here. few showers still in avenue avenue but they're going to lift to the north and east and on live doppler 9000 hd, we're seeing annapolis, just about done. bay bridge couple of sprinkles there also down in howard and montgomery counties. and up between westminster and thermont. that's pennsylvania and weakening. the temperatures yeah you'll need a jacket. it's 52 in southern maryland and only 40 in hagerstown. monika, we're done with the heavy rains. but you know with the slippery road conditions, still quite a few things to deal with. namely this accident northbound on 395 right north of duke street. everything is on the right shoulder but at one point traffic was just squeezing by in the center of the roadway and it caused delays, let's take a look at the delay at -- lock at the delay on edsall rod. this is where it begins trying to get up to duke street. the good nudes is it was moved to the shoulder so it looks

like delays should dissipate shortly. back to the maps if you're going over to the northbound side of 295, you may find some heavy traffic because there was high standing water south capitol street at malcolm x boulevard. service roadway is going to get you around that. eastbound pennsylvania avenue on ramp to 29 r5 for an accident as well. and crews rust and headed out there. -- are just headed out there. north side of town no problems to report here as you travel on the outer loop toward university boulevard and 270. coming up in my next report, an update on area roadways at 6:15. jessica? the top of the hour let's check on some of the stories happening today. a funeral this morning for an army specialist from frederick county, maryland. ronald wildrick jr. died in afghanistan last month. people lined the streets in the town of woods borrow yesterday when his body came home. his funeral will be at 11:00 the morning. he'll be buried at arlington tomorrow. the neighborhood meeting tonight to discuss in northwest washington a string of

robberies. thieves have hit several homes in the a. u. park area. montgomery county executive ike leggett will hold a public meeting on the county's budget. he says the county is $100 million in the hole. now tonight's meeting begins at 7:00 at the silver springs civic building. you will be one of the people helping the balance metro's budget. >> today it takes up a plan to raise fares by 5%. it's a plan that has riders fuming. >> delia goncalves live outside the dupont circle station with reaction from riders and from metro. it's all about the escalators delia. >> reporter: that's right and you know in a good example of those escalators, let's just say those escalators because you know when you talk to residents and -- folks who have been walking off the broken escalators, they don't have very nice things to say about them. but look there's a broken one here at dupont circle. we're being asked to pay for the budget shortfall. video we shot a short time ago.

metro has a $116 million short tall the make up and -- the rest about $66 million will likely be coming out of our wallets. here's abreak down of the proposed hikes. the numbers, the biggest hit apparently will be felt by tourists and the infrequent riders of metro who use paper fare cards. $4, $6 during rush hour. the max a smart trip card holder will pay during rush hour goes up 75 cents to $5.75. bus fares go up a dime. parking goes up 25 cents. we talked to some riders and here's what they said. >> it's going to be a big hit on tourists and the -- infrequent users of the metro. >> i think this is still prime location for tourists to come and visit. i think if they spend a little extra they know it's going into the community. >> i wouldn't necessarily mind paying a little bit more if the

extra costs can be seen in you know like service improvements. >> they need it for upgrades of escalators and machines and vehicles, i'd rather pay than not pay. >> i can understand where they're coming from. it's hard i guess sometimes when they're in the rush of the evening or morning commute and you see escalators day after day that are broken. you see lack of staff and trains keep on breaking down. you're wondering what you're getting your money to work for. >> reporter: good question but not all bad news. the extra 20 cents folks have been paying for the peak of the peak fares that was implemented in 2010? that goes awanders this plan. so that's -- abay under this plan. that's a silver lining there. what does metro have to say about their plan? we'll have traffic coming up in -- that coming none a half hour -- up in a half hour. >> bringing it up-to-date right behind you. delia goncalves live at the metro station this morning. well, how do you think this compares the rates when it comes the metro and other major cities? let's check it out. the subway fare the base one,

