down to 32 in orange. baltimore is up from 32 to 36 and la plata 34. all right, sunny and dry air. boy it heats up nicely. the highs again around 689 in town and maybe 71 in fredericksburg. monika samtani has a look at timesaver traffic. thank you so much howard. if you're planning to head over into the gaithersburg area, there was an accident involving a tractor-trailer and a car and i just got off the phone with authorities there and they tell me that southbound muncaster mill road between route 124 and shady grove road. one lane getting by now. in the meantime watch out for the activity. we'll take you to a live picture there, involving a tractor-trailer and a car. they had flares set up in the area and they were directing traffic here on the southbound side of muncaster mill road near shady grove road. remember that for your travel plans, 270 is absolutely fine. no problems to report through gaithersburg and down to the point where the lanes divide. back to the maps and this time head to the west side of town.

no problems to report out of manassas. you're going about 64 miles an hour here at route 234. all lanes are open on 66 but on the northbound side of i-95 a live look in the gore area that accident was cleared. you can see that everything was gone but take a look at thedly on the northbound side of -- delay on the northbound side of i-95 that it caused. leaving newington into springfield with the lanes now open. coming up in my next report, another update into maryland at 6:11. back to you guys. the top of the hour we're following breaking news out of prince george's county. police are investigating is murder/suicide in capital sights. according to the department's twitter feed officers are at a home that's right near the cedar heights park in capital heights. we're being told a husband killed his wife then killed himself. we have a crew on the way and we'll bring you more information as we get it. in less than one hour the polls will open in maryland and in the district.

besides the local contests there's also the republican presidential primary. >> delia goncalves is following the 2012 campaign and she's life this morning in -- live this morning in potomac, maryland, good morning. >> reporter: good morning andrea, mike, you said it. the polls open here at churchill high school at 7:00 a.m. and thanks to early campaigning in the state of maryland, and endorsement by the former governor bob ehrlich, mitt romney is expected to take the state and its 37 delegates. in fact, in early voting romney already proven today ahead of the -- proved to be ahead of his rival rick santorum who didn't visit maryland at all instead focusing on wisconsin where 42 delegates are up for grabs. if romney fails to pick up wisconsin, pundits say it will be a blow to his campaign. order the santorum takes the -- on the other hand the sanatorium takes the state it will give him the moment he needs to forge ahead in the race. >> i at least going to be voted out of office. he took far too long for the

economy to get songer. his policies have not worked. my policies are not design today grow government like him but instead to encourage small business to grow and drive in the economy. >> we've proven we can do pretty well organizationally with limited resources, do some pretty extraordinary things and governor romney is not particularly effective. >> despite six years of campaigning and millions raised from wall street. largely from people who got our tax money as a billout. gov bush -- bail out. governor romney doesn't have it locked down. >> reporter: that of course is newt gingrich rallying the troops and vowing to stay in the race. as he was speaking to folks here in maryland yesterday on a campaign stop. gingrich though is trailing in the delegate count with just 135. santorum. he's second place with 273.

and mitt romney the former massachusetts governor is already at the halfway point for the nomination which is 1144. romney has 572 delegates so far. he is expected to take 56 delegates in maryland and in d.c. today. we'll have a look at our local races coming up at 6:30. back to you. >> all right, delia goncalves reporting live from potomac, maryland this morning. and stay with 9news now throughout the day for complete coverage of today's primaries, at 7:00 "cbs this morning" has a look at the national picture as the results come in tonight, check them out in realtime by visiting wusa9.com. then joinder exand anita tonight at -- join derek and anita tonight for reaction to the contests. vice president joe biden will be in virginia today and this is video of the vice president in iowa last week. today, he'll visit norfolk along with education secretary arne duncan. they'll be talking about ways to make college for affordable.

