70'ish on thursday. let's get you going with a look at that day planner. temperatures chilly right now. we have a few 30s, some low 40s. we're on our way to the 50s, upper 50s by noon. breezy. winds are out of the south, southwest 10 to 15. they will gust over 20 miles, maybe 25 miles an hour at times. this afternoon with a high of 65 you might not mind with a drive home temp of 62. here's a look overhead. we have a few clouds, some high ones coming across areas into west virginia now. this may drift over us from time to time a little bit later this morning. so partly to mostly sunny will be the sky conditions. your temperatures this morning down to 30 in martinsburg. 28 cumberland. that is easily the cold spot. we've got 40 on the bay and across the bay in cambridge. 37 at the tappahannock airport and this afternoon nice. temperatures in the low 60s on the bay to low to mid-60s everywhere else. it's now 5:00 a.m. monika is stepping in with a look at your time saver

traffic. >> thank you so much, howard. good morning, everybody. looks are looking great for this morning. no problems to report all around the beltway. most of the construction is cleared up i'm happy to say and it's a good ride. coming in from the dulles toll road from the airport no problems out of 66. you'll be fine. looking good on the beltway through gallows road why the overnight construction has also been cleared up. on the northbound side of i- 395, nice and light here at edsall road. barely feign is out right -- anyone is out right now. across the bridge span i'm be just fine. back over to the maps. this time we'll head over to the other side of town. coming in from southern maryland, route 4, route 5, route 301 in from brandywine, no problems at the andrews air force base. a live look at route 4 at pennsylvania avenue which is light to the wilson bridge. coming up in my next report, we'll go into maryland at 5:09. super tuesday is over. the results mixed. mitt romney can claim six out of ten victories. rick santorum got three states.

>> key contest in ohio was extremely close. 9news reporter delia goncalves is in our satellite center with more. >> reporter: good morning. mitt romney squeaked out a victory in that key state of ohio, narrowly beating out his main competitor at this point rick santorum. we have a breakdown of what last night looked like and what everyone won. romney you can see won -- i'm sorry, that is newt gingrich. you can see he just won -- i apologize, folks. we'll go to romney. romney is the front-runner and won the races last night. you could say he was a clear winner of super tuesday winning ohio, massachusetts, vermont, idaho, alaska. he walks awie with a total of 418 delegates. rick santorum gained the silver medal as he says.

he took tennessee, north dakota and oklahoma. we're not able to show you the full screen at this moment. let me continue to go down the numbers. newt gingrich got his first win in his home state as expected, his home state of georgia. that brings the total delegates to 105. ron paul, though he didn't win any states at all last night, he did gain some delegates. but he still trails with just 47 delegates. again we should remind you that there needs -- i'm sorry, the candidate needs 1144 delegates in order to clinch the nomination. >> we're doing some counting. we're counting up the delegates for the convention. it looks good and we're counting down the days till november and now it looks even better. >> as it looks right now, we're going to get at least a couple gold medals and a whole packet

full of silver medals. >> i'm here to say thank you to each and every one of you because you are the reason we survived every effort of the establishment. >> are we going to win? we always win, right? >> there's ron paul, though he did not win many states still rallying his troops and his supporters in idaho. but the results, though, do indicate a division, a long- standing division within the republican party at this point. coming up in my next live report, i'll have more about how romney's wins still show a weakness in his campaign. i'm have details coming up in my next live report in a half- hour. i'll see you then. >> thanks, delia live in the satellite center this morning. a man charged with killing his much older socialite wife inside their georgetown home now faces more serious charges. a grand jury indicted albert

muth. he claims to be a general iraqi army. he was initially charged with second-degree murder. he denied killing his wife. health officials in calvert county say the flu may have contributed to the deaths of three family members when an 81- year-old woman became sick two weeks ago. her son and two daughters all in their 50s cared for her in her home. within days they developed similar upper respiratory symptoms. to of those siblings died, one survived and is still in the hospital. fairfax county parents and school system employees are getting an advisory letter about viral gastroit's, an illness that can be caused by the norovirus. more than a hundred students and staff got sick at one elementary school. they recommend frequent hand washing and keeping sick students away from home anywhere from 24 to 48 hours.

