must haves. we may bust them out on the weather terrace a little later this morning. it's been a while. let's get you started on this friday morning. our day planner looking good. want to go to this day planner with temperatures in the upper 30s now under clear skies at reagan national. 38 degrees. mid-40s by noon. mostly sunny skies. it will be a mostly sunny afternoon with highs in the low 50s. and a northwest wind at 5 to 10 miles an hour. so just a bit of a chill from that as well. clear skies overnight. you can see how we're clear here. some clouds well up to the fort and well to the west in kentucky streaming toward southwestern virginia but i don't think any of those clouds will be here till maybe a couple tonight and increasing on saturday. 32 in frederick. 33 gaithersburg. 37 in annapolis. 38 in southern maryland. the pax river naval air station. culpeper, lurray all at 32 degrees. not much wind out there as the windchills are in the upper 20s to low 30s. again we're looking at highs in the low 50s with sunny skies.

i'm going to hand it over now to my friend monika. she'll let you know about your time saver traffic. good morning, everybody. it's friday morning light. that just means everything is looking great. we have no big deals to worry about i'm happy to say. if you're planning to head over to the virginia side of things 95 is incident free across the wok quan river. we'll take a look into spring field. if you're heading to the beltway whether you're going to alexandria or up through annandale, you're going to be absolutely fine. we'll go further north now if you're planning to head to the 14th street on to 395, light into the northwest corridor. back to the maps this time to the west side of the town. no problems to report on the dulles toll road out of leesburg. everything is fine in the tysons corner area and 66 out of gainesville. we'll end with a live look as you cross the roosevelt bridge into downtown. things looking fine 066. -- fine on 66. the end of the relationship

between susan g. komen for the cure and planned parenthood is turning into a public relations nightmare for komen. >> the organization has been flooded with a swarm of angry. mails and facebook postings since it announced it would no longer donate money to planned parenthood. delia goncalves is live outside planned parenthood in d.c. with more. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, andrea and mike. even though this planned parenthood never did receive funding, however, you can tell by the pink banner that it's posted underneath the flag it is standing in solidarity with all of its clinics. the komen foundation has long donated millions of dollars to helping the fight against breast cancer including screenings and exams for women but its recent decision to pull funding from planned parenthood has created a wave of baby backlash.

a new policy says they can no longer donate to organizations under investigation. >> i think this was a political decision and there are groups that have an extreme agenda who have been bullying the komen foundation and trying to get them to end their relationship with planned parenthood. contrary to what some are saying, we are not pulling any existing grants. current grants are not affected. as we move forward, we will implement these new strategies which will allow us to serve even more women. we will never bow to political pressure. >> but in an interview that followed that online statement from komen's president, she couldn't quite explain why planned parenthood seems to be the only group out of 2000 grantees who seem to be negatively affected by this new policy. now congress is getting in on the fight. we'll have that part ever the story coming up in my next live report in a half-hour. >> delia goncalves reporting live from northwest washington.

police are investigating the stabbing of a man who was dressed as a woman in northeast d.c. around 8:00 last night. the man dressed in women's clothing had an altercation with another individual in the 4900 block of east capital street. the suspect allegedly stabbed the victim in the head. he was taken to prince george's county hospital center with the knife still embedded. he is believed to be in critical condition. prince george's county police have arrested a second man in the murder of alexandria activist lenny harris. 20-year-old ivan newman of waldorf is charged with killing harris. another suspect linwood johnson was arrested tuesday. police believe robbery was the motive. the 53-year-old harris' remains were found last week in the bottom of a well in forth washington. -- fort washington. most of the republican presidential candidates will be campaigning in nevada today ahead of tomorrow's caucuses. thursday the front-runner mitt romney picked up an endorsement in las vegas from none other than donald trump.

