mid-30s. by noon upper 50s, by 5:59 today. 60 to 65. we just have to watch out for that fog with visibility in place. it extends down into prince georges county. parts of charles and st. mary's county goes off to a mile and quarter. toward salisbury, seeing some of the fog and out to the west also. culpepper quarter mile visibility. places in rural areas, even toward frederick down a quarter mile visibility. our temperatures they are running at 41 in town. many areas are in the low to mid-30s with the frost. monika? good morning. if you are planning to head on to route 50, the john hanson highway, i have been telling you since 4:00 this morning there is an accident involving an overturned truck and two vehicles. luckily there were no serious

injuries. they have been waiting on tow trucks and getting their paperwork done. by the way westbound, no problems all lanes are open just a bit slow. no problems heading for the beltway. let's take you over to a map. if you are heading to 66 no problems other than the slow traffic through centerville. 395 at duke street, where you are getting a little bit of volume now heading through landmark up through the 14th street bridge. a last look at a map if you are planning to take mark brunswick line 8970 running 20 to 25 minutes late. thank you monika. classes will be held to scheduled at frost state university. it has been just over 2 hours since courtney mccoy was found

stabbed to death. the suspected killer, another student. surae chinn has more. >> reporter: good morning surae. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. there will be grove counselors at school today. it is a tough day ahead. people are remembering 19-year-old frostburg state university student courtney mccoy. the school is located a few hours west of the dc metro. she was a physics major and talented singer. police say another student has been charged. 23-year-old shanea liggins of waldorf. >> we here at frostburg state university are reeling from this tragedy. we are very sad over the loss of such an incredibly wonderful

young woman. someone who had such amazing promise for the future. >> reporter: that is the president of the university. meanwhile police have not said what the two were mighting about, although courtney's aunt says courtney was trying to break up a fight. unfort that i cxfing -l this is the second deadly stabbing among female students in maryland. a couple of months ago police charged 19-year-old bowie soup for fatally stabbing dominique fraser. the baltimore sun saying one student was killed and another was injured. thanks to surae. we are now less than a year away from election say 2012. the big race is the one for president. joining us now with a look at the year ahead is ed o'keefe. of course we know the president

is going to be the representative for the democrat party. the republican race is more than a little mud would than ever changing it seems lately. how do we as we watch herman cain is in the lead, especially after the things that went on in iowa. how does it develop over time? it seems his scandals are not taking to him. >> he survived a week and the fact that none of these women who accused him have come forward, suggest that now at least he is doing okay. the fact he has money mitt romney is well funded rick perry had $17 million in the bank suggests those three certainly are in shape going into the new year. of course herman cain can tell you now a week in politics can change everything. you know all sorts of things may come up we have had all different types of candidates

emerge and the at this point it seems mitt romney is well equipped and you cannot count out rick perry yet because he has so much money in the bank. mitt romney has been around regardless of everything blowing up around him in the republican party. does moving forward from mitt romney the old adage apply? if your opponent is going to blow themselves up, let them. >> he definitely has the slow and steady wins the race mentality now. what they have to be nervous about is if you can't break this 20%. virtually every pollination wide he can't break 3%. the question is why is that? are people justify trying to go through all these other candidates, get over them and go with mitt romney. is he the last one stand something it's -- standing?

stories about him online aren't as popular as stories about herman cain or other candidates suggest there is something about him. >> we talked before oftentimes the economy is cyclical and the president can only have so much control over that. is that really the major issue that is going to hinge on who wins the election? >> absolutely. the president has said judge me on the economy. you have every right to judge me on that. if the numbers start to you know, get below 9% and we are right at 9% as of friday, perhaps he is in good shape. i'm the guy that deserves four more years to fix it. interesting. it thank you forgetting up early and join us. plans to run an oil pipeline 1700 miles from canada into the united states drew thousands of

environmentalists to washington. the protestors, some dressed as polar bears, demonstrated outside the white house sunday. they called on president obama to kill the pipeline. superrers contend the pipeline will create much needed jobs. members of the occupy atlanta movement are vowing to return to a park where there were several arrests this weekend. 19 demonstrators were taken to jail by officers in riot gear. they were arrested on charges of refusing to leave with drove park. a lone protest tore was arrested sunday -- protester was arrested sunday. in four minutes a group that is helping learn the trades and get solid jobs. up next hours has our back to school and back to work

forecast. your weather first when 9news now returns. >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru.