weave learned the suspected gunman in a deadly college exam pus shooting out west has some local ties. the "san francisco chronicle" is reporting he lived in springfield, virginia and has a brother living in centerville. seven people were killed and three more were hurt yesterday when the shooting happened at oikos yesterday. it's a christian college in oakland, california. police say 43-year-old one goh turned himself in after the shooting, he's a former student of that college they say. he pulled out a gun inside some classrooms yesterday morning and then turned himself in a short time later. >> i heard gunshot sound like down, down, down. then right after that i heard like one woman scream. >> very, very, very bloody scene. a lot of evidence so we're going to take our time and collect evidence properly so that we can have a good solid case to present to the office. >> police say at this point they don't know the motive of the shooting. this is the deadliest shooting since 2008 on a college campus. here's some news,

marylanders don't want to hear. governor o'malley is once again talking about raising the sales tax again. it went up from 5% to 6% just five years ago. the governor tells the "washington examiner" he may hike it to 7% the extra money isn't put aside for transportation. o'malley a democratic has proposed adding the 6% sales tax to gas but that idea hasn't found any support in annapolis. when the governor first floated the idea of a sales tax hike in january, senate president mike miller called it a nonstarter. six minutes after 6:00 right now. jessica doyle is off today but we are will watching your money. the secret service is looking into a breach that's put over one million credit card accounts attristingen they were stole -- at risk. they were stolen from a company called global payments. for visa and mastercard. the good news is the social security numbers were not taken and there's no risk of identity theft in this but the credit card numbers were taken so the accounts can be hacked. your company is expected to

alert few you're one of the people affected -- if you're one of the people affected. as gas prices go up so do sales of fuel-efficient cars. gm says last month it sold 100,000 cars that get 30 miles a gallon or better. which is a first and gm says the demand is rising. chrysler also reports seeing a jump in cars getting 30 miles to the gallon or better. in d.c. in the metro area regular gas now $4.03 a gallon which is up over 28 cents from last month. natural gas wide the average -- nationwide the average $3.82 a gallon. how did your bracket do? >> tom won the channel 9 pool. he correctly picked the winner last night of the men's ncaa championship. >> wisconsin was just -- kentucky was just too much for kansas.

wildcats win, the final 67-59. kristen berset will have highlights coming up in about 15 minutes. they celebrated in the streets of lexington early into the morning. at least one person though was shot in all of the celebrating. police made self-dozen arrests, they were on alert following a series of fires set during the celebrations last saturday night for the final four. a big shakeup at the gsa. in four minutes learn why this was not the first time spending at the agency came under fire. >> and howard says it's going to be a great spring day and there's a lot of sunshine in your seven day forecast. your weather forecast next here on 9news now.

well, it's a cold start this morning. frost and freeze advisories and warnings were up north and west of town until 9:00. by lunchtime though nice and sunny. temperatures approaching 60 and we'll have a nice afternoon with highs upper 60s to low 70s. seven day forecast in just a few minutes. monika? we're taking a live look from sky 9 at the accident we've been telling you about in gaithersburg here on the southbound side of muncaster mill road at shady grove road. one lane is getting by and it involves a tractor-trailer and a car. you might just want to take mid county highway as the alternate. i'll keep youest pod on the situation -- mosted on the situation. the head of the general

services administration has stepped down amid reports of overspending on events in las vegas. but this is not the first time. >> our investigative reporter has been following the gsa story for two years and he says instead of answering questions about this spending, gsa hired a publicity firm. >> reporter: inside this gsa regional headquarters in kansas city, missouri, the resignation reignited disgust and distrust. >> it is very disturbing and upsetting. >> reporter: diane price worked at kansas city's bannister federal complex where co- workers were getting sick and dying unusually. >> this is my husband terry price. he died at the age of 50. there has been so many deaths and so many illnesses. >> reporter: her late husband worked in a part of the building where the department of energy manges parts for nuclear bombs. instead of investigating the gsa spent $234,000 hiring a pr

firm which was administrator's martha johnson's first time in the spending hot seat here before missouri senator claire mccaskill. >> did you do anything wrong in the contract? >> we did not do anything wrong. >> reporter: when they identified new and wasteful and in some cases impermissible spending this time the administrator resigned. this is the m. reassorted in las vegas where -- resort in las vegas where they indulged on wellington and sushi and shrimp. president obama seemingly forewarned about this in a 2010 speech. >> you can't go take a trip to las vegas or go down to the super bowl on the taxpayers' dime. >> reporter: but this report says gsa officials spent more than $136,000 in taxpayer dimes just visiting las vegas to plan the conference. these departments though a 2400 -- documents show a suite with