hours earlier gingrich's camp suggested trump would be endorsing him but that turned out not to be the case. senate members passed the so-called stock act on thursday with a vote of 96-3. the bill gained momentum following a report on "60 minutes" on cbs. time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> jessica is here with today's headlines. good morning. >> good morning. investors are focusing in on the health of the job market today. things are looking a little bit healthier. today the unemployment report expected to show the economy created around 150,000 new jobs in january. it comes a day after another report shows the job market is improving. americans, though, are still a little bit cautious about their spending. checking the numbers from wall street, the dow stands this morning at 12,705. it dropped 11 points in trading yesterday. meantime nasdaq was up by 11 and the s&p 500 added about a

point and a half. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke was on capitol hill yesterday testifying about the economy. he told lawmakers while the economy is getting stronger, it may need more help from the central bank. he also said cutting the deficit too quickly could backfire. last week the fed said it plans to keep interest rates near record lows through at least 2014. it's not just the ski resorts that are suffering from a lack of snow this year. unusually warm winter weather is leaving some retailers out in the cold. the mild temperatures mean hats, gloves, coats and boots aren't selling as well. sales were disappointing at macy's and dillard's but better than expected at target, costco and kohl's. >> if you want to get some hats and gloves-- >> that's what i was going to say to get a good deal. what do you have for us in the next half-hour? >> a couple of easy steps. we'll save you about $1800 out of your budget this year. you'll want to stay tuned for

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it is 5:08. we have a chill out there this morning. clear skies. temperatures down in the 30s. you'll need the jackets and governors for sure to start. -- gloves for sure to start. a decent afternoon. we'll have midday temperatures in the mid-40s. highs in the low 50s and by 5:00 we're driving home with a temperature around 50 degrees. i'll be back talking about the weekend in the next five minutes. right now here's monika. here's college park on the beltway on the north side of town. no problems to report. near route 1 as you head around 95. 95 looks good in from baltimore. bw parkway through cheverly as well. more on maryland roadways in a couple of minutes. mike, back to you. >> thank you, monika. here's what's making news at 5:09. tucson shooting suspect jared loughner is still incompetent to stand trial. he's being treated at a missouri prison facility where he's been forcibly medicated for about six months now. loughner has pleaded not guilty

to 49 charges stemming from the 2011 shootings. 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 in 1994 mark berndt was accused of trying to fondle a 10-year-old girl. prosecutors didn't file charges in that case. french prosecutors are now investigating the costa concordia cruise ship disaster in italy. four french nationals were among 17 people killed when the ship ran aground off the italian coast. two other french citizens are listed as missing. the prosecutors' office plans to question the survivors of the shipwreck. the key question? whether or not criminal liabilities are in play in the case. the ship's captain is already facing multiple manslaughter charges. track repair work on metro's red line could take three more years. >> we'll have more on that story in just a bit.

good morning. welcome back to 9 news now. 5:13. another nice day on tap. maybe not as warm as we had wednesday, right? >> here he are the 3rd of february. we did get to 58 degrees yesterday. we had 72 earlier in the week. still above 50 degrees. the average high is 45. every day we get through this it's one day closer to

springtime. it's now 5:30. this morning your bus stop forecast, a cold one. bundle up. temps down in the 30s. slight windchill. the sunrise is at 7:13. it sets at about 5:31 this afternoon. the day planner lots of sunshine. keep the sunglasses with you. 11:00 44. by 1:00 we'll be in the upper 40s. northwest wind at 7. will feel like the mow -- low to mid-40s. a 5:00 p.m. temperature 50 degrees. light winds probably less than 5 miles an hour by then. i expect light winds overnight. so the weather headlines on this friday morning grab the sunglasses and the jacket. another cold night tonight. we'll be down in the 30s. tomorrow maybe some early sun but some clouds are going to be returning. i think by midday if not the

afternoon. that means some precip possible also as we head into late saturday, saturday night into the overnight into sunday morning, got the word mix because in our northern suburbs especially, could be just cold enough to get a little bit of changeover from rain to snow, although right now things look like they're going to be on the fairly light side precip wise. 38 in town although we have mid- 30s across the bay. we've got lower 30s in the shenandoah valley. down to 30 north. gaithersburg, that is the coldest spot on the board with northern anne arundel county. centreville is 35. sterling 36. to the south we've got springfield and alexandria both at 37 degrees along with andrews and here in washington this morning. clear skies looking outside on our weather camera. good visibility and 38 degrees. feels like 33, though, with a north, northwesterly wind at 7 miles an hour. that barometer continues to creep up so sensitive to big pressure changes. we've got some coming because we have another area of low pressure that will get toward

