an upswing today with brisk northwest winds in the 10 to 20 range. gusting to 30 early. those winds will slacken this afternoon but temperatures will only make it to about 45 or so. northwest to westerly winds this afternoon. 5, 10 miles per hour. much more pleasant afternoon than kind of slap in the face mother nature is going to give us as we go into the morning. right now, temperatures in the mid-30s. the storm system quickly pulling away. you can see last night we had a little bit, just a little bit of snow before the 11:00 hour. there she goes. very quickly. skies have cleared behind the system. we're looking at temperatures down to 36 here on the hour at 5:00 at reagan national. still 40 on the bay in annapolis. freezing in luray, winchester, cumberland and petersburg with 21 degrees and 10 inches of snow on the ground in oakland, maryland from yesterday's storm. fredericksburg is currently 39 and one more thing to show you, the winds are gusting, coming down a little bit now.

20 miles per hour. still gusting over 30 in easton. 32 miles per hour. hold on and bundle up. monika samtani is stepping in now. timesaver traffic. >> the big story, of course, from all of the rains is the flooding conditions on parts of our roadways and couple of them are shut down. over here in beltsville, route one is shut down at annandale road. you will be diverted. it shouldn't cause too much of a delay. amandale. watch out for the road closure at water street. that will be shut down for awhile. if you need to get to pennsylvania avenue, use route 301 or old crane highway to get yourself back on to pennsylvania avenue. we'll keep you posted on that situation. let's take you outside live. route 4 at pennsylvania avenue itself at the beltway is fine. no problems to report as you head down toward oxon hill. and across the wilson bridge into alexandria here and we'll take you to a last live look on

the other side of the american legion bridge. no problems to report. all lanes are open between bethesda and tysons corner on the beltway. coming up in my next report, another look at area roads at 5:10. mike and andrea? >> they have occupied office buildings, they have occupied public parks, now they occupied k street yesterday. occupy d.c. protestors say today, they're going to start a hunger strike. >> they say they're doing it to end the second class citizenship imposed on the people of the district rae inn mcpherson square park. good morning, surae. >> good morning to both of you. a different day, a different protest. different message. but same protestors. today, it is all about hunger strike. they're going to refuse food and water, actually, they'll only accept water but they won't accept anything else. three of these protestors will go on the hunger strike until d.c. gets its own voting rights. yesterday it was all about

corporate greed and jobs. they matched on k street. k street being the symbolic area for lobbyists, wealthy lobbyists in fact. well, more than 60 people were arrested throughout the day. most of them happened at occupy -- as occupiers took over k street and formed a human chain. the activity snarled traffic at rolling barricades and demonstrations happened. >> most of the things being pushed through are in favor of corporations, not in favor of the people. >> there are no good jobs for d.c. residents, especially ward 8. roach so much for being peaceful. we had last weekend with arrests going up when that makeshift shed was built and then yesterday, with more than 60 arrests happening, occupiers seem to be getting more loud, louder, restless and of course boisterous, backing up their causes. it seems to be going on. we'll see how the strike happens today. it starts at noon today. back to you.

>> thank you, surae live in mcpherson park this morning. >> later this morning, montgomery county fire investigators will return to a burned out home in garrett park. they're trying to find out how a fire started there overnight. the flames broke out along cambria avenue along raleigh. three people got out safely. no word on damage estimates yet. the red cross is helping the family find temporary housing now. this morning, former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky is waking up behind bars because yesterday police led him away in handcuffs again. this time, following 12 new charges of child sex abuse. the latest victim is accused the 67-year-old saying they met him through his second mile charity like the others. sandusky was charged on november 5th initially. he's acknowledged since then, showering and horsing around with boys but he said he never sexually abused them. he's now facing more than 50 counts including abuse that is alleged to have occurred on the penn state campus. sandusky is being held on a

