umbrella for the kids as well. we start with live doppler 9000 hd where you can see we do have some rain and some showers going through the d.c. area. around the beltway. also points south la plata, north beach, annapolis, all seeing light rain right now. we'll see this trend continue through the morning hours. temperatures today are mild. we'll be in the 50s by noon. showers should be tapering off. it will be breezy throughout the day. we'll see breezes out of the south at 10 to 20 miles per hour. by 5:00, partly sunny. mid to upper 50s. right now, 43 degrees. all right, here is a look at our current temperatures right now. we're looking at temperatures to warm up into 57 degrees around downtown. even 60 in fredericksburg. 59 for manassas. gaithersburg in the mid-50s. much colder tomorrow. temperatures in the lower 40s. breezy but dry thursday in the mid-30s with a flurry possible. here's monika with your traffic. good morning. >> good morning. crews have had their work cut out for them early on the

westbound side of route 50. overnight, there was a car broken down on the shoulder right before route 424. and a tractor trailer is in a dark spot. tractor trailer did hit the car on the shoulder causing a serious accident here. it has been there for over a couple of hours and authorities there tell me it is going to take a little while to clear it up. in the meantime, you're being diverted westbound on route 50 at the south river crossover. that's about a mile after i-97 as you head in from per row to davidsonville. we'll take a live look at route 50. on the westbound side, be aware and plan early as you leave annapolis toward parole and davidsonville. this time, all the way to the west side of town. no problems to report on the dulles toll road or 66 coming in from leesburg and gainesville. tysons corner area looks fine as well. we'll take a live look over on 95 and springfield, northbound is fine. southbound, a tiny bit heavy. where there has been an accident. now on the shoulder.

a life look at the 14th street bridge looking good into downtown. we'll take another look at the area roads coming up at 5:10. back to you. thank you, monika. today, the american civil liberties union will be filing a lawsuit against metro police stemming from an incident last may. >> a man say police arrested him for asking about the treatment of another wheel bound chair man. delia gonsalves is live outside the u-street station where the initial incident happened. delia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mike. this is where that wheelchair- bound man was arrested and charged for public drinking and failing to move on when it appears the officers took it upon themselves to move him. take a look at some dramatic video showing two metro police officers body slam the man to the sidewalk at the time of the incident. metro said he fell out of his wheelchair. when his friend witnessed what happened, he questioned the

police. >> somebody says -- i said something. what are you doing to this man? he's bleeding, help him. i was so -- i was told to leave. if i don't leave, i will be arrested. i threw my hands up in this motion, threw my hands up and i turned my back and i walked away. at that point, i was arrested. >> mr. miller's innocent of any criminal activity and he was arrested falsely by police. we think it was because he spoke up. >> reporter: so, they're filing suit. announcing that a little later today because they say his rights were violated in this very spot. the charges against both men eventually were dropped. the two officers will return to full duty after a metro internal investigation. we're still hoping to hear from metro this morning but their policy is the agency normally doesn't comment on pending litigation. mike, andrea? >> thank you, delia. i want to know what happened to the guy who hit his face on the pavement. thanks, delia gonsalves live at the u street station this

morning. a 22-year-old man is due in court on charges he killed an 8-year-old boy. alexandria police have charged victor aldonna with dui, reckless driving and manslaughter. brian hernandez chavez was walking with his mother alongside duke street. police say aldanna's car struck the pair. brian died. his mother was hospitalized. she's recovering from her injuries. prince george's county police are looking for two men who robbed an armored car in bowie. it hatched yesterday morning outside a walmart in the 3300 block of crain highway. the man held up a guard who had the store's weekend receipt. the two robberies wearing ski masks fled the scene in a white passenger van with signs on the side. the van has since been recovered. >> no one was injured. the five remaining republican presidential candidates challenged each other on fox news channel last night. it is the first of two debates in south carolina ahead of saturday's primaries. two candidates defended their use of attack ads against the

