see the car in front of us this morning. as opposed to yesterday. >> in most spots. >> sterling has visibility down to a quarter mile. if you're flying out of dulles, call ahead. fog is a real issue. >> forget the high beams, they don't help. >> they reflect everything back in your face. 44 at reagan national. cloudy skies. by noon, sunshine. 49. this afternoon, we get into the middle 50s with a 5:00 p.m. temperature of 51 degrees. dense fog advisory in effect north of washington for carroll and frederick counties, washington county west to cumberland including the west virginia panhandle here where some of the visibilities have been quarter mile or less. cumberland's visibilities have come up. they're at ten miles now. as you go farther east, we've got winchester dropped to a quarter mile. now an eighth at dulles. a quarter at montgomery county at the airpark in gaithersburg there. howard county, frederick county, you have problems along with quantico along the river at 1/16th.

temperatures, that's where it is coldest. it could be slick areas while we're at 44. let's go over to monika samtani to tell us about that morning commute here at 6:00 a.m. things have been relatively light and really no big problems to report all around town. we're going to start off with looking at the topside of town where the beltways, normal right now on the outer loop as you leave 95 heading toward bethesda, you will be ok. it is going to slow down right around georgia avenue. we'll take a live look at 270 on the mdot camera. this is our foggy spot in clarksburg from frederick. watch out for this. beyond that, as you can see, volumes are light all the way down to the point where the lanes divide and across the american legion bridge. back to our maps, southern maryland. no problems to report, route four, route five, route 301. there has been a bit of a problem in accokeek on accokeek road at bell hill road with utility pole down and crews are on the scene working on that. we'll take a live look at route 4, pennsylvania avenue passing

andrews air force base. no problems to report to the wilson bridge and beyond into alexandria. coming up, we'll go into virginia at 6:12. back to you, andrea. the occupy protestors have been camped out in mcpherson square for more than three months. the encampment violates the law. now a congressman wants to know why park police have allowed the protestors to stay. the hearing is happening today. delia gonsalves is live at mcpherson square with a preview. good morning, delia. >> good morning. the rules panning camping, the rules are posted throughout the park here. so, it is no secret that the park service does have this specific rule that bans camping however the national park service has told me several times, these folks are not camping. they're participating in an on- going 24-hour vigil. what's the difference? well, there's not much. the park service is telling me that they are protecting the protestors' first amendment rights. the hearing later this morning

comes after d.c.'s health inspector found a rat infestation here and other health code violations. a toddler, you may remember, was even found alone in a tent on a 40 degree day wearing only a onesie. that little girl is now in child protective custody. committee chairman darrell issa released a statement a short time ago saying "the city is trying its best to protect the health, welfare and safety of people in and around the camp site. in this situation, the national park service has so far been more interested in making excuses than protecting the public." congressman isa has demanded all communication from national park service, from the government, d.c. government and from d.c. police regarding the occupiers here. so, he's asking for a lot of paperwork. hopefully he'll get some of his answers today but i have spoken to many of the protestors here and they say they're not moving

under any conditions. we'll have more on what they have to say coming up in a half hour. back to you, andrea. >> thank you, delia gonsalves reporting live from northwest washington this morning. also on the hill tonight, president obama delivers his state of the union address. his focus will be the economy. both raising tax on the wealthy and creating new jobs. the white house believes the president can get those things done even in an election year. >> that election is nearly ten months away. and we cannot afford to waste those ten months on campaigning alone. there are things we can and must do to grow the economy. >> there's much we can and should do together. let's focus on that and put the rest aside. >> we'll bring you live coverage of tonight's state of the union address beginning at 9:00. we'll also have the republican response from indiana governor