us. this thing is pounding away in denver with the snow and the eastern plains of colorado. some one to possibly two-foot snow totals will extend into nebraska with a tornado watch across parts of oklahoma till 10:00. that's the system we'll have to watch as we go through the weekend because some moisture is going to head towards us. not today as we have clear skies in place that will be the case through midday, through the afternoon and evening hours. as we get into tomorrow, the clouds are going to start to increase. here we go with saturday morning. still some sunshine to start. midday the clouds start to increase and then the afternoon we're starting to get a little bit cloudier, overcast to finish the day. we'll watch that moisture saturday night into sunday morning. here we are add midnight saturday night. -- at midnight saturday night. toward frederick starting to get a sliver of blue and pink to show up. could be mixing in a tiny bit saturday night, sunday morning. saturday morning 6:00 578 showers -- 6:00 a.m. showers north. looks like a little chance for

some wintry mix there saturday night. looking at the forecast today low 50s. very pleasant. 30s tonight. increasing clouds, chilly on saturday. could be some showers late. more likely saturday night into sunday morning. sunday becoming partly sunny in the afternoon in the mid-40s. then as we get into next week, pretty quiet still with highs in the 40s for the most part tuesday, wednesday and thursday. it's now 5:17. monika is stepping in on this friday. you have a big smile on your face. i like that. i do. it's friday and i don't have any bad news for commuters like i did at this time yesterday on 270. that's all clear so that's why i'm smiling. we're going to first take a look if you're planning to head over on to i-95 the bw parkway, route 29, all those northern corridors look fine through college park and silver spring. everything is really light. no problems to report. let's take a live look a little further south near branch avenue. if you're planning to head over toward oxon hill and the wilson bridge all lanes are open. it's nice and light as you can see on the beltway.

really both loops the entire east stretch of the beltway. we're going to take a look back at the map and go to the other side of town, lanes are open on 270. no problems on the 270 spur early this morning. the american legion bridge is looking good as well. chevy chase, if you're planning to head through the area of route 355 bradley boulevard, connecticut avenue, all those corridors are looking good as well. coming up in my next report, we'll go into virginia. back to you. >> thank you, monika. on any given night in our area the word of underage drinking party is just a police radio call away. 9 wants you to know that it is getting worse and kids are drinking younger and younger. >> over the last two months our colleague andrea mccarren has learned that firsthand by working closely with montgomery county police. during a recent ride along, she was with officers when they received a report of teenagers drinking inside a bethesda home. as you're about to see after rumblings of this party spread

on facebook within a matter of hours it's -- it had spiraled out of control. >> he took off. >> reporter: when we arrive with police, teenagers scatter. running from all sides of the house. and bounding down the stairs of a balcony. >> hey, everybody, pay attention. is everybody clear now? does everybody understands what happens when you run from me or any other officer? >> yes. >> relax. you get up again, i'll put you down again. >> reporter: what appears to be blood on the stairs is actually a crushed pomegranate but teenage girls with mini skirts and mascara stained faces start to cry and scream. >> everybody chill out. everybody shut up. when i tell you to call your mom or dad, you're going to call your mom or dad. >> reporter: this is what an and aged party looks like. it happened in bethesda and involves students from walt

whitman high school but it could have unraveled in any suburban neighborhood where an unsuspecting parent is out of town or simply leaves an empty house and an unsupervised teenager. >> we're dealing with 70, 80, 90 juveniles who decided to get high and drink. >> reporter: police handcuff teens that attempted to flee and line them up at the curb. some are belligerent, combative. >> stand up. stand up. >> reporter: a defiant teenage girl criticizes police for sending so many officers to respond to an underage party. >> when your house is being broken in in a couple of weeks, you can bring it on an understand age drinking party and police aren't there as quick as you would like them to be. >> reporter: the smell of marijuana fills the air.

roughly 80 teenagers left the house in shambles. >> it looked like it was ransacked. >> reporter: police issued 50 alcohol citations. >> we found some drug paraphernalia in there. >> reporter: most of the partygoers are 16 years old. five years from the legal age. >> do you have the ability to put in a gps to come here and take custody of your child? >> reporter: a night of chaos gets more interesting when parents come to pick up their children. >> what's going on? >> reporter: a few simply hug their sobbing daughters but many more mouth off at police, threaten lawsuits and question that their children were doing anything illegal. >> she came to this party here and was drinking. >> okay. did you see her drinking? >> no, it's on her breath. she took a preliminary breath lieser test. >> okay. >> she had alcohol in her system. she admitted to it. there are also drugs inside the house. >> reporter: some children

