5:00 p.m. watching a weak system through the great lakes but all is quiet around here and cold. look at these readings. down to 21 manassas. culpeper 21. the heavier snow just south through albemarle and orange counties. about 26 in la plata this morning while cambridge is at 30. we're looking at highs later good 3:00, 4:00 or so maybe 48 for baltimore. 50 here in d.c. we could see a few spots south and west into the low 50s. let's go to monika at 6:00 a.m. and tell you what's happening with time saver traffic. thank you so much. we've been telling you about this accident on the eastbound side of 123 at the entrance to the c.i.a. we know the tow truck arrived. it's not causing much of a delay in that area. i'm happy to say if you're headed to route 123 you'll see the flashing lights but no big delays to get that on the inbound side of 66 it's beginning to bunch up right here in centreville. we'll take a live look closer into the beltway near route 50 and 123. you'll be okay.

just the slow stretch in that area. then okay from nutley street to the beltway. back over to the maps on the northbound side of i-95 you're looking fine. southbound 270 is beginning to slow down. we'll take a live look at the beltway at route 129. outer delays through silver spring with the lanes open. coming up in my next report, we'll take another look around town at 6:11. voting is now officially under way in virginia. today is super tuesday in the commonwealth and nine other states. >> it's a key series of contests for the men who want the republican presidential nobody nation. delia goncalves live in falls church with the story. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike, andrea. daylight is breaking but it's still pretty quiet here in falls church at the community center. i just spoke to the registrar and he expects the hours between 6:00 and 7:00, the early part of the day, the first part of the day when polls open, he expects this part of the day to be the busiest part of the day though there is low voter opportunityout expected for the

whole day. so it's going to be a long one for a lot of the folks inside. 49 delegates are at stake here in virginia. romney is expected to take the race. that's because the former massachusetts governor and ron paul are the only two names on the ballot because they were the only candidates to get the 10,000 necessary signatures to get on the ballot here in virginia. but romney and santorum are really focusing their energies today on ohio and the 69 delegates up for grabs in that state. the front runners focusing on the economy and manufacturing jobs that have been outsourced. >> there's a lot of jobs that are actually very good high paying jobs that take skills that we are losing and we can get back. and those are the jobs we're going to attract. >> they also steal our designs and our patents and our brand names and our know-how. >> reporter: gingrich expects to come in third place in ohio so is now focusing in the south

and his home state of georgia of course while ron paul continues to lure liberals and the young vote in the caucus state of idaho where he was just most recently. coming up in my next live report, we'll have a focus on the local race here in virginia and have a live interview with the general registrar who will break it all down for us. >> thank you, delia. here's a look at the campaign trail after today. this saturday there are caucuses in kansas, guam and the u.s. virgin islands. 65 delegates are up for grabs there. a week from today contests in hawaii and mississippi and st. patrick's day missouri will hold a caucus. that's when rick santorum won a nonbinding sort of beauty contest primary. from now till november, stay with 9news now and wusa9.com for complete election coverage as the ruts are coming in tonight, you can get them real time right on our website.

the search for a gunman heading towards george washington university turned up nothing. the secret service tipped off authorities at the school. agents reported seeing a gunmen leaving the area around the white house and heading towarded campus yesterday. the school says it's notified students and staff through its campus alert system. campus police searched the area but found nothing. charges could be filed against the driver of a fed ex truck. it crashed into a school bus yesterday on route 2 in calvert county, maryland. a student from windy mill school and both drivers were rushed to the hospital. their injuries are not life- threatening. the bus was stopped at the time of the collision. the deanwood metro station on the orange line is metro's most dangerous. the washington examiner reports the station in northeast had 67 crimes classified as part one for serious crimes. that list includes assaults, burglaries, rapes and car thefts. number two on the most

dangerous list anacostia on the green line which is followed by la'fante plaza, suitland and college park park. another meeting tonight about metro's proposed fair hike -- fare hikes at st. columbus episcopal church in northwest which is a block from the tinley -- from the tenlytown station. 6:035. jessica doyle is watching your e-mail. >> there's a maryland-based company that says they can declutter your e-mail in box. >> your e-mail in box still out of control? you've given up. you don't sort it out. >> one baltimore start-up thinks it has the solution to your problems. >> reporter: from work e-mails to friends to spam, the clutter in your in box can mount up