mitch daniels. maryland's governor is laying out his agenda for this year. democrat martin o'malley delivered his plan to lawmakers and said it will directly create 30,000 jobs in the free statement. one of the common themes that you see throughout most of the initiatives is the importance of making the modern investments that a modern economy requires in order to create jobs. so, therefore, we are advancing wind energy. we are advancing improvements to our clean water infrastructure, to our transportation infrastructure. >> the governor added he will make another push to legalize same-sex marriage. and he will talk later about tax hikes to be used for transportation work. new this morning, federal workers owe the i.r.s. big time. "the washington post" reports 98,000 federal and postal workers owe more than $1 billion in unpaid taxes from 2010 alone! the good news is the number of people is down from 2009 but

the amount of money owed is up. the highest delinquency rate is among workers at the advisory council on historic preservation. 9% of workers there owe back taxes but that's just five people. for sheer numbers, the biggest group owing is retired military. 83,000 veterans owe over $1.5 billion. monika? we're still watching your money. women and men don't always see money issues the same way and there is a workshop beginning in arlington tomorrow focusing on women and their finances. joining me to talk about that and the financial lessons women need to learn is jennifer abel, a senior extension agent with the virginia cooperative extension and she's an accredited financial counselor. thank you, so much, jennifer for being with us. >> thank you. >> one of the biggest things that women do wrong when making financial decisions? >> i would say it is not planning enough. because one of the issues with

women is that we have a longer life expectancy than men and we still have lower average lifetime earnings than men partly do you the fact that we tend to lead the work force more often than men do to care for children or aging parents. we have to stretch less money over a longer period of time. and one of the things that i've noticed that women do a lot is we tend to take care of everyone else and we don't pay attention to taking care of ourselves. >> along those lines, does that mean we need, as women, specially tailored financial advice because of our special situations? >> well, not necessarily but i think it is really important for us to plan for our needs and to make sure that we are taking into account our needs in terms of retirement planning and long-term care insurance and that if women aren't working, and are staying -- for example, staying in the home taking care of children, they can still get a spousal i.r.a.,

an individual retirement account to allow them to fund their retirement and to plan for those future needs. >> do you think that there are differences between how women make their decisions, whether they're single or divorced or especially when they're married, do you think they tend to rely on their partner instead of focusing on their own financial literacy? >> traditionally, that's certainly what has happened and we're seeing that changing a lot. women are feeling more empowered to seek information and to educate themselves about finances. we offer free financial counseling in arlington and alexandria and i would say probably about 90% of the women who come to us for that counseling are women. a lot of times, what we see is we'll get people coming saying i just got divorced and he handled everything with the finances and now i don't know what to do. >> you said just really quickly, something about the classes you've given and how much money women have saved.

>> the money course that's starting tomorrow, the financial course for women that we offer twice a year, we've been offering that since 2006. and we do follow-up evaluations from the courses and we've been able to show the women who have attended the courses have saved a combined total of $277,870. >> that's an incentive to join the class. it starts tomorrow. runs every wednesday through february 22nd. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the arlington central library on quincy street. it is free for except for $25 if you would like to buy the workbook. good luck with the class. >> thank you for having me. >> with that, we'll throw it back to andrea. >> did you know washington, d.c. has the only museum in the united states dedicated to women artists? four minutes, learn about the museum's upcoming 25th anniversary gala. we'll see sunny skies for tuesday and it is going to get warmer. howard has our weather first when 9news now returns.

still some fog this morning, especially north of interstate 70. sun will return later this morning. 49 by noon with mostly sunny skies. highs today in the mid 50s with a drive home temperature around 51.

if you're planning to head on the northbound side of i- 950, no problems to report. leaving dale city up toward springfield. you're going to be fine. here is the beltway at route 4, pennsylvania avenue. looking fine as well. through oxon hill to the wilson bridge. no problems all around the beltway this morning. coming up in my next report, we'll take a closer look into virginia at 6:18. andrea, back to you. the only museum dedicated to women artists is right here in washington, d.c. the national museum of women in the arts is celebrating its 25th anniversary. joining me this morning is museum director susan fisher sterling and carol garris, president of the museum. thank you for being here with us. carol, national museum of women in the arts is just a wonderful museum but a lot of people are just learning about it after 25 years. >> well, that's true. it is a great secret. but we're going to explode this year. and basically, the museum is

