a.m. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. we're glad you're joining us. that's what you get when you join us on the morning show. here's monika samtani. she'll have traffic momentarily. we've got a good day ahead. not as good as that story but a good day nonetheless for february. sunshine will be out and temperatures will climb into the mid-50s. average high 47 degrees. once again it's been much of the case this winter we'll be above average. sunshine. we have a few clouds early. by noon 50. by 5:00 51. right now 42 and mostly cloudy with a high around 55 degrees. notice some temperatures have dipped into the 30s. mid-30s there up in frederick at 35 and manassas at 36. we're still 42. had the little rain shower action after a little sun yesterday afternoon. that's all raced up toward new england. but to the west now, this side, we've got some rain entering areas in the western tennessee valley coming from the mississippi valley. that's going to head our way for tomorrow.

probably not getting here till mid- to late morning. temps this afternoon still mid- 40s up north but most of us low to mid-50s this afternoon and fredericks, culpeper, you might make a shot toward the upper 50s with the sunshine. monika has dried her eyes and she's here now with a look at time saver traffic. >> still feeling a little sappy. that was amazing. not too shabby outside. things looking great. if you're planning come in from the west side of town, i'm happy to say from leesburg through ashburn, the dulles toll road, 66 is looking good as well, all the way from centreville to nutley street which is what i'll show you if you're planning to head on the inbound side. here's what it looks like at nutley street heading for the beltway. let's go back over to our maps and this time we'll head over to the south side of town. 395 coming up from springfield looking like you're going above the speed limit all the way up the line to the 14th street bridge. we'll go to our vdot camera here. no problems to report at duke

street up to the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next report, we'll go to maryland at 5:10. metro is preparing to admit it bears some blame for the deadly red line crash according to the washington examiner. >> nine people died back in june 2009 when one train slammed into the back of another. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live at a memorial to those crash victims. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike. it was a devastating crash that really changed the lives of hundreds of families here and hundreds of metro riders who ride on the metro daily. we're on the new hampshire avenue overpass and this overlooks the crash scene where many of these family members lost their lives. i was here last summer when the victims' families posted these pictures. you can see one for mother of six anna hernandez and several other pictures, flowers and signs that have been here for nearly a year memorializing

these victims. now a bit, just a small bit of justice for these families. metro today we're told and three equipment manufacturers have reportedly settled seven of the nine death cases plus several injury cases and according to court documents filed monday, they will, quote, stipulate to liability at the four remaining trials. no word on cash payouts to the families but according to a metro spokesperson, it's $5 million insurance deductible should cover costs. the admission comes two years after the national transportation safety board released scathing reports that repeated ignored problems led to the deadly crash. >> metro was on a collision course long before this accident. >> this accident is a classic expaferl of an organization -- example of an organizational accident. >> reporter: metro under new management now has worked with the n.t.s.b. to fix many of the problems. there's still a long way to go but they have made some

improvements. we'll have more on what they're doing to make metro safer coming up in a half-hour. back to you, mike, andrea. >> delia goncalves live outside the fort totten metro station. thank you. a georgetown man accused of strangling his 91-year-old wife will undergo a psychiatric evaluation. the judge says right now 47- year-old albrecht mooth is not ifity to stand trial. police are investigating three more street robberies in upper northwest washington now. they all hammed monday and in two cases a gun was used. the robberies happened this time near river road and 46th street along wisconsin avenue in friendship heights and on warren street. police say in all three atabs there were three robbers wearing ski masks and driving a dark colored vehicle. investigators are already

looking into at least half a dozen other robberies in the area. the montgomery county school board has approved the superintendent's $2.13 billion budget request. superintendent joshua star says this budget allows the school system to keep up with the growing enrollment while meeting the minimum requirement to fund students' education at the same level. now the school budget goes to the county council and ike leggett for final approval. president obama's budget proposal does not include any new funding for d.c.'s private school voucher program. d.c. is the only place in the country where federal tax dollars subsidize private school tuition. students can receive up to $12,000 a year. back in 2009 congress agreed to phase out the program. however, there's new talk republicans might try to restore that funding. five minutes after 5:00. good morning if you're just joining us. time for the latest your money report. >> jessica doyle is here with today's headlines. good morning. >> good morning. we've got a global rally going