-- excuse me, keeping them at home away from school till they get better. d.c. city council has given final approval to make a bill easier for gay and lesbian couples who can move after getting married so they can get divorced. under the current law one member of the divorcing couple have to live in washington for six months before they start divorce proceedings. this new bill would help couples who move to states that don't recognize their gay marriage to continue their divorced proceedings. the bill now goes to mayor vincent gray for his signature. the time right now 5:06. i'm watching your money. today stocks will try to come back from their biggest loss so far this year but we are seeing red arrows in global trading this morning. investors worry greece is moving closer to default. there are also increasing concerns about a recession in europe and slowing economic growth in china. the dow stands at 12,759 after dropping 204 points. it was the first triple digit loss of 2012. nasdaq down by 40. s&p 500 down by 20.

american express is using a high-tech method to offer savings. card holders can now use twitter to get discounts. if you sign up for the service, you can get the deals by tweeting a twitter hash tag or search term. savings are automatically credited to your statement. 16 retailers are offering discounts including best buy, dell, mcdonald's, ticket master and whole foods. finally, if you have $2.7 million laying around, mike, this is for you. look at this car. lamborghini. instead of the conventional front windshield, there are two wind deflectors. this makes it the lowest car ever made by lamborghini. it's made of a composite material. it doesn't have the windshield, roof or air conditioning so it's extremely light. so far the top speed it's reached is 186 miles an hour. don't do that on the beltway. >> that looks fast parked. that's beautiful.

>> a good looking car. >> a lot of dough. 5:08 now. the republican presidential candidates were not the only ones campaigning on super tuesday. >> president obama held a news conference and criticized the men hoping to take his job. that is coming up. you can cross your fingers, redskins fans. ahead in sports it appears the sweepstakes for peyton manning is just a few hours from officially getting under way.

just about 10 after 5:00 on this wednesday morning. you'll need the jacket this morning and maybe this afternoon just a sweat shirt as temperatures going up in the 60s. here's a look at that day planner a. good deal of sunshine. partly to mostly sunny. upper 50s by tonight. the breeze at -- by noon. the breeze at times will be gusting up to 20 miles an hour. on the northbound sides of i-95 no problems to report from the occoquan river to here in springfield and on to 395. light volumes to the 14th street bridge. we'll take another look at virginia roads at 5:17. president obama is doing a little campaigning of his own. today he's going to head to a car manufacturing plant in north carolina to talk about the economy. >> yesterday the president held his first news conference of

the year so far on super tuesday. he criticized republican candidates he believes have been talking too freely and casually about war with iran. >> when i see some of these folks who have a lot of bluster and a lot of big talk, but when you actually ask them specifically what they would do, it turns out they repeat the things that we've been doing over the last three years. >> president obama who said anyone who is beating the drum of war should explain to the american people the cost of what the war would be and their plan for it. he also said at this point the united states and israeli intelligence believer the situation with iran can still be resolved through diplomacy. she's still not charged with speeding for allegedly going 105 miles per hour on the beltway. >> but a local lawmaker is facing some more serious charges after last month's traffic stop. that story is coming up at 5:35. at 5:23, the capitals needed extra time to determine

last night's game. >> at 5:15 it will be warm the next to days but there are some rain spots in the seven-day forecast. howard has the details right after this. when i get terrible congestion from my allergies, i power through with the power of claritin-d. when my sinus pressure is at its worst, i've got the best decongestant... claritin-d. when it all hits, nasal congestion and sinus pressure, all i need is non-drowsy claritin-d. nothing relieves allergy congestion faster. get claritin-d at the pharmacy counter. live claritin clear.

for the first time bern bern is a-- howard bernstein is along and so is the sunshine. i'm excited. >> a little windy, though. that's the one thing. 60s today. my wife's a runner. can i run outside? yeah, but it's going to be a

little windy. oh. >> but it cools you off. it's natural air conditioning. >> i'll have to use that line. she'll probably still scoff at me. 60s today. 70 tomorrow before we get back into the 50s on friday. we're looking good, today. spring like. spring still officially a couple of weeks away on the calendar but march 1 marks the beginning of what we call meteorological spring and we're going to feel it today. a little chill in the air. we've got some 30s out there along with the low 40s here in town and by the bay. a little bit of a breeze as well. our sunrise at 6:31, setting at 6:08 or so this evening. the day planner partly to mostly sunny all day. by 11:00 54. by 1:00 near 60 degrees then. we're going into the 60s. i think 65 for a high with a 3:00 p.m. temperature of 63. with the south winds, even southwesterly winds out there at 15 miles an hour, gusting over 20, you're certainly going to notice that this afternoon along with the warmer temperatures and a 5:00 p.m. temperature still into the low

