the bay. away from the better moisture stores, temperatures have been falling to the 30s even fredericksburg, down to 37. ton and tomorrow see the rain out here. this will move in. it is much colder. west of this boundary, and at least for today and tomorrow we'll be on the mild side of life. monika santani stepping in at 6:00 a.m. she has timesaver traffic. it is the mild side of traffic, which is unusual for monday. we'll take it. no problems to report on the beltway. all around town. we are going to zoom in to the bw parkway and route 50. from annapolis all the way in both roadways are looking fine into the northeast quarter. the wilson bridge has been

running incident free. at bradley boulevard also actually pretty light on the outer loop leaving silver springs. you are going to be okay on the beltway. we'll take a last look downtown on a map. no problems to report if you are planning to head on northbound 35 into the downtown area. you are going to be okay there as well. we'll take another look around the area. andrea and mike. thank you monika. police are standing guard at mcpherson square. >> more than two dozen okay pirates at that encampment were arrested because they refused to take down a huge stlive at mcpherson square checking on how things are this morning. so far quiet. good morning surae. >> reporter: good morning. a big difference from yesterday when the commotion started.

a the lot of folks are probably tired from all the events that happened yesterday. but there were arrests. clashes with police and all surrounding this makeshift shelter built-up overnight from saturday into sunday. priss told them to tear it down, they refused, that is when the first 15 people were arrested yesterday when they crossed the police line. there was a second round of arrests from united states park police. those were people who refused to leave the structure from inside the building and on the roof. that is when six people refused to get down. they had to bring in a cherry pick tore pluck them off. there was one guy who really refused to leave and actually relieved himself in front of hundreds of people. >> he exposed his genitals as he was urinating. >> right now the road

surrounding mcpherson square are open now. they were shut down yesterday because of the arrest. dc police officers in their cars in each corner of this area on 15th and k, street so far. so good. but i will tell you there was another planned protest tonight between eighth and 15th street northwest on the national mall. they have invited thousands of people to protest and makeshift tents and so forth to come out are false, and unproven, but says they have been hurtful to his wife. the latest poll released by the des moines register has former house speaker newt gingrich now as the front runner. gingrich is at 25% in the poll. ron paul is second at 18% and mitt romney is 16% with likely voters in iowa. this morning i'm joined by a reporter with usa today, our

sister paper. why do you think he has decided to suspend? >> i think it has to do with that he wasn't getting past these scandals. money was starting to dry up. so many competitors at this point, people have a lot of places to put their money. they are probably not going to put it with a candidate that at this point has been whittled away with this scandal. we start to see when all these scandals came out, newt gingrich was not weighing in on herman cain. >> right. >> he wasn't piling on like some of the other candidates did. does that mean he was sort of maybe behind the scene courting his superrers even before all of this broke do you think? >> a couple of things are going on here. newt gingrich and herman cain have been friends for a long time. when he was speaker of the house's pointed herman cain to a commission while he was in the house. they have a history of being friends.

the other thing is newt gingrich has had an issue himself with herman cain. newt gingrich and the affair situation, he doesn't want to remind anybody of that. he is trying to get past that. it is going to matter who he endorses if he does it soon. with gingrich, i think he was more trying to stay out it have. >> where does this leave mitt romney? he has been anointed by so many people as eventual nominee. yet his poll numbers have actually taken a dip. he is at 16%. does he sort of wait around until all the other opponents wither away? >> a successful strategy at this point. so i don't think he has any reasons to change course, because look at herman cain. what was that? three weeks ago?

