federal workers along with everyone following the fed, you're on a two-hour delay as well. federal workers may take unscheduled leave or telework for the entire day. >> here's monika samtani. she'll be back in a moment with timesaver traffic. >> welcome back. thanks for the weather you brought with you. >> this morning, we've got some slick areas especially north and west of town. lots of temperatures still below freezing. i know some neighborhoods never saw any sand or salt this weekend. we've got some patchy, dense fog as well. 33 at reagan national. 38 by 9:00. light showers. the middle of the day and the afternoon, heavier showers. warming temperatures well up through the 40s. might even see 50 in a few spots before the day is out. the freezing rain advisory has been canceled for parts of the shenandoah valley and the mountains where temperatures have warmed well up above freezing but still in effect

until 9:00 in many areas around the immediate metro. right now, the temps, you see 38 luray. that's why they've canceled the advisory. winchester still 32. gaithersburg 29. manassas at 30. live doppler 9000 hd, a little drizzle around the i-95 corridor being picked up. other areas might see a little drizzle or mist. and fog before i go. check the visibilities. westminster down to zero. quarter mile gaithersburg and half-mile in manassas, gaithersburg and hagerstown. for an update on traffic, here's monika samtani. >> well, again, the big story of the morning will be the patchy dense fog and also icy conditions, especially on the lesser-traveled roadways. give yourself the extra time you may need to deal with that. downed wires blocking the ramp from the inner loop of the beltway to get on to northbound route 202. crews are on the scene there. they've told us they're working on the problem. go ahead and use route 50 inbound as your alternate route. the loop is blocked off right

now. we'll take you out live right now. if you're planning to head on 270, the big story has definitely been fog right down the line from frederick to falls road and the point where the lanes divide. reduced visibilities as you can see, volumes forming traveling slowly along 270 with the lanes open this morning. we'll go back out to the maps. head out to 66 on the inbound side. dense fog here as well. we'll take a live look on the inbound side. if you're planning to head inbound on 66, you've got it. here's what it looks like at the fairfax county parkway. it is slow all the way through this area heading up toward lorton and springfield. once you're on 395, volumes are still fairly light as you head past duke street to the 14th street bridge and here's what it looks like in landmark again. volumes fairly light. fog really not too much of a problem in this area. i want to also just mention that if you're planning to take metro, they have expanded morning service with the federal government opening at 11:00. extra trains to help you along.

coming up, more on area roadways at 6:11. mike and andrea? >> thanks, monika. in my neighborhood in gaithersburg, bit slippery. needed the ice scraper. it was slick in my neighborhood. howard said the same thing up in clarksburg. >> we want to check in with conditions in montgomery county. delia gonsalves is live in germantown. good morning. >> good morning, andrea. we've been here off great seneca highway monitoring the continues for you. the main road looks good because it has been treated. we have been stationary because we wanted to give you an idea of what the main roads are like. here to talk to us about what the rest of the area looks like is matt hungerford. he's i guess the manager here with the crew with state highway? >> i'm running one of the trucks tonight. >> you were telling me something really interesting about the hours, right before daybreak. the moments right before we see the sun. the coldest, right? >> yes. the last hour of the night, just before the sun breaks, the moon is actually separated

farther away from -- and the sun is coming around. it is actually the coldest part of the night before daybreak. >> is that when you're likely to see more refreezing? >> yeah, we're going to send them out to treat the bridges. the concrete is one of your first areas that will freeze. since like this curve right here is froze solid where the asphalt is not. what you have to be careful of if you're getting up and going out of your house is when you step out of your front door, most people's front porches are cement. and that will be slippery. >> the driveways, too, you said you drove in your personal car on the side roads and those when we last spoke about an hour ago, were pretty slick. >> they were. they were extremely slick. you know, you don't have -- you don't have the same conditions on the back roads as you do on the main roads. this is a snow wrap. this is a snow emergency route