front-runner, mitt romney. >> i think that's part of what a campaign is about is to raise questions and see whether or not your competitor can answer them effectively before you get to a general election. >> they should be abandoned if you're not telling the truth. if you're exposing a voting record, i think it is quite proper. >> mitt romney also answered questions about releasing his personal income taxes saying if he becomes the nominee, he would probably do so in the spring which is the way it has been done in past elections. next g.o.p. debate is set for thursday. it looks like more issues when it comes to the virginia primary ballot. the state board of elections is asking attorney general ken cuccinelli to look into some of the voter's signatures submitted by newt gingrich. last month, his campaign told state officials 1500 of the signatures were fraudulent. it blamed a mistake on the richmond firm it hired to collect them. however, in the case of rick perry's lawsuit, cuccinelli is urging federal appeals courts

to reject perry's bid to be added to the state's g.o.p. presidential primary ballot. gingrich and rick santorum are supporting perry's lawsuit. time for the latest "your money" report of the morning. >> good morning to jessica doyle. >> good morning to both of you. big week on wall street. big week for earnings. we'll get results from the likes of goldman sachs, ibm, intel, microsoft just to name a few. u.s. investors will get a crack to reacting to the downgrade of europe's bailout fund by s&p. u.s. markets were closed for the holiday yesterday but we're back in action today. checking the numbers. this morning, the dow stands at 12,422. not too far from the six-month high by the way. it lost about 49 points in trading on friday. the nasdaq was off by 14 and the s&p 500 was down by about six and a half points. the eu bailout funds dropped a notch. on friday, s&p downgraded the credit rating for france and

eight other euro zone countries. s&p is saying it could upgrade if they offer more credit enhancements. french president nicolas sarkozy is shrugging off france's downgrade. to have such economic problems as the bad news coming out of china. the nation reports its economic growth slowed at the end of last year. china's gdp grew at an annual pace of 8.9%, slow down from 9.1%. to give you a sense of how fast this country is growing, while they were 9.1%, we were 1.8% in terms of growth in the third quarter. unbelievable what's going on in china. >> that's why people say more fair trade practices are very important because they're skyrocketing as far as growth is concerned. >> it is great to think about the u.s. as the turn of the last century to give us a sense of how far they can come in the next 10, 20, 30 years.

>> unbelievable. >> what do you have for us in the next half hour? >> $5 a gallon gas may not be that far off in part due to the folks in china. >> thanks, jess. >> you got it. >> all right. >> area lawmakers get back to work today after the long holiday weekend. >> in both annapolis and richmond, they'll find plenty of protestors trying to make their viewpoint heard. that story is coming up next. >> new developments in the last few hours from italy where search teams are at work trying to find missing people around the wrecked cruise ship.

happy tuesday morning. get the kids ready for some showers this morning. and some rain going through. a quick look at live doppler 9000 hd. where we see some showers around the beltway and points south and basically around

toward the bay. for the rest of today, temperatures are going to be fairly mild. and we're going to look at showers through the morning hours. should be tapering off this afternoon. it will be breezy. highs topping out mid-50s to close to 60 degrees. here's monika with your traffic. >> right now, we're dealing with a serious accident in davisonville. here is the beltway in college park. this is fine. if you're planning to head westbound on 50 before route 424, all lanes are blocked. follow police direction. more on that and other area roadways coming up. back to you. >> making news now at 5:10 this morning, the italian coast guard announced it has found a second black box from friday's cruise shipwreck there. at least six people died. 29 are still listed as missing including a retired couple from minnesota. today, the captain of the ship is scheduled to answer questions before a judge. as maryland lawmakers return to the state house, more people are turning out against

the death penalty. protestors rallying yesterday at the state house want lawmakers to pass a permanent ban on capital punishment. both sides of the gun control issue demonstrated in virginia at the state capitol yesterday. some members of the gun lob by wore their sidearms while activists lay on the ground to remember the lives lost to gun violence. lawmakers will tackle about three dozen bills related to gun rights during the general assembly. a community association takes steps to protect its residents and visitors. we'll have more on which popular entertainment district is putting up new security cameras at 5:39. >> at 5:31, the aclu is filing a lawsuit today against metro police. >> next at 5:14, we have some rain, cold and a few flakes before a nice end to the 7-day forecast. we'll be right back. the 2-4-6-8 value menu's

