areas of snow being reported at

this hour. here's a look at live doppler 9000 hd. the entire d.c. metro area seeing some light rain. we're also seeing some reports of snow if you head up to the north right around frederick and westminster. you're talking about some light snow. d.c., we may see a little bit of rain mixed in with some snow as well. don't be surprised. no accumulations are expected once again. here is angie with your traffic. good morning. >> good morning. >> thank you. >> hello, virginia. 395 headed northbound, thanks. things starting to fill out a bit. still ok though crossing the 14th street bridge. we're going to have a look at the maryland roads at 5:48. he wants the system to end. >> an official reservation system existed at arlington until 1962. but after that, cemetery superintendent still allowed selected senior officials to

reserve plots. the warner bill would revoke any reservation made after 196. >> that bill would also force an investigation that would find out how many plots had had been set aside. warner says he suspects that unofficial reservation system might explain why arlington relied on an antiquited records system. it was that system an army report identified as the cause of those mismarked and unidentified graves. >> this morning's cool schools report is next. >> that's right. >> see how some environmentally astute children are taking things like chip bags and getting them into something entirely different. it is pretty cool. it is profitable for the school. >> and taking a look at who's celebrating a birthday today. love story came to mind when you think of actress ali mcgraw. she's 73. >> country singer woody lee is 43. actor method man turns 40. i think i said that right.

talk show host is 38 and actor matt of 90210 is 28 today. happy birthday if it is your birthday. we'll be right back.

>> it is the end of the week but the start of a new month. it is friday, april 1st. anny hong is in for howard. >> good morning, folks. we're talking about some snow on this april to kick off the month. and it is going to be kind of a chilly, cold start to the day. very dreary. we have some snow in our area.also north into boston. live look at snow falling in boston. now, parts of new england under winter storm warnings as we speak. tomorrow. because so much snow is expected anywhere from one to two feet of snow expected. they've been getting hammered one system after the other, haven't they? we're talking about a nor'easter, we're going to be on the southern edge of this system. in our area, we're talking about some snow also falling. here is a look at our day

planner and the bus stop forecast as you're heading out. getting the kids ready for school at this hour. expect some light rain. some of it could be mixing in with some snow this morning. including the d.c. area. but we're not expecting it to really stick and accumulate on the ground. cold and damp. mid-30s to out your day. here is a look at live doppler 9000 hd. where you can see widespread light rain. that's the green but you go up north, you can see we're looking at some light snow mixing in. around these areas, along 83, we're being told that some of the snow is sticking more toward the baltimore area. so, definitely if you're heading up north, watch for the snowflakes to fall. here is a wider look. you can see d.c. is on the southern edge of the system. you can see new england really getting hammered with this nor'easter. we have no winter warnings in effect for our area but you do see it from maine and burlington, boston is under the winter weather advisory.

not going to get as much snow but we can see up to one to two feet of snow locally on the higher amounts of snow expected. future cast, we're going to see by 7:00 this morning, some light rain. gaithersburg, frederick, leesburg and winchester, you can see some light snow developing through this morning. and then d.c., you might see a little bit of mixing. still at gaithersburg, they're under the snow. you can see by 10:00 for the most part, done with the precip except for maybe around frederick. we'll still see a wintry mix. some scattered showers are possible still throughout the afternoon and then we'll see the clouds start to break up a little bit. some places might see a little bit of sunshine. overall, we're looking at variable cloudiness throughout the day to mostly cloudy conditions and then we're talking about another system coming through on saturday to bring maybe a little bit of rain and some snow mainly in the morning. highs for today generally low 50s including d.c. 47 in hagerstown. 54 in fredericksburg. 50 for annapolis and for luray,

52 degrees. we should be 60s there. it is cold. our seven-day forecast, we're talking breezy conditions also tonight into saturday. if you have plans to go out for dinner tonight, keep that in mind. add an extra layer or so and we dry out though by sunday. into the upper 50s. partly cloudy conditions. warm. monday and tuesday. mid-70s. look at that. but a chance for some showers and even thunderstorms in that forecast. so, with the warm weather, we get maybe some thunderstorms. here is angie with your traffic. >> good morning. >> good morning, anny. thank you. just 11 minutes away from the 6:00 hour. glad you could join us early. glad to report the green light stays on. right now, no major incidents or accidents at this time. we want to zero on into the yellow there north of the district. this is your outer loop from 95 over to georgia avenue, no incidents but from university to georgia, that's what we're finding here. headlights stacking up amongst slick roads. let's move it back to the roads. shift our focus to 270 tracking

the southbound trip, it looks like our delays starting out at urbana moving outside. we're watching the slow go set in from 80 to 121. a little bit of volume building past the germantown road exit. tracking your travel times, good morning, virginia. 66 headed eastbound from the fairfax county parkway to, 10 minutes and getting longer. no problems. the toll road itself, it looks like you're doing just fine. from 674 approaching the capital beltway. we're tracking 267. in my next traffic report at 5:53. we've all heard about the benefits of recycling when it comes to the environment. but have you ever heard of upcycling? the students at cedar grove elementary sure have. that's why they are this week's cool school. hop on board, the big yellow bus taking us to germantown, maryland. >> collect it. sort it. bag it. then ship it. the trash at cedar grove