from the state highway. so, obviously even with montgomery county, the snow emergency routes will be more protected. there will be a better chance of them not being real slippery. >> ok. matt hungerford, thank you so much. you've been a trooper hanging out with us all morning long. thanks so much. have a great day. stay safe. i wanted to tell -- pass this along to you. just before we left, i reached out to opm. i've been telling you all morning we've been contacting apm about this two hour delay situation. we got a statement saying they made the call after the council of government told them about freezing rain that could occur during the morning commute. they found and discovered that it would be safest for folks to be off the roads until 9:00. the new alert, they say, provided the flexibility for more precise messaging to plan around safety concerns. the council of government, as you know, is the agency that

took a close look at the carmageddon situation from last winter, last january and said what did we do wrong? what happened? and how could we do a better job at reassessing the situation and getting everyone off the road so crews can do the job. crews like matt hungerford can do their job before we send employees out on the roads. that was one of the main problems in carmageddon. certainly, they've made that decision based on what the council of governments recommended and so they told folks to stay home until crews do their work and head to work at 11:00 a.m. back to you. >> all right, delia gonsalves reporting live in germantown, maryland this morning. >> and here is a live look in northwest washington. this is in chinatown right at verizon center. roads are just wet through most of the district. fog was the big problem starting there. we were about to show you that video. here it is. this is -- that was a quick picture of the verizon center. and you saw buses in front of

the verizon there. they're going to take some of the people, the young people who are going to be rallying after a prayer service on the mall and for today's march for life. now, we have a live look at fairfax circle. that's where routes 29 and 50 meet. the roads look good there but as we've been telling you, be careful on sidewalks or side streets, just in case there are a few slick spots, we've been total there are some neighborhoods not touched all weekend long. whether it is snowing, icy, raining or enjoyable, 9news has you covered. you can get the latest forecast 24/7 at wusa9.com. either on your computer or your smart phone. congresswoman gabrielle giffords will resign from office in the next few days. the arizona democrat survived an assassination attempt last year. she released. >> tube video sunday thanking people for their support. >> i have more work to do on my recovery. so, to do what is best for

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monika samtani with timesaver traffic. it is a patchy dense fog and icy conditions especially on your lesser-traveled roadways and neighborhoods, you want to be aware of. this is bladensburg with the volume building here and a fire at 14th and park road northwest. watch out for fire activity there. coming up in my next report, more on area roadways at 6:18. andrea and mike? >> this might not come as a surprise. the white house is happy newt gingrich won the south carolina primary. cbs news reports the white house is also pretty happy to see governor mitt romney struggling. >> the president is going to use tomorrow's state of the union address to appeal to middle class americans.

>> president obama is still working on tuesday's state of the union address. of it will sound a lot like speeches he's been making, particularly one he made last month in kansas, a call for economic fair play which his opponents saw as a call to class warfare. this is how mr. obama previewed the speech in a web cast. >> that's rebuilding an economy where hard work pays off. and responsibility is rewarded. and in america where everybody gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share and everybody plays by the same set of rules. >> there are likely to be some new proposals in the speech to aid the housing crisis, spur made in the u.s.a. manufacturing and help more people to go to college and the president will continue to insist that wealthier americans pay a larger share of taxes. this year, the annual speech to congress is likely to be seen as the keynote of president obama's campaigns so the white house continues to insist that's focused on his job, not

his prospect for re-election. but the president's campaign organization is hard at work. they raised $157 million and the president himself is taking his noncampaign on the road for three days, following the state of the union. he's going to hit five of the key states that he'll need to win in november. bill plante, cbs news, the white house. the president's state of the union tomorrow night. catch it right here on channel 9 and on wusa9.com. 9:00 p.m. we'll bring you the republican response and indiana governor mitch daniels will be doing it this year. >> we have some delays to pass along because of weather... federal workers along with everyone following the feds, you're on a two-hour delay. federal workers may take unscheduled leave or telework for the entire day. >> in virginia, the schools are owning two hours late. alexandria, clark county, prince william, stafford, warren and winchester again