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good morning. welcome back to 9news now. 5:14. can you believe it, this time yesterday, we were talking about 20 degrees and now we're 20 degrees warmer in the 40s. here's an ne hong with the forecast. >> we had temperatures like yesterday this morning, all of this would be snow not rain.

we're looking at a wet commute. as the kids are getting ready for school, pass the umbrella -- pack the umbrella in their backpacks. here is a look at our michael & son weather camera. we look at the beautiful capitol on this tuesday morning. temperatures much milder. 43 degrees. feels like 37. we've got some light rain right now at reagan national. dew points 36. winds out of the south at 10 miles per hour. live doppler 9000 hd showing us we do see a batch of light rain in the d.c. area. leonardtown a little heavier cell there. la plata, fredericksburg along 95, we're looking at some wet roads out there. we'll continue to see the rain throughout the morning hours. it should taper off though by this afternoon. our bus stop forecast, a lot of kids are heading back to school. cloudy and breezy with the rain. temperatures 30s and 40s to start out the day. the rest of the day, fairly mild. temperatures in the 50s by noon with light rain by the lunch

hour. by late this afternoon, mid-50s to upper 50s. partly sunny conditions. i think we'll start to dry up this afternoon with a chance for a passing shower. we'll also be breezy. the breezy and milder for this tuesday. a wet morning commute. so, grab the umbrella and also breezy and colder for wednesday. but it will be dry. temperatures now, 40s in downtown. arlington, great falls, 43. gaithersburg also 43. at this hour. here is a look at the satellite radar picture where you can see another batch of rain coming through. a lot of it impacting the midwest and parts of the great lakes region. we'll see the rain over the next few hours. most of it will be during the morning hours. here is a look at the future cast. you can see through this morning, we'll see more rain, some of it being moderate through the morning hours. by noon, we'll be more scattered and light throughout the afternoon. then i think we'll see a little bit of clearing also late this afternoon and maybe get a chance to dry out. so, here is a look at your

highs for today. temperatures will be around mid to upper 50s. 57 in downtown. 55 in gaitersburg. pax river, lower 60s. also, fredericksburg at 60. martinsburg around 58 degrees. cold front comes through today which means colder tomorrow. 40 is the high tomorrow. partly cloudy conditions and breezy. cold through thursday and friday. thursday maybe a chance for some flurries. here is monika with your traffic. good morning. >> good morning, anny. good morning, everybody. we've had a couple of issues namely one in davisonville. first of all, the beltway all around town, you'll find the wet road conditions. no major problems on the beltway itself. let's go first up into frederick. i'm getting word on route 180, jefferson pike in the 400 and 500 block, icing conditions. we just got calls about that. right here, on the west side of

i-270 on the jefferson pike. we'll take a live look outside where if you're planning to head south on 270 or on the beltway near college park and into silver spring, basically, you will be ok. keep your speed limits down this morning. back over to the maps and this time, the big story of the morning has been a serious accident on the westbound side of route 50 right before route 424. it happened after 2:00 this morning. it is a car and a tractor trailer. you are being diverted through the shoulder there right now on the westbound side of route 50 with crews on the scene. we'll take a live look now here at the westbound side of route 50 as you come in from annapolis and pearl. be aware you'll hit some delays. coming up, more on area road conditions at 5:25. >> thank you, monika. >> the wizards are still looking for their second win of the year. >> while the ravens must test their defense against mike, tom brady and the patriots. sports is coming up. >> now, let's take another look at the question of the day. what is the one thing most men

