brother was bloodied. this shows zimmerman following the shooting. much has been made over what injuries if any this video shows. his brother thinks it's proof that zimmerman was hurt. >> what i see is a swollen nose. >> reporter: neither the mortician or the shooter's brother were present at the time of the shooting. an unidentified witness who was said zimmerman seemed rattled but not injured. >> he was, you know -- he didn't appear or anything else. he just kind of seemed very -- you know, very worried. the supreme court justices will meet later this morning to take a preliminary vote on the fate of president obama's health care law. the results are nonbinding and they won't be made public. their conference comes after six hours of historical oral arguments earlier this week. the justices will write their

opinions and a ruling is expected in june. a new study out suggests u.s. attacks in yemen have increased dramatically over the past year. the strikes on alleged militants in yemen are occurring at the same rate as the drone attacks in pakistan. yemen strikes have killed hundreds of people, including at least 54 civilians. tension between the united states and pakistan may be getting even worse now after another deadly drone attack there. suspected u.s. drone fired two missiles at a house in northwest pakistan killing three alleged militants. the attack happened in a town believed to be a key sanctuary for militants. this attack comes as pakistan's parliament works on a resolution demanding an end to u.s. drone attacks in the country. the house has passed the republican version after new federal budget, but the $3.5 trillion plan is expected to be dead on arrival in the senate.

the republican plan lowers income tax rates and erases several tax breaks while revamping medicare and cutting food stamp and transportation programs. wisconsin congressman paul ryan is expected to officially announce he is endorsing mitt romney today. some political analysts consider ryan to be one of the potential running mates for romney. >> today's endorsement comes a day after romney was endorsed endorsed boy president george h. w. bush. >> reporter: he sat down with the former president's houston office. the 41st president is backing the g.o.p. front-runner in his white house bid. >> he reminded me kenny rogers a time when to hold them, a time when to fold them. i think it's time for people to get all behind this good man. >> reporter: the endorsement is the latest sign that party leaders are eager to wrap up the primary race and begin the head-to-head battle with

president obama. >> i look forward to being successful in honoring that endorsement by winning. >> reporter: romney's closest rival rick santorum seemed to acknowledge publicly for the first time he may not win this contest. but he is still campaigning hard in wisconsin ahead of next week's primary. santorum needs a win tuesday to stay competitive in the race for the white house, but the latest polls show romney up by 8 points in wisconsin. his supporters have already spent more than $2 million on television ads there. newt gingrich lagged way behind in the polls and delegate count. the former speaker is trimming his staff and travel plans, but his campaign insists it's reworking its strategy and gingrich is not dropping his presidential bid. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >> president obama has 84 -- $84 million in the bank and dozens of offices up and running in key swing states. so far his campaign has spent a

total of $135 million on his reelection bid, more than romney and santorum have spent combined. recruiting teenage girls for prostitution on facebook at metro stations, even on the street. that's what federal investigators say five men were doing in northern virginia. some of the girls are as young as 16 years old, according to investigators. the ring leader is accused of selling the girls in motels, even going door to door soliciting customers at apartment buildings nearby. all five men are facing charges in the case. the hot lanes under construction between springfield and tysons corner have a new name. they'll be called express lanes to match with all the other express lanes nationwide. >> except the price you pay is going to depend on how many cars are on the road. peggy fox has more. >> reporter: there's nothing like a mild winter to keep a major project on schedule. some portions of the 495 express lanes are already getting paved. there are four new lanes, two

on each side running 14 miles from springfield to tysons. you know, that stretch that is always jammed up. the express lanes provide a way out of that mess either with a three-person car pool or for a price. >> we will maintain a minimum of 45. >> reporter: how do you do that? >> we're going to use a variable tolling method to limit the number of vehicles on itself road. >> reporter: tim steinhilber, builder and operator of the lanes says it's all about demand. in between the express lanes and the general lanes will be those plastic barriers that emergency vehicles can roll right over. but don't think you'll be able to cheat and get inside the express lanes without getting caught. cameras are being set up along the entire route. to ride the 495 express lanes, you must have an ez pass or smarttag. if you sneak in without one,