on right now and something obviously wall street would like to jump on later today. that's as new developments as greece marches closer to aid for its economic problems. on wall street stocks, kind of an "ah" session after a dispinting re-- disappointing retail sales report was released. knack zach was flat. -- nasdaq was flat. house and senate negotiators have reached a tentative deal on renewing the payroll tax cuts. it saves the average worker about 20 bucks a week. the bill could be on the president's desk as early as this week. the deal would extend the tax cut through the end of the year. jobless benefits would also be renewed as well. and doctors would be saved from a big cut in their medicare payments but the plan would add to the deficit. this weekend will be a good one for buying appliances in maryland. that's because it is tax free weekend for energy star appliances. we're talking your air conditioners, washer and

dryers, solar water heaters, frigs, dehumidifierers, programmable thermostats and cop pact fluorescent light bulbs. -- compact fluorescent light bulbs. those will save you the 6% sales tax. get it while you can. >> what do you have for us in the next half-hour? >> a big change in the gaming world that has a lot of people pretty excited. we'll talk about that coming up. the fda issues a warning about fake versions after cancer drug. that story coming up. plus, the president takes the first lady to a northern virginia restaurant for valentine's day. more on that coming up. ahead in sports, the wizards did something overnight that they haven't done in ten months. stick around for that.

it is 5:09. pretty quiet. you'll need the jacket with temperatures running in the 30s and 40s but a nice afternoon once again. we expect sunshine. by noon in the 50s. a drive home temperature of 51. full seven-day forecast looking ahead towards the weekend coming up in about five minutes. right now monika samtani is looking at time saver traffic. we're going to take a look at route 5 at i-97.

watch out for the accident after this point on the showedder but causing a bit after slowdown getting by. more on maryland roadways at 5:17. making news now at 5:10, whitney houston's family has decided to hold a private funeral service this saturday in her hometown of newark, new jersey. new jersey's governor has ordered state flags to fly at half staff saturday. autopsy results on the 48-year- old entertainer expected to take up to eight weeks. food and drug administration is warning doctors now and patients about a counterfeit version of the drug evass continue, an injectable medicine used to treat cancer. the counterfeit version is labeled as avastin but does not contain the drug's active ingredients. the president leaves on a road trip. last week he snuck in a valentine's dinner old town, alexandria. the president and first lady dined at vermillion restaurant. it was offering a special four-

course valentine's dinner. take advantage. many americans like to mock the french but there's a new book out that claims we have a lot to learn when it comes to their style of parenting. we'll explain at 5:58. at 5:39, we'll bring you the daily deals and howard is watching a weekend storm system in the seven-day forecast. stay with us.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now.

it's coming up on 5:14 this wednesday morning. the forecast is like a roller coaster. where are we? >> today is a ridge. got a trough tomorrow. another ridge on friday. we've got sunshine expected and temperatures above average. back in the mid-50s. take a nice long walk with the dog again this afternoon. she was a happy camper sniffing everything and feeling almost spring like out there. >> loving the forecast. >> yeah. you're going to get outside and love it as well. this morning you'll neat the jackets. we start in the 30s and 40s. about 35 to 45 on the bus stop forecast. we have some clouds around. i expect them to be breaking up some over the next several hours. 7:00 on the nice for the sunrise. sunset 5:45. we'll have a good deal of sunshine today. i think we'll be partly to mostly sunny. by noon sunshine and 50. a little bit of a breeze. northwest winds 10 to 15. if you're going to be outside, wind breaker, sweat shirt, that sort of thing.

by 8:00 still clear, in the mid- 40s but the clouds will return overnight tonight and some rain will return on thursday. this morning we're say going bye to yesterday's little system. clouds now. it's going to pull out of here the next few hours and that's why i'm expecting a good deal of sunshine. up north upper 30s from hagerstown, cumberland 37. oakland with plenty of snow on the ground they're in the upper 20s. down south fredricksburg is 40. here in washington this morning we've got 42 degrees. looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, lots of clear skies. mainly dark at the white house this morning. the washington monument in the upper right. 42. feeling like 38 thanks to the north wind at 6. a bit after windchill. dew point still creeping up at 31 degrees. got a lot of action on the weather maps. another storm on the west coast. storm in the middle of the country and we're saying goodbye to the third storm. it's this one right here from oklahoma and texas moving in toward the mississippi valley. this is going to be thursday's