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good morning, everyone. time now, 5:22 on your tuesday morning, you'll need the umbrella. a look at live doppler 9000 hd where you can see showers around the beltway, down along interstate 95. leonardtown, seeing some moderate to heavy rainfall at this hour. we'll see the rain through this morning with temperatures fairly mild in the 40s by noon. some light rain. temperatures in the lower 50s.

by 5:00, partly cloudy and temperatures mid to upper 50s. mike and andrea, back to you. >> thank you. local high school basketball stars get to shine in m.l.k. day games. >> plus the ravens must best the patriots offensive juggernaut if they want to go to the super bowl. i'm a patriots fan. >> good morning, everybody. the baltimore ravens squeak by the houston tex ans sunday to advance to the afc championship. the ravens kept their undefeated home record intact thanks to a stellar defensive performance and a few early mistakes by houston. the ravens capitalize on an interception. the only scoring strikes thrown by joe flacco. now they head to fox borough lookening to repeat their success when they surprisingly blew out the patriots. then again, this is the patriots we're talking about. >> the most explosive offensive football. certainly the most explosive offensive left in the tournament. that's the challenge that we

face. >> playing against a phenomenal player and a phenomenal team. you can't make that many mistakes. ♪ happy birthday to ya >> m.l.k. ceremony before the wizards game. pick it up in the third. magee with the highlight dunk. wiz pull to within 4. rockets came roaring back. they go up 14. wizards can't catch up. they lose 114-106. some m.l.k. high school hoops taking on the crime stopper from paterson. watch this. off the miss. chris jenkins gets the three. in the buzzer. he had 26 points. game winner. gonzaga wins 75-73. coolidge out of virginia. fast break. cumberland. it is a jam. coolidge holds on for the 62-55 win. lots of great m.l.k.

day hoops. that's going to do it to your morning sports. have a great tuesday. >> a well-known civil rights activist is headed to trial in d.c. that story is coming up. >> plus, today, the aclu is joining a local man in filing a lawsuit over the way he was treated by metro police. a serious accident continues to block westbound route 50 before route 424 eastbound two left lanes are blocked with equipment. more on this accident and other area roadways coming up in my next robber at 5:29. stay with us.

welcome back to 9news now. i'm tkroáep. happy tuesday. >> i'm mike hydeck. we're glad you're here. there's monika. >> remember who i am? >> fourth cup. >> anny hong is in for howard bernstein. she's here all week long. and we had freezing cold temperatures yesterday and now

we've got mild temperatures. >> we're looking at wet weather out there this morning. the roads are wet and definitely will want to grab the umbrellas as you're heading out the door today. temperatures are fairly mild. no need to pile on the layers as the crazy winter storm, that's not the case. here is a look at live doppler 9000 hd, i've zoomed this in to where we're seeing rain. we're seeing it around the beltway and points south, la plata, north beach, clinton. we'll see the rain through the morning hours. right around leonardtown. we see that yellow at the bottom of -- this is where we're seeing moderate rain. for the rest of today, rain for much of the morning hours. should be tapering off. temperatures, mid to upper 50s. it will be breezy throughout the day. by late this afternoon, we'll see partly sunny conditions. highs for today, 57 in downtown. 60 in fredericksburg. tappahannock maybe getting to near mid-60s.

martinsburg in the mid to upper 50s. here's monika with your traffic. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. overall, you just got the wet road conditions. one serious accident in davisonville. we'll get to that in just a moment. i had told you last time around about icy conditions. up here in frederick, on route 180, i think that everything has been cleared up. you'red go to go in the 400 and 500 blocks there. if you're planning to head over on to 270, here's what it, won't like. no problems down to where the lanes divide. beltway here in silver spring looks fine as well. outer loop leaving college park, a little bit of volume forming. westbound side with the wet roads. back over to the maps. here is this serious accident on the westbound side of route 50, over before route 424 in davisonville. crews tell us it will be awhile. a car and tractor trailer involved there. coming up, more on virginia roadways at 5:39. back to you guys. this afternoon, at man is

