frederick around 33. downtown 44 degrees. we do have a chance for some showers arriving i think late tonight. before that we'll see some clouds filtering in. for today what can you expect. temperatures in the low to mid- 60s. then milder for the weekend into the 70s by sunday. here's beverly with your time saver traffic. good morning. good morning. not too much going to cost you this morning if you head west on the outer loop of the beltway out of college park, west through silver spring and bethesda despite the fact state police out of rockville went to look for the crash on the outer loop before connecticut avenue seeing lighter volume building at university boulevard around toward connecticut avenue. so far i think what they'll find will be minor on the shoulder. virginia drivers 66 there's building volume east of man fan sas to head into -- manassas to head into centreville. if you're northbound on 95,

heading up through dale city, woodbridge, we're below speed prince william parkway across occoquan. pace still good into newington. it's heavier volume but all lanes are open on 395 heading up to the 14th street bridge. that's a look at your time saver traffic. next check at 6:11. at the top of the hour let's get to some of the stories happening today. the supreme court justices will deliver the health care case. the nine justices heard arguments over three days. our partners at "u.s.a. today" report the nine will meet today and chief -- in chief justice john roberts' chambers and discuss the case. when they're done they'll take a test vote in in order of seniority. they'll decide if they should take up the case in the first place, whether or not the requirement to buy insurance is constitutional. and if that requirement is struck down, the entire law will have to go. we don't expect to know what they'll decide when it comes to rulings until at least june. it could be weeks before a

special prosecutor in florida decides if there's any legal action that will be taken in the death of trayvon martin. >> the newest piece of video to come out of sanford, florida is raising questions about exactly what happened. >> by now you've seen that surveillance video. it shows george zimmerman at the policization the night -- police station the night he shot and killed martin. zimmerman said he was attacked by the teen and his head beaten into a curb. the funeral director who proposed martin's body said it showed no signs of a fight. now we're hearing from zimmer p.a.n.'s brother who had -- zimmerman's brother who had this to say to martin's parents. >> i can't speak for george. this is a tragedy. her son was lost. i feel very badly about that. and i want in the end not for her son's memory to be seen as how we degraded our system and

turned into mob rule and went into a hate speech. >> police released zimmerman from custody after determining there wasn't enough evidence to charge him. we'll have to wait and see today if in frederick county, maryland teachers follow through on their threats. they had vowed to do work to rule beginning today which means no work or help for students during lunch or after school when school day ends. teachers are upset with the county board of education rejecting a plan to give them a cost of living raise of 2% to 3%. 6:03. this morning there are a lot of people hoping for a big fat paycheck, one of $540 million. >> if you can beat the odds, that is how much you can win in tonight's megamillions drawing. delia goncalves is live in bethesda with a little more on lottery fever. >> reporter: good morning, mike, andrea. lottery fever is really running off today to a good start. we've seen just about our second person so far and it's

only been about 30 minutes since the lottery machine has been open here at the 7-eleven on river road. the odds of winning, though, one in 176 million, but, hey, we can all dream, can't we? the jackpot, the larmingest in history has increased by -- largest in history has increased by $50 million since there was no winner in tuesday's drawing. there has been no winner since january. if you win here's what you get payments of $20.8 million for 26 years or you can take the lump sum of 390 million before taxes of the here's what some folks say they would do with all that cash. >> no longer working for sure. >> take my family on a cruise. go to disney, travel, pay my house off. >> i wouldn't be standing here talking you to for sure. >> reporter: another guy is in there buying his ticket before they get their work day started. this could be the last friday

at work for lots of folks or at least that one lucky person i should say. experiments do say, though, if -- experts do say, though, if you do win, you should probably keep it quiet. i'll have more advice on what you should do if you strike gold a little later today. back to you. >> the dreams just keep flooding in. thanks, delia. she's live in bethesda this morning probably buying more tickets. for people who feel like they need some kind of edge in the big contest, there are some apps you can download of course. there is the lotto pro app that generates numbers for you based on previous results and it goes for 99 cents. it's probably a waste of the buck because after all, the numbers are created equal. there's the same chance of a one, two, 3, 4, 5 and 6 as theres is any other combination. 6:05, jessica doyle with us. >> ideas on earning frequent flyer miles.

