picture-perfect yesterday. almost down to the minute. >> a couple of rumbles of thunder. weather-wise -- >> that's right. >> don't mess with the zohan. >> that's right. weather-wise we've got cooler air moving in now. breezy today but sunny so no chance of rain today. and probably much of friday as well until late friday night. here's the day planner on this thursday morning. friday eve as we like to call it. sunny and breezy. we're down to 60. that's as cool as we've been all morning. i think lose a few more degrees here to the 9:00 hour and then start the recovery to the upper 50s by noon. that's a couple of degrees above average. average high is 61. average low about 41. here are the showers yesterday about 5:00 p.m. some thunderstorms they were south of d.c.. and pulling away from us. there was a severe thunderstorm watch out to the west' cross parts of the shenandoah valley and west virginia but the rough stuff missed us. 53 now in hagerstown, 52 in manassas. you'll notice 60 though to d.c. points south and east. 64 on the bay in annapolis and

also in cambridge. this morning. as we look for this afternoon it will be breezy and sunny and seasonably cool with highs generally in the low to mid-60s and upper 60s south and southwest of town. 5:00 a.m. beverly farmer is in for monika with your timesaver traffic. light volume just bidding now as folks make their way into work this morning: northbound 95 building volume past quantico early on. but lanes are open coming out of dale city headed past prince william parkway here and making your way into wood bridge, springfield on to 395. landmark for shirlington the pentagon and inbound 14th street bridge. no early troubles to report to beltway oxon hill. alexandria. the overnight road work has been cleared from the beltway. in on 66 still a good start to make it to the beltway in falls church. no incidents to report in maryland i-270 the bw parkway, 50 downtown traffic checking in okay with police and with ddot. that's a look at your drive.

back to you. thanks. the parents of trayvon martin were in washington again last night. >> and they reacted to some newly released video showing the man who killed their 17- year-old son. 9news now reporter delia goncalves has the story from our satellite center. good morning delia. >> reporter: good morning, the surveillance video is likely to spark more controversy and protests. even trayvon martin's parents say it discredits zimmerman's claims that he acted in self- defense. let's take uplook at that video. the -- a look at that video. the video you can see shows zimmerman in handcuffs on the night of the murder and upon closer review you can see he has no visible injuries or blood to the back of his shaved head. zimmerman later claims he fired his gun only after the 17-year- old attacked him from behind breaking his nose and slamming his head to the pavement. we now know the lead investigator wanted to in fact pursue charges. the initial police report lists the shooting as a homicide.

but the state's attorney general says there was not enough evidence to prosecute. >> i believe that george zimmerman hunted my son like an animal, tried to detain my son, my son tried to get away. and because he could not detain my son, an altercation ensued and my son was shot and killed. >> i asked them why in fact pick out my son. what was going through his mind that night. do he realize he's destroyed an innocent child's life? my son had a future. >> reporter: of course at the root of this incident, florida's stand your ground law. that allows folks to shoot and even kill someone if they feel threatened and that's what zimmerman is standing behind at this point. though no one has seen him in public since this incident first occurred.

coming up at 5:30. more on the stand your ground law and some local reaction to it. back to you. the supreme court hearings on president obama's health care reform law are over and one legal analyst summed it up as a train wreck for the administration. many court observers feel the justices will strike down the requirementer americans to -- for americans to buy health insurance. wednesday's final day of arguments centered on whether the other parts of the law could stand on their own without the insurance mandate. they are expected to issue a ruling in june. in montgomery county police say investigators discovered ring last month at the crown plaza hotel in silver spring. officers went into the hotel room and found 11 people inside, some without their clothes on. one man told officers he paid a man named bryant livingston $100 to go into the room and engage in sex. livingston is now free on bond. the prince george's county

councilwoman accused of driving faster than 100 miles an hour on the beltway says she's going to fight her reckless driving ticket. police stopped karen tolls last month. officers say she hit speeds of up to 105 miles per hour in a county car. police reviewed the case and added is reckless driving charge. her trial starts april 20th. it is 5:# 5. time for the latest your money report. >> and jessica doyle is here. >> wall street is looking across the pond yet again looking for direction this morning. european stocks, asian stocks have been trading lower today. and wall street fell ahead of a moting today -- meeting today of european finance ministers to discuss the region's debt crisis. checking the numbers -- as that debt meeting opens,

