we've got some winter weather advisories generally south and southwest of fredricksburg and orange up through the i-64 corridor and points south for an inch or two of snow mainly on the grassy surfaces. that goes till noon. the temperatures 25 from man fan sas and martinsburg. it's 35 in annapolis. it's 30 in cambridge and again some snow south, light, should mainly be a grassy accumulation if that the -- if that. it's not been a fun run. it started 45 minutes to an hour ago on the outer loop of the beltway. a five-car accident near university boulevard. take a look at this delay from our traffic land camera where it's solid from the 95 interchange as you head toward university boulevard. the good news is all the activity was moved to the shoulder. there were only minor injuries. they just had to wait on a couple of tow trucks to arrive to move those vehicles that were damaged in the accident. that's what you have to deal with on the beltway on the north side of town. i'm getting word of another

accident on the northbound side of 95 right here near route 1 in the hov lanes. i'll keep you posted on that one as soon as we get more information. at least you're getting a heads up on it right now. beyond that lanes should be open between lorton, newington and springfield. we'll take a live look if you're planning to head into fringefield -- springfield here, it looks okay. the n.f.l. is expected to come down hard on gregg williams for what's being dub add pay for pain scheme. while he was in new orleans, williams paid his players $1500 to knock out an opposing player. >> the n.f.l. will investigate whether williams did the same thing while with the redskins. delia goncalves is live outside of fed ex field with the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. gregg williams was with the redskins from 2004 to 2007. coach joe gibbs who was the coach at the time has been on the record he does not approved of this kind of activity around he says he didn't even know it

was happening here. however, several redskins players have confirmed it indeed was a practice here at the time. the n.f.l. says williams paid up to 27 players on the new orleans saints to attack the opposition from 2009 to 2011. the n.f.l. says the program reached $50,000 at its height. the money could come from fines that williams imposed on players for being late to practice or making a mistake on the practice field. >> whether you get paid or not, i definitely think there's been players throughout the course of history that have gone out with the intent of trying to hurt anybody -- hurt someone. i don't think that is right. i don't think there's any place in our game for that. >> in a sport like football, the chase, the pursuit of the illusive lombardi trophy sometimes causes guys to lose their heads a bit. but that's what makes this game exciting is the will to win and

the guys who are willing to do anything to go out there and succeed. >> reporter: this controversy has blown up in the n.f.l. lots of discussions and folks are wondering just how widespread the practice actually is. what williams had to say for him himself and what kind of penalty he could face coming up in a live report. >> delia goncalves live outside fed ex field this morning. nearly five years after the shooting rampage at virginia tech, a trial begins looking at how the university handled the immediate aftermath of the violence. the families of two victims are suing the state. damages have been cast at $100,000 each. 32 people died, 25 were hurt. the suit aims to find out what happened in the two hours between the shootings at the residence hall but before the shooting rampage in the classroom building. a state panel found the school did not send out an alert to students fast enough. today is the deadline to register for federal aid for

any damage from last summer's earthquake. the august 23 quake gave a really good shake it our region this past summer. the deadline for people in central virginia including culpeper, king george, orange and spotsylvania counties as well as the city of fredricksburg. you can call 1-800-621-fema. the hotline is open till 10:00 tonight. we have a commuter alert for you tonight. another public hearing on metro's proposed fare hikes. it's at washington lee high school on north stafford street and washington boulevard. the open house starts at 6:00. the hearing starts at 7:00 p.m. there are two more public meetings on the fare hike plan tomorrow in northwest and wednesday in hyattsville. it is 6:04. i am watching your money. the economy is on the mend. we see more signs of this every day. gross domestic product which is the broader measure of the country's economy grew by a

healthy 4%. the economy has been adding jobs for almost a year and a half now. more than 1.8 million net new jobs in 2011 alone. in you weekly unemployment claims are at lows not seen since 2008 and we've seen the dow return to the 13,000 left. here is the big concern. oil prices are up 40% over the same period of time. that has economists growing concerned that a recession could be becoming more likely if oil prices spike even higher. >> if we have another shock like a spike in oil, what that can do is take what right now my best case scenario is, say, a relatively mild recession. if we have a new shock on top of that scenario, it could take a mild recession and make it worse. we saw an example of that in the last recession. >> so far u.s. gasoline prices are up 14% or 46 cent as gallon