rain maker. there's a little bit of wintry precip on the northern edge of this. just not enough cold air. that's really been the case most of the winter. not enough cold air for us to get snow. we have seen a couple of bouts here and there. sunday, though, we may see a coastal develop. if it slides south of us, no biggie. if it comes up the coast, that's a different story. this afternoon sunny, pleasant, mid-50s. a bit breezy. clouds thicken up overnight tonight toward tomorrow morning. expect a cloudy start to your thursday but a dry start. as we get into the middle of the day and especially the afternoon and evening this is where we're going to see the rain showers. i think the evening rush hour on thursday unfortunately will be a wet one but a dry thursday morning. then this is out of here so we're left with pretty good weather by friday morning. partly to mostly sunny skies. then we just watch and see how things develop for sunday. again nothing etched in stone. could be a coastal. could slide off to the south.

55, breezy today. tonight we're back in the 30s. tomorrow 50 with the rain developing in the afternoon. on friday pleasant, around 50 and then sunday watching for a possible coastal but nice again by president's day, high of 45. it is 5:16. i'm going to go clear my throat. here's monika. if you're planning to head outside, things are looking great. no major deals to deal with. if you're planning to head to the south side of town, 95 is looking great. at the prince william parkway as you head northbound to the occoquan river, the northbound side looks great heading across the river and up into springfield. we'll go a little further north now to 395 here at duke street. this is where it loads up early on but right now it's still good. both of the main and hov lanes heading up to the 14th street bridge. back to the map. the american legion bridge, dulles toll road, we'll take a live look, both loops of the

beltway between bethesda and tysons corner incident free. coming up in my next report, we'll go over to maryland at 5:24. back to you. a buzzer beater keeps a local school in the running for a conference championship. plus, seven dogs made the final cut but only one would come away with best in show at westminster. that's coming up in sports. let's take another look at question of the day. nearly half of all men say they've done this for their partner on valentine's day. a, bought something at the last minute, b, cooked dinner or c, made a cd of their favorite song. >> one person wrote a, i think it's going to win by a landslide, bought something at the last minute. >> log on to our facebook fan page and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour. dinner's ready.

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it is 5:21 on this wednesday morning. have some clouds out there. they're going to be breaking up the next few hours. 40 degrees at 8:45. still mid-30s up north. definitely a chill to start but as we go through the day, eight going to be pretty nice. by noon we're going to be upper 40s to around 50. we're going to see highs this afternoon maybe about 55 or so with temperatures -- for temperatures and sunshine. culpeper by 3:00 56. 51 or so down at pacs river a.

nice -- pax river. a nice afternoon ahead. you'll need the umbrellas on thursday. i'll explain a bit later. are you sitting down? we don't want to shock you but the wizards won two games in a row. >> that hasn't happened yet since last april. washington was in portland. they had a lead over the blazers midway through the first half and they didn't blow it this time. nick young scored a season high 31 points. wises discards win -- wizardses win. good morning, everybody. george mason in a pivotal game last night against bcu as the teams are going down the stretch to the big dance. the patriots in a three-way tie with the rams and drexel for first place in the caa. two words for you. buzzer beater. paul hewitt and george mason hosting bcu. nine seconds left. makes a big three-pointer, brings mason within 1. but with three seconds left, down 2,

watch this. three-pointer at the buzzer. nothing but net. they're going nuts there. george mason beats bcu62-61. tony bennett in virginia at clemson. didn't have as much luck. tied at half time clemson ends up pulling away. nice flush. uva loses 60-48. they've lost three of the last four games. good news for caps fans. mike green is on the fast track to getting back into the game. after a long workout on the ice yesterday, he said he felt good, hasn't felt this good in a long time. caps g.m. george mcphee says if everything goes well today and tomorrow green could return this weekend. second night of the westminster dog show, look at those beauties. first up state dog of maryland a chesapeake bay retriever named coop. here's a local dog from leesburg, a russell terrier, a

rhyme reiner from north of baltimore. beautiful coat. then the mop dog. imagine cleaning that thing. finally best of show goes to malachy the pekingese. lots of hair on that dog. look at the face. congrats to the pekingese. that's a quick look at your sports this morning. have a great wednesday, everybody. 5:24. pre-gaming may be based on sports terminology but could be dangerous for your kids. that story still ahead. metro appears ready to admit liability in the 2009 red line crash. here's monika. if you're planning to come inbound on route 50, watch out for the accident just after 197. once you're on the beltway here south of 50, everything is fine heading for the wilson bridge. more on maryland roadways coming up once again at 5:29. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back.