he was at 20 something%. so we have seen these flares go up and they come down. we'll see what happens with newt. we appreciate your time this morning. andrea, over to you. thank you, mike. today a dc council committee is scheduled to discuss a new ethics bill days after councilman's home, harry thomas' home, was searched. on friday fbi and irs agents served a search warrant on his home after allegations thomas took $300,000 from a youth program for personal youth. thomas has agreed to repay the money but denies any wrongdoing. we may have to spend more of our money to get that letter delivered on time. i have a letter in the car right now. this is a very, very big

deal. problems at the postal service means you may have to pay up to get that letter delivered the next day and that is not all. changes could slow delivery of everything from your check payments being sent to companies you owe money to. adds to the cost of prescription drugs and threatens the existence of newspapers and time sensitive magazines to far suburbs and rural communities. dig deal. the united states postal service announces changes today. at the top of the list is a program calling for you be unprecedented cuts to first class mail starting next spring. 500 of mail processing centers across the country as early as next march. struggling homeowners are getting an early christmas present. several large mortgage lenders including fannie mae and

freddiemac. the more tomorrow will run from december 1st through january 2nd. we work a lot more than folks across the pond. a lot more. the average working european earns 25 to 30 vacation days a year and usually takes all of them. here in the united states we get 14 days off and we tend to take 12 days. lack of money the most common reason cited for, giving up vacation days. there are other countries that seem even more vacation deprived than us, at the united states. for example the japanese take just five out of the 11 days they are given every single year for vacation. >> you need to recharge right? >> exactly. maybe we should move to europe. maybe that is why they are having their debt problems.

6:10. coming up in less than five minutes, it is a cancer that kills more people than breast cancer. one young woman is on a mission to raise awareness and money for breast cancer resoldier snatch talbot county schools are on a 90 minute delay -- cancer research. talbot county schools are on a 90 minute delay this morning due to the fog. ifrs hello, this is alicia jackson calling from germany. to my mom and cousins living in the washington kc area, happy holidays and know that i would much rather be there than here, know that i love you. six months and counting. i'll see you soon.

6:13. we got dense fog southeast and east of town. watch out for that. we'll have a partly and cloudy day. showers move in tonight and on tuesday. we'll have the full 7-day forecast coming inn about three minutes. coming up now it is monika santani. >> reporter: 95 an accident on the ramp to the prince william question here. andrea, back to you.

thank you monika. lung cancer is the number one cancer killer of americans according to the lung cancer foundation. more than 450 people die each day from the disease. you can get lung cancer even if you have never smoked. 60% of newly diagnosed patients have either never smoked or quit decades before. for every $9 spent on breast cancer, $1 is spent on lung cancer. annie, a pleasure to meet you. the inspiration for this is dennis barry. tell me who dennis barry and why is this so important you want to start this foundation? >> reporter: dennis barry is my father, he has four children, and he has a wife. he was diagnosed with lung cancer six years ago in august. he fought for six years. he worked nearly full-time every single day for those six years up until two months before he

passed away. i wanted to make a difference in other people's lives who are suffering from lung cancer. >> $1 for every $9 spent on breast cancer. you were just baffled by this after watching your father go through there battle for six years to learn not a lot of money was spent on research for lung cancer. >> lung cancer is frowned upon because they think that everybody that has lung cancer was a smoker. >> they did this to themselves? >> true. 60% of lung cancer patients have either never smoked in their life or had smoked prior. >> had your dad smoked? >> yes about 15 years prior he quit before being diagnosed. >> now with the foundation, you

have had one event. tell me how successful that was. >> i did a 5-k run. held at st. john's high school. for your first time out, 80s thousand dollars. this was in the summer, wasn't it? >> yes, july 9th. oh so your father got a chance to see what you were doing on his behalf? >> yes. >> exactly. what's happening tomorrow, december 6th? >> my dad's birthday is december 7ing. we will have life entertainment, irish dancers, twelve 2678 c firefighters playing irish bagpipes. a live band my uncle is part of, called late as usual. and then we will have deejay and his it will be a lot of fun. where is it taking place?