protestors and police clashed in spain today as the country's largest unions launched a general strike against unpopular austerity measures there. workers are showing opposition to job and spending cuts. the unions represent one in five spanish workers. they agreed with the government to retain minimum transportation services including only 20% of flights in and out of the country. investors are worried the debt crisis could spread to much larger economies in the euro zone particularly spain and italy. bank of america more than quadrupled the ceo's salary last year. the pay package included a salary of $950,000 and a $6 million stock award. nice money if you can get it. >> how do we do that? >> got to -- you're kidding me. whoa. what do you have for us in the next half hour? >> we're looking at parent asking money. some -- parenting and money. some bad financial habits we're

passing on to our kids that we don't want that. >> you wonder what the parents of the ceo of bank of america told him? >> watched lots of family ties. the jet blue pilot hospitalized after an emergency landing now faces criminal charges. that story is coming up. >> plus, pope benedict criticizes u.s. policy toward cuba during his stop in havana. >> and police arrest the suspect after a hatfield and mccoy situation turns into some mayor property destruction. we'll be right back.

it is 5:09. it's breezy and cool this morning. light jackets necessary we're down in the 50s and low 6 #s now. bow we're likely the lose a few more degrees over the next few hours and then start the recovery. here's a look at the day planner, lots of sunshine today. breezy too. midday temperatures upper 50s and we top off around 64 with a 5:00 p.m. temperature of 62. that weekend forecast coming up in about five minutes. right now over to beverly farmer with timesaver traffic. howard working our way toward the weekend. we've got pretty much a clean state overnight road work is out of the way on the interstates, no early problems to report around the capital beltway including north of 4. andrews air force base in oxon

hill. good start on i-270 virginia interstates. we've got a good start to the thursday drive. andrea back to you. thank you, making news now, the jet blue pilot passengers pinned down during a flight has been charged with interference of a flight crew. federal documents reveal the copilot locked captain clayton osbon out of the cockpit after he made disturbing comments, he faces 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted. pope benedict xvi is headed back to the vatican now after a six day trip to mexico and cuba. not only did he criticize cuba's communist government, also had some harsh words about the negative effects of the u.s. economic sanctions. the pope presided over a huge outdoor mass in havana. an ongoing feud betweens neighbors ends with a demolished house and a man in jail. john lewis rammed is bobcat into his neighbor's home frequently. thankfully the people inside

were not hurt. well if your plants are blooming superearly this year there's a good chance they're getting competition from weeds too. that story is at 5:57. >> at 5:22 the capitals talk about their nearly extinguished chances of making the playoffs. >> howard is going to tell you which days they are.

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it is coming up on 5:14 this thursday morning. and mike said yesterday, you can get it all. 50, 60, 70. 80 in one day. so what do we have today? >> today is going to be a little quieter, breezy. sunny. >> okay good. >> cooler only in the 60s today. low to mid-60s. >> good running day. >> little breeze. i think the wife doesn't like the gusts when it gets into 20, 25, 30 miles an hour but -- >> it builds character. >> that's right. [ laughter ] >> got run uphill to build some strength. anybody can run downhill. >> exactly. >> with wind at their back. weather-wise we're going to have it. want to talk about tonight first because we had some freeze warnings other day? we have a couple of freeze warnings tonight but that's for far western maryland. they might expand this out into washington county. maybe parts of the west virginia panhandle but right now as it stands got to get up to -- alleghany county and points west for the freeze warning for tonight into tomorrow morning. at the bus stop this morning not bad. you know we're going to town in the 50s -- down in the 50s here

in the next little while. call it clear and cool. a little breezy with sunrise at 6:57 and it will be a breezy day today. northwesterly wind at 10 to 20 will gust at times to 20, 25, even 30 miles an hour. upper 50s by noon and low to mid-60s for highs today with the northwesterly wind look at them. 16, 15, 126789 these are the -- 12. these are the sustained winds. the gusts will be 20 to 30 at times. still 60 in haymarket while manassas is down to 52. fort belvoir at 54 but college park, still 63-degrees at this hour. arlington fairfax, alexandria, all sitting right at 60. and outside on the michael & son weather camera, clear skies really can't see much but we've got great visibility at the capitol dome. the dew point down to 40 now and the barometer's dropped a lot. it's going to rise and bit and here's pressure sensitive. the sensitive -- big pressure swings it's been a rough week