opening two hours late. >> in west virginia, these counties are on a two-hour delay. berkeley and jefferson. all on a two-hour delay and morgan county as well on a two- hour delay. >> it is blue monday. the weather is bad. we get the christmas bills and we've all blown our new year's resolutions. >> you're killing me. [ laughter ] >> weather is going to get better. this morning we have some fog and spotty, freezing drizzle. some rain down in readville. 40 degrees down there. parts of the lower shenandoah valley. warm air is moving in. actually seeing some of the freezing rain advisory drop in a few counties. we start with a look at the big picture. everybody you see in pink. the eastern shore of the northern neck. all of the other areas are under a frank advisory until 9:00 this morning. we may see some counties picked off of this as the warmer air works in. looking at live doppler 9000 hd. very quiet. a little bit of freezing drizzle across parts of columbia county. almost between beltsville,

laurel, all the way up toward the west side of 695 up toward ellicott city. few sprinkles down toward charlottesville as well. fog, another big concern. not just the frozen streets maybe in your neighborhood. look at the visibilities down to zero in westminster. frederick, beyond 270 to gaithersburg, about a quarter mile visibility. not too bad on the fog south and east of town. manassas, a half-mile. last check at dulles, a half- mile as well. some of the dense fog also there. that's going to slow you down. our bus stop forecast this morning, drizzle and fog. some slick spots, upper 20s in the cold spots. warm spots well above freezing into the upper 30s. sunrise at 7:21. a cloudy and wet day today. 35 by 8:00. by noon, 42. we'll have a better chance for some heavier showers as we go later in the morning and during the afternoon as winds turn toward the south at about 10 miles per hour at 4:00 p.m. mid-40s by then. we'll top out in the upper 40s, maybe 50 before the day is

out. we'll be 50 or better. both tomorrow and wednesday. subfreezing temperatures from gaithersburg to hagerstown and frederick all in the upper 20s to around 30. look at the milder air coming up the valley now. luray is 39. on the eastern shore, we've got temperatures in the upper 30s to mid-40s. no problems there. your michael & son weather camera outside, cloudy skies over downtown. no real dense fog here but a few light sprinkles. 34. calm winds. after we get through the showers today, we'll see improving weather by later on tomorrow. or tonight and tomorrow. in fact, today, 49. tonight we're in the 30s to around 40. mild tomorrow as the sun returns. wednesday, still mild. 52. by thursday, could be a late shower. 49. turning wetter on friday. showers, 50. could be something wintry by sunday if everything works out. right now, it is 6:17. monika samtani, fog not helping things. >> fog is definitely not helping things. you'll see a lot of volume and

moving slowly on the major thoroughfares this morning especially on 270 and 66. we also were on the phone with maryland state police in forestville. they tell us that the ramp from the inner loop to northbound 202 was very icy this morning. they have low-hanging wires on that ramp. they shut that down. we're suggesting you use route 50 to get inbound. also in northwest d.c., a fire now closes down 14th street at park road. crews are on the scene there as well. we'll keep you posted on both of those situations in maryland and in northwest d.c. we'll take you out live as i mentioned. howard just mentioned quarter mile visibility on southbound side of 270 with a lot of volume right now coming down from clarksburg past falls road down to the point where the lanes divide. we'll take you out live to 66 where the lanes divide. you have the fog to deal with coming in from gainesville right into fairfax and the beltway. i'll end with a last live look in the district. pennsylvania avenue near the

willard intercontinental hotel is fine. no problems across the 14th street bridge or el bridge this morning. we'll update you on the situation in northwest at 6:25. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. >> coming up next in sports, the capitals and penguins go into overtime and the wizards have a hard time handling one celtic. >> we want to check on the question of the morning. the average woman is believed to spend 76 days of her life doing which of these things? is it a, putting on makeup, b, getting her nails done or looking for something in her purse. >> one of our facebook friends up early this morning, giving her guess, carol, it is c. there is no structure in my purse. i could lose a body in my purse. >> keep the guesses coming. we'll reveal the answer at 6:53.