good morning . welcome back to 9news now. happy wednesday. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. i think i'm going to get the caramels at half price when i go to cvs. i think treat everybody since it's such a good deal. >> it's not like the post- christmas stuff. don't think it will be good in a year. >> i'm going to share tomorrow. sunshine. going to be abundant once we get rid of a few of the morning clouds and temperatures are going to get nice into the mid- 50s once again. average highs now up to 47. we'll do better than that. we've done really better than that a lot of this winter. 42 now. 44 by 9:00 with mostly sunny skies. 50 at noon. a high around 55 today with a 5:00 p.m. temperature of 51 degrees. one thing to think about, the breeze. it will be breezy at times northwest 10 to 15. you'll also need jackets this morning with mid-30s in

manassas, frederick. baltimore 39. 40 degrees there over in la plata and andrews. had a storm system yesterday bring us some clouds, a peek of sun and afternoon showers. that thing is now up toward new england. some snow in the northern and western side of it. light snows there. our next rain maker, there it is coming in toward western kentucky and southern illinois. that will bring us some rain by midday tomorrow. looking at your highs today, around 55 for d.c. 57 in fredricksburg. some upper 40s in the shenandoah valley and 53 in gaithersburg. it is now 5:29. monika samtani is in with all knew ed for your morning commute. good morning, everybody. there are really no big complaints to report. all around town things are looking great. i'm going to start off with 270 down to rockville. coming in from frederick all the way down the line you're going to be fine. we'll take a live look in wheaton if you're planning to head here on georgia avenue. you're doing fine here heading down to the beltway on georgia

avenue. back over to the maps. this time to 95 in from baltimore. you're fine. bw parkway same story. there was a minor incident on the inbound side of route 50 before the beltway. really before 197. things are looking great there now. it should be on the shoulder with the lanes open. we'll take a live look a little further south and here's what it looks like if you're coming south of the beltway south on the beltway at route 4 pennsylvania avenue over to the wilson bridge and into alexandria. all lanes are open. no problems to report at this time. coming up in my next report, we'll go to virginia at 5:38. just about 5:31 now. the prosecution is starting to out up a list of experts at the uva lacrosse murder trial. >> testimony ran late last night as prosecutors were wrapping up their case. one expert testified that george huguely and yeardley love had each other's d.n.a. under their fingernails and a neurologist described the fatal

injuries to yeardley's brain stem. a sterling man is suing a former loudoun county sheriff's deputy. video from a patrol car camera appears to show terry daniel hitting carlos garcia from behind during a november 2009 arrest. garcia was knocked out and his lawyers say he suffer add traumatic brain injury with intermittent memory loss. the sheriff's department and former deputy have not commented on the lawsuit. metro has taken some responsibility in the june 2009 crash that killed nine people. delia goncalves is live at the memorial to the victims on the new hampshire avenue overpass. >> reporter: good morning, andre ya. the overpass overlooks the -- andrea. the overpass overlooks the crash site where these victims lost their lives. you can see these posters and signs have been here for a

while. it's a reminder to us all of the lives lost that fateful day. the trains involved in that deadly crash were among the oldest in the fleet, the 1000 series cars. the national transportation safety board warned metro well before the crash about the old and dangerous trains that metro always said they were too expensive to replace. what a price we paid for the lives shattered from what the ntsb said was metro's negligence. since then, though, metro has changed its management, has taken a hundred measures to fix problems, including track repair and circuit replacement though we can tell you the 1000 series cars, the old ones involved in the crash won't be completely replaced until next year. metro is operating the trains on manual mode only. this crash occurred when the trains were on automatic mode and the brakes and the warning system failed.

coming up in a half-hour, i'm let you know what the admission and the cost payout to the families of these victims may mean for riders of metro currently. we'll have that in a half-hour. back to you. >> delia goncalves with that live update. tonight a visitation will be held for alexandria paramedic joshua weissman. he died last week responding to a car fire on 395 when he fell off an overpass into four-mile run. the visitation is from 5:00 p.m. until midnight at the everly wheatley funeral home on west braddock road. surrounding jurisdictions will cover emergency calls in alexandria so his colleagues can attend. we'd like to give you a heads up. tonight you might hear some artillery fire in northern virginia. the old guard is scheduling cannon fire drills at arlington cemetery from 9:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. the booms are so loud, we usually get concerned phone calls asking what's happening. that is what's happening.