>> green turtle. times again? >> from 11:00 to 12:00. should abe great time. she raised $80,000 the first time. i know she is expecting a whole lot more in your generosity for the disease that is the number one cancer killer of all of us. congratulations on this of the are effort. as i said i know your dad must have been proud of you. thanks andrea. congratulations, that is a great story she is doing great work. weatherwise, we had a beautiful weekend sunshine wise. little on the brisk side. high was only about 50 saturday. we should be up around 60 to start the week downright cold here by saturday. coldest year of the season by the time we get to the went. this morning the problem is the

fog. we have delays in queen ann and talbot counties. both those counties are delayed 90 minutes, you see the dense fog advisory this morning east of us along the eastern shore along the bay and down in southern maryland. no problems from dc and points west. visibility issues here and there are numerous ones, we have visibility down a quarter mile or less. eton down to a quarter mile. not too bad here at dc points north and southwest. our bus stop forecast this morning, mostly cloudy. mid-30s to the mid-40s. mid-30s generally west of town right now. temperatures climbing into the 40s at can, 50s by noon.

temperatures up to the upper 50s if not low 50s. temperatures in the mid-30s, went through that fast. hagerstown is 3. 49 in easton with the fog and 43 in washington right now. winds not bad right now. dew point into the low 40s. cold air across the rockies and northern plains this. cold is moving east and southeast. but it has to wait for this front. you know, if these were moving from the northwest the agree, that cold would get here a lot more quickly. there is a lot of snow in west texas and oklahoma. look at the heavy rains. dallas to little rock, moving toward the tennessee valley. this is all going to be moving toward us tonight and tomorrow. but right now at least, we are on the mild side of things. that will be today tonight and

tomorrow before the cold air works its way toward us. overnight showers move in. steadier rain midday. wednesday night another wave coming this way. cold north and west wednesday night. 61 today. tomorrow many periods of rain. 60. 50 on wednesday. thursday cool and downright cold on saturday. highs staying in the 30s. >> reporter: if you are planning to led out the door right now i have a couple of incidents to tell you about in virginia. first with the beltway. overall things look fine. down south to i-95 there is an accident right at the prince william question. -- parkway. traffic is getting by, but expect delays now forming because of that accident in

woodbridge. a little further north live, once you are beyond that, you have that normal flow stuff trying to get through springfield here and i-95. let's go back out to the maps to the west side of town. incident free on 66. slow in centerville and then again at route 50. no problems to report on the dulles toll road. down to the beltway at the inner bridge the inner loop is looking fine but the outer loop eyes shower avenue on the right shoulder. coming up in my next report, we'll update you. we kickoff our morning light segment. every day we are showing off your holiday decorations. check out these lights. more than half a million of them adorn this property. that is along with a light up

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for everyone. welcome back. 6:26 on this monday morning. we have big problems with fog east queen ann and catawba counties visibility down to a quarter mile. in easton right now, up toward baltimore. through jersey up to suggest then connecticut. partly to mostly cloudy skies. skies in the upper 50s to low 60sful mike? >> thank you, howard. it is monday. jessica doyle will tell us what local job is available and what you need to do to get it. first, pay up on the intercounty connector. we are taking a live look at the northbound side of i-95 at

the prince william parkway. expect delays to the east. more on that and other area roadways coming up in my next report. you are watching 9news now. we'll be right back.

we are back. it is 6:31. this is the place you can always get your weather first. look at the orange glow. chilly, upper 30s to low 40s, depending on where you are this morning. thank you for starting your monday with us. i'm andrea roane. and i'm mike hydeck. does he have the 180s on? >> no 180s. light gloves today with temperatures in the 30s. a middle weight winter coat. nothing too heavy. let's talk about today though, dense fog east of town. temperatures in the low 40s, mid-50s, that fog a big problem east. dense fog advisories like the bay, southern maryland in the eastern shore. we had some visibility reported down to an eighth of a mile.

annapolis a quarter mile. the entire bay up through jersey, long island southern connecticut up toward boston even with the dense fog advisories. watch out for that. temperatures low 50s in town with 30s out to the west. upper 50s to low 60s. we'll talk about major changes headed our way. right now monika santani looking at timesaver traffic. if you are planning to head into virginia, the beltway is fine on the south side of town. if you are planning to head northbound on i-95. watch out for the accident slowing things down. on the outer loop at eyes shower. if you are traveling in maryland on the beltway you just got that normal slow stuff. speaking of maryland commuters have been using the 18-mile stretch between i-270 and i-95. north of the capital beltway.