$250,000 bail. the military is now saying partial remains from at least 274 americans, american troops are lying in a virginia landfill this morning which is far more than the military had originally acknowledged after accusations the air force grossly mismanaged the remains of fallen service members at its military mortuary in dover. all of this is according to "the washington post." the remains were cremated, incinerate and taken to a king george county landfill between 2004 and 2008. the military is saying they have no plans to notify the fallen troops' families. the air force is already disciplining three senior officials responsible for handling the remains of u.s. war dead. residents plans for rebuilding in holly acres is now on hold. the prince william county board of supervisors unanimously appealed the decision to do that. dozens of homes in the mobile park were damaged or destroyed in flooding from tropical storm lee. the county wants to keep 14

from being repaired or rebuilt because they're in a designated floodway. the county must file its appeal by december 21st after homeowners will be allowed to get building permits. if you're just waking up, it is time for the latest "your money" report. >> jessica doyle is here with today's headlines. good morning. >> good morning. busy day for investors on wall street. of course, it continues to be all about the economy. and the european debt crisis. today, we're going to see how traders react to standard & poors putting the aaa rating of the 27 nation european union on alert for possible downgrade. later this morning, a fresh update on the job market and a look at trade. as for stocks, checking the numbers, the dow stands this morning at 12,196, rose 46 points in trading yesterday. the nasdaq meantime, was nearly flat and the s&p 500 was up by two and a half points. congress has yet to make a deal to stop your payroll taxes from going up on average $1,000 and long-term unemployment benefits from going away in a

little over three weeks. now, today, top republican leaders in the house will meet privately to try to hammer out an agreement. at the same time, house democrats will meet with the president at the white house for similar discussions. senate majority leader harry reid vowed yesterday that the senate and the president will not go on christmas vacations until a bill is passed. >> once he was a governor, before that, a senator. today, jon corzine walks into a hearing as a star witness likely to invoke his fifth amendment right against self- incrimination. corzine has been subpoenaed to explain how mf globe bal collapsed on bad bets about the european debt crisis. it is the eighth largest bankruptcy in u.s. history. an estimated $1.2 billion in client money is still missing. this is the first time in more than 100 years congress has subpoenaed a former senator to testify. >> unbelievable. >> to say that's the eighth largest after what happened in 2008, that's saying a lot. >> it is saying a ton. it tells you just how big that liability was.

>> yeah. >> you're back in the next half hour. >> the hottest holiday gifts for locals. we'll give you some shopping ideas. >> thanks, jess. >> i got it covered. >> before we go to break, we've learned that shenandoah county schools in virginia are on a two-hour delay. >> feeling a little bit more like winter according to about anybody who peeks their nose outside. monika has your commute. >> see how and hear how tons of tubas heralded the holiday season at the kennedy center. [ screaming ]

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welcome back. 5:11. we have a chilly morning out there. the storm system is gone. most things are dry except in far western maryland, west virginia. part of the mountains also have some slick spots. watch out for that. our day planner today, plenty of sunshine. windy conditions early. the winds will slacken after the lunch hour. 42 by noon with highs in the mid-40s and a drive home temp and clear skies of 43. let's go to monika samtani with an update with timesaver traffic. >> we'll take a live look in college park. no problems to report on the northside at the beltway heading for 95. and over into silver spring. in beltsville, route one is closed at amandale road because

of flooding. i'll have more on area road conditions in my next report. back to you guys. thank you, monika. our time is coming up on 5:12. see how the legacy of john lenin is remembered on this, the 31st anniversary of his death. >> coming up later in sports, can the capitals end their losing streak? they only had one win since the new coach took over. we'll let you know how they did in ottawa last night.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. it is 5:15. pre-friday. or thursday eve or just plain friday eve or thursday, we're happy you're with us. >> it is too early. you're confusing me. >> i know. all right, take us down the road. what do we have in store after all we had last night. >> record setting day. wettest december day we've ever recorded in washington. about 140 years or so of recordkeeping. >> so, not just a record for the day but the record for december. at 10 and a half inches of snow up in oakland, maryland. most ski areas looks like it will be next weekend instead of this weekend that it will open. today, a calmer day. here is your bus stop forecast. kind of windy and chilly this morning. gusts close to 30 miles per hour. winds will be subsiding this