in 2012 alone. for every penny gas prices go up, it costs americans another $1.4 billion a year. >> if maryland's governor has his way, the state gas tax is going to go up 18 cent as gallon over the next three years. we report on some people who are fighting back. >> reporter: each stroke is fueled by anger over the governor's proposal to raise the gas tax. >> the guy has no unking of what's going on. >> reporter: saturday morning dozens of protesters lined route 40 in kaytonsville. and waved signs at drivers who shared their frustration. >> people just started pulling up in this parking lot asking if they could sign a petition, asking if we had more signs. people are showing up with homemade signs. >> reporter: hundreds sign add petition against the bill which would apply the 6% sales tax to gasoline at a 2% rate a year. gas station owners say they'll

pie the highest -- pay the highest price. >> gas prices go higher and business is very low. a lot of people are going out of business because this is not affordable. >> reporter: the governor has gotten little support. even maryland's comptroller is blasting the proposed hike. >> i'm sounding the alarm. i can't find five people that support the gas tax other than the senate president, governor, and one or two business elites. >> reporter: taxpayers are calling for other elected leaders to step up. >> we think if enough people from catonsville call, he'll get the message, too. >> maryland's senate president mike miller says the gas tax hike is on the back burner right now. it may not be taken up until right before the legislative session ends which is next month. the time right now is 6:07. in five minutes the latest on the devastating tornadoes in the midwest and south. fema will begin counting up the

damage today. howard says guess what? we could see some snow flakes. it is still winter after all. nothing too big. he called it conversational snow. your weather first coming up right here on 9news now.

good morning. this is meteorologist howard bernstein. a cold day today with even some light snow or snow showers as a clipper moves across the

region. with highs getting into the low maybe mid-40s, accumulations will be mainly grassy surfaces well south of town. here in d.c. should mostly melt on contact. i'll have the full seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. we're going to take a look at the beltway outer loop side leaving the 95 interchange past new hampshire avenue to university boulevard where a five-car accident sits on the shoulder. i'll have details on this and another accident in virginia at 6:18. today president obama is going to make his case against striking iran. he's making that case to israel. >> that's one of the stories making news at 6:11. the president will meet at the white house with israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu. this is video of a previous meeting. the president says he does not want another war in the middle east but he says he will use force if it's necessary to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. not a surprise that vladimir putin is claiming victory in russia's presidential elections. he will now return to the

president's office for six more year. opponents say there was massive voter fraud and a demonstration is planned tonight in moscow. today attorney general eric holder will explain the administration's use of lethal force on americans overseas. it will come five months after american born al qaeda cleric anwar al lawki was taken out in a drone attack. fema is going to start assessing the damage from the tornado outbreak in the south and midwest. 42 tornadoes hit ten states on friday. >> at least 39 people died, including ath girl who initially survived the disaster. greg black has the story. >> reporter: angel backcok initially survived the tornado in indiana but was critically injured. her parents, brother and 2- month-old sister were all killed. >> the man and woman was laying

right here behind the saw mill. all three of the kids were found in this area. >> one of the babies was still in a car seat, a baby seat. >> i don't know what to say. it's devastating. >> reporter: angel died at a louisville hospital sunday afternoon after being taken off life support. her grandfather shared his grief beforehand. >> if i do get to see her, my pastor is going to go in there with me. we're going to pray there and i'm going to tell that little girl that -- i'm going to tell her that it's time for her to meet her mommy and daddy. >> reporter: meanwhile humankindness was seen amid the death, mourning and destruction. the governor praised volunteers for stepping up to help storm victims. >> it makes me proud to be governor of a state where we have people like that. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell

toured liberty, a city torn apart by a powerful tornado. >> folks want to rebuild this town. they will rebuild this town and we're going to help them. >> reporter: i'm greg black, 9news now. >> the basement is one of the safest places to be if a tornado is coming your way. here is an amazing example. a home in kentucky blown away. the only thing left? hardwood floors and the stairway to the basement. they were able to walk out of their basement even though the entire house was gone. >> i was crying. i was like, where are we going to live. we just stood up. it was storming and we just walked out and looked and it's lightning and everything is gone. >> amazingly they were not hurt. the family doesn't know where their belongings went. all that's left was an old family flag. but the people were left and that's the most important. >> sometimes being underground