elementary in germantown is constantly on the move. students are doing something called upcycling. >> chip bags are always thrown away and they're never used for anything. but now they are. >> we try to sort everything in different ways like juice boxes, potato chips and like boxes from milk. >> it is called upcycling because the wrappers are not melted down to make a new product. they're cleaned and reused as is. the new jersey company called tara cycle processes everything and pays the school for their efforts. >> we've upcycled over 7,000 pouches. >> that's netted cedar grove close to $200 so far this year. the money goes back into green education and this is not the last time they get to see the fruits of their labor. >> so, their hard work ends up in the store. this is a paper folder you can buy at a local target or a walmart. see what it used to be? a potato chip bag.

this pencil holder used to be a sun chips case. >> pretty cool, huh? >> seeing the new product also helps drive the point home of the lesson according to principal lee derby. >> they may have the same kind of chip. here they are buying a backpack or pencil case that looks just like that. >> another benefit of upcycling according to mateo, kindness. >> green means what? >> it means taking care of the world and helping other people. >> is he cute or what? if you have a cool school, send me an e-mail. maybe we'll be profiling your school next week. they're a lot of fun over at cedar grove. >> saving all of our environments to plan it. >> it is time to answer the question of the morning. >> what do you think was the first american product to ever be sold with a bar code on it? was it a, planter's peanuts, b, wrigley's gum or c, m&ms? >> here is a response you left. debra wrote b, wrigleys gum. that was a long time ago and i'm old. >> amy wrote wrigley's gum was

the first. yes, the answer is wrigley's gum. june 26, 1974. clyde dawson pulled a pack out of his basket at march's supermarket in troy, ohio. it was scanned at 8:01 a.m. becoming the first product ever scanned before it was sold. the pack of gum and the receipt are now on display in the smithsonian. it was the first commercial use of the upc. >> amazing that they remembered to save the receipt on that, too. >> they must have handed it right over. >> our time right now, 5:53. this morning's oh my goff segment is next. >> you would think music mogul jay z would be welcome just about anywhere but apparently not the kentucky wildcats locker room. find out why the nba is now investigating. quick check of traffic. angie? >> 267 in real time. it reveals to drivers, they're moving at speed from the greenway past reston to tysons corner.

still to come, a check on your virginia roads to kick off the 6:00 hour. we're back in a few. stay with us. [ male announcer ] dandruff, meet micro-beads.

any last wishes? new selsun blue deep cleansing micro-bead scrub goes to the source wiping out flakes before they flake. new selsun blue deep cleansing. time now, 5:56 on your friday morning. we have light rain and some of it also turning into some light

snow on this friday morning. here is a look at live doppler 9000 hd. the areas in green. that's the light snow. actually, light rain that we're seeing. go up north toward around i-83 and we're talking about some light snow falling. it is sticking in some spots the farther north you get toward the pennsylvania border. you can see westminster, new windsor, also clarksburg, maryland reporting some light snow, reisterstown, maryland reporting light snow. around d.c., we could see the light rain mixing in with some snow through this morning but no accumulations are expected. here is angie with oh my goff. good morning. >> thank you, anny. good morning to you. here is a look at what's buzzing in entertainment. music mogul sean carter better known as jay-z is the subject of an nba investigation. the league wants to know why he was in kentucky's locker room after the wildcats clinched a final four berth. carter congratulated the players after their game in new jersey.

the arena is home to the nets and jay-z is a part owner of the team. however, nba rules prohibit team personnel from having contact with players who are not yet draft eligible. a brand marketing company is suing brittany spears for more than $10 million. the pop star and her father renegotiated a royalties deal with the cosmetics company, elizabeth arden last year. the lawsuit claims the new deal cut them out of the commission on the spears fragrance line. the original deal was inked in 2004. out with the old, make room for the new. it is what drives d.c.'s best boutiques to slash their prices. women across the metro scored huge savings and styles at d.c. premiere shopping event of the year. the district's sample sale drew 700 shoppers who found clothes up to 90% off. who says celebrities don't search for deals? past shoppers include ali wentworth, maureen dowd.

>> it is an exhibit a president would be proud of. from floor to ceiling to abraham inspired paintings, helped set the tone inside d.c. restaurant lincoln. o'neil held a private viewing. seen tipping their hat to history, d.c. housewives mary ammonds and supreme court artist. we've got more pictures from their collection online at my blog oh my goff. you'll find a link to that on my morning show page. you can send me your good news on facebook. >> it sounds pretty cool. >> more information online. >> very good. no foolin', we're happy to say! welcome to 9news now at 6:00 a.m. it is friday, april 1st, april fools day. >> we didn't win the big megaball. that's why we're all here. glad you're here with us, too. angie goff, be back with traffic in a moment. >> anny hong is in for howard