favored to win georgia, the state he served as a congressman. and the polls show he's also making a last-minute surge in tennessee. >> this will be the third time i've made a comeback so it's kind of interesting to watch. >> reporter: ten states and 419 delegates are at stake but the candidates need 1144 delegates to clinch the nomination and no one can reach that number today. arizona senator john mccain is calling for air strikes against syria. he says the u.s. has a moral and strategic obligation to remove president say sad from -- president assad from power. he has stopped short of calling for direct military involvement. israel's prime minister was in washington to discuss continued support from the united states and growing tension with iran. jeng minute netanyahu re-- benjamin netanyahu refuses to rule out an attack on iran's nuclear facilities.

>> while president owe obama is promising support, he's also trying to avoid a military showdown. >> reporter: the two leaders shook hands and say they stand together to stop iran's nuclear ambitions. >> the united states will always have israel's back when it comes to israel's security. >> reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu thanked the president for his support but stressed it's not just israel's security is at stake if iran develops nuclear weapons. >> for them we are you and you are us. >> reporter: president obama said he preferred to solve it without military options. >> israel must have the ability always to descend itself by itself against any -- defend itself by itself against any threat. >> reporter: the obama administration is holding out hope that diplomacy can resolve the crisis. >> that's why we have worked so

diligently to set up the most -- [ inaudible ] -- sanctions with respect to israel. >> reporter: -- with respect to iraq. >> reporter: at the conference of the pro-israel lobbying group, they said the threat cannot be ignored. hours earlier the head of the united nations nuclear agency says there's been new activity at an expected development site in iran. he urged inspectors to get there sooner rather than later. randall pinkston, cbs news, the white house. locally there were some tense moments on the george washington campus. according to the secret service, there was a report of a man with a gun running from the campus around 9:00 p.m. campus police sent out an alert to all students and police went searching but a gunman was

never found. one of the biggest campaign donors in d.c. politics had his accounting office raided by federal agents. jeff thompson staffers confirm it was part of a federal probe. employees turned over documents related to campaign fund raising events hosted by jeff thompson. over the years thompson has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to a multitude of d.c. candidates. he also owns a firm called chartered health, a medicaid management provider. it has a $320 million contract with the city. 57-year-old ellsworth colbert has pleaded not guilty in the stabbing of robert wright. witnesses say colbert stabbed wright to death because a dog wright was walking pooped on colbert's yard. but colbert said he was cornered and threatened with the dog. colbert has a long list of arrests and convictions in d.c. and prince george's county. a federal judge has ruled

maryland's handgun permit law is unconstitutional. the law's requirement that residents must show a, quote, good and substantial reason to carry a handgun infringes on their second amendment rights to bear arms. he says the maryland law is not sufficiently tailored to the state's safety public interest. there's new information about the cleanup of ground water near maryland's fort deetic. the national re-- dietrich. the national research group cites a study which found ground water contaminated is unlikely to have ill effects. cleanup in full swing after a tornado -- after tornado ravaged areas. the national weather service says at least 30 tornadoes

packed wind speeds of 110 miles an hour when they slammed into towns across the midwest and south on friday. a.o.l. says it's defending advertising on rush limbaugh's radio show. the company says it's biz of his derogatory comments about a georgetown university law student who testified about birth control. at least seven other companies have pulled ads from his show because of his comments. his show has also been pulled from two radio stations. jared loughner will continue to be forcibly medicated. an appeal by his lawyers to stop the med case was turned down in court. he's accused of killing six people and wounding 13 others during last year's deadly shooting rampage in tucson, arizona. monday's ruling allows authorities to keep giving him drugs. former washington redskins assistant coach gregg williams could face severe disciplinary action from the n.f.l. williams met with league investigators yesterday. he has admitted to running a bounty program in new orleans

where players were paid to inflict pain on opposing teams. redskins players admit the payouts happened here in washington as well. 4:36. coming up at 4:40, a major internet company is announcing a round of layoffs. a much debated bag tax in prince george's county could soon be a reality. we're back with your weather first in two minutes. stay with us.