quickly. thousands of messages. who has the time to read all of that? >> it's something that many, many people are experiencing right now and even more people will be experiencing that over the next couple of years. >> reporter: baltimore start-up thinks this is the solution. their product short mail is the hybrid of twitter and traditional e-mail. every message limited to 500 comarkters or less allowing for more -- characters or less allowing for shorter, more direct messages and possibly less of them. >> the short mail in box really only allows e-mail from people -- from really people who are intentionally sending you stuff that complies to that. >> reporter: with so many other ways to message, does short mail defeat its own purpose of cutting the clutter by adding one more count to check? >> there hasn't been a lot of innovation in e-mail the last few years. >> reporter: short mailers can e-mail anyone with an e-mail account but if that person replies with a message that's

too long, they'll get a link back telling them to cut it down to size. >> short mail certainly isn't your only option. here's another one. a service called unroll dot me dot-com. it promises to unsubscribe fru all of those unwanted e-mail subscriptions. it's like having a personal assistant for your e-mail. >> like that. >> me too. i might try that. this year marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the titanic. the museum in northwest will put on a new exhibit about the history of the ship called "titanic: 100-year obsession." it will highlight the ship, its fateful voyage and the efforts to study it. it opens march 29 and will stay open through july 28. staying prepare -- july 8. staying prepared in the

event of severe weather this spring. with the deadly tornadoes inned midwest, how would you be notified if there's a twister in your neighborhood? i'll have answers on how to keep you and your family safe. howard says it will be cool again today but we'll see plenty of sun. your weather first next right here on 9news now.

we're off to a cold start this morning. temperatures in the 20s and 30s. a lot of sunshine. winds turn to the south this afternoon and that will help get temperatures close to the 50-degree mark with a drive home temp of 47. even warmer temperatures on the way for the middle of the week. your forecast in just a few minutes. time saver traffic, a live look from sky 9 on the northbound side of i-95. initial delays prince william parkway to route 1. then here in newington it's pretty much continuous into springfield. more coming up at 6:18. a leading republican on the hill says it's time for the u.s. to lead air strikes on syria to stop the violent crackdowns there. >> that's one of the stories making news this morning at 6:11. arizona republican john mccain says the united states has a moral and strategic obligation to force president assad out of office. several thousand people have been killed there already. 68 people were arrested monday night insides the

california state capitol. they were protesting cuts in in tuition hikes. president obama will speak at a high school graduation in joplin, missouri. a year ago that town was devastated by a massive tornado that killed 160 people and damaged 2,000 buildings. communities across the midwest and south spent a lot of money on their early warning system for tornadoes but in one community no one ever turned the system on. >> that would be branson, missouri. a tornado ravaged the downtown entertainment district there. fortunately no one was killed. the city's early warning system is supposed to send automatic messages when a tornado is on the way. the company that made the system never turned it on. that problem has now been fisted. what systems are in place here? >> reporter: as we head into

spring, sites like this, a tornado, full of violent rotation and oftentimes leaving a path of destruction are more likely, even for the d.c. area. >> things can happen very quickly in the atmosphere in a matter of a few minutes. a tornado can spin up andly within a minute or two from a rapidly growing updraft. >> reporter: with new upgrades to its radar in sterling, virginia, meteorologists will be enter analyze the returns like rain, snow and severe thunderstorms that could form into tornadoes. >> this radar will allow the meteorologists to go in and see where there are areas of high winds or rotation. >> reporter: once the national weather service issue as tornado warning, emergency managers with the affected counties are contacted and within minutes alerts go out. >> there's a severe weather system approaching. >> reporter: officer of emergency management officials at montgomery, loudoun, fairfax and arlington counties all have systems set up to send out text alerts to cell phones and e-

mails but that's only if you sign up through their websites. >> we also rely on social media. all of our text messages are hooked into twitter and facebook. we have accounts on both of those sites so we push out information to the broadest audience that we can. >> reporter: arlington county, la plata and the university of maryland college park are the only places in the region that have tornado warning sirens. that's where emergency managers can transport a preordered message or speak into a microphone to tell people exactly what's going on. >> one of the best ways to -- [indiscernible] >> these things are a necessity. it's one of those things shoe have a flashlight, a weather radio. a big alarm will go off and wake you up. we heard of people sleeping in the house and a storm is coming and they don't hear it.