welcome back. your weather first. we're talking about the freezing rain this morning. freezing drizzle.

start you off with live doppler 9000 hd. got the temperatures on there. you she readings like in gaithersburg at 28 and 32 in college park. the pink, light, freezing rain. across eastern howard county up toward ellicott city headed toward carroll county. we'll have to watch out for a little freezing rain or drizzle early then temperatures today climbing well up into the 40s with showers as well. andrea and mike? >> thank you, howard. >> ok. big smile on this guy's face this morning. that's what a lot of patriots fans look like this morning. >> it was ugly! but it was a win. new england, three and a half point favored this morning over new york in the super bowl this year. it is a rematch of the 20077- 2008 season. baltimore led by four in the fourth quarter until tom brady roone the ball on fourth and goal. touchdown. for them. the pats led 23-20. after lee evans drop pass, that would have been a touchdown.

the ravens went for a game tying field goal. uh-huh, wide right. new england tops baltimore 23- 20. >> new york punting to san francisco. kyle williams receives it but gets stripped of the ball. and giants recover on the 24- yard line. that set up a field goal play, five plays later. lawrence from 31. he nails it. the giants win 20-17. it is their first nfc title in four years. so, this is the match-up for super bowl xlvii. patriots and giants. they'll meet in two weeks in indianapolis in a rematch from four years ago. ok, on to the ice now, the capitals have played 23 games since dale hunter took over as coach. they're 8-12-3 in that time. tied at 2 in the third period. alexander ovechkin scores his 20th goal of the season. the pens would tie it up and send it into overtime.

90 seconds in. yevgeny malkin sticks the game winner. capitals lose. they'll host the bruins tomorrow. wizards hosting the celtics sunday afternoon. paul pierce had a season high 34 points for boston. wizards fall 100-94. john wall had 24 and 10 boards in the loss. d.c. visits philadelphia tonight. the time is 6:25. ahead, reaction from the penn state campus on the death of long-time football coach joe paterno. >> newt gingrich wins the south carolina primary. see how he fairs in the latest poll in florida which is the next contest. >> right now, monika has a quick check on traffic. how is the fog doing? >> yeah, we've got fog definitely down 270 and in on 66. here on the other side, ramp from the inner loop to route 202. it is closed down because of icy conditions. more on that and the fog coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now.

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federal workers may take unscheduled leave or telework for the entire day. >> meteorologist howard bernstein is live on the weather terrace. he has our forecast. >> i left the jacket inside. i've got the umbrella with me. i think you should grab some rain gear. this morning, the concern is the frozen areas we've got neighborhoods that never got treated over the weekend. main roads seem to be ok. it is the back roads which could be rather slick. freezing drizzle still occurring. our day planner calling for warmer temperatures and rain to be moving in. temperatures by noon in the low 40s. by 5:00, mid to upper 40s. right now, national reporting light sprinkles and 34 degrees.

sunrise, 7:21. freezing rain advisory until 9:00. north and west until 11:00 a.m. up toward hagerstown and frederick and leesburg and montgomery county now. the freezing rain advisory for several more hours. temperatures running in the upper 20s places like frederick and gaithersburg. 38 in luray. 36 down to pax river. 39 in easton. here is a look at live doppler 9000 hd. little bit of freezing drizzle across parts of eastern howard county. far northeastern montgomery county. really that 2995 corridor. dense fog north and west of town. monika is stepping in with timesaver traffic. >> as howard has been saying, big problems. one is the reduced visibility. other is icy patches especially in your neighborhoods and i've got a lot to tell you. on the inner loop of the inner loop, that ramp was icy. downed wires in that area as well. it has been blocked off for about an hour now. go ahead and use route 50 on your inbound side.

