cbs news, washington. the u.s. senate has approved the stock act. it would ban lawmakers from making stock trades based on information they received during the course of their normal work. >> the bill had been floating around congress for years. this is not the first time we've heard about this. it did gain momentum recently after 60 minutes reported the practice to the american public. the bill requires lawmakers and their aides to report any market transactions they make within 30 days. lawmakers agreed on a list of 20 amendments to this bill. one item that makes the stock act apply to more than just congress. >> so, yes, let's hold congress to a high standard but the white house must be held to the very same standard. >> we are entrusted with a profound responsibility to the american people to look out for their best interests, not for our own financial interests. >> the stock act still needs to

make it through the house before it reaches president obama's desk. the president called on congress to pass the bill during his state of the union address last month. three more years of work. that's how long it will take metro transit to complete major track work on the red line. metro transit expect crews will finish track work to fix safety problems by 2015. once the work is finished all track circuits could have been replaced and special rails to prevent derailment would have been added. but the washington examiner says the repairs won't mean the end of routine delays. that work will continue on the station platforms, escalators and elevators. the initial phase of the dulles rail project is on target to be complete by august of next year. it's expected to open to riders in early 2014. last august managers revealed that the project was six months behind schedule. the examiner says the project is only 11 days behind schedule and those 11 days are attributed to unavoidable

weather days. the silver line project managers said contractors were able to make up the time deficit thanks to accelerated work schedules. police are investigating the stabbing of a man dressed as a woman in northeast washington. the knife was still in his head when he was taken to the hospital. >> reporter: metro transit police tell 9news now the stabbing happened about 8:00 tonight in the 4100 block of east capital street at this bus stop where a man dressed in women's clothing apparently had an all kerr station with another -- altercation with another man in his 40s. that suspect allegedly stabbed the victim in the head. she fell to the ground. passersby flag down a metro transit police officer who administered aid. medical assistance was brought right away. the woman was transferred to prince george's county hospital. it was not until she was on the operating table in grave condition that doctors determined it was not a woman but a man. police say the investigation is in its very early stages and

we're unprepared to -- and were unprepared to talk to 9news now a few minutes ago about the details of what happened. >> gary nurenberg there. a montgomery county teacher is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student. montgomery county police say on two occasions 47-year-old scott dwayne spear had sex with a girl he once taught and later coached. he's been placed on leave pending the outcome of these charges. prince george's county police have a second man in custody now for the murder of an activist from alexandria. 20-year-old ivan newman of waldorf is charged with killing lenny harris. harris had been missing since september. investigators found his remains at the bottom of a well in fort washington last week after getting an anonymous tip. his wife still can't believe her husband of 19 years is gone. >> it was like a piece of your

heart was torn. it was like he left my body and that was it. >> another suspect linwood johnson was arrested tuesday. police believe robbery was the motive here. they expect to arrest several more people in this case. tucson shooting suspect jared laughner is still incompetent to stand trial. he has pleaded not guilty to 49 charges stemming from the 2011 shooting. six people were killed, 13 more were injured including former congresswoman gabriel giffords. a los angeles elementary schoolteacher accused of taking bondage style photos of young children in his class has been investigated before. investigators say a 1994 mark berndt was accused of fondling

a girl. susan g. komen is facing backlash. the organization has been swamped with negative e-mails and facebook postings following its move. it denies allegations is buckled under protest of antiabortion groups. komen's top public health official resigned in protest of the board's decision to cut off the funding to planned parenthood. the atlantic reports mollie williams said she felt it was a mistake for the organization to, quote, bow to political pressure and compromise its mission. komen had supplied about $600,000 per year to planned parenthood to pay for breast cancer screenings for poor women. at 4:41, metro transit rethinks the plan which calls

for the hiring of more than 1,000 new workers. at 4:49 making progress. researchers have new information on alzheimer's disease and how it attacks the brain. we're back in to minutes with your weather first. you're watching 9news now. ♪ pierre! your fashion is so "right now," but your banking is so last season! earn more with high yield free checking at capital one bank. instead of some unfashionable rate, your checking could be earning five times the national average. and free atms anywhere. five times the interest? that's hot. oooooo! let's catwalk! you want more interest? open an account at a capital one bank. what's in your wallet? does this make my tuches look big?