for you. had a storm system yesterday brought the thunderstorms in the afternoon. west coast still getting hammered here in the northwest. more storms coming on shore. and in the middle of the country you'll notice the showers here from southern iowa to northern missouri. hopefully get a little bit of that coming into tomorrow night and saturday. but today with high pressure building in and there's that line of showers and storms from yesterday. that continues to pull away from us. that high pressure will be near us tonight so the winds out of the north and northwest today pretty brisk. they'll get real light overnight torrent as the high pressure builds in. that's why we've got the threat for the freezing weather out to the west. and then tomorrow, especially in the afternoon, here comes some clouds. with the showers look at that -- maybe tomorrow afternoon, especially up north and a better chance you'll see showers tomorrow night into saturday morning. looking at the forecast, today, well, we're going to see temps in the low to mid-600s. breezy. tonight we're down in the 30s and 40s. at freeze warning is far west

of washington. tomorrow 65. some afternoon clouds maybe some showers late. 62 on saturday with a shower here and there. and then sunday looks nice and warm early next week. let's go to beverly farmer here, anything going on? right now not a whole lot. which is great news for the friday eve ride howard. eastbound 66 building volume as you head east of manassas centreville. the pace in toward fair oaks looking good. northbound 95 here at the prince william parkway everything is a-ok. no troubles to report to springfield. the volume building on 395 to get through landmark but open to the 14th street bridge. virginia beltway, oxon hill alexandria for that matter down at the wilson bridge, we're off to a great start. outer loop of the beltway you head west of college park and through silver spring, starting to see some building volume just the volume brake lights forming west of the university boulevard around colesville and around georgia avenue. left side of the screen the headlights toward you is the westbound traffic on the outer loop. no early troubles out of southern maryland to report. 210 or route 4 to the beltway. building volume on the bw

parkway and downtown everything checks in all right with police and d dot. i-270 no early troubles. your next check of timesaver traffic is 5:24. mike? an injured capitals star resuming some of his activities with the team. >> plus, the nfl is making a permanent change to the rules when it comes to overtime. we'll explain coming up in sports. >> but first we want to take another look at our question of the morning -- >> facebook friend joyce wilcox wrote -- >> log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page, leave your response. we'll reveal the answer during our 6:00 hour. >> and our facebook fan page is great place, you know why? because you can win the 9news

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it is 5:21.

we've got some cooler air moving in. still some air is holding on at 60 right now but we're going to dip into the low to mid-50s over the next few hours, 9:00 temperatures again low to mid- 50s. lots of sunshine. breezy today. one thing you're not seeing are the winds which will gust to 30 miles an hour upper 50s at lunchtime to 60s south even on the eastern shore we're in the 50s. this afternoon highs low to middle 60s. just breezy. mike and andrea back to you. thank you howard. a sure sign spring is here the nationals' first regular season game is a week away. >> plus, the capitals talk about their poor play and their very slim playoff chances, kristen berset has your morning sports. >> good morning everybody. you know i said this many times the past couple of weeks, the capitals need to pick up as many points as they can if they want to make the playoffs. well, after tuesday night's blowout loss to buffalo, the caps now really need to pick up those points if they want to make the playoffs. with the handful of games left, they now control somewhat their own fate. they basically need to win out

even have a shot at the preseason but this team is like -- dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. they are anything but consistent. >> we played very well against good teams. we played very well against bad teams but very poorly against good teams and very poorly against bad teams. it's been a roller coaster and we have five games to try and straighten that out playing it out as they say. and win games. >> nicklas backstrom joining the team on road for their game against boston today but he won't play. he needs to keep up the rigorous practice schedule with everyone else. he was cleared to practice six days ago. spring training baseball yesterday nationals taking on the mets. just one week left of games. top of the 4th. jayson werth and all that hair. it's a solo homer, that's his fourth of the spring. the nats win 3-2. all right, remember this broncos' overtime win in the

playoffs? touchdown pass in the first play? that was the first use of the new overtime rule. well, now it will be applied in the regular season as well. no more sudden death ot decided by a coin flip. both teams will get a chance to score unless of course the first team scores a touchdown. that's a quick look at sports this morning, have a great thursday. you gave them your hair and your eye color and you also could be passing on bad money habits to your kids. we'll help kids not do that coming up. >> plus the parents of trayvon martin accept an award for their son on capitol hill. >> your ride flight is looking good around the area. one accident to report prince william county police just going to check route 1 near cardinal drive for the crash. checking the ride on 66 here in fair oaks, building volume both in manassas and here at fair oaks but the pace is good on in toward the beltway. your next check of timesaver traffic at 5:29. you're watching 9news now, good

morning, we'll be right back.

hello and welcome back to 9news now, i'm andrea roane. >> are you hungry? i am. >> always. >> just kidding, i'm mike hydeck. no, i'm hoping to try to scare some food up real soon. >> okay. >> just having a good time. i'm mike hydeck, we're glad you're here, thank you for joining us, beverly farmer is in for monika samtani. monika brings us food sometimes when she's off and -- that's all there is to it. beverly will have traffic in just a moment, we'll start with howard. i'm dopeyeneddering. >> great business with -- done me andering. >> the temperatures are still dropping all night. we're going to dip into 50s and not much recovery today.

highs low to mid-60s. here's the day planner, a great deal of sunshine and also a good amount of o winds too. but it will be a little gusty at times 25, even 30 miles an hour. with high about 64 if d.c.. that drive home temperature 62 degrees. with a sunrise this morning at 6:57. almost 7:30 on the sunset. yesterday, we had a quick moving line of some showers and thunderstorms. you can't drop a low pressure -- didn't drop a lot of rain but that thing scooted out of here quickly leaving us with clear skies this morning and the northwesterly winds starting to drop temperatures. lots of 50s now to the north and west. still 64 on the bay in annapolis. it is now 59 at the pax river naval air station and 60 in washington going back to about 64. beverly's in for monika this thursday morning. hey bev. hey howard. i didn't know i was supposed the cook, i could have brought something. no one told me. anyway, if you're making the drive out there right now, finishing breakfast and heading out the door, here's the outer loop of the beltway. left side of the screen is the outer loop but in towards university colesville, georgia any delay a brief one right now

out of college park. so that's a good start for you. virginia drivers, heading northbound on 95. coming up out of stafford, quantico, building volume to head into wood bridge. stake with the interstate though. here's northbound 95 getting past alreaditon. the northbound lanes of route 1 out of dale city into woodbridge are blocked off with that crash at route 1. as you leave the peltway and edsall and landmark and on to shirlington the pentagon and 14th street bridge, volume is still light incident-free downtown. and for that matter maryland beltway save for the building volume in to silver spring. mike, back to you. thank you bev. now it's a waiting game. since the supreme court's decision on president obama's health care reform law isn't expected until late june. >> the third and final day of oral arguments wrapped up yesterday. you may remember tuesday they talked about the part that would require americans to buy insurance and wednesday, they

focused on the other parts of the bill. whether or not they could still stand if the requirement to buy the insurance was struck down. >> even if the court did nothing more than strike down the individual mandate, it would be a very significant victory. >> there's no contingency plains in place. we're focused on implementing the law and we are confident the law is constitutional. >> the white house expresses the confidence the law will stand, the attorneys general from about half the states are hoping to get the whole thing thrown out. trayvon martin was honored as a game changer last night on capitol hill. the group poll sicks 365 present -- politics 365 presents that honor. martin's parents received the award on behalf of their son. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is in the satellite center with new developments in the florida teenager's death. delia? >> reporter: that's right you're going to want to take a look at this. we got our hands on some fresh video that shows george zimmerman, just moments after the shooting of trayvon martin.

the surveillance video shows a handcuffed zimmerman being led into the police station. what you will not notice is any blood or head injuries. the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman claims he shot trayvon martin only after the unarmed teenager broke zimmerman's nose and slammed his head on to the ground. zimmerman is in hiding but replains a free -- remains a free man a month after the shooting but a closer look at the initial police report indicates investigators wanted to pursue homicide charges but were talked down by florida eastern general. our local tores general stopped -- attorneys general stopped by to weigh in on the case. >> i think there's certainly a positive outcome from this whole discussion which is should we have these stand your ground rules and should we be talking about racism in our justice system? and does that exist? and obviously does. and so the dialogue i think is a healthy one. but to jump to conclusion about what really happened that night

i think it's a little premature at this point. >> i would tend to agree with what doug has said. i think the dialogue is very healthy. i think that you know contrary to what seems to be the focus is the stand your ground law there in florida is not implicated here by somebody like george zimmerman who first pursued trayvon martin. >> and of course that's maryland's attorney general and followed by virginia's attorney general ken cuccinelli. the stand your ground law in florida allows you to fatally shoot someone for instance in this case george zimmerman said he felt threatened and that's why he pulled the trigger and shot and killed trayvon martin. however we know police said during zimmerman's phone call, his 911 call the police, we know the police officer told zimmerman not to follow that 17- year-old. however, he continued to pursue and eventually shoot and kill trayvon martin. back to you andrea? >> all right, delia goncalves with that update from our

satellite center. an overnight chase and crash sent at least one prince george's county police officer to the hospital. around 1:00 a.m. in chillum police spotted a car that had been connected to an earlier carjacking. authorities say the driver of that car rammed the police cruiser that was trying to stop him at eastern avenue and rigs road. two officers were inside the cruiser. the suspect's vehicle was found in northeast d.c. but the suspect remains on the loose. today is the last day for early voting in maryland. ahead of tuesday's presidential primary. the polling sensors closed at 8:00 p.m. and gop hopeful ron paul spoke to a crowd at richie coliseum in university of maryland. today mitt romney is getting a big endorsement from former president george h.w. bush. rick santorum has been campaigning in wisconsin and in california. coming up on 5:35. time for another your money report. >> jessica doyle is back with the question have you ever met

your ceo? >> well, you know this is a good question. a new survey is out and the findings are this -- one in five american workers don't even know what their chief executive looks like. maybe a little bit of a disconnect between leadership and workers here. our partners at career builder led the survey looking at how well american workers do know their senior leadership and this surprised me. 60% of workers say they have actually met their ceo. that's a good thing. by industry workers and business services sales and manufacturing are most lickly to have -- likely to have met their ceo. a majority have not. if you have bad spending habits they're not just being watched by your bank or credit card company. your kids are keeping an eye on what you're doing as well and could be developing similar bad habits. now some of the money missteps include maxing out the credit cards, so instead try using good old-fashioned cash instead. also, don't fall prey to taking out too many retail credit card offers because they promise the

big discounts on your purchases. not a discount if you can't afford the item in the first place. and finally, ignoring bills may be the mistake that children see the most often. make paying bill passion priority, don't -- paying bills a priority, don't gripe about the bills in front of your children so they will understand how to budget. one suggestion money managers have is when the bills come and you open them up. make a display of this for your children. you know i've got the credit card bill. i'm going to pay this off at end of the month. make it a production so that they're picking up those good habits along the way. >> sometimes when you teach somebody something else it helps you learn maybe the better way to do it yourself. >> that's true. >> very good point. >> thanks jess. supporters of metro's silver line are trying to sway lawmakers now who have doubts. >> plus, scottish ebb perts come to -- experts come to mount vernon to make a special

whiskey at george washington's distillery. we'll be right back.

good morning, still not too chilly out here. we've got a 60-degree reading at 5:00. with some cooler air moving in and i can still feel all the pollen on the patio table out here. didn't get that much -- enough rain to clean things up. here's a look at the area anyway. here's a look at the day planner, sunny day today and temperatures falling into the mid 50s here over the next few hours. winds picking up out of the northwest. that will keep us on the cool side. upper 50s by noon with highs in the low to mid-60s and a drive home temp of 62. your weekend forecast in just a few minutes. right now beverly farmer's in with a look at timesaver traffic. howard a word of caution northbound route 1 dale city into wood spring you're blocked. northbound -- woodbridge you're blocked. northbound lanes blocked. police on the scene of that crash. traveling south 270 a tough merge past 109 and the truck scales, all lanes open into the beltway. your next check of timesaver

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hello and welcome back to 9news now. it's 5:45 this thursday morning. another change in the weather? >> yes, pressure is coming up and temperatures are going down but it's going to be sunny and

dry today. >> we lost two degrees just within the last half hour. >> we'll find them just like the keys where did i put them? we'll find them. weather-wise the bus stop forecast it's on the cool side of thing this is morning, not terribly cold but a little cool. you might need a sweatshirt or a light jacket. that's about it with temperatures running mostly in the 50s this morning. sunrise at 6:57. and a sunny day ahead. it will be breezy too with those winds at times gusting 20, 25, 30 miles an hour. that's going to keep temperatures from rising that much. we'll recover to the low 60s here by 4:00. maybe about 64 or so for the high. where yesterday we had some areas out toward win chester and martinsburg near 80. we got to 72. today about 64. we're back in the upper 50s by 8:00 p.m. with that northwest wind starting to come down and that's going to leave us in the 30s and 40s tomorrow morning. this morning we're in the 0s even 6 -- 50s even 60s still at reagan national bwi. low 40s though in oakland and

garrett county while cumberland and hagerstown are in the lower 50s at this hour. looking outside on the michael and son weather camera, good visibility. the air is nice and dry. clear skies overhead. dew points down to 40 right now. and with the north northwesterly wind at 9 the air is going to continue to cool into the low and mid- 50s over the next few hours before we makuta cool. big pressure swing so if your joints are sensitive to that it has not been a good week or so. west coast still getting hit hard but we're watching moisture in the middle of the country now. showers in missouri. southern iowa headed to illinois. this stuff could be hierodules a couple of the showers maybe even -- here, at least a couple of the showers might sneak in here tomorrow afternoon. we're going to watch that. in the short-term, the northwesterly winds and the sunshine with us through the middle of the day, temperatures low to mid-60s for highs. tonight, we're going to have the winds dying off. that will allow the temperatures to get colder. you don't get that mixing with the surface, the heat escapes radiational cooling and we'll

dip into the 40s and 30s and potentially even freezing temperatures far west. parts of far western maryland and west virginia under freeze warnings for tonight. now tomorrow we start off sunny but in the afternoon, want you to watch the computers produce a couple of showers here as they come across the region. headed to delaware and southern new jersey and it's not out of the realm of possibilities we get a stray shower tomorrow night. but tomorrow night is beater chance. look what happens overnight into saturday morning and then saturday maybe a couple of slight sprinkles here and there. a cooler day again with highs only in the low 60s. looking better sunday, monday and tuesday. as we warm up. here are your temperatures today, 64. it will be breezy. tonight 30s and 40s. cool tomorrow, 65. light chance of an afternoon shower with a better chance of night into saturday. saturday partly sunny to mostly cloudy and cool. 62. but sunday 72. look at monday and tuesday, back 80 or better. could be a few more storms on tuesday before cooling back into the 60s on wednesday.

it's 5:48. bev's in for monika on this thursday morning. howard, they're headed out. northbound interstate 95 in a lineup now as you head north of the prince william parkway across the occoquan to route 1 woodbridge. the lineup on the left side of the screen the heavier volume there heading north but stick with the interstate out of dumfries and interstate out of woodbridge. prince william county police on the scene. 66 eastbound delays forming east of the rest area east of manassas to 28 centreville. falls church looks good. right side of the screen is eastbound traffic heading on in toward ballston across the teddy roosevelt bridge. if atrial on the beltway -- you travel on beltway maryland, good pace. college park, finding more volume though as you head west of new hampshire avenue, university boulevard just volume delays only making your way around to georgia avenue and silver spring downtown traffic has been light. no incidents to report on the

bw parkway or 50. the building volume to get into cheverly and kenilworth and new york avenues. southern maryland good shape so far. your next check of timesaver traffic at 6:00. mike back to you. making news now at 5:50, bluegrass legend has died. earl scruggs known for taking the banjo from a lead -- into lead instrument. not just part of the rhythm section. scruggs started playing in 1945 and he became famous for his work with lester plat and bill monroe among others. he also performed with bob dylan and elton john over the years. there's some unpacking to do today on board the international space station. an unmanned european cargo ship docked with the station last night. the ship is carrying tons of supplies and some new experiments for the crew of three astronauts. a lot of people got the message about tomorrow night's

record-setting lottery drawing. in fact so many people bought megamillions tickets the jackpot has now jumped to an even $500 million. the cash option for a single winning ticket would be $369 million. jess over to you. wow, thanks mike. this week we've been telling you about a special exhibit opening tomorrow at the national gallery of art. it's a display of 18th century japanese silk paintings to coincide with the national cherry blossom festival and we're happy to have the guest curator for the gallery. and he's here this morning to tell us more about it. thanks so much for coming in this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> it's incredibly difficult to fathom just how rare this collection is. can you give us a sense of that? >> well, these are works that are a collection of paintings that essentially represent a single artwork that is considered to be the greatest example of bird and flower paintings or nature painting in general in japan. so it's a real privilege to have them here in the national

gallery. >> tell us about the artist and how often these works of art are seen together outside of japan and even in japan itself. >> well, the artist is named ito jakuchu. he's an 18th century painter who is at this point recognized as the most celebrated painter in premodern japan. and these works have been shown together only on very rare occasions in japan. and never together as a whole outside of japan. so this is a unique occasion. >> once in a lifetime opportunity for art lovers. give us a sense of what the emotional reaction is when people walk into the gallery and see the 30 washes of art -- works of art together. what sort of reaction have you been hearing the folks? >> well the way the display is set up it reconstructs or approximates the original monastic display space for the artworks. they were donated to a zen temple in 1765 but later they left the temple in the late 19th century and entered the

imperial family collection. so what we've done is reconstructed the monastic milieu and when you stand in the middle of the exhibition space and are surrounded by the paintings you're really immersed in the oznology that they are supposed to represent as a whole. you feel the way in which they serve as a ceremonial backdrop and you feel an inner life or energy somehow coming from within emanating from within the paintings themselves. >> i have to say that's actually exactly how i felt when i was viewing the works of art together. now you've brought the catalog with you today. can you show us a little bit about that as well? >> yes, yes. this is the catalog. colorful realm the title of the exhibition and what you see here is what we believe to be the earliest work in the series. peonies and butterflies, very spring-like. appropriate way to enter the works and enter the exhibition center if you'll -- >> thank you so much for coming

in this morning. it's been a real treat to have a preview of the works of art and this opens tomorrow for folks so they can go out and see this as well. thanks so much for waking up early with us today. >> thank you. andrea and mike? >> a short window o time to get to see it. trayvon martin's parents accepted an award on capitol hill last night. that story is coming up. >> plus, bright colors are everywhere since spring has sprung but unfortunately so are the weeds.

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5:56. not as warm today, we're not going into the 70s so a light jacket needed especially this morning as we are starting with most temperatures in the 50s and they're going to stay there for awhile as some colder air is moving in. some upper 50s well south and east. lunchtime still in the upper 50s here in d.c. with a 60 in fredericksburg and 53 in winchester, this afternoon with the sunshine the low maybe mid 60s but the winds at times will gust to 30 miles an hour. and we're driving home still sunny and 61 at 6:00 p.m. mike and andrea back to you. thank you howard. spring just over a week old but boy take a look at the cherry blossoms and other flowers, they are the full bloom way ahead of schedule. >> but something else is also growing lycra sieve -- weeds. our -- like crazy. weeds. our scott broom is looking for ways to cope. >> reporter: well, spring has sprung here in the d.c. area at least a month early and that means the battle against weeds

is at full pitch. ♪ that's earl brown of columbia fighting the only way he knows how. >> they actually grow faster than the grass. the weeds. >> this is the one that a lot of people have been seeing. it's called harry -- >> reporter: at the university of maryland's cooperative extense home and garden center it's like an experiment gone out of control. >> anytime you get spring three weeks early. it's a shock. a few days early we're happy. but it almost feels like we're on a different planet this year. >> reporter: in the case of dandelions -- >> you going to eat them? >> the main weed people are concerned about is crab grass and there's still time to put down a crab grass preventer. >> you can put it on as long as their blooms or -- there are blooms on the forzit yay. >> a lot of times people have problems with the weeds on the lawn scott because they're mowing too low. raise the mower deck up to 3

inches and overseed your lawn to thicken it up and that will keep the weed problems down. >> my 77 years i've never known any weather like this before. >> reporter: and here's a last word of advice from the experts -- if you try to fertilize your lawn right now, you're not helping anything at all. you miss that had boat in the fall. if you do it, you just make the weeds grow like crazy and it's bad for the environment too. scott broom, 9news now. >> good morning and thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. hopefully you don't have too much of a problem with your lawn. i'm andrea roane. >> pollen's not going to be -- >> no, it's not going to be -- >> i'm mike hydeck, thank you for joining us this morning. monika is off today. beverly farmer is going to have traffic in just a moment. >> but right now the problem is tree pollen not so much grass pollen. here's howard with more on the forecast. >> although that's coming up the moderate category yesterday. grass is coming in frees are bad. weeds and mulch also