you'll likely be photographed and sent a bill for your toll the first time. >> if it happens again and you're a habitual violator, there's a system in place where you'll be charged penalties for violating on that road. >> reporter: if you noon ride with three or more, you need to get a flex pass which you can switch on or off for a free ride pooling but if you're caught, a state trooper is likely to catch you. they're hiring troopers just to patrol the express lanes. here's a look at some of the other things making news this friday morning. this former superintendent of the upper big branch mine in west virginia pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges. gary may who you see -- who you will see in the background of this photo was charged with hiding safety violations after the april 2010 explosion at the mine. the explosion killed 29 men. may will be sentenced on april 9. he faces up to five years in

prison and $250,000 fine. jet blue managers are debriefing the copilot who is credited with controlling an incident on board flight 191 from new york to las vegas. tuesday officials say jason dowd locked the pilot out of the cockpit after he exhibited erratic behavior. the plane made an emergency landing in sex sex. -- landing in texas. fromfirefighters in colorado say they're making progress on containing the deadly fire there. it's burned more than six square miles, destroyed at least 27 homes and killed two people. right now the wildfire just outside of denver is 45% contained and firefighters say light winds are starting to help them fight it but it could change with storms this weekend. some people are now being allowed back into their homes and officials warn, though, they might have to evacuate again. our time is 4:37. at 4:41, a judge issue as ruling in the tim tebow

licensing fight. blackberry, you remember it, it used be the phone to have in the industry. now it has to make drastic changes just to keep from going out of business. we're back in two minutes with those stories and your weather first. you're watching 9news now.

good morning. anny hong filling in for howard. we'll see clouds filtering in later in the day but we should be staying dry. temperatures low to mid-60s by this late afternoon. showers possible late tonight. i would say mainly after midnight. here's beverly with your traffic. good morning. good morning. one problem to tell you of

note. if you're heading 66 west out of rosslyn-ballston there's been a new crash near exit 69. what you can see are the bright lights through the trees. there was one lane squeezing by to the left westbound 66 past this crash. eastbound into falls church. out of vienna everything has been open now. your next check of time saver traffic at 4:47. >> beverly, thank you. right now time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> here's jessica doyle. she has the friday headlines. good morning. wall street is continuing to focus on oil prices and gas prices like the rest of us. the senate will not move ahead with a bill to repeal tax breaks for oil companies. a vote to proceed failed to get the necessary two-thirds majority just moments before the vote, president obama pleaded for congress to end the subsidies. as for trading on wall street, we had a mixed showing yesterday. the dow stands this morning at 13,145, rose 19 points in

trading yesterday. nasdaq was actually down by almost 10. the s&p 500 was down by 2. a judge has ordered reebok to stop selling new york jets apparel with tim tebow's name. that's after nike sued its rival. nike is about to replace reebok as the official n.f.l. apparel. reebok can only sell items made by march 1. denver traded the quarterback to new york last week. blackberry just isn't smart enough for a lot of us anymore. the company has been struggling to compete with the iphone and other high-tech touch screen models and now blackberry's manufacturer has decided to basically give up on the individual consumer market. it's going to only focus on business customers. in the last three months only one out of 20 smartphone buyers actually chose a blackberry. how times have changed. best buy will close 50 of its big box stores by the end of next year. electronics retailer wants to

concentrate on expanding its smaller best buy mobile stores. the company made the announcement after reporting it lost $1.7 billion last quarter. >> that means they just overexpanded. >> you know, there's also a demand issue. it's the question of consumers, do they want to walk a hundred yards to find one little device they could find some place else. >> interesting with blackberry concentrating on business. if no one is buying it, why would the businesses go in it for as well? >> a lot of companies prefer the operating system that blackberry provides. they like the security features that are involved there. a lot of people still like the keyboard that blackberry offers. but on the flip side a lot of consumers just love the touch screen and blackberry hasn't been really able to compete that way. >> thanks, jess. a big name marijuana dispensary retail chain? yeah, it's apparently opening up in the district soon. >> a study links sleep apnea

