you why in that seven day forecast. overall though it looks like our temperatures for today are going to be pretty good. highs are going to make it into the lower range 60s in and around the region. we could see some of those little warmer temperatures down toward our south but overall, it's going to be fairly cool for today. north winds take over tomorrow. we're going to ramp up the winds tomorrow afternoon and that's going to hold us into the upper 50s for some, lower 6s for others -- 6s for others. monika? thank you so much olga. good morning everybody. the beltway's looking great all around town there. there are no big problems to report. we're going to go into southern maryland where there's an accident down in charles county. it's on billingsley road west of route 229 in bensville. be aware of that. otherwise a little further north out of brandy wine. route 5 looks great. no problems on route 210 out of accokeek heading for oxon hill. the live look at the beltway at route 4 pennsylvania looking great near andrews air force base. a good indication of the belt way in prince george's county. back to the maps this time to

the north side of town. all of the major cordones from the north to the beltway look great. the beltway is lighter than normal from college park into silver spring. i'm happy to say. and i'll step out and take a live look from sky 9 at 270 as you head in here from gaithersburg down to the point where the lanes divide. you can see that the traffic is moving well this morning. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look into virginia at 6:14. back to you mike and andrea. thank you monika. when you think of big time college sports, you probably don't think of howard university. but the school has found itself in what could be a big time scandal. >> it's taking some of its student-athletes off the field as part of an internal investigation. ing the asking is live at -- delia goncalves is live at howard. >> reporter: good morning mike. andrea. you know this is a complicated story and still lots of unanswered questions at this point. you had mentioned that howard is not a big time sports school. it certainly isn't. they compete on the division i level but not successfully. for instance the football team

only had two winning seasons in the past 13 years but this controversy no doubt put a spotlight on the athletics here at howard university. yesterday a school spokesperson released a statement describing the suspension as quote a self- imposed action. we don't know how how many students are involved. according to the "washington post" the violations are linked to the textbook system where student-athletes were allegedly pocketing the extra scholarship money. >> that's a pretty big deal to penalize every sports team at a university. >> we're not good anyways so i don't think the community will care but it really will detriment people who are looking to come to our school. >> i think student registration will go down. >> i don't really know the extent of the allegations of what's going on. but i'd say that it's terrible. it's a lot of students who are here for sports. >> reporter: now the teams we're told are still playing. in fact the men's tennis team has a game at navy a little

later today. this though is not the first time the athletic program has come under fire here at howard university. coming up at 6:30 we're going to have a little bit of their troubled past with ncaa violations, we'll have more on that at 6:30. back to you mike. >> all right, delia goncalves live at howard university this morning. the attorney for george zimmerman is blaming trayvon martin for his own death. martin was the 17-year-old black teenager killed by the hispanic neighborhood watchman in florida. the attorney says this was not a case of racial profiling. >> the reason that trayvon martin is dead is not because he was black or because he wore a hoodie or because he was walking in the rain. it's because that 6'3" young man made a terrible decision and a bad judgment and he decided to smack somebody in the face and jump on them and in doing that put him in reasonable fear for his safety. you're going to find there was a dispute as to what happened with the gun. he was beautiful entitled to defend himself and that's why

trayvon martin is dead. not because of racial profiling. >> now zimmerman claims that self-defense in the florida's stand your ground law. the department of justice is investigating the case. the national parks service wants to restore the grass at mcpherson square northwest. it isn't sure how it's going to do it. that square has been home to occupy protestors since last year and most of the campers were cleared out in nebraska. the grass -- february. the glass on the square is damaged. you can see it every time you drive by. it's working with the protestors to get that done without evicting them. us is 6:04 and we're watching your money and more of your money is going into the gas tank. i know mine is. fresh numbers out from triple a fuel gauge report regular grade gas in the d.c. metro area now averages $4.05 a gallon. that's up a penny from just yesterday and up 29 centss from a month ago. nationwide the average is up to $3.94 a gallon. but there are a few things you

can do to bring down those gas costs and jessica doyle is back with some good advice. >> don't pay $4.20 like i did last night for gasoline. i had no choice because -- i was running out of gas but we're going to start with loyalty to a gas station because it really can pay. now if you use a specific brand a lot because it's convenient for your lifestyle, maybe it's the gas station on corner by your house. consider signing up for the loyalty program. now for example we're going to take a look at the bp visa card. it offers a 5% rebate on all gas purchased at bp stations and for the first 60 days you can earn 25 cents off per gallon rebate for every $100 many purchases on the credit card in general. shell and exxon mobil offer similar deals. staying with the idea of credit card rewards, another option is to get a rewards card for all gas stations, for example the discover open road card offers