you can find these in most storms, radio shack. i think wal-mart sells them or best buy. >> our weather doesn't rate having one of these. what would you say? >> april 28, 2002. september 20, 2001, college park. we have other examples. a couple of summers ago how about all the severe weather with just the winds. the power outages with pepco for weeks. this is something every house hod should have. >> fair enough. >> go out and get one today. i'll do that. >> with springtime coming here, we're just getting to the beginning of our severe weather season. march 20 the state of virginia will hold their annual tornado drill in the morning at all the schools. let's talk about our weather today speaking of schools with the bus stop forecast this morning. it's clear and chilly. temps in the low 20s to the low 30s in the warm spots. not very warm at all. sunrise 6:32. it sets at about 6:08 this afternoon. our day planner lots of

sunshine. by 11:00 we'll be in the lower 40s. winds light out of the north, northeast this morning, become srl this afternoon. a boost in temps to 45 by 1:00. we're going to make a run toward 50 this afternoon with a 3:00 p.m. temperature of 48 and at 5:00 still not bad, sunny, 47 degrees. but we'll be gaining nicely on these temperatures over the next couple of days. lots of sunshine today but cool on our weather headline. milder tomorrow, mid-60s. then on thursday even warmer. i think 70. both days will be kind of breezy. on friday we've got showers coming back here with the temperatures back in the 50s. temps this morning down to 22 in laytonsville. 25 for centreville and fairfax. down to the south springfield and alexandria are in the mid- 20s. 23 in leesburg and lovettsville and manassas often one of the cold spots, they are 21 this morning. andrews right now at 26. check out the presunrise glow there behind the capital on our michael & son weather camera.

nice picture. clear skies, 30 degrees. feels like 24 with the windchill and the dew point still in the teens. the barometer continuing to rise. story in the northwest. this comes on shore, brings the jet stream down southwest and rises in the east. that means a warm-up is in store us for. that's why i'm pretty confident about the 60s tomorrow and 70 on thursday. the only system we have this morning, a weak one with some snow showers in the great lakes. that's going to pass well to our north. we may get a passing cloud but generally a very sunny day. tonight, tomorrow here come the winds on wednesday out of the southwest. that's going to boost our temps in the 60s and even toward 70 on thursday. i do want to point out the showers here in michigan and back toward chicago and central illinois on thursday morning, that front gets here friday. that's why we've got to get rain back in our forecast for the end of the workweek. 50 degrees today. tonight we're in the 30s to upper 20s. cold but not as cold. as we head toward tomorrow, 65, breezy and even warmer

thursday. there's your 70 thursday afternoon with a southwest wind gusting to about 20. friday some showers in the 50s and this weekend 50 saturday. 60 sunday. this is the time change weekend. we spring forward. don't forget your smoke detector batteries as well. 6:17. hello, monika. hello, howard. here's a live look from sky 9 on the northbound side of 95 at the fairfax county parkway. an incident on the right shoulder. all of your lanes are open. beyond that it's going to slow down as you drive through newington at springfield. overall the beltway is fine. you just have your usual slow spots. that's a good thing. southbound 270 it starts at route 85 coming out of frederick into urbana. you're okay back up to the speed limit in toward the rockville area. let's take a live look at the beltway. outer loop side. that slows down leaving the 95 enter change. here's the outer loop toward university boulevard. back over to the maps. bw parkway and route 50 looking

great inside the beltway through cheverly into the northeast corridor. we'll end with a look at route 4. in my next report, another look at the big picture at 6:25. 6:19. coming up next in sports more proof this is not a good city for coaches lately. two teams also earned their spots in the ncaa men's basketball tournament. >> but first time for another check on our question of the morning. see if you know the answer. the question is what is the one thing women think about four times a day while men only think about every other day? is it a, calling mom, b, marriage, or c their weight? >> angel says c, their weight. men don't think about marriage unless they've done something wrong. they can call or text and e- mail their mom daily. >> keep your guesses coming to our facebook page. we'll reveal the answer at 6:58. [ indistinct conversations, laughter ]