expected in a rockville courtroom. >> police arrested darnell ray. he was in kitty hawk, north carolina. he's accused three attacks in the last week. two in montgomery county. another one in prince george's county. and in two of the three instances, a woman was raped. investigators had earlier hinted that a second suspect was involved in this and it is possible now that person may be cooperating with police. today, comedian and civil rights activist dick gregory is headed to trial. gregory, the man in the middle with the beard was at yesterday's m.l.k. memorial reith-laying ceremony. he was arrested in september. gregory was demonstrating on behalf of people along the gulf coast who have not received payments from the bp fund established after the 2010 oil spill. we all saw this dramatic video last may of a metro police, two police officers slamming a wheelchair-bound man to the ground. when one man saw how officers reacted, he spoke up and he was

arrested. now, he's taking metro to court. 9news now reporter delia gonsalves is outside u street metro station with the details. that's where the wheelchair instance took place. >> absolutely. the man, his friend, lawrence miller is taking hem to court. he said his free speech rights were violated. he and the aclu are firing back at metro. miller witnessed his wheelchair bound friend being thrown from his chair and slammed to the ground by two metro police officers. at the time of the incident, metro said the man in the wheelchair was drunk, resisted arrest and fell out of his wheelchair. miller, his friend, says when he spoke up against the treatment, he was arrested for it. >> it just has to be re- emphasized over and over every year and every decade. >> i believe that everybody and everyone has the right to question the police about what they're doing. everyone has the right to ask

what are you doing? why are you doing this? >> reporter: since the 5:00 hour, we've learned a little more about the man in the wheelchair. his name is dwight harris, a newspaper vendor here on u street. a regular in the area. many folks know this man. he was treated at the time at a hospital for just minor injuries. his charges and those against his friend were all later dropped. the officers back on full duty after an internal investigation. we talked to metro a short time ago via e-mail. they still will not comment on pending litigation. back to you, mike. >> thank you, delia. thanks for finding out about the gentleman in the wheelchair. nice to hear he's ok. d.c. police are looking for a person who they believe left a baby girl outside in the bitter dold to die on the stoop of a home. the child was discovered early yesterday abandoned on someone's front sidewalk on channing street in northeast. neighbors who found the baby tried to warm her up, perform cpr but it was too late.

emanuel dugger was walking back home from buying cigarettes when he saw the baby on the stoop in nothing but a towel. >> so cold. like icy cold. the eyes were not opening. >> this is so sad. police have not said whether or not the child died from hypothermia or from some other cause. d.c. has a safe haven law which allows an infant to be dropped off in a safe place like a firehouse or a hospital or police station with no ramifications to the parent. >> after a three-week holiday recess, congress gets back to work this week and their agenda looks familiar. the lawmakers will be debating whether folks tend the payroll tax cut through the end of this year. at issue, how to do that without adding to the deficit. among the republican proposals, cutting federal worker benefits. and the democratic ideas include raising fees for airline passengers and eliminating saturday mail

delivery. today, the occupy protest movement plans to make noise at the u.s. capitol. calling themselves occupy congress, demonstrators plan a day of events starting at 9:00 this morning. this afternoon, they plan to show up at the capitol in nearby buildings before returning to the freedom plaza encampment. time for another "your money" report now. >> jessica doyle is back. if you're in the market for a car, look for one that gets great fuel efficiency ratings. >> because gas prices are really, really high and they're going to get really, really bad this year. it is going to happen. gas prices have already hit a record for this time of year. averaging $3.39 a gallon. as of yesterday, aaa says that is 30 cents higher than this time last year. and look ahead to the critical summer driving season. gas buddy predicts some of us will be paying almost $5 a gallon by memorial day. particularly drivers in chicago and new york. problems like the standoff with iran as well as the u.s.