it is 4:38. chilly out there this morning. we've got temperatures down in the 20s. by 9:00 35 in washington and winds will turn from the north from the south this afternoon. 50 for the high with the drive home temperature of 47.

nice warm-up headed our way. over to monika santami with time saver traffic. thank you so much. we're going to take a look at 95 at lorton road. no problems to road here as you head up the line towards springfield and 395. all lanes are open to the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next report, we'll take another look around the area at 4:47. back to you. time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm doing well. dow 13,000 not so much. we can't seem to hold there. we'll have to see if we can get back above that level better yet today. hoping for better times. stocks were low yesterday. in china the country lowered its expected growth rate and china's booming economy has helped lift the rest of the world since the financial crisis in 2008. checking the numbers the dow stands this morning at 12,962, lost 15 points in trading yesterday. tough day for the nasdaq. that was down 25 points the s&p

500 was down by 5. there is mixed news on the economy back here in the u.s. the commerce department says factory orders fell 1% in january of the the biggest decline in over a year. businesses spent dramatically less on machinery after a tax credit expired. activity for service companies, including restaurants and hotels expanded at a faster pace than expected last month. and yahoo will reportedly lay off thousands in a massive restructuring. the struggling internet company is expected to announce the changes later this month. scott thompson became c.e.o. of yahoo back in january. he's trying to find ways to make the company more competitive with google and microsoft. face fook stole the domination from yahoo last year as the main display advertiser in the word. it's tough times for yahoo really trying to redefine what it is in this economy. >> microsoft going to make another bid. they keep fighting.

>> yes. a new report suggests a carcinogen is linked to several cancers and could also be in your favorite story. we'll have more on that story. plus, your weather first when we return in two minutes. you're watching 9news now.

good morning and welcome back to 9news now. 4:43. howard is here with our forecast. a warm-up is ahead. >> a real interesting snow. it was so similar to march 8 -- 2008 and 2009. we had a winter where we had 2 inches of snow going into the beginning of march. march 1 and 2 we had a snow where we picked up five and a

half inches. had this storm been 60 miles farther north, it could have been a repeat of several years ago. but we got some flurries and snow showers. it was conversational around here but the real problem out toward charlottesville and some of those areas. barboursville had about 10 inches of snow yesterday. that's not that far away. i think winter is over. stick a fork in it. springtime is just about here. the bus stop forecast, temperatures starting in the 20s and 30s. it is a brisk morning but the winds thankfully aren't true strong. the sunrise at 6:32. as we look toward the days are lots of sunshine. winds will start northerly and then turn toward the south. by noon 43 and southeast. by 4:00 48. ignore the raindrop. i missed that one when i was making the graphic. we'll see a high near 50 today

with 43-degree reading at 8:00 p.m. and south wind at 8 miles an hour. tonight we won't be as cold, just 30s with a few spots dipping into the upper 20s. this morning under clear skies, 32 in washington. lots of low to mid-20s out across northern virginia from culpeper to winchester. out to the west we've got 30 degrees in easton down south. anywhere from the upper 20s in tappahannock and 33 at the patuxent naval air station. clear skies, good visibility. 32 degrees. dew points have dropped into the teens. so the air nice and dry and currently a north, northwesterly wind at 9. we have a slight windchill feeling like 24 out there. you see the arctic air toward quebec and ontario toward caribou maine. more importantly us for, the rise of the 50s coming up toward dallas, oklahoma city. that push of milder air is going to get this cold that's with us now out of here so that

never the next couple of days we're going to see a significant warm-up out our way thanks in part to this storm system coming into the northwest. there's rain and snow with this but this thing with the southwesterly winds ahead of it will take those warmer readings we just saw and kick them in our direction. so that while we're going to struggle to get around 50 today, i think we'll be closer to 65 tomorrow and closer to 70 by thursday. a couple of snow showers in the mountains yesterday afternoon and evening and right now it's up in the flakes. looking at the future cast, a quiet day ahead. temperatures from the south and temperatures pushing 60. the nighttime hours topping at 6:45, lots of sunshine here. we'll go through the day a wednesday, sunny. a passing cloud here or there but mostly sunny and mild day as temperatures tomorrow shoot into the 60s and even warmer still on thursday. this front thursday afternoon in toward ohio and western new york, that will bring us a