afternoon but temps, they're running mostly in the 30s with lots of wind chills down in the 20s right now. and sunrise, still about two hours away at 7:14. day planner, well, we're going to see the sunshine coming in. 37 at 9:00. 42 at noon. winds northwesterly at 10 to 15. turn west, main southwest late in the day. by 6:00, we're back down to the lower 40s. we're going into the 20s and 30s tonight. look at the temperatures, low 30s now in the shenandoah valley. 21 in garrett county in oakland. to the south, still 40 at the patuxent river air station. they recorded a gust of 51 miles per hour yesterday in easton, 37 and here in d.c., we've got 36. it feels like 29. some of the wind chills up north are in the lower 20s with the wind chills down south in the low to mid-30s. definitely a day you'll need to bundle up. right now, 36. dew point has dropped all the way down to 24. that barometer shooting up pretty quickly with high pressure building in.

now at 30.05 and rising. temperatures in the teens in the northern plains. there is a lot of cold air. look at houston, it is colder in houston this morning than it is colder in washington at 32 degrees, even new orleans down to 39. the chilly weather is around. want to be warmer, go to miami. they're at 61. l.a. is in the 50s. a lot of cold air across the country. this is december. it is pretty normal stuff. light snow showers in the northern plains. the big thing we're watching is the storm system that hit us yesterday with heavy snow across maine, extreme northern vermont to new hampshire this morning. as it is pulling off toward the northeast with heavy rains along the coastal areas. even the next few hours, this thing will pull out of new england. behind it, dragging down colder air. nothing crazy for this time of year. we're not talking highs in the teens or 20s. highs in the 40s with the windy conditions this morning. we'll take the future cast and continue to push everything away from us. by noon, winds are starting to drop off here. this afternoon and evening, as

high pressure builds in, that will set the stage for a clear, cold night. radiational cooling down in the mid-20s. 30s in town and by the bay. tomorrow, we may see a few clouds ahead of this next cold front. but it will be slightly milder. i think highs on friday near 50. this cold front slips through tomorrow night. even showers will try to get going across the delmarva, main the northern neck late friday. behind it, cold air mass moves in for saturday. saturday, army navy game at fedex. high temperatures only near 40 with a little bit of a breeze. bundle up. 45 today. tonight, we're back in the mid- 20s in the suburbs. mid-30s in town. tomorrow, about 50. cold on saturday, only around 40 degrees. then sunday, nicer day of the weekend if you will with highs in the upper 40s. next week looks dry and seasonably cool with highs around 50 monday, tuesday and wednesday. we'll take it. >> that looks much better. >> if you're traveling around town, we've been telling you about flooding and high-

standing water in parts of our area. here is an example in upper marlboro, water street has been shut down between main street and pennsylvania avenue. we've been on the phone all morning long with maryland state highway. they cannot give us an indication as to when this will reopen. a lot of water to deal with here in upper marlboro. i suggest you either use route 301 or old crane highway to get around the situation. the road will be closed for awhile this morning. we'll take you over to a map. in beltsville, flooding has affected route one at amandale road. right now, we're being told if you're planning to head on to route 1 northbound has now been reopened on the southbound side, only one lane is closed. 9 5 looks ok from baltimore. heart of rockville, route 355 at 128, no problems here. another look around the area at 5:25. andrea and mike?