multiple hdtvs and web art where gsa vips stay. the report says officials hosted semiprivate parties in their own rooms and spent more than $8,000 in souvenir yearbooks. $822,000 price wishes was spent on the sick. >> dollar so many people who could use that money to help with their medical expenses. >> that was russ reporting, he adds they are making plans to abandon that facility. as far as the latest scandal the president is calling for an investigation on this former ddot and metro boss dan tangherlini will take the lead for now of the gsa. all right it is 6:14. howard is here with a spectacular forecast for later this day. >> yeah, once we get past the morning chill we've got frosty conditions. not only north and west with

frost advisories but i jay a touch of frost down on the windshield. in charles county the temperatures have been down to 34 or so. so i expect frost there as well. what a warm march we've had. numbers have come in and this was the warmest march. just got this put together yesterday after the morning show and i'm sharing this with you now. it's so cold my mouth isn't even working, 56.8 degrees it was average temperature. that's -- degrees was the average temperature. fifth straight month of above normal temperatures. and also the sixth driest with just over an inch of rain. at the bus stop this morning it's clear: it is chilly. we've got temps down in the low 30s in spots the warm areas like downtown, mid maybe upper 40s. sunrise 6:49. today lots of sunshine, this dry air that cools off today is going to heat up -- cooled off so much is going to heat up nicely. mid- to upper 60s for the ball game this afternoon. as the nats are hosting the red sox. preseason baseball, wear the sun gene and a wide brimmed had

if you can and 5:00 68 degrees. some areas will get to 70. frost advisory still in effect until 9:00 for howard, montgomery, prince william, fauquier counties. further north freeze warnings in effect but these temperatures are getting down in york to 29. it's 37 easton and even easton and denton places like that could be seeing a little frost this morning with culpeper at 32. gaithersburg 34 and the tappahannock airport at 33. locally 32, sterling, reston 33 and we know it's frosty there and like like in gaithersburg and laurel and college park at 35 could be seeing some frost with baden and andrews all at 34 degrees. outside on the michael and son weather camera, clear skies and a little bit lighter. just a half hour or so from the sunrise. 33 and the dew point at 31. clear skies overhead this morning but some of the showers and storms that you see up in the great lakes, they hold together we may see an isolated

shower or two overnight tonight. see this cloud feature coming across? that may spit out a shower or two. tomorrow afternoon we'll look especially south and southwest of town is where the threat of a few showers could pop up through the evening hours but i think our next chance of rain here in the metro area may hold off until late in the weekend or even early next week. it's dry and no big changes headed our way. pleasant, 69 today. tonight not as colds. isolated shower, tomorrow 74 and showers south in the afternoon. cool on thursday, only to 60 and into the holiday weekend. friday 61. saturday 64. sunday easter sunday, partly to mostly sunny, upper 60s and a shower possible monday and 70. 6:17. monika now with timesaver traffic. a live look from sky 9 here in gaithersburg. i've been telling you about the accident i say for about 45 minutes on the southbound side of muncaster mill road at shady grove road. this one involves a tractor- trailer and a car, you can see

the flatbed tow truck arrived at the scene and they're in the clearing stages with one lane getting through there. if you want to avoid any delays caused by this go ahead and take the mid county highway instead. we'll go to a map and show you where it is here on the southbound side of muncaster mill road here in gaithersburg. just remember that and you can see that southbound 270 is slow as well through the gaithersburg area. now to the south side of town no problems to report inside the beltway on 66 or 395. but we'll take a live look at the northbound side of i-95 where it's very slow and heavy through newington to springfield. we had a couple of separate incidents there earlier this morning that were cleared and a little further north now at duke street slowing down to listened mark heading up to seminary road. coming up in my next report, another look into maryland at 6:25. back to you guys. thank you monika. our time is 6:18. next in sports the capitals face a challenge in tampa bay.