$1.95. now if you go to new york, it's $2.25. that will get you anywhere on the system. $1.70 in boston, $2.25 in chicago. some systems have different prices for cash fares versus the card. the marine corps is investigating a shocking video. it appears to show a sniper team urinating on the bodies of dead taliban fighters. the viduities 39 seconds long. -- video is 39 seconds long. the video is from camp lejeune in north carolina, a navy spokesman calls it egregious behavior. a writer is hearing another response. >> one sentiment we've heard repeated in several remarks saw know things get -- is you know things get pretty tense there, you have to show some level of sympathy. >> now he adds this video could hamper american efforts to win public support for our military

efforts in afghanistan. the surprise move by maryland governor martin o'malley, just hours before they began its session, the state's top democrat floated this idea. >> operating budget is roughly -- you know roughly a half million. half billion excuse me. all of which can be addressed and for the greater part in the future by one penny sales tax that would then move us from 32nd lowest to whatever, 23rd, 25th somewhere in the middle. >> now that hike would be hike from -- 6% sales tax to 7%. republicans were pretty quick to react. they say it would kill jobs. >> the most important thing we need to do in this economy is create jobs. >> maryland's house speaker, a democrat calls the tax plan a nonstarter. still maryland expects to have a $1 billion budget deficit this year. it is now 6:06 and i am watching your money. you pay for a service, and the service you receive doesn't even come close to living up to

what you expected. and boy, can that make you mad. mad enough to complain to a consumer review site like angie's list. what types of companies garner the most complaints last career? you might think maybe banks or cell phone companies? but no. >> this year home warranty companies have topped the lysogen. they're a repeat -- list again. they're a repeat participant on the list. read and understand the actual document. i mean that's where a lot of times consumers miss as they don't really understand how their warranty works. >> home warranty companies topped the list for consumer complaints for the seventh year in a row. coming in second, internet service providers, that's followed by banks and credit unions, property management companies and auction services. on the flip side, the companies receiving the fewest complaints were -- >> these are just much smaller

jobs, essentially more personal services as well as even companies that are potentially you know run by the -- or the work is done by the owner more mom than pop-type organizations where i often find that communication is the key to a successful service relationship. >> now you have a lot of options to research those companies. angie's list and also a few free services like yelp and before you sign up for a service provider be sure to check them out on the better business bureau website to see if they have any major outstanding complaints against them. that glass of origin juice is about to cost you more a lot more because the fda has stopped all imports of orange juice. it says trace amounts of a fungicide called car bends seem was found in the oj. so the fda stopped the imports and said it will destroy any orange juice with the fungicide on it. one in every six glasses of orange juice we drink in the united states comes from bra

sal. the -- brazil. the time right now 6:08. >> wait until you see this out of this world. see how some budding computer programmers are connecting with the international space station and they have some really high- profile help. that's seven minutes away. >> that's supercool. the rain pretty much gone. we're going to have a warm day before winter returns. howard's for cast is next when 9news now -- forecast is next when 9news now returns.

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we are back at 6:11 and here's a check of what's making news this morning. a judge in mississippi has blocked 21 pardons issued by former governor haley barbour. it came at the request of the state's attorney general a

democrat who thinks the pardons may violate the state's constitution. barbour a republican made the pardons in his final days as governor. he says many were for medical reasons. the new poll out of south carolina shows the republican presidential race is getting snug. the insider advantage survey shows mitt romney 23%, newt gingrich 21%. rick santorum and ron paul not far behind the primary in south carolinian january 21st. president obama went home to chicago wednesday night. the total haul for the evening? about $2 million. the obama campaign just announced it raised $68 million over the last three months. that's a lot of money. >> that's a lot of dough. all right, weather time now. 6:12. howard, good morning my friend. >> and good morning and let me tell you you'll need a jacket. it's not 40s. >> right. >> some near 40-degree readings north and west but it's going to be a mild, very mild day for january. average highs 43. some of us south and east of

town may hit 60 before the day is out. but arctic air is on the way. the bus stop forecast. not too old this morning. mostly cloudy. there's a touch of drizzle in a few spots, anywhere if 39 up in the -- from 39 up in the valley to 52 well south and east of town and the eastern shore. still mid 50s at cambridge at last check. the day planner 47 degrees at 8:00 with partly to mostly cloudy skies. by noon sun and clouds mixing in. 43. they'll be in the south, southwest range 10, 15 miles an hour and a little bit of a breeze. 58 though by 4:00 p.m. and then as we get to 8:00 we're back in the lower 50s with a mix of clouds coming back. and we are going to see some showers before we get to midnight. ahead of the arctic boundary which will bring much colder temperatures. overnight heavy rain. the last of it now generally the heavy stuff north of baltimore. and pulling away and as we look on live doppler 9000 hd, as we advance the computer, come on computer. be my friend today. we're going to get there eventually. there we go.