10 after 6:00 on this monday morning. we have patchy dense fog in spots. but the sun will prevail today. winds will be light, the sun will be shining. it is going to be a great afternoon with highs 60 to 65. here's monika. >> reporter: accident clean up is take ago while on route 50. oh only the right side is

getting by. right before 704. i'll have more on this and other area roadways. leaders in greece will decide who will be leading that country from the time being. it is part of a deal to hopefully end the financial crisis there. that is one of the stories making news. the prime minister announced yesterday he will resign. it is part of a deal for a new coalition government there the move to make sure gross gets the money it needs. 2.9 magnitude aftershock in central oklahoma followed a pair of earthquakes. there is plenty of damage, but no reports of any injuries there. hero dogs will be honored on the hill today. a list of honorees will include those work when iraq and afghanistan. they are all winners of the first ever american humane society hero dog awards.

all this week we are focusing on our nation's veterans. unemployment for vets is higher than the national average but one group is dedicated to changing that. it is called helmets to hard hats. darrell good to have you here with us. >> i come from the construction background. i served from the united states navy and the united states army. it was a perfect fit. >> so what kind of jobs are we talking about when you take off the helmet and put on the hard hat? >> anywhere from project management down to carpentry, plumbing, pipefitting, whatever it may be, whatever you can think of this construction. >> some of those careers you talked about welding, pipefitting, do you have to have the training the experience before you can take advantage of this? >> it can certainly be helpful.

also we work with the 15 building construction trades and they have over 80 principle crafts. you said middle class income. what kind of money are where he talking about. what is even an hour if a pipefitter and a plum officer. >> it -- and a plumber? >> we want to connect them to careers. not $10 an hour. not $12 an hour. we want to connect them to something with health benefits, if they have the gi bill they can use that. >> people are watching this family members are overseas or on a base somewhere, coming back home. how do they take advantage? where do they sign none. >> sign up, fill out a profile or call us at our toll-free

number. we'll begin to help them. you might have to move to find that great job. what other advice do you offer for vets? >> vets have to remain flexible. if you are a veteran returning, you may have to moch somewhere, where your aunt lives. somewhere else, maybe not exactly where you came from. unfortunately in this current economy, you may have to move somewhere. thank you for your service. we appreciate it. we have a link to the helmets to hard hats on our website. just go to wusa 9.com. kids if you have headed out or maybe you are already out there, you understand a coat is definitely of the order this morning. >> yeah lots of 30s out there. we have fog in spots, frost in spots. we can get those colder

mornings. 30s. it is chilly out there. patchy, dense fog. temperatures running 30s and 40s with light winds. that is also a plus, the light winds, it allows some of the fog and frost to form and the sunrise little earlier than it has been right? 6:41. today we are 44 at 8:00. 57 by noon. we'll warm up rather quickly. with light winds that 57 is going to feel pretty good here. 60 to 65, we stay with the light south winds by 8:00 we are clear and 53 degrees. clear skies, nothing near us here in the washington metro region. the chill is in the air, winchester at 39.

culpepper at 34. we had 37 in newline this morning, 36 in gaithersburg. quarter mile visibility in frederick and in culpepper. salisbury and cambridge they are at half mile visibility. a mile and a half three quarters in andrews. yes, where the fog is formed in those areas, it is thick, that is going to slow you down a bit. humidity 93% this morning. as we look at the national satellite and radar. a big rise here to the east. that is going to keep us on the mild side of the equation. under the jet stream we have showers and storms firing all the way up toward st. louis and even into indianapolis this morning. we've got the ridge of high pressure in control. we are going to sit high and dry for the next few days. today 64. back in the 30s and 40s tonight. could be patchy fog late.

near 70 wednesday before a front brings a chance of a shower thursday. monika santani timesaver traffic, ups and downs this morning,. it has been a busy monday morning, that is for sure. the good news is the beltway all around town is looking good. the bad news is longstanding accident remains on the route 50. authorities remain on the scene, it was an overturned box truck. it kind of broke into pieces, there were minor injuries involved. right now the right side of the roadway is getting by. that done mean it is not causing slow traffic, really both directions, trying to take a look at what's going on, although that side the lanes are open headed to the beltway. an accident on the northbound side of 95, stay to the left to get around that.