a fire is blocking southbound 14th street northwest at meridian place. southbound 14th street at meridian in northwest d.c. i'll keep you posted on that situation northbound you can get through. let me take you outside live and show you the dense fog that howard has been talking about. about a quarter mile visibility on the southbound side of 270 from frederick down past shady grove road to the point where the lanes divide. luckily, the volumes will be lighter than normal with delayed openings and school closings as well. we'll take you over to virginia. northbound on i-95, overall delays heading for the occoquan river, more in lorton. here in springfield, it looks ok heading up to 395. we'll take a live lock at 66 on the inbound side. a little more in fairfax and inside the beltway. back over to our graphics, want to let you know with the delayed openings from the federal government, metro has expanded their a.m. rush hour service. more trains will be available for you.

if that's what you use. no mid-day track work will help with less delays on metro. more on area roadways at 6:45. >> thank you, monika. >> there were complaint early on this morning about icy conditions, particularly in northern montgomery county. mike experienced them. >> had the ice scraper. my front porch was icy. depending on where you were, it wasn't so bad. delia gonsalves is in germantown. she was talking to crews who were out about 1:00 a.m. salting and sanding. >> it wasn't too bad in certain areas. i live in the district. had to use the ice scraper myself but the roads were fine as i was heading to work. a lot of folks at work as you know when we got in, everyone has a different story. really, it depends on where you live. now, let's take a look, i had fun break the ice. one of my little things i love to do. this is kind of the coating that we have on the grass. so, it is not awfully thick but it is slick coating that we

have here on the grass. so, imagine this potentially in your driveways or on the concrete, on the stoop or sidewalk. it could be very slick. so, that is the main concern for a lot of folks heading out for their morning commute. be careful in those areas. those untreated areas in your neighborhood. could be slick. there could be some icy spots. however, the main roads are looking pretty good. you can actually see a very thick coating of salt that crews have laid down. we know they were out at 1:00 a.m. they came back during the 5:00 hour and treated one more time. you can see the morning commute is underway. folks are kind of just breezing on by. it seems to be good so far. here on great seneca highway. we're just short, just shy of northwest high school. so, certainly, the road -- this road is going to be very busy. but there are no traffic problems so far. i do want to tell you that i spoke to opm.

opm, the government agency that kind of -- that regulates all of the employees who are heading in. they have a two-hour delay. we asked them why they decided to do a two-hour delay so early. they made that decision last night. they sent me a release a short time ago saying that the council of the governments made the call. this is a new alert and it will provide the flexibility for more precise messaging, so plan around safety concerns. hopefully, they say crews can do their work and then employees will get on the rodas little later this morning. back to you. >> delia, i understand that need to stomp on that crunchy stuff. it is like popping the bubble wrap. >> reporter: take a look at the path down to our live truck. it is completely just broken up. so, i've had fun this morning. it is one of those -- i just love it. it is like popping the little bubbles. >> thanks, delia live in germantown, maryland this morning. >> in virginia, vdot sent out more than 700 trucks to

pretreat the highways with sand salt and other chemicals. they were prepared for whatever overnight brought weatherwise. d.c. rolled out another 70 trucks to treat the roads there but again, there could be a few slick spots on side streets. be careful. so, whenever winter weather strikes, channel 9 is where you need to be. you can get the latest forecast, traffic updates on wusa9.com. everything you need right on the front page. andrea? >> hundreds of penn state students and alumni attended a vigil last night for joe paterno. the legendary football coach died sunday at age 85 months after being fired. he was accused of not properly notifying the authorities after learning of allegations of abuse against children by a former assistant. scott broom went to the penn state campus to get reaction to the news of paterno's death. >> there is grief here. >> it is really sad. >> but there is anger and blame, too. >> the stress is just too much for him to handle. i think he went out in a very

unfair way. >> the best they could do to terminate him was via a phone call. that's just -- that's horrendous. i can't let it go. >> joe paterno has been my role model since i was 5 years old. >> one came with a life-size cutout of the coach. there are candles, signs and flowers. >> it is a shape. >> his death brought the emotions raw. >> the way things ended up for him, anger, sadness, sorrow. sad day in happy valley. >> don't pray for joe. pray to him. he's a saint. >> people know he died of cancer but they can't help but feel he also died of a broken heart. scott broom, 9news now. funeral arrangements have not been announced for joe paterno. his family has asked donations be made to the special olympics of pennsylvania or to the annual two-day dance marathon raising money for children's

cancer charities. mike? the latest contest in the republican presidential nomination is a week away. the florida primary we're talking about. the first poll taken after newt gingrich's win in the south carolina primary shows him in the lead. 34% of likely voters support gingrich in florida. 26% supporting mitt romney. this is the first poll in florida in six weeks, showing gingrich in the lead. 13% goes to ron paul. newt gingrich is trying to draw more distinctions between himself and mitt romney. he's not afraid to go on the offensive as he did yesterday here on channel 9 on "face the nation." >> governor romney may be running for ceo. i'm running for president. president of the united states has to understand the government of the united states. barack obama clearly didn't and candidly, i doubt if govern romney would. in terms of business experience for the last 12 years, i've run four small businesses. they're businesses that require you to meet a payroll. to have customers, to bring in

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welcome back. 6:44. your weather first. we've got a freezing rain advisory. it has been dropped across parts of the lower shenandoah valley. colder air isable coulding in from the southwest. light sprinkles along the potomac from reagan national down toward mason neck. north of town, this area in pink, we see it here in northeastern montgomery county, all lifting off to the northwest. light freezing rain, maybe some heavy drizzle that is drifting in that direction. that's one problem. the other problem this morning, the fog. rather dense, dulles, zero visibility. there could be probably our flight delays, i would imagine there, quarter mile from

gaithersburg up toward frederick, half-mile in manassas, three quarter of a mile pretty common down 95 from quantico down toward richmond as well. west and northwest of town is where the fog is the worst. bus stop forecast this morning, some drizzle, some fog, some slick spots. temperatures from the upper 20s to upper 30s with sunrise at 7:21. our day planner calling for warmer and wetter as the day wears on. in fact, later this morning, some steadier rains and showers move in. low 40s by noon. we'll top out in the lower 40s to 50 by noon. you can see the cold stuff, the frozen stuff in gaithersburg to hagerstown to york. baltimore, d.c. above freezing right now along with pax river and easton. 34 in winchester and culpepper. we're starting to warm up. little fog in the last time we looked at our weather and son weather camera -- our michael & son weather camera. we're sitting at 34 degrees. calm wind at reagan national and dew point at 30.

big storm on the west coast. storm he's going to the great lakes. trailing the strong cold front down here. strong to severe thunderstorms. we'll get in on some of that rain later today. warmer temperatures moving in. freezing drizzle in spots early. 49 today. tomorrow, 54. wednesday,52. more rain possibly thursday into friday. then colder by sunday with a slight chance of some wintry weather by then. it is 6:46. let's go over to monika with timesaver traffic. >> the big story has been the reduced visibility with all of the fog and icy patches as well on your lesser-traveled roadways. i've been telling you about a problem with icy conditions on the ramp from the inner loop to northbound route 202 and downed wires there as well. keep that in mind. that has been blocked for some time now. we'll take you outside live. i'll concentrate on 270. it seems to be one of the worst major thoroughfares with reduced visibility down to a quarter mile coming in from frederick to the point where the lanes divide. i'll go to northbound 355 and

southbound 355 nearby at shady grove road. again, it will be the patchy fog that you're dealing with here as well. luckily, we have volume kind of reduced this morning with a lot of people off and schools off as well or delayed. we'll take you over to the northbound side of i-395. no problems to report here at duke street to the 14th street bridge. heavy volume on 95 from the occoquan river. it will be off and on into newington and springfield. in my next report, we'll take another look at area roadways at 6:58. hello to mike. >> thank you, monika. today begin the near of the dragon, the chinese new year. to tell us more about the holiday and the local celebrations is wallace lee. he's with the washington chinese youth club. good morning, welcome. >> good morning. >> tell me about the chinese new year for people who aren't familiar with it. we've seen parades and great video of the colorful costumes. it is more cultural, religious or both? >> it is more of a cultural

festival. we do celebrate the new year just like the americans celebrate their new year. we have the lunar new year. >> so, based on the lunar calendar. >> the year 4710, the year of the dragon. so, the celebration of the lion dance and dragon dance are two different things. >> they'll both happen this year? >> they'll both happen this year, right. we do the lion dance for primarily the new year celebrations but it also has expanded to marriages, new grand openings of businesses, birthdays, so anything that requires or where somebody wants to bring good luck and prosperity, we do a line dance. >> so, we've seen -- i've seen, as we covered it here in local news, you see parades, you see feasts, some of the other things going on in the washington area this week. >> this week, this coming weekend, january 29th will be the parade from washington,

d.c. chinatown. we have an annual parade. january 29th. at 2:00 in chinatown. there will be a parade. other restaurants are having celebrations. other area malls will also have their own celebrations. there is a lot of things going on in the area. >> we only have a minute. we want to show you the beautiful costumes and music going on here. beautiful big drum here. show us some of the things going on. >> let's go through some of the things we have this mo morning. muse ♪

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6:53. spotty drizzle, light rain. 34 in town. some areas still in the upper 20s. by noon, low 40s. rains will pick up. highs upper 40s to 50. freezing rain advisory until 9:00 a.m. >> today is monday, january 23rd. here is a check of the news before you go. live look at great seneca highway in germantown, maryland. roads aren't too bad this morning. there are some icy patches on side streets and sidewalks. the federal government is on a two-hour delay. >> it will cost you an extra penny to mail a letter. first class stamp is 45 cents. the price to mail other packages going up as well. the post office is hoping this will bring in another $900 million in revenue. >> the patriots and giants will

meet with the super bowl. new york beat san francisco 20- 17 in overtime while new england won when the ravens missed the last-minute field goal. the final there, 23-20. time to answer the question of the morning. we've been asking it all morning. here it is once again. the average woman is believed to spend 76 days of her life doing one of these things. is it a, putting on makeup. b, getting her nails done or c, looking for something in her purse? >> all of the women who responded got this one right. it is c, looking for something in her purse including that body. >> that one woman said i could lose a body in my purse. one more check of weather and traffic when 9news now continues.

back at 6:57 with one more check on the delays. federal workers on a two hour delay. federal workers may take unscheduled leave. or telework for the entire day. in virginia, these schools are open two hours late. alexandria, clark county, prince william county, stafford county, warren county and winchester. again opening two hours late. gnaw west virginia, the following counties are on a two-hour delay. berkeley, jefferson and morgan counties. all delayed two hours. there are more delays listed at the bottom of your screen and at wusa9.com. well, we've got some moisture moving in. still below freezing in spots. next few hours could be a little dicey or icy. as we get into the afternoon, warmer and wetter. temperatures upper 40s. tomorrow and wednesday look ok. showers late thursday into friday and maybe something wintry by sunday. monika? >> icy in some spots. definitely the fog. let me show you the big spot this morning starting off with 270. we'll go over to 66 on the

inbound side pretty much like this in from gainesville and centreville and fairfax. 395 northbound at duke street. >> cbs this morning is next. bob schieffer looking lead to the florida presidential primary and the creator of a youtube video on religion. >> howard and i will be back in 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. >> while you're at work today, get updates on news, weather and traffic by visiting wusa9.com. >> see you tomorrow. we want to say -- >> happy new year! ♪