you'll see north and east aberdeen here, this is all pulling away from us and that's it. little president of drizzle here and -- bit of drizzle here and there but we are done with the rain. 54 easton. salisbury 57 but we have a colder air. we have 30s from luray, winchester and oakland right now at 34. locally 40 lovettsville with hay market at 41. to the east, it's 48 in crofton and 46 here in washington. looking outside on the michael & son weather camera, low clouds. up over the capitol this morning but decent visibility. cloudy skies now with a west wind at 12. so a little bit of a windchill out there. and the dew point in the 40s. excuse me. we've got some colder air moving in the middle of the country that's helping to kick off the snow here. that's arctic boundary that comes tonight. we're getting rid of the storm from today and in-between, not bad. but overnight tonight, rain showers may change to snow showers before ending and maybe a passing flurry tomorrow. today 59. tomorrow, windy, mid 30s.

windchills in the 20s tomorrow. mountain snows continue through saturday. 33. chance of flurries on sunday. 32 and then a little milder for mlk day at 42. next storm system bringing a chance of rain here for tuesday temperatures in the 40s. it's now 6:14. monika samtani has your timesaver traffic. one hot pot is this morning and that's -- spot this morning and that's definitely in virginia. good morning everybody. on the northbound side of 395 but good news first. on the northbound side of south capitol street at malcolm x boulevard. high standing water northbound side has been reopened. southbound is still closed. so go ahead and use the service roadway to get around that issue. now let's take you outside. northbound on i-395 here just north of duke street. accident activity remains along the right side. they kind of sometimes closed the right lane to move thinged around and then go back to the -- things around and then go back to the right shoulder. live look in springfield on the northbound side of 95. it starts here and continuous up to landmark before the pace

improves toward seminary road and the 14th street bridge. keep that in mind for the travel plans. the north side of town in maryland on the outer loop of the beltway. delays begin here at new hampshire avenue and pretty much continuous to georgia avenue. coming up in my next report, update you on the issue in virginia at 6:24. back to you guys. we are heading into outer space in this week's cool schools. really cool before we get there though, that big yellow bus has to stop at river hill school. we need to catch up with the computer programming class so they can show us how their work made it to the international space station. >> we never thought we'd actually be doing something like that. >> it started just as a contest. but soon, it went beyond that. way beyond it. >> we're going to be moving the

atmosphere using the -- sphere using the target. >> students from river hill high school may look like they're playing a video game but they're writing a computer code that will control a satellite in outer space. >> to be able to work under real live satellite -- who gets to do that? you know. it's crazy. >> these butting programmers -- budding programmers placed fourth in the world in a contest called spheres. the goal? to get students excited about science. students write in the c programming language and then their work is beamed to the international space station. this is a previous competition. their program will control the jet propulsion of that blue sphere you see floating right there. the red sphere programmed by another school. >> we involve the physics that the kids have learned. we involve calculus that the kids have learned and computer science and they pulled it all together. >> and did they ever.

now they'll get to see if they can win the whole thing. taking a trip to m. i. t. later this month. they'll have a pretty good chance. their mentor? retired nasa astronaut john grunsfield. >> we will see in realtime via video cast with the students at m. i. t. their robot performing. >> the most valuable lesson for the students? learning systems engineering breaking down a complex task into small parts and having the teams come together to create one solution. >> very often engineers graduate from even college and never worked on a complex problem involving lots of different angles. but the students here have done it pretty successfully. >> pretty cool huh? students in howard county programming satellites in outer space. wow. >> it's still kind of a little shock to us. >> come on. is that cool or what? best of luck in the competition is coming up in a couple of

weeks and congratulations to the doctor, he was just named the associated administrator for science mission director at nasa here in washington, d.c.. if you have a cool school e- mail me -- we hope to get your school on the air in the coming weeks. >> it make my brain hurt. >> they're 17 and they're programming in outer space. >> no biggie. well, the time right now is 6:19. ahead in sports see the only goal scored last night between the capitals and penguins. right now it's time for a check of the question of the morning once again -- >> well, "like" us on facebook and you always get a first crack at the question. sharon says -- >> keep the guesses coming. we will reveal the answer at