60s. this is what we're looking at right now. we've got 38 in arlington and alexandria and crofton. colder in columbia. they're at 33. even into loudoun county we've got leesburg and lovettsville at 34. prince william county, where are you this morning? we're not getting those reports from them but they're also in the mid-30s with about 38 now in fairfax and 37 in rockville. looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, clear skies. notice the flag standing just a little bit here showing that breeze we've got out there. it's 41. that breeze measured at 16 miles an hour out of the south, southwest at reagan national giving us a windchill this morning down to about 33 degrees. the warm air in the middle of the country is lifting off to the north now. it's in the 50s. 50s in chicago. we're 41 so a sign of that mildness i'm talking about, that warm air that will be heading our way. you can see the jet is coming up and over here. these clouds coming north of minnesota in toward areas of

southern canada. when that jet stream lifts north, that allows the warmth to move in. that's what we're looking at. the only thing we're going to see today, a couple of high clouds here and there at times. otherwise a fairly nice looking afternoon. front arrives thursday night into friday. that's going to change things. today 65. winds could gust over 20, 25 out of the south, southwest. tonight into the middle 40s. tomorrow about 70. there are the showers tomorrow night into friday morning. temperatures friday in the mid- 50s with some afternoon sunshine. i think -- which is better than i was thinking yesterday. i thought we would have more showers during the day. we'll get rid of it earlier. the weekend sunny and cool on saturday. time change saturday night. we spring forward. sunday low 60s and back in the mid-60s on monday. it's now 5:17. monika santami has an update on time saver traffic. >> that's right. i do have an june date on one accident coming out of waldorf, route 228 berry road to route 229. watch out for the accident.

crews are just headed to the scene. closer in things looking great on the beltway. let's zoom in first of all to the northbound side of i-95. no problems out of dale city into woodbridge across the occoquan river and as you head up into springfield. the volume right here as you exit for the beltway but nothing out of the order father. we'll take a live look -- ordinary. we'll take a live look at 66. no problems at nuttily street as you head to the beltway and across the beltway to the american legion bridge. this time to the north side of town coming south on 270 out of frederick. a bit of volume forming as you head towards clarksburg. you see that yellow there. you're fine to where the point divides. a live look at 270 at route 228 in rockville. things are looking great. coming up in my next report, we'll take another look into virginia at 5:24. he's done it before. if today dan snyder is in the mood to spend a lot of dough on a free agent quarterback, peyton manning may be free in a couple of hours. the veteran pitcher of the nationals acquired in the off- season looks really good in his

first spring training start. highlights coming up in sports. let's take another look at the question of the day. according to a survey in men's health magazine, women are more attracted to men who don't do one of these things. is it a, smoke, b, shave every day, or c, brag bah themselves. >> here's a look at a response you posted on our facebook fan page. ingrid wrote c, c, c. nothing more abnoxious than a guy bragging about himself. >> log on to wusa9's facebook page. we'd love to hear your answer. we'll have the answer in our 6:00 hour. we'll be right back. dinner's ready.

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5:21. looking pretty good this morning. we do have a lot of clear skies out there. some areas are in the low 40s. we're about 41 here in town now. sunny and breezy today. some patchy high clouds at times. by 9:00 45 in washington. also in eastton. 47 in southern maryland. we'll head toward the lunch time. mid- to upper 50s out there by noon. then this afternoon 3:00, look at it. temperatures low, even mid-60s. pretty nice day ahead. a little breezy. jessica? thank you. the capitals forced overtime but did not get the win. >> if you want to see peyton manning become a redskin, today is the first step toward making that happen. we only have one person that can write that check.

kristen berset explains in this morning's sports. good morning. 14 years and a super bowl later, the peyton manning era in indianapolis is coming to a close. the team is expected to announce his release at a press conference today. the cut doesn't come as much of a surprise. manning is being released primarily because of a $28 million roster bonus that he would be owed by the team on friday. his release means the colts are off the hook for the cash and the four-time n.f.l. mvp will become a free agent. as soon as he is officially released, another team can sign him right away. the caps hosting the carolina hurricanes last night. things tied up after the caps blow a 2-0 lead. the caps not giving up. we're all tied up at 3 and going to overtime. but in ot, dennis can secure the puck. carolina takes advantage. carolina wins in overtime 4-3.