economic recovery appear to be driving up oil prices. if you or a loved one looking for a job right now, here are two job fairs to tell you about. today, the national career fairs is holding a job fair from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. taking place at the holiday inn at ross lip at 1900 north fort myer drive. companies look being to hire, virginia tire and auto and the secret service and avis and taco bell. here is one for the veterans. tomorrow, the department of veterans affairs will host a job fair and private sector companies as well as federal agencies plan to hire on the spot. the job fair takes place on wednesday from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. it is he is walter washington convention center at 801 mt. vernon place northwest in the district. it involves really trying to offer opportunities for a population that has a much higher unemployment rate in the rest of the country. the unemployment rate is 13.1%.

compare that to the rest of the population under 9% now. >> i think women vets have a tougher time. >> it is a tough situation. they're definitely trying to do something about it tomorrow. >> thanks, jess. you got it. >> some occupy protestors in maryland have been arrested. that story is coming up. >> if you want to go shopping or take in a show, they want you to be safe. we'll tell you about one area that's adding security cameras to protect their customers.

time now, 5:39 on your tuesday morning. hey, just a really light rain falling right now. no need for my umbrella quite yet. we're seeing some rain out there. here is a look at live doppler 9000 hd. i've zoomed it on in. rain around the beltway, also down through la plata and through the eastern shore. we'll see rain throughout the morning hours. temperatures warming up into the mid and upper 50s. by 5:00, partly sunny conditions. it will be breezy.

monika, here is -- monika, over to you for traffic. >> good morning, everybody. here is a live look at the northbound side of i-95. delays from prince william parkway to the occoquan river and a bit in springfield as well. more on a serious accident coming up next in davisonville at 5:48. mike? >> thanks, monika. there will be more eyes on you. the next time you spend time in georgetown. the citizens association is installing security cameras throughout the community. the group has raised the funds for ten cameras so far. while violent crime in georgetown decreased 12% in the last year, property crimes like break-ins and thefts increased. we've been telling you about the many m.l.k. day own bances, one yesterday the keep the dream alive mass at st. alwish sha's church. i was honored to receive the justice award from the catholic diocese. john ensler and father larry snyder helped present the award. i shared the morning with three

other honorees recognized for keeping the dream alive. former executive director of catholic charities in wichita, kansas and former d.c. mayor tony williams. after that, they did a day of service at the harriet tubman day program sponsored by catholic charities. again, thanks to everyone there. it was a beautiful day. beautiful singing by the choirs. >> congratulations. the pictures are beautiful. yeah, really nice. well, all right, president obama got a standing ovation in his first public appearance for the martin luther king jr. holiday. more on that story coming up. >> after last night's face-off, the republican candidates have one debate left before saturday's crucial south carolina primary. >> it is a big day for birthdays today! actress betty white turns 90! actor james earl jones is 82

today. news anchor turned talk show host maury povich is 73. and boxing legend muhammad ali is 70. >> comedian steve harvey is 55. jim carrey is 50. michelle obama is 48 today. singer kid rock is 41. actress zoe dechannel turns 32 today. if it is your birthday today, happy birthday to you as well!

welcome back to 9news now. 5:45. it is a milder day today. we still have some school delays to tell you about. allegheny county in maryland and mineral county in west virginia on a two-hour delay. with more on the weather, here is anny hong. >> yeah, most of it, we're seeing some rainy conditions out there. in the higher elevations, may see a little bit of a wintry mix. maybe some sleet. as temperatures will be

dropping over the next couple of hours. so, most places though, we're looking at rain as the temperatures are in the 40s on this early tuesday morning. here is a look at our michael and son weather camera. we're look at cloudy conditions. light rain at the moment. here at reagan national. it is 43 degrees in downtown with some light rain. the dew point at 36 degrees. the winds out of the south at 10 miles per hour. winds will be picking up this afternoon. live doppler 9000 hd, you can see we're look at some light rain and showers going through the beltway down along south interstate 95 is also wet. right around leonardtown, still a moderate cell going through. we're seeing more heavy rainfall going through. most of it should be light to moderate rain for the rest of today. our bus stop forecast, a lot of kids are heading back to school this tuesday morning. cloudy conditions and breezy. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. don't forget your umbrellas as you're heading out the door. here is a look at your day planner. temperatures are starting out a