6:49. we'll be right back.

welcome back. 6:22 your weather first on this thursday morning. and the heavy rains have left. still a little drizzle in spots and a mild day. i mean well up into the 50s for january. we should be in the low 40s at best on average. here's a look at the day planner. this morning, clouds around and we'll mix with some sunshine here for the middle of the day and the afternoon with some low 50s by noon. upper 50s at 3:00. little breezy at times with winds south-southwest 10 to 15. if the nhl season ended today, the caps would be in the playoffs. and right now they're just four paints back of the division leading florida. >> the caps hosted their archrivals last night. the penguins. no score in the first period. jason chimera skating in all alone. he gets past marc-andre fleury for the goal. caps are up 1-0. verizon center goes up. that the game belonged to goalie tomas vokoun. capitals win 1-0 and they host

the lightning tomorrow night. the wizards on the road last night visiting the bulls. john lucas iii replaced derek rose for chicago and he put up 25 points. but washington wizards lose 78- 64. crawford had 14 off the bench for d. c.. they visit the sixers tomorrow night. college hoops now one of my favorite places to watch tv. the terps nearly blew the 18 point lead and didn't score in the last 5:30 of last night's game. yet somehow they managed to get a win. thanks to s toglin, maryland topping wake forest 70-64. it's the first acc win for the new coach. gw and rhode island foggy bottom last night. three starters for the colonials scoring in double digits led by tony taylor's 18. the sixth win this season for

the colonials. in 10 minutes a little dark survival story. he's thrown from a balcony and lives to wag his tail another day. d. c. mayor gray is urging you the pay off the parking tickets you have. learn how long before before the amnesty program is over. monika? >> troubles on 66 on the inbound side. a couple miles of delay heading through centreville at route 29 and accident just being moved to the shoulder. i'll have moreen that and trouble -- on that and troubles on 395 as well coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back.

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we are back at 6:209. this is always the place the get your weather first. now here's a live look at the u.s. capitol cloudy skies, 44 degrees there. did you know on this date in 1932, the first woman was elected to the senate? her name hattie car rowway. she was a democrat from arkansas who was appointed to the seat in 1931 then she won her own election a year later. little bit of history lesson for you. thank you for start, your day bus. i'm jessica doyle. >> and i'm mike hydeck. meteorologist howard bernstein live on the weather terrace. i see an umbrella in your hand. >> little breeze at times too has been kicking up and you will need the jackets and gloves with temperatures in the

40s and a little damp you will feel it. but a very mild day for january ahead as we go to the someday planner you'll see temperatures are going to be climbing into the 50s here by lunchtime. low 50s and upper 50s for highs today. even some low 60s well south of town. average high is 43. right now we sit at 46 with cloudy skies. heavy rains from last night. that's all lifted to the north and some showers in west virginia might clip western maryland but i think we're done for a while until probably tonight before more rain returns. 46 here in town with 54 still in annapolis. but only 39 for luray and winchester and hagerstown. the cold out west. arctic boundary arrives tonight. right now monika is inside with timesaver traffic. we're going to take a look around town and especially in virginia where we've had a couple of hot spots this morning. i'm going to start off with 66 where there's an accident on the inbound side of 66 right here before route 29. now everything was just moved to the shoulder but see the

red? that's telling us we're going 18 miles an hour coming in from the prince william parkway and sudley road trying the get past the accident with now the lanes open into centrevillement once beyond that you're okay to fairfax and the beltway. first of all, northbound 395 aidlessup look at the accident just north of duke street. it's squeezing the right lane just enough that people have to go to the left to get and it. the delay is now continuous from newington and actually solid getting through springfield barely moving across the beltway and up to landmark. once you're beyond the accident it breaks free. this time around on 270 with delays 85 to 121 and just a bit slow here at shady grove road but looking fine actually down to the point where lanes divide. jessica and mike? people are talking about the brand new "cbs this

morning." >> how would you like a sneak peek? erica hill joining us live if new york. the lovely erica, good morning. >> in fact i just walked into the green room. he'll be talking presidential politics and a few other thing with us. also first lady michelle obama gaves gayle king a tour of the east wing of the white house and we'll ask captain sully sullenberger why some nonflight stops into dulles are being forced to stop so they don't run out of fuel. >> sounds good erica, thanks have a great day. the hunt is an for a man this morning. both happened in montgomery county. yesterday the bandit tied up a family in their bethesda home and then took the housekeeper's car and atm card. police are looking for the gray 2005 ford expedition taken from the home. residents are scared.