free for awhile, but starting today, you'll have to pay. right now joining me by phone is refelled man with the intercounty connector project. good morning ray. >> good morning. ray tell us today. what do we need to know? what are the option and his how much is it going to cost? >> toll during the period where you will be paying is $4 from end to end. that is during the peak period. that is for a two axle vehicle or a passenger car. one of the things is you should be getting an ez pass. >> so that is the way to go on the entire stretch? what has the feedback been for you in the last few months. >> well we have had a very successful testify period on december 1, our heaviest day, 55,000 vehicles passed on the western end of the ic c and 40,000 vehicles passed on the

eastern end. this is a little bit high, because it was a free period i don't what is the next phase? i know there is still a little bit to go right? >> yes we are expecting to extend from i-95 to. s 1. and open that section in the spring of 2014. we look forward to that. thank you so much refelled man. guys, i know in january, there will also be three maryland commuter buses that will be free for awhile. we'll go back into maryland at 6:45. it has been a relatively smooth sailing situation when it comes to occupy protesters in kc. police had to bring out cherry pickers to remove them from an unsanctioned structure. >> it is very quiet right now. you know what? protesters aren't done yet

because another round of protesters around 7:00 and between 8th and 14th street. to go on the national mall, right now everyone is inside their tents sleeping. so it is quiet. but a big difference from yesterday the events that happened yesterday and it all surrounded when protesters built-up this makeshift two-story wooden shelter. they all refused to leave. police told them they had an hour to tear it down. they didn't. they said that the inspector deemed it unsafe. again 31 people arrested in all. there were six people on the roof. and they brought in an armored vehicle, mounted police, ladders, ropes and a cherry picker. one guy refused to leave and he exposed himself and urinated. he eventually was arrested for

indecent exposure and urinating in public. i can't i wish this whole situation had not happened. i personally don't think the structure was the thing to take a stand on. i don't agree with the particular situation. >> winter is obviously approaching. it wasn't an action in order to basically make the police department or the park police mad. >> no one was hurt. all the streets surrounding mcpherson square have been opened back up. back to you. the time right now is 6:37. we are helping you get hired this morning. it looks like the job market may be heating up again. employers have 7 2,000 first thought. i talked about a job opening in my area will, executive vice president for dhr

international. will, thanks so much for coming in this morning. tell me about the job opening. >> reporter: we partner with anna cam identity services. they are diversifying their business. anna cam is they harness analytics and data. with web and software services to create a secure transaction environment with the guest. we are looking for someone to focus on the department of homeland security sales. so a sales executive, probably ten years experience. selling software, primarily, there is also services and solutions. large scale enterprise software. >> are there educational qualifications? >> eyed deally an undergrad, even better master's. sometimes experience takes over. it is not as critical. how did people apply for for this position? and it is c white at dhr

international the washington area has been pretty good in general. you say you are busy this time ofier. >> usually we are slowing down with the holidays. in the last couple of weeks we have been retained to fill 30 jobs and more on the hoars isn't. so december is looking good. we are turning the corner. our industry is a good barometer for what is going on. if they are hiring companies like us to hire for them. it is even better. >> we love the sound of good news. will, thanks for coming in. thank you, jessica. it is 68:00. fan celebration gets out of hand at the end of a college football game.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. 6:43 this monday morning. you don't need the 180s, but a

slight jacket. maybe some light gloves. light gloves. nobody is making fun of me today. nothing too heavy right? >> right. but it is a little chilly. temperatures in the 30s. queen ann catawba county, why wait? 90 minute delays due to the fog out at the east. as far as the middle of the week, we are going to get cold and maybe late wednesday thursday. the second wave comes and the cold air comes at the right time. say slight, slight chance we'll see snow north and west of town. that is really the only concern for the week other than the fog this morning. some of that dense off to the east in southern maryland, calvert and st. mary's eastern shore. southern baltimore counties and northern neck under that dense fog advisory. visibility have been running a quarter mile or less. quarter mile visibility at the