>> if you win megamillions you can get your own plane. of course summer vacation season is not too far in the future and even if you're not an elite traveler, top business flyers have some insider tips so you can score service that's downright first class. frequent flyers get perks like priority security lines and private lowfngs but it -- lounges but it only takes about 25,000 frequent flyer miles to reach the lowest level of elite status. what happens here? some dedicated travelers often book cheap long distance flights just to build up miles, like traveling to l.a. and back in a day just for the miles. paying for extras can also help you earn perks. a day pass to some airline club lounges is only about 50 bucks and you can get a comfortable place to relax and enjoy some snacks for free and watch some tv during your layover. "the wall street journal" also recommends buying a seat upgrade. that's going to get you into

priority security lines and you'll get earlier boarding times. you can also try using a credit card that turns you sky miles. and finally avoid getting bumped from an overbooked flight by printing your boarding passes very early on. so check in the night before you fly so the ticket agents aren't tempted to give your unclaimed seat away. here's one final note about keeping your bags. i don't know if have ever lost a bag but we always have the i.d. tags on the outside. one thing to consider is sticking your card inside just in case the baggage machinery eats up the tag on the outside. the airline will actually open up your bag and try to figure out who you are. >> i've done that before. >> good idea. >> very good tip. thank you. >> do that even if you're on your private plane. a big congratulations to

this sergeant, one of eight honorees as a virginia woman in history. she was honored thursday in richmond. the 26-year-old is the second most decorated woman in itself national -- the national guard and the first to receive both the purple heart and a bronze star for valor for her service in iraq. >> wow, congratulations. that's amazing. 6:08. still ahead, a wannabe spy who claims the c.i.a. treated her poorly. >> unfavorable, unfair, discriminatory, harassment, psychological abuse, torture. >> now she's fighting back using twitter. in five minutes learn what she is saying. >> it's finally friday. up next anny hong has your weather first. stay with 9news now.

i'm anny hong with your forecast. lots of sunshine starting out on your friday morning. by noon temperatures in the 50s. afternoon highs top out in the lower 60s under partly cloudy conditions with increasing clouds later today. i'll have your seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. right now we're checking out the right on 270. building volume out of frederick county. the pace down through germantown has been good. we're looking live from sky 9 at i-270 heading down to the split in rockville south of montrose road. quiet ride as you make your way

on to the 270 spur or inner loop. the next check of traffic at 6:17. thank you, berve. mitt romney is expected to get the backing of congressman paul ryan from wisconsin. that state holds its primary on tuesday. >> another big endorsement for romney is one of the stories making news at 6:12. former president george h. w. bush backed romney yesterday along with first lady barbara bush. he calls on other republicans in the race to bow out. president obama leaves washington this morning campaigning in new england holding events in vermont and maine today. he won both states back in 2008. maryland's governor is throwing its support behind democrat rob gri -- garagiola. now to a really interesting story about a spy in training on twitter. >> she says she was sent to a

secret psychiatric prison and eventually fired all for what she posted on the social media site. >> gary nurenberg introduces us to a georgetown grad who says she just wanted to serve her country. >> reporter: she describes her experience using the words. >> unfavorable, unfair, discriminatory, harassment, psychological abuse, psychiatric abuse, torture. >> reporter: she says she was a dia analyst in iraq before moving to the c.i.a. to become a spy. >> i was with the c.i.a. for about three and a half months before i was sent to their secret psychiatric prison in northern virginia. >> reporter: now she tweets frequently about what she calls her abuse by the c.i.a. the c.i.a. can't stop the truth. dia cannot compare to any of c.i.a.'s nuts. my word is to get the idea out of c.i.a. and dia brainwashing. if the president failed, bye- bye. if you can't deal with the