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welcome back. coming up on 6:23. howard here with your weather first and we've got a chilly start. many areas in the low to mid- 30s. you may have to do a little scraping on the windshield but a nice day ahead. looking at the day planner a lot of sunshine today. in fact by lunchtime far more comfortable. as temperatures will be climbing in to the lower 60s and mid 60s at 3:00 for the game and highs upper 60s to around 70. good morning everybody. it's been 14 years since kentucky has celebrated a national championship in basketball. head coach john calipari has never been able to get his hands on the championship trophy. well, now he can. kansas with their fair share of comebacks during the ncaa tournament, they would need another last night.

terrence jones with the slam here by kentucky. he had 9 on the night. kentucky got out to the early lead so the jay hawks came out blazing in the second. taylor with the three cuts the lead to 12 and then kansas doing their best to mount another comeback. but kentucky having none of it. the number one overall seed wildcats are your 2012 national champs, bluegrass country was celebrating last night. the caps down in fay taking on -- tampa bay taking on the lightning. late in the thirdcaps down 2-1. chimera there for the putback. but the lightning weren't done. steven stamkos two goal in a minute. they beat the caps 4-2. wizards hosting milwaukee who are fighting for the final playoff spot in the east. less than a minute to go in the first half. wiz down 11. jordan crawford from the top of the three with a big three pointer. he had 23 points, in the fourth john wall with some sloppy ball

handling. john livingston puts the bucks up by 19. they win 112-98. that was going to do it for your morning sports, i'm kristen berset have a great day. our same the 6:25 -- time is 6:25. coming up which airline will start carjacking to put -- charging you to put bags in the overhead bin? >> the latest on the megamillions drawing in maryland. >> no wait for this. monika has a quick check on traffic. >> an update on the accident in gaithersburg here on the southbound side of muncaster mill road at shady grove road. you can see that authorities are on the scene blocking it off on the right side of the road. be aware of delays in that area. i'll keep you posted on this situation in gaithersburg coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. k9 advantix ii.

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well, good morning if you're just waking up. 6:9. this is the place you can always get the weather first and that includes you mr. president. good morning and mrs. obama. we're looking at the white house, primary day in maryland and the district. the sun is just starting to corm up. 42 degrees out there right now. >> thank you for start, your tuesday with us, good morning, i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm mike hydeck. meteorologist howard bernstein is in the jacket but later this afternoon you won't need it. >> a gorgeous afternoon but a chill we've got going on right now. temperatures down in the low to mid-30 end zone many areas and still -- 30s in many areas but even south and east isolated

patches of frost as well. here's the day planner the cold start and definitely need the jackets. a 5:00 p.m. temperature 68 and highs to the 70-degree mark and we'll be nearly as windy as it was yesterday. right now 43. there's your frost advisory north and west. covering montgomery and howard and loudoun counties, prince william and fauquier as well. freeze warnings up near the maryland and pennsylvania board we are temperatures right now with 31 in frederick, 30 manassas. 31 hagerstown and leesburg. 33 la plata and 43 at reagan national. i'll have the rest of the seven day forecast looking to easter in a few minutes. right now monika with timesaver traffic. good morning everybody, around the buildway things are looking fine but ongoing accident activity in gaithersburg. you want to watch out for it right here southbound on muncaster mill road at shady grove road. the tow truck's been on the scene for a while and it did involve a tractor-trailer and a

car and that's why it's taking so long to clear up. southbound 270 has been incident-free. as you head down to clarksburg and then you can see all that green it still looks great heading town to montrose road which is what we're going to look at now on the southbound side all lanes are open. and again traffic moving well through rockville. we'll go back over to the maps this time on the inbound side of i-66. an accident just happened at route 50. we'll take a live look here on the traffic land camera and it was moved to the shoulder just a few minutes ago but was there in the roadway long enough to cause a bit of a slowdown trying to get to route 50. we'll end with a live look on the northbound side of 395 bunching up here in landmark. that's pretty normal for this time of the morning. coming up in my next report, hoot look around the their -- another look around the area. call it the megamillions mystery? there are questions over a maryland woman's claim she bought the winning ticket to friday's big jackpot. >> yeah. so far her claims have raised a lot more questions than answers. in fact we were commenting this morning this story changes every day.

"cbs this morning" is all over the story. erica joins us now with a preview. wow, this is something erica. >> yeah, sit every day. almost is like multiple times within the day. your head is spinning from it. a closer look at this morning and working to unravel the megamillions mystery in baltimore county. which as most of you probably know but just in case they department hear. the mcdonald's worker claimed she won but so far though she has not produced the binning ticket and -- winning ticket. we're actually going to show you what happened web we tracked her down and also check out the surveillance video of the store that sold the sinning ticket. that's -- winning ticket. that's ahead at 7:00. >> we'll be watching, maybe we'll have the ticket by the time -- >> thanks erica. at 6:32 we focus on campaign 2012. it's primary day in maryland and the district. >> the polls open at the top of the hour, delia goncalves live in potomac, maryland, she has a preview. good morning delia. >> reporter: good morning mike,

andrea. you know workers campaign workers for john delie knee, he's a democrat running for congress, he will be there at 7:00 hoping to convince voters before they head into the polls to cast their ballots. delaney endorsed by the "washington post" and former president bill clinton is running for congress in the sixth congressional district against republican representative roscoe bartlett. bartlett is seeking an 11th term in congress but facing an uphill battle with a field of -- a large field i should say of republicans and democrats. the reason for this mainly is because of redistricting. redistricting recently changed his district in many ways. getting rid of a republican stronghold of maryland and now in its place, putting montgomery county which of course leans very democratic.

in the district of columbia, biddle is running for an at large council seat. the "washington post" endorses tom brown against the incumbent yvette alexander and next door in ward 8 a number of young candidates are trying to outseat marion berry. >> it's an opportunity the make changes on the council. >> they want to see something fresh and now. actually get down to real business which is improving and protecting the quality of life in ward 7. >> the resident of ward 7 will have the final word. >> they love council member berry but it's time for a change. they look at the economics out here, they look at the unemployment rate. >> reporter: representative donna edwards and senator ben cardin both seeking their seats back in congress for additional terms, polls close here in maryland at 8:00 tonight. mike, back to you. >> all right, thank you delia. delia goncalves live in

potomac, maryland this morning. and stay with us throughout the day for complete coverage of today's primaries. and about 25 minutes "cbs this morning" has a look at the national picture. and as the results come in here in our region tonight check them out in realtime by visiting wusa9.com. you can also join derek and anita at 11:00 for the results and reaction to the local and national races both. at 6:35 we have an undate on breaking news you first saw right here on channel 9 this morning. police are investigating is murder/suicide in capital heights, maryland. prince george's county police tell us they were called to a house just after 1:00 this morning. and a woman arrived at the home and found the bodies of her aunt and uncle. police believe the man shot his wife and then killed he'll. we'll have updates throughout the day though on wusa9.com. and a follow-up now to a story we brought you at this time yesterday morning. prince george's county police have made two more arrests after a violent weekend. 3 #-year-old cristalina warner is charged with the murder of

her grandmother. 83-year-old dorothy ogden. ogden was found head sunday morning -- dead sunday morning in accokeek. police arrested 24-year-old blackwell for the crime. they classify this as a domestic invent. we're hoping the learn the name of a man struck and killed by a trash truck. he was walking behind the truck yesterday afternoon? an alley off 14th street in northwest. witnesses say they did hear the truck's backup warning signs go off. the district plans on installing panic buttons in all city taxicabs by the end of this year. the "washington post" reports seven drivers have been accused of assaulting pathiers over the -- passengers over the last few months. along with the buttons taxicabs will also be required to take

debit and credit payments. going to the dmv in virginia just got easier. it lets you renew the registration stickers and driver's license and you can also buy license plates and inship up for a driving -- also sign up for a driving exam and check out the wait times. right now the app is only available on android devices. it is 6:37. jessica doyle will be back tomorrow. so for today, we're watching your money. and we expect to get some good news today for u.s. automakers. sales numbers for march will be out in just a few hours and analysts expect to see the best sales report since august of 2007. bloomberg news reports sales are way ahead of expectations, sales of smaller cars are leading the way. how high can apple stock go? one analyst has set a target of $1,000. that's because of gains expected for apple in china. on wall street monday apple

closed at $618 a share. that's double a year ago from what it was. allegiant air is poised to become the second american airline to charge for overhead bin space. the airline tells the partners at "usa today" charges will begin tomorrow morning for anyone booking a new reservation. it will cost as much as $35 to put a bag overhead. bags under the seat are free. allegiant's flies out of hagerstown and salisbury in maryland. and we've learned frontier airlines will stop serving its trademark fresh cookies on flights next month. it 16:38. the nationals hosting the red sox in spring training game this afternoon. here in d.c. at nationals park. in nine minutes we have a sneak peek of a special exhibition you can see at the ballpark today. hem are bill from where the life of -- memorabilia from the hall of famer ted williams. is you feel boo day for anything -- a beautiful day for anything else. howard takes a look ahead to