refuse to identify their identities. >> you have to notify your parents and will tell us who you are. >> reporter: many parents arrive disgusted not at their children but at police. and on this night at us. >> why are the cameras here? >> because they're with us. >> i was told they were with the news. >> they were the news. they're with us. >> reporter: only one mother appears furious at her son. >> you cannot do this. you understand that? >> reporter: she makes him apologize to every police officer on the scene. >> thanks very much. thank you. >> you're welcome. >> that was andrea mccarren reporting there. if you have a tip to help put a stop to underage drinking, go to our website wusa9.com. click on 9 wants to know at the top of the page. something unusual happened after this party. in a controversial move, the principal of walt whit p.a.n. high school -- whitman high school punished many of the students that attended this

party. he explains why it was so important to take this action. the average american uses three times more of this than people in other countries. is it a, toilet paper, b cell phone minutes or c, gasoline. >> one person says we are all a clean society so he says a, toilet paper. just look at when we buy first when a bad storm is coming. pt, bread and milk. >> log on to our facebook page and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer in the next hour.

it is 5:26 on this friday morning. grab a jacket. it's a cold one. the readings are down in the 30s for the most part. might sneak into the upper 20s in a few spots. what you're not going to see, really that much in the way of cloudiness. 49 degrees in washington. mid- to upper 30s in the shenandoah valley to 40s here across much of southern maryland and the eastern shore. lunch time, it will be brisk with a 46-degree reading in washington. 42 for hagerstown. 47 in fredricksburg and cambridge. then this afternoon we're looking at highs only in the low 50s and my 6:00 we're back mainly 45 to 50. andrea and mike, back to you. >> thank you, howard. three more years of work. that's how long it will take

metro transit to complete major track work on the red line. transit expects crews will finish track work to fix safety problems by 2015. once the work is finished all track circuits would have been replaced and special rails to prevent derailments would have been added throughout the line. the washington examiner reports the repairs don't mean the end of routine delays. it mentions that work will continue on the station platforms, escalators and elevators. the initial phase of the dulles rail project is on target to be completely august of next year. it's scheduled to open to riders in early 2014. last august managers revealed the project was six months behind schedule. the examiner now says the project is only 11 days behind schedule and those days are attributed to unavoidable weather-related delays. the silver line project manager says contractors were able to make up the time deficit thanks to accelerated work schedules. are you wasting your money

on unnecessary things? >> coming up in your money segments, jessica doyle will offer some advice which could help improve your finances.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. >> we had decaf at a timed -- decaffinated coffee and i almost misspelled coffee. >> if it were wednesday, you would have really been in trouble. >> or tuesday. >> i don't get it. >> wednesday is more difficult to spell and without caffeine it would have been worse. >> let's you going here this morning. it is friday morning. we're in a good mood because of the light at the end of the tunnel so to speak and a lot of it today. a sunny day ahead. your day planner. you'll need the sunglasses and gloves. with the sunrise it's 7:13.

by midday in the low 40s. 5:00 p.m. temperature at the 50-degree mark. clear skies overhead. that's allowed us to cool down to the 30s. showers through midday yesterday. ended up being a decent afternoon. got all the way up to 58 at reagan national. this morning there's -- they're 20 degrees colder. down to 30 in manassas and culpeper. frederick is 31. annapolis 37. upper 30s down south. when you look at wind chills, they're in the upper 20s to low 30s. a brisk start to your friday but looking good weather wise. what about traffic wise? monika samtani, will people westbound smieming as they leave -- smiling as they leave? >> i think so the last day of work. if you're planning to head outside and there are no construction delays to worry about, no accidents right now, lanes are open 066 coming in from gainesville through centreville. we take a live look there in the centreville area and show you what it looks like at sully road. it's looking fine as you head

inbound all the way to the beltway and inside to the roosevelt bridge as well. if you're planning to head to the northbound side of i-95, let's take a look at the map. no problems to report. if you're planning to head across the occoquan river, it's beginning to load up a bit leaving 644 to the beltway. take a live look at 395 as well on the northbound side here at duke street. this is nice and light both in the main and hov lanes all the way to the 14 rght street -- 14th street bridge into the downtown area. next we'll go into maryland. back to you. this morning there is more fallout from susan g. komen for the cure's decision to end its partnership with planned parenthood. >> the organization has been swamped with negative e-mails and facebook postings concerning this move. delia goncalves is live outside d.c.'s planned parenthood clinic with more on a resignation at komen due to all this. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. a surprising resignation but after six years on the job, the director of community health programs mollie williams has resigned. she says to protest this