c.i.a. security. she writes about c.i.a. crimes. >> ultimately i got in the car accident and the c.i.a. sent me to their secret prison. >> reporter: a secret psychiatric prison. >> yes. it's a psychiatric facility located in northern virginia. they attempted to drug me. >> reporter: do you think there's any chance they're right you had a mental failing in becoming a good spy? >> i'm a hundred percent sewer they're incorrect. the system is corrupt glr she says she sued and continues to defend herself and attack the c.i.a. online. >> i believe by tweeting and blogging i am serving my country by exposing c.i.a. fraud. >> reporter: a spokesman reached last night declined to comment on the story, but we thought this use of social media to attack the c.i.a. was worthy of mention. we'll follow the progress of her legal case but after those attacking tweets, she concedes it is unlikely she'll be working for the c.i.a.

any time in the future. gary nurenberg, 9news now. >> if you'd like this check out all of those tweets for yourself, go to wusa9.com. we have a link to her twitter account right there. thank you for watching us. it's 6:15. anny hong is in for howard and has the forecast first. good morning. we have some areas of frost we could be seeing north and west of town, places like frederick, hagueerstown. we could see some frost till 9:00. temperatures dropping down into the low to mid-30s. the rest of today, though, for most of us looking pretty nice by the afternoon. our day planner for this friday upper 40s by 9:00. lots of sunshine. we do see some clouds filtering in by later today. by 5:00 temperatures in the lower 60s. right now temperatures in downtown around 44 degrees. partly cloudy conditions. and here's a look at that frost advisory. it includes washington frederick, and jefferson counties including the cities

of hagerstown, frederick, westminster and martinsburg till 9:00 this morning. and then we do have a freeze warning farther north around southern pennsylvania, including parts of oakland. this again goes till 9:00 this morning so kids in those locations as you're going to the bus stop, definitely bundle up. it's going to be cold. maybe even slick in some spots with that frost. this morning mostly sunny and chilly, 30s and 40s to start out the morning. otherwise temperatures getting into the 50s for the noon hour. so take your lunch outside if you want along with a light coat and then we'll see variable cloudiness for the afternoon. mostly cloudy by 8:00, 66 degrees as you're heading out for the evening. 34 in downtown. 33 in frederick. 36 degrees in hagerstown. annapolis in the mid-40s to start out your day. our satellite and radar picture showing us we could see some showers filtering in. i would say late tonight, generally after midnight during the overnight hours and into your early saturday morning. the future cast kind of shows

this. we see the increase in clouds throughout the afternoon. a mixture of some clouds, calling it variable cloudiness. then for overnight, we could see a couple of showers developing. i would say closer to midnight and after midnight. the heavier stuff will really be far north of us into pennsylvania. you can see a couple of scattered showers possible into early saturday morning along with those mostly cloudy conditions. we start out in western maryland. cumberland high today 54 degrees. partly cloudy conditions. 59 in martinsburg. 60 for leesburg. warrenton and manassas in the lower 60s. in downtown 62 degrees. 62 also andrews air force base. pax river 60. annapolis around 64 degrees. your next seven days the weekend looks milder. saturday upper 60s, chance for some unsented weather, mostly -- unsented weather, most -- uneitherred weather, mostly

cloudy. on the outer loop close to connecticut avenue, by the time police and sky 9 had gotten there, the accident had already moved on. new hampshire avenue, right side of the screen is outer loop where the pace is still good. slowdowns off and on from university boulevard around toward colesville and georgia. just volume delays. no issues 95 into laurel. heading toward the beltway, bwi parkway and 50 incident free. east on 66 virginia drivers finding a little slowdown 29 to 28 centreville. getting in past 50 fair oaks to get to 123 just a slow merge. then inside the beltway a little more crowded as we break the falls church barrier before the hov rules kick in. north on 95 and 395 slowest drive is from the prince william parkway across the okay quan. slow and go there. then the pace into newington below speed as you head up to 395. looking good at duke street. looks like a great sunrise too. the next check of time saver traffic at 6:25. back to you. >> talk to you in a bit.