little milder. so, by noon, we'll be in the low 50s with some light rain possible. breezy. by 4:00, we may even see some breaks of sunshine. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. a lot milder compared to the last couple of days. breezy and milder for this tuesday. wet morning commute. grab the umbrella and this evening's commute will be hit- or-miss as far as the showers are concerned. for most of us, it will be dry. wednesday it is turning out to be breezy and colder. temperatures right now, mostly in the 40s in bethesda, 43 in laytonsville. lower 40s for springfield and for andrews air force base. here is a look at the future cast. again, you can see this morning, we'll see some more rain come through the area. can be moderate. where you see the areas in yellow. only a slight chance early in the morning where it can be changing over to sleet or a wint wintry mix. again, majority of us, it will be a rain event. through the morning and

afternoon hours, we'll start to taper off. by late afternoon and this evening, only a chance for a passing shower and then overnight, may even see the sky clear out. partly cloudy conditions. we'll be drying out. colder air has settled back in. highs today, look at this. 59 in manassas. 60 in fredericksburg. 57 for annapolis. we do have a small craft advisory. here is a look at your 7-day forecast. cold front comes through today. it means wednesday, colder again. lower 40s and breezy. partly cloudy conditions. thursday, mid-30s. got a flurry on there. for a chance for that on thursday afternoon and thursday night. friday, still in the 30s and the weekend, maybe on saturday, light rain or some snow possible. here's monika with your timesaver traffic. good morning. good morning, anny. we've had one accident out in davisonville. i'll get to that in a moment. first, let's start with virginia. on the inbound side of i-66 at lee highway, at 62. you're fine.

we'll take a live look a little closer into the beltway where things are still looking good at nutley street. you have the slow stretch from route 50 to 123. we'll take a live look at 395 over at duke street moving well all the way up to seminary road and the 14th street bridge. a bit of slow traffic from the prince william parkway to the occoquan river. now over to route 50 on the westbound side. we've had this accident at route 424 or just before that point davisonville. i've been on the phone with authorities there. still going to take awhile. in the meantime, you can see all of the red forming with the slow traffic trying to get into that area leaving parole. you'll have to follow police direction to get around it. coming up, another look around the area at 6:00. back to you, andrea. making news at 5:49, police in charlottesville, virginia, have taken a 5-year-old boy into custody. this happened yesterday as their suspect in a triple stabbing. the boy used an edged weapon to

stab two juveniles and one adult relative. the attack may have stemmed from an argument over a juice box. maryland state police say officers arrested six occupy baltimore protestors on monday for trespassing at a site of a proposed juvenile detection center. the group had announced plans to have a five-day campout at the site. the maryland department of public safety and correctional services owns the property. the president and first lady received a standing ovation last night when they arrived to the kennedy center concert hall. they attended let freedom ring, a tribute to dr. martin luther king jr. musician bobby mcferrin performed along with the let freedom ring celebration choir. >> there are five republican candidates left as we head into saturday's presidential primary in south carolina. since 1980, the winner of that primary has gone on to clinch the republican nomination every time. >> monday, the candidates took part in the first of two debates this week. this one on fox news. as terrell brown reports, much of the focus was on front-

runner mitt romney. >> i visited georgetown -- the g.p. pack is trying to stop mitt romney before it is too late. >> mitt, need for you to release your income tax so the people of this country can see -- [ applause ] how you made your money. >> at last night's debate in south carolina, they ganged up on the front-runner, slamming everything from his business background to his refusal to release his tax returns. >> what happened in history is people have released them in about april of the coming year. that's prob bely what i'll do. >> his record at equity firm capital came under attack. >> there was a pattern in some companies, a handful of them, of leaving them with enormous debt. i think that's something he ought to answer. >> four of the companies we invested in, they weren't businesses i ran but we invested in, ended up today having some 120,000 jobs. >> romney is still dominant in south carolina and across the country. a new poll out this morning shows most republicans believe he will clinch the g.o.p. nomination. >> if you're exposing a voting