decision and now congress is joining in on this heated debate. 26 senators sending a letter to komen's founder and ambassador saying in part, quote, more than 90% of the services provided by planned parenthood are primary and preventive, including wellness exams and cancer screenings that save lives. it would be tragic if any woman, let alone thousands of women lost access to the potentially life saving screenings because of a politically motivated attack. but komen's founder rebuts saying they will not bend to political pressure. a new policy she says means they are no longer donating to organizations under investigation. planned parenthood is under investigation by a republican congressman for allegedly using taxpayer money to fund abortions but we're told the komen money never funded those particular services. >> regrettably this strategic shift will affect any number of

long-standing partners, but we have always done what is right for our organization, for our donors and volunteers. >> i think their collaboration with planned parenthood or whatever the connection was is one that benefited women's health and i feel this decision on their part is to the detriment of women's health. >> it certainly is hurting the women across this country and that's what's so sad. women who count on this screening. >> the mammograms showed to spots and then planned parenthood stepped up and said here go to an all take sound which led to a needle biopsy which showed one with a cyst which i didn't have to worry about and the other was a tumor. >> reporter: planned parenthood goes back on the attack and says, you know, part of this plan will actually reallocate some of the money so thy can provide more services to more women in need instead of just

ripping money away from services that are already in place. coming up in a half-hour, we'll tell you how this heated controversy is still actually helping out both organizations. back to you. >> that will be an interesting report. thank you. at 6:36 it's time for another your money report. >> how about saving some? jessica is going to help us save a lot of it this year. >> that's the goal. we've been talking a lot about saving folks money. here are a couple of small and not so small ways to put more money back in your wallet every month. so, are you in a position where you're having trouble saving every single month? let's take a look at your smartphone plan. do you really need to spend over $100 a month for something you use to make a few phone calls. that data service plan to run the mini computers can cost you over $1,000 a year. so moving to a prepaid cell phone plan is one way to save a lot of cash. since we're red lining some of the technology costs from your

monthly budget, let's look at your home internet service. most people want what they do not need, the fastest download speeds available. drop down a level with your service provider. you'll still have no problems surfing the web and can save $20 a month, $240 a year. here's one note before you decide to dump your land line. do the legwork first if you bun cal your services, you may find the phone service is essentially free or if you cut the cord, you may pay more. run the numbers before you take that step. this is a note from personal experience here. do you head to the coffee shop before work every day? probably doesn't feel like a sprurnlg anymore, right? -- splurge anymore, right? but guess n. a latte every day is costing you $600 a year. finally the doctor bills. do not blindly pay them. if you give your doctor's office your insurance information and you still get a huge bill in the mail, be sure

to follow-up. call your insurance provider. make sure that bill was submitted and if it was submitted, make sure it was coded correctly. small mistakes in the insurance process can add up to huge bills sent you to. so just be sure to work something out because unpaid doctor bills will eventually be sent to collections agencies and that will hurt your credit score. that's it. a couple small changes adds up to over $1800 a year in savings with just a couple small steps. >> that's why i use my white mocha decaf with whipped cream just on major holidays. >> she does that. she makes up a few holidays here and there. >> no, i do not. thank you, jessica. we'll be right back. tostitos, how'd you think of these scoops chips?

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38 degrees in washington. some areas down toward the 30-

degree mark. a cold morning. today we're looking at sunshine. 41 degrees by 9:00. mid-40s at noon with highs today in the lower 50s. by 6:00 we're back down to the 40s. i'll be back in just a few minutes. we'll talk about the weekend forecast and a storm system that's going to get close to us saturday night. right now inside with monika. thanks so much. good morning, everybody. if you're planning to use public transportation, we've got delays on the marc brunswick line. 407, 15 minutes late this morning. we'll have area roadways coming up in my next report. some of the stories making news at 5:41. a new study suggests alzheimer's spreads in the brain like an infection from brain cell to brain cell. researchers found a protein that indicates fibrous tangles found in the brain of alzheimer's patients t. travels from one region to another and results in severe dementia. it could help scientists

develop new treatments to fight the disease and other subjects -- and suggests other diseases of the brain may spread in the same way. stds among people over 45 are on the rise. cases have doubled for people between 45 and 64 years of age in just the last ten years. scientists have not pin pointed an exact reason for the increase but say a high number of men on erectile dysfunction drugs are getting infections and they also say physical changes in post menopausal women make them more vulnerable to stds. it is friday, february 3. let's see who's celebrating a birthday today. former maryland senator paul sarbanes is 79. and hall of fame quarterback brad tarkinton, the master of the two-minute drill is 72. monika's son sean, we love him, he's 10 today.