is your only hope. these were storms we were expecting for days. good warnings on them. still we lost over three dozen people for various reasons. some people were hiding in the lower level of the house but don't have a basement and there's not much you can do. you have to know what to do well in advance, pay attention. we're coming up on the ten-year anniversary of the la plata tornadoes. we're going to have a big festival down there on that day if you want to go to southern maryland and college park, september 20, 2001. so we do get deadly tornadoes here in our area as well. march 20 virginia has their statewide tornado drill. i made efforts in the past to contact maryland and d.c. hoping they would join virginia. still that has -- maryland did it once. >> some local schools do it. >> a lot of schools do it but this needs to be a regional effort. virginia, maryland and d.c. it just needs to be double. let's get moving on this monday morning with your bus stop forecast because we are looking

at some chances for flurries over the next few hours, especially south and west of town. temperatures in areas are down in the mid 20s in spots and low to mid-30s in the warm areas along the bay, toward annapolis with a sunrise at 6:34. today expect plenty of clouds here as we go a little bit later this morning. through midday some flurries, maybe appeared of light snow, especially south of d.c. we might see some sunshine mixing in by 3:00, 4:00 with a couple of lingering flurries or sprinkles and clear skies by 8:00. we're back in the low 30s so highs only 40 to 45. here's the clipper coming through west virginia. it's snowing in roanoke and lynchburg. trying to get north of 64 but the air is still kind of dry. a lot of this that we're seeing at least trying to get north of 64 isn't yet reaching the ground here but in hot springs, virginia, that's up at elevation in the mountains. they're reporting moderate snow at this hour. we have a winter weather

advisory towards fredricksburg and points south. they could get maybe an inch or so on the grassy surfaces. if somebody got to two, that might be the max we see there. our temps in the upper 20s in places like laytonsville and gaithersburg. mid-20s in reston and sterling. in washington got a neat sky here. just a few minutes before the sunrise. about a half-hour or so. a temperature of 32 degrees. feeling like 26. that dew point is at 20 so we have the 12-degree spread between the dew point and the temperature. that's why i think some of this will evaporate before it reaches the ground. our future cast by 9:00 looks like light snow from charlottesville, maybe into southern maryland, the northern half of this not reaching the ground in my opinion. isolated snow showers this afternoon and even some of this is going to turn over to some rain showers as well with highs between 40 and 45. no big deal. 44 degrees, chilly today. tonight we're back down to the 20s but windchills will be in the teens. we start a warm-up tomorrow to

51. then wednesday and thursday spring-like. mild, even upper 60s by -- mid, even upper 60s by thursday. back in the 60s this weekend. this is the weekend we turn the clocks forward one hour. saturday night before you go to bed. also do the battery thing with the smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors and even the aeds. let's test them as well. >> thank you, howard. this has not been a fun start to the rush hour. i'm so sorry to start your monday morning this way. there was a five-car accident on the outer loop of the beltway before university boulevard. it was moved fairly quickly to the shoulder. five cars involved, that's a lot to deal with. here's what you've got for your delay. you're going about 10 miles an hour leaving new hampshire avenue. i would say as far back as the 95 interchange. it's solid heading to university boulevard. the good news is that your lanes are open. 270 on the southbound side, that's been incident free. you have your delays from route 85 down to 121 and then it seems to break through as you head into the rockville area on 270. no problems on 355.

back over to the maps, this time on the northbound side of i-95. there's an accident right here leaving dale city trying to get up toward route 1 in the hov lanes. that accident blocks the left lane. i would say you're going about 9 miles an hour leaving dale boulevard right now heading northbound on 95. we'll take a live look at 395. that's been okay. no problems leaving duke street to seminary road and the 14th street bridge. annual update on area road conditions at 6:25. >> thank you. the time 6en 19. next owe 6 -- next at 6:19, lots about basketball. but first we bring the question of the morning. according to a new poll, what do you think the number one occupation a man could have that would make a woman really not want to date him very much. is it a, the man's a fast food worker, b, an ogyny or c, a funeral home director. >> our facebook friends are weighing in early. one person says any job is

good, it's just i wouldn't want to visit him at work if he worked as c, a funeral home director. >> the conversation behind the scenes has been really funny. keep the guesses coming. we'll reveal the answer at 6:48. we'll be right back.