with depression. well very more on those stories and your weather first when we return in two minutes.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. it's 4:46. howard bernstein is off. he's at a weather conference. anny hong is here and she's been conferencing with our weather maps and radar. >> we're holding down the fort for howard while he's off today. looks like we have clear skies to start off your friday morning. we're finishing off the week really pretty nicely here with plenty of sunshine to start out your friday. we'll see some clouds filtering in here and there but we should be staying dry so leave the umbrellas at home but don't forget your sunglasses. here's a look at your michael &

son weather camera. temperatures are cooling down. mid-40s downtown. head farther north and west of town we've got some freeze watches and warnings in effect. a frost advisory in effect. winds are light. picking up out of the southeast by this afternoon. here's a look at the frost advisory and kind of perry winkle north and west of town. this includes frederick county, clarke, jefferson, westminster, winchester. this is until 9:00. head farther north around the mason-dixon line toward cokeland and cumberland, you have a -- oakland and cumberland, you have a freeze warning in effect. temperatures will be dropping to much colder conditions till 9:00. the kids in those locations bundle up at the bus stop. otherwise around town mostly sunny skies, a chilly start. temperatures ins 30s and 40s. then we'll start to warm things back up this afternoon. not too warm but it should be a fairly nice spring day. temperatures in the 50s by noon as you're heading out for lunch.

by 4:00 in the lower 60s. we'll see variable cloudiness throughout the day today as clouds generally increase by this afternoon. by the evening hours, mostly cloudy conditions. temperatures in the mid-50s by 8:00. so if you've got dinner plans, it should be a fairly pleasant evening. currently it is 36 degrees in manassas. also 36 in winchester. martinsburg around 40. hagerstown you got down to 38 degrees right now. gaithersburg 39 degrees. your satellite and radar picture, high pressure moving off the coast. go have seasonal clouds moving in bringing us a chance of showers late this evening, generally after midnight and possibly overnight into the early morning hours. here's a look at the future cast. again clouds filtering in. kind of throughout the day. variable cloudiness. partly to mostly cloudy. by early tomorrow morning we see a chance for some light showers or so. it will not be widespread. then maybe a thunderstorm possible in the afternoon for

saturday. it will generally be isolated but a chance it will be farther up north. here's the zone forecast. in cumberland and around downtown in the lower 60s. annapolis 64 degrees. andrews air force base 62. pax river in the lower 60s. so really nice for your friday. here's a look at your next seven days. a little milder through the weekend. 70s by sunday. then on monday breezy. temperatures in the upper 60s. unsettled by the middle of next week. cooler by thursday. here's a look at your traffic with beverly. good morning, beverly. good morning, anny. one accident to report 066 westbound if -- on 66 westbound if you're heading out toward the beltway. the crash in falls church near the exit for sick more street -- sick more street, washington boulevard. through the trees you can see the bright lights from the response. single file gets by westbound. all the overnight construction should be pulling out of your

way right now on the beltway near 66. on the beltway near springfield. northbound interstate 95. some building volume heading into woodbridge but it's friday light volume we like to call it heading up towards springfield and on to 395. lanes open to the 14th street bridge. no problems to report on the greenway, the toll road. an overnight crash on the georgetown pike at spring hill has been resolved. everything reopened there. southbound 270 out of frederick toward urbana into hyattstown, lanes are open. pace still good getting past 109 and the truck scales. no problems on the utter loop into silver spring. next check of time saver traffic is at 4:55. andrea, back to you. >> sounds good, beverly. thank you. a california company which caters to medical marijuana growers is opening its first house here. we grow will offer how-to glasses, books and magazines on growing medical marijuana. today the d.c. government is

expected to announce more information regarding permits to grow and sell medical marijuana under a law passed in 2010. a study has found a link between sleep apnea and major depression. researchers with centers for disease control and prevention studied nearly 10,000 american adults and they found those who suffer severe sleep apnea were more likely to develop symptoms of depression, including hopelessness and feeling like a failure. sleep apnea causes snoring disruptions and disruptions in breathing while you're sleeping. new numbers from the centers for disease control show a significant jump in children with ought autism. these figures are the highest to date. >> reporter: samantha is practicing her reading. >> beautiful. >> reporter: the 7-year-old has autism. she was diagnosed at 22 months old. >> she didn't have words. she could not follow directions. she had no eye come tact.

>> reporter: new physician -- eye contact. >> reporter: new figures show one in 88 children in the until has an autism spectrum disorder, a 25% increase from 2006. >> we don't know all what's contributed to the increase, but we do know that doctors are better able to identify and diagnose. >> greater awareness, inclusion of milder cases and of course there's always the possibility that there's a true rise in incidence. if there is, that's something that has to be better investigated. >> reporter: autism disorders are almost now five times more common in boys than girls affecting one in 54 boys compared to one in 252 girls. the study also finds more children are being diagnosed by age 3 but 40% of kids still aren't diagnosed until after they're 4. with both her daughter and her 5-year-old son on the autism spectrum, florence says early intervention made all the difference. >> i have my daughter speaking

to me. she understands. she plays. she still throws tantrums and she's a little bit different than the rest. >> reporter: she encourages parents to act quickly if they have concerns and says being your child's biggest advocate is their best hope for the future. cbs news, new york. >> health officials say if you have concerns about your child, talk to your pediatrician and call your local intervention program or school system for an evaluation. it is 4:53 this friday morning. good morning if you're just waking up. here's a look at the question of the morning. >> it is 58% of women say they would prefer this over a big diamond ring. is it a, a luxury car, b, a big wedding, or c, ladies, a walk- in closet. >> none of them. log on to wusa9's facebook fan page and leave your response. the answer coming up in our 6:00 hour. >> our facebook friends can

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good morning. time 4:56 on your friday morning. we've got lots of sunshine to start out the day. some clouds filtering in this afternoon under variable cloudiness. by noon in the 50s. by 5:00 low 60s. right now it's 45 degrees and north and west of us, including frederick, jefferson, clarke

counties, you have a frost advisory so bundle up this morning. here's your time saver traffic with beverly. good morning. good morning. good friday morning. and pretty good start on the roadways, anny. northbound interstate 95 any volume building heading into woodbridge, dale city should find all lanes open toward springfield. the left side of the screen is northbound traffic. main, hov lanes moving at speed. june accident westbound 66 in falls church near washington boulevard. you can get by the scene. next check of time saver traffic comes up at 5:01. this could be my last friday on 9news now because it's megamillions mania and if i win, it's been nice being here. tonight's jackpot is the largest in u.s. history. it's $540 million but lottery officials say at the rate people are buying up tickets, that number could rise. if one person matches all six numbers, the lump sum take home is an estimated $390 million. >> all i want is $50,000 to

redo my kitchen. >> that's all i need and then i'll be back on monday. lindsay lohan is enjoying her new found freedom. >> getting ready for the wrath of the titans. we have those stories in this look at entertainment. >> reporter: lindsay lohan smiled as she appeared in a los angeles courtroom. the judge told her goodbye and good luck. >> i just want to say thank you, your honor, for being fair. it's really opened a lot of doors for me so i really appreciate it. >> reporter: she's off probation from a 2007 drunk driving case. for the next two months she'll remain on informal probation for willing adly stealing a $2500 necklace last year. >> the only terms left for you on that case are to obey all laws. it's not that hard. i know it's kind of hard when people are following you all over the place and you really can't get anywhere, but that's the life you chose. >> reporter: if she does that, she won't have to return to

court. lohan did community service at the county morgue and attended psychotherapy sessions to get off probation. the judge encouraged encouraged the actress to stay focused on her work. a philanthropist is giving $1 million to public television's masterpiece. the drama showcase is enjoying its best success with "downtown abbey." stars turned out for the u.k. premiere of wract of the titan, the sequel to clash of the titans. >> he's very intelligent. he's not about violence. he's about just positioning himself for power. >> reporter: wrath of the titans opens in u.s. theaters today. that's your eye on entertainment. cbs news, los angeles. >> we love