southern maryland still few showers down there. but they'll be gone shortly. noon we'll be 52 degrees and we're going to dip a little bit more cloudy skies now with the showers have left. here at least washington and by 5:00 54. highs mid- to upper 50s. but 15, yestday when we got to the low to mid-70s. all right, showers still across southern maryland. you can see them this morning especially down in st. mary's and calvert counties leave charles county on the northern neck. here's live doppler 9000 hd, colonial beach passing you now. mechanicsville you'll be done in another 15, 20 minutes. and the temps before you go out this morning, grab the jacket. look hat the we're down in the low 40s north and still barely hanging on to 50 in washington. monika? unincident a heads-up about on the inner loop of the beltway on the ramp to westbound i-66 and authorities are on the scene of this accident. it is blocking the left lane so be aware of that if you're heading north through annandale and want to exit on to 66.

66 is incident-free from manassas, centreville and fairfax. dulles toll road no problems out of leesburg. 270, here at old georgetown head road from frederick a few blake rights but -- brake lights but no big deals to report on 270 all the way down to the point where the lanes divide. the north side of down no problems on the beltway. a bit of volume now forming out of college park to silver spring. on the north side here at university boulevard as i said just slowing down bit through silver spring. coming up in my next report, we'll take another look around town at 6:12. mike? thanks monika. the top of the hour we are following breaking news now a man is hospitalized after being shot by police. >> and police say that suspect also shot an officer. this all happened early this morning at blare mill road in eastern avenue. that's right on border between northwest d.c. and silver spring. delia goncalves is on the d.c. side with more on this story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning andrea, police have been here for several hours, we have been

here reporting on this story for about an hour and a half now. and we've just learned new information we know now a bit more about the suspect. apparently he was shot right outside of his home we're toldpy police and they are confirming that the suspect lived here in the 8100 block of eastern avenue. the suspect is still in critical condition at washington hospital center. police are also telling us they will release a suspect's name rather as soon as his family is notified. we don't know why though he was shooting in the first place. but police say he was in the middle of the street firing a gun. when officers arrived, shots were exchanged. >> at about 12:39 this morning, montgomery county emergency call center received multiple calls for the sound of shots in the 8100 block of eastern avenue. officers from our third district responded to that area.

when they arrived, they encountered an armed subject. shots were exchanged. subject was hit. and one officer was injured. >> reporter: now that officer who was injured was injured on the hand and it is unclear though if that was a gunshot wound. there were a total of outlivers two of them not -- of three officers, two of them not injured but all three are being questioned by police at this hour. now since the scene borders silver spring and d.c. we have two jurisdictions and two police jurisdictions are investigating this scene. d.c. police investigating as to why the suspect was out here allegedly firing his gun in the first place. and montgomery county police, they're handling the internal investigation. report report i'll have a bit more -- coming up in my next report, i'll have a bit more about the background of the officers involved in this morning's shooting in about a half hour. back to you andrea. >> all right, delia goncalves live on the maryland border with silver spring this morning. two suspects in a murder in montgomery county are due in

court this afternoon. edwards and ramos are charged in connection with a murder wednesday in aspen hill. edwards is facing a second degree murder charge, and ramos with reckless endangerment. a man was shot to death inside a home on superior street and that man's name has not been released still and police are not commenting on a motive. we could learn today later today how a child died. the child was found in the trunk of a car. calvert county deputies were called to a home in prince frederick, maryland. someone made the discovery there. along the trailer park last night. investigators rushed to the area after someone called because they were concerned about that child's safety. when police got there they found the child in the chunk of a car. -- trunk of a car. former prince george's county councilwoman leslie johnson is expected to report to prison today. she'll serve a sentence at alderson prison in west virginia. that has been dubbed camp

cupcake. johnson obstructed a federal investigation case involving her husband, former prince george's county executive jack johnson. he began serving his seven year sentence in north carolina last month. help to police or avails of your cites? civil -- a violation of your rights? civil liberties are upset about the ruling about police being able to search your cell phone. and it said the court that it did not violate his fourth amendment rights, right now the rule only applies in that jurisdiction but it could be followed by others soon. local attorney steve lecker has this advice -- >> just because they're stopped you have the right to say no a police officer and say if outlie that's probable cause there, seek a warrant. >> the rules for a warrantless search are very specific.

one must be an arrested system and when it comes to the cell phones it can only be searched for phone numbers. coming up on 6:06. jessica doyle is here and she has some good news in this your money report. >> and it involves people at and bank of america mortgage. >> that's right okay we're talking about actually reducing the amount of money you owe on your mortgage. >> that's good news. >> actually hitting the principal if you have a morning with bank overmeek -- mortgage with bank of america. the "wall street journal" reports that more than 200,000 households will have a chance to cut the balances to the home's current market value. a bank of america spokesperson says that they are expected to receive principal reductions averaging more than $100,000. this is a big deal. details yet to be fully released. the arrangement is part of the recent government settlement of alleged foreclosure abuses by the five largest lendors. move over and espresso, starbucks is rolling out the own single cup brewing machine.

the coffee giant will begin selling its machine this fall. who knows? i took italian in college. i couldn't tell you. i know how to order drinks and go to the bathroom. no word yet on the pricing but the announcement did send shares of competitor green mountain reeling in afterhours trading. it sells the popular k cup machines. and the coupons had the big birthday this year. turning 125. >> what? >> yeah. and to celebrate the coupon company value pack has released a new study. it shows almost 70% of american women say they now use coupons more than ever before and couponing is socially acceptable on dates. 61% -- >> on dates? >> on dates, of 1% of women have -- 61% of women have agreed to a date using coupons for the night out. >> most of the stuff you can't use when you get the big packet. >> any coffee coupons soon i wonder. >> i would doubt it.

>> we can use the google translator. it will tell you. >> good advice. >> sounds like it's made up even in italian. >> it means very good. >> and very large and very expensive. thank you jess. our time 16:08. after a gorgeous thursday a cooldown today but still nice. howard has the weather first coming up next. also -- >> i'm scott broom in beltsville, maryland, coming up smoking in the car with kids. is it something that should be made illegal or not? when i come back i'll have some of your answers to that question. all the single ladies -- single women in the district are happier with their dating lives than women in any other city. that's according to "glamour" magazine and match.com. more than 86% of d.c. ladies are happy here. the report says that's because of people moving here and away. there's always some new men to date. number two spot philadelphia, boston had the least happy

women when it comes to dating. atlanta, not so good either. >> do we believe this jess? >> no. >> uh-huh.

it's a breezy friday around here. much cooler too. we were in the 70s yesterday.

we dipped into the 40s this morning: low 50s by noon. still kind of breezy this afternoon. with a high in the mid maybe upper 50s. even chillier on saturday. your full weekend forecast in just a few minutes. and we're going to take a look at 270 on the southbound side. it's slow. overall. nothing all the way down to the point where the lanes divide looking great this morning. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at virginia roads at 6:17. thank you monika. witnesses to a shooting at a hospital credit university of pittsburgh police from stopping a rampage before it could get even worse. >> that's one of the stories making news now this morning. it happened yesterday afternoon at a psychiatric clinic. police say the gunman came in and shot and killed an employee and then wounded seven others. police then shot and killed the gunman. investigators are now looking for a motive. campaign aides for newt gingrich says the presidential candidate needs to win alabama and mississippi to stay in the race. the states have their primaries

tuesday and gingrich canceled plans to visit kansas. that state holds its caucus tomorrow. in a few hours, president obama will leave the white house for prince george, virginia which is near richmond, here's going to tour an aerospace facility near there. all right, here's the question -- should you be allowed to smoke in your own car if there are children in the car with you? that's the issue before the maryland state senate today. >> the senate will debate this issue in annapolis. scott broom has a look at the proposed law and reaction to it. >> smoking in the car with kids is not good at all. >> kids should snot be around smoking -- not be around smoking. >> reporter: no doubt about it. nobody here thinks smoking with kids in the car is a good idea. >> the kids they don't have a choice. >> come down with all kinds of cancers. >> reporter: not even the smoker. a smoker in favor of smoking regulation? i'm surprised by that. >> i care about the kids nowadays. >> reporter: but in maryland's

legislature, proposed bans on smoking with kids in the car has been shot down eight times since 2007. and this year another fight is brewing. over a bill that would ban smoking with kids under 8. 8 years old. with republican senator ed riley reeddy to lead the open -- ready to lead the opposition. aren't you afraid for the kids? >> parents are more concerned about their children than we will ever be. they have an invest interest in what happens to their children. this is another intrusion of government on their private lives. >> reporter: he's on the other side. >> i guarantee you if those 3- year-olds had a lobbyist down here and they were -- they'd be marching on annapolis demanding we pass the law. >> reporter: the science on this is a slam dunk. a 2006 harvard school of public health stud did found that inside a car with a smoker contaminants are hazardous even for the general public and they are seven times past the unhealthy level for kids.

it's even hazardous with the windows cracked and the levels go off the charts only five minutes after lighting up. scott broom, 9news now. six states have banned already on smoking in the car with kids, that list includes california, arkansas, and a few others. but the issue has been defeated in plenty of other states. derek mcginty says this is another issue of big government intruding in our lives. check out his commentary on wusa9.com, it's in his let's be real section. >> it's interesting when you look back at things, regulations that were in the past. people said it was government intruding on our lives when it was about seat belts. so but it is -- one of those issues so check out his let's be real commentary. let's be real. let's get to weather right now. >> yeah, jackets required this morning. unlike yesterday. gosh 74? >> uh-huh. >> a lot of people very happy out there. a lot of things in bloom. >> still, 50s not awful right now. >> we could be doing a lot worse and we're going to be doing a lot colder by tonight

and saturday then. but right now grab the jacket and sweaters, sweatshirts you will need them. we have a chill returning. here's your bus stop forecast. skies are mostly cloudy. they'll become maybe partly sunny here in a little while especially knot and west of town with -- north and west of town with temperatures in the 40s and lower 50s at the bus stop. sunrise at 6:28. unfortunately the clouds are obscuring the sunrise this morning. we'll get the sun back here shortly. 49 at 8:00. butpy noon we're not going to recover much. only in the low 50s thanks to the winds at 10 to 20 miles per hour bringing the colder air in. 56 by 4:00 and a high today about 57. and then tonight at 8:00 you're going out this evening? ooh, we'll be in the mid 40s with a stiff northwest winds. windchills may be down in the 30s already by 7:00, 8:00 p.m. showers overnight and are now powelling away -- pulling away. especially into southern maryland starting to clear out.

charles county is clearing out. northern calvert is clearing out. still northern neck and eastern shore have the rain around. cambridge down to vienna also lusby and st. leonard down to leonard town to st. mary's city. this is pulling away. northern neck, new lynn is almost done. it's 50 in town but look at the low 40s even 30s in western maryland. locally we still have some 40s showing and doing some 40s showing up in alexandria with columbia 46. quick look outside on the michael & son weather camera and good visibility. winds are gusting though in the low to mid-20s at the moment. 57 today. breezy. tonight, low to mid-30s. maybe some upper 20s north and west. 50 tomorrow and a chilly day. we recover nicely by sunday into the 60s. time change weekend put the clocks ahead one hour before you go to bed saturday night and then monday and tuesday

we're back to 70. andrea and mike back to you. thank you howard. our time is 6:18. next in sports the college hoops frenzy is here and oh i'm sorry. monika? monika we didn't want the figure you. >> hey guys. >> that's okay. no problem. if you're planning to head around town, a couple of things. first of all on the inbound side of the dulles toll road just getting word of an accident in the tyson's area between route 123 and the beltway. and apparently the lanes are blocked on the inbound side of the dulles toll road. i'm going to keep you posted on that situation. we're just making some phone calls to find out what's going on there on the dulles toll road so hang right and we'll get that information for you. then inside the beltway you can see this slow traffic as well. trying to get over to 66. we'll go outside live right now first of all here's the dulles toll road at route 7 and again, we're getting word on the accident near route 123. back to the maps and this time to the northbound side of i-95.

slow traffic here. about 47 miles an hour as you travel through woodbridge and then when you're in newington you will find the slow traffic as well trying to get into springfield. live right there right now with the lanes are open. 95 is incident-free as you can see trying to exit to the beltway or 395. coming up in my next report, we will talk about that accident on the dulles toll road at 6:25. back to you guys. thank you monika. it is 6:19. next in sports, the college hoops frenzy is here. and see the game-winning goal from last night's capitals' game. first we have another check of the question of the morning, we bring it to you always this time -- >> our facebook friends are weighing in this morning, sharon always has something good to say, she says this morning -- >> it is addicting that little

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welcome back. 6:23. your weather first on the friday morning. -- on this friday morning. grab your jackets, windchills now in the 30s after being in the 70s yesterday. we have some gusts to 30 at dulles. temperatures struggling today to get back to the low to mid- 50s here by early this afternoon. highs 56, 57 and with the little bit of a breeze you'll need the windbreaker most of the day. andrea? thank you howard texas weekend is a huge one for college basketball fans people like this guy right here. >> yes. love it. love it. tons of hoops and lots of tournament action including local teams in the acc tournament. virginia tech taking on clemson yesterday. it was tied ad 52. six minutes left and then the hokies go on the 9-0 run. they win 68-63. virginia tech takes on duke

tonight. maryland, moving on to the quarterfinals as well. dropped 25 points on wake forest yesterday. the terps roll 82-60. up next, the tarheels unc back on february 29th the tarheels routed the terps but at least they know what they're up against. georgetown hurt the chances of getting a high seed yesterday. they took on cincinnati and double overtime but wright hit the game winner with nine seconds left. the hoyas lose and sims had 22 and 15 in the loss. and ncaa tournament brackets come out this sunday. and where can you see it? right here on channel 9. the brackets will be revealed sunday night at 6:00 p.m. after that you can print out the brackets, best website. wusa9.com. from the hardwood to the ice, the capitals are moving on up with 15 games left they now hold the eighth seed in the playoffs and they hold the tie break right now with winnipeg

for that spot. d.c. hosted tampa bay last night. down with four minutes left. marcus johannson fired and scores, that tied the game at 2. in overtime one minute left. a great number 8 with his 27th goal of the season. ovechkin scores the game winner and the caps beat the lightning 3-2. peyton manning hopes to pick a new team by next week. but he will not be picking the redskins. espn radio reports manning doesn't want to play here in washington. at least it doesn't seem he's contacted the free agent since he was dumped by the colts on wednesday. one of the reasons they say he wants to stick with the afc and you say there's good reason for that. >> he knows the defenses already and been studying them for year and he doesn't have to start from scratch. we'll see. i bet miami. 6:25. still ahead landing that elusive summer internship. how you can do it and why they are so important for college students. and a follow-up to a story we told you about earlier this

week, coke and pepsi making changes that their sodas. before you grab the keys, listen to monika. mo? >> we're taking a live look at an accident right here on the inbound -- eastbound side of the dulles toll road ramp to westbound i-66. it is causing about a one mile backup and crews are on the scene as you can see. i'll have more on this accident coming up in my next report at 6:30. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back.

welcome back. 6:29. howard with you. i'm outside on the weather terrace, it's getting a little chilly here this morning. we still have cloudy skies overhead. but the showers are all south and east of us. you'll need the jackets for sure as we have some windchills down in the 30s now. a lot colder than it was yesterday archaean we hit 74. sun -- afternoon when we hit

74. by noon only 52. kind of breezy with a northwesterly wind at 10 to 20. we've had some gusts of 30 already this morning out at dulles airport this past hour. looking at the rain the morning pulling quickly away to the east and southeast. still some rain in the parts of the northern neck and eastern shore but for us we're done with it.  there's lusby and leonard town. st. mayry's another 20 minutes or so and the eastern shore another hour. 43 in frederick and still 50 in annapolis and at reagan national and highs today in the mid- to upper 50s. right now monika has a look at timesaver traffic and new accident to tell you about. that's right this one is in virginia we're going to take a live look here from sky 9 and i'm going to say this as clearly as possible. it's on the eastbound side of the dulles access road at the merge with inbound i-66. and you can see right now they are not letting traffic merge

on to eastbound 66 at times they have been letting people through. but they are waiting on -- a tow truck i believe to help with that one car under the line right there. which has been damaged in the accident. so watch out for this. it's causing at least a one mile backup. solid trying to get eastbound on the access road right now we'll take a look at a map so i can show you where it is exactly inside the beltway. again, eastbound on the dulles access road that merge with eastbound i-66 the scene of the accident this morning. we'll take a live look -- or actually go up to the maps north side of town. no problems to report on the beltway between 95 and 270 here's the beltway on the west side of american legion bridge. looking good between thaison cease and bethesda. coming up in my next report, an update on the accident at 6:43. thank you monika. we talked about this yesterday. chances are you or someone you know has now posted a video about kony 2012 in the last few day, it's a viral video campaign against a war lord in

uganda. >> now the war lord had atrocities against men, women and children there for years but there's now questions about the people who made the video. does it pass the stink test? erica hill is live with more on the story from "cbs this morning." erica? >> good morning, a lot of people asking that i think at the last count they were at or around maybe over 60 million views on the video making it the most successful viral video ever. it's a 30 minute film about a ugandan war lord and we're going to ask one of the people how they made this happen. what they hope to accomplish with it and we're going to talk about the questions that critics have. there's a piece in the "new york times" this morning that called it a pitch perfect piece to slack tivists. but some people are not really sure what the video is hoping to accomplish. that's coming up this morning at 7:00. >> thanks a lot. we will be watching and talk to you soon. now to some breaking news

we've been following all morning. a police involved shooting along the d.c. maryland border. >> just after midnight at blare mill road in eastern avenue. that's on the border between northwest d.c. and silver spring, maryland. that's where delia goncalves is live this morning. delia? >> reporter: andrea and because of the location here we have two police jurisdictions handling the investigation. mpd and montgomery county police and we can tell you at this hour it appears the suspected may have been shot outside his home. police where r now confirming to us -- are now confirming to us the suspect lived here in the 8100 block of eastern avenue. a look at some video shot earlier today. the suspect is still in critical condition. police received several calls about shots being fired in the neighborhood. when officers arrived just after 12:30. they spotted the suspect in the middle of eastern avenue firing his gun. shots were exchanged. one officer an eight year veteran of the force was injured in the hand. the suspect shot several times,

there were a tea toll after three -- total of three megacounty police officers -- montgomery county police officers on the scene including a rookie cop who just garage washington nationalsed the academy -- graduated the academy three months ago. we can tell you that all three are now on routine administrative leave. what we don't know at this point several important questions. how many shots were fired and how many officers discharged chair weapons? montgomery county police handling that part of the investigation. d.c. police looking into why the suspect was out here in the first place. we'll have much more on this story as it continues to develop through the day. back to you mike, andrea? >> thank you delia. reporting live in northwest on the border with maryland this morning. in other news investigators are working the find out who's mailing envelopes full of white powder to d.c. schools and business. yesterday hazardous material crews suited up to investigate powder mailed to bowen elementary. a school employee came in

contact with the substance after opening the envelope. >> when i am kind of upset sir because i want my grandchild out of there and they won't let us in. >> a second envelope was mailed to the vienna restaurant at 12th and 8th streets northwest. a chef came in contact with the powder, in both cases the substance was deemed harmless. don't if concerned if you see a lot of police in the virginia square neighborhood of arlington today. it is only a test. county police will be holing a training exercise at oakland park. that's at wilson boulevard and north oakland street. the drill will run from 9:00 this morning until 4:00 this afternoon. some parking meters in the area will be off-limits because of the drill. we have a follow-up now to a story we first brought to you tuesday morning. coke and pepsi are changing their formulas. they're going to remove the formula which gives the colas the distinctive brown color you

see. it's been linked to cancer in lab animals. the new formula is already used in california and it will now go nationwide. it is just about 6:35. i'm jessica doyle and i'm helping you get hired. this morning a focus on summer espnships. many college students are already looking for the right opportunity and according to new figures more internships may be available the year. josh howard is with local staffing from robert haft international and joins us with more. >> thank you. >> tell us about the outlook for internships this summer. >> well the national association of colleges and employers predicts internships will be up over 8% this year. just due to the improving job market so that's great news. >> that is great news, now is this a good time the start looking for that perfect internship? is it too late? what -- what about timing? >> now is the time. do not wait. there is still high

unemployment. there are still less internships available than years ago. so it's a very competitive market. the best thing you can do the you're looking for an internship is to get started right now. >> how do we do that? what's the best method? >> it starts with the career services center at the university or college but you know like any -- any job, most internships are found through networking and through personal relationships. so using your personal networks, friends, families, who are working at companies is always going to be the best way to do it. and you want to start tapping those resources today. >> what about paid internships? you know in the tv business a lot of the stuff is for credits so the thought of a paid internship sounds like shangri- la but they are actually out there right? >> they are out there especially in some high demand areas like accounting, i. t. et cetera, you can get paid internships, you can use paid staffing firms as a way to get

paid internships also because they work with companies that are frequently looking for individuals on a short-term or project basis over the summer. >> let's move to the national job picture. expected to show 210,000 jobs created lance month. which is good. unemployment may be holding steady. what are you guys seeing in terms of hiring right now? >> we're cautiously opt mix, another month of over 200,000 jobs created would be a huge boost. continuing the trend we've been on. in our area, where we focus in accounting finance, i. t. and legal, we've seen very high demand and certainly a big increase in clients needing good people so we're cautiously optimistic this good trend is going to continue. >> josh, you're putting a smile on my face this morning. we will send it over to andrea. thank you jess. we have a commuter alert. metro will cut the red line in two this weekend. starting at 10:00 tonight there will be no service between dupont circle. that closure will last through

sunday night. there will be shuttle buses to get you around the closure but you should add 20 minutes to the travel time no matter what. also this weekend expect minor plays on the orange, blue and yellow lines. trains will single track because of maintenance work. howard? >> he says highs will be where they are about now in the mid 50s under sunny skies though. straight ahead a look ahead to the weekend and learn when we'll be back in the 70s. set the dvr before you go out, here's what's on channel 9 coming up tonight --

it's 6:43 and 50 degrees. welcome back. we've been telling you about an accident inside the beltway a live look here from sky 9. on the eastbound side of the dulles toll road at the exit

for 66. all traffic is stopped right now. a flatbed tractor-trailer has arifed at the scene -- arrived at the scene. a flatbed tow truck is taking care of the damaged vehicle and in the meantime all staff the stopped on the -- traffic the stopped on the eastbound side of the dulles toll road and there's at least a two mile backup if not more right now because of this accident. so we've been telling you about it this morning and going to show you what it looks like on the map right now so you can get some perspective. no photograph is get -- traffic is getting by right now so please do remember that for your travel plans. inbound on 66 itself, that's not affected by the accident. it's inbound on the dulles toll road or access road inside the beltway. taking a look at the northbound side of i-95, you've got the normal slow traffic out of newington into springfield. a live look a tight now. you can see it's just slow -- at that right now. you can see it's just slow trying to exit on to the beltway or continue north on to 395. also the west side 06 town here at -- of town here the american

legion bridge. nice and quiet here at bethesda and tyson's corner. i'llup date you at 6:58. back to you mike. 6:45. here's howard, okay the cooldown today but we're anxious to hear about the warmup. >> a little chilly tonight tomorrow, this afternoon. but spring is just about here in full swing. today though not one of the spring-like days. we have temperatures down not 30s in many areas and not like yesterday by any stretch. the bus stop forecast, it is mostly cloudy at the moment. i think skies are get partly sunny a little bit later but with windchills down in the 30s and temps in the 40s to barely 50 right now. you're going to feel it. we've got some winds gusting 30, 32 places like diocoel and even -- dulles and even fort belvoir right now. the day planner we will see sunshine today and also see cooler temperatures only to about 52 at noon. mid 50s at 3:00 and highs today

somewhere 54 to 58 with a 51- degree reading at 6:00 and notice the sunshine and also notice the winds still 10, 20 miles an hour and could gust the 30 at times especially through the middle of the day. there's the rain we had last night and the showers this morning. and they are quickly pulling away. gone from most areas now although in southern half of northern neck, i think in the next 20 to 60 minutes this will all be gone. and you'll be done with the rain as sunshine may take a few more hours to follow but this will look at live doppler 9000 hd. here it is just about clear in calvert county. st. mary's city, ridge, you have to deal it with it as well. again another 30 to 60 minutes and i think you'll be all done with the rain. tempts they're really dropping north and west. down to 40 in hagerstown and winchester is 41. cumberland is 37 be a 48-degree reading now at the pax river naval air station. feels like 45 there and feels like 31 in hagueest town. so definitely a chill has returned.

looking outside under cloudy skies on the michael & son weather camera, nice view of the white house this morning. grass looks like they need to mow it soon. it's greening up already. cloudy skies, 50 degrees that dew point's at 27 as the drier air moves in and the winds out of the northwest at 13 but still gusting about 20 or so. and we're looking at the big picture. there goes the front. here's some clearing behind it and our next weather maker is not going to be until next week the way it looks now. so all is well for the weekend. chilly today breezy 57. tonight we're in the 30s maybe some uppers. still a northwest wind. we will struggle to get to 50 tomorrow. some areas will stay in the upper 40s, a cold night saturday night again in the 20s and 30s but look at sunday, 64 degrees. going to be a nice finish to the weekend and an even nicer start. don't forget the time change saturday night as we spring forward one hour. you can make it a three day weekend go for it and tuesday showers and 70. mike and andrea back to you. thanks shourd. time now -- howard. time now 6:47. today as of today it has been 35 years since the start of the

hostage standoff here in the district. >> three days of terror ended with a police officer and journalist dead. in 1977 a group of hanafi muslims took over what was then called the district building. the headquarters and the islamic center of washington. after 39 hours they released all 149 hostages. marion berry was shot and wounded in the standoff and he was the city councilman at the time. the terrorists demanded seven prisoners be handed over to them and they wanted a movie about the prophet mohammed banned nationwide. patience by police in waiting out the terrorists was credited with keeping the death count low. right now on wusa9.com see a gallery from 39 years ago and watch bruce leshan's report, he spoke with some of the people taken hostage that day. the springfield mall is closing most of its stores when a major renovation project starts in july. target, macy's, jcpenney will all stay open during the first phase of what is a ten year

plan to transform that mall into springfield town center. once it's finished it will have shops, businesses, hotels and condominiums. 6:9. time to reveal -- 49, time to reveal the answer to the question of the morning and the question was -- >> well, the answer is listening to the radio. which i sort of get if you get especially d.c. traffic. >> exactly. and we're not sure if that includes people were listening on ipod or music on the computer. but it is the thing that we do -- listen to the least but -- >> i listen to the radio on the computer, on the ipod and in the car. >> it's always on in the car. now over to jess with the daily deals today. >> we've been combing through the e-mails and websites for you and here's the favorite daily deals. here's a much cheaper option instead of the ipad. kgb deals is offering the

android 2.1 multitouch tablet for $71 and free shipping, that's a discounts of 74%. this normally sells for $299. how about this one? a three in one panini press, grill and open griddle from george foreman. buy.com has the deal $49.99 plus free shipping, normally $89.99 and saving 44%. and one for the ladies, a little spring fashion target.com's featuring this daily deal. it is a dress a cotton summer dress by the merona line. $20, free shipping, normally $27 so that is a 29% savings. if you have an offer you've even or if you're a local merchant for the deal for the viewers, i'd love to hear from you on facebook. a check of the news before you go, that's up next.

6:53. we are turning chillier this morning, the rain is just about gone everywhere. we return with partly sunny conditions and 49 at 9:00. 52 at noon although the winds out of the northwest 10 to 20. you're going to feel it highs mid- to upper 50s. mike? thank you howard. today is friday, march 9th here's a check of the news before you go this morning. police are investigating the death of a 3-month-old girl. she was found yesterday at a home on sapphire ridge place in brisco, virginia. police say the home had an unlicensed day care in it. right now they say there's in sign of foul play. today maryland senator barbara mikulski will receive the lifetime achievement award. she'll be the first nonafrican- american to receive that award. the democrat secured $1 million for her part honoring tubman and the undergrounds railroad. alex ovechkin came up big for the caps last night scored the game-winning goal with a

minute left in overtime. caps top the lightning 3-2. d.c. visit the boston brewin wins tomorrow. "cbs this morning" starts ad the top of the hour -- at the top of the hour, travel expert peter greenberg stops by to tell us five things rental car companies don't want us to know. before that one more last check of traffic and weather. keep it right here on 9news now. [ indistinct conversations, laughter ]

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and for father's day i got my husband one of his helmets signed. it was a charity auction. >> i'll put your name in. all right. >> put her name in the bin. >> thank you. thank you. >> it's kind of fun. weather-wise big changes, we've guilty windchills in the 30s in spots today. 50 tomorrow. time change saturday night. and then look at the warmup beginning sunday at 64 and monday, back to 70. nothing wrong with that. monika? going to take one look live from sky 9 on the inbound side of the dulles access road. one lane is getting by the accident at i-66. take route 7 to 66 instead. jessica. looking for 210,000 jobs created in february and that's what wall street is going to be looking at too. >> "cbs this morning" is up next. they're looking at iran and plus ewe wan mcgregor. >> don't forget wusa9.com, have yourself a great weekend and we'll see u