>> i don't understand why in this house and just today. so hopefully just a one -- one shot and not something that is likely to happen once again. >> police say that on tuesday, the same man broke into a woman's garage in wheaton, attacked her and took her vehicle and her bank card. your morning commute on metro is going to get more expensive if the transit agency has its way. it plans on hiking fares. delia goncalves is live outside dupont circle with who this is going to affect the most. here we go delia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, i have a smile on my face but kind of bad news i guess for some folks. but in the long run there will be some improvements made to metro so they say. we have to pay for a better system. it appears that tourists and the occasional metro rider will have so pay some more. let's get right to the numbers so you can look for yourself this morning. under the plan paper fare cards get a $4 flat rate, $6 during

rush hour. smart trip cards and that accounts for 80% of riders on metro will get a 75-cent increase to the maximum. parking 25 cents and bus fares up a dime. on the positive side the extra 20-cent peak of peak rate fare implemented in 2010? that goes away. metro has a $116 million shortfall. a laundry list of repairs and even tell me they've increased the number of escalator replacements from 12 to 90. >> the goal was to simplify the fare structure. the rail system had a way to complicates. it's difficult for people to understand especially out of town visitors. better is not free. we have the make the investment now and sustain the investments. >> reporter: and dupont circle a little vanna white and show you what's behind the wall. this is a sign of what's to

come here at metro. a lot of construction. they will be replacing and improving these escalators here so that is just one of many things that they have in store. so they say we have to pay now for a better system later. gm richard sarles will present this proposal to the pour in a couple of hers, they will have a -- hours, they will have a series of public hearings, if they come to a vote by may 1st, likely to see the first changes by july 1st. but the paper fare cards will probably come after labor day. mike back to you. >> thanks. delia goncalves live at the dupont circle metro station this morning. well, the holiday weekend, there will be major track work tying tup blue and orange lines downtown. start, tomorrow night there will be no train service between l'enfant plaza and capitol south and the blue and orange lines. that's going to last through monday night. free shuttle buss will get you around the closure but add up to 20 to 30 minutes for your trip. you can't drive in the town

for very long without getting a parking at this particular time. i can attest to that one. if you have one you should have paid it a while ago but if you didn't pay it soon. here's why 689 the amnesty program ends january 27th and you can pay your old tickets without any penalty. this affecting parking tickets as well as the red light and speed tickets, they need to be from before january 1st, 2010 to qualify though. virginia's governor wants lawmakers to focus on education this year. in his state of the commonwealth address last nile. republican bob mcdonnell issued this request -- >> last year i set a visionary blueprint for reform and reinvest 789 in our colleges and -- reinvestment in our colleges and universities. so i'm asking you this session to invest over $200 million in newfounding for our -- new funding for our colleges and universities. >> also asked for $438 million more for public schools and to

shore up the state pension system. a father will have to plain to a -- explain to a judge why he left his 13-month-old daughter alone in mcpherson square. other people called police after hearing the child crying yesterday morning. it was rainy and cold yesterday. police say the child was only dressed in a one see. u.s. park police arrested a man claiming to be the child's father when he returned. the little girl is now with d. c. child and family services. a maryland man is facing animal cruelty charges now. police say he threw a dog from a balcony. >> amazingly the dog survived. this all happened sunday along mill center drive in owens mills. mike shoe from wjz has the story. >> reporter: sunday night police are called here to the townhomes. >> a neighbor there reported that she saw a man launch an object from a balcony. >> reporter: it's the higher of

the two. >> she heard this object land -- land with a thud and when she went over to investigate what it was, she found that it was a small dog. >> reporter: the dog's name is louie, he's a 3-year-old yorkshire terrier, when police arrived gary walsh jr. said the dog fell but police said the dog was thrown. i'm standing on the roof of wjz and taking the pictures with a small hand held camera. when thrown -- it takes more than a second for it to reach the ground. >> yeah. he's definitely a lucky guy. >> reporter: louie lived. his eye is bruised and red, teeth are missing, he was in a lot of pain. but louie lived. >> i think if it was just a few feet more, he may have expired due to the head trauma and spinal trauma. >> reporter: lucky too he was found and taken to a pet emergency room. gary wallace,-arrested on the spot and has been charged with animal cruelty. nationally known animal abuse