celebrating 25 years. it is a wonderful, wonderful accomplishment. but our museum is a trailblazing museum. the only in the world, really. celebrating the accomplishments of women artists. >> you remember the first exhibition 25 years ago. >> we have chairman -- grace nelson, who is the wife of senator bill nelson. >> of florida. >> of florida. >> helped before the museum had walls. this is before '87 and she helped get this -- the first exhibition and that was at the u.s.a. headquarters. >> we're running out of time. susan, i want to ask you, again, this is such an

important collection. it is the passion, it is the dream of the founder, will mena cole holiday. how are you going to be celebrating the 25th anniversary? >> well, it was important because up until the time that the museum was founded, really no women artists were in the major history books, the textbooks that were used in colleges and universities around the country. in addition, what we saw was there were very few women artists in museums. that's what the museum of women in the arts set about to redress. >> you have a very special exhibition part of the kickoff to the anniversary celebration. tell us about that. >> yes, it is called royalist to romantic. it will be works of art from the louvre and versailles and other french national collections. i call it vive liberty equality and sorority because that's the time when women artists really made their mark in france. >> some of these pictures and paintings have not been seen outside of the louvre so this is a really special time for

people in the washington, d.c. area. it is located at 12th and new york avenue and it is open to the public and we thank you both for coming in. big gala is february 3rd. that's just one part of the year-long celebration. howard, to you. >> thanks, andrea. we're looking at some fog this morning. that's where we start with the bus stop forecast. areas of fog, mostly cloudy skies. a little milder in most areas. 30s out there. especially north and west of town. up toward pennsylvania and some of the mountain areas in eastern west virginia. but some areas already 50 up to the south and east with the sunrise at 7:21. our day planner calling for a good deal of sunshine once we get rid of the early clouds and fog. upper 40s to near 50 by noon with sunny skies. sunny for the afternoon. highs near 55 with a 4:00 p.m. temperature of 53. we're back in the 40s this evening. overnight, we'll drop into the 20s and 30s. fog is a real problem.

quarter mile in gaithersburg. over to frederick. don't have any reports from howard county but i'm pretty confident that the fog is pretty thick there as well and in quant corr, we're down to a 16th of a mile visibility. dense fog advisory out to the northwest and this is until 8:00 this morning for the panhandle and northern maryland through frederick and carroll county. it is not including loudoun, howard and montgomery but there is dense fog there as well. gaithersburg is 41. winchester, 34. 50 at the patuxent river air station. as we look outside on our camera, cloudy skies. a little bit of fog. visibility is not too bad here in washington with our temperature right now, 44. feels like 41. a dew point at 42 degrees. while we're watching the storm leave us, it is the stuff here out west. this will be arriving tomorrow night into thursday with some lighter showers and then as we get into friday, the first part of friday could have some

heavier showers. today, 55. nice midday and afternoon. tonight, 20s and 30s. tomorrow, about 50. increasing clouds late. by thursday, some showers, might even have a slight mix early north and west. cool, 48. by friday, we start wet, finish dry. cooler over the weekend. sunday could have a few flurries or snow showers. let's go to monika samtani watching your timesaver traffic. >> i just got word if you're coming in from southern maryland, you may know about this. there had been a utility pole down at accokeek and that's just reopened. you're good to go through the area in accokeek. the beltway itself looking great. we'll zoom in first to northbound side of i-95 where it is very heavy and slow trying to get into quantico. then again from lorton into springfield. we'll take a live look in springfield. no big problems to report. just that volume as you try to get to the beltway. if you're continuing north on to 395, we'll take a live look there. brake lights beginning right in the landmark area as you head

north toward seminary road. this is incident-free both in the main and the hov lanes as well. back over to the maps, no problems to report on the parkway leaving the american legion bridge. we'll take a live look on the southbound side of i-270, just the fog coming through gaithersburg. more on area roadways at 6:25. andrea? >> the time is 6:19. next in sports, learn by alexander ovechkin is getting suspended for three games and navy gets ready to move to the big east. >> right now, time for another check on our question of the morning. more than 50% of parents admit to doing which of these things? is it a, using kids as an excuse to get out of doing things with family or friends. b, hiding when their children call them or c, spying on their kids. facebook friend kim says b, spying on them and if the other 50% were doing the same, i believe the world would be a better place. keep the guesses coming. we'll reveal the answer at 6:49.