in lake ben that vista, braves hosting the nationals. the 100 million dollar man jason worth sends his offering of the day over the wall. the star was new nationals pitcher geogonzalez. three scoreless innings in his first spring start. nats win 5-2. today is a jam- packed day. her shell walker will be in studio at 5:48. georgetown plays pit pittsburgh and peyton man's press conference. we'll have full coverage to you this evening. >> as kristen just mentioned, merschel walker is joining -- herschel walker is joining us in the studio. we'll take another look at

whether mitt romney's -- [indiscernible] there's an accident coming out of waldorf on the west side of berry road at route 229. authorities are on the scene. coming up in my next report, more on that accident and other area roadways at 5:29. stay with us.

. welcome back. i'm jessica doyle in for andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. we're glad you're here. it is indeed wednesday. monika santami. good morning, how are you? >> good. >> mr. bernstein, tell us something good. >> it's going to be 65 this afternoon. >> okay, back to you. >> it's going to be 70 tomorrow and the weekend looks dry. how about that? got a couple of things in between though that we have to

discuss. we will have winds. winds will gust 20, maybe 25 miles an hour but temperatures by noon will be in the upper 50s. 65 for the high and 62 for the drive home. you'll need a jacket this morning with 40s, even some 30s out there as well. the windchills are down, too, with winds in the 10 to 15 range already. just a few high, thin patchy clouds at times today. so a good deal of sunshine. the morning temps in the 30s. 28 in cumberland but the winds are light at the moment. once they pick up the temperatures will as well. culpeper is at 39. i spoke to charlie in catlett, 46. he said i guess we're going to finish winter with two and a half inches of snow. i agree with you, charlie. later today i think we'll be before 5 for the high. a-- 65 for the high. very spring like and breezy later on. let's go to monika at 5:29. not too many complaints around town. things looking great around the beltway. traffic volumes are still

pretty light. you have your usual slow spots on the beltway, on 95 coming into the belt waip but no big deals -- beltway but no big deals to report. no problems on route 550 through cheverly inside the beltway. -- route 50 through cheverly inside the beltway. the outer loop still moving well. south of town as well at the bridge. there is an accident down in the waldorf area route 228 and route 229. back over to the maps, this time we'll head over into virginia coming in from the west. manassas to centreville you have a bit of slow traffic. then again exiting at the beltway on 66. a live look on the northbound side of 95 here in springfield. coming up in my next report, we'll look at 270 at 5:40. >> thanks, monika. campaign 2012 now, super tuesday voting is over and this morning three of the four candidates declaring victory. >> mitt romney took six states including the key contest in ohio but rick santorum and newt gingrich also have wins to brag

about. 9news reporter delia goncalves is live in our satellite center with more. delia? >> reporter: jessica, even though ron paul didn't take any states last night, he's still claiming victory. he was rallying supporters last night vowing to push on in this race. let's take a closer look at the breakdown of the states and the results from last night. you can see mitt romney here really took a lot of states. ohio, massachusetts, virginia, vermont, idaho, and he also took alaska and the eight delegates there. rick santorum took tennessee, north dakota and oklahoma gaining a good number of delegates. newt gingrich of course as expected won his home state of georgia and the 46 delegates there. and while i said ron paul won no state last night, he still gained some delegates in each of the states that he did gain a little momentum. romney walked away with wayne overall but other than virginia, failed to gain any southern state. political pundits say that indicates a weakness in the

romney campaign that he still cannot resonate with southern voters who do not find him conservative enough. >> this campaign is not just about a name on a ballot. it's about saving the soul of america. it's driven by an unshakable optimism that lies within the heart of every american citizen. on november 6 we're going to stand united not only having won an election but having saved a future. >> in my next live report, we'll take a close look at the all important delegate count and how much they need to gain the nomination. back to you. >> thank you, delia. sometimes the race for the nomination is over after super tuesday. not the case this year. edward williams is a political analyst and is here with a look about what comes next for these candidates. mitt romney had a big win. ohio, that's a big deal, but he hasn't exactly sewed this thing up yet. what is next for the candidate?

>> what's next for the candidates is mississippi and alabama. that's going to be a challenge for romney because what we saw last night with santorum winning in tennessee and in oklahoma is that romney is having a really hard time appealing to southern voters and specifically to working class what we call blue collar white voter. that's the majority of the votes in states like mississippi and alabama. people like gingrich appeal tom because of the rhetoric. he's a southerner. he speaks their language. that's really important. santorum is a religious conservative and that appeals to them. so the win that we saw there in tennessee i think was really key because 72% of those voters identified as evalue gel cal. so we -- evangelical. we can talk faith. i'm not sure how much that plays into the vote but that clearly seems to be a subtext there that will be difficult for romney. he's going to have to do a bit more work to shore up the

nomination. >> let's talk about virginia for example since we did have the primary here yesterday. mitt romney won. this was not a close race in any way, shape or form because he was only against ron paul. i'm a northern virginia resident. what i find interesting is you're not seeing the signs for mitt romney in a purple area of virginia. you would think he would be their candidate but there doesn't seem to be a ton of enthusiasm. the turnout was low yesterday. what is going on for mitt romney? >> i think virginia is an interesting state. like you just said, you are a northern virginian. virginia has pockets of conservatism but it's actually still quite a liberal place. there are people who work in washington and live in virginia who don't necessarily identify with people who would necessarily be from the south of virginia. so i think that the fact that he was the only person on the ballot besides ron paul did him wonders because it's not really a place that i think mitt romney would have naturally done well. the fact that newt gingrich and santorum weren't able to get on

the ballot was a real struggle for them. but what it says about romney and what you've touched on is that he still is having a problem getting above that 25%. for some strange reason mitt romney just isn't catching on. that's an authenticity problem. this is an issue that he's had throughout his career, particularly throughout this primary fight. people don't resonate with him. and i'm not sure if that's his blue blood background or if it's something that the voters can feel about mitt romney. >> you're coming back. we're going to keep this conversation going. in the meantime we'll send it back to mike. >> see you in a little bit. testimony is under way in the wrongful death lawsuits now from the virginia tech massacre. parents of two students killed in the april 2007 shooting are suing the families of erin peterson and julia pride say their main goal is to get a full account of the day's events and an apology from school administrators. they believe students should have been warned much sooner

after seung-hui cho shot two students to death in a dorm about two hours before opening fire on a classroom building and killing 40 more people. prince george's county police have issued yet another traffic ticket to county council woman karen toles. she's now cited for reckless driving as well. that carries a $500 fine and six points on her license. toles was stopped two weeks ago after going more than a hundred miles an hour on the beltway. at the time she was only cited for an unsafe lane change. the police chief said he operated properly because he had no radar gun around was not pacing her car to precisely gauge her speed. well, there is a speed camera, a red light camera and now why i didn't stop for the school bus camera. those are being added. montgomery county has approved cameras for school buses. they will report license plates of drivers who don't stop when the red lights are flashing. the cost of a ticket if you get caught $250.

the time right now 5:36. i'm watching your money and your gadgets. today is the day apple expected to take the wraps off of the ipad 3 at an event in san francisco. the next generation tablet is expected to have a sharper screen and a better camera. but analysts are also warning apple prices could be going up. if the company has pressure to improve working conditions at some of the factories it uses overseas. last month the watchdog organization, the fair labor association began inspections of a plant in china run by a company called foxcon. it makes products for apple. it's the largest private employer. workers essentially live at the factory. they would have to work a hundred hours to be able to afford one of the phones they're making. foxcon gained international attention after an outbreak of worker suicides back in 2010. in january the "new york times" reported the two explosions at an ipad factory last year killed four people and injured

77. the inspection follows a petition signed by 250,000 people around the world and delivered to apple. if inspections recommend improving worker conditions, one analyst says higher labor costs could push up prices for device like iphones by 2%. seems like a small price to pay. >> it does. i've got your daily deals and that is still ahead. >> she does. plus, he ran over defenders on the football field. herschel walker is here to tell us why he's running up to capitol hill later today. denny's new sizzlin' skillets are here for a limited time. so strike while the iron's hot. starting at $4.99. only at denny's.