once again some old guard drills at arlington national cemetery. at 5:34 we have another your money report for you. >> jessica is back with a consumer warning for cancer patients n. is scare -- patients. this is scary. >> this is potentially a serious problem. what we're talking about is the best selling cancer drug in the nation. now the maker of avastin is warning doctors and patients about counterfeit vials of the product being distributed in the u.s. tests show they do not contain the key ingredient in avastin. it's used for colon, lung, brain cancers. the company says the counterfeit products do not have genentech printed on the packaging or a six-digit lot number with no letters. at this point unclear how much of the counterfeit product was distributed in the u.s. or whether it's caused any harm gldz more americans were late on their mortgage payments in the last three months of 2011.

a credit reporting agency says a little more than 6% of mortgage holders were behind in their payments by 60 days or more. analysts are saying the delinquency rate will not get any better until housing prices recover. switching gears for you. the angry birds are flocking to facebook. the popular game just debuted on the social network. 500 million folks have already downloaded the game devices to their smartphone. the facebook version will allow folks to pay to get more birds or other game extras as well as sharing your scores with others via your news feed. angry birds is very popular on my phone when my daughter steals it from me along with the new game she's obsessed with "cut the rope" which apparently is hot with kids right now. >> haven't seen that one. >> leave it all to the gamers there. >> thanks, jess. >> sure thing. coming up, we will tell you about some of the bills that actually survived crossover day in virginia. plus, nearly 20 dogs have

arrived in d.c. and will soon be in search of new and improved homes. we'll be back.

good wednesday morning. 32 degrees in washington. mostly cloudy skies. a light wind. if i was going to be out for a few minutes, i would definitely have the jacket this morning. a nice day ahead. we'll burn off the low clouds in the next few hours. then we'll see sunshine, a lot of it today. 50 by noon. 53 at 3:00. breezy with a northwest wind 10 to 15. still nice at 6:00 p.m., 49. but rain on the way for thursday and we'll talk about a potential coastal on sunday. now inside to monika with time saver traffic. we're beginning to see volumes build on the northbound side of i-95 through lorton, newington and springfield. area lawmakers have been

busy. in maryland governor martin o'malley has introduced a phase- in of a 6% sales tax on gas. and the bill to legalize same- sex marriage is now headed to the full house. in virginia tuesday was crossover day. now the house and senate may only consider bills already passed by the other chamber. virginia's house passed two restrictive antiabortion bills. the senate passed legislation to require drug screening of welfare recipients but rejected a bill to make it easier to dismiss public school teachers. the washington animal rescue league is now caring for nearly 20 dogs that were rescued in mississippi. the dogs were found in filthy conditions. at this point they've already received the emergency medical attention they need and the vets at the rescue league at the medical center in northwest washington are going to be caring for them. once they're healthy and they undergo behavior evaluations, the dogs should be ready for adoption soon. >> we just saw on the westminster dog show a dog that had been cruelly treated made it to best in his breed. >> i don't know that.

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arts is offering a 60-minute massage for 66 bucks. usually goes for 110. that's a 40% discount. you can get an 80-minute stone massage for 90 bucks. those are the deals. if you're a local merchant, you can send me your deals or post them to our page. coming up, the manual expected to become china's next leader is visiting washington. plus, there's been another change at the top of the polls in campaign 2012. >> changes, changes. 5:41. let's see who's celebrating a birthday today. he ran for president as an independent in 1980. john anderson is 90 years old. bet the sales were up on her open heart necklace. actress jane seymour is 61. and the creator of the simpsons is 58. one of the most beloved redskins of all time hall of famer daryl green is 52.