>> it doesn't seem this much time has passed but 31 years ago today, john lennon was gunned down outside his new york city apartment. >> remember the shock back then? i do, too. many of his fans are expected to flock to strawberry fields to remember the former beatle. the two of that acre memorial park is across the street from where lennon was gunned down. it has been a traditional meeting spot for fans to pause and remember him. mark david chapman is serving 20 years to life for murder. this is file footage from last year when people marked the anniversary of his death 30 years ago. on a happier note, let's take another look at the question of the morning this morning. the results of a new survey show 66% of women never do one of these things. is it a, mow the lawn. b, clean their purse or c, shovel snow? >> here is a response posted on the facebook.com/wusa9 from terry. he wrote well, it can't be purses because women buy too many of them not to have a clean purse. i'm guessing they never mow the lawn. that's a guy thing, right?

>> you should have heard the conversation in our newsroom to beat the band. log on to facebook.com/wusa9 and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer in the 6:00 hour. we'll be right back.

school delays due to high water and in west virginia. the union educational complex in grant county, two hour delay

today due to the snow that fell. virginia shenandoah county schools on a two hour delay. maryland, charles county because of the high water on roads, that's a two hour delay. code 2 for employees. in garrett county, maryland, also a two hour delay. you had nine, ten inches of snow yesterday. today, we're looking at clear skies to start. mid to upper 30s here at 5:00 a.m. as we head toward the 9:00 hour, still in the mid to upper 30s. main near 40. we won't be recovering much with a stiff northwest wind bringing in colder air. lunchtime today, sunny. winds start to get lighter. 42 in washington. 43 for annapolis. 44 in fredericksburg. this afternoon with the sunshine, temperatures will top off only around 45 degrees. bundle up. >> announcer: now, 9 sports with kristin berset. the best sports in town. >> good morning, everybody. the capitals had just one win since dale hunter took over as head coach. it was an overtime victory

against ottawa. last night, they had a chance to repeat. dale hunter looking to wrap up the road trip on a high note. we pick it up in the second period, tied at 2. alex ovechkin comes through with the goal. his ninth of the season, caps up by one. tony brewer wants in on the action. just 15 seconds later, he scores. caps up 4-2. the final second, john carlson with his long shot to the empty net to seal the deal. caps beat the senators 5-3 and hand dale hunter his second win. redskins suspended players williams and davis apologized to the team for their season ending suspension. mike shanahan is disappointed but hoping for the guys to learn from this. some of the players say they accept the apology despite feeling letdown by their teammates. >> mark turgeon and the turks back home facing mt. st. mary's after blowing a 16 point lead.

terrell nails the jumper to go up by 1. next possession, he hits another one to increase their lead. terps survive the upset beating mt. st. mary, 77-74. that will do it for your morning sports, redskins pregame picks tonight at 11:00. i'm kristin berset. have a great day. >> i'm monika samtani in the traffic center taking a look southbound on the gw parkway at the chain bridge. watch out for a disabled vehicle in the roadway. park police are headed to the scene. i'll keep you posted on the flooding conditions and road closures coming up at 5:31. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. [ female announcer ] holiday plus cookies plus memories

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on any given sunday, any team can beat any other team. >> i know tom brady is coming into fedex. you never know. >> i'm also a patriots fan.

here's monika samtani. i'm not sure if she's a redskins fan. >> i am. >> it will be fun. i'm thinking about getting tickets. i think it would be a good time. >> yeah. >> for me. >> weather should be fine sunday afternoon. >> that's good. >> in fact, weather was rough yesterday. because of that, we have school delays this morning. first, we'll didn't to virginia where shenandoah county schools are on a two hour delay. in maryland, two hour delay with code 2 for employees. that's because of the high water there. garrett county has also got a two hour delay. union educational complex in grant county in west virginia also on a two-hour delay. our day planner today. it is going to be a much nicer day than yesterday. we won't have all time december rain records set. we'll have sunshine. chilly one though with breeze this morning. at times, gusts 20 to 30 miles per hour in spots. winds will slacken especially after the lunch hour. the high temperatures approaching the mid-40s with

