upper 30s to near 40. we'll hit the mid to upper 40s with a 5:00 p.m. semture sunrise just after 7:00 this morning. quite a storm coming in toward the middle of the country. this is going to drop some rain and snow toward us. most of that is going to be north and west of dc. we have a 16 in manassas, 17 in la plata. 28 in winchester this morning. across the bay cambridge 27. highs under sunshine about 46 in town. low 40s off to our north. upper 40s, maybe even near 50 as we head into tomorrow and again on wednesday. more on that coming up in a few. here's monika. >> reporter: things are looking great on the beltway as you can see all the green right now which means no major problems and most of your construction zones have been cleared up.

coming in from frederick severing fine. we'll take a live look outside right now. in the heart of bethesda here at old georgetown road in arlington. you can see nobody is there. we'll go back over to the maps and this time to the quay and route 50, both incident free inside the beltway. looks grade in from annapolis. -- great in from annapolis. as you head on the inner loop past andrews air force base. all lanes are open. mike and understand drey a? -- and andrea? it started with a deadly shooting. one person, jordan howl, was -- howell, was killed. the worst, however, happened after howe's funeral when four people mourning him were shot to death as well.

five men charged in this case will go on trial today. wow, this is amazing delia. >> reporter: you know those five men were all arrested soon after the shooting. police say that was vital to stop this kind of retaliatory try shooting from happening in southeast washington. the men will be tried together. they face an additional 30 charges against them, that ended with the blood bath on south capital street. the shooting brought the city to its knees. it was the single deadliest shooting in two decades in the district of columbia. nine people were injured, four killed. now the men police say are responsible face a total of 54 counts against them. prosecutors describe the shooting spree that lasted eight days, starting with the murder of jordan howe, over an alleged

stolen bracelet. back here, live outside the court, we can tell you jury selection is expected to last two days. the trial expected to last two months. these men face lifetimes in prison without the possibility of parole. coming up in my next live report in a half hour, i'll tell you what the city's response and what one victim's mother's response was to this violence. coming up in a half hour. back to you. thank you delia with that update. a woman from burke, virginia recovering after a terrifying ordeal that could have killed her. a tree fell on her home yesterday as high winds howled warned the washington area. the woman and her husband were trapped for nearly two hours. >> it landed on her. i don't like to use the word luck, i try to just say they

were blessed, that they didn't have any more injuries. >> look at what is left of that house. although he was trapped if a time, too, the husband was not injured. the impact of the tree striking the house, however, knocked it partially off the foundation and now the house has been condemned. one firefighter was hurt last night in northwest washington. he was responding to the two-alarm fire in the 4100 block of massachusetts avenue. investigators say it was an apartment kitchen fire which was quickly brought under control. we are told the firefighter was treated at the scene. the virginia department of transportation is investigating what caused a 30-foot sign to collapse on to i-66. a sign fell saturday afternoon. it hit a pickup truck. luckily no one was injured. just about 5 minutes after 5:00. time now for the latest your money report this morning.

>> reporter: jessica doyle is here with a look ahead at the day on wall street. the word again is greece? >> again our fate is riding in the hands of greece. the reason why wall street continues to monitor the situation, they are following the worst sell off of the year due to greece on friday. so far today asian stocks rose after the greek parliament approved a new set of austerity measures. the measures led to rioting in greece overnight with at least 41 buildings burned. let's take a look at stocks, checking the numbers. the dow stands at 12,801. dropped 89 points friday. it's been just a few days since new mortgage relief for struggling homeowners was announced. the phones are ringing off the hook. on the first day, consumer protection agents fielded more than 500 phone calls. maryland is getting nearly a

billion dollars to help homeowners stave off foreclosure or for checks for folks who lost their homes. switching gears, don't bite down on this cupcake too fast. it isn't an ordinary red velvet cup cake. this thing cost $55,000. and the reason why? that is an 8-carat diamond engagement ring on the top. a nice way to say honey, you are pretty special on valentine's day. a family sent to the

hospital, that story, coming up. plus flames consume a ski lodge not too far from the dc area. and the winters -- winners ahead. highlights in sports.