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chicken parmesan, all you can eat pancakes, cordon bleu melt, the new cookie skillet a la mode. whew. so many choices, so little airtime. the 2-4-6-8 value menu. only at denny's. good morning. welcome back to 9news now. it is 5:45. howard has the ups and downs in our forecast. it's been that crazy winter. >> once again we'll be up. today is an up day. sunshine is coming back and temperatures average 47. we're going to blow through that probably by lunch time. temperatures this afternoon once again getting to about 55. yesterday had a little extra sunshine so bonus sunshine yesterday. got to 56 before afternoon showers. this morning your bus stop forecast looking good. we've got some clouds out there. they're going to be breaking up over the next few hours. we'll call it partly sunny. you'll need a jacket with temps in the mid-30s to mid-40s. winds not too bad now. they will be a bit breezy at times out of the northwest 10

to 15. our sunrise happens at 7:00 a.m. on the nose. we'll see a lot of it. by 9:00 around 44. noon 50. so by noon we'll already be above the average high for this time of year. northwest wind at 13. driving home 51 with the highs today most areas in the mid- 50s. right now some upper 30s to the north. hagerstown 39. 42 out toward lurray and the shenandoah valley. pax river is at 43. tappahannock is 36. catlett is 37 and newland checking with 42 in the northern neck. locally the cold spot one of them anyway is college park. down to 36 degrees. upper marlboro near the courthouse at 40. 41 in alexandria and great falls. it is 39 in gaithersburg. lovettsville 40. generally clear skies. just a couple of clouds overhead. good visibility with the white house. just a few lights on. probably see a few more in a

few minutes as staffers get there. we've got a storm system here over texas and oklahoma moving in toward the mississippi valley. this is almost a repeat of a couple of days ago but this is going to be tomorrow's rain maker as it moves in our direction. i do think the moisture, at least the clouds get here well in advance of the rain. with some luck we're going to be dry for the morning commute tomorrow but the evening commute looks wet. looking at our high temperatures today, we've got low 50s up to the north. great falls 53. college park gets up to about 54. to the west in fairfax county, fairfax 55. leesburg 54. manassas, you're going to top off at about 56 degrees with a good deal of sunshine and just as i said earlier, that northwest wind 10 to 15. so the next three days, 55 today. we're back in the 30s to near 40 tonight. tomorrow those clouds are actually going to roll in overnight so the rain develops. i think it's dry for the morning commute. by midday into the afternoon some of the rain moves in. afternoon rain. 50 degrees. friday we're back to 50 but

with sunshine so much more pleasant day on friday. saturday looks pretty good, 54. we're watching a coastal for sunday. this thing could bring us some wintry weather if it doesn't slide off to the south and east and no matter what happens sunday, president's day looks pretty good. sunshine returns, highs in the mid-40s. right now 5:47. monika, still no notes. that's a good thing. no notes but unfortunately we have one incident. here it is live from sky 9. it's not that big a deal but i want to show what you it looks like on route 29 at lockwood drive. it was a two-car accident. you can see crews arrived on the scene. as you head out of white oak, you want to be aware of this on route 29 at lockwood drive. just keep that in mind for your travel plans. we'll go over to the maps. the beltway itself is looking great. we're going to focus on virginia this time. if you're coming out of woodbridge through lorton, newington, springfield everything is looking great. we're going to go a little further north if you're planning to head to 395 and the

14th street bridge, still nice and light. no problems as you head into the downtown area. we'll go a little further west on the maps this time over to the american legion bridge and the gw parkway heading inbound right now. no problems to report. a quick live look at the legion bridge on the west side looking great both loops of the beltway. more on what's going on near white oak coming up at 6:00. making news now at 5:49, police in thailand say the iranian suspects arrested in bangkok did not have the capacity to attack large crowds or buildings. the two men were taken into custody after three explosions shook a residential neighborhood. israel is blaming an attack monday in new delhi on iranian operatives. the man poised to become china's next president will talk with senate leaders today. the chinese vice president met with president obama and top administration officials yesterday. then he attend add dinner hosted by vice president joe biden. campaign 2012 now rick

santorum has surged past mitt romney in the latest cbs news- "new york times" poll. he leads romney 30% to 27%. 9 wants you to know fairfax police have charged five juveniles with public drunkenness. this happened last friday night following a basketball game between languageley and mclean high. four of the kids who were arrested were at mclean high school. the fifth at a nearby fast food restaurant. there's no word at this point what punishment these students will get but according to the students rights and responsibilities booklet for fairfax county, a fires-time violation for possessing or being under the influence of alcohol shall result in a suspension from school for a minimum of five days and maximum of ten days and a suspension for 30 calendar days for all student activities.