generally sunny skies out there. looking pretty nice. so, consider that good day ahead. look, we had a lot of rain last night. at 10:50, i stopped the clock. the blues and the pinks here, a mix of rain and snow. problem for the snow lovers is this storm picked up some speed and just raced out of here. it is getting cold. precip ended a little earlier and we didn't even get that dusting. we did record a trace yesterday. there were a couple of snowflakes but that was it. here is the seven-day forecast. mid-40s today. 50 tomorrow. by saturday, we're cold again down to 40. but sunday, we're in the upper 40s. looks pretty nice early next week. it is 5:31. here's monika with timesaver traffic. >> we'll take a live look in beltsville. route one at am andale road. -- at amandale road. the good news for you right now is that northbound has been reopened. route one at amandale. southbound only one lane remains closed.

a live look here in beltsville. we'll take you over to a map right now. water street does remain closed between main street and pennsylvania avenue. and that's because of flooding conditions down here in upper marlboro. keep that in mind if you're just heading out the door. we'll take you over to a live picture of 66. inbound side, it is normal trying to get from centreville. in annandale, i'm getting word of a closure as well because of high standing water on woodburn ride at spicewood drive. coming up at 5:40, we'll talk more about road closures. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. it could be awhile before some occupy d.c. protestors have another meal. >> because several of them decided to go on a hunger strike. they're doing it to end what they call second class citizenship. imposed on the people of the district of columbia. >> surae chinn joins us live from mcpherson square park with more. good morning, surae. >> good morning. well, three occupy d.c.

protesters will be removed going on this hunger strike calling for d.c. voting rights. they're asking congress and the president to give full representation in the district of columbia and full control of its budget. well, yesterday, it was all about ending corporate greed and increasing the job situation. well, hundreds of protestors also marched down all across d.c. and on k street. they marched into capital tax on constitution avenue. then they went to a lobbying firm, president clinton's former chief of staff. they then made their biggest stance on k street. they made the human chain. 62 people were arrested. >> let them do what they do. >> until we have a system where everybody gets a seat at the table and their bellies are full and their children are ed quited and their homes are secure, i will keep risking

myself for justice. >> reporter: well, that's a united methodist church pastor who is from chicago. that's her sixth arrest from yesterday. well, back here at mcpherson square, the hunger strike goes and starts at noon today. the three protestors will start that later on today. back to you. >> thank you, surae live in mcpherson square this morning. a montgomery county high school student is being charged as an adult in connection with tuesday night's stabbing outside a basketball game. 17-year-old briana hughes is being held on attempted homicide and assault charges. investigators say she stabbed a girl who was trying to break up a fight in a parking lot at northwood high school. the unidentified victim suffered minor injuries and is expected to be ok. it is 5:35. it is time for another "your money" report. >> one of the hottest gifts turning out to be this holiday season?

>> jessica doyle has a preview. check it out. >> taking a look at some of the consumer searches out there, you're getting a sense of what some of the hottest gift ideas are. give us a sense of what they are. give us some ideas for our own shopping needs. >> it looks like consumer electronics will be a big gift this year, jessica. we have searches for things like ereaders, tablets, chrome books, all up by 200 to 300% from where they were last year. it seems to be extending into children. there are searches for laptops for kids and there is a product called leapfrog laptop up about 500% in searches over the past two weeks. >> do we have a sense of when the search terms go up, it is harder to find the gifts? i would think there would be some sort of correlation between those two things. >> well, it might be. in some cases, it depends on the inventory. for leapfrog laptops in particular, we're hearing some stories from retailers who are finding they're selling out of them right now. i was online yesterday and saw

a lot of them up on ebay already. >> in terms of budget. budget is still huge in the minds of consumers. you've been tracking search trends. any revealing ideas for us if we're trying to watch our money this holiday season? >> overall, we see searches for things like free shipping, coupons, prom oceans, discounts all up between 50% and 100% from last year. we see an increase in searches for the word homemade presents. so, it seems like people are looking at creating their own presents at home. >> any good ideas on the homemade present front that you saw? >> none for myself in particular. >> well, i guess it is an idea for the folks who are crafty out there. dan, thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> that was jessica doyle there. time is 5:36. find out why the u.s. state department is putting the brakes on an embassy construction project. >> the former governor of illinois is heading to prison. find out for how long when our

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welcome back. 5:39. it is cold out here this morning! we've got winds gusting over 30 miles per hour in a couple of spots like at the pax river naval air station over toward cambridge, still around 20 here in town. temperatures down in the 30s. bundle up. got the 180s on as well. our day planner, plenty of sunshine today. that will help. the winds will get lighter this afternoon. 42 degrees at noon with highs 43 to 48 and a drive home temperature of 43. i'll be back talking about the weekend when we see you in the next five minutes.

we're going inside to monika samtani. nice and warm in there. >> oh, yeah, definitely is, howard. if you're heading outside right now, new york avenue at bladensburg road, let's take a live look on traffic land toward penn street in northeast. the signal lights are malfunctioning. treat that as a four-way stop. more on area road closures coming up in my next report at 5:49. >> it appears one embassy's renovation plans are not sitting well with the state department. >> we're talking about the embassy of the republic of congo at 16th and riggs northwest. the embassy paid over its entire -- paved over its entire front yard and there were plans to build a circular driveway. neighbor bees in the district transportation department fought back. they raised concerns about destroying trees among other issues. now, the state department is ordering the embassy to take "prompt corrective action." time for a break. let's see who's celebrating a birthday today. >> singer keyboardist greg

allman is 64 years old. the former mrs. alec baldwin, kim basinger is 58 today. >> teri hatcher is 47. shin eed o'connor who got into a scuffle with the pope is 45. >> if it is your birthday, happy birthday as well. >> happy birthday. have a great day!

glad you're with us. sam is with us here in the studio. howard, good morning, my friend. >> i had thin gloves on and that wasn't enough. >> when i rolled down the window to get into the building, that's the first time i felt it. i was like whoa! >> wind chills down in the

20s. 25 degrees colder than at this time yesterday when we were pushing 60. >> air conditioning on the way to work. >> this morning, i had the heat on. >> now, it is about 35 outside. we do have school delays due to the snow out west. high water down south. in west virginia, the union educational complex in grant county on a two-hour delay. shenandoah county schools on a two hour delay. in maryland, charles county public schools and garrett county schools in western maryland, two hour delay. high water in charles county and about 10 and a half inches of snow in garrett county. way out in western maryland. last county before you get to west virginia. let's talk about our bus stop forecast for you on this thursday morning. friday eve if you like. mostly sunny. breezy and chilly. windy to breezy and chilly. gusts in the 30-mile-per-hour range. sunrise, 7:14. just about everybody with temps in the 30s. wind chills down in the 20s this morning. lots of sunshine.

42 at noon. winds west to northwest 10 to 20 miles per hour. we'll get lighter this afternoon. high pressure builds, 44 by 4:00. at 8:00, we're down to 40 with a light southwest wind. winds tonight go dead calm. that will allow temperatures tonight may even be about 5 to 10 degrees colder than in the suburbs. mid-20s north to west. we've got 40s still at the pax river air station. easton, d.c., culpepper, 36. with low 30s. freeding actually cumberland and hagerstown down to winchester and luray. when you factor in the winds gusting 25 to 35 miles per hour. now, we've got wind chill issues. wind chills down in the mid- 20s. comparison to yesterday, that's what makes it feel so bad. yesterday morning, we were around 60. right now, 36. partly cloudy skies out there. dew points 24. the wind out of the west- northwest at 9 gusting to 20. there goes the storm. this thing is racing quickly.