. 4:38 on this friday morning. jab a jacket. grab the shades. sunshine. 11:00 44. northwest winds between 5 and 10 miles an hour. we're going to look good all day with the sunshine. a little chilly, still above average with the highs into the low 50s. i'll be back in five minutes. we'll talk about a big storm in the rockies and potentially a little wintry weather around here over the weekend.

monika, over to you. on the inner loop of the beltway in prince george's county between richie marlboro road and route 4, only one lane has been getting by construction. it is in the process of being cleared up. coming up in my next report, more on maryland roadways at 4:47. it is time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> that's why jessica doyle is here. happy friday. >> happy friday. good morning. wall street is waiting to get a fresh look at the t of the -- at the health of the job market. 150,000 new jobs were created n. comes a day after another report the job market is improving but americans are still cautious about spending. checking the numbers from wall street, the dow stands this morning at 12,705. dropped 11 points in trading yesterday. reverse that for the nasdaq, though. it was up 11 and the s&p 500 was better by about a point and a half. the u.s. is going after a swiss bank for willing adly helping to hide money. the justice department says

it's indicted switzerland's oldest private bank. they claim they conspired to hide client assets from the i.r.s. justice officials also say they seized more than $16 million from a correspondent bank in the u.s. they have denied violating swiss law the past decade. metro is scaling back on hiring plans. in the next budget cycle, metro will look to add about 880 positions instead of a thousand. this is particularly an issue of cost but also metro plans to hire contractors instead of employees to deal with issues such as escalator and elevator repairs which we of course know has been an ongoing issue for metro for a long time. the rising cost of animal feed is having an impact on the food you eat. on store shelves across the country. >> we'll have more on that story and your weather first when we return in two minutes.

good morning again. 4:43 this friday morning. it was an okay day yesterday, wasn't it? >> mid- to upper 50s out there. we've all got our go red on for heart health. >> we're doing red, white and blue for? >> the new england patriots. >> for our colleagues. this weekend we do have a chill in the air as the folks have their polar plunge tomorrow afternoon. chili amar will be going in. >> what's the temperature of the water? >> i don't know but i'm

guessing upper 40ish. >> better than 20. >> yes. it's all for a good cause. support them if you can. we'll talk about the bus stop. it's chilly. most areas in the 30s. i know you're seeing 40 on the screen. that's reagan national. they are the warm spot. most of us in the low to mid- 30s. thankfully winds aren't too strong this morning and the sunrise at 7:13. it sets just after 5:30. we'll see a lot of sunshine today. by 8:00 upper 30s. mid-40s at noon. a northwesterly wind starting to turn to the west there late this afternoon maybe or to the north. going to be pretty light at 5 miles an hour and by this evening a light wind, 3 miles an hour from the southwest. 8:00 p.m. temp 45 and partly cloudy skies. that will be the case tonight. clear to partly cloudy. overnight we're in the 30s again. tomorrow, late tomorrow, tomorrow night, that's when things could get a little interesting. not a lot of interesting. 32 winchester, laurie, culpeper -- lurray, culpeper 33 degrees.

still 40 at the pax river naval air station. fredricksburg 36. locally we have 37 in springfield. it's down to 30 in gaithersburg at the air park. 32 in columbia. out to the west mid-30s across fairfax county, leesburg also 36. haymarket and fort belvoir below freezing at this hour. perhaps a little frost out on the windshield, 31. looking outside on our weather scam a with clear skies a nice look downtown at the u.s. capitol. 40 degrees. feeling like a 34 with the northwest wind at 9 and a barometer rising at 30.43. it's rising right now but the big story perhaps you've already heard about, this is the winter storm. blizzard conditions across parts of northeastern colorado. low pressure spinning here. with the easterly winds, they get lifted up against the mountains and the snow comes down in piles. one, two feet of snow not out of the question. this is going to pull out toward nebraska, northwest kansas. eventually iowa with lesser