chance of showers on friday and cool us down a little bit. but we're still looking pretty good until that happens. as we look at the forecast, today about 50 degrees. a little cool, winds turning to the south at 5 to 10 in the afternoon. tonight we're dipping into the 30s and upper 20s. look at the nice warm-up tomorrow. 65. going to be a little breezy too tomorrow and thursday. could have some gusts over 20. by thursday i think we're going to be around 70 for the afternoon high. as we head toward friday cooling down in the 50s with showers around. saturday 54. saturday night this is the weekend, the time change. we sprint forward. so going to lose an hour of sleep but the sun will set that much later. sunday 65 and monday 68. could be some showers late monday into tuesday. it is 4:47. monika is in now with time saver traffic. >> thanks so much. good morning, everybody. things are looking great outside. just have the usual construction sites especially the west side of town but this time i'm going to focus on the north side coming in from i-70 and 270.

all lanes open and down to the point where the lanes divide. we'll take a live look at 270. this is a good indication at shady grove road of the length of 270 in from frederick. it's very quiet through rockville. we'll take a look again at the map and this time over on the other side bw parkway and route 50 are fine inside the beltway. on the inner loop between route 50 and 202, two left lanes were blocked overnight with construction. so be aware of that. they should be clearing that up within the next ten minutes. we'll take a live look at new york avenue at 9th street. things are still moving well. coming up in my next report, we'll focus on virginia at 4:55. 4:48 now. a plan to impose a 5 cent fee on paper and plastic bags, that plan is back on track in prince george's county. a few weeks ago that proposal seemed dead. but now a key of house delegates committee has approved a plan meaning the measure will soon go before the full house. the prince george's county council and rushern baker

support the bill. a new report from the center of science in the public interest could make you think think twice before you grab another cola. >> reporter: it's been one of the listed ingredients for coke and pepsi for as long as most people can remember but if cspi has its way, caramel color will no longer be used to make colas. >> the fda should ban products that contain more of this cancer causing contaminant than the agency's own regulations would permit. >> reporter: citing studies that link several types of cancer to a chemical in caramel coloring, the head of the cspi told 9news that jeopardizing people's health simply to give colas their familiar brown hugh is just not acceptable. >> there's 310 million americans and we're saying

about 15,000 of us will develop a cancer because of the caramel coloring. >> reporter: in response the american beverage association issue add statement questioning the science -- issued a statement questioning the science of the studies cited by the cspi. it reads in part, this is nothing more than cspi scare tactics and their claims are outrageous. cspi fraud dentally claims to be operating in the interest of the public's health when it is clear it's -- its only motivation is to scare the american people. will you drink any less soda as a result of this new information? >> probably not. >> reporter: in response to the entire caramel color controversy, here's what some washington area residents, all of them long-time cola drinkers had to say. >> i think data can be torture to tell any story so there's probably an element to truth to that but it's probably a bit of a stretch as well. >> i most likely going to stop drinking it because that's not good. >> people in our newsroom say

they're not going to stop drinking it. >> clear cola, come on. >> the food and drug administration says it will review the quest to have the caramel coloring removed from colas. the fda added all existing data indicates that both coke and pepsi are safe to drink. british researchers say more evidence is needed on the safety and effectiveness of knee replacements. researchers at the university of oxford are calling for better, long-term monitoring of patients so surgeons and patients have more information to make better decisions. they say there's a lack of evidence on the safety or cost effectiveness for many of the implants and little reliable data comparing implants and surgical techniques. more than 650,000 total knee replacements were performed in the u.s. in 2008. the american college of physicians is releasing new cool low recollect al cancer screening guidelines. they say doctors should risk