is we are going to see sunshine all day, so grab the sunglasses as well. temperatures by 11:00 in the mid-30s. highs in the mid to maybe upper 40s south of town. driving home sunshine and 42. i'll be back in a few minutes, we have a couple of chances for rain this week. right now, here's monika. >> reporter: traffic moving well along northbound 956789 and here 395 from the beltway all the way across the 14th street bridge and into downtown. a closer look at virginia roads at 5:16. andrea? the los angeles coroner probably won't release autopsy results on whitney huseston for six to eight weeks. the pop star was found dead saturday in a hotel room bathtub. she was in los angeles to

attend clive davis' grammy party. firefighters fought in vain last night as they tried to save a ski lodge. no one was hurt in this. no word yet on what caused the fire. an arizona family is recovering from dozens of bee stings. it happened when a bee keeper was trying to end a beehive. a couple of local experts were chatting online last night. one of them, tommy mcfly, will be here to discuss it some more. the caps are looking for ways to score victories away from verizon center. at 5:14, howard is going to give you a warmer 7-day forecast that you will like, we'll be

right back.

good morning, welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm mike haiduk. we have a good chance for precipitation this week but it looks mainly wet. there may be a little bit of snow here late tonight. i'm talking western maryland,

west of hagerstown to see anything north of the mason dixon line. our bus stop forecast, it is cold. still cold from the weekend. yesterday's high was 33. this morning we are down in the teens and 20s out there. sunrise 7:02. sunset almost at 5:40 today. west wind at 10. by noon 39, west winds at 11. clear skies out there. 15 in culpepper. winchester 28. 19 in southern maryland at the air station. here in dc a little bit of a breeze. wind chill 16. culpepper 1. and oakland, they had ten inches of snow in oakland with the cold air on saturday, saturday night

into sunday. clear skies right now, 25 degrees out there. feeling like 15. if you don't have a humidifiers, probably a lot of static going on we are watching two storms, one coming on the west coast. this guy is going to be our thursday rain maker. this storm in the middle of the country looks worse than it is for us. missouri/iowa oklahoma even north texas had a little touch of snow there. now into little rock. where they have wintry weather this morning. cold air produces snow showers across new york state and southern new england. the clouds are going to increase by 5:00 tomorrow morning into

winchester, this has possibilities of snow flurries and snow showers, but most of the day looks dry into tuesday night and wednesday. not much moisture making it into the ground. most of it staying by wednesday morning. today 46, lots of sunshine. late clouds. tomorrow may be a couple of snow flurries, generally just a couple of showers possible. more clouds than anything tomorrow. thursday though, showers 47. friday 52. a little cold they are weekend. saturday and sunday partly sunny, highs with mid-40s. right now 5:15. monika stepping in. timesaver traffic. >> my hands are empty, all from

memory. if you are planning on head out the door at 5:15 in the morning, i'm going to start out with a look inside the beltway. both are running at or above the speed limit and all of your lanes are open. we are going to take a live look into springfield. incident agree, little heavier than it was. traffic still moving well heading for the beltway with all lanes open. we are going to go back over to the map. this time over to the west side of town. if you are planning to come in on the dull toll road, no problems on route 15, heading south toward haymarket here and 66 inbound you are going to be okay. we are going to take a live look in the tyson's area no problems here at route 7. back over to our graphics, all public transportation running on time. in my next report mairpd maryland at 5:24. the wizards get a win on the road. and georgetown spends its second half making shots rain

down on st. john's. highlights next in sports. let's take another look at the question of the day. today's question is, what is the number one thing adults tend to forget? a, why they went to the store, b, where they put their keys, or c, a friend's phone number. >> rob kohler wrote b. we'll have the answer in our 6:00 hour. we'll be rybak. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. -- right back.

bundle up. we have a cold morning out there. some of the temperatures we are looking at are in teens at spots. sunshine with a west wind at 10. lunch time sunny, 39. west winds at 11. wind chills are creeping up now. low, mid-30s. this afternoon better. southwest winds at 9. temperatures by 3:00, 43. around 46 or so here in town. by 6:00 clouds start to increase, 41. a few snow showers north and west of dc. the next half hour we'll talk about chances for rain before we get toward the end of the week. the maryland women host another top ten team at the comcast center. >> the caps are trying to find

a way to get better on the road. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. it is a given that a team's home record will be better than the record on the road. for the caps the difference between the two is the largest gap in the nhl. they are ranked fourth at home. but 26th on the road. rangers up 1-0 in the second until alexander simmons gets the slap shot. caps tie things up at one. then in the third, a pass from brandon to brandon. caps tried a late third but it wasn't enough. they fall to the rangers and fall tonight in the east. >> randy whitman the wizards are listening. making it look easy. 22 last night. third quarter, detroit pistons,

down one. that would be john wall. wall had nine points last night. the wizards rout. second half of the game all about the three. a pass to stark, kicks it out to weddington. the freshman lead the team. in the end georgetown shot 61% in the second half to beat st. john's by ten. at the comcast center cancer survivors get some recognition. miami, hawkins gets two of her 18 points in the night. the hurricanes rally to hold off the terrapins 76-74. have a great monday. there is a deadline today if you want to cast a ballot in the local two for two primary.

looking at president obama's budget numbers. a quick check of traffic now. monika? >> coming up in my next report, another look into maryland at 5:29. you are watching 9news now. we'll be right back. ♪

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good morning, i'm andrea roane. happy monday. whoa, it is cold. mr. bernstein, how long is this sticking around, buddy? >> reporter: this is the coldest morning all winter. down to 16 degrees. after this little two day chill. but winter has still been pretty easy, relatively speaking.

we are going to be back in the 40s today, pushing 50 by tomorrow. our day planner, sunshine all day. that is a good thing. by noon, upper 30s. a little bit of a wind out of the west. maybe in upper 40s south of town. mostly sunny. 42. some of the high clouds come in. right now we have 25 and our sunrise. we are looking at clear skies with us of high pressure nearby. well approaching the west. snow in missouri arkansas, and our temperatures will be nice. a little snow and shower activity west of town. this morning mid-20s in the shenandoah valley. 16, 18, 1. common temperature in la plata. andrews at 23. 26 in cambridge and just a

little wind. not everywhere, we have some of the wind chills down in the lower teens, like in frederick. it is now 5:28. monika any problems on the morning commute? >> reporter: i missed winter until this weekend. you are planning to head outside. bundle up, it is cold. give yourself extra time to warm up the car. the good news is all the roads are looking great. if you are coming in from fred rick, sugar loaf on 270. let's take a live look a little further south at shady grove road. 270, you are going to find the lanes open. southbound 270, no issues here as you head to the point where the lanes are divided over to the beltway, back to the maps this time to 95 and the bw parkway, coming in from baltimore, you are fine no problems on the beltway. on the north side we'll take a live look at the beltway,

georgia avenue, no problems through silver spring. in my next report wet's go back into virginia. mike and andrea? thanks monika. mitt romney claimed two victories, romney also won the maine caucuses, winning 11 delegates. now the candidates have two weeks until the contest in arizona and michigan on february 28. today the man accused of killing a maryland state police trooper is scheduled to go on trial. he is accused of killing 22-year-old trooper wesley brown. brown lived in sea pleasant maryland. prosecutors say williams shot brown after brown escorted him out of the restaurant for being disorderly. nearly two years ago,

family and friends were mourning one murder victim when gunmen opened fire outside a home, four more people were dead when 9news stopped. delia is live outside dc superior court, where five defendants go on trial today. >> reporter: it is rare for five defendants in one murder case to appear before one judge in a single trial. but indeed, that is what will happen in court today. the jury begins their selection process a little later this morning. the trial is expected to last two whole months. now prosecutors say they have built a very strong case against these men. they now have 54 charges against the five men, including conspiracy and assault with intent to kill. prosecutors say the south capital street shooting ended their eight-day shooting spree. that injured nine people and killed four, including

16-year-old row shell -- ray shell jones. the council member's bill calls for increased counseling services for children and their parents inside some of the southeast schools that surround that area. including that measure to address problems that exist in the area. coming up more in the half hour, i'll tell you a bit more about that capital street shooting. some of it the dangerous weapons that they used in that deadly massacre that happened two years ago. we are live outside of the courthouse this morning. back to you. thank you delia. a second week of testimony starts today in the trial of a former university of virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend.

prosecutors played the interrogation video of george hugeley friday. he said he went to yardley love's apartment, just to talk. but she started screaming and hitting her head against the wall. when police tell him she is dead, hugeley sobs and repeatedly denies it. after being postponed last week, today the man who killed his boss in a suburban hospital will be sentenced. keith little was found guilty in december. little's supervise year was roosevelt baracking ham, jr. little stabbed him in 2011. during little's trial it came out he had been acquitted in the 2003 murder of another coworker. a bill to legalize same sex marriage in the state is being debated now. friday governor o'malley

testified in favor of the bill. he says the bill would give gay couples equal rights, while not imposing on religious practices. some church leaders spoke forcefully in favor of the bill. today is the last day for virginia residents to register to vote in the primary. you need to register before 4:30 this afternoon, if you mail your registration, it has to be postmarked with today's date. march 6 is super tuesday. breaking down the president's budget. >> that's right. this is likely to set off yet another political fight in the race. later today the president will send congress a new budget. it will lay out tax hikes as well as government cuts. the budget looks to cut of the

deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade. those savings would be from higher taxes on the rich. at the same time president obama wants to boost spending in key areas such as transportation and education. raising taxes on the wealthy, if that sounds familiar to you, that is because this proposal is. many of the 2013 proposals have appeared in every single budget. one addition here is called the buffett rule, it aims to make sure those making more than a million dollars pay at least 30% in taxes. the white house will propose reducing the value of itemized reductions of individuals making more than $200,000 a year and couples making more than $250,000. obviously we have gotten a pretty good look at what this budget proposal already looks

like. and expect there will be some fireworks. >> the president's opponents are lining up now. well the artist who didn't flip the bared bird -- the bird last week at the super bowl is creating controversy with her grammy performance. plus opposition to correct a quote on a new martin luther king jr. memorial. we'll tell you about that, when we come back. ♪

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responding to reports of an accident. southbound on i-27 0 on route 85. i'll keep you posted on this situation. coming up in my next report it is 5:48. the president and ceo of the martin luther king jr. national memorial project foundation says plans to change an inscription will quiet threaten the design and structure and integrity of the monument. >> the national parks service has napsed it will correct the paraphrased quote. it reads i was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness. it drew a lot of criticism from those who say it portrayed dr. king as arrogant. if you want to say i was a drum major, say i was a drum major for justice. say i was a drum major for peace and for righteousness.

and all the other shallow things will not matter. what is the number one thing adults tend to forget? why they went to the store, where they put their keys, or a friend's phone number? >> sharon woodley kelly wrote c. there is no need to remember anyone's phone number. log on to our facebook fan page and leave your response. first here's jessica to star a new segment here on 9news now. she is tracking even more deals that you can save big money on. jess? >> reporter: that's right. we are combing through the daily heels and website to his find you some deep discounts. this one is for shutter bugs. groupon for the washington area, is offering a digital photo academy. it is $4 for a three hour photography workshop in the field, usually goes for 99

bucks. i'm actually going to send it back to you guys. all you have to do for this deal is log on to groupon and moving over to living social's offerings in region, this could make a very nice valentine's gift. you can get a favorite photo turned into a 20 by 40 canvas print. google offers it is linking to a deal from kgb deals. it is $8 for a 50-minute couples massage. that is one for you and for your sweetie. you can also get a $20 gift card at creative hands massage and therapies. that normally goes to 200 bucks. this is a regular segment, you will be hearing from us about these deals every day. okay. coming up, singer whitney houston was prayed for and

remembered last night at the grammys. >> there were accolades for an artist who swept a category, coming up. let's see who is celebrating today. he broke the sound barrier, chuck yeager is 89 today? she played rizzo, stock arid channing is 68. singer peter gabriel is 62. and american but thety -- beauty actress turns 33 today as well.

good morning, welcome back to 9news now on this monday morning. yes, it is cold outside. things are going to change again. in mineral county, west

virginia, opening two hours late. >> the union educational complex in grant county, they are two hours late as well. they have cold wind chills and they had snow, a lot of snow in the mountains west of us. out of garrett county on saturday, some of the upslope. this morning some of the cold is with us. cold will not be with us that much longer. tomorrow wednesday thursday friday, yes a thought -- a thought the normal pattern we have had will be returning. temperatures range at the bus stop. some spots at 16. sunrise at 5:43 this evening. lots of sunshine expected today. high clouds start to increase. at noon 39 degrees. sunshine west wind at 11.

there will be a little bit of a wind chill. then at 5:00 p.m., 42 with a high today somewhere about 46 or so in dc. temperatures down to 18 at culpepper. in garrett county, 24 at hagerstown. under clear skies, you can see the 20 in regardless son. columbia 18 degrees. bethesda south to 22. clear skies on our michael and son weather camera this morning. 25. with a wind chill at 16. dew points in the low teens, a sign of the arctic air mass. really holding on at northern

main. even though it is 7 in bismarck, ben it is not the worst of it. we are seeing two storms on the map. this one coming out of texas now. this will be giving us clouds more than anything over the next couple of days. looks like that is going to be here thursday, with rain for us. as we look at the short term, we have sunny skies this morning. the clouds will be incrowsing over the evening hours. tomorrow morning we may get a few showers north and west of dc. looks like it will be generally dry. isolated showers here and there. so our forecast, definitely go to wear the light jacket this morning. upper 40s, by wednesday the

sun returns. on friday the sun comes badge one more time. 51. hello howard. there was a minor accident on the southbound side of i-27 0 here at route 85. we are told everything has been moved to the shoulder and beyond it as well. all lanes open as you head toward rockville. if you are planning to head here near montrose road. this time head out west on 66 inbound from centerville all the way to the beltway. out at route 2 and near route 50, we'll take a live look inside the beltway. that is looking good all the way inside the beltway on 66. back over to the maps, this time downtown. no problems to report along 395 across the 14th street bridge,

we'll take a look live at pennsylvania satisfy. in my next report another update around town. back to you mike and andrea. today the united nations is expected to visit growing violence in syria. video claims to show syrian forces launching new attacks on homes. rioters have set fire to buildings -- buildings. lawmakers approved new austerity measures including cutting the minimum wage. it could take up to eight weeks before toxicology report shed more light on how whitney houston died. houston's 18-year-old daughter,

bobbi kristina brown, had been treated and released from the hospital. she was there for anxiety concerns. last night there were several tributes to whitney houston. the big story last night, the amazing sweep of adele. she was nominated for six. took them all heme. -- home. tommy mcfly is breaking down the grammys for us. good morning, tommy. you were up late last night. good to have you with us in the morning. adele winning wasn't a big surprise. she did take it all. >> she rocked it. good morning mike and andrea. we were like popping champagne, because adele is our girl. we were so excited she took back a six pack of awards last night. >> the evening was clouded with the surprise that everyone was

still feeling and the shock over the death of whitney houston. >> yeah. what did you think about the tribute? jennifer hudson came out and was unbelievable. she rocked the two minutes of the song she did. people especially on twitter were thinking like gosh, is that it? is there more coming out? we thought maybe beyonce would come out and it seemed like it was a quick, quick tribute and it should have gone a little longer. what did you think? >> i would say it was because it happened so late. producers scrambled to get something together. i'm willing to bethere will be some sort of tribute concert to her. >> even as well as jennifer hudson sang that sang last night the video tribute in the

beginning with whitney singing that song. >> it is hard to try to match that voice. so rich and so beautiful. >> all right tommy. let's talk about controversy what in the world was that? nikki came out of this frequent can i thing. what in the world? she was in some like hanging at starbucks trying to figure out what she was going to do. madonna did religion and that made people angry and lady gaga died on stage and that made people angry. >> what about the best new artist? >> i'm sorry who? who was is that? >> exactly. >> last year everyone like who

is this? what? >> we'll talk more in the next time we get together with you and the fashion hits and misses and all that have. stick around tommy, we'll be back. thanks tommy. coming up romance at movie theaters this weekend. from time to time, andrea, it is easy to forget to pay a bill. how do you know you are truly on the financial brink. serious red flags this morning. i am watching your money at 6:08. you are watching 9news now. born in 1854, dr. price preached in europe for several years where he raised $10,000.

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16 cold this morning, he is saying all winter long. even teens and 20s, in southern maryland, we will get a good deal of sunshine today. maybe the dog will be a little bit more willing to go on that walk. my girl did not want to go outside yesterday. manassas up to 31. by lunch time you are probably eating inside with temperatures in the 30s. north to 40. dc will be 3. this afternoon lots of sunshine. low 40s at 3:00. our high today 45, 46. late today a few clouds over the shenandoah valley. apparently many couples decided to celebrate valentine's day early this weekend at the

movie theater. a true story about a newlywed couple. after the car crash, the wife awakes from a coma remembering nothing about her husband and their life together. safe house, was a close second. the family action film disda beaud in third. -- debuted in third. good morning, and thank you for joining us on 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. you know what? layers probably a good idea today. teens and 20s. monika samtani has traffic. you have to peel off some of the layers later today. yesterday we hit a whopping 33. and even with the cold we had saturday and sunday, we are still running 5 degrees above