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it is 5:40 on this wednesday morning. kind of brirveg out here. -- brisk out here. you'll need the jacket. i'm only out here for a few minutes so i left mine inside. need a light jacket maybe later this afternoon. it's going to warm up nicely under partly to mostly skies.

high about 67 with a 6:00 p.m. temperature of 59. just a little bit breezy at times. i'll have the full forecast in the next five minutes. right now monika is inside with time saver traffic. an accident in newington on backlick road near route 7100. here on 95 slow traffic prince william parkway to the occoquan river and newington to springfield. more on virginia roadways coming up in my next report at 5:49. now another look at the question of the morning this morning. according to a survey in men's health magazine, women are more attracted to men who don't do one of these things. is it a, smoke, b, shave every day, or c brag about themselves. >> here's a look at a response you posted on the facebook fan page. our buddy jennifer wrote a, hands down. we're in a time where smoking is not cool or tough looking anymore. >> log on to our facebook fan page and leave your response.

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we're looking forward to the forecast today, howard. >> every day. every day. >> but particularly today. >> 65 this afternoon after yesterday's chill. it was only 49. did not make 50 to my chagrin but we'll make about 65 today. >> people are going to feel a lot better after today and tomorrow. >> tomorrow 70. 70 on thursday before back in the 50s on friday. here's a look at the bus stop forecast. bundle them up because we have temps in the 30s and low 40s. i was on the weather terrace without a jacket earlier. thankfully it was only a minute because any longer than that i would really have been regretting that decision. 30s and 40s and breezy, too, with the winds about 15 miles an hour right now. they're coming out of the south and southwest and that's a warm breeze for us. that's going to boost our temperatures by noon to the upper 50s. by 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 we'll hit 65. then 5:00 p.m. 62 with the south winds still at 14 miles an hour. they will stay up. tonight with those winds up

we'll only dip into the middle 40s for lows as opposed this morning where we're in the 30s now. hagerstown is 38. 28 in cumberland but their winds have gone dead came up. 40 at the pacs naval ire station. when you factor in those winds we have wind chills this morning in the low to mid-30s everywhere. yes, there's a definite chill outside. looking at our michael & son weather camera, clear skies and good looking visibility of the capitol dome. lights are on. 41 degrees. south, swerm winds at -- southwesterly winds at 16. reagan national reporting partly cloudy conditions. the dew points are coming up a little bit at 28.  watch this number over the next couple of days as those winds not only bring in milder temperatures but a little more humidity to the region which ultimately will mean some rain around here thursday night. in fact, we're looking at all the rain and snow in the mountains out west. storminess here but out ahead of it, the jet stream going up, up, up into canada and high. when the jet stream is this high, south of it is where the warmth is.

this is also the main storm track. for the next day and a half we're going to be under it, well south of it so nice and mild and spring like around here. but ultimately a front is going to get here to knock us back down in the 50s. today we've got the southwesterly winds. 5:00 we're looking at southwesterly winds as i said, temperatures 65. tonight 40s. not bad at all with those southwesterly winds. here comes that front. you see this band of rain here by thursday afternoon across western pennsylvania. might even get toward hagerstown here late thursday. better chance we're going to see this toward us by overnight after dark on thursday. if everything works out, this will clear us out really early friday so that friday we'll be mainly dry. but a cooler day. 65 today. those winds could gust over 20 miles an hour out of the south, southwest. 40s tonight. tomorrow 70. looks like showers mainly after dark and overnight in toward friday morning, although friday morning showers may actually be south and east already when you wake up. friday, though, only in the mid, possibly upper 50s. then the weekend looks sunny,

cooler on saturday, about 50. 62 sunday. i'll remind you for the umpteenth time change the clocks this weekend as we spring forward. monday morning that alarm clock is going to feel -- >>it's going to hurt, especially for us. losing another hour of sleep? are you kidding me? overall it's a good thing. if you're planning to head over into southern maryland, a couple of not so good things. there's an accident i've been telling you about for a while on the westbound side of 22 # here at 2 -- 228 here at 229. it's reduced to one lane. now there's an second accident at swean creek road and -- swan creek road. a live look at the wilson bridge. once on the beltway you'll be fine. traffic moving well across the bridge span between alexandria and oxon hill right now. let's go back over to the maps to the beltway and up to 270 where you've got that normal slow stuff coming out of frederick as you head towards