cancer assessment in all adults. patients at average risk should start screening at 50 years old. high risk adults should start at 40 or ten years younger than the age of their youngest relative diagnosed with company low cancer. -- colocancer. a new study in the canadian medical association journal looked at nearly one million kids and found children were 39% more likely to be diagnosed with adhd if they were born in december compared to children born in january. the younger children were also 48% more likely to be treated with medication for adhd. time now for the question of the morning. >> what is the one thing women think about four times a day which men only think about every other day? is it a, calling mom, b, marriage, or c, how much they weigh? >> log on to our facebook fan

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welcome back. 4:556789 howard -- 4:55. howard here with your weather first. bundle up. temperatures in the 30s and low 20s in the suburbs. by 9:00 sunny and 35. winds out of the north turn to the south this afternoon. that will boost temps to around 50 for a high. 48 at 3:00 and at 6:00 p.m. still sunny and 46. let's find out about the commute here as we approach 5:00 a.m. here's monika. no delays on 66 on the inbound side leaving route 50 and heading for the beltway. all lanes are open to the roosevelt bridge downtown as well. coming up in my next report, another look around the area at

5:00. back to you. >> thank you, monika. we've been down this road before. apple fans now anticipating the company's next announcement of the next generation. apple has not released details on the capabilities of the latest version. it is believed it will unveil the ipad 3 wednesday. some retailers have already cut prices on the ipad 2 so wait till ipad 4 comes out before you buy the ipad 3. whether you have an ipad or plan to buy the latest version, one thing is for sure. many of you find it frustrating to type on the virtual keyboard. companies are coming out with keyboards for the ipad. consumer reports tested the pros and cons of some of those keyboards priced from 70 to $100. >> they have convenient tablet specific buttons like home and lock screen and they have shortcuts to do tasks like running a slide show. >> the rock fish keyboard

weighs more than 2 pounds. as far as the bell kin keyboard, the case is so snug it's hard to get the thinner ipad 2 in and out of it. it can be rolled up but the keys are hard to use and it's easy to make mistakes. if you want full size keys apple's wireless keyboard is the way to go. at $70 it's less than other keyboards tested but you'll need to pay extra for a stand and case. learn the virtual keyboard. that's basically the cheapest and best way to go. >> i wonder if that keyboard would fit on any other products? >> i'm not going. >> i'm just saying. britain's prince harry is on a caribbean tour to celebrate his mother's 60 years on the thrown. yesterday he was in jamaica. -- yesterday he was in the bahamas which considers the queen its head of state and where prince harry's parents spent their honeymoon back in 1982.

today he will be in jamaica. oprah lands the first interview with whitney houston's daughter. moviegoers get a first look at "men in black 3 ." ed lawrence has those stories and more at this look at entertainment. >> reporter: in oprah winfrey's exclusive interview, whitney houston's family tell how they are coping since whitney died last month. her daughter talks for the first time about the heartache of losing her mother. the next chapter airs on oprah's winfrey. >> reporter: 15 years after their last alien adventure the men in black will smith and tommy lee jones is back. this trailer is some of what the audience can expect. smith travels back to 1969 and teams up with josh brolin to save the planet and uncover the secrets of the universe. >> reporter: actress demi moore returned home to los angeles

after vacationing in the bahamas following rehab. a person close to moore said the trip was a reality break. moore who has been dealing with the break yum of her marriage to ashton ciewch near ended rehab last month after being hospitalized for seizures caused by inhaling nitrous oxide. and john hamm is starring in a newcombdy set in new york. friends with kids centers around best friends who decide to have a baby while continuing to see other people. friends with kids hits theaters on friday. that's your eye on entertainment. i'm edward lawrence, cbs news, los angeles loss. we're back. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. here's monika santami. good morning. >> good morning. >> what's traffic doing? >> everything is good today. >> howard bernstein, how are you? i'm good. it's chilly this morning but i'm looking