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welcome back. your weather first here. we're looking at some fog right now. some of the fog is rather dense and will be for the next couple of hours. overall, looking pretty good here. here's a look at that day planner with temperatures climbing nicely as we go in toward the 50s this afternoon. by noon, i think we'll be near the 50 degree mark. high of about 55. 3:00 p.m. temperature, 53. we're driving home with a temperature of 49. >> announcer: now, 9 sports with kristen berset. the best sports in town. good morning, everybody. here's your first look at sports. the capitals prepare for tonight's match-up against the defending stanley cup champs, their last game before the all- star break, they're going to have to do it without their captain. the nll handed alex owe very much kib his third and longest suspension. for a hit on pittsburgh's

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good morning. welcome back to 9news now. 6:29. 44 degrees. standing out here in the early morning damp, you feel that raw humidity. relative humidity goes right to the bone. >> it is really warm and humid, you feel it.

when it is cold and humid, you feel it. >> i'm feeling it. >> get inside. >> howard, take it away. >> you have a skirt on. i have pants on. you're feeling it more than i am. >> they're supposed to be there. >> let's talk about today. a fine day for january. temperatures climb to near 50 by noon. into the 50s this afternoon. 5:00 p.m. temperature of 51. should be a good deal of sunshine. we've got fog this morning, especially north with the dense fog advisory until 8:00 for those counties bordering the pennsylvania line and also into the martinsburg area and over toward harper's ferry as well where visibilities in some spots down a quarter mile or less for westchester, gaithersburg, eighth of a mile at sterling. howard, montgomery counties, still dealing with some dense fog. in westminster, quantico, reporting 1/16th. temperatures range from 50 to 30 in martinsburg. let's go inside at 6:30.

monika samtani, still got some fog out there. >> that's about it. we've got the volume and the fog. that's really it. that's the kind of rush hour we like. if we're going to have any problems, they should be minor. if you're planning to head southbound on i-95 leaving baltimore owl the way down to college park, you're fine. through college park into silver spring, let's take a live look at georgia avenue. brake lights will begin back at 95, continue past georgia avenue here on the outer loop and then the pace improves into bethesda and over to 270 and the american legion bridge. we'll go over to the maps again and this time head to the other side of town. if you're planning to head south on 270 out of frederick, that's where we've been talking about fog down the line into clarksburg. we'll take a live look at 270. it will be the fog affecting your drive. it has been actually pretty light coming down from route 109. you will find a few brake lights then you're fine into the rockville area and down toward the american legion bridge. no problems to report. coming up, we'll go into virginia at 6:42. andrea, back to you. tonight, president obama

delivers his third state of the union address and you can see it right here on channel 9 at 9:00. it will be a hot topic on "cbs this morning." erica hill joins us with a preview. good morning. >> hey, andrea, good morning. you can bet we'll be talking about that on "cbs this morning" as we look ahead to the state of the union address. we'll check in with the advisor and get information from him on promises. also joining us this morning, top republican, house budget committee chairman paul ryan will tell us what his party expects. may not be the same thing from those two men. i'm going out on a limb here, andrea. >> i wonder if there will be hecklers this time around, too. thank you, erica. >> monika samtani is back. every year, the state of the union means road closures. i've been caught in some of those for hours near capitol hill. >> plan early. it is not just drivers affected but pedestrians as well. let's take a look at the map of the closings. it is pretty much every street, two to three blocks out from