6:19 now. next in sports, the caps finally come through in the clutch. see last night's game-winning shot. >> right now another check of our question of the morning. it is 58% of women say they would prefer which of these things over a big diamond ring. is it a, a luxury car, b, a big wedding or c, a walk-in closet. >> our facebook friend joe is not pulling any punches. he goes, who cares. you give them all three and they want more. expectations are raised and then what's next? maybe an in door spa, home theater or possibly even a casino in vegas for valentine's day. ouch. keep the guesses coming. we'll reveal the answer at 6:48. there's another great reason to go to our facebook page. enter our 9news now hyatt regency chesapeake bay wonderful weekend sweepstakes. once you like us on facebook, you can enter by guessing the lowest score in each round of

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good morning. time 6:23 on your friday morning. you'll want the sunglasses as you're heading out the door. a sunny start for the day but then we'll see some clouds kind of coming throughout the day in and out. here's a look at the day planner. by 11:00 in the lower 50s. by late this afternoon partly cloudy conditions, in the lower 60s. and then we'll see variable cloudiness throughout the day but the showers holding off till later tonight. i would say after midnight. here's mike and andrea. hey, guys. >> the capitals lost to the sabres tuesday night might come back to bite them. >> the tie break comes down to who has more wins in head-to- head competition. right now d.c. loses both over those tie breakers.

>> last night the capitals were hosting the bruins and this one went to a shootout. an amazing shot past the goalie tim thomas. capitals win it 3-2 and they need every win. the capitals are tied with the samers right now for the eighth -- sabres right now for the saith and final spot. buffalo holds the tie breaker. the caps have just four games left. down to florida and spring training. nationals and tigers last night in a split squad game. disirve-year paul -- xavier paul broke a tie in the eighth with this single. d.c. beats detroit. the nationals beat the braves 6- 3. it's almost over. final four is almost here. all the eyes on the ncaa men's basketball tournament will be on new orleans tomorrow. in the early game right here on channel 9 and in state rivalry. this is going to be a great one. kentucky and louisville, oh, i can't wait for that one. in the late game you have ohio state against kansas, the

battle of number two seeds. the final four show beginning tomorrow afternoon, 4:00 p.m. tipoff for the first gape is just after 6:00 p.m. -- game is just after 6:00 p.m. this game was tied at 80 with five minutes left and a former georgetown hoya roy hibbard had just nine points but those two put his team ahead for good. d.c. falls to indiana 93-89. our time is 6:25. still ahead, learn why blackberry is singing the blues. >> pepco promised to trim trees to avoid further outages. now learning why the company has stopped doing that. northbound on 95 lining up from the prince william parkway to get past the occoquan, more heavy traffic as you make your way through newington. you're watching 9news now.

our next check of time saver traffic coming up at 6:30. happy friday. we'll be right back.

good morning. time 6:29 on your friday morning. it's going to be a sunny start to the day, kind of chilly. definitely you want your coats, maybe even a scarf if you get cold easily like i do. for the rest of today, we're looking at mostly sunny

conditions. for the afternoon, though, some increasing cloudiness. temperatures topping out low to mid-60s for this afternoon. currently it's 44 degrees ready partly cloudy conditions. if you're heading out for dinner tonight, it's going to be milder compared to last night. i think it's going to be a pretty nice evening. maybe you can fire up the barbecues if you'd like. the weekend is looking milder. i've got your complete forecast including your seven-day a little later. first here is a look at your time saver traffic with beverly. just a couple of things to caution folks about right now. virginia drivers northbound on 95 you're finding heavy volume not unusual coming up from the prince william parkway to make your way into woodbridge. then in springfield. this is the inner loop just north of springfield heading up toward braddock road. normally kind of a tieup point but the delays extend right to braddock road where we found a traffic pattern change in the express lane. traffic lanes shift to the left as you reach braddock road. that's the focal point. the delays don't go all the way

up to 66, at least not yet. if you're traveling on 66, there's a volume delay east of manassas into centreville. fair oaks to 123. heavier volume eastbound into falls church but not a bad pace into ballston and the teddy roosevelt bridge. i-270 travelers south out of frederick county, maryland, a little slow but after that the pace good toward the beltway. your next check of time saver traffic comes up at 6:43. this morning if you go out to get some gas in the d.c. metro area, 87 octane is going to cost you right around $4.02. >> we're just 8 cents away from breaking the record on trip's fuel gauge report. the president says it's time to end tax rates for oil companies, something he voted for while in the senate. >> cbs this morning has been exclusive interview on this today. erica hill joins us live from new york with a preview. good morning. >> mike and andrea, good morning you to.