welcome back. your weather first coming up on 6:23 on this monday morning. we got a little snow in the forecast mainly south of town. could be some flurries or a period of light snow. if there's any accumulation, it will be very minor on grassy surfaces. looking at the day planner, expect cloudy skies in spite of a couple of breaks this morning with a few flurries or periods of light snow. temperatures are going to struggle to get to the low 40s later on with perhaps a few breaks as well in the cloud cover. time is ticking for the capitals to make their moves. they just have 17 games left in the season. >> they are one point out of the playoff spot this morning. and five points out of the division lead. d.c. hosted philadelphia last night. no score in the second period till the flyers eric wellwood nails the redirection for a goal. caps lose 1-0. they host the hurricanes tomorrow night. the nationals hosted the astros

in spring training on sunday. stephen strasburg got the start. he struck out three houston batters but gave up two runs. nats lose 10-2. they'll visit the mets tonight. college basketball, this is your time. this week the men's college basketball tournament started as teams fight for a spot in the ncaa's big dance. the acc tourney begins thursday in atlanta. sunday afternoon maryland hosting virginia. terps rally from 12 points down to go into overtime. however, the cavs mike scored 7 of his 35 in the take period. maryland falls to uva75-72. virginia get as bye in the first round of the acc tournament. maryland will take on wake forest. acc women had their final yesterday with maryland taking on georgia tech. elisa thomas with 29 points for the lady terps. she won mvp honors for the turnment. maryland wins 68-65. they'll probably get a number two seed in the women's

tournament. the time 6:24. still ahead, paying for plastic. the proposed bag tax for prince george's county gets closer to reality. we check in on the campaign trail. super tuesday is tomorrow. which local lawmaker is giving mitt romney his support? we'll let you know. monika has a quick check on traffic. thank you so much. this is a live look from sky 9 on the northbound side of i-95 in the hov lanes. you see the flashing lights, the accident right before the occoquan river causing delays. i'll have more on this and other area roadways coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back.

we are back at 6:29. this is the place you could always get your weather first. let's take a look at winchester, virginia. it is chilly. 27 degrees there. did you know that winchester is the hometown of legendary singer patsy cline. she passed away 49 years ago today but of course her amazing music lives on and you can visit her childhood home in winchester if you'd like. >> i had no idea. very cool. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm jessica doyle. andrea is off today. i'm mike hydeck with howard bernstein live on the weather terrace. we're expecting a flake or two. good morning. >> good morning. mainly south of town with temperatures in the low 20s and 30s. we'll be watching a clip their will pass off to our south and well south of town, probably a good hour's right or more. we have some winter weather advisories. our day planner calling for the clouds moving in and they are

right now. upper 30s maybe by 9:00. maybe 35, 36 the way things are going. gi noon near 40. -- by noon near 40. a couple of flurries or showers to the south. close to 44 for the high today. you can see the system coming through west virginia in towards southwestern virginia up for. there have been some reports of snow in places like roanoke and lynchburg and hot springs. around here not expecting much more than a couple of flurries but off to the south, south of fredricksburg we have those winter weather advisories in spots vin ya till noon. -- spotsylvania till noon. for us we're starting with temps in the 20s and low 30s so bundle up. milder by mid week. more on a few -- more in a few but right now monika. is the beltway doing any better? >> noz in terms of delay -- not in terms of delays. i'll start here with a look of i-95. delays from the occoquan river.