expert dr. lockwood can't talk about this specific case, but in general, about animal abusers. >> are often about power and control. someone who feels they don't have enough control. don't have enough power. >> reporter: as for louie? >> he's not in pain right now. he's not uncomfortable either. >> reporter: but had a sharp eyed neighbor not seen and heard what she did. he probably would have died. >> the suspect in the case is being held on bond now. >> now louie is out of the hospital but he stays in the custody of baltimore county. time now 6:39. we've already seen some rain today. howard says we will see the sun and then even more rain and then possibly some snow too. if you don't like the weather, wait a minute. highs near 60 today but falling first. the forecast up next. and set the d vr, here's what's on channel 9 tonight -- before you go the bed, make sure you join us for 9news now

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i have ever had in my entire life. we can do this. you can do this. we can all do this together. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. all right, 6:43. weather time now. before you howard, i had a phone call. reiterate where the cool schools was. river hill high school in clarksville is where that -- that computer programming story and howard county. yep. where the kids got the work on board the international space station. so it was a lot of fun. >> very cool stuff. yeah, yeah. so weather? not cool right now. >> yeah, 46. i mean it's a little bit

chilly. a little bit damp but considering the time of year -- exactly. 43 is the average high. we're going well up in the 50s maybe 60s before the day is out and then the bottom drops out tonight. there's still a touch of drizzle in the air but that's going to be leaving shortly. temperatures in the upper 30s to low 50s still on the eastern shore with the sunrise at 7:26. day planner, more clouds early but a decent amount of o sun for the middle of the day and afternoon as we shoot for the upper 50s. south to southwest winds 10 a 15 miles an hour and it will be a bit breezy at times. ran overnight has pushed through the region now leaving the area. see it north of baltimore and pulling away. behind it left with cloudy skies and drizzle and a little bitz of a breeze too in buoy for example. tells me the temperature went from 50 to 46 after the rain ended and fog is now gone. it's 39 for the shenandoah valley. much of the valley, while down south we have 46 if

fredericksburg and 52 still at the pack river naval air station and 54 across the bay in easton. good looking capitol dome this morning with clouds getting a little bit higher now on the michael & son weather camera. 46 degrees but it peoples like 41 with that windchill and the winds you see them at 12 miles an hour. the winds are going to be much gustier tomorrow. we can have wind gusts on friday 35, maybe 40 miles an hour. look at the cold, bismarck 1 degree. minneapolis, 11. kansas city 19. the arctic boundary continues to march off to the east with snow showers, and even accumulating snows across parts of illinois, coming out of missouri here up to wisconsin. chicago is going to get a bunch of snow out of the system as well. because low pressure is going to feed into it. that low is feeding the moisture through us overnight and now up to the north where they're expecting maybe a foot of snow in the mountains of maine from this. so the ski operators, oh they're loving that. orudis areas got -- our ski areas got wet but tonight rain

showers here. i tonighted it before midnight -- stopped it before midnight. ending here overnight tomorrow much colder air moves in. continues with the snows in the mountains during the day on friday. and be cold enough they'll be making snow also. so waiting on up to seven spring and blue knob, all folks are going to get much better than they have been. this should be a really good weekend to get out on the slopes and around here just bundle up. it's going to be cold for the weekend as well as our temperatures are going to stay in the 30s. yes, today though, upper 50s. mild, we'll have some rain and snow showers, snow showers tonight. maybe a flurry or snow shower early on friday. 36 with mountain snows. saturday, 33. and even colder sunday i think sunday's high only around freezing. and the chance for a couple of flurries, monday, mlk day off for the holiday, little bit milder 42 and some rain arrives on tuesday with highs back in the mid 40s. now 6:46. my friend monika samtani is in to tell you about morning commute. thank you my friend howard. i don't think you're going to