snows. this is a tornado watch. this is like a spring system. got a tornado watch across western oklahoma and southwestern oklahoma till about 10:00 local time. a lot going o. used to live in oklahoma city. it's one of those times you can get snow in the panhandle at tornadoes down toward mccallister and southeast. here clear skies. colder air in place. clouds already streaming across parts of the tennessee valley this morning but not enough really to dim the sunshine. as we go through midday chillier with us but we'll stay clear and sunny. temperatures low 50s this afternoon. tonight clear to partly cloudy. we'll watch the system out west as it tries to throw some clouds toward us. probably start with some sun early on saturday. look how the clouds increase during the day. at lunch time starting to become at least partly if not mostly cloudy. overcast i think to finish the day. 6:00 p.m. is where i'm stopping the clock. watch the moisture in southern ohio down toward the carolinas as it gets closer and closer to us. in fact, by sunday at 4:00

a.m., just a sliver of blue going to show up around frederick. so we may be on the northern edge of this precip saturday night, sunday morning. maybe a little snow to mix in. i'm not expecting a lot from this, light stuff. on the northern edge some wintry weather. maybe a little bit of sleet. could be cold enough for an isolated slick spot sunday morning but i don't think that's going to last long. maybe mid-50s south and west. as we look at the forecast for the next three days, today pretty nice. actually rather pleasant for february with 53 degrees. 30 tonight. chilly tomorrow. some late showers probably holding off till saturday night. overnight into sunday morning which north of town could mix with a couple of wet flakes. chilly on sunday. some afternoon sunshine. 46 degrees. monday we're back to 51. then next week cool but dry. temperatures mid- to upper 40s. let's go to monika samtani at 4:47. she's got you going on the

roads. it's friday morning light, everybody. good morning. things are looking great all around town. no big worries. if you're planning to head in from frederick, all lanes are open on i-70 and 270 all the way down past clarksburg to the point where the lanes divide. you're looking great. we're going to take a live look at the american legion bridge on the west side of town. no problems to report here between bethesda and tysons corner. all lanes are open. the other side of town, this time take a look at the bw parkway and route 50 in sheverly. inside the beltway you're fine. looking good out of annapolis on route 50 all the way to this point. we'll take a live look if you're planning to east in southeast d.c., this is the so you is a bridge -- sousa bridge nice and light. a plan to develop industrial scale wind energy projects off the coast of maryland, delaware, virginia and new jersey received some help yesterday. interior secretary ken salazar

spoke about the project. he said an environmental impact assessment found no major problems with issuing wind power leases in areas off the mid-atlantic coast. a groundbreaking ceremony was held at the fort lincoln neighborhood in northeast washington. it was all for a new retail development called dakota crossing. mayor vincent gray and other d.c. leaders hosted the groundbreaking. the project will include a costco and shoppers food warehouse. it's expected to create roughly 1200 new jobs and generate $634 million in tax revenue over the next 30 years. a new study suggests alzheimer's spreads in the brain like an infection from cell to cell in the brain. researchers found a protein which indicates fibrous tangles are found in the brains of alzheimer's patients. it travels along the brain's neurons from one region to another which results in severe dementia. the new findings could help

scientists develop new treatment to fight the disease. they also suspect other degenerative brain diseases like parkinson's may spread in a similar way. sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in people over the age of 45. according to british researchers, cases of spds have up doubled for people between the ages of 45 and 64 in the last ten years. scientists have not pin pointed a reason for the increase but say a high number of men on erectile dysfunction drugs are getting infections and physical changes in post menopausal women make them more vul ashe to stds. new findings show depression can lead to difficult childhood relationships and not the other way around like they first thought. researchers at the university of illinois followed 500 kids from fourth through sixth grades. they found fourth grade children with signs of depression were victimized in the fifth grade and then had difficulty being accepted if grade six. the study disputes previous