the capitol. closures begin at 7:00. they'll stay closed until a few hours after the president's speech. pedestrians won't be allowed in the capitol square starting at 6:00. metrobuses and circulator buses will be routed around the closures. we'll have a list of all of the streets closed on wusa9.com and look on the morning news page. >> you can watch the state of the union address here on channel 9. coverage begins at 9:00. we'll bring you the republican response from indiana governor mitch daniels and get reaction from local lawmakers tonight on 9news now at 11:00. congresswoman gabrielle giffords will attend tonight's state of the union address. it will be one of the arizona democrat's final acts before resigning. giffords announced her resignation sunday. it has been over a year since she survived an assassination attempt. six people died in that shooting. monday, she met with the families of those who died and with survivors of the horrible

day. what i saw this morning was the bravest thing that i have ever seen anybody do to put herself aside for the good of her constituents. it makes you cry. >> giffords also toured a family assistance center named in her honor. there will be a special election this spring to fill out the rest of her term. today is the first of several public ceremonies honoring former penn state football coach joe paterno. there will be a public viewing that begins at 1:00 this afternoon. the private funeral is tomorrow with a memorial service in the university's basketball arena on thursday. the 85-year-old paterno died sunday morning, less than three months after being diagnosed with lung cancer and being fired for not adequately reporting allegations of abuse against children. penn state is now working with paterno's family to honor his legacy. sports announcer fran fisher was a long-time friend.

>> and to the football letterman letterman. >> mourners have left dozens of candles and cards at a statue of paterno on campus. a leading republican congressman wants to know why the parks service has let occupy protestors camp out in mcpherson square even though that's against the law. they've been there for months. delia gonsalves is live at mcpherson square. what excuse is the park service using in this case, delia? >> the park service doesn't really have a good answer but they are saying they're protecting the protestors' first amendment rights to peacefully assemble and to protest so for many, that's a pretty good excuse but congressman darrell issa is not buying it. he chairs a d.c. government oversight committee and says the national park service today should finally admit to him when he asked them to testify before him in congress and just about three hours, that the occupiers are camping out

instead of what they're calling a 24-hour vigil. concerns of rats, trash and poor sanitary conditions are among reasons d.c. mayor also wants them to leave. chairman isa released a statement a short time ago saying "the refusal to provide documents about the park service's decision making leaves a lingering perception that long-standing prohibitions against encampments have been ignored to avoid a politically embarrassing situation for the administration." that hearing, as i said, happens in about three hours, 9:30. the national park service, d.c. police and d.c. mayor will testify and also some occupiers will testify on their behalf and they've released a statement saying in part citizens of a free country should not ask permission to occupy public spaces, they see all of this as a distraction keeping congress from "getting to work on the many challenges facing our country."

>> delia gonsalves reporting live from northwest washington this morning. our time is 6:37. jessica doyle is off today. but we're still watching your money. the government has reached a settlement deal with the five biggest mortgage lenders in the country. now, the $25 billion settlement deal heads to the state. the banks will agree to overhaul their policies after those deceptive foreclosure moves gave some homeowners the boot. now, they won't get their homes back but could get checks for about $1800. the deal involves bank of america, jpmorgan chase, wells fargo, citibank and ally financial. this is the single settlement since the tobacco deal. you'll have a better idea of how much you pay in taxes and fees. airlines have to advertise the exact price instead of showing off the amount before taxes. you'll be told if any baggage fees apply. when you travel with the family, pittsburgh should be be

on your list. abc city guide for kids is out with its top family friendly destinations. the steel city is number one followed by atlantic city, new york city, chicago and philadelphia. d.c. ranks number seven. the presidential campaign is heating up as mitt romney and newt gingrich start targeting each other. >> what's the gross revenue of -- in the years you were associated with it? >> very substantial. i think it is irrelevant compared to the fact you were working for freddie mac. >> in nine minutes, we'll take a look at last night's debate in florida. the ice and snow have melted. now we're heading into the 50s today. an update on traffic and weather next right here on 9news now.