i was briefly in d.c. on monday and looking at your gas prices there, it was a little bit of shellshock. not pretty i know for so many drivers around the nation, especially there in the nation's capital. we do have the president of shell oil mar kin owe tim -- marvin otum with us. he's predicting gas prices will continue to spike and could reach new record highs this spring. we want to ask him about that as well as the record profits that the five major oil companies are seeing and the push by the president to repeal tax breaks that are saving oil companies billions. we'll have all that when we see you at 7:00 and also talking lotto money. you may need it to buy gas. you can do a lot of other things with it if you wish. >> are you playing, erica? >> yeah. you can't win if you don't play. >> that's right. we may see you monday. >> maybe. >> you know what? i wouldn't quit my job. >> i wouldn't either. i saw charlie got his very first ticket from gayle yesterday. he had never played. >> and he sang. >> i heard that. it was very funny.

>> very good. >> see you in a bit. speaking off, tonight's megamillions jackpot drawing is going to be a record breaker. the grand prize is estimated to be $540 million. >> take a deep breath every time we say that out loud. you can break some amazing odds if you can actually win this thing. delia goncalves is live in bethesda with a dollar or two and a dream or two. good morning. >> reporter: i would say about $5 and a couple of dreams we'll see. everyone has to dream big, especially when you're looking at $540 million. massive jackpot. you can take a look at this lotly machine inside the 7- eleven on river road in bethesda. it has been cranking out tickets since 5:30 this morning. the line really hasn't stopped. in fact, buddy with d.c. lottery expects ticket sales to soar today to nearly one million. average sales by the way in d.c., only $250,000. but remember, before you play,

the odds are stocked against you. your chances of getting struck by lightning are one in 280,000. chances of winning the big jackpot, one in 176 million. experts say you're 500 times more likely to get hit by lightning than hitting the jackpot. but in case you do, keep these things in mind. >> all of a sudden you've got ten million in the bank and you don't know who to trust. people come out of the woodwork. >> it really does alter status quo almost permanently. it takes about five years to get used to this kind of change in a person's life. >> so those are the experts. they suggest if you do win tonight's big lotto, then you should one, get a financial planner right away. get a lawyer as well. and kind of keep is on the hush hush. don't tell too many folks right away. you have until 10:45 tonight to play and see if you can strike

gold and to find out if you do, the announcement will be made. the drawing will be made at 11:00 p.m. good luck, everyone. back to you. >> wow. thafers, -- thanks, delia live in bethesda this morning. if you're a gambling man or woman, here's some other odds you can consider. your odds of getting a royal flush in a game of texas hold'em, one in 649,740. the correct number in roulette, one in 37. rolling snake eyes one in 2 billion. on a serious note, there could be many yore victims of a northern virginia teen prostitution ring. >> so far five alleged gang members have been arrested over the last few weeks. >> prosecutors say the

defendants recruited 16 to 18- year-old girls at schools, metro stations and even on facebook page. it appeared to belong to a teenage girl but the ringmaster minds were behind it. >> basically saying to them hey, you're pretty, do you want to make some money and through flattery and coercion and threats of violence, they would lure these young women into acts of prs institution. -- >> prostitution. >> prosecutors say the men involved beat up some of the girls who tried to quit. the investigation started four months ago thanks to a vigilant parent. police say parents should talk to their teens about this case because they may know more victims. today the d.c. health department will announce which companies will be allowed to grow medical marijuana in the district. six companies have been selected from dozens of bidders, including a firm partly owned by the former talk show host montel williams. it takes three months to grow and harvest marijuana and then it's sent to one of five