the accident that caused this delay was in the hov lanes right before the river. it's all cleared. there were quite a few cars involved there. multivehicle accident. again cleared but this is what you've got. about a two-mile backup starting at the prince william parkway again toward woodbridge and the occoquan river. i'm show you where it is on a map so you can get some perspective and see all the red here. this is what we're talking about on the northbound side of 59 up from dale city -- 95 up from dale city. the good news is the lanes are open. let's take a look at the map on the north side of town. the utter loop at university vehicle, five vehicles involved. took a little while to clear it up. they had all lanes blocked for a while. everything has been cleared up but look at that delay. you are going maybe 10 miles an hour leaving college park. we're going to take a live look from our mdot cameras in college park at route 1. again this is the outer loop heading around to the 95 interchange into silver spring. the good news is the lanes are open. in my next report another look

at those two hot spots at 6472. rush limbaugh has apologized for his comments about a georgetown law student but that is not end be the controversy. >> not by a long shot. advertisers going to the door. cbs this morning will be talking about that. charlie rose joins us live from new york with a preview. good morning, charlie. >> good morning, mike and jessica. coming up on cbs this morning, we will look at how rush limbaugh is trying to calm the angry reaction to his comments about a georgetown law student after she testified in favor of insurance coverage for birth control. we'll try to find out what big name advertisers are pulling commercials and what the future holds for rush limbaugh. we' also talk to -- we'll also talk to senator john mccain who has had his run-ins with rush limbaugh. >> we'll be watching. see you then. time to focus on the race for president. just 24 hours till super tuesday in the g.o.p. contest. ten states will hold primaries or caucuses tomorrow and that includes virginia. mitt romney picked up the support of house majority

leader and virginia congressman eric cantor. the candidates are crisscrossing the nation hoping to win those crucial delegates. romney talked foreign policy in georgia yesterday while rick santorum was talking education in memphis. >> the president has failed the air of spring. it's become the air of winter in too many respects. i want to make sure we stand with voices that share our values. >> we need to be focused where parents and children can have control of local schools where we can put the resources around children as best needs their needs, not what best needs the -- meets the needs of the institution of the school. >> newt gingrich says the future of his campaign may rest on if he can win his home state of georgia tomorrow. congressman ron paul campaigned yesterday in alaska. he is the only person on the ballot challenging mitt romney in virginia tomorrow. the n.f.l. is now going to investigate the redskins for the team's role in a play for pain scheme. >> a former defensive coach

gave his players a bounty for knocking opponents out of the game. gregg williams admits to organizing it all. >> delia goncalves is live on a story that is really starting to reverberate throughout the league. >> reporter: absolutely. good morning. that's because in a 22-year career, gregg williams coached for several teams. now the commissioner is wondering just how widespread this practice really is. gregg williams is expected to meet with the commissioner a little later today and is expected to be hit very hard for this scandal. an n.f.l. insider close to the investigation says penalties could be, quote, unprecedented. williams and 27 saints players who could be involved face severe fines or suspensions we're told a half a season or even longer. the saints could even forfit some of their draft selections. >> you're going to become more aggressive. you will become nastier.

and you will not back down. >> i don't think it was any different through the course of my career that when you have a high profile guy, that you're always going to try the defensive player to do what you can to get them out of their game or if you can, get them off the field. >> reporter: williams released a statement friday of apology saying, quote, it was a terrible mistake and we knew it was wrong while we were doing it. instead of getting caught up in it, shy have stopped it. i take full responsibility for my role. i am truly sorry. i have learned a hard lesson and i guarantee that i will never participate in or allow this kind of activity to happen again. it is likely that the red scints will also -- redskins will also face some pretty tough penalties. however, they may not be as severe as the saints because we're told joe gibbs, the coach at the time when this was allegedly happening here at fed ex field was unaware that any of this is happening though he's on the record he does not approve and would never approve

this kind of actity. however, shy tell you at least five redskins players have come out and have confirmed that this indeed was happening here. much more to come on this story. mike, back to you. >> indeed, thanks, delia live outside of fed ex field this morning. a man is behind bars this morning accused of leading police on a wild chase. this started with a police stop in prince george's county just off southern avenue and it ended when the suspect crashed into an suv and a metro bus at a stop on pennsylvania avenue around 4:30 yesterday afternoon. then a police cruiser responding to that crash was struck by the bad guy trying to get away again. police arrested him right there. eight people in all were hurt in this and they were taken to the hospital. right now every speed camera ticket you get in maryland must first be validated by a trained police officer. but soon that ticket could be approved by a contractor instead. the maryland state senate will vote on a plan to allow contractors to approve those tickets. they say it would free up police officers and save some