like this very much. not got very good news for 66 drivers or even i-95 drivers. first of all, the accident we've been telling you about right here on the inbound side of 66 at route 29 in centreville? well, that's been on the shoulder for a while but check out this delay from sudley road nine miles an hour. continuous as you head over to the earlier accident at route 29. the lanes are open but the damage is done. we'll go back out to the maps, this time, the accident on the northbound side of 93. 395 here at duke street. that was cleared to the shoulder as well but look at the delay here. 14 miles an hour coming out of springfield in fact, let's take a live look in springfield on the northbound side of 95. it's going to look like this for you basically from lorton all the way up the line to duke street. again the accident there was moved to the right shoulder quite some time ago but it happened right in the middle of rush hour and that's what happens with accidents and we're going to take a look at the wilson bridge on the south side of town. no problems to report here, both loops are fine through

alexandria speaking of which i have a commuter alert. the two right lanes to have outer loop will be closed tonight between th eisenhower connector and the road. they'll stay in effect through 5:00 tomorrow morning and of course that's all weather permitting. crews need to put up the overhead signs and all of this is the ongoing $2.5 billion -- >> that's it. >> wilson bridge project. the end is in sight. telegraph road is the last big interchange they need to work on and that will be done in 2013. >> because people don't just need a little bit more beltway construction right now. >> not at all. >> at least it's overnight. thanks monika. well, the bird population of fort belvoir is on the deshrine. volunteers counted about 2,000 fewer birds than the latest tally. experts say there could be several reasons for the low numbers this year. weather, played a big role in the numbers. >> some other variables can be

the fact that our weather has been warmer in general. and so a lot of birds have just said i don't feel like flying south right now. >> authorities also add that there were fewer volunteers for this year's count so fewer birds could be counted. there you go. this saturday night on channel 9, you will see the broncos and tim tebow take on the new england patriots in the nfl playoffs and a lot of people will be pulling for tebow. he's the favorite pro athlete in america right now on espn. it's based on a monthly poll. 3% of the people called tebow their favorite. that's not a majority however but only 11 different athletes have ever been number one in the poll in the last 18 years. kobe bryant, aaron rodgers, peyton manning, and tom brady round out the top five. >> that makes sense. the time right now 6:49 and time to answer our question of the morning --

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it is 6:53. 45 degrees and clouds starting the break a little bit. we're going to have a nice mild day. 53 by noon and upper 50s and maybe low 60s well south but arctic air comes tomorrow, more on that before we leave you. thursday, january 12th is today. here's a check of the news before you go. a virginia judge is ruling against seven local churches which broke away from the episcopal church back in 2006. they wanted to keep land and the judge says the land belongs to the national church. the local chunks may appeal that ruling. glenn ivey will not stage a primary challenge against maryland congresswoman democrat donna edwards. the former state's attorney said he was having trouble

raising money. edwards facing two other democrats in her re-election bid. your washington capitals, the goalie specifically vokoun blocked all 30 shots by the pink engagements wins last night and d. c. topping pittsburgh 1-0. the caps have won six of the last 10. the new "cbs this morning" begins in just six minutes. >> before that we have a check on traffic and weather right after this. keep it here on 9news now.

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bobbing his head. music stops? he frowns. over and over again. so happy. ♪ and then -- >> music stops. awww. >> and again, over and over again. now you can see this on youtube, over four million have watched this dog jam out. so cute. >> actually our producer dan said it just went up to five million since december 22nd. there you go. >> there's the bud light in the corner. wonder if it's a bud light commercial? >> that'd be awesome. >> it's working whatever it is. >> viral marketing, very cool though. >> and frowning. >> hordes, what's going on? >> just some cool air this morning, we'll have a mild afternoon. 59 degrees but tonight scattered rain showers become snow showers before ending. we'll stay in the 30s tomorrow with mountain snows and it will be some good accumulations in the western mountains of maryland in garrett county.

then this whole weekend is a cold one with highs in the low 30s, maybe some flurries sunday. monika? i have been the bearer of bad news. >> you look great. >> not so great on the beltway. look at that. that's the outer loop at connecticut avenue. the accident is blocking the three right lanes just out of the camera shot. so be aware of this on the outer loop. we'll take you to 395. northbound at duke street. delays solid from lorton all the way up as well. and 66 quickly in centreville the accident moved and delays out of manassas. >> cbs the morning is coming up next, more on king's interview with the first lady and stopping the imports of orange juice. >> howard and i will be back in just 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. >> get updates on news, weather and traffic by visiting wusa9.com. >> and we will see you friday morning, 4:25. very good. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ]