than it was yesterday morning and this afternoon we may be 20 degrees warmer than the highs yesterday and we're going into the mid upper 70s not just 71 but we're going to go right through them. >> freezing one day and upper 70s the next. >> this is late spring. yeah. yet again there you have to l it and this afternoon -- love it and this afternoon speaking of spring some afternoon thunderstorms to be dealing with. not a lot of them but what does pop-up is on the strong side this afternoon and has the potential. we have some high clouds out there but i think a good deal of sunshine through early afternoon. midday temps in the mid 60s. little breezy though and then by this afternoon the threat for a couple of showers and storms coming through with highs in the mid 70s with a 5:00 p.m. temperature still at 74. you can see right up here a line of showers and storms north of indy. it's broken now and this is what will come through and temps this morning mainly in the 40 oz.. let's go to -- 40s.

let's go to beverly farmer. you've got a pretty good start at least fredericksburg points north. little volume building north of 610 but here at dale city the pace is still good heading across the occoquan into springfield. heading north of 95 the lanes are open -- 395 the lanes are open too. no early troubles on 66. that's been a good ride. beltway and oxon hill. alexandria, maryland beltway off to a good start and your trip right now across the american legion bridge, i-270 to get there. quiet ride no problems to report. that's a look at your timesaver traffic. back to you. thank you beverly. this morning, opponents of president obama's health care law may feel they have the upper hand. >> that's because the questions asked by the supreme court justices yesterday seemed to really challenge whether or not the law's constitutional. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live outside the court as they get ready for final arguments on obamacare today. delia, good morning.

>> reporter: good morning mike. that's right it's going to be a very busy day here at the supreme court. the final day of this historic case, the three day, six hour arguments here at the supreme court. the justices yesterday focused on the individual mandate. the provision of the law that requires folks to boy insurance or pay fines. it appears a majority of the justices the conservative ones questioned that portion of the law. namely justices kennedy and scalia who seemed to express concern the government would force people to buy a product they don't need or want. question is without the individual mandate does the law survive? the mandate is designed to make sure there's enough money in the health care system to make this all work. let's hear what the justices had to say. >> and that is different from what we have in previous cases. >> well -- >> that changes the relationship of the federal government to the individual in a very fundamental way. >> we can compel people to do

things purchase insurance in this case, something else in the next case. >> can i tell you what the something else is while you're answering it -- the something else is everybody has to exercise because there's no doubt that lack of exercise causes illness and that causes health care costs to go up. >> i thought -- a major, major point of your argument was that the -- the people who don't participate in this market are making it much more expensive for the people who do. >> reporter: and that last voice was justice ruth ginsburg seemingly defending the mandate. in 2008 it cost the system $43 billion of uninsured americans. i'll have a breakdown of the numbers and the bill and this law rather coming up at 5:30. back to you. >> thanks delia. delia goncalves is live outside the supreme court this morning. montgomery county police

are investigating a dog attack after two teens were bitten by two pit bull terriers. they were attacked on boulder ridge terrace in montgomery village and officers tasered the dogs at first but then had to shoot and kill one when it kept acting aggressively regardless of being tased. one teenager was taken to the hospital but the bite wound is not believed to be very serious. arlington voters filled a vacant spot on the county board. barbara favola resigned. here are the results of yesterday's special election. democrat libby garvey won with 49.2% of the vote. republican mark kelly came close with 43.5%. it is 5:04. time for the latest your money report now. >> be-year-old is here. -- and jessica doyle is here. >> stocks taking a breather after the biggest rally of the year earlier this week. you can see people you know kind of taking a break. stocks gave back some ground yesterday in trading.

and this morning stocks around the world are pulling back as well. now checking the numbers from wall street -- home prices around the country aren't looking so greet except for here and two other cities. bucking the national downward trend d.c., miami and phoenix where prices all went up in january. now at the same time home prices fell in most major cities. and that marks the fifth straight month that prices have dropped. if you're stressed out at work, you have a lot of company. a new survey by the corporation finds that more than half of employees say workplace stress makes it difficult to focus on tasks. 21% say they make errors or they miss deadlines. 15% have actually had conflicts with co-workers and superiors because of stress. and 14% said they'd missed days or been late to work.

they recommend organizations look for ways to lower stress levels to boost their own bottom line. not a bad add. >> uh-huh. maybe back massage. a little jazz. >> sounds good. >> four day workweek? >> yeah. >> all right. what do you have for us in the next half hour that won't stress us out? >> speaking of boosting bottom lines a brand new art exhibit that's opening up we'll take a look at that. >> that will take the stress out. most of us can really benefit from jessica's money saving advice. >> but you might actually be looking to waste a few benjamins if you cash in on one of the biggest u.s. lottery jackpots ever. that story is coming up. >> ahead in sports the lady terps failed to get the upset win and advance to the women's final four. too bad. we'll be right back.

it is eight after 5:00 on this wednesday morning. a lot warmer than yesterday. still needing jackets with temps mainly in the 40s but we're going into the 70s this afternoonment that's the good news. we will have some winds out of the southwest at 10 to 20 miles an hour occasionally gusts to 20 to 35 and as temperatures climb this afternoon a front is

going to approach. mid to late afternoon the chances for a couple of showers or maybe even a couple of strong thunderstorms as well. with those temperatures are going to feel much better and again highs in the mid- to upper 700s. beverly farmer is in for monika samtani this morning. howard, not too much which is a great starlet. you go to go in on 66 coming in from markham and manassas in to fair oaks and vienna. all the lanes are open. the light volume here heading east past manassas and centreville and going to the beltway. no early troubles 95 corridor, beltway maryland a good start. just building volume this morning. the next check of timesaver traffic is 5:16. mike back to you. all right, thank you beverly. making news now, it's gets attention around the country here in d.c. too. hundreds of d.c. students and teachers expressed their anger over the way florida authorities are handling the trayvon martin case. they did it during a march to the white house yesterday. martin the the 17-year-old -- is the 17-year-old who was unarmed in his florida neighborhood when a

neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman shot and killed him last month. however zimmerman's lawyer says martin attacked his client. the pilot who caused an emergency landing in texas yesterday is receiving medical attention. jet blue says the pilot of a flight from new york to las vegas started screaming the plane was going down and started ranting about iran and israel. passengers tackled the pilot when he started banging on the cockpit door. oh my. how would you like to be worth half a billion dollars? or close to it? no one picked all the six winning numbers in last night's $363 million megamillions drawing. that means the biggest lottery jackpot of all time is coming up. $476million. up for grabs this friday night. local college students are testing their knowledge in an effort to win big money for their schools. we'll have more on a national quiz championship coming up. >> and at 5:32.

why drivers might see many more speed and red light cameras in the district. >> and next at 5:15, howard has a warmer weekend ahead in his seven day forecast. you're watching 9news now.

good morning, welcome back to 9news now. 5:13 this wednesday morning. what a difference a few hours makes. as far as temperatures. we were almost freezing yesterday. now we're nice and comfortable. >> need a little jacket still i

think. it's in the 40s, we can take that. and normal low is 4 is. normal high is 60 and wore going to blow past that 60- degree mark in the next few hours, mid- to upper 70s for hours. so got a big smile on her face hearing that news. let's show you the bus stop forecast. it's -- it's low right now but it's creeping up and that's going to be a problem at the threat of some showers and potential of some thunderstorms this afternoon. temperatures mainly in the 40s and a couple of spots that dip into the upper 30s but it is much warmer. and generally clear skies. there's some high clouds out there though with sunrise this morning at 6:58. this afternoon, we are going to see sunshine. give way to a few clouds and even a few showers and thunderstorms from mid to late afternoon. some of the storms could be on the strong side. not expecting like this wall of storms to come toward us but what does pop is gusty winds and even some small hail. southwest winds today 15 to 20 miles per hour. right now we've got mid 40s in

many areas although luray already 53. cumberland though in the valley lighter winds and 37. and to the east and south still have 40s in easton at 41. packive at 46. pax river at 46. and even the weather watchers in buoy and prince frederick reporting temperatures about 44 to 46. good visessability on the michael & son weather camera. you're looking at the white house. feels like 43 due to the winds and the dew points they're creeping up. still nice and comfortable humid till levels but it -- humidity levels but the moisture is going to try to return. one thing you can see here the temperatures still very warm. you know chicago is on track to blow away their march record for the month by five degrees for the whole month? that is incredible warmth over a 31 day period. it's in the 30s though in bismarck. that warmth will get here today. that's where we're going for the 70s but behind that, well

we're seeing this front right now. that colder air is going to be dragged to us again tomorrow and friday. we'll be back in the 60s. storm system here south of james bay dragging this cold front south of chicago through indianapolis. coming up toward toledo and land this morning -- cleveland this morning. out ahead of it though a line of thousands and storms will push through oh southwest pennsylvania midday and head to us for the middle of the afternoon and the latter part of the afternoon. and some of these showers and storms as i said could be on the strong side. we'll be watching that for you and of course we'll have more throughout the day and topper this afternoon and this evening. 75 degrees will be our high. some areas west could be in the upper 70s with the breezy conditions. tonight we're dropping into the upper 40s and low 50s. 61 tomorrow. it will be breezy. northwest winds will keep us cool. even on friday. 64. clouds increase late and a few showers by friday night into saturday. sad mid 60s -- saturday mid 60s. warm and breezy monday before showers return on tuesday. it is 5:16.

monika is off but we've got beverly farmer in with timesaver traffic. howard, we're looking pretty good right now. no early troubles downtown checking in with d dot metro place, lane -- police, lanes are open southeast past pennsylvania avenue. just signal light delays, north on 295 no early troubles there. elsewhere around the area we're in good shape as well. no early problems for folks arnold the beltway and making your way in on the 95 corridors. both in maryland and in virginia. here's springfield. left side of the screen northbound traffic just building volume going in to woodbridge out of dale city. 395 still a good ride past landmark up to the 14th street bridge. maryland drivers out of southern maryland the lanes are open. north on 210, route 4 going up to the beltway and the beltway of north of andrews into and of looks good. with very light volume and looking good as well. the next check of timesaver traffic comes up at 5:23. back to you.

thanks beverly. the lady terps fall short in their chance to make the final four. >> and now the capitals really will need a miracle if they want to make the post season. highlights coming up in sports. >> before we go to break let's take a look at the question of the day -- >> on our facebook fan page, sandra bowen wrote -- >> what do you think? log on to our facebook fan page and leave your answer. we'll have the answer to the quiz coming up in our 6:00 hour. >> and if you're one of the facebook friends, you can enter our 9news now and hyatt regency chesapeake bay wonderful weekend sweepstakes. once you like wusa9 on facebook, you can enter by guessing the lowest score of each round of the 2012 masters golf tournament. >> if you have a score closest to the total you will get a golf and spa getaway. valued at more than $4,000 for you and three of your friends.

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without question. just look for the white check. 5:21 on the wednesday morning. we've got some high clouds across the region but a lot warmer than yesterday. we were in the 20s and 30s and go to 30s but mainly 40s 24 morning. we're going to warm quickly, by 9:00 low 50s.

midday looks nice. 65 here and martinsburg 70 with some showers and storms in pennsylvania they're going to march south and east and they'll be scattered about. whatever we get this afternoon with highs in the mid 70s could be strong to even severe locally. mike over to you. georgetown losing one of its juniors to the nba draft. >> if they weren't already on thin ice the capitals' playoff hopes came crashing down last night. kristen berset shows us exactly what happened in morning sports. >> good morning everybody. it began as one of the most pivotal games of the season for the capitals. a chance to control their own postseason destiny but what it turned into was a decackle. host -- debacle. hosting the buffalo sabres last night. got into a hole early on. shoots with the kickout save but thomas vanek is there for the putback. a few minutes later off the face-off. semin goes five hole. the sabres were red hot. too much for even the captain.

pominville scores on the power play as buffalo cruises past the caps 5-1. the lady terps found themselves in too big of a hole they couldn't big out of last night. facing notre dame it was close early. alicia thomas with the steal, with 17 on the night but it didn't take long for the irish to pull away. diggins with the jumper and then working it on defense too. gets the steal. she had 22 on the night. there's an easy two. the lady terps lose by a lot. 31, tough pill to swallow, their season is over. thompson played his last game as a hoya. the georgetown junior is hiring an agent and entering the nba draft. he originally declared for the 2011 draft but decided to return for another year. that's going to do it for your morning sports, i'm kristen berset. have a great day. the opponents of health care reform are more optimistic as they head into today's final arguments of the supreme court. we have a live report coming up. >> plus, we'll take a closer look at the tourist impact from

a rare exhibit that's part of the national cherry blossom festival. here's beverly. >> right now we're taking a look at the ride for folks that are headed out early on on frederick county out of southbound 270 heading into hyattstown. the pace, just building volume. the pace is still pretty good here at 109. noint accidents to report. the next check -- no incidents to report. the next complete check of timesaver traffic comes up at 5:31. you're watching 9news now, good morning, we'll be right back.

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the last chance you had to see the moon right there with those three -- orbital planets right there. the satellite, the moon of course but you know what i'm trying to say. last chance you would have had to see them was last night. weather-wise that's changing too. wave got -- we've got readings up in the mid 70s this afternoon. that's going to feel good. little breezy though and some thunderstorms this afternoon. here's the day planner. no problems through midday in fact by noon 65. we're 48 right now. this afternoon, though, could be a couple of showers or storms and anything that pops has the potential to be on the strong to even locally severe side with strong gusty winds and maybe even a little hail mixed in. in ohio and indiana some storms ahead of the front. this is going on the what we're looking at for the afternoon. generally in the 40s for us and cumberland is 37 and luray is 52. beverly farmer is in for monika samtani this morning. good morning. good morning a pretty good starlet building volume you expect that. got to go to work and school.

but northbound interstate 95 out of fredericksburg and points senator into stafford. -- north overstared. the pace is pretty -- out of stafford. the pace is pretty decent. on to 395 to the 14th street bridge. no incidents to report right now if you are making that drive out of springfield on to 395 or for that matter the beltway oxon hill, the alexandria, inner loop heading for tyson's that's still a good race running at speed. travel right now on the beltway north and west of town west of college park on the outer loop, yeah all the road work is out of the way and the pace is just building volume. lanes open 95 and vw parkway. your next check of timesaver traffic is 5:38. back to you. in campaign 2012, today republican presidential hopeful ron paul is making a stop in college park, maryland ahead of next tuesday's primary. >> newt gingrich is scheduled to be in georgetown after some campaign stops in the free state. however the former house

speaker has laid off about a third of his campaign staff including his campaign manager. mitt romney stopped in maryland last week, rick santorum has not stopped in maryland recently. and locally the fight for the democratic nomination in maryland's sixth district is heating up. garagiola and delaney lead a pack of democrats in the race. roscoe bartlett is the incumbent but the district was redrawn. expect one more big day of protests outside the u.s. supreme court. that's where justices are hearing oral arguments over president obama's health care reform law for a third and final day. and some of the exchanges tuesday have analysts guessing the law could be in trouble. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live outside the supreme court with details, good morning delia. why do they think it's in trouble? >> reporter: good -- well, you know there was some heated exchanges yesterday but we should remember that a decision, a final decision, won't come down until june but

of course that being said, five of the conservative justices yesterday did seem to express some concern that government could be overstepping its bounds. the government talked about the potential slippery slope here. we're talking if government forces you to buy health care what's next? but the administration says the estimated 31 million up insured americans -- uninsured americans burden the system. in all, the u.s. health care spending topped $2.6 trillion. that's about $8,000 per person. >> very obvious that if this law is unconstitutional, that tomorrow somebody could come in and attack social security. >> on average, the increase in family premiums just to pay for the uncompensated health costs of the uninsured is more than $1,000. so in effect they're saying we're going to foist the bill on you. not on us, and that's why this really should be a matter of

individual responsibility. >> the cost of uncompensated care is less than 2.5% of total health care spending if you're really worried about cost shifting look at the government programs of medicare and medicaid which are far greater shifters of private costs to those. >> reporter: so late today the question that the justices will examine, can this law still survive without the individual mandate? we'll have answers from both sides coming up at 6:00. andrea back to you. >> all right delia with that update from outside the supreme court building this morning. a septic system bill championed by o'malley has been approved by the state senate. it limits where and how new septic systems can be installed specifically in rural areas. governor o'malley believes the bill will help reduce pollution in the chesapeake bay. the bill now heads to the house. slow down and it might save you some money. here's why. d.c. mayor gray wants to expand

the use of red light and speed cameras and he wants to do it dramatically. at a hearing yesterday the mayor told council members he could put a camera on every corner if he had the money to do it. it calls for spending another $5 million in the camera program with hopes of generating $30 million in revenue. 5:33. time for another your money report. >> jessica doyle is back with more from the cherry blossom festival. >> that's right. a very big draw you know of course thousands upon thousands of visitors still plan to visit the cherry blossom festival. this is even after of course the glorious loss themselves have faded. a new art exhibit is now expected to be a major attraction. the incredibly rare art exhibit colorful realm opening on friday at the national gallery of art is expected to be a tourist draw. this is literally a once in a lifetime opportunity for art

will havers. those -- lovers. these 250-year-old scroll paintings from japanese master are coming together outside of japan for the first time ever. >> i got -- can only say wow. this is really exceptional. >> the imperial household of japan let his 30 paintings to honor the cherry blossom centennial. negotiations actually picked up steam after the japanese tsunami tragedy of march 11th last year. >> it was not long before -- expressed the desire to go forward with the great exhibition. >> to give us a golden opportunity to expand to american people for their tremendous generosity and friendship given to the japanese people at the time of the disaster of the tsunami one year ago. >> tourists from japan are expected to come to washington to see this one month display. >> this is some tourist plans

and i hear that a lot of people are coming over to see this from japan. >> and the art exhibit could bring in new revenue for the city. a 2007 study by the cultural alliance of greater washington showed that tourists spent four times more when visiting cultural events than local visitors. it is hard to estimate just how much money this collection of scroll paintings is actually worth. when i asked the question i was met with the same answer over and over again -- it's priceless. and in fact staffers at the national gallery were not even allowed to tell me what the collection is insured for. lots and lots of money. >> plenty. >> very rare. all right, thanks for showing it to us. >> you got it. >> jessica will be pack to talk about the daily deals today. >> plus, after helping to make iraq safer bomb sniffing dogs come back to virginia on the way to their new families.

5:57. a little brisk this morning, sit a warmer than yesterday but we have a slight broncos out here. you can -- breeze out here. you can hear it on the microphone and temps in the 40s. here's a look at the day planner, we're expecting a breezy day today. that will keep temperatures a lot warmer than yesterday into the mid and maybe upper 70s. the threat for a few showers and a few strong storms in spots during the afternoon. i'll be back with the seven day forecast in about five minutes. right now inside to beverly farmer with your timesaver traffic. right now looking good on the outside as you make your ride in on 66 this morning. as you make the trip in to manassas making your way in toward fair oaks and vienna. two lanes are open. just heavy volume east of manassas. all lanes open into the beltway. 95. beltway in virginia in good shape. your next check of timesaver traffic comes up at 5:47. jessica in. we've been combing through to find you some deep discounts and here are some of the favorites today.

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good morning, welcome back to 9news now, 5:44 this wednesday morning. another day. another season. >> uh-huh. >> you guys like 70s right? >> yeah buddy. >> they're good. >> yesterday was kind of cool. 56. today though we're going to be about 76 though and maybe 20 degrees warmer than we were yesterday. going to be a couple of prices to pay for that though. one wind, they'll be out of the southwest and could gust to 30. the second price may be a couple of showers and thunderstorms maybe a couple of strong storms but we're about 2 inches below average for the month rainfall-wise. it's been a dry warm march. here's a look at the allergy update. maybe some of the rain will help. the tree pollen causing problems for a few of us.

429 on that. weeds were absent yesterday ask the weed spores low -- mold spores low. in the mold world, that is considered a low number. let's talk your bus stop forecast because it's partly cloudy. kind of cool out there this morning. definitely jacket weather with temperatures anywhere from 38 to 48. and a little bit of a breeze so we've got a little windchill. sunrise 6:58. today sunshine mixings with clouds and this afternoon that threat for some showers and storms here and there with a midday temperature of 65. 4:00, 74. southwest wind at 15 could gust 25, even 30 miles an hour and by 8:00 tonight partly cloudy and still 70s. so we're going to be rather warm today relative to yesterday and then cooling down back to the low 60s tomorrow. we've got some high clouds coming across the region but not too much in the way of precip. some light showers here in the mountains west of pittsburgh. our chance of rain will pick up oh mid to late afternoon.

right now 46 at bethesda. columbia at 42. it's 47 in college park this morning. alexandria also 47. and in washington, we've got good visibility in spite of patchy clouds out there on the michael & son weather camera. 48-degrees with a south southwesterly wind at 14. the air getting a little bit more humid and still rather dry with the dew point at 27. there's a cold front up to the north out ahead of it the winds are southwesterly. there's the front passing chicago. a couple of showers and storms out ahead of it. that line is going to come through with broken showers and storms around here this afternoon. see the showers by midday here around al tuna headed up to just south of williams port, this is going to come through northern sections here for the early part of the afternoon. then between 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 it's going to come through the metro area. by 6:00 p.m. maybe down to fredericksburg and char lotsville. a couple of -- charlottesville. a couple of strong storms with it and then tomorrow we're

sunny, breezy and cooler dip into the upper 40s and low 50s tonight as posed to remember -- opposed to remember the 20s and 30s yesterday morning. today 75 in town and youer 07s -- and upper 70s southwest of us maybe even near 80. a slight risk of severe weather from the storm prediction center. tomorrow 61. breezy but tomorrow's winds will be northwest. also friday a cooler day. 64 with some clouds increasing late friday night into saturday some showers. mid 60s. dry sunday, 72. monday warm 82 and tuesday chance of showers upper 60s. beverly farmer volume building? no, really we've got a good forecast and a good ride on the roadways so far. you travel south out of frederick though out of i-270. that building volume we knew that would happen toward urbanna and into hyattstown. the truck scales here, into jermantown and points south

still good. beltway outer loop building volume into silver spring. the building volumes are just beginning to form. getting to quantico, if you're passing the prince william parkway then again into newington getting up on to 395 you had loans ape north of the -- lanes open north of the beltway. again griefly volume at the 14th street bridge. oxon hill. alexandria, no problems there. you've got all loans open if -- lanes open if you are coming in on the vw parkway and 50. gw parkway southbound just after the beltway before turkey run, broken down car reported in the right lane. next check of timesaver traffic is at 6:00 a.m. back to you. thank you. making news now at 5:48, crews have recovered the bodies of an elderly couple from the area burned by wildfires in colorado. a third person is missing. that fire has damaged or destroyed two dozen homes and thousands of people have been evacuated. more people have been told to prepare to evacuate in the fire's path. mass i have crowds are

expected to -- massive crowds are expected to pack the plaza in cuba today. the pope has already met with president castro and fidel castro asked for a meeting with him today. havana is the last stop on the central american tour. university of maryland school of medicine officials revealed the results of the most advanced full face transplant to date. in a 36 hour procedure surgeons replaced norris' jaw, teeth and part of his tongue. the southwest virginia man had worn a mask since being disfigured in a gun accident in 1997. in the last hour we talked to a small business owner. now the other side. i'm joined by dan, coo of a company out of baltimore. first of all dan, what do you do and how could the legislation actually help your business? >> i work in research and

development and design in medical devices our main areas are neurodiagnostics and prosthetics. we currently design a small flexible battery that goes into prosthetics. >> something that goes on the arm of o prosthetic and that's right there -- >> exactly. it goes along the length and people have been really liking it. we've had about a dozen patients so far. >> now as far as the health care law is concerned, you said it actually is helping your business. how is that possible? >> a yes, we qualify -- oh yes, we qualify for a tax credit this year because we're a small business. we have a small amount of employees and we get a tax credit back on a portion of the health care that we provide for our employees. and it really helps for a small business like ours. >> i know you have under ten employees and when you start to get some of the money back, first of all, can you give us a ballpark on how much it is and where would be reinvested sort of in the business? >> this year we're going to get between $3,000 and $4,000 back and in 2014 i believe it jumps

up to even more, over $5,000 with the levels we're at right now and we can invest that back into our own company in a variety of ways. it would actually cover a summer intern for a whole summer. that amount. >> so and then subs wently if this -- subsequently this if continues on into 2014, that translates into two, two interns or reinvesting the money? >> probably about two interns or more development into our products and our research. >> so now, in your experience have you spoken to other businesses that have maybe more employees that sort of feel the same way or are you pretty much privy to the interest in your own business and pretty much know that you guys do it a certain way? >> i've talked to other businesses about it. i think it's a great thing that small businesses like ours should take advantage of. >> thanks a lot for joining us. dan from infinite biomedical technologies out of baltimore. here's a closer look at what both small business owners we

spoke with are saying about the health care law and how it affects their bottom line. small business owners with fewer than 25 full-time employees and they pay an average salary of below $50,000 and cover the costs of 50% of the health care costs for employees is eligible for a tax credit. that covers up to 35% of the employer's contribution, that's through 2013. in 2014 that tax credit goes up to 50% for two years. if a small business owner has between 25 and 49 employees they are not eligible for the tax credit but still have to provide the coverage, that's why you hear some businesses griping about that. if health insurance is not provided the business owner has a pay a penalty of $2,000 per person per year after the first 30 employees. now let's take another look at the question of the day --

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millions of photographer are at -- dollars are at stake for colleges and universities around the country in the honda campus all-star collage. in its -- challenge. in its 23rd year the quiz championship has students vying to win money for their schools. we have allen rinne ronald from howard university and jafar from udc here to tell us more about the competition. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. the competition runs march

30th through april 3rd. that's right smack dab in the finals of march madness. this is the academic version of march madness. jafar, tell us about this competition. >> well, this is a team based trivia game that tests your knowledge in several fields like mathematics, science, history and arts. >> go ahead, i'm sorry. >> and that's about it. >> and allen, this is specifically targeted to students who attend historically black colleges and tell us why it's important that honda has taken this on as a funding source. >> well, really honda has been doing this for a long time. making sure that they support hbcus, they invite them out and continue to see the best and brightest minds and affiliated with them and doing great stuff and especialfully academics focusing there. >> how large a prize can you get in something like that allan? >> i mean, as many as $20,000

for a school at a time. you know, more and more honda has made sure that they give money to the schools and we won, word in our history you know over a -- howard in our history over a quarter of a million dollars for howard university. it's been a long time. >> wow, top that jafar. >> the university of district of columbia has been participating in the competition for a long time and won several grants, we're looking forward to placing very high this year and topping howard university. >> tell us about the team. we have just about 45 southbounds left. off strong -- seconds left. you have a strong team? can you take howard? >> we have a very strong team this year and we're very confident in our position this year. and we're looking forward to a good strong showing this year. >> howard, you placed in the finals before. it's not just udc, it's a lot of other schools from around the country. are you up to it? >> we're up to it. you know we have a great team. we've got a diverse knowledge base and i'm looking forward to the competition. so you know -- >> is this the kind of thing where you see members of the

team and you just fire out a question and they respond fire out? how do you get ready for that? >> there's a lot of light hours and practice and it's -- accumulation of all the knowledge that we learned in college and from practicing and from very good coaching. >> i know you'll be leaving for california shortly for this competition. allan, jafar, we wish you the very best of luck and let us know when you come back. >> thank you. >> mike? good luck guys, that's excellent. time to begin 9news now at 6:00 a.m. thanks a lot for waking up with us, beverly farmer will have timesaver traffic momentarily. howard has the forecast first. we are headed well into the 70s today. >> questioned we got stuck -- yesterday we got stuck in the 50s. 56 was the high. today 70 degrees or more. but a couple of prices the pay for that. winds are going to be out of the west and could gust 25 to 30. now this afternoon there'll be a couple of showers and storms around and anything that pops. i don't think this is going to be like a wall