distribution centers. this next story might actually make you feel at least a little sorry for pepco. to montgomery county council members are drafting a bill to protect more trees from the utility trimming crews. last summer maryland's public service commission fined pepco a million bucks for unreliable service and ordered the company to better manage vegetation around the power lines. county residents have since complained about leftover stumps. but pepco says that's standard industry practice and removing stumps would cost a lot more. 6:37. jessica doyle is watching your money. >> despite the rough economy, one part of the real estate market is red hot. >> that's right. if you have the money, there's no denying that one part of the real estate market is doing really, really well because there are deep discounts out there. this is the market for vacation homes. sales of investment properties and vacation homes soared 65% last year. the national association of realtors says that at the same time sales to ordinary home

buyers fell 16%. for those on a shopping real estate spree, 41% of buyers picked up more than one property. almost half of all investors paid for those properties with cash. blackberry just isn't smart enough for many smartphone lovers. the company has been struggling to compete with the iphone and other touch screen models. now they decided to basically give up on the individual consumer market. instead it's going to focus solely on business customers. in the last three months only one out of 20 smartphone buyers chose a blackberry. lots of excitement in the days leading up to this. titanic release. >> they hit the big screen again. the 199711-time oscar winner

"titanic" has been remastered into 3-d. our partners at "u.s.a. today" say you should expect the second highest grossing film of all time to make a claim again at the top spot at the box office. the night of april 14 just so happens to be the seen ten -- centennial of the titanic sinking. >> there it is. our time is 6:39. in nine minutes an amazing event put on by american university students to raise money for our injured troops. >> it is going to abgreat friday -- to be a great friday weather wise. sunny skies, highs in the 60s. we'll be right back.

welcome back to 9news now friday edition. we'll call it megamillions friday edig. it's 6:44 rand 44 -- 6:44 and 44 chilly degrees. incident on the inner loop of the beltway close to braddock road on the left shoulder. we have delays out of springfield getting past this interchange where callers best describe it as a lane shift on the inner loop getting into the work zone between springfield and braddock road. after this point no longer a delay toward i-66. if you're traveling on the trip north on 95 and 395, still heavy traffic in woodbridge getting into springfield. 395 through landmark pace was not bad into shirlington and approaching the inbound 14th street bridge. volume is still light. the beltway in oxon hill and alexandria still look good. if you're traveling on the beltway in maryland the outer loop of the beltway heading west from new hampshire avenue to university blfort and colesville -- boulevard and colesville, off and on

slowdowns. he we are at colesville with the sun rising for us. southbound 95 looks good out of lowrl and -- laurel and points south. your next check of time saver traffic at 6:58. back to you. on this megamillions friday, you're already a winner. the start to this day is a good one. >> it is. we're looking at mostly sunny conditions. there are some areas of frost, though, north and west of town, including frederick, clarke, jefferson counties. that includes the cities of hagerstown and frederick. so kids in those locations bundle up and be careful as you're walking to the bus stop as you could see some frost developing. here is a look at our day planner for this friday as andrea was saying. a nice start. lots of sunshine. by noon in the 50s. mostly sunny. we do see some clouds coming in this afternoon. we'll call it variable cloudiness throughout the day. right now 44 degrees, partly cloudy, and the winds are out of the east, northeast at 6 miles per hour. here's a look at that frost

advisory. this area i'm calling periwinkle. north of it is in southern pennsylvania is the freeze warning. we've got the frost advisory in our area, including martinsburg and hagerstown and frederick till 9:00 this morning. as you're heading to the bus stop, you kids out there bundle up. it's kind of chilly. you definitely want a good cart, maybe your scarves. 30s and 40s under mostly sunny conditions. for the rest of today turning out to be nice and pleasant. we should be dry for the day. temperatures in the low to mid- 60s by late this afternoon and by 8:00, looking at mostly cloudy conditions. but it will be milder tonight. right now it's 38 degrees in leesburg. 36 in hagerstown. in annapolis 46 degrees. andrews air force base 37. in downtown 44 degrees. satellite radar picture showing us high pressure moving off the coast. we've got some clouds filtering in and a couple of areas of low pressure that could bring us some showers i would say after