it is 6:42. welcome back. i'm monika samtani with your timesaver traffic. no problems to report on the beltway. all around town, things are looking great. we'll zoom in first to 95 in virginia. you have a bit of a slowdown as we head up toward quantico. live in springfield, the delays begin in lorton to this point. it is running slowly but incident-free. both in the main and hov lanes as you head for 395. 395 is going to slow down from duke street to seminary road. we'll take a look back at the maps. this time out west to 66 on the inbound side. the fog is affect your drive a bit. we'll take a live look from centreville toward the fairfax county parkway again. a bit of fog and then inside the beltway, quite heavy and slow leaving the dulles connector road as you head toward falls church. again, that's incident-free. inside the beltway toward the roosevelt bridge. more on maryland roadways coming up. back to you, andrea and howard. >> i'm in the weather center with howard. we're going to start seeing a little more clear after a

couple of hours and we're going to shed some of the heavy coats today, too. >> by 9:00, 10:00, we'll see a good deal of sunshine. it is chilly in spots. we've got dense fog also. but hang in there for a few more hours, this will be a good day. especially for january with temperatures in the 50s. nothing wrong with that. >> let's start you off with the bus stop forecast. mostly cloudy skies and some patchy dense fog. north and west of town. quantico has some fog. they've been reporting dense fog all morning. 36 is the cold spot. 50. big range. i'll show you why. our day planner, mid-40s by 9:00 here in washington. by then, partly sunny skies. as we head toward noon, we should be around 50 with a west wind at 7 miles per hour. then this afternoon, we're going into the mid-50s about 2:00, 3:00. tonight, clear skies. light winds, we'll be back down to the 20s and 30s. we start with dense fog to report places like quantico,

1/16th of a mile. dulles, 1/8. just a little bit colder north and west of us. that's why the fog is there. still with the cold air, moisture is coming in. easier to condense the clouds down to fog and half-mile visibility in frederick and zero in westminster. the dense fog advisory has been expanded now until 8:00 including montgomery. thises has just added, montgomery, fairfax and loudoun counties as well with carroll and frederick. might even be part of the western half of howard county. probably had some dense fog as well. temperatures have dipped into the 30s here. gaithersburg and hagerstown to 39. 44. you'll notice the upper 40s from pax river down to tappahannock. ioneseioneseton at 37 degrees. 45 in fort belvoir. andrews air force base. 46 in baden. washington, well, we've got skies that are cloudy this morning.

looking at our michael & son weather camera. it is down a little bit. current temperature of 44. feeling like 41 and the humidity way up there. 93%. no surprise. what we're going to watch, our next storm is out here in the rockies. this will bring some light rain showers late wednesday night into thursday. might mix with the onset with some wet flakes or a little bit of sleet. as i break down the forecast, temperatures today are going to warm nicely after the morning clouds and fog. tonight, 20s and 30s, up to 50 tomorrow. clouds increase late wednesday. with some possible showers late wednesday night into thursday. cool thursday. into the upper 40s. friday starts out wet. we'll have some bona fide showers or rain around here for the first half of friday before cooling off for the weekend. sunday could be a couple of flurries or snow showers. andrea, back to you. thank you, howard. >> we focus on campaign 2012. the florida presidential primary is a week away from today. the second poll is out showing newt gingrich in the lead.

