the martin luther king holiday honoring dr. king's legacy by giving back. tonight the president and first lady will attend the celebration at the kennedy center. the republican presidential field will be down to five. today jon huntsman is expected to drop out of the race and throw his support behind mitt romney. >> hours before the gop contenders face off. jon huntsman plans to drop out of the gop race this morning and throw his support behind mitt romney. the former utah governor will make it official. huntsman gave no sign he was planning to back out earlier this weekend, telling reporters it is too soon too predict how he will do in saturday's

primary. let's not draw too many conclusions until we get to the 24 to 48-hour mark. he always admitted expectations in south carolina were low. a reese sent poll showed him with 4% support. huntsman's endorsement hey not help romney where he needs it most. >> rick santorum is going after that vote. a group of social conservative leaders decided to back him. newt gingrich was their second choice, head of rick perry. >> who will be faithful to your values? the candidates will have another chance to face off in the latest debate. now this year voters in south carolina and six other states will be legally required

to show government issued photo identification before any can vote. sponsors say this will help prevent voter fraud. critics say the laws face an unfair burden on the young, low income and minority voters. >> it wasn't directed, it was directed at the process. we didn't intend for that to be discriminatory. the election process appears to be extremely clean over the entire state. at least 956 individuals voted after they were dead or more real liftically, people voted using their name and/or credentials. attorney general eric holder

said voters are 20% more likely than whites to have a photo id. >> rick perry is appealing a refusal to add him and in a filing sunday with a richmond based fourth circuit court of appeals, perry's attorneys requested his name be placed on the ballot before the court considers the appeal. newt gingrich, rick santorum and jon huntsman failed to qualify. only former massachusetts governor mitt romney and ron paul qualifies for the ballot no looks like more fallout, the in the corruption case led. golf projames garvin worked with marshall banks at a foundation that kicked city grant money

back to harry thomas jr. the 71-year-old banks pled guilty friday in federal court. an eight-year-old boy is dead after being struck by a car which jumped the curb which slammed into him and his mother no the car was coming up on the overpass to interstate 395 when it jumped the curb and hit the mother and son. alexandria police say the boy was killed instantly. the 22-year-old driver stayed on the scene after the collision. fairfax county has reported its first homicide this year. it happened yesterday in the 500 block of gunther court. a 22-year-old suffered trauma to

her upper body. bengie man walker has been charged with murder. the man second in a string of home invasion robberies is back in maryland now. kevin ray was arrested last friday in kitty hawk, north carolina. he is suspected in two home invasions and sexual assault in montgomery county. skew. the search continues off the coast of italy. a cruise ship with 4200 passengers and crew aboard ran aground friday. five people died, more than a dozen are still missing, including americans. the captain made several human errors which led to the accident. the nfl season is now down to four teams. eli manning came up big. he threw three touchdown

passes. the giants's defense sacked aaron rogers several times. the giants win 37-20. next sunday 63:00 the giants at 9ers. the rematch ten games was won by the 9ers. is that the ravens defense beat the houston texans 20-1 in the afc divisional round. late game interceptions sealed the game to baltimore. ravens the two teams did not meet in the regular season so you can watch how they fare. the game can be seen here. the penn state trots beat the broncos. >> i know. i can't believe it. saints down and the packers down. >> i know.

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a tablet uses a quad ship that allows you to jump more quickly between applications. eastman kodak will be a stock to watch tomorrow. shares of the struggling company sold 23% tomorrow. friday stocks fell after the s&p downgraded france's top-notch credit rating, this could make it more expensive to for france to borrow money. the dow lost about 4 points. the nasdaq came back 14. a new maryland casino is slated to open this summer. owners say they have several

jobs to fill. the complex will be one of the biggest gaming retail entertainment destinations in the country. desaneer shops and a casino with more than 4700 slot machines. owners home to hire 1500 people for more information go to our website and check it out there. movie and tv studio lion's gate is whying summit entertainment. summit produces twilight. deal puts them on a footing with the largest studios in hollywood. lion's gate is set to base its own hunger game. there is tons of excitement about this movie. there is a series of them you are going to see over and over

again. joe paterno opens up about the child sex abuse scandal. we'll have more on that story first. you are watching 9news now.

welcome back. thanks for joining us. annie hong is in for howard bernstein. we are looking at the temperatures, about 26 degrees this morning. >> it feels very cold when you

factor in the wind chill. definitely feels like in the low 20s and teens. if you are waking up this morning and getting ready for work. layer on the layers. pile it on. it is very cold outside. we start with the weather camera. here the michael and son weather camera. temperatures right now are in the 20s as andrea and mike were mentioning. feels like 22. clear skies out there. winds are light. the dew point is 12. temperatures will be slow to warm this morning. here's a look at your day planner. by this afternoon, only in the mid to upper 30s this afternoon. bring out the sunglasses for the morning commute. well's see increasing clouds. very cold to start your day. a bit milder for this

afternoon. good news to take your family out to the martin luther king memorial. mild and wet for your tuesday. dry and colder for the middle of the week. currently 26 in downtown. in the teens. down to 14 in frederick. 16 in manassas. fredericksburg in the lower 20s. feels like low 20s and 1 degrees in hagerstown. here's a look at your futurecast. again a sunny, bright start. we'll see the clouds first high level clouds starting to thicken as we'll see showers close to

midnight. light showers on receiving overnight as well. this morning's commute will be a wet one. the rain moves out of here by the afternoon. then we'll see just cloudy conditions. also mild on tuesday. today a little milder compared to the weekend. 41 in culpepper. you'll get to 43 as well. a breezy day today in the low 40s. lots of sunshine. mid-50s on wednesday. a cold front comes through. high only 37 degrees for your middle of the week. here's your 7-day outlook. so cold thursday, dry as well in the low 40s. gradually we warm things back

up not weekend. saturday upper 40s to 50. a slight chance for a passing flurry. hereee a look at your timesaver traffic with common. good morning. >> good morning. one accident long standing on the southbound side. other than that with the hol thai i think it is easy traveling around town. roads that normally carry one way traffic for the rush hour are two-way this morning. this accident on the southbound side of 95, after route 234. we'll take a live look at it. a truck kind of sort of on its side there. i think they are going to wait a bit to figure out what to do with it. all of your lanes are open aled back over to the maps southern maryland. no problems on the beltway

through wish war washington hill. watch out for the accident as well. we'll take a life look at the beltway. no problems on route 50 after route 175 near fort mead. coming up in my next report an update on the two accidents at 4:55. former penn state penn state football coach joe paterno made his first public statement. the two counts of child molestation brought against jerry sandusky cost paterno his job after 46 seasons. in an interview with the washington post. paterno says he just didn't know how to handle the situation.

>> i had never had to deal with a system like that. that was joe paterno talking about receiving reports from a student assistant that jerry sandusky was accused of abusing a boy in the shower at the penn state football facility. sandusky says he is innocent. after posting $50,000 bail. a pre trail hearing is scheduled for march 2nd. a new report links asthma to birth defects. pregnant women had a small increased risk of having babies with birth defects when they took asthma drugs. only a small percentage of pediatricians order a heart test before giving their patients drugs to treat attention deficit disorder. adhd pills have been increased to -- linked to an increased

risk of heart problems. most pediatricians did a complete physical and looked at heart history. doctors in britain are saying they found a way to prevent cancer in the esophagus. precancerous cells in the esophagus are lined with sugar molecules. does your baby have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep? >> most parents think sleep issues are part of infancy. but there is a new study out. >> her two-year-old, daniel, has trouble sleeping through the night. only got maybe four hours of sleep. he would be tossing and turn and go whining. >> kristen is not alone.

ohio researchers found 10% of infants had trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, staying in their own beds and having nightmares. by age three 21% of children were not getting a good night's rest. they were basically three times as likely to to have a persistent problem no 12% of young children snore. but surprisingly many parents didn't consider that something to be concerned about. a lot of people equate that with getting a good night's sleep. daniel suffers from sleep apnea. he has ear tubes to breathe more

easier. finally, giving everyone much needed rest. allison for cbs news,. pediatricians say any significant changes in a chilled's behavior can all be signs your child is maybe not getting a good night of quality sleep. this happened 2.5 billion times a day in the united states. 20% of the adults say they can't do one of these things. send an e-mail, send a text message or check their voice mail. log on and leave your response. here's a bonus. if you like us on facebook. you can start posting your guesses at your question on a brand new kindle fire. click like on our facebook fan page. and if you already like us

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good morning. time now 4:55 on your monday morning. the key word layer. you have to layer. temperatures out there are in the 20s and down into the teens. this afternoon lots of sunshine

but only in the mid-30s by 11:00. by late this afternoon, partly cloudy conditions and mostly cloudy. temperatures will be milder on this ml c holiday in the lower 40s. we'll talk about the chance for rain coming up. first here's monday with your timesaver traffic. >> good morning, looking at 270 on the southbound side. down to the point where lanes are divided a few people have to go to work. an update on an accident. you can't win if you don't play, so they say. but playing is going to cost you more. the price of a powerball ticket is going to double. lottery tickets are $2 instead of $1. they say how the map works out here the chance of win asking going to increase. the numbers available for powerball drop from 3 to 35.

there is a new number one at the weekend box office. the new movie contraband starring mark wahlberg. a rerelease of beau and the beast. mission impossible protocol came in third. but the total $186.7 million since it's been out. the family drama the descendants ask its read won last night. a recap for hollywood. a silent film made most noise of the 6th annual golden globes. the artist wouldn't three

awards. it gave a clever nod to silent film during his acceptance speech. >> some would say. thank you. it was also a big night for the desent d'antonis. a drama category in best picture. for george clooney, who earlier was humble. the golden globe are his considered a hint of who might win an oscar. many critics believe meryl streep is a five after winning for her pour rail of margaret thatcher in the iron lady. morgue began freeman was honored for contributions to supertitaniumment. >> i got to save the world, commit crimes, play president of the united states. and each god. for many celebrities, the golden globes serve as a

hollywood reunion. and win or lose, everyone feels lick a star. each the jack russell who plays sidekick in the arttive. proving anyone can truss their stuff on the red carpet. great movie. you have seen it? >> i did. for a silent film it was very good. good morning and thank you for seeing us now on 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. here's monica -- here's monika with traffic. >> we are talking about a cold start to this monday morning. a lot of the kids have the day off, boy would the walk to the bus stop be unpleasant.