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good morning, welcome back, it's 6:42 and 43 degrees, an accident in newington closing down loisville road between the fairfax county parkway and the franconia springfield parkway again in newington and crews are on scene. 66 on the inbound side the bad news is there was an accident on route 50. the good news is quickly moved to the shoulder, a live look there on the inbound side near just after route 50 and again the activity is on the shoulder. off and on delays as you come in from centreville. back to the maps right now and again on the inbound side of i- 66 you will go about 54 miles an hour from manassas through centreville. you will be fine into silver spring. here's 270 overall delays into urbanna into springs and it looks fine here in

rockvillement accident activity continues on the clean-up at shady grove road as well. coming up in my next report, back around town at 6:58. the new englanders in the studio are talaking about -- all talking about bass on the but don't forget it's a home game for our bemoved nationals, jason -- beloved nationals, jayson werth thanks to howard. >> just puts the bat down and runs around the bases. >> going to be running circles around the red sox today. >> let ted dewin. >> he might do it today. such a beautiful forecast unless his allergies get to him. you might need the allergy medicine and need the sunscreen as well and you can't bring it in. slather it on before you go into the park. here's a look at a the allergy update with tree pollen in the high category. weeds are absent. there's monika samtani. grass pollen is low and mold spores are in the moderate

category. hi monika. let's talk about the bus stop forecast. we've got temperatures this morning down in the low to mid- 30s in many areas and might be doing a little skyping of windshields, some frost as well. warm spots though are climbing into the 40s over the next hour or two. and today loots of sunshine. going to be really nice by lunchtime. near 60 degrees at noon. upper 60s to 70, 72 in a few spots this afternoon. a beautiful day and by 8:00, couple of clouds start to roll in. and 63-degrees. that frost advisory north and west until 9:00. freeze warnings from carroll and frederick and washington county west. that's also until 9:00 a.m. when you look at the temperatures they're all over the place and we've got some 40s like in washington and hagerstown. but 30 now in culpeper, gaithersburg 34. 32 at tappahannock airport. easton 36 and even in southern maryland had reports of spotty frost in areas like la plata and prince frederick. outside almost sunrise there. a few more minutes on the michael & son weather camera.

43-degrees with a dew point at 31 and just watching some snow in the rockies. some showers in the gulf coast and pacific northwest but around us we've got 47, that's going to be with us -- high pressure, that's going to be with us for the entire day and we're looking really fine for the tuesday. tonight, tomorrow maybe a shower. 69 today. overnight shower. much warmer about 52, 54 in town. tomorrow 74 with some afternoon showers south of d.c.. thursday cooling off to 60. partly to mostly sunny. 61 friday. the weekend looks good. 64 on saturday and upper 60s for easter sunday. mike over to you. all right, thanks a lot howard. we're hag a lot of fun -- having a lot of fun here in the studio. the nationals are doing it locally here at nationals park against the red sox and before and after the game, you have a chance to see some memorabilia from one of the greatest hitters of all time. ted williams. david hunt is the president of hunt auctions and there are some really, really neat things

here. morning david, thank you for joining us, you're going to be in the stars and stripes club and people may or may not remember that ted williams was the manager of the then washington is that rights way back then -- senators way back then. >> he turned around a club that was not great certainly and won manager of the year. i mean everything we were talking aboutment everything ted did with excellence for sure. >> so what are the things we're going to have up for auction? >> there's lots of things at the stadium but these are a couple of fun little things, this is a cast iron desk ornament and then a key to the city also. which you know opened every door. every door in washington. i don't think ted needed it to open every door. >> nope. >> but again lots of fun stuff in the collection that aren't necessarily tens of thousands of dollars. we've got those but they are going to be in the $200, $500 range. >> this is one of the favorites, this is ted williams -- i'm going to pull it up closer, ted williams' military id. check this out, this is the