the slow traffic heading northbound here. overall 270 has really not been bad. the brake lights beginning at i 370. down to the point where the lanes divide. back over to the maps news on mark twain's brunswick line 870 is now running 40 minutes late. coming up in my next report i'll update you on the route 50 accident. 6:18. next in sports another ugly sunday for redskins fans. a thrilling one for ravens fans. what is the one thing 20% of ladies say they will never get rid of? pictures of an ex? their wedding dress? or a childhood drinkett. >> my guess is 20% of women keep their dresses with the idea of passing it down. keep the guesses coming. put them on our facebook page. we'll have the answer coming up

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welcome back. 6:22 with howard and your weather first. we have frost and fog in spots. but a great afternoon in store for us with sunshine. here's a look at our day planner. we will have a sunshine once this fog burns off. 57 by noon. winds light with a 3:00 p.m. temperature of 62. andrea and mike. thank you, howard. what a difference one month makes. october 6th the redskins were heading into the bye week with i 3-1 record and fans were thinking playoffs. >> now the team has dropped four in a row, including the stinker yesterday against the niners. san francisco got all the points they wanted.

alex smith, brute bruce miller is 30 yards out for the touchdown. skins trailing 13-0. check this out, graham a 5-yard field goal. amazing, set a team record. nearly not enough. the skins fall 19-11. after the game all of the talk was about the lack of offense. >> you want to get points. that is the thing we can improve on. >> collectively you have to do it as a team. obviously as an offensive unit. we made too many mistakes. the skins now fall to 3-5. they are last place in the nfc east. they get the dolphins, which normally would be a bright spot. the dolphins won the first game. >> do we play indianapolis in the future? that may be it. a big sunday night battle with the steelers hosting the

ravens. baltimore down by 4 with 16 seconds left. the game winning touchdown. ravens up over the steelers 23-20. 69:24. a story that has rocked not just the sports world, but one of the biggest alumni bases in our region. a former penn state football coach is accused of assaulting children. this is a live look at the inner loop 123 in virginia. learn what you need to know before hitting the road. a quick check of the commute before we head to break, monika? route 50 eastbound at route 704. crews have been on the scene of the accident. more on this and other area road ways coming up in my next report. you are watching 9news now. stay with us.

welcome back, it is 6:28. a live look at the united states kpix. beautiful sunrise, 41 degrees on the hill right now. i'm hike -- mike hydeck. bundle up. it is chilly here. >> reporter: lots of 30s out here. southern areas it is colder, we

have frost and patchy, dense fog. sunrise coming up at 6:41 standard time. here's a look at your day planner. temperatures rising nicely today by noon in upper 50s. we drive home at 5:00 just before sunset at 5:02 today with a reading of 5 degrees. visibility some of the bigger issues from leesburg toward sterling and culpepper. all at one quarter mile. frederick your visibility drops to zero. along with cumberland and parts of the eastern shore. a couple of spots like dc and packs river 40. thank you so much howard, good morning, everybody. since about 4:00 this morning prince georges county police and maryland state police have been on the scene of the accident on the eastbound side of route 50 right near route 704.

an overturned truck and two vehicles. in the meantime you can see things very slow. on the eastbound side. westbound it is everyone stopping to take a look. those lanes have remained open since the accident began. in stafford county right now, west of i-95 there is this accident on route 610 west. again west of 95. you got the normal show traffic on 95. let's take a look at springfield all lanes have been open on 95 really just coming up from the river. now let's take a look at 395 at duke street where you have the off and on slow traffic leaving the landmark area up to the 14th street bridge. northbound 25 accident clean up as well after pennsylvania avenue. right now i have a commuter alert. you are going to see some changes this morning on the inner loop at route 123 in fairfax county. joining us to tell us all about it is john lynch.

he is a regional director and joins us live from tie isn't's corner. good morning how are you? >> great. happy to hear there is now this new lane configuration through the i wanter change at 123, tell us about that. >> on friday night, we made the switch as you can see to the outer loop of the, or inner loop of the beltway. and switch those lanes back to the right hand side. this allowed us to then reconfigure the ramps, eliminating the left turn lane on 123. and then adding an additional capacity there. so all your lanes will be exiting to the right now. >> it has been really tough to exit onto the beltway. it started 2010 in october. this ended about a year early, didn't it?

>> we didn't expect it to be later in 2012. we started in about october with the switch the signal in the left turn lane. we thought it would be about 18 months, we are happy to bring that to the tyson's area prior to the shopping season. we think that will help. congratulations on finish that go phase early. the hot lanes project is the biggest improvement on the beltway since 1964. can you tell us a little bit about how the hot lanes work? >> the hot lanes are going to provide additional choices to the commuters both have an standpoint. we'll have lanes added to the beltway for the first time for transit and carpoolers. also those that want to have a time frame where they know they can get there to their destination can pay a toll and use the hot lanes and have a time when they can get to work, pick up their child from childcare. definitely will be amen

improvement to life style. congratulations on finishing this phase and thank you for being with us john. thank you. now the beltway hot lanes will add high occupancy toll lanes from garrisonville in stafford all the way up to eds sell road on 35. that will be 2 extra miles and the 14 miles from springfield past the toll rod. nice to hear good news about a traffic story. >> isn't it? >> and one that finishes ahead of time, too. thanks monika. this morning friends and classmates of courtney mccoy are mourning her death. the frostburg state sophomore was found stabbed to death sunday morning. >> surae chinn is live with more on this story. >> reporter: the frostburg state university campus is grieving. they are all stunned. friends are grieving and courtney mccoy's family devastated.

students will be returning to classes this morning. no doubt it will be a tough day. counselors will object hand to help them get through the day. they are all remembering an incredible woman who dreamed of being a singer one day. 1-d-year-old courtney mccoy was born in baltimore and involved in choir both on and off campus. >> just a ray of light. always very positive. just touched so many lives in her short years here on this earth. loved, loved to sing. she is just my little song bird. tell general, promising future, just taken away too soon. >> reporter: that was courtney's aunt michelle lasley. police say courtney was at an off campus party when a fight broke out. that is when shanea liggins stabbed her outside a home in

frostburg. liggins is being held without bond for first and second degree murder. u ray chin reporting live. now to another shocking story from a college campus. a former stan football coach at penn state is now accused of molesting eight boys over a 15 year period. two administrators have stepped down amid accusations they knew about the abuse and covered it up. >> reporter: former penn state football coach jerry sandusky was arrested over the weekend. accused of abusing eight boys. head coach joe paterno says he was told in 2002 about an alleged inappropriate incident involving sandusky in a locker room shower. paterno alerted the athletic director. that athletic director and another school official stepped down. if sandusky is convicted,

another source says paterno sudden go. >> your responsibility as a person, not a football coach, is to protect a child. >> reporter: so what do penn state fans say? one says he doesn't see paterno leaving? >> he is not involved in it. not implicated or anything. i think it wbtw a big nonevent. >> reporter: sandusky's attorney says the allegations have been tough on his client. >> jerry is very, very at the pressed. the knowledge of whether he eventually proves his innocence, people are going to think he did this stuff. >> reporter: i'm greg black for 9news now. sandusky is free on $100,000 bond. the dc area is home to one of the largest penn state alumni populations outside of pennsylvania. there is a new report out that says metro's radio system is plagued with dead zones.

the washington examiner quotes a police union official who says the most recent failure? halloween night. the problem led to confusion as a pepper spray was released in the foggy bottom station. the agency hopes to seek contracts this month, but it will still take years to upgrade all that have radio equipment. the hearing is scheduled today for the so-called big box stores. there is a new bill that would require large retail stores to enter into a community benefits agreement with at least three civic organizations, assistance from the county would be limited without the agreement. the large retail store is one that occupies a footprint of at least 75,000 area feet. andrea? >> thank you, mike. we are focused on getting you hired. as every monday, we focus on

jobs. we are looking at a profession that is in demand. chris brink man from robert half technology joins us and you are focusing on internet developers. what do they do? >> a dot net develop soldier someone who programs and develops using microsoft technology. essentially dot net allows multiple computer devices to work together, using web services. >> why is it such high demand? especially in our area? >> unemployment went down to 9.0% as recently as last week. the average is far less than 3.5%. and so there aren't many of them out there, and certainly aren't many skilled application develop enters programmers available. so that is what puts them in demand. i think secondly, from a sally

perspective, we found that the expected salary for someone is between 60 and $90,000 in 2012, and that is up 5.4% year over year. so this is something if you have the right qualifications that you might want to take advantage of, what are those qualifications? >> absolutely. in dot net we are looking for someone who has more than three years experience pregnanting as well as having application development experience. from a four year degree college. in addition they must have the business accu- men to understand what is the impact on the business? >> what is the way to apply for this job? >> sure, you can either call our office at 202-626-0250. or you can apply online, which

would be r ht.com. in case you didn't get that, we do have that information on our website at wusa 9.com. chris i'm sure you are going to get lots of applicants from this. >> i hope so. we'll be right back. stay with us. yeah, i'm married. does it matter?

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we want to say thanks to everybody who came out saturday for the heart walk. i was there, anita brickman was there. andrea mccarron joined us as well. so far we have raised more than $4.7 million. the goal was $2 million. so we still have time. we are still taking donations, in greater washington.org. a big thank you to everybody from the heart association for the great event and the great

work they do. for everybody who supported with donations. thank you, thank you, thank you. everybody who came out, the businesses that donated their services and stuff. it was a great time. we got another great day ahead, although we have a dense fog advisory which was issued just a little while ago. including montgomery and fairfax counties, culpepper this goes until can a.m. even though prince georges county, out east they are low as well. andrews air force base monika santani and i were looking at a traffic camera. dense fog east in aim bridge, a half mile. we got the advisory tulowitzki pepper, frederick, a quarter mile zero mile visibility.

fog is going to slow you down at times this morning. it won't be around. patchy, dense fog. 50s and 40s sunrise at 6:41. today our sunset at 5:02. we will see plenty of sunshine. 62 by 3:00. light southerly winds with highs between 60 and 65. nice weather today, tomorrow and wednesday. the shower possible thursday with a front. chilly friday. we may not get out of the 30s friday. another nice weekend coming up. look at these temperatures. they are going down in the lower 50s in many areas. 35 at fair tax, 32 centerville. 37 at andrews with the fog. high pressure controls the weather, 64 this afternoon. again in the 50s and low 40s tonight. tomorrow 66. wednesday a few more clouds but

still nice and 6. thursday here comes the front. 60 with a shower maybe. a chilly veterans kay. monika, top -- veterans day, monika, top that. outside of route 50 there is an accident eastbound of route 50 at route 704. watch out for the slow traffic. as howard said lots of fog in the area as well. almost three hours it has been here. westbound there are no issues except for the slow traffic getting by that accident. all lanes are open westbound on route 50. the beltway on the north side of town here at route 2. an accident sitting on the shoulder. slowing down from college park with the lanes open.

over to the maps, inbound business route 234. you can see the slow traffic there. up ahead you have got slow traffic with the lanes opened through centerville. also mark trains, i have been updating you on this for the last hour or so. the brunswick is running 50 minutes late. route 50 at 6:58. andrea and mike? >> we don't want to you panic. but there are only 48 shopping days until christmas. it can put a strain on your budget. we are here to help you save money with simple smart phone apps. >> mint.com has a program that will help you monitor your spending. some retailers are stealing

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coming up on 6:53. dense fog advisory. watch out for that. fog east and south as well. 41 now. 57 by noon. with sunshine highs today between 60 and 65. mike? thank you, howard. today is monday, november 7th. here to check the news before you go today, a waldorf woman is behind bars this morning accused of killing her classmate at frostburg university. 23-year-old shanea liggins stabbed courtney. gas is up 4 cents in the last month and up 8 cents from one year ago. your washington redskins are now 3-5 following sunday's loss to the san francisco 49ers. the skins turned the ball over three times in the 19-11

defeat, despite the team's fourth straight loss, coach mike shanahan announced he is sticking with quarterback john beck. erica kill standing by. >> reporter: just ahead on this monday edition of the monday show, jack abraham hoff is now free and telling you'll about how he says he influenced politicians with big money and gifts. he stops by to sit with us here on "the early show." plus you'll hear from a first time runner of new york's city marathon who didn't let cystic fibrosis stop him from that journey. and you'll also hear from andy rooney's son, brian, who will tell us a little more about his dad. our time is 6:54. weather and traffic when 9news now returns.

one more thing before we go. i think andrea is going to a rape for this thanksgiving dinner. there is a good reason why. -- is going to a restaurant for this thanksgiving dinner. there is a good reason why. 30 years ago, the new wife, i put the turkey in and my dad said what did you do with the parts. he said inside the bird. i had left the packet in the center of the bird. but i have improved a lot since then and i'm smart enough to know sometimes i don't have to do it all. >> sometimes you just go to a restaurant. >> or let my husband do it,

because he loves cooking. patchy dense fog north and west. beautiful today tomorrow and wednesday. >> an accident eastbound route 50. i think the dent is gone but now the fog is going to slow you down. at graphic on the outer loop on eisenhower. tomorrow morning starting at 4:25. learned about a new program low income youngsters get more on our week-long series. next on "the early show." more on the big scandal at penn state. living with hiv, the lasting impact of magic johnson. i will be back with a live update on traffic and weather. have a great day, everybody. bye bye.