derek mcginty has more on teen drinking and a trend that's often called pre-gaming. >> come over here a minute. >> reporter: montgomery county police officer bill morrison has a knack for spotting pre- gamers. >> there's more in there somewhere. >> reporter: teenagers and young adults who get intoxicated or high before high school sporting events or on this night before a concert at a popular local venue venue. >> [ indiscernible ] >> you didn't ask me to sign anything. >> young lady, relax. >> i don't want the cameras on. >> here's the problem you have. you're out in public. >> reporter: cruising through public parking lots we quickly come upon a car that's idling. inside four young adults drinking alcohol and allegedly smoking marijuana [ inaudible ] >> they all had pipes and marijuana. >> reporter: two of the women

have children at home under the age of 3. most aren't upset about being caught, only that their arrest might make them late to the show. >> the arrest didn't bother them other than the fact it would interfere with going to the concert. their main concern is getting to the concert on time. >> reporter: at least one woman has urinated outside the car in a public place. that's not uncommon but it is behavior that can earn them a citation, $1,000 fine, and a seven-year spot on maryland's sex offender registry for exposure. after the concert we watch as officer morrison issues another young woman a citation for urinating outside her car [ inaudible ] >> i couldn't hold it any longer. >> you've got to go inside. >> reporter: she tries to talk him out of that ticket. >> you understand being a girl. >> reporter: it doesn't work. on another early morning in

downtown bethesda, an officer stops a car load of four young men who have a small amount of marijuana as well as paraphernalia. police told us they all had extensive criminal records and they were upset not by the traffic stop but because it ruined their plans to drink at a local bar. derek mcginty, 9news now. >> 9 wants you to know about the consequences of pre-gaming and understand age drinking -- underage drinking. if you have a story you'd like us to check out, click on the 9 wants you to know at the top of our home page. it is 5:53. we want to take another look at our question of the day. nearly half of all men say they've done this for their partner on valentine's day. is it a, bought something last minute, b, cooked dinner or c, made a tv of -- made a cd of their favorite song. >> one of our facebook friends wrote a, it's not fair to pick on just the fellas. i'm so guilty too it was so bad

one year, i couldn't find a husband card at 7:00 p.m. on valentine's day. >> log on to the wusa9.com -- wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer in about an hour. metro takes the first steps toward admitting fault in the 2009 crash. first, the french have a reputation for looking down their noses at other call furs. -- cultures. now a new book shows she have americans beat. there's a lot of misinformation about the economy in this political season so this morning we are debunking some myths and you at home and play against andrea and mike. it's a quiz session coming up. you're watching 9news now. it's a cookie many people have enjoyed famous amos chocolate chip cookies. wallace, wally amos was the first black talent agent for william morris agency.

he used to send his clients chocolate chip cookies. he represented stars like diana ross before being talked into selling his cookies. marvin gaye gave him part of the start-up money. amos sold his company due to some financial problems but now he runs uncle wally's muffin company. log on to wusa9.com for more moments in black history.

still mostly cloudy skies with temps in the 30s and 40s this morning. you'll need the jacket when you get going early but we're going to have a nice afternoon. by 9:00 mostly sunny, temperatures getting into the upper 30s and low 40s. as we approach lunch time, i think we're going to be right around the 50-degree mark. we'll head into the afternoon. lots of sunshine and temperatures are going to be into the low 50s, maybe 55 or so for the high. might even be a little warmer than the 51 at 3:00. by driving home still looking good. temperatures around 50. there's a new book out that claims the french do a better job parenting than americans. >> the book is called bringing up bebe. peggy directs the french maternal school in georgetown. she says the french believe they can learn self-control much better than americans do. french children are expected to find ways to amuse themselves and wait for meals to be

served. french kids don't snack as much between meals either. >> i'm very much either -- my kids do not have free access to the cabinets. >> while some americans are checking out the book for ideas, it's not just a one-way street. peggy pacot says americans encourage more creativity and seem to listen to their children more. >> they lock the cabinet? anyway. >> you are watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. glad you're here. we'll have traffic momentarily. let's talk about weather. a big hello to bobby out there who watches every morning. grew up with him on long island. he moved down here as well. let's get you going here. sunshine expected today. in fact lots of sunshine in spieft the clouds now. we'll -- spite of the clouds now. we'll be arou