time and some money. 6:36 on this monday morning. i am watching your money. the proposed plastic bag tax in prince george's county is moving closer to reality. the idea won the approval of the county's delegation in the statehouse. the delegates. and it's expected to be approved by the senate as well. the county council approved the plastic bag tax unanimously but because of state laws it needs approval from lawmakers in annapolis. neighbors montgomery county began its bag tax in january and brought in $157,000 in just the first month. united airlines took a big public step forward towards completing its merger with continental. both are now on the same reservation system. frequent flyer accounts were switched over. the websites have changed and the last official continental flight landed early saturday morning. there were a few glitches at some airports but nothing too big. united operates a hub at dallas airport. pepper jack is the big

cheese these days. our partners at "u.s.a. today" reports that this cheese is the new thing on fast food menus. 50 new menu items featuring pepper jack cheese have popped up in the last two years. the most popular? putting it on burgers. it's use has increased 56%. i love pepper jack cheese. >> i love it too, on eggs, burgers. >> on pepper jack. coming up next, the presidential inauguration ten months away. in nine minutes learn how there is already a crush for hotel space. howard says it's going to be chilly today and we should have a few snow showers south of the district. highs in the 40s. ahead learn when we rebound into the 60s. thanks for choosing channel 9. here's what's on tv tonight at 8:00.

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. welcome back. we're taking a live look by sky 9 on 66. you have the slow traffic in manassas. the good news is all lanes are open on the inbound side of i- 66 with no problems reported right now. again delays from route 50 to 123. that's normal for this time of the morning inbound on i-66 live here from sky 9. let's take a look as well on the northbound side of i-95. you see all the slow traffic. that was because of an accident at the occoquan river in the hov lanes. that was cleared a short time ago but left about a two-mile backup on the northbound side of 95 coming up from dale city. then it's pretty normal as you live newington into springfield with the lanes open on 395. a last live look if you're planning to head into maryland on the outer loop, i'm so sorry. this is what you're dealing with. you can see this delay in college park at route 1. it's

pretty much continuous into silver spring. an early morning accident left this. it was cleared a while ago but with that long slow backup. back to you guys. weather time. flakes today but we could wait around for 70, too, if we want. >> by thursday some areas may be talking 70 degrees around here. but this morning got some snow in areas like charlottesville just started showing. prich monday on the west side -- richmond on the west side a little flakage there. we may get a couple of flurries or light snow to the south. flurries will be possible. temperatures running in the 20s and 30s so definitely a cold morning. bundle up gloves, jackets, you know the routine. sunrise happening a little while ago at 6:34. setting at about 6:07. the day planner, we're going to see some flurries or periods of snow. by early afternoon can't rule

out a flurry or sprinkle. temperatures getting up to maybe 44. winds out of the north, northwest 10 to 15 will keep windchills in the 20s. you can -- excuse me, the 30s. 20s this morning. here's the clipper coming across. the snow getting into charlottesville now. it's getting close to the richmond area. there will be areas around fredricksburg and points south that pick up maybe a slushy inch on grassy surfaces and maybe 2 to 4 toward the lynchburg area. there's your winter weather advisory till noon south and west of the fredricksburg area. around here we have 32. upper 20s to the north. we've got some areas 25 with 34 at the pax river naval air staying. looking outside on our mike ask cal & son weather camera, clouds just starting to move in toward the d.c. area. quite a spread from the dew point of the temperature. we'll watch the best chance of snow through the middle of the day here, especially south of d.c. even southern maryland you guise in charms, st. mary's,

southern calvert, you may see a little buildup on the grass and then by mid afternoon a couple of rain or snow showers left over. that's it for the week. that may be it for winter. temperatures today low, maybe mid-40s. tonight in the 20s with the breeze so it's going to be really chilly. 51 by tomorrow afternoon. 66 on wednesday. look how quickly we recover. thursday 68 and a few showers possible friday as we're back in the 50s. it's now 6:46. back to mike and jessica. >> thank you, howard. you have till 10:00 this morning to register for this year's white house easter egg roll. the ticket lottery opens thursday and ends in about three hours. register at recreation.gov and you may be among the 30,000 people who get tickets. this year's event monday, april -9d. we will have a link to the lottery site on wusa9.com. no matter who wins the presidential election in november, inauguration day about ten months away. hundreds of thousands of people will flood into our region to witness history. >> that trip will come at a