thinking though that relationship problems led to childhood depression. more families are switching from regular milk to organic milk but now it's in short supply in -- and stores in some parts of the country are having trouble keeping it on the shelves. >> reporter: gail wolf buys organic milk because she believes it's better for her kids good is it more expensive? >> yes. do my kids drink tons of milk? yes. is this one place i know i can reduce their chemical exposure? yes and that's why we do it. >> reporter: sales were up 15% in the last year. now shortages are being seen in several parts of the country. some stores are having trouble keeping it in stock and posting signs apologizing for empty shelves. but the reason for the organic milk shortage is not how much people are drinking. it's the cost of what cows are eeting. organic farmer clifford bruner says his cows can only eat crops that have never been

treated with pesticides. that makes the organic feed much more expensive. up 40% in the past year. >> that's -- that digs into your pocketbook or cuts out your profits entirely. >> reporter: because of the high cost bruner and organic farmers across the country are forced to cut back on the amount they feed their cows and the less the cow eats, the less milk they produce. >> it's like a catch-22 thing. you feed less grain but when you feed less grain, you make less milk and make less money. >> reporter: his bottom line is about to get a boost. he produces milk for organic valley. in march the company will start paying farmers more for their milk but that will mean higher prices at the store for shoppers like gail wolf. >> we're not going to stop buying organic, even if it's more expensive. >> reporter: she says for her family the extra cost is worth it. cbs news, cooperstown, new york. >> it is 4:52. time for the question of the morning. >> the average american uses

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welcome back. 4:556789 your weather first. you'll need the jacket and the

sunglasses today. we have a big chill this morning. we're down in the 30s out there. a good day ahead. by lunch time mid-40s. probably not eating outside but take a walk if you're bundled up for it with an afternoon high in the low 50s. driving home with partly cloudy sky. 6:00 p.m. 49 degrees. monika samtani, what about the drive in this morning? >> so far a good drive. we're going to take a look live in rockville where 355 and 128. no problems. 270 to the point where the lanes divide, same story and the beltway looks good north of town. more on virginia roadways next time around at 5:01. sounds good. see you in a bit. california woman decides to take on honda and wins. heather peters sued the automaker in small claims court charges she was mislead about the fuel economy of her hybrid court. the superior court commissioner ruled in her favor and awarded her about $10,000. >> it starts with this one $10,000 judgment but when others file and hundreds of

thousands of people file it could end up in the billions of dollars. >> peters is urging 200,000 other plaintiffs to not settle under a proposed class action lawsuit but sue instead. if they follow in her footsteps, a small victory could become a big headache for honda. they could be on the hook for as much as $2 billion. honda says it's going to appeal this verdict. a 715-year-old copy of the magna carta has received a facelift. david reuben stein founded the conservation -- funded the conservation efforts. he bought it in 2007 and he is the same man who donated millions of dollars to repair the washington monument and save the national zoo's pandas. madonna is back in the headlines. she has a new movie and new album and she is purchasing at the super bowl. >> alexis christoforous spoke to the entertainer about her

new film. >> reporter: madonna has been burning up the stage for three decades but her upcoming performance at this sunday's super bowl is giving her the jitters. why? >> because i only have eight minutes to set up my stage, 12 minutes to perform and 7 minutes to take down. that's pressure. >> reporter: she's busy juggling several projects including her second directing stint. we is based on the real life romance between king edward 8:00 and wallace simpson. edward gave up the thrown to marry her and they became known as the duke and duchess of windsor. madonna wanted to tell simpson's story on the big screen. >> i felt like she was a character in history who had been seriously misaligned and i wanted to set the record straight. >> reporter: something madonna says she can identify with. >> being grossly misunderstood and judged by people who don't knee me or her so those are certainly qualities that i can

relate to. >> reporter: andrea plays wallace simpson in the film and says working with madonna was a dream. >> she's a true perfectionist in the best sense, so prepared and totally passionate. >> reporter: that passion helped her snag a golden globe for best original song and she's still making music. alexis christoforous, cbs news, new york. >> we has also received an oscar nomination for best costume design. it opens in theaters nationwide today. we say good morning to you and thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. happy friday. i'm andrea roane. you made it. just one more day. i'm mike hydeck. thanks for joining us. here's monika samtani. >> good morning. >> and howard bernstein. >> good morning. a chilly start. lots of us in the low to mid- 30s right now and just a little bit of a windchill so you need the gloves as well. maybe