authentic military id from the marine. it's theodore s. williams and if you look on the back, you can see there are finger sprints. these are some of the rare ateems that -- items that i've never seen something like this. this is spectacular. how much could this go for? >> this is a type of literally unique piece and it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. you know great decorative war veteran from world war ii and this is literally. came carrying -- him carrying this with him in service. this should be about $3,000 to 5,000 dollars. >> what aboutly is this piece? silver bat, the pinnacle of batting he won for the batting championship in 1938 and he was 39 years old and batted .398. he was such a great player and such a student of the game and again talk about unique pieces, only get in collection like

this. >> there was no talk of performance-enhancing drugs back then. the rarefied air of ted williams is a feat today. >> just to find a player that level that was excellent in every aspect of his life. very unique person. >> so for now if you'd like to check this out in person it's going to be the stars and stripes club at nationals park before and after. >> yes. >> head on down, a gorgeous day. absolutely fantastic and look for me. a lot of us are going and now time to andrea daily deals. it is time for a check on the daily deals, we have tourists in our town. washington walks is offering a walking tour of the district's most famous sites. two hours for $7. and that's 353% off the normal price. this is through google offers. also through google offers are two night weekend stay at the columbia inn. in howard county, maryland. it's $348. that's a 52% discount. it includes gourmet breakfasts and a tasting of the winery.

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6:53. chilly out there. 43 in town but lots of areas low to mid-30s. frost advisories north and west but a beautiful afternoon. highs upper 60s to even a few spots in the low 70s. mike? today is tuesday, april 3rd, here's a check on the news before you go. this is the live look at nyanga avenue in capital heights, maryland. police say a man inside that home shot and killed his wife early this morning. then took his own life. their names have not been released. ward 8 city council candidate natalie williams is facing some trouble. they report she is being sued

by the parents of a young girl who claims the girl was assaulted while working for williams' modeling business. williams says she has not received any official documentation on the matter and williams is a former employee of channel 9. lamb scored 22 point, for the wild ats last night including three three pointers. kentucky wins the national title beating kansas. the women's title game is tonight between baylor and notre dame. 6:54. it is time now to reveal the question of the morning, the answer -- >> surprisingly, the answer is c., a peeler. >> i never would have picked that. >> never would have picked that one. >> i don't think -- >> one more check on traffic and weather is next here on 9news now, broken nails but not injured myself.

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here we go. it is one more thing and we're still talking about baseball and this is the bobbleheads of jayson werth and teddy roosevelt. mike is going to at the game. people are already facebooking him saying they'll be looking for him and the family there so have a good time but you were saying this is the best chance of a winning team in d.c. >> a lot of people is r saying this could be the -- are saying this could be the best team in d.c.. the caps barely making the playoffs. >> that's not decided yet. >> we know what the skins did and didn't do. >> we know what the wizards aren't able to do this season. >> you know and our aces coming back healthy. >> especially opening day next week. >> stephen strasburg opening day against -- it's going to be look pretty good. >> they've invested and hopefully it will pay off. >> you can't bring sunscreen as far as i know. >> last year i went and it was on september 11th anniversary. >> metal can containers. >> plastic? all right. you will need it today.

lots of sunshine, i know it's cold there morning but a -- this morning but a beautiful afternoon. upper 60s and isolated shower tonight. not nearly as colds. tomorrow showers shout if the afternoon and 74 -- south in the afternoon and 74 tomorrow. here's a live look from sky 9 on i-66 another route 50. slow come from centerville. a quick look northbound 95 as well. heavy traffic through landmark to seminary road. they have more on the intending scandal of the gsa and steadman is going to be in studio 57. monika and i will be back in 25 minutes. >> we'll have a live update on traffic and weather. settle down ladies. >> get updates on news, weather and traffic by visiting wusa9.com. >> we'll see you tomorrow morning starting bright and early at 4:25. have a great day. go nats! [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ]