with drizzle. at national. by noon we could be towards 70 if we can start to get some of that sunshine. we'll see it this afternoon, mid and even upper 70s within reach. there's the dense fog advisory. just about everybody tell you get to the northern shenandoah valley in the west and the mountains with visibilities this morning way down. we're looking at visibilities down to a mile in leesburg. that's dropping. quarter mile westminster. an eighth of a mile dulles and national. 16 at baltimore. look at all the .25s, even zero at orange. low beams. a slow go this morning with the fog and also with the volume now building and a couple of incidents. with more on that we go to monika santami with time saver traffic. definitely you want to be careful outside right now as the volumes increase. you've got the fog to deal w. keep your speed limits down and your fog lights on as well. i'll start off with the beltway. overall things aren't too bad on the beltway but there is an accident in virginia on the georgetown pike just before the beltway. lanes are blocked on the georgetown pike as they wait for the tow truck to arrive. in the meantime maybe you want to use the dulles toll road instead. that was a single vehicle into

a ditch so it may take a few minutes for them to deal with that situation. we'll take you over to the american legion bridge first. on the west side of town which is still looking pretty good. no problems to report between bethesda and tysons corner here. we'll go back over to the maps. this is where things start to get a little bit sticky. on the northbound side of 95 it's beginning to slow down quite a bit from dale city into woodbridge because of the fog. we'll take a live look first in this area where again on the northbound side of 95, it's a bit slow. then 395 at the 14th street bridge. you can see fog is definitely going to be a factor this morning. coming up in my next report, i'll update you on the situation on the georgetown pike at 6:15. back to you. >> thank you, monika. city leaders in sanford, florida are giving their police chief a vote of no confidence for his handling of the trayvon martin shooting. >> martin was the 17-yard boy shot and killed by -- 17-year- old boy shot and killed by a neighborhood watch captain. the watch captain was not charged under a self-defense law. >> the case is gaining national attention.

delia goncalves is live at the freedom plaza this morning. it will be the site that will host a rally this weekend. >> reporter: that's right. the rally will be held saturday at 2:00. folks who attend the rally are told to wear black or their hoodies. it was raining and trayvon martin, the 17-year-old who was killed was wearing a hoody at the time that fateful day where he was shot and killed near a neighbor's home. rallies were held in miami and new york in support of the teen's family. the unarmed teenager was walking home from the store carrying a bag of skittls and a bottle of ice tea. he was on the phone with his girlfriend and told her he was being followed. george zimmerman reported a suspicious man in the area. he reportedly called police nearly 50 times. however, this time when the cops told him to back down, he continued to pursue the victim. he later told police the unarmed 17 yearldz a-- 17-year-

old attacked him. >> the death of trayvon is terrible. i heard today the commission taking the vote of no confidence in chief lee. i have stated that i'm looking for an understanding, an investigation into not only the death of trayvon but the actions of the sanford police department. i want to know if they did something they shouldn't have done, i want to know that. if they didn't do things they should have done, i want to know that i'm looking for an independent investigation, a law enforcement agency to come in and evaluate the actions of the sanford police department. >> we're asking as citizens of this country we are pa physicianing our -- petitioning our elected officials concerning the permitting of the gun that we believe was used to murder this young manual, we want the -- man, we want the commission to revoke his license. >> coming up in my next live report at 6:30, hear from george zimmerman's former neighbors in manassas, virginia. back to you. >> thank you, deal, delia goncalves live at freedom plaza this morning.

d.c. police are investigating the stabbing of a pregnant woman. she was stabbed in the stomach early this morning on 9th street near southeast avenue in -- southern avenue rather in southeast. the woman was eight months pregnant. she should be okay. we do not know the condition of her unborn baby. police are now on the lookout for the man who attacked her. new this morning at least one arrest in a triple stabbing. police tell 9news now they arrested a teenage girl overnight. another suspect may be out there. three women were stabbed last night at rhode island avenue and 4th street northeast. at least one of the victims is a minor and at least one is in serious condition. new at 6:00 a.m., another possible location for a casino in prince george's county. developers in county native charles hopkins is pitching a sight in largo. he hopes to put 4700 slot machines and 117 table games there. the site is at the boulevard at the capital center. that shopping center has struggled in this bad economy.

hopkins' plan includes a spa, nightclub and sports venue. county executive rushern baker wants to put a casino at national harbor instead. any table gaming facility needs approval from state lawmakers and then from voters. vincent gray says sweeping campaign finance reform may be needed in the district. he wants lawmakers to consider major changes to how candidates get their money. several city councilors are facing subpoenas as part of the thompson investigation. the standoff between french police and a man wanted for killing three schoolchildren is entering its second day. police say the suspect wants to, quote, die with weapons in his hands. police have not had contact with the suspect since last night. right now you're looking at live images from toulouse, france. the man is accused of killing three jewish schoolchildren, a rabbi and three paratroopers. the man says he's affiliated

with al qaeda. french authorities are willing to wait him out. house street smart are you when -- how street smart are you when it comes to crossing a busy intersection? sounds pretty easy, right? but every year people are struck and killed by not following the rules. police have launched a new program to remind pedestrians how to safely cross the street. >> there's a high volume of pedestrian traffic that aren't -- [indiscernible] -- such as crossing in crosswalks or they're crossing into traffic. >> or they're crossing holding a cell phone not hearing. prince george's county authorities will announce how and when they'll begin citing pedestrians for improperly crossing the street. fines will range from $75 to $500. it is 6:06. i am watching your money. i talk about scams a lot, give you warnings on how to avoid them. this morning a number of

buzzwords you'll want to consider. red flags for scams. these are words that con art is use a lot -- artists use a lot online. we're going to start with congratulations. unless you just had a baby or some other similar life change, beware. you should disregard all of those messages promising that you won a free ipad or you were the 100 millionth visitor to a site. here's another buzzword you'll wand to avoid. acai. these berries are marketed as an all natural miracle drug. the fcc started cracking down on wild claims back in 2010 but they are still circulating online. another buzzword, look out for the word "home" if used in connection with work from home. there are legit work from home opportunities out there but there are also lots and lots of scams. another red flag, the words "risk free." life question here for you. is there anything in life that's risk free?

disregard these ones. here's a sign of a mobile phone scam. look for the word "service" along with "bill" and "charge." another sign of a scam, unsolicited e-mail about a diet. schemes promising ways to get thin quick can be just as numerous as getting rich quick. finally, beware of e-mails talking about stocks. if you get an unexpected e-mail promising a can't miss investment opportunity, it is best to use extreme caution. of course we get a lot of these every single day in our e-mail. >> i get a lot that say thank you for inquiring about working from home opportunities. just delete, delete, delete. don't even bother to open. angry bird addicts, do is the day you've been waiting for. the new game comes out. >> the latest version of the game is getting a premier similar to a hollywood movie. >> it's called "angry birds space." the game was unveiled by nasa earlier this month with the video from the international space station. there's a national geographic

tie-in and wal-mart is promoting the game on its facebook page. the angry birds franchise is fast approaching one billion downloads. i haven't gotten into it yet but you love it. >> i don't really play it. my daughter plays it and she's terrific. the time right now is 6:09. in eight minutes it's cool schools time. >> no need to grab the owner's manual to figure out the new ipad you just bought. ask these 4 and 5-year-olds instead. howard said it's going to be another foggy morning and we could see a thunderstorm this afternoon. your weather is straight ahead on 9news now.

we are back at 6:12. here's some of the stories making news now. no reaction yet from the state department on the nation in northwest africa. soldiers overthrough the democratically elected president saying he mishandled an insurgent movement. he's in hiding. afghanistan will be in the spotlight on capitol hill. the senate armed services committee will hear from general john allen, the head of international forces and he'll talk about the military mission in light of this month's shooting of civilians by an american soldier. at least one person is dead will r in the latest surround of severe weather down south. strong winds also damaged homes and trees in the area.

>> very serious weather situation. >> a big storm in the middle of the country gave the flooding and severe weather in louisiana, mississippi and arkansas. chicago yesterday got 2087 degrees. s that -- got to 87 degrees. in the seven ever the last eight days they're in the 80s. >> that's chicago for you. >> they're making a run toward their april record of 80. incredible warmth. for us we're off to another foggy start. our dense fog advisory once again has been posted by the national weather service. it is in effect till 10:00. a live picture coming from freedom plaza this morning of some of the visibilities downtown which are running a quarter to half mile. as we look at the dense fog advisory, you'll see just about everybody in it except when you go far west of washington. some of the advice i can'ts are now down -- visibilities are now down to an eighth of a mile at dulles. 16th in baltimore. look south. everybody about a quarter to maybe half a mile. so there's a lot of fog out there.

it will be around for a few more hours. at the bus stop, clouds, a little drizzle. we will burn off this fog and cloud cover earlier than yesterday. even through late this morning we'll be mostly cloudy. low 70s by 1:00. i think we get into some sunshine earlier this afternoon. that will boost temps into the mid if not upper 70s before this day is out. so that's looking pretty good. right now we've got upper 50s in restton. sterling is 59. 60 already at rockville and bethesda. columbia, crofton at 57 along with andrews. as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, the capitol dome was there earlier. now the fog has shrouded it completely. south wind at 5 and humidity 94%. that storm system in the middle of the country, chicago still 61 at this hour. that's incredible for this time of year. also the 30s in the mountains. there's been snow flying out west. this storm system by the way, this is bringing a lot of rain in mississippi this morning. it's going to bring a lot of

rain around here i thing saturday and sunday. the computer projections one to three inches. maybe higher than that up near the pennsylvania border. early fog, afternoon sun. tonight a little fog. i don't think nearly as widespread. 81 tomorrow. some areas even warmer than that south and west. then saturday showers and storms, cooler, only around 70. sunday more rain around, 62. then next week we dry out early monday and cool tuesday with a milder wednesday. monika is in now at 6:15 with time saver traffic. >> been a tough one this morning with the fog, especially to the east side of town. i'm going to get to that in a moment. here's the beltway. we'll take a look here where i've been telling you about this accident in mclean west of the beltway. that was just cleared up. you're good to go through the area but expect residual delays. let me show you the fog. on the inbound side of 66, here's what it looks like at the roosevelt bridge. fog will be a factor. we'll go over to the northbound side of 395 at the 14th street bridge. we've also got a lot of fog this morning heading north on

395 and another problem is on the southeast, southwest freeway near the 3rd street tunnel. debris in the road is causing flat tires. ddot is on the scene there trying to fix the situation. keep that in mind if that's where you're headed. marc delays, run 5g to ten minutes -- running 5 to ten minutes late. the fog to the north in college park and to the east coming in on the bw parkway and route 50. more on area road conditions at 6:25. attention, class. mr. high deck is not in today -- mr. hydeck is not in today so we're your siewb suit. -- substitute. having trouble with the ipad? you'll want to ask your preschooler. >> wake your ipad up. find your camera app. >> reporter: they aren't even in kindergarten yet and these little ones are already in touch with the hottest

technology on the market. is it hard to take pictures with an ipad or is it easy? >> it's easy. >> reporter: it's easy? what is your next thing you have to find? >> three green things. >> reporter: 4 and 5-year-olds in oakton, virginia are learning counting, colors, and shapes by capturing the images themselves. >> what shape is that? >> reporter: every student has their own ipad 2 which will travel with them year to year. >> things that they used to maybe do with paper and pencil will now be done on their electronic devices in a much more creative and fluid way. >> reporter: learning the building blocks of the technology now helps prepare them for the future. >> that's an interesting thought. >> reporter: it seems the future is already here. is that a video? >> yes. >> reporter: they may only be 4 or 5 years old but they already

know the lingo. find your camera app and take a picture of cameraman felix. as these preschoolers easily point, shoot and swipe through the new technology, they're already doing a little teaching, too which the grownups think is pretty cool. >> because the kids are so good at it, they're also helping create ways that we can incorporate it even deeper. >> reporter: what do you like best about working with an ipad? >> playing games on the ipad. >> reporter: you like playing games on the ipad? >> yes. >> reporter: is this like a game to you or is this work? >> work. >> reporter: and that's what it's all about, right? work. this just happens to be fun, too. >> if you have a cool school idea, e-mail mike at mhydeck at wusa9.com. this is the generation that knows nothing but the digital world. >> they are so cute. our time now is coming up

on 6:19. next in sports, the ncaa tournament gets to the sweet 16 and the newest wizard comes up big for his team. right now another check of our question of the morning. 58% of married men say they are better at this than their wives. is it a, fashion, b, cooking or c, laundry. >> facebook friend bobby didn't cast a vote but says it is not b. my girlfriend is knows a thing or two about cooking. i'm going to be a fat husband one day. her food is awesome.

your weather first on this very foggy morning. a dense fog advisory till 10:00 a.m. advice i can'ts down to a quart -- visibilities down to a quarter mile or less in many areas. you can see a 16th of a mile at

bwi. quarter mile at national. an eighth at dulles. very foggy morning. dense fog advisory till 10:00. i am expecting sunshine this afternoon. that will help boost temperatures well up into the 70s. over to you. >> thank you, howard. it's time for the sweet 16, the ncaa men's basketball tournament begins its next round. >> here are the gaiments you're going -- games you're going to see tonight on channel 9. at 7:15 wisconsin against syracuse. then in the late game cincinnati takes on ohio state. >> there are a pair of games tonight at 7:47 louisville and michigan state tipoff. then in the late game it's florida against marquette on tbs. >> get the entire tournament schedule on wusa9.com. learn where tbs is on your cable system and check your brackets. the shooting guard announced yesterday he will not head to the f.b.i. he led -- to the nba. he led in scoring this year

with 22 points per game. going to the pros, wizards visited the nets. the man known simply as nene was big in his wizards debut. d.c. tops new jersey. the wiz host the pacers tonight. the front page of "the new york post" this morning reads "got ep ep em -- got em." the popular quarterback was dealt from the denver broncos to the jets wednesday. -- [ inaudible ] tebow lost his job when the broncos signed peyton manning on tuesday. the redskins are hoping to make this guy their next quarterback. robert griffin iii also known as rg3. he held his pro day yesterday and completed 95 percent of his passes. nine people from the skins were there, including the owner and the coach. the skins are expected to take

rg3 in the draft next month. the football world is talking this morning about the big punishment handed downing to the new orleans saints. more on that straight ahead. gas prices show no signs of slowing down. in ten minutes, how much it's attacking on to the cost of your morning commute. >> at 6:25 monika has a quick check on traffic. >> if you're planning to head southbound on 270, it's slow right now out of frederick most of the way to 121. this is now on 66. i'll have an update on that coming up in my next report at 6:30. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] michelle's allergies are becoming an issue.

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we are back at 6:29. this is always the place to get your weather first. here's a live look at the old post pa soilian you to -- pa villain -- pavilion tower. you can see the tower there in the fog. this is downtown. now you understand why there's a fog advisory. 59 degrees there at the old post office tower pavilion. we promise you it was there in the shot. >> we trust you and we got it as we pulled out. thank you for starting your thursday with us. i'm jessica doyle. >> i'm andrea roane. mike hydeck is off today. meteorologist howard bernstein is here live on the weather terrace with the forecast. >> i'm struck by the image of the old post office tower.

there are many areas even worse than that. we have a lot of fog out there. a dense fog advisory in effect till 10:00 a.m. let's start with the day planner because temperatures are actually kind of comfortable. upper 50s, low 60s out there right now. we're going to stay in the low 60s through 9:00. maybe pockets of drizzle as well. by noon sun starts to develop, 70. this afternoon partly sunny at least, mid, upper 70s out there. so a very comfortable archway above the seasonal averages which are at 58. there's the dense fog advisory covering the entire metro region. as you head toward winchester, hagerstown, you're not in the advisory. you may see a little fog this morning. closer in, this is where the visibilities are really down. southern maryland socked in. baltimore down to a 16th. an eighth at dulles. we're going into the 70s once we get rid of the clouds and fog. let's go inside to monika tracking the commute this morning. volume, incidents, fog, not a good start for this thursday. it's been a tough combination. you're absolutely right. here's a live look at 66 on the

westbound side. very heavy and slow. westbound this morning heading for the fairfax county parkway because of a disabled bus in the service roadway and crews are on the scene trying to fix that situation. on the inbound side your lanes are open but you have got that slow traffic out of manassas off and on to centreville and fairfax. let's go over to our maps. the beltway is final. we're zooming to the westbound side of the southeast southwest freeway right before the 3rd street tunnel whether there was debris in the road. it's causing flat tires. they're trying to clean that up as soon as possible. you can see it's slowing down on the westbound side of the freeway. inbound side of 395, also heavy across the 14th street bridge with the fog situation. let's go outside live right now. if you're planning to head over to the northbound side of 395, this is exactly what i was talking about. fog and volume of course at this time of the morning. a quick live look at the other side of town as well. if you're planning to head over on the northbound side of i-95 heavy and steady into springfield. coming up in my next report, we'll update you on area roads

at 6:42. >> thank you. the black and gold are black and blue this morning. the new orleans saints from super bowl champions to a severe punishment in just two years. all over a violent bounty system in their locker room. >> it's a big story that cbs this morning is covering. charlie rose joins us live from new york with a preview. this is not going away any time soon, is it, charlie? >> no. you're right. good morning, andrea and jessica. andrea, i think you're a big saints fan. >> i'm a huge saints fan. i was planning on being there for the home team in the super bowl. it could still happen. i'm not losing faith. >> drew will be good? >> i think he's the only one that can help the team pull it out but it's going to be tough. >> we have a lot of good things for you this morning. what you haven't heard yet about that n.f.l. bounty scandal. i know as i said you're a big fan so host james brown will be here to tell us all about t. he'll show you how an angry employee and a batch of e-mails helped reveal the crush for

cash system. we'll also take a closer look at the punishment just handed down, talk to former player shannon sharp and also we're following a story that your own andrea mccarren broke, itself drunk driving -- the drunk driving crash. all that coming up so we'll see you at 7:00. >> that story that andrea broke is rivetting. glad you're showing it to the rest of the nation, charlie. we'll be watching. now to campaign 2012 and the race for the republican presidential nomination. the next contest is saturday in louisiana. the polls show rick santorum with a double digit lead there. he campaigned yesterday. santorum is trying to win delegates in southern states with a more conservative base. mitt romney's campaign is playing defense over a senior adviser's remark. he told cnn when romney gets into the general election in

november he'll play toward the center saying, quote, it's almost like a etch a sketch why you can -- where you can shake it up and start all over again. that had romney explaining. >> the issues i'm running on will be exactly the same. i'm running as a conservative republican. i was a conservative republican governor. i'll be running as a conservative nominee -- excuse me, hopefully at that point nominee for president. >> governor romney did pick up the endorse month wednesday of former florida governor jeb bush. we still haven't heard directly from the man in florida who shot and killed 17- year-old trayvon martin but we do know he has ties to northern virginia. delia goncalves joins us live from northwest washington with that part of the story. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. george zimmerman's former neighbors in manassas say he was a polite, mild mannered child when they knew him. however, they do offer an interesting perspective that could play a role in this

growing controversy. zimmerman we're told moved to manassas with his family when he was just a young boy. he graduated osborne high school in 2001 before moving with his family to florida. but one neighbor we spoke to says he returned recently to ask a former pastor to write a recommendation for him so he could become a police officer. zimmerman never became a police officer. >> when i heard the tapes of his calling into the police department, i said that sounds like paranoia to me. he's a big boy. he could have taken that kid easy. >> without a gun. >> without a gun. >> it was like he was trying to prove something, that he could handle this himself. he didn't need help. >> reporter: there will be a rally to support the shooting victim in this case, 17-year- old trayvon martin here at freedom plaza in d.c. downtown across from the wilson building on pennsylvania avenue from

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. saturday. attendees are asked to wear black or hoodies. of course trayvon martin was wearing a hoody the day he was killed last month. back to you, jess. >> thank you, delia, zeal deal -- delia goncalves live at freedom plaza. investigators say this man may have attacked a girl walking home from school. he jumped the girl from behind. she screamed. several lacrosse players ran to help. he ran off. he is described being around 5'8", 170 pounds and between 20 and 40 years old. even though it was damaged in last year's earthquake, the pipe organ at national city christian church still sounds good. >> the church held an organ

recital last night to help raise money for repairs. the earthquake in august damaged the church's sanity wear and the pipe organ -- sanctuary and the pipe organ. it's expected to cost around $150,000. i am watching your money. more and more of us are paying $4 a gallon for gas these days. according to aaa fuel gauge report, gas prices in the d.c. metro area now average $3.96 per regular grade. that's up 30 cents in just the last month. that's creating a real pinch on family budgets. the average round trip commute nationwide is now 48 miles a day. over a month that means the average commuter puts 960 miles on the car with the average home having two workers, that means 1900 miles a month. every time gas prices go up 50 cents, that means another 80 bucks a month in the tank for the average family. from fueling your car to fueling yourself, starbucks is launching a new line of natural energy drinks.

they're called refreshers. starbucks says they're going to come in flavors like raspberry, pomegranate, strawberry and lemonade. last year americans bought more than $8 billion in energy drinks. a california couple is playing let's make a deal with its home. the asking pies for this baby right here -- price for this baby right here $29 million. but the couple doesn't want cash. they're willing to sell the home for facebook stock. no date has been set for the facebook ipo but the couple says it's already received two calls from facebook employees. >> may be a good deal. >> private equity going on there. >> how about that. our time is 6:38. in mine minutes we're going into the kitchen for a look at the global business of chocolate. we'll talk with a retailer based on capitol hill. it's going to be another foggy morning. we hope to get some sun by lunch time with highs in the upper 70s. howard looks ahead to a weekend cooldown when 9news now

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welcome back to 9 news now. time saver traffic now on the northbound side of i-95 it's going to be that slow traffic and the fog this morning. coming out of dale city to woodbridge and 35 miles an hour coming up from lorton into springfield into the fog. now an accident as well. let's go to a live picture on the inner loop of the beltway just past the springfield interchange. the accident is there. crews are on the scene. it is causing slow traffic trying to get past that toward braddock road and then it breaks free up to 66. let's go back over to the maps. another issue has been on the westbound side of the southeast southwest freeway right here close to the 3rd street tunnel. it was asphalt that dropped on the road causing flat tires this morning and very slow traffic getting by. ddot has been on the scene for a while cleaning up there as well. we'll end with a live look at fog on the bw parkway north of the beltway.

look at that. that will definitely slow you down this morning. coming up in my next report, an update on area roads at 6:58. back to you. >> thank you, monika. you were talking about it. howard has been talking about it. our facebook friends are talking about it. the fog is bad out there this morning. >> a tiny bit better at reagan national but so many areas have a quarter mile or less. there are some flight delays going into philadelphia. if you have a flight up there for business, about a 20, 30- minute delay. hopefully we won't see too many more but it is pretty dense fog. there's where we begin on this thursday morning with a dense fog advisory till 10:00 for washington, baltimore, frederick, for fredricksburg, southern maryland, down out tort leesburg and a manassas. everybody in this -- out toward leesburg and man fan sas. everybody in this -- manassas. everybody in this. five miles in hagerstown. closer in an eighth of a mile at dulles, a 16th at bwi. so many areas are reporting a quarter mile visibility, south, southwest, east. we have a few delays.

queen anne, 90 minute delays due to the fog. fog will be with us for several more hours. at the bus stop, clouds and fog, some drizzle, too, in spots. temperatures running from the low 50s to the low 60s which is still way above average. sunrise at 7:08. as we head into the afternoon, we're going to burn off the fog. toward the midday. this afternoon sunshine so we're going to shoot into the mid if not upper 70s in many areas. winds out of the south close to 10 miles an hour. very nice afternoon. hey, check out the cherry blossoms. they're at peak bloom for a couple more days and will start to wayne. our weather headline -- wane. our weather headlines, warmer today. a stray thunderstorm. that's it will be possible. one or two spots. i don't think we'll see that much the next couple of days. more like june tomorrow as we see low 80s on friday. it's looking more and more like a wet weekend. i think we could have one to two, maybe three inches of rain out of the system saturday and

sunday. 59 in town. 57 culpeper. 60 still in fredricksburg and mid-50s for pax river over to easton and a quick look outside on our michael & son weather camera. the capitol boam, it's right -- the capitol dome, it's right here. light winds out of the south, southeast. so our forecast today, we're going to be in the 70s this afternoon once we burn off the clouds and fog. tonight 55 to 60. tomorrow 81. some areas maybe 83, 84. but unsettled, wet saturday into sunday. periods of showers and storming cooler sunday in the low 60s. by tuesday maybe a chilly day, chilly relatively speaking and 60 and 70 on wednesday. andrea roane, you are my best friend right now. >> i'll save you a little piece. of course we continue our celebration of chocolate week. this morning we're looking at the green in chocolate. that means the money in chocolate. amanda white from divine chocolate joins us this morning. amanda, thank you for being here. >> i'm happy to be here. >> the company divine chocolate, you have a whole

array of the various varieties and flavors. your chocolate comes from ghana. >> we're a fair trade farmer- owned chocolate company. we work closely with the farmers in ghana. we make sure they get a fair price for their cocoa beans and they're co-owners of the business so they reap some of the profits as well. >> that is a major part of what you're about in sharing, not just taking from the people who are putting in all the hard labor. where can you find divine chocolate because you don't have a brick and mortar store. >> exactly. our offices are based right in washington, d.c. but you can pick up our chocolate bars at whole foods, yes organic and also online. >> the easter holidays are approaching. i'm sure a lot of people are buying chocolate. you have some ideas for using chocolate in easter decorations or spring decorations. >> we have a couple of different activities you can do for easter. one is instead of sort of a big easter basket, if you're having

an easter brunch, you can use these as play setters involving divine's easter eggs as well as our easter bunnies. put them at each place of the table. folks can take this home as well. a flower pot or tea candle holder. you can pick them up at whole foods or online. >> using chocolate to decorate. >> exactly. a lot of fun things you can do with chocolate. our symbols are traditional. one thing we like to do is do a lot of activities around the symbol. today i'm wearing our rub on tattoo. >> can we get a shot of that symbol. in the meantime we'll try and get that. >> you can see that guy right there. one thing you can do is you can use the symbols to decorate your chocolate so each one carries its own meaning. this one means cooperation.

you can use a great little white chocolate pen and decorate cookies. >> a great idea for chocolate and fair trade giving it back to the growers as well. amanda, thanks for being with us. >> thanks so much for having me. >> jessica, take it away. >> thank you. we've been combing through today's daily deals to find you some deep discounts. here are some of our favorites today. kgb deals is offering a deal to tantalize your taste buds. you can get eight taste tickets for the taste of arlington. it's $15. you're getting 50% off here. the taste of arlington is may 20. sears' real deal has three- piece luggage set for 59.99 regularly priced at 119.99. that is a $60 savings. finally today, yipit is offering $5350 off -- $550 off of a wedding planning package. you pay $150 and you get $700 off one of three packages from

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at 6:53, dense fog, widespread. dense fog advisory by 10:00 a.m. by lunch time sun starts to break out and a sunnier afternoon. it should boost temperatures up into the middle and upper 70s. today is thursday, march 22. a check of the news before you go. some breaking news from that standoff in toulouse, france. this is a live look at toulouse. a series of loud explosions and gunfire was heard just minutes ago. no word exactly what happened.

a man claiming to be an islamic extremist has been holding police at bay for 32 hours. he's wanted in a series of shootings, including the murders of three jewish schoolchildren. police have arrested a teenage girl in a triple stabbing. three other girls were stabbed last night on rhode island avenue in northeast. at least one in serious condition. d.c. police may be looking for more suspects. a great wizards debut for nene in his first game in a d.c. uniform. he scored 22 points and had ten rebounds. wizards topped the nets 108-89. time to reveal the question of the morning, the answer. the question was 58% of married men say they are better at this than their wives. is it a, fashion, b, cooking, or c, laundry? >> easy. the answer is b, cooking. we let them do it and they like it. >> we just tell them they're better at it. >> my father was terrific. one more check of the news and traffic and weather before

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i'm still in shock about the penalties for the n.f.l. people are talking about. we were there when that news first came out in new orleans and people were upset about t. it obliterated the fact that drew brees had not sign add contract. now people are -- signed a contract. now people are saying he has more leverage because they signed him as a contract player. a lot of people say this is necessary and needed. >> you have to clean it up. bounty or incentive. >> they'll be having -- a lot

of time to think about it. dense fog advisory till 10:00. this is springfield, virginia. i trust the people telling me. this is springfield, virginia. monika knows this traffic camera well. it's indicative of some of the low visibilities we have right now. we'll get into sunshine today. mid- to upper 70s. tomorrow june like. low 80s. then a wet weekend ahead. showers and storms. sunday more wet weather, low 60s. on the inner loop of the beltway, let's take a live look. not only you have the fog but also an accident near braddock road and it's causing this backup. let's take a look at the 395 northbound side of the 14th street bridge. fog and a quick look on the north side of town, bw parkway also affected. cbs this morning with a new look at marriage in america and actress shirley mclean stops by. howard and i will be back in 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. have a great