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welcome back. 6:22. your weather first. cold this morning. bundle up. we have temps in the low 20s in many areas. a decent day ahead.  it's going to be cool today before we begin a nice warm-up tomorrow into thursday. here's a look at your day planner. it will be sunny all day long. that's a nice thing as temperatures get to the low 40s by noon. we'll make a run toward 50. we're down to 47 at 6:00 p.m. mike and andrea? >> thank you, howard. here's something bruce boudreau, flip saunders, gym wriggleman and jim zorn although. washington is a volatile place to be a coach. >> and washington is number one when it comes to a coach's graveyard. the afternoon tenure for a pro coach or manager here is less than two and a half years. that's the shortest in the country. seattle ranks second. miami is third. out of cities with at least two pro teams, get this. new orleans ranked best on the

list. >> winning cures everything. things are not so happy at the verizon center for the wizards. coach randy whitman was not happy. he said, quote, i apologize to everybody that had to watch the game and had to come here tonight. d.c. hosted golden state. the warriors had a 17-point lead after the first quarter. six players were in double digits. wizards lose 120 to 100. they host the lakers tomorrow. i think the lakers have beat them nine straight. we'll see if bcu can repeat its final four run from last year. took on drexel last night. lie ole la university in baltimore also won its conference title last night. so they are heading to the big dance as well. spring training monday night, the nationals visiting the new york mets in the second inning, rick hit his first home run of the spring. bryce harper went two for two

with a walk. nats up 3-1. d.c. against atlanta this afternoon. au swim team, check out this clip. ♪ >> whoa. >> the men dancing during a trip to south beach. you can decide for yourself if they're sexy. we have a link to the entire video on wusa9.com. but can they swim? >> that is a riot. >> let's get a quick check of the traffic. >> i don't think it matters if they can swim, andrea. on the northbound side of 395, here's what it looks like. slow from duke street and it's going to be off and on to king. coming up in my next report,

another look at virginia roads at 6:33.

welcome back. 6:29. your weather first on this tuesday morning. it is chilly outside. we have readings in the low 20s in many areas. we're holding on to about 30 at reagan national and 20s in northwest d.c. sunshine today. that's going to be the rule all

day long. by noon temperatures in the low 40s. winds will turn toward the south this afternoon 5 to 10. we'll make a run toward 50 with a 5:00 p.m. temperature at 47 degrees. the snow showers and snow from wednesday is well gone. just a few snow showers in ohio and parts of michigan and ontario. temperatures down to 20 in martinsburg. 23 culpeper and lurray. 24 gaithersburg. we're 30 but la plata is 25. we've got above freezing at pax river at the naval air station. a cold start will lead to a cool amp. highs upper 40s to low 50s. we have a nice warm-up coming our way wednesday and thursday. those details in a few minutes. if you're planning to use 66 this morning, it's normal leaving manassas into centreville. inside the beltway here at fairfax drive expect to hit the brake lights. it's going about 34 miles an hour. the good news is the lanes are open heading inbound toward the

roosevelt bridge. a bit slow crossing the bridge span as we. on the northbound side of i-95 you'll be okay. on the outer loop at route 1 in college park, it slows down once you hit the 95 interchange heading for silver spring. no problems to report on 270, route 355 or american legion bridge on the west side of town. we'll take a look at virginia roads at 6:43. former redskins assistant greg blatche says coach joe giks gibbs never knew about the bounty pay. we have a preview from new york . [indiscernible] >> it's something we've been talking about for a long time, people giving gifts to the defensive line for protecting them and thousands dollars for

