>> i'm still reacting to that when we saw the owner chewing the food. don't you love your pets? >> i don't think i would chew my child's. >> i just lost my appetite. >> it might have been people food he was chewing, not dog food. let's get going this morning on the weather. good stuff. we have a lot of clouds out there. we may get a shower or two but for the most part it's going to abdry day. here's a look at -- to be a dry day. here's a look at the day planner. expect clouds and temperatures climbing into the 40s and low 50s for highs this afternoon with the 5:00 p.m. temperature of generally under cloudy skies and 49 degrees. again we'll see a stray shower here or there. the radar this morning is all lit up but the vast majority of this not reaching the ground. a little bit of snow in pennsylvania. got some stuff out west. the clouds will be around most of the day. we nay get a few sunny -- we may get a few sunny breaks. i wanted to show you this because what we've got is what

looks like a mix of rain and snow, see that flee-mile -- three-mile visibility? that's camp david. everybody else ten miles. nobody is reporting anything. most of this not reaching the ground. temperatures up there low to mid-30s. 30 in frederick. got upper 30s to the south like in fredricksburg 37. it's 39 here in d.c. right now pax river, the warm spot at 40. look at your highs this afternoon. 40s north. low 50s in town. let's go to monika samtani at 5:01. any new incidents? absolutely not. we're starting off nice and clear. i'm keeping my fingers crossed that it stays that way. good morning, everybody. the beltway all green all around the washington metropolitan area. same story if you're coming in from the west on the dulles toll road all the way from leesburg through ashburn and as you head toward the beltway, you're going to be fine. no problems 066 from haymarket. you may hit a few brake lights in the centreville area but really that's it. we'll take a live look on the west side of town here at the

american legion bridge and again things are looking great between bethesda and tysons corner. no problems on the inner or outer loop of the beltway here. let's go back to the map and this time to the south side of town in virginia on northbound side of i-95 coming up from the occoquan river to springfield. we'll take a live look there where all lanes are open and volumes are still relatively light. we'll take a live look at 395 at the 14th street bridge looking good into downtown. more on maryland roadways next time around at 5:09. >> thanks, monika. there may be a different type of occupy protest. this one in northern virginia. >> that's where teachers are trying to get prince william county officials to change plans to keep their salaries frozen for another four years. as peggy fox reports, teachers also took some action on monday. >> reporter: teachers in at least three prince william county high schools, battlefield, patriot and forest park participated in a work to the rule job action today. they're angry over the prospect of no raises for the next four

years. when school lets out for the day, you can usually find teachers in their classrooms for the next hour or so. but today at forest park as high school students headed for home, a few dozen teachers did the same. they walked out in unison wearing buttons on black clothes. >> we've been taking a hit for three years. they informed us we're going to be taking another hit to our pay for another three years potentially five years. >> no raise. >> no raise, no step, nothing. >> reporter: english teacher nicholas watkins and art eacher mietta don't want people to think they don't care about students. >> it's difficult for me to leave. >> reporter: what would you normally be doing? >> i probably would be preparing for my lessons tomorrow, getting projects together. >> reporter: they say it's important teachers stand up for themselves, send a message to both the superintendent whose budget includes no raise until 2016 and the board of supervisors who control the purse strings and property tax rate. >> we have high test scores in prince william and yet our

teachers are paid the lowest of any school in the region. >> reporter: bonnie, the president of the prince william education association says today's work to the rule demonstration was not sanctioned by their members though she disagree they need raises. she's asking teachers to occupy board of supervisor meetings bringing their extra work there to show their commitment to students. teachers are planning to pack the board of supervisors meeting tomorrow night to get their message across. the supervisors make their decision on the property tax next month. i'm peggy fox in prince william county. back to you. the small town of gore, virginia northwest of winchester is mourning the loss after volunteer firefighter. 21-year-old zach whitacre died yesterday morning. he was on the gore fire and rescue truck which was rushing across the border into west virginia to fight a house fire. zach's father doug was driving the tanker truck to get more water when it overturned on route 50 possibly after hitting annual icy patch. not only does zach's father