happy birthday. if it's your birthday, enjoy your day. we'll be right back. martin robinson delaney had many careers. he wind to harvard to become a physician. during the civil war he recruited soldiers for all black units in the union army and became a major. he was the first african- american with a regular army commission. after the war delaney was active in politics, wrote several books and became a judge. in his final years, he went back to his roots practicing medicine. go to the check it out section on wusa9.com for more black history facts and events happening in the area.

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welcome back. 5:46. howard here with weather. temps down in the 30s. a couple of upper 20s showing up on the board with your sunrise at 7:13. we should see a good deal of sunshine out there this morning. also through midday and the afternoon.

northwesterly winds, northerly winds at 5 to 10 miles an hour with mid-40s at noon. low 50s for highs and by 5:00 p.m. about 50 degrees for that drive home. there's our 28 in gaithersburg. that's the cold spot right now. culpeper not far behind. locally 28 in gaithersburg is the cold spot and windchills in the upper 20s to low 30s. 38 degrees under clear skies at reagan national. barometer continues to rise now. 30.4 inches of mercury. that wind north, northwest at 7 making it feel in town like it is 33. want to point out some of the temperatures across the country because we've got certainly some arctic air in caribou. they're at 1. but the cold is in place in the western u.s. denver 28. in is pretty important because in denver they're expecting maybe one of their biggest snow storms. this could end up being the top ten snowstorm for them. we're going to zoom in and show you low pressure spinning in eastern colorado. it hits the mountains, gets

lifted and the snow dumps on the east side of the divide. for many of the ski areas out west, they're not going to see a lot of snow with this but denver, points east. it's going to pull into nebraska. one or two feept of snow in spots -- feet of snow in spots. severe weather across parts of oklahoma with the heavier rains in eastern kansas. a spring-like storm in a sense that you've got the severe weather on the south side. for us the clear skies this morning will be with us all day. clock stops at noon. then again at 6:00 p.m. you notice very little going on here. out to the west, though, the clouds will start to increase as we go toward the middle of the day on saturday. we watch this moisture which most of it is going to slide south of us. here we are by midnight and overnight saturday night we may get just a couple of wet flakes up north before this thing pulls out early on sunday morning. then finishes sunday. i think with some sunshine. so today we're looking at low 50s and sunny, 30s tonight. tomorrow chilly, 49, increasing clouds, could be some late showers. better chance for some rain or

a little mix overnight saturday night into sunday morning. sunday a seasonably cool day with highs in the mid-40s. right now it's 5:48. monika, you're still smiling. that's got to be good. i'm going to use your phrase. very little going on with weather. very little going on with traffic and that's the way we like it. if you're planning to head outside, we'll first head over to the west side of town coming in from the dulles toll road from leesburg, the tysons area, 66 out of gainesville you're find. beginning to see brake lights out of manassas. we'll go there live now. you'll be in the long stroh stretch from manassas into centreville and you're fine as you head for the beltway. no problems to report at the roosevelt bridge as well. we'll go back over to the maps and this time to the south side of town. if you're planning to head in from 95 to springfield along 395, look at that speed limit. i think you're going to be just fine through landmark. we'll take a live look first into springfield. northbound 95 still looking good across the occoquan river. a little heavy here. 395 at duke street, no problems to report in the main and hov

lanes heading to the 14th street bridge. in the next report we'll take a look into maryland. you see the red in monika's dress. you saw howard's tie. the morning team is all wearing red because today is national wear red day. women across the country and men are wearing the color to help raise awareness and educate women on the number one killer of women. the american heart association says more women die from heart disease than all cancers combined. that's one in three women dying of heart disease. what's frightening, it's not as easy to recognize the symptoms in women. the american heart association is once again teaming up with macy's to fight this killer disease. this morning i'm joined by marissa from macy's, and she is here to tell us what's going on at the store. why is macy's so involved? >> well of course as you mentioned, once again i have to thank everyone for their support in wearing red. i've been here in the studio and seeing every one. as you mentioned you look the at numbers, the results and the