price, especially when it comes to hotel rooms. armando trull checks out some of the higher end places come next january. >> reporter: this is how they roll at the willard hotel. this westbound it was a bridal exhibition but the willard, a five-star hotel just a block from the white house has been hosting the president and presidential inaugurals since 1950. >> henry willard was a savvy man. he thought if he invited presidents, this would become the residents of presidents and it has. >> reporter: those lucky enough to snag a suite at the willard during the inaugural weekend will get nothing but the best. >> we have different themes that resemble the white house. as i mentioned the dining room is oval shape as is the oval office. >> reporter: it isn't cheap. $10,000 a night with a four- night minimum. just up the street at the may plaw we are hotel, the -- mayflower hotel, the same rate

gets you equally posh digs. many rooms in d.c. hotels are booked. it seems that overbooked hotels during inaugural weekend is a washington, d.c. tradition. >> but this is a wonderful sketch of how they fit ten to a room at willard's hotel for the lincoln inaugural. >> reporter: is that a child sleeping in a drawer? >> that is a child sleeping in a drawer. >> reporter: the district hotel is not the willard and not the mayflower. on some of the online websites it only get as one star rating but hey, they've got rooms available. it's only $399 a night for a room with a queen size bed and breakfast is included. if you're part of the 99% who can't afford $10,000 a night, the d.c. encampment if it's still there may be your only option for itself inaugural weekend but remember, no sleeping is allowed. >> if you know someone who wants to book a room, remember inauguration day next year, monday, january 21, it is not

on the 20th. >> the reasonable why, the 20th falls on a sunday. the president will take the oath of office that day in a private ceremony but the big pomp and circumstance, that will happen on monday, the 21st. >> mark your calendars. it's time to reveal the answer to this morning's question of the morning. here's the question once again. according to a new poll what is the number one occupation a man could have that would make a woman not really want to date him. is it a, a fast food worker, b, an ogyny or c, a funeral director? >> the big reveal, the answer is c, a funeral home director. we've had a lot of fun with this one. >> we kind of guessed that one. now it's time to check out today's daily deals. the time of year when we need to start cleaning up the yard. remi landscaping has a deal with groupon. you pay $59 and you get a lawn airation service. that is a $140 value or 58%

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welcome back. 6:53. we've got mostly cloudy skies and 32. some light snow places like roanoke and charlottesville headed toward richmond and fredricksburg later this morning. highs in the low 40s. today is monday, march 5. here's a check of the news before you go this morning. police have made an arrest in the murder of robert leroy wright stabbed to death early sunday morning. he was a volunteer for kevin chavous, jr. traffic on the outer loop is recovering from an early morning accident. look at that. five cars were involved in this mess near university boulevard about an hour ago. fortunately no one was seriously hurt. just one goal between the caps and flyers last night.

caps lose 21-0 -- caps lose 1- 0. cbs this morning begins in a couple of minutes. they'll be talking about the new movie called "game change." we have one more check of traffic and weather right here in a moment.

welcome back. one more thing before we go. a lot of furor over this n.f.l. story about an assistant coach with the redskins. he also of course was with the saints where the investigation started, gregg williams, about offering his players $1500 to in effect injure another player. one of the interesting other sides of the story, brett favre has come out, now retired, said it's just a game. it's the way it goes. is it more about people getting caught talking about it or something that needs to be taken seriously? it seems the n.f.l. is taking it seriously. >> it's definitely interesting because the -- there are a lot

of people saying they shouldn't be doing this but no one pretends the n.f.l. isn't a violent game. it's a dangerous people for people to play. >> they're changing the rules and the time people can recover from a head injury. interesting. it's going to keep going. snow this morning through midday. maybe a few snow flurries here. a winter weather advisory. we're in the 60s by mid week. monika? one look from sky 9 on the inbound side of i-66. normal delays manassas into centreville at route 50 heading over to 123. cbs this morning is next with more on the tornado outbreak in the south and senator john mccain talks about rising tensions between israel and iran. howard and i will be back in just 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. you can track the snow and traffic any time, anywhere by visiting wusa9.com. we will see you right back here tomorrow morning at 4:25. take care. have a