sacks, what's the big deal a lot of people are saying? >> we'll take a closer look at what the big deal is on cbs this morning, digging deeper into the n.f.l. bounty scandal. we'll take a look at cash being awarded for the brutal hits. gregg williams is at the center of the controversy now. we're going to ask warren sapp just how widespread the practice is and take a look at the punishment that could be handed down and the impact on america's most popular sport, what people are saying about it. that's all ahead when we see you at 7:00. it definitely has people talking for sure. >> one of the interesting things about warren sapp, one of the people that has come out saying this is the way it's always been and he and brett favre had a tat a tat. i'm interested to hear his take on all of this. >> we'll be watching that.

another big story, the presidential campaign. super tuesday in the race for the republican nomination. >> ten states will hold contests today. ohio may be the closest race. about 30 minutes ago the polls opened in virginia. >> that's where delia goncalves is this morning. she's live in falls church. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. we're live outside falls church community center. general registrar david burkey told me some time ago this early part of the morning should be the busiest part of the day. unfortunately it looks pretty slow from where we are. but to get some expert opinion, let's talk to mr. burkey himself. what are your thoughts, what you have you seen so far? >> word is from the ward so far in our city there weren't that many people in line at 6:00 a.m. in fact, from two of them there was nobody in line. turnout is going to be quite low today. >> reporter: can we make the correlation between low voter turnout and the two names that appear on the ballot, only mitt

romney and ron paul? >> between mitt romney and ron paul the polls aren't showing that those two are neck and neck in this state. generally the polls are going to indicate that romney is -- [ inaudible ] >> you said -- >> reporter: you said every vote in every election is important. let's talk about what we did in the last hour when we interviewed you when you said the 10,000 signatures seemed to be the issue in this race. but changing that would be a very expensive change. >> sure. the state of virginia used to allow digital electronic equipment which city of falls church has. so we can have write-ins if we want. but no hoppinger the general assembly -- longer the general assembly voted you cannot have digital equipment. you can only purchase the paper ballots. the problem becomes with the primary with dual primary, republicans and democrats both

having a primary, you have to have two sets of scanners in each polling place. the scanners cost thousands of dollars and with some places like fairfax county having over 230 precincts, that's a lot of money over the whole state to change. one write-in change on the ballot will make it very expensive in this budget. >> reporter: even though you said you sometimes as a voter may feel frustrated that you can't write in our own candidate but it is an expensive and long process. >> it should be an easy change but it's technically two elections on that day. >> reporter: polls will still close at 7:00 p.m. >> 7:00 p.m. >> reporter: every election is an important one according to lots ever folks and the trudge star here so he will be -- and the registrar here so he will be here till 7:00 p.m. there are also low primaries in d.c. and maryland. >> thank you. while republicans are focused on super tuesday, the

president is going to hold his first live news conference ever the sort of new year. we'll bring it to you at 1:00 this afternoon. we'll have live coverage on wusa9.com and get reaction on 9news now beginning at 5:00 this afternoon. a federal judge says maryland residents shouldn't have to prove why they need to carry a gun outside their holes. he's found the sta state's handgun -- found the state's handgun rule unconstitutional saying it violates the second amendment. itself case revolved a retired navy veteran in baltimore county. his permit renewal was denied in 2009 because he couldn't prove he was being threatened outside his home. a suspect at a botched attempt in northwest d.c. is facing charges. police chased 41-year-old alfred jerome reeves, jr. out of the store after he allegedly shoplifted something. an officer tried to get him pulled over to the side and out of his suv but couldn't get in. that's when a rental truck

driver smashed into the suspect's vehicle and pinned him until police could slap on the handcuffs. if you are a regular soda drinker, we have a health alert that may may think you twice before you crack open your next can. the group for the center of science in the public interest says there is a carcinogen in coke and pepsi. the problem they say is with the caramel coloring. it is what gives regular and diet colas the distinctive brownish color. they say it has high levels of 4mi which causes cancer in animals. >> there's 310 million americans and we're saying about 15,000 of us will develop cancer because of the caramel coloring. >> the american beverage association questions the science of the study. it released a statement saying in part, quote, this is nothing more than cspi scare be tactics. their claims are outrageous according to the soda

companies. cspi fraudulently claims to be operating in the interest of public health when it's clear the only motivation is to scare the american people. jessica doyle is watching your money. >> she's making sure we spend less of it when we travel. >> did you know there are freeb business at airports -- freebies at airports? i didn't. we've got some good ones. partners at "u.s.a. today" are throwing a spotlight on some of the best airport freebies. if you want to check out more, check out the website. chicago o'hares that a 2,000 square foot children's play area. fort wayne, indiana have free fresh baked cookies. they're just handing them out. honolulu, beautiful chinese, japanese and hawaiian back door gardens and in los angeles you can get some shoe shines and at

dulles, this technically isn't free but you pay 50 cents and shoot over to udvar-hazy and you can check out the smithsonian museum while you're there. chrysler will now guarantee cars built by any manufacturer. car makers usually only certify their own cars for resale. cars will have to go through a thorough inspection, be newer than 2008 and have less than 48,000 miles to qualify. move over, potato chips. this takes the vending machine to a whole new awesome. a vending machine that sells cupcakes. cupcake sprinkles has installed a machine at its flagship store. it will dispense cupcakes 24/7. three more are planned for new york city by summer. you know what that means. >> it's coming here. >> it's coming here. that's what i'm betting. >> how do you keep them fresh? the best thing about those cupcakes is they're

ridiculously moist. >> my guess is it's refrigerated, kept in boxes. they've got to be refilling it since it's at a store location, they've got to be refilling it with fresh products. >> reminds me of those things where you got your food out of it and somebody would put in the next one. can't wait. our time is 6:40. in eight minutes we go the extra mile with a local singer who turned his anger over metro's delays into a great song and he'll perform it live for us. howard said it's going to be a sunny day. highs upper 40s, possibly 50. wait till you see what comes our way tomorrow. pretty awesome. first, a look at what's on channel 9 tonight. we will be right back. [ male announcer ] for some reason

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welcome back to 9news now. it's 6:44 and 30 degrees. a live look from sky 9 on the

inbound side of the dulles toll road. not bad as you head for the beltway. same story on 66. a bit of slow traffic as you leave route 50 to 123. over to the map the beltway looking great. it's incident free all an town. if you're planning to head on the northbound side of 95, one long stretch. a live look at springfield on the northbound side. lanes are open as you exit for the beltway. a last live look as you head for the beltway on the north side of town as well on the utter loop. expect slow traffic from 95 heading over to georgia avenue. in my next report, another look at the big picture ngup at 6:58. back to you. we're looking nice and sunny. our bus stop forecast this morning calling for the sunshine and the chill. we've got temperatures in the low 20s to low 30s. sunrise was a few minutes ago and sets at 6:08. next week it will be in the 7:00 hour. our day planner today, clear skies, sunshine, 32 at 8:00.

by noon 43. winds are going to turn to the south by the afternoon. that's going to boost temperatures to the upper 40s to even around 50 for a high. by this evening at 8:00, we're back down in the low 40s. we won't be as cold tonight as we are this morning but it will still be chilly with lows in the upper 20s to about 35 or so in town. 30 right now in washington. look at the cold. below 20s in culpeper and winchester. mid-20s down south. 28 in easton. even up in cross junction, 21. checked in with charlie in catlett earlier, 23. upper 20s over toward bowie and prince frederick from our weather watchers. sunshine right now off the capitol dome on our michael & son weather camera with the temperature of 30 degrees. north winds at 6. feels like it's 24. our barometer is high and it's come up fast since yesterday. if you have sensitivities to big pressure changes, this has not been a good 24-hour period