volunteer with this fire company, so did his grandfather. the entire alexandria fire department will go out of service between 7:00 wednesday night and noon on friday. that's so first responders can attend the various services for joshua weisman. the paramedic died last week responding to a car fire along 395. a viewing is scheduled for wednesday night. the funeral on thursday. during that time other local fire departments will cover any 911 calls in alexandria. the mayor of d.c. is certainly applauding at least one item in president obama's that he included in his budget plan yesterday. the mayor points to the language that would grant the d.c. government greater control over his own local budget. if approved the district would be able to spend its own money without awaiting for approval. >> it's a huge step forward in advancing our cause. >> among other things, bucket

autonomy would -- budget autonomy would protect the district in the event after government shutdown. jessica doyle is here with your money report. >> we're hoping for another rally like the one we had yesterday. that would be nice. but we're going to have to see if new economic data can live up to the hype. stocks rallied yesterday after greece voted for deep spending cuts to qualify for bailout and to avoid bankruptcy. asian stocks headed higher yet again this morning and checking the numbers from here at home, the dow stands this morning at 12,874, jumped about 73 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq was up by 27 and the s&p 500 was better by 9. there are some safety concerns with chevy suvs. federal safety teams are investigating reports of fires in the driver side doors of chevy trailblazers model years 2006 and 2007. the national highway traffic safety administration says more than 300,000 vehicles could be affected. the fires appear to have started in the driver's side

power window switch and parts related to it. g.m. says no one has been hurt. as the economy improves, more americans are getting plastic surgery. that's the finding of an annual report from the american society of plastic surgeons. for the second year in a row plastic surgery is on the rise. during the recession, numbers had dropped. about 1.6 million americans went under the knife for cosmetic reasons in 2011 but the numbers are far below the ones in 2005. there's another change. every year more americans are opting for nonsurgical tweaks. we're talking botox, facial fillers and of course laser hair removal. very popular. >> okay. we won't go any further. what do you have for us in the next half-hour? >> we have the full range of motion but we're also going to get you the biggest bang for your buck on dealer lots when you go to buy a new car.

>> i'm a botox free face so far anyway. >> never say never, right? defense lawyers win a couple of motions in the jerry sandusky case. more on that story coming up. washington becomes the seventh state to legalize same- sex marriage but it might not last. ahead in sports, it's supposed to be one of the league's best home teams but the capitals blew a game at verizon center last night.

coming up at 10 after 5:00, we've got cloudy skies out there. most areas are dry although there's been light snow up near camp david. our day planner today is not going to abbad day. plenty of clouds. maybe an isolated shower. by noon mid-40s. we'll see highs in the low 50s with the drive home temp of 49. i'll be back in a few minutes talking about the next seven days including a couple more systems which may affect us before the week is out. let's go to monika. heading to downtown silver spring, there's an accident just out of this camera shot on georgia avenue just south of route 29, the left lane is blocked in each direction. volumes nice and light this morning. coming up in my next report, more on maryland roadways at 5:17. making news now at 5:10, a plane carrying the body of

whitney houston landed in her home state of new jersey last night. the singer's family is planning a funeral for later this week. the 48-yard died saturday in her -- 48-year-old died saturday in her los angeles hotel room. authorities are waiting for toxicology test results before they can determine how she died. the judge in the penn state sex abuse case has sided with jerry sandusky's defense on for motions. he will allow sandusky to see all of his grandchildren except the three who are currently involved in a custody dispute and the judge also denied the prosecution's request for an out of town jury to hear the case. same-sex couples could soon be allowed to marry in washington state. governor ris teen gregory -- christine gregory sign add bill to legalize gay marriage. opponents are trying to get a referendum on the ballot to have it overturned. the fight over same-sex marriage comes to northern virginia this valentine's day. we'll tell you how one fairfax couple plans to demand the right to marry. that's coming up at 5:39. at 5:23, maryland losing