in interior, maine, upwards of ten inches of snow from this while coastal areas are seeing the rain. behind it, the winds are being -- the northwesterly winds bringing in the colder air will say good-bye to this. it all quickly leaves giving us a good day today with lighter wind and high pressure built in tonight. should be a fairly quiet night. another front comes late tomorrow. that will cool us off again for saturday. so, today, mid-40s. breezy in the morning. lighter in the afternoon. 25 to 35 tonight with light winds. 50 tomorrow but only 40 on saturday. army navy game at fedex, you'll need to bundle up big time. sunday, 'skins and the patriots, won't have to bundle up as much. decent weather. normal weather, seasonable weather for early december. monika? >> well, if you are planning to head into beltsville, i have good news for you. we'll take a live picture, route one at amandale road. our photographer tells us everything was just reopened. you're good to go at route one

in amandale road in beltsville. broken water main has massachusetts avenue closed in northeast at second street at columbus circle. i'll keep you posted on that as well. let's go over to a map right now. what remains closed due to flooding is water street at pennsylvania avenue. right here in upper marlboro. go ahead and use an alternate route to get around that problem. i think that will be there for awhile. we'll take you over to 270 over at route 121 at route 109 in hyattstown. southbound 270, an accident just reported. that one in the left lane. coming up, another look around the area at 5:54. >> making news now, former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky now facing more child sex abuse charges. two new accusers coming forward, sandusky spent last night in a pennsylvania jail arrive failing to post a $250,000 bond. he's facing now more than a total of 50 charges of sexual abuse. former illinois governor

rod blagojevich is headed to prison. wednesday, a judge sentenced him to 14 years behind bars for corruption including trying to sell president obama's old senate seat. blagojevich will begin serving his time in february. girls under 17 will not be able to buy the morning after pill over the counter now. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius overruled an fda recommendation wednesday that would have moved the drug to drugstore shelves and not having to ask the pharmacist. this is the first time the white house has ever overruled an fda recommendation. $27 million in recovery funds from the obama administration is helping the district build the country's first 100 gigabyte superhighway. >> mayor vincent gray helped show off the highway during yesterday's tour. he hope it will attract more technology firms to the city. specifically east of the anacostia river. the city's chief technology officer says it will also make a big difference when it comes to public safety. >> how about specialized

sensors on traffic lights? >> to identifying hazardous materials before they get far into the city. those are the types of things you need throughput for and technology. those are the types of solutions you can provide. >> the new network will speed up internet access for everything from schools to libraries to health clinics. it should be in place by 2013. so, how hard do you think it is to get 300 tuba players to play fa la la la la la la la la at exactly the same time? >> gary nurenberg was among the big crowd at the kennedy center last night to find out. >> reporter: the 38 tuba christmas concert celebrates an instrument that wasn't invented until 1850 when they figured out how to use valves. before that, they played the appropriately named serpent as robert does now. >> it sounds like a broke bassoon player. it has a very mellow, woody

sound. it is difficult to play in tune because the holes are in the wrong place. >> from the puffing we saw, it appears to entail more than just fingers. the sound fills the room. watch the crowd react to this show-off. ♪ [ applause ] >> see the kid working his mouth between carols? good reason. >> i got braces in great falls and i came straight here because i was so excited. >> are you going to be able to do this? >> i hope so. >> answer, yes and answer to our anchor's question about unity and fa la la la la, jack kicked in there, too. good crowd and not just here. >> there are tuba christmases all around the world.

there are about 250 of them go on all over the world. >> reporter: 300 tubas, lots of practice. the practice part comes before the sleep in heavenly peace part. ♪ >> reporter: gary nurenberg, 9news now. >> how wonderful! >> fun event. it really is. >> does it go all season? >> i'm not sure if it goes on for the holiday season but it is a holiday favorite. >> we want to take another look at the question of the day. the result of a new survey found 66% of women never do this. is it a, mow the lawn. clean their purse or c, shovel snow. >> here is a look at one of the responses from our facebook fan page. >> i say a and c personally but b since i don't have one of those. >> b means clean the purse. >> log on to the -- log on to

the facebook.com/wusa9 page and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer in about an hour. >> don't put the job search on hold over the holidays! coming up at 6:07, i'll tell you why this could be just the right time to find the new job. monika? >> well, jessica, there is a broken water main on massachusetts avenue in northeast. it is closed down between second street and columbus circle. also, road closures around the area due to flooding. i'll have more on that coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. stay with us.

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a chill out there this morning. 25 degrees, approximately colder than yesterday. we've got some breezy conditions which will lighten during the afternoon. sunshine, temperatures this morning in the mid and upper 30ádz. that's where they're going to be at about 9:00. main pushing 40 up toward bwi and cambridge. toward the lunch hour, lots of sunshine. winds lessening, upper 30s for the shenandoah valley to low 40s here in the district. we get toward this afternoon, with the sun, lighter winds, still though, it will be a chilly day with highs in the mid to upper 40s. we'll be clear this evening as well. we're going down in the 20s and 30s. get ready for chilly weather

today. mike and andrea? >> new year's eve came early to a theatre in new york city. >> alec baldwin is still tweeting about his plane incident. bigad shaban has more in this morning's eye on entertainment. >> actor alec baldwin is back in the twitters atmosphere after calling it quits. he stopped tweeting arrive a social media spat with american airlines. a flight crew kicked him off a plane and baldwin tweeted about it, vowing to never fly american again. the airline hit back on twitter and facebook saying baldwin broke numerous rules including refusing to get off his cell phone before takeoff. the bands guns in roses, the red hot chili peppers and beastie boys will be this year's inductees into the rock n' roll hall of fame. the ceremony is set for april 14th. the people who made the movie valentine's day are back

with another holiday-themed romantic comedy, jam-packed with movie stars. the cast of new year's eve hit the red carpet last night in new york. >> i'm looking forward to meeting hopefully michelle pfeiffer. she's here. i would love to say hello to bob deniro again. and pretty much everybody else that i haven't met which is most of the cast. >> new year's eve opens tomorrow. >> a hollywood legend is gone. actor harry morgan who played colonel morgan in m.a.s.h. died at age 96. the emmy award winning actor was a favorite on cbs's long- running m.a.s.h. series. career in show business included nine other tv shows and more than 50 films. morgan died of pneumonia. and that's your eye on entertainment. bigad shaban, cbs news, hollywood. good morning. we begin 9news now at 6:00 a.m. with a list of school delays, all of the schools will open two hours late.

in maryland, charles and garrett counties. in virginia, shenandoah county all opening two hours late. >> thanks for starting your morning with us. monika will have a check on the roads. >> right now, howard bernstein has our weather first and some reasons why the schools are opening two hours late. >> that's right. out west in garrett county, ten inches of snow. in charles county, down south, we've had some high water. there is still some roads that are tough to navigate. the only other thing we're watching floodwise is the potomac river near point of rock, see if that gets high as we head into tonight and tomorrow. so, there is a little flood watch in the potomac. today, much quieter. much colder also than what we had yesterday. as we're starting with temperatures in town in the 30s. our day planner today, 37 at 9:00. 42 at noon. by 5:00, 43 with a high around 45. you'll definitely notice the breeze this morning giving way to much lighter winds during the afternoon. the storm did produce a little

bit of snow. we weren't expecting much. but this was even less than we were expecting because this thing raced away quickly. a little coating up toward the mason dixon line. the snows that really fell were up here in western maryland, garrett county, grant county, preston, west virginia. those areas picked up from 5 to 10 inches of snow. temps down to 36 in washington. 32 for winchester, hagerstown. still in the mid-30s, tappahannock, la plata. cambridge has dipped into the 30s as well. with the winds this morning, gusting 21 in town and 29 at andrews air force base, we have wind chills down in the 20s and low 30s with high temperatures today in the 40s. normal high is about 49. a little bit below normal at 45. let's go to monika, timesaver traffic, talking about some road closures and new incidents developing. >> there are new incidents developing. in the meantime, let's go to some video from overnight. this road closure down in upper