midnight tonight into early saturday morning. future cast shows this and how it plays out. again we'll see some clouds increasing today. for tonight partly to mostly cloudy conditions for that commute home. and then late tonight after midnight, we've got a chance for some scattered showers into your early saturday morning. looking at a pretty cloudy day for saturday. western maryland, cumberland high today 54. hagerstown 59. leesburg and manassas in the lower 60s. in downtown 62. same deal for andrews air force base. here's a look at your next seven days. upper 60s for saturday with unsellinged weather and cloudy on sunday, milder, in the lower 70s. here's mike and andrea. a group of american university students hope the basketball game they organized will turn into a major event. >> the event isn't just for any players. it's for wounded military service members who are recovering here in washington. >> the third annual game was held last night on the au

campus. there was a good crowd for the game and the whole event was an idea of the member of a fraternity. >> it started three years ago by james fine, one of our brothers who is a senior this year. through that we've just grown and expanded the event and made it something that the whole region can get behind. >> the event has raised more than $10,000 over the last two years for service men and women along with civilians living with disabilities. the goal from last night was to raise another $10,000. okay, it is now time to reveal the question of the morning. the question was 58% of women say they would prefer which one of these things over a big diamond ring? would they choose a, a luxury car, b, a big wedding, or c, a walk-in closet. >> no doubt this was my choice, c, the walk-in closet. oh, i dream of that. one day. >> it will happen.

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good morning. 6:53 on your friday morning. lots of sunshine to start out your friday. mostly sunny skies this morning. highs topping out low to mid- 60s. by 5:00 in the lower 60s under partly sunny conditions. right now partly cloudy, a temperature of 44 degrees. here's mike and andrea. today's friday, march 30. here's a quick check of the news before you go. an investigation is under way into an early morning train derailment in jessup, maryland. two freight trains collided in the csx rail yard. only conductors were on board at the time. they were not hurt. it did take down some telephone wires. several families are out of their homes following this fire. it happened yesterday afternoon on the grounds of joint base

andrews. three town homes were damaged in what's described as a heavy fire. no word yet on what started it. the capitals needed two points last night and they got them... they had a shootout with stanley cup defending boston bruins. cbs this morning begins at the top of the hour. blake shelton and reba mcintyre take you behind the scenes of it year's acm awards.

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♪ >> it's not just because he sings so well but that's 29- year-old robert wilkinson of alberta. >> in the back of a cop car. . the clip is six minutes long. he posted it to youtube after getting it for his defense in the case that is still pending. >> we're not sure why he was arrested but maybe a little intoxication. >> it's certainly not going to help his case. here's one last look at your seven-day forecast. temperatures today pretty nice. low to mid-60s under partly sunny conditions. increasing clouds. then tomorrow mostly cloudy. a chance for some showers, maybe an isolated thunderstorm but milder, upper 60s, lower 70s by sunday. here's a look at your traffic with beverly. inner loop of the beltway out of springfield, you've got a traffic pattern change into

the long-term hot lane or express lane construction up near braddock road. that's what's been tying up the road. also 95 to head north on 495 through springfield. look how abrupt the lane shift is as traffic squeezes over. you still have four lanes maintained but everybody makes a sharp shift to the right on the inner loop of the beltway. on 66 threw lanes open but sluggish to get in through centreville, fair oaks and then again briefly on the beltway at 95 and 395. heaviest volume of traffic found in landmark and approaching the 14th street bridge where all lanes are open. the outer loop of the beltway a slow ride out of college park to silver spring. there's a new crash reported on the inner loop at st. barnabas road along the left side of the roadway. back to you. as for wall street we're looking higher on this friday. maybe going into the weekend with a rally. we're competitive group but congratulations and happy retirement to joe krebs on another network. have a great weekend,