and remembers those from the past. >> now the ceremony also marks the first time since the number of award categories was trimmed from 109 to 58. it can sake six to eight weeks before the coroner's office releases what caused the death of whitney houston. >> houston was found dead in the bathtub of her beverly hilton hotel room, saturday. the 48-year-old was in town, getting ready to attend three grammy weekend events. the news of her death came as a shock to many. >> to have something like that happen to whitney is tragic. especially on the dawn of this, the grammys. it is wrong. >> such a great woman. we lost her way too early. her daughter bobbi kristina was rushed to the hospital, treated for stress and anxiety,

and eventually released. the republican candidate rick santorum says he is now focused on defeating mitt romney. in the upcoming primaries in michigan and arizona. yesterday santorum predicted he would do quote specially well in michigan. santorum's prediction for michigan could not help him win the mock republican convention. mitt romney came out on top. this was a mock situation. the election wasn't even close. romney finished with 1781 delegates. this was the university's 25th mock presidential election. today is the last day for virginia to register to vote if they want to vote in the presidential primary. those mailing in the registration must have it post

parked with today's date. the white house says it will not compromise any further on a controversial healthcare law which allows for birth control coverage. president obama gave in to church opposition by agreeing to let religious organizations decline the coverage. catholic bishops say the compromise isn't good enough. >> so when the bishops spoke, i think that is pretty good evidence that they know what their own religious beliefs are and this compromise, is obviously unacceptable to them. jury selection in the trial of five men accused in a string of crimes, which happened during an eight-day period in 2010, and then ended with five murders and nine other shootings, including

the south capital street shooting the whole thing is scheduled to begin today. 21-year-old sha quan carter. jiff friday best and jay williams are all facing 54 counts, ranging from murder to conspiracy. prosecutors say march 20, 2010 the crime spree came to a head when the men fired on a funeral party on south capital street. the violence that day at two locations left four people dead and six wounded. jury selection is expected to last two days. if convicted, each suspect faces the possibility of life without parole no trial of former university virginia lacrosse player charmed with murder is now going into its second week. last week prosecutors depicted the relationship between george hugely and yardly love as

extremely violent. defense lawyers argue love's death was an accident. a woman from burke, individual individual is recovering after a tree crashed through her home and landed on top of her. the woman and her husband were trapped for nearly two hours. the impact of the tree striking the house knocked slightly off its foundation, the house has been condemned. funeral services for alexandria paramedic joshua weiss man will take place this week. the firefighter died friday a day after he fell from a roadway while responding to an emergency and suffered a severe head injury. funeral serves with hon in order will take place at alexandria congregation. funeral services for a

murdered transgender woman were held this weekend. 23-year-old parker was stabbed to death at a bus stop on east capital street. police have a suspect in custody, but they say they still don't know if this was a hate crime or not. >> i think that you know, just being out and catching a bus and somebody get attacked like that, i think that is a crime you know? people shouldn't be out where they have to be in fear of just walking the streets. >> 55-year-old gary montgomery is being held for parker's murder. he is facing second degree murder charges now. here is a look at other things making news now. the united nations is expected to discuss the growing violence? syria today. new internet video claims to show syrian forces launching new attacks. the arab league suspended its

peace keeping mission in syria and also called on the un to send a joint team to try and help end the violence. rioters clashed with police in athens, greece, as lawmakers voted to approve the os start measures there. -- osthe financially struggling country tries to avoid bankruptcy. off the coast of italy, to remove a half million gallons of fuel from the costa concordia. it will take 26 days of pumping to empty the ship's 15 tanks of oil. the price of gasoline continues to increase on a weekly basis.

doctors say children aren't getting enough sleep. but they also say this isn't something new. stay with us. we'll be back in two minutes.

clouds roll in tonight with precipitation. i'll tell you about that in five minutes. right now monday caver -- monika has a look at timesaver traffic. >> reporter: traffic moving well as you come through bethesda and on the to beltway. it is 43:00.

>> good morning jessica doyle, how are you? >> reporter: doing well. we had the first sell off on friday of the new year. as for wall street, asian stocks rose after greek's parliament approved new austerity measures. those measures led to rioting in greece. now checking stocks. the dow dropped 89 points friday. the nasdaq fell by 23. the court appointed trustee overseeing mf global says an additional $400 million is missing from customer accounts. that brings the total to $1.6 billion. regulators are investigating whether the now bankrupt firm tapped money from client accounts.

that would violent security laws. the pain at the pump keeps getting worse and worse. the average price for a gallon of gasoline jumped nearly 12 constantino's over the last few weeks. the average price for regular now stands at $3.51 metro wide. the washington examiner reports the consultants are analyzing data, setting escalators, advising on smart trip cards and working for other outside contractors. right now at least 18 companies have contracts with metro. wow. thanks jess. coming up, a new exercise craze which has been proving to keep people looking and feeling younger is now in dc. you are watching 9news now

good morning, welcome back to 9news now. 4:44. as mike said at the top of the show, if you missed winter, it happened this weekend. >> still cold this morning, we have teens out there. you'll need to bundle up this afternoon. 50 degrees readings this week, but more chances for rain than snow. it has been the case much of the winter. we are still running about 5 degrees above average, in spite of the month where yesterday's high was only 33. your bus stop forecast this morning, definitely a wintry feeling out there. with readings between 17 and 27. clear skies out there, quite cold. a little bit of a wind chill as well. sunrise at 7:02. that is almost at 5:40 this

afternoon. mid-20s at 8:00. near 40 degrees in washington. with the west wind at 11. highs mid-40s here in town. increasing clouds, especially after dark. 24 in hagerstown. 1 at the naval air station. when you look closer, that is one of our cold spots. 18 at hey market. -- haymarket. alexandria 23. looking outside for our michael and son camera. clear skies, good visibility. 25 at national. two storms on the map. we have the one here in the middle of the country over toward texas and the mississippi valley. storm number two on the west coast, that one will be here

for thursday. this one is going to get here heading into tomorrow. but more clouds than anything with this. snow showers tonight, north and west of town. the rain chances will stay mainly west off the blue ridge. the clouds are coming in after dark tonight. we get toward 6:00 tuesday morning. in maryland and west virginia, there could be even a little minor build up. look what happens during the day. lots of clouds, showers down to charlotteville and roanoke in west virginia. generally along and north of interstate 80, even into tuesday night, a lot of this passes us but not much moisture to be squeezed out of the clouds here. we start to clear out some, and we'll see temperatures both tomorrow and wednesday. upper 40s if not low 50s.

today we are looking at highs which will make about 46. 30s at oakland and if you haven't been skiing. i have to tell you skiing was pretty good. i was up in pennsylvania skiing, on saturday. conditions were nice. 27 in fredericksburg, as we get into the night time tonight, not nearly as cold. lows in the upper 20s. cambridge, -- 33. some of the milder air starts to work in. as we look at the forecast for the next three days, today 46 degrees, lots of sunshine. increasing clouds. 4 tomorrow, a couple of showers possible. most of the day is going to be dry. you guys can see just a touch of snow. wednesday sunshine returns around 50 degrees. as we head toward churches, the

storm system is coming onshore from the west coast. partly to mostly sunny, high temperatures in the mid-40s with night time lows. 24 degrees, monika samtani. >> reporter: it is not a bad ride early this monday morning. big deals to report. we are starting off with 95 in virginia northbound basically between 610 and triangle there is still construction in place. heading toward springfield, we'll take a live look there. this is what it looks like nice and light to the beltway. onto the beltway you are okay through tyson's corner. near north of duke street to the 14th street bridge, you can see main and hov lanes are all open. back to the map, if you are coming in from centerville all

the way to the beltway, the dulles toll road, we'll take a live look west side of town looking great between bethesda and this time as well. we'll talk a peak into 270. new study finds children with juvenile aural rights are four times more likely to be diagnosed with childhood cancer. some arthritis drugs are associated with an increased cancer risk. researchers at the university of alabama say it alone does not explain the higher numbers. more research is needed. children today don't get enough sleep, but neither did their parents or their grand parents or even their great grandparents. researchers looked at sleep recommendations and found children slept about 40 minutes less than recommended.

every generation has blamed modern times for kids not getting enough sleep. overeating may double the risk of memory loss. researchers at the mayo clinic found seniors who ate the most were twice as likely to have memory problems. do you want a long, lean and strong body? there is a unique hybrid workout class that is just arrived in the washington, d.c. area. as anita brickman tells us, it is already attracting women of all ages who want to stay healthy and feel young. >> if you look at a dancer's body, it never ages. >> at least this 51-year-old mother of two grown children trained in classical ballet for 15 years. >> i felt like i was in the best shape of my life and then life

happened and i had children and i craved my pre baby body. so i went back to the ballet. >> exercises at the bar combine jog ga, and cardiovascular workout. >> they see the most difference in their posture, their upper body slimming through their hips and legs, threatened abdominals, it is good. all good. >> reporter: julie weekender opened the studio in 30 tomorrow mack -- in 30 tomorrow mack -- in the area right after thanksgiving. >> it is only an hour. it is intense. >> reporter: the short, intense repetitions mean you exercise key muscle groups more thoroughly than you would on

your own. >> we are not satisfied with just looking good, feeling good, as we age. we want our clients to feel like they are improving with age. >> reporter: anita brickman, 9news now. the classes are 28 bucks apiece. a little less if you buy a package. it is 4:52. time for the question of the morning. what is the number one thing adults tend to go get -- to forget? why we went to the store, where we put our keys, or our friend's phone number. >> >> we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour

welcome back. 4:55 with your weather first. you can see this moving off to the east and up to new york state. clear skies, but today sunshine is going to prevail with temperatures this morning. teens and 20s out there. it is going to be tough with this cold never going away.

31 by 9:00, 20s north and west. lots of sunshine excuse me, will be near 40 by noon. monika. >> reporter: south of i-27 0, no problems to report in from frederick down to falls road. same story on route 355. in my next report back into maryland. mike, back to you. boy scouts from across the country were helping homeless people in our area. the painted rooms, assorted donations and prepared sandwiches for people who come here to receive meals. they also got an earful from one of the knelter's guests on the polite of the homeless i can't the experience they shared on the street is kind of a little bit shock and go how they got to that situation, where it is not

something that they'll just choose to be homeless. it is kind of a process. the nine scouts ranged in age from eight to 20 years old. this week they'll present the annual report to u.s. top officials. love and romance proved to be eye winner at the box office. the vow, debuted in first place with $41.7 million. wrap lesli foster shows us some

valentine's day apps for your smart phone, which promise to add sizzle to the special day. >> reporter: plenty of apps make valentine's day quick and easy to show your sweetie you care. it takes you step by step from scenes to brainstorming a finished product. if you think you are well versed in the language of love, try the i-phone apps that promises love in every language. a survey of diners by open tables said they made reservations a week ahead of valentine's day. the other half did not. if you are looking for a last minute restoration, check out their app. groupon and living social will couple discount lovers with special valentine's day deals on everything from hotel stays to

restaurants. lesli foster, 9news now. if you happen to be part of the single crowd hoping to match -- make a match this valentine's day, there are apps for that as well. good morning, thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. the real deal here, i'm andrea roane. good morning, i'm mike haiduk. >> i have a cough drop working here. got some tea. you get one of those coughing fits at the wrong time and you have to toss to your traffic partner there yesterday 33, clear skies this morning. it is really cold outside. teens, and 20s. we start to warm up some after a shore taste of real winner. sunshine all day. a temperature at 9:00 around 91 by