naval air station. it's gotten better at bwi. any travel eastern shore and southern new england over the next few hours. for us at the bus stop this morning, temperatures in the mid-30s, mid-40s, warmer stuff south and east. mostly cloudy skies patch which i, dense fog delaying school on the eastern shore. partly to mostly cloudy, temperatures by noon will rise into the mid-50s with south winds 5 to 10 miles per hour. south wind around 60 give or take a couple high. overnight showers will move in and tomorrow looks to be a wet day. reston 36, 43 in rockville, warmer east. that is where we have a little bit more fog.

38 in upper mitt romney bro. you need a jacket and patience east. due.at 41 this morning. there is a lot of coal off to the west. new york is 50, 55 in norfolk. look at chicago and st. louis in the 50s, des moines in the 20s, bismarck in the single digits this morning. the cold air is being blocked by this front. we are on mild side of this storm system. it is eventually going to slide through us. little tough for the timing but that is possible we'll get a little snow out of this. we are looking at rain here tomorrow morning. rain gets steadier midday tomorrow a wet day on tuesday. showers finally try to pull away tomorrow night into wednesday morning. we are going to have to watch. other wave rides this way,

wintry weather, midweek. 61ton showers develop only around 50. tomorrow rain upper 50s to near 60. see if that second storm comes wednesday, wednesday night. by thursday we are cooling off onto the 40s. here's monika santani, she has a new list of us dents to talk about. >> reporter: we do. especially in virginia on the northbound side of i-95. a bit of a bind on the northbound side of i-95. i have been telling you about an accident at the prince william parkway. that was on a ramp. northbound 95 at route 1 in woodbridge. that is only allowing the left lane to get by. all lanes are blocked on 95 with the exception of the left lane northbound on i-95 here at route 1. delays begin in dale city, trying to get past the river right now because of that accident. keep that in mind because of

your travel plans. northbound of springfield, once you are beyond the accident you are going to be okay. it is helping things along north of the accident along to springfield. the accident with single file traffic getting by to the left. i'll keep you posted on that coming up in my next report at 6:58. iran says it shot down an unmanned united states spy plane yesterday. the news agency says the country's armed forces shot down the men because it violated iranian air space. the plane is a 170 type drone, the pent gun isn't commonning but the drone is one american pilots lost control over in afghanistan late last week. a second person died after being hit by a car on thanksgiving day. he was one of 5-day laborers

standing on an island in the parking lot when they were hit by airlink con town car. the accident also killed 41-year-old freddie castillo. nearly a dozen fans were rushed to the hospital last night, injured during an oklahoma state university celebration. fans rushed the field after the team clinched the big 12 championship. osu president says he doesn't know what more stadium security could have done. we asked you every year americans spend roughly $9 billion to improve one of these things, was it bad breath, physical health or their hairstyle? jason allen dunkler said b. medicine can cost a lot these days. but terry mowen said we would be surprised with the real answer and the real answer is a.

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6:53. "the early show" begins in just 6 minutes. previewing what is up at the top of the hour. coming up, former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky is denying he abused children. we are going to speak this morning with a new york times reporter who sat down with sandusky for a four hour interview. and tiger woods has waited a long time for this two years. we are going to look at this

first time in victory. the redshire, they were back yesterday. we are going to talk with someone who knows him well and get predictions for the coming year. it is 6:54. one more check of weather and traffic when 9news now returns. [ screaming ]

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as herman cain puts histories campaign on ice, newt gingrich is gaining more ground. a first in iowa and strong second in new hampshire. we will look at the gop campaign and who has the best chance to pick up cain's support. european leaders meeting this morning to save the euro and solve the debt crisis. we will tell you how the talks could affect the economy. jerry sandusky. >> i'm attracted to young