for you. yesterday snow. that's leaving us. by this evening, some clouds in pennsylvania. we're in good shape. clear skies tonight. tomorrow, though, we start to see the winds kick in out of the southwest. that's going to boost temperatures on your wednesday into the mid-60s. we'll continue with the southwesterly winds on thursday. i think that's going to push us up toward 70. this front here, you see that? that's going to be here friday. by then more showers. rain to finish out the workweek. today 50ish, kind of cool. tonight we're down in the mid- 30s in town. upper 20s in the suburbs. 65 tomorrow, breezy, 70 on thursday. even warmer. breezy again. there are those showers on friday, 56. this is the time change weekend we spring forward. at 6:47, check out this song detailing the woes of commuting by metro bus. ♪ my baby calls she's waited far too long ♪ at moment i

start talking ♪ she comes at 42. the woman brings me back to you ♪ >> renee loffet wrote the song about the route 42 bus. he joins us. thank you so much for being with us. it's great and catchy. i love it. but why write a song about a bus route? >> i wondered the same thing at first but a lot of us have to deal with it on a day-to-day basis and maybe people will get something out of it. the reaction has been really good. i had a lot of people say that's my life which is what i was going for. >> if you watch the video, all the positive pictures of life in d.c. and the sights and the sounds. like you said living in a big city -- i know you're from texas and have only been here a few years -- isn't that part of the life in the city? the noise, the crowds, the

delays? >> it is. i tried to capture that as best i could. i think people like it. >> you're not done writing songs about d.c. we're hoping here on the morning show you'll incorporate us into your music the next time around. >> it can be arranged. >> where can we see you play and get your business? >> i'm on i tunes. i have a show coming up at eastern market this friday, a place called the corner arts show and it should be good. >> you're going to sing for us right now. thank you so much. what a day i'm working late the last thing i want to do is wait in the cold in old farragut square ♪ one bus, two bus, three bus four, can't seem to find those open doors. how am i going to get anywhere? ♪ ♪ but here one comes and i'm

getting nervous, i swing my eyes and it's out of service. i don't know what i did to deserve this game of solitaire ♪ how long do i wait before it's been to long ♪ when do i start walking ♪ and all alone my baby calls she's waited for too long but the moment i start talking ♪ here comes that 42, the one that leads me back to you ♪ ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us.

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today is tuesday, march 6.

classes will go on as scheduled at george washington university. last night the secret service alerted the campus of an armed man heading toward the school. however, the manual was never found -- man was never found. vincent gray plans to take his campaign for statehood to the democratic and republican national conventions this summer. he reportedly encouraged by republican rucklings to ease oversight over the district's budget. randy whitman, the wizards coach, called his team's performance unprofessional and unexcusable. they lost to the warriors 120- 100. let's go to jessica for today's daily deals. >> thank you so much. we've been combing through the day's daily deals, e-mails and retailer websites to find you deep discounts. here are some of ow favorites. we are appealing to tech geeks. am son by com has -- am son.com has a video projector that

turns your iphone, ipod, your laptop, blu-ray and apple tv into a home theater. normally 599, now $1 # 9.99. -- $189.99, a 68% savings. how about a day on the water. we have a deal with capital river cruises. a 350% savings. you -- a 50% savings. you can take in the sights of d.c. a cheap way to get from d.c. to the big apple on a luxury bus. trimmer bus has a $13 deal with groupon. it's good for a oneway fare or you can buy two of them for a round trip. that is a 48% savings. if you have a deal for our viewers, i would love to hear from you on facebook. one more check on traffic and weather next right here on 9news now.

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back at 6:58. you're probably saying you never answered the question of the morning. let's do it now. >> question was, what one thing that women think about four times a day men only think about every other day. is it a, calling mom, b, marriage, or c, their weight? >> the ultimate guilt trip calling mom. >> you never call. weather wise chilly this morning but about 50 this afternoon. breezy and much warmer tomorrow into thursday. we'll be around 70 by thursday and friday to more rain and in the 50s. a quick live look at sky 9 southbound i-270. they're looking for an accident at shady grove road there. it is in the center of the roadway. be aware of that as you head through gait usberg -- gaithersburg. futures trading, looks like we're going to head lower. cbs this morning looking at super tuesday. monika and i will be back in 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. see you back here