clarksburg. you'll be okay heading down toward rockville. a live look outside on the beltway at georgia avenue. outer loop slowing down into silver spinning. coming up in my next report, we'll talk about the two accidents once again at 6:00. back to you. >> thank you, monika. making news now at 5:49. anne arundel county police officers have unanimously approved a no confidence vote against both their chief and county executive john leopold. leopold was indicted friday on corruption charges. prosecutors claim leopold used his security details for demeaning attachings, including -- tasks, including driving him to secret sexual encounters. you need to sprint to the registration site this afternoon. the registration time for the 37th marine corporation marathon opens at 3:00 this afternoon. it will be on october 28. the website to register is marinemarathon.com. today the indianapolis colts are expected to partways with the face of their franchise quarterback peyton

manning. while manning was out last season recovering from a neck injury, the colts lost their way to the number one draft pick. peyton was due to be paid a $28 million bonus later this week. it's the 13th annual national health through fitness day. some well known athletes will be on capitol hill to testify about the importance of physical education in schools. one of my childhood heroes is here, herschel walker is here to talk to us this morning about the mission and this is actually legislation that's going to move forward, too, right? >> that's what we're hoping. we talk about fit and i tell everyone i wouldn't be here today if it were not -- as a little kid i was bullied. some people can't believe that i had a great physical education teacher. he helped me build confidence that i could go out and i became valedictorian of my class. >> it's not just about you saying -- this would help if the bill goes through as far as

taxes concerned? >> we're talking about the fit bill where people can get a writeoff. like going to a health club. that's not going to cause anyone any money. what we're trying to do is save you a little money. we talk about obesity. today obesity has become a very, very serious subject. i think this could really encourage people to go out and get themselves fit. >> you mentioned some of the other athletes that are going to be there. there will be quite a few big names. >> they're very, very fit. we have johnny miller. we're a working on him. we've got a lot of great players there from the wnba. we have a woman boxer. there's going to be a lot of people on the hill. >> if you didn't know, he was the heisman trophy winner. our producer heather is beside herself because she's a georgia grad. >> smart lady. >> of course with several n.f.l. teams, you still live in texas.

here's some of your work. then you're in the mma. how did you decide-- >> you have to stay fit so i figured how else to get fit except get into the maa and show people i can still stay in shape. but it's sad because a lot of the guys were telling me, they were not even born when i was playing so that's not a good thing. >> but that's also a testament to your work ethic. the pushups and situps, you just turned 50 and you look phenomenal. you're in there with guys half your age. >> 22, 23. i tell everyone if you have a good foundation, that's what you've got to do first is have a foundation. with today trying to close schools and all, it's killing the foundation i thought we built. our forefathers said we have to educate our kids. we can't educate them if we're going to close the schools. we've got to keep them open. i think we ought to keep them fit and at the same time getting the kid fit is also going to help the health care. people talk about health care.

do preventive first. the way to do preventive is to ge out now and -- go out now and build a foundation for them. >> it's great to see you in person. back to you. we're going to have more on who can claim victory on a mixed super tuesday. that's coming up. plus, a new exhibit in washington looks at how the media has influenced the last 29 presidential election years. keep it here.

grz a good wednesday morning. it's chilly out there. it's going to be a nice spring day with that breeze out of the southwest. it's going to warm you up. you like to be outside for lunch time, temperatures by then are going to shoot well up into the 50s. with the breeze you may need like a sweat shirt or a wind breaker out there. upper 50s down to our south with 54 for hagerstown. thank we're -- this afternoon we're looking at a lot of sunshine. high clouds at times. on the bay either side a little bit cooler. remember, the water temperatures are down a bit so 60 for annapolis and easton. we'll top off at about 65 or so with a 5:45 temperature still at 62 degrees. looks like we're going to be even warmer as we head toward tomorrow as temperatures could approach 70. not too shabby. over to you. >> thank you, howard. time for today's daily deals. we've got smn offers to help you -- some offers to help you

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called "every four years" presidential campaigns in the press. it explores media coverage of presidential races dating back to william mckinley in 1896. right now there are more than a hundred artifacts on display. >> fdr's microphone from one of his famous fireside chats. we have the actual handwritten notes that john kennedy took during the famous televised kennedy-nixon debates in the 1960's all the way up to the bowling ball and 14 and a half bowling shoes president obama wore as a candidate. >> museum visitors can also create their own campaign photo ops. it will run through early next year and be updated with items from this year's election. pretty neat. >> very cool. you're watching 9news now at 6:00 ap. i'm jessica doyle -- 6:00 a.m. i'm jessica doyle. andrea roane is off. i'm mike hydeck. good morning, monika. right now howard has the forecast. >> a little chilly now. we're going into the