numbers behind these statistics, they're staggering. roughly eight million women in the u.s. alone are living with heart disease and many of them don't even know it. it's still seen as primarily a men's disease and here we are on national wear red day to get behind the cause and support it. this it macy's ninth year as national sponsor of the go red for women mocht. >> we're wearing -- women movement. >> we're wearing red. just wearing red into a macy's store could help me get an extra discount? >> if anyone is looking for an excuse to shop this weekend, look no further. macy's is hosting thage wear wed sale. what that means is that now through sunday are february 5, any customer wearing any item of red, anything from a lovely red suit to a dress to lipstick or a scarf will get you special discount up to 20% off. grab your girlfriends. it's friday. time to get some shopping done. >> if you don't have something in your wardrobe, macy's is also offering some dress

suggestions and our lovely intern kate is wearing one of the three special macy's red dresses. >> for the third year in a row macy's is offering an exclusive selection of items specially designed to benefit the go red for women movement. what's terrific about this dress, she looks great. it's a classic silhouette, especially with value fine's day coming up -- valentine's day coming up. most importantly 10% of the purchase price of each dress goes directly to the cause. >> that's a great thing. the cause continues with those kinds of discounts and percentages going to the cause until sunday. thank you very much. kate, you did a great job. you look wonderful. mike? >> thanks, and dray ya. time to -- andrea. time to take another look at the question of the day. the average american uses this, one of these things, three times more than people in other countries. is it a, toilet paper, b, cell phone minutes, or c, gasoline. one of our facebook friends

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welcome back at 5:556789 temperatures are down in the low to mid-30s. even a couple of spots have snuck into the upper 20s. it is going to be a nice day. keep in mind the average high is 45. while we're not in the 70s like a couple of days ago, we're still going to be above average with highs in the low 50s. by 9:00 still lots of sunshine. mid-30s. places like hagerstown and cumberland 36. luray 35. south of town could be 40ish in andrews, la plata, pax river and tappahannock about 41 degrees. midday still sunshine. i don't think we'll see much in the way of clouds at all today. a 46-degree reading here. bwi at 48. flying out of any of the airports today, should be no weather problems here at all. trying to get to denver, though, they have a blizzard going on across parts of that state. watch out. a lot of cancellations for them. 46 in annapolis. for lunch 47 in cambridge. even in the shenandoah valley we're looking at low to mid- 40s. this afternoon you want to get out there, walk the dog, or just run five miles, sunshine,

52 in manassas. 49 gaithersburg. we're going to look at a 3:00 temperature at 51. even this evening all systems are clear and green with temperatures generally in the 45 to 50-degree range at 6:00 p.m. andrea, back to you. >> thank you, howard. a 715-year-old copy of the magaw car take has received a facelift. david reubenstein -- rubinstein founded the convaries -- conservation efforts with a gift. he bought it at auction in 2007. he is the same man who donated millions of dollars to repair the washington monument and save the national zoo's pandas. >> truly cares about our nation's history. john travolta makes a donation in memory of his son. >> madonna keeps her super bowl half time show under wraps. we have those stories and more in this look at entertainment.

>> this is a midwesterner's girl's dream to be performing at half time. >> reporter: madonna says she has a spectacular show planned but as far as the music is concerned, she wants to keep fans guessing till the very last moment. >> i promise i'll be singing three old songs and one new one. that's it. okay? >> we don't want to give away the show. >> no, my lips are sealed. >> reporter: it's a big weekend for madonna. her new film "we" which she directed opens today. >> it fightens me. >> reporter: actor and pilot john travolta is giving an executive plane to an aviation museum in central georgia. it's in honor of his son jett who died in 2009. the ballot are in o -- ballots are in the mail. this year's oscars will be handed out at the kodak

theater. academy members have till february 21 to pick their favorites for all 24 of the announced categories. it may be the last time the ballots are snail mailed. the academy is looking at e- voting for next year. the upcoming film "the hunger games" will get a one-week limited run in i max theaters. it's based on suzanne collins best selling novels. it will open march 23, the same die as its wide release in non- imax theaters. i'm edward lawrence for cbs news, los angeles. >> regarding madonna, she did reveal she's going to sing three oldies and one new. that's all she's saying about the show. >> just want the classics. >> you've got to go with rose garden. you're watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. good morning. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. thank you for joining us. here's monika samtani. and howard