$10 cashback bonuses on each of the first five purchases of gasoline of $25 or more within the first three months of opening the card. also get 2% back on all gas station purchases. forbes reports that a competing card to think about is the chase freedom card. it offers 5% cashback on the first $1,500 spent on travel and gas during the summer months. a couple other ideas to keep in mind here, keep crash in your wallet because many gas stations will actually give you a pretty big discount for paying cash. up to 10 cents a gallon fear. you the drive a few blocks off the highway you can save 20- cents a gallon really easily. finally the single easiest way to save money. filling up is slow down. your typical sedan becomes a gas hog the faster you go. cnn money reports every ten miles you drive over 60 is like the price of gasoline going up 54 cents a gallon. and that's based on a sedan.

we're not even talking suvs here. >> we're talking scary with the suv. and you told us before not just slowing down but making sure the tires are inflated properly. >> keep your windows up. that's a drag on the car. it doesn't save you gas when you turn on the air- conditioning. you know keep the windows up. and make sure the trunk doesn't have extra load in the back. those are big things that can make a difference. >> save some money by knowing the cheapest places to fill up. just go to wusa9.com and we'll help you out. click on features, then pump patrol. learn which gas stations where you live have the lowest prices. mike? it really does make a difference. thanks guys, wouldn't you love it if the beltway in maryland got a few lanes wider? it sure won't be cheap. there's a new report that finds adding lanes to the beltway is one of the top priorities in the state. the price tag however $5.8 billion. the report from the group trip says easing the trip around the free state is essential for the

state's economy. >> we found that the state's transportation system remains the backbone of the state's economy. and as the state looks into the future, it's going to be very critical to support a high quality of life here in maryland that the state needs to provide a well-maintained and efficient transportation system. >> and also on the list, needed in transportation improvements adding lanes to interstate 270, rebuilding the nice bridge on route 301 and building a purple line between bethesda and new car rollton. it is 67:08. cool schools doesn't take a spring break. >> that's right, that's because students can always stay connected to their school. >> good morning everybody. shout out to everybody who following us right now. >> in eight minutes see how they choose students to stay in touch with their assistant principal in 140 characters or less. >> another great sunny day with highs in 60s, up next a look ahead to the holiday weekend. you're watching 9news now.

we are back at 6:11. here's a look at some of the stories making news this morning. five new orleans police officers will spends time in prison for their roles in the murders of unarmed people. police shot six people killing two of them on a bridge days after hurricane katrina then covered it up. the sentences range from five to 65 years. the company that now owns

the upper big branch mine in west virginia is going to seal that mine shut. two years ago today 29 men died in an explosion in that line. the sealing of the mine should be done by the summer. american airlines early flights from our region to dallas/ft. worth today are on time but there are some cancellations later in the day. those storms that hit tuesday damaged more than 100 jets in american's hub and it's still trying to get the flight back back to normal. okay, 6:12. weather time now. olga is in for howard and it's a little brisk with temperatures in the upper 40s but sunshine coming? >> e yay, absolutely. in fact we've had mainly clear skies overnight and we have a few passing clouds right now but that's going to clear out later on this afternoon. brilliant sunshine to finish the day today but temperatures well hold them back just a little bit because of the winds out of the north and the northeast. right now a day planner that does feature a lot of sunshine and in fact, through mid- morning and late morning we'll slowly move out of the lower 50s right now and we'll definitely see forecast moving on up by the afternoon into the