the rasmussen poll of likely voters shows 41% support gingrich. 32% back mitt romney. 11% like santorum while 8% support ron paul. today, mitt romney will release his 2010 tax returns. an early copy obtained by the "wall street journal" shows he made $21 million. he donated $3 million to charity and paid $3 million in taxes, a 14% rate. as edward lawrence reports, his income was one of the hot topics. >> there were four candidates on stage at monday night's debate but it quickly became a two-man fight with gingrich and romney tearing into each other. >> i think it is about leadership and the speaker was given an opportunity to be the leader our party in 1949 and he had to resign in disgrace. >> he may have been a good financier, that's a terrible historian. romney said the contracts made him a lobbyist. >> if your entities are getting paid by health companies that

could benefit by a piece of legislation and you meet with republican congressmen and encourage them to support the legislation, you can call it whatever you would like, i call it influence peddling. >> gingrich tried to stay above the fray. >> i'm not going to spend the evening trying to chase governor romney's misinformation. we'll have a site at newt.org by tomorrow morning. he said four things that are false. i don't want to waste the time on them. >> both are dealing with disclosure issues. gingrich released his consulting firm's contract with freddie mac and romney will release his 2010 tax returns and an estimate of his 2011 rushes tuesday morning. romney said they contain no surprises. rick santorum drew contrast with both men saying they're not true conservatives. he tried to stay on message. >> there's one thing worse than losing an election. and that's not standing for the principles that you hold. >> ron paul didn't get a word in until 15 minutes into the debate. he dismissed a question about seeking a third party nomination. >> i have no plans to do that. i have no intention. when i've been pressed on it, i

say i don't want to. >> the four candidates are scheduled for another debate on thursday night ahead of next week's primary. edward lawrence for cbs news. conventional wisdom a few weeks ago said florida might be the last important primary but then newt gingrich won south carolina and it looks like the battle will go on. after florida is the nevada caucus on february 4th. it is three weeks until the february 28th primaries in arizona and michigan. and super tuesday, that's march 6th with contests in virginia and nine other states. and now, it is time to answer the question of the morning between the three of us, we have six kids. we're ready for this one. >> more than 50% of parents admit to doing which of these things. is it a, using kids as an excuse to get out of things doing with family or friends, b, hiding when children call

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it is 6:53. 44 degrees and cloudy skies. dense fog north and west of town. dense fog advisory until 9:00 for most of the suburbs north and west.

mostly sunny, 49. comfortable 51 for the drive- home temperature. >> today is tuesday, january 24th. here is a check on the news before you go. >> classes will resume today at samuel chase elementary school. prince george's county police say 48-year-old burnett butler was struck and killed by a maintenance worker in the school parking lot yesterday. an investigation is underway. a hearing to determine whether john hinckley jr. is ready for week-long visits with his mother resumes today amount bookstore employee testified hinckley wanted becomes on assassination. hinckley shot president reagan in 1981. the space shuttle "discovery" will do a flyover above d.c. in april. it will ride piggyback on a 747 on its way to the air and space museum at dulles airport. it will go on display later in the spring. "cbs this morning" begins at the top of the hour. they'll talk with the man who wrote the groundbreaking biography on steve jobs. before that, one more check on

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welcome back. 6:58. your weather first. talk you canning about fog this morning. you can see the dense fog there. weather watcher out in the herndon area. brett said can't see. visibility is about zero. we do have a dense fog advisory to include fairfax and loudoun counties. we've got visibility zero at dulles. quarter mile in montgomery county and also in frederick. we'll watch that. that goes now until 10:00 a.m., not 8:00 a.m. 7-day forecast. sunny, turning sunny, with 55. tomorrow, clouds increase. by late thursday, late wednesday night into thursday, few showers turning into maybe

some steadier showers by friday morning. monika? >> i'm start with everyone on the fog we're talking about starting off with 270 in clarksburg. it has been like this all morning, reduced visibility. able aware of that as you come down from frederick to germantown. live look if you're planning to head over to route 50, john hanson highway, an accident on the shoulder. it is causing delays. give them room to deal with that on the shoulder there. a quick look live on 56 at leesburg pike. marc train 872, 10 to 15 minutes late. >> "cbs this morning" is next with a preview of tonight's state of the union and get this, aretha franklin has called off her just-announced engagement. >> howard and i will be back in 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. >> you can get all of your news, weather and traffic information at wusa9.com any time. >> we'll see you tomorrow morning at 4:25. have a