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good morning. welcome back to 9news now on this valentine's day. 5:14. coming up on 5:15. is mother nature showing us any love today? here's howard with the

forecast. >> a little bit. we have the clouds. temperatures are going to be above 50 in most areas. we're not going to see too much in the way of precipitation. there's a touch of snow this morning up around camp david, the maryland-pennsylvania border. the rest of us maybe a shower here or there. most of the time it's going to be a cloudy, dry day. here's a look at the bus stop forecast. temperatures in the 30s this morning to around 40 in a few spots. the stray shower or flurry up north. sunrise 7:01. it sets at 5:44 this afternoon. as we look at the doppler radar as well, we're looking like a lot is going on but actually a lot isn't going on. most of this is not reaching the ground. you get out toward kentucky and ohio, yeah, there's snow here around cincinnati, maybe picking up an inch of snow this morning but most of the moisture that falls is going to stay west of the mountains. here's live doppler 9000 hd. here we are into frederick county and caroll county. as you get well north up into

hagerstown, thurmont, emmits burning, you might be see owe on emmitsburg, you might be seeing a couple of snow flurries but otherwise visibility at ten miles. nine at camp david. that tells me that snow snow shower maybe now into northern caroll county. the rest not even reaching the ground. reston 32 along with great falls. 34 in columbia and toward bwi. down south mid-30s in alexandria, springfield and andrews at 36. out to the west haymarket and leesburg 32. and 34 in manassas. outside on our michael & son weather camera, good visibility around the capitol this morning. ten miles or so at reagan national with cloudy skies. calm winds. the dew points have come up from around 10 yesterday to 24 now. so a little bit more moisture in the air but not enough to reach the ground. still watching this storm system which came on shore in california yesterday and to the southwest. this is what's going to start to pull out and actually give us our rain chances for thursday. it's -- what's coming for today

is this storm system stretched down. then heavier rains well to the south from atlanta down into florida. you may get some bumpiness there but most of this as i said earlier not reaching the ground except for the snow up north. want to show you our future cast before we get to the forecast because this is where we've got the moisture which is going to be moving around us later today perhaps a couple of showers south by midday. we'll get into the afternoon, not much going o. then this evening some showers here and there before everything pulls out and leaves us in good shape for wednesday. i do want it tell you by sunday things could get interesting. 52 today. isolated shower. tonight we're back in the 30s with an evening shower possible. tomorrow 54 with partly to mostly sunny skies. some generally light rain on thursday but upper 40s to near 50. if we're drier we would be warmer. a possible coastal storm might bring us wintry weather on sunday. we'll watch that carefully. it's now 5:17. watching the traffic for you very carefully this morning.

here's monika samtani. thank you so much. if you're planning to head around town i think for the most part things are final. no problems to -- are fine. no problems to report on the beltway but there is one accident here in the heart of silver spring. georgia avenue at route 29 and there is -- at bonifant street. the left lane is blocked in each direction at georgia avenue. it's very light through that area and i don't think it's going to affect your ride but just be aware of it and a heads up. we'll take a live look nearby if you're planning to head into maryland. no problems to report here as you can see. we'll go back over to the maps and this time a little further south, the bw parkway and route 50. inside the beltway through cheverly you're fine. no problems to report on the beltway leaving route 50 as you head southbound toward route 4, route 5 and over into oxon hill and wilson bridge. we'll take a live look at route 50 right now coming off the bay bridge at sandy point. all the way to the beltway your lanes are open and volumes are very light this morning. coming up in my next report,

we'll go into virginia at 5:24. the capitals have a surprising letdown in front of the hometown crowd. maryland's football coach talked about losing more players. look who that is on the left there. we'll tell you about that in a minute coming up in sports. we want to take another look at our question of the day. which group of people usually receive the most valentine's cards. is it a, wives, girlfriends, b, mothers, or c, teachers. one of our facebook friends brenda clark says i'm going to say c, teachers. nobody else has 20 or 30 or more kids handing them valentine's like a teacher does. >> log on to the wusa9.com facebook fan page. leave your response. we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour. we'll be back. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began.

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5:22. generally cloudy skies. we've had a couple of light snow showers well north of us near the pennsylvania-maryland border. mostly cloudy skies, about 40 in town. some 30s north. also to the east annapolis 41. 38 at andrews. manassas 39. lunch time could be a few showers well south of town but again generally dry, just mostly cloudy to overcast. temperatures in the mid-40s. we get to the low 50s this afternoon with some isolated showers here and there. mike and andrea, over to you. >> thanks, howard.

the terps football team losing more players. >> while the caps turn in a losing performance in front of the home crowd. kristen berset has highlights in your morning sports. >> good morning, everybody. the capitals need every point that they can muster at home to stay in the playoff hunt. but last night their performance elicited a thunderstorm of jeers from the fans. not very good. couldn't get much to stop. patrick gets it up and off the back and then tacks on another to go up 5-1 in the 3rd. caps do try for the late comeback. look at that. just skates by everybody. then jeff shultz get as nice bounce pass off the post but it was too little too late for the caps. they fall 5-3 to san jose. the terps announcing the release of quarterback daniel o'brien among two others. the rookie of the year was benched midway through the

dismal 2-10 season. that's 24 years that edsall has taken over that's left. also gone defensive and offensive coordinators. so does he feel like he's on the hot seat? >> i think everybody is very stable here. just take a look at the recruiting class we just put together. so they say it's the best. if you listen and see their comments, you see exactly what they believe and what this program is all about and i think that's the best statement that we can have. >> all righty. on the hardwood howard hosting cookman. a close one for most of the game. fights for the layup and gets the 2 but the wildcats too much for the bison as they pull away. howard loses to bethune- cookman. that's going to do it for your morning sports. have a great day. later this hour, we have results from another sport. the first set of finalists in this year's westminster dog show. plus, well at the tell you which cars are the best when it comes to the cost of ownership.

here's monika. we're going to take a live look at the 14 rght street bridge -- 14-g9 street bridge -- 14th street bridge on the north side of 495. no problems through annandale. coming up in my next report, another look in virginia at 5:29. you're watching 9news now. stay with us.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. happy valentine's day. we're glad you're here. i'm mike hydeck. here's monika samtani who will have traffic momentarily and howard bernstein, your smooch is coming later. >> something to look forward to. >> can't wait. >> weather wise, we've got a good day ahead. trying to get out of here fast. >> really. >> a good day ahead with cloudy skies. temperatures above 50 and just

an outside chance we'll get a shower or two. we get you going with the day planner. this morning we start in the 30s. it's kind of chilly out there. 39. we'll be 46 by noon and 49 at 5:00 p.m. with highs in the low, maybe even mid-50s well south of town, down toward fredricksburg and tappahannock. you might make 55 today. as far as the rain, there's not much to talk b. this -- talk about. this is the case where the bark is worst than the bite. a lot of this, almost all of this that you're seeing in maryland and virginia not reaching the ground but looking at the observations other than a stray snow shower up near camp david earlier, maybe north of westminster we have a little bit of snow shower here up in northern caroll county. that's it. the rest of it not reaching the ground. temperatures up north low to mid-30s. that's idea snow showers but lots of 30s out there this morning to near 40 in town and on the bay. going to the low 50s. it is now 5:29. over to monika with time saver traffic. i'm happy to say fingers crossed that everything is moving well this morning. there are no big incidents to

report. not yet anyway. if you're planning to come in from virginia on the northbound side of 95, you see all the green. that means traffic is still relatively light at 5:29 in the morning. we'll take a live look if you're planning to head into inning spring field. -- into spring field. this is what it looks like coming up from 644 whether exiting the beltway or continuing to 395. ed cal road on the northbound side -- edsall road on the northbound side all lanes open. no problems to report on 395 as you head for the 14th street bridge. main and hov lanes again are nice and light. back over to the map and this type the west side of town. looking good at the american legion bridge. we'll take a live look at 66 in manassas. you may find a few brake lights as you head for route 29 in are inville but all lanes -- in centreville but all lanes are open. the jury in the george huguely murder case will be listening to more difficult testimony today.

>> forensic pathologist testified monday. the doctor described a series of bruises on the body of 22- year-old yeardley lover and said there were -- love and said there were signs of smothering. huguely confessed to grabbing and shaking love but he says he never hit her. this morning montgomery county police are asking for help to find a missing 8-year- old girl from silver spring. her name is london marshal. she ran away from her family's apartment on blare mill road yesterday afternoon. she's described as 4 feet 8, weighs about 80 pounds. she was last seen wearing a gray button down sweater, faded blue jeans and gray swaid boots. today teachers in prince william county, virginia may borrow a tactic from the occupy protesters. they're being encouraged to sit in on a board of supervisors meeting to make a point about having their salaries frozen for quite a few years to come. monday teachers at three schools took part in a work to

rule action. that's when they did not stay past their scheduled off times to help students and after school -- help students after school. teachers say they haven't had raises for the last three years and the proposed budget would keep salaries frozen until at least 2016. virginia's house of delegates has approved legislation to make it easier to remove public school teach frers their job. the bill -- teachers from their job. the bill would gradually move teachers and principals from continuing contracts which are similar to tenure to three-year contracts which would not automatically be renewed. if it's passed the bill would apply only to new teacher hires. the virginia house of delegates has also given preliminary approval to a couple of bills that have upset abortion rights advocates. one would require all women seeking an abortion to first have an ultrasound of a fetus. however, the women would not be forced to look at that image. the other is the so-called personhood bill which defines human life starting at

conception. delegates are expected to cast a final vote on both of those issues today. president obama's plans to cut defense spending may end up helping virginia's biggest navy installation. that's because the budget the president released yesterday does not include money to improve the navy base in may port, florida. without that construction, the planned transfer of a carrier from norfolk will be stopped. however, some navy ships may eventually be sent elsewhere. >> there is this movement and i think it's well justified. some emphasis on the pacific. so this movement from really west to east, the strategic move there we have to understand that and make sure we always put the country first. >> the 2013 defense budget also calls for one carrier and one submarine to be built in the norfolk shipyard. it is just about 5:34. time for another your money report now. >> jessica is back getting the biggest bang for your buck on

card deal -- car dealer lots. >> doesn't matter if you're looking at ferraris or maybe a focus, the price point does make a big difference, a big deciding factor for a lot of folks but kelly blue book says the real cost of owning a car involves a lot more than the price you negotiate with the dealer. kelly blue book looked at the cost of owning several brand new 2012 models from both u.s. and foreign automakers. the biggest hit you're going to take depreciation. you have heard this before and it is true. cars do lose thousands of dollars in value when you drive it off the lot. it takes the vehicle from its retail value to its wholesale value and that depreciation can account for thousands upon thousands of bucks. the next biggest expense is your fuel. the car's fuel efficiency deck at a times about 25% -- dictates about 25% of the cost of owning the car and the rule of thumb here, the more fuel official, the cheaper the -- efficient, the cheaper the car will be over the long haul.

state taxes and fees are next and finally repairs. take all those factors into consideration and the 2012 total cost, the best brand is offered by kia. audi won best brand in the luxury category. kbb also breaks it down by car models and some of the u.s. automakers finished first in their categories. we had the jeep wrangler for mid-size suvs and chevy impala for the full size car which would make sense and why police officers drive chevy impalas. very cost firth over the long haul. >> the kia has one of those crazy warranties, ten-year and 100,000, something like that. >> that was something they did a couple of years ago to set it apart from the pack when it was trying to improve its image. >> unbelievable. thank you. there's an alarming

shortage of some of the drugs used to treat cancer. that story is coming up. this afternoon the debate over same-sex marriage will move into northern virginia thanks to the actions of a couple we'll introduce you to in a little bit.

5:38. out on the weather terrace. i left my jacket inside but it is chilly. upper 30s. not feeling all that bad. you'll need the jacket this morning but as far as the umbrella, you could probably leave them at home. we're going to have an isolated shower chance today. maybe one or two here and there. by noon we're in the mid-40s. by 3:00 around 50 with highs in the low 50s and even this evening can't rule out a shower but we've got sunny days tomorrow but more rain before the week is out. details in the next 5, 6 minutes. right now inside to monika with time saver traffic. good morning, everybody. i'm happy to say that overall traffic is looking great. here's what it looks like on

3:95 at edsall road heading for the 14th street bridge. we'll go to the maps on the beltway. no problems to report. if you're planning to head over into maryland, let's see if we can take a look at the beltway on the north side of town. no problems to report there as well. coming up in my next report, another look around the area at 5:47. back to you. on this valentine's day one couple will do something in the name of love. they'll go to the fairfax county courthouse and request a marriage license. they expect to be denied since virginia banned same-sex marriage. the couple will be joined by fellow unitarian church members and other supporters of same- sex marriage. in maryland governor martin o'malley is looking for a few more votes in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage there. the governor is sponsoring this year's bill and appeared at a rally in favor of same-sex marriage last night in annapolis. last year the bill failed to get enough support in the house of delegates but some prince george's county lawmakers

decided they would oppose it. statehouse committees have heard more than ten hours of testimony on this bill last week. if you missed it yesterday, we're starting a new segment here in the morning. >> jessica doyle is scouring a bownch of those websites where -- bunch of those websites where you can find the details and they released new ones at 35bg in the morning. -- at 5:00 in the morning. >> reporter: we've been combing through the daily deal e-mails and retailer websites to find you deep discounts. here's some of our favorites. we're going to start with something all of us homeowners have to do. furnace, heat pump or ac unit cleaning and maintenance. aaa hvac services usually charges 100 but there's a 55% discount. sears has this one. it's offering a sony touch camera for $79.99. the four gig camera normally sells for $179.99. when you log on to the website, the deal is listed as $99.99.

once you click on it it's listed at 20 dollars cheaper. it's good till midnight tonight. here's a fun idea if you're not afraid of heights. google offers has a one-hour hot air balloon ride. you fly monday through thursday and friday morning for $1730. the -- $170. the ride normally costs $280 with dream adventures so that is 50% off. happy shopping. >> we like it. thank you. there's someone who won't have to worry too much about the soaring -- scoring good deals. the lottery jackpot winner coming up. we want to see who's celebrating a birthday today, february 14. mrs. brady. florence henderson is 78. new york mayor michael bloomberg is 70 and carl bernstein is 68.

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good morning. welcome back to 9news now. it is 5:45 on this valentine's day. howard's got a lot of different things happening in the weather to take us from cold to mild to cold again. >> sunday we may start to hear some rumblings about sunday. potential coastal storm. not saying definite but there's a little bit of agreement on a couple of models now that by sunday we could be talking maybe back to a little bit of wingtsry weather. that's -- wintry weather. that's just a possibility, not etched in snow. let's talk about today, though. it's going to be a decent day around here for your

valentine's day. we start with the bus stop forecast where we've got lots of clouds out there. just an isolated sprinkle or even a flurry well to the north. temperatures are running in the 30s to around 40 this morning. sunrise 7:01, setting at 5:44. no problems early. much of the day will be relatively quiet. we'll have the cloudy skies. 9:00 40. 44 at 11:00. this afternoon we're going to see highs in the low, maybe even mid-50s down to the south. winds generally southerly at 10 miles an hour. so just a slight breeze out there and still isolated shoir. our weather -- shower. our weather headline, the isolated shower or two today. i think if you leave the umbrella at home, you'll probably get away with that and just be fine. tomorrow looks like we get in the midz 50s in -- mid-50s in many areas but by thursday, light rain likely. temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50. then the possible coastal storm on sunday. this could slide to our south. it won't be a problem but if it starts to make that turn coming

up the coast, sunday may be a day we're going to be talking about. we'll let you know more as we get closer to it. the regional doppler radar, looks like a bunch of moisture on top of us. there had been light snow showers up in pennsylvania but the stuff near us, not even reaching the ground. we had an earlier report of a snow shower up toward camp david. so maybe right up here in the darkest blue, southern pennsylvania, northern caroll county, we might get a couple of flakes out of that. otherwise the rest of this isn't reaching the ground. 35 in hagerstown. 32 in luray. 37 in fredricksburg. 40 at the pax river naval air station. check add moment ago. easton was 36. not reporting at the moment. here in town we've got upper 30s. 39 degrees. here's our michael & son weather camera. good visibility this morning. no problems under the clouds and 39. calm winds and the barometer is at 30.09 at the moment. probably going to see that drop as the storm system comes out from the west. there has been some snow in places like cincinnati may get

anism of snow this morning. like -- an inch of snow this morning. the roads are staying wet even though they get the snow on the -- get the snow accumulations on the grass. today lots of clouds, perhaps an isolated shower well south. this evening watch out. maybe a few showers start to pop here for the evening hours before this system pulls away leaving us with the sunshine for tomorrow but a storm that hit california yesterday will bring us that chance of rain for thursday. so today 52. the isolated shower. 54 on wednesday. thursday light rain likely. upper 40s. if we get even less than this, we may be closer to 50 degrees. by friday the sun is back. so we're in the low 50s. saturday around 50 and sunday that possible coastal storm. i've dropped temps into the 30s and president's day we recover partly sunny. back in the 40s. let's go to monika samtani. 5:48. probably a smooth ride in. generally speaking it is a smooth ride in. just getting word of an accident on georgia avenue

north of damascus road putting it east of damascus, georgia avenue north of damascus road. i'll keep you posted on that situation. coming in from 95 from baltimore, bw parkway from baltimore, everything is looking fine to the beltway. we'll take a live look at 95 at route 32 and that's looking great. very light volumes as you head down to the beltway using 95 and route 29 this morning as well. back over to the maps we'll head further west. 270 looks great in from gaithersburg to rockville and down into bethesda to the point where the lanes divide. we'll take a live look at 270 at shady grove road. just a bit of volume in urbana but as you head for shady grove road, looks like n. both the main and hov lanes heading for the beltway. coming up in my next report, we'll go into virginia at 6:00. >> thank you, monika. making news now at 5:49, the obama administration says while it's backed arab league plans to end ongoing violence in syria, there are several obstacles to deploying an international peacekeeping

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5 before 6:00 a.m. this morning. lots of clouds out there. we start with 30s. in fact low 30s to the north. mid- to upper 30s here in town. as we go throughout the day, we're going to see a lot of clouds. maybe a sunny break but in the much in the way of rain. 36 in leesburg by 9:00. we'll be in the 40s here in washington. by lunch time mid-40s for us. isolated sprinkles southern maryland. maybe a flurry in the mountains. mid afternoon still relatively quiet. low 50s. i think we get for highs. maybe a sprinkle or two again down south. as we head toward 6:00 p.m., now perhaps a couple of

sprinkles in the shenandoah valley. temperatures in the 40s. alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in this country. r ile scientists look fo better drugs to treat the disease, families suffer. >> it's especially difficult for the relative who spends the most time watching their loved one but in this hero central report, jc hayward salutes the support provided by the alzheimer family day center in fairfax. ♪ some day when i'm feeling low ♪ >> reporter: each day caretakers bring their loved ones to the alzheimer's family day center for entertainment and social activity. and today alan and charles provided a delightful afternoon of music and dancing. even i had a great time. miles brings his mother here each weekday and he knows personally how the center

benefits his mother, a retired physician. >> she was in my home living with he but was alone during the day when i'm out working for almost three years and she's a book worm and she loves reading books but i really felt and was beginning circumstances that she needed to be in a safe and supportive environment. >> reporter: dr. jean sullivan is a respected physician. her disease caused her to retire but she still exhibits a warm personality and welcomes a stranger. the influenza. >> that was a scary time. >> we have a lot of folks here who have been high level professionals. >> reporter: nancy is the executive director of alzheimer's family day center. the center provides a wide variety of stimulation and activities and a home-like atmosphere. >> individuals with dementia

can come here for a full range of activities and opportunity to socialize with others, to find friends which they often don't have anymore, to get medical attention if they need it, to have their meals here, to get their medications here so it's a full service program that gives them a life. >> reporter: many times a caregiver of alzheimer's patients is called a second victim because a caregiver's life is turned upside down. that's why the alzheimer's family day care are in is so important -- center is so important. the center focuses on people's strengths rather than memory limitations. they address the needs of a whole person and they support family caregivers. i'm jc hayward, 9news now.

>> the alzheimer's family day center charges about $76 per day. it can be expensive but there is a scholarship fund to help those who can't afford that regular fee. for more information, log on to jchayward.com and click on hero central and find out how you can apply. we thank you for watching 9 news now at 6:00 a.m. on this valentine's day. happy holiday you to. i'm andrea roane. mike-- i'm mike hydeck. we're glad you're here. here's monika samtani. >> and howard has love for all of us. he's sharing his forecast first. >> we're not going to have much in the way of precip. maybe an isolated shower. temperatures low to maybe mid- 50s this afternoon. it's 38 right now in washington. mid-40s by noon. we'll have mostly cloudy skies with just an isolated sprinkle here and there later today and this evening. this morning the radars are lit up but most of this not reaching the ground. the air still kind of dry at