record, i think it is quite proper. >> ron paul defended his use of negative ads while rick santorum and gingrich blasted romney supporters for using them. >> if i had someone supporting me that was inaccurate, i would say stop it. >> romney insist he has no control over those groups. >> i can't call these people and direct them to do that as you know because that would violate federal law. >> he apparentlily has no influence which makes you wonder how much influence he would have if he was president. >> the fireworks aren't expected to die down any time soon. they face off again on thursday. terrell brown, cbs news. >> let's take another look at the question of the day. what is the one thing most men can do in about an hour that usually takes women five times as long? is it a, get a haircut. b, get over an argument with a significant other or c, wash the car. >> joyce wilcox wrote on our facebook page, the answer must be b. it bugs me how a man could go to bed a few minutes

after starting an argument and sleep all night. i can't sleep with disturbing thoughts rolling around in my head. >> log on to the facebook.com/wusa9 and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer in about an hour. and here's a bonus to our facebook question of the day. if you like us on facebook, you can start posting your guesses to our question on a brand new kindle fire in the 9news now great tablet give away sweepstakes. here's how it works. click like on our facebook page. facebook.com/wusa9. >> if you already like us on facebook, click on the give away tab be on the left side of the page. entries, we're taking them through january 31st and two lucky winners selected at random will each get a brand new kindle fire tablet. you must be 18 to enter. the captain of the wrecked italian cruise ship heads to court today. that story is coming up at 6:10. >> after the break, today's hero central recognizes an organization that helps young people who are homeless in our

area.

good morning. time now, 5:56 on your tuesday morning. we're look at some rain going through the area at this hour. around the beltway, it is kind of scattered but we're looking at wet road conditions along interstate 95, la plata, leonardtown getting a moderate cell going through. we're look at some light rain. now, for the rest of today, we're look at a fairly wet morning. moderate rain showers possible through noon, it will be a little lighter. but warming up to lower 50s by 3:00 and 6:00. in the mid to upper 50s.

if will be breezy. mike and andrea, over to you guys. >> it is frightening to be homeless. when you or a young adult are a single parent, there are additional pressures. >> in today's hero central report, j.c. hayward took a visit to campus to personally see how it is succeeding. if you are ever in an argument with someone, i promise if you take time to listen to what they're saying -- >> on thursdays, the hope house offers life skills training for participants. the nonprofits' goal is to provide a transitional living program for people 18 to 24 years old. >> they have the chance to come into hope house and to transitional housing to have a safe place to live with their children. and to be able to learn parenting skills and life skills and to obtain employment and to get to the place where they can live safely and independently on their own. >> according to the national center on family homelessness,

between the year of 2009 and 2010, there were four times as many homeless children in washington, d.c. what that means is that programs such as hope house are vitally important to the city. 22-year-old dill is santos is a graduate of the program. when she came to hope house with her young daughter, she was given a brighter future. >> when i had my baby, i wasn't employed. when i came, they helped me look for a job because they help you looking for jobs and they help me, you know, be in school. not drop out like many other kids. >> santos is living on her own, attending udc and plans to be a doctor. >> my dream is to graduate from school and become a physician and also help many kids because there are many kids out there that need help. >> hope house opens its doors to all young adults who demonstrate that with guidance, they will be able to live

independently. >> we simply sort of provide them the vehicle to identify what their goals are and get to the place where they want to be and so to be able to be some part of that process and see them really flourish and sort of meet their challenges and overcome obstacles is a really amazing thing. >> that was j.c. hayward reporting there. if you could like to see the other organizations we profile, just visit jchayward.com. we have more hero central reports there. >> thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. good morning, i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. here's monika samtani. how are you? >> i'm great. how are you? >> howard is off this week but anny hong is here with our weather first. good morning. >> good morning, guys. we're looking at a wet start to your tuesday morning. definitely need your umbrellas, even the rain boots. no need to layer up like crazy. because we're fairly mild out there. live doppler 9000 hd, showing us around the beltway, just