middle and upper 50s by your lunch break. later on though today, we'll top out mainly about 60, 62 degrees. with the city center. a little bit cooler off to the north and to the west but in all not a bad finish to your thursday. and then a cooler temperatures on the way for friday but i'll give you those details in the seven day forecast. satellite and radar is in the clear for most of us right now. a few showers and storms diving down through wisconsin and kyrylo fesenko but -- kentucky and west virginia but we're going to keep mainly sunny skies and clear skies overnight tonight and sunshine for tomorrow as well. that's going to keep the forecast dry for the holiday weekend. and then we're introducing some rain opportunities later on next week. right now 45 in bethesda. so temperatures have been dropping the past hour. we're down to 46 in arlington. sitting at 49 at reagan national airport. and yes it will be very, very chilly as you step out for that morning paper or to walk the dog. right now our temperatures courtesy of our michael & son weather camera looking good at the capitol but back into the 40s with the few passing clouds

and very dry dew point temperatures. the northeast wind will keep things quite brisk for us at least for the short term. futurecast does give us a little bit of a break into the afternoon and evening hours we'll see a little bit more sunshine taking over. 7:00 a.m. looking good for your morning commute but by late day. brilliant sunshine and yes, temperatures will drop tonight as we keep our clear skies going into your friday morning. and then all that moisture moves off the coast and high pressure settles in for saturday and for sunday keeping us nice and dry. today's highs should make it to 62 for frederick, we'll see about 64 across manassas and even 62 down to andrews air force base. pax river at 48 as the breezes come off the water but in all a pretty great stretch ahead. it will be breezy tomorrow. we'll crank up those winds. 15-mile-per-hour winds out of the north holding us into the upper 50s, lower 60s and a very chilly night on friday night into saturday morning. if you have any games to get

to. pleasant weekend forecast. we're in the 60s and even upper 60s by east ebb sundays. monika. we're going to take a live look from sky 9 on the northbound side of i-95. there's an accident right here in the hov lanes just before the occoquan river. the right lane is blocked and you can see that police have arrived at the scene here. but closeup shot of the accident and i think it may be there for a while. in the meantime, rubber necking delays as well in the main lines. it's attracting a lot of attention and very slow and heavy trying to get northbound on i-95 both in the main and hov lanes here. we'll take a live look -- our actually let's look at a map first and i can show you where it is in woodbridge on the northbound side of i-95 heading up to the occoquan river. now traffic land on the northbound side of 95 and this is the delay. look at that. i'll keep you posted on that situation. back over to our maps and this time we'll head over to the west side of town. no problems to report as you head in on 66 or the dulles

toll road. doing fine both these major thoroughfares heading in from the west and no problems to report on 66 as well. coming up in my next report, i'll update you on the accident in woodbridge at 6:25. back to you guys. thanks a lot monika. a lot of school buses may not be running this week because of school spring break but the cool schools bus is still moving this morning. and we know at least one school administrator who's still motivating his students. check out mr. blake's twitter feed. he's the assistant principal at henry wise high school in upper marlboro and he has more than half of the student body following him. his high energy messages are so popular. he has videos on there too. students watch, read, respond to them too. during weekends and even during spring vacation. we thought this would be the perfect time to show you the work once again. >> good morning everybody! shoutout to everybody who following me right now. >> how'd you like that kind of wakeup call? >> have a great day. >> more than 1800 students at

wise high school get one from their assistant principal on a regular basis. >> yo, we are now streaming live. >> they're all following william blake on twitter. >> oh mr. blake tweeting. you get energized and hyper. you're ready for the day. >> they are on twitter 24/7. i wake up at 5:30 in the morning and go work out and say good morning, students are retweeting me already at 5:30 in the morning. >> his twitter handle pumasden and more than half the school checks out the tweets, videos and calls to action. >> always remember to be amazing. >> because this right here is why -- >> he's a one man show bursting with energy, enthusiasm and school spirit. >> why somebody would be -- i don't want to go to school today. >> yes, you do, you're ready to have a good positive productive day. let's go ladies, lest go, hurry up let's go.

>> he's not just pumping up school pride. he also uses twitter to solve student conflicts before they happen. >> how you doing? >> one weekend he saw disagreement ramping up with two groups posting on twitter and by monday he had the students in his office calming them all down. >> the first thing they say mr. blake how did you know? i said i'm following you on twitter. >> good game last night man, good game last night. >> his ability makes him pretty popular. >> good morning. >> it's amazing of how many students reach out to him and how many students are like oh mr. blake you know. and so it's really helped us here to keep that going. >> how you doing mike? this is actually our news respondent. >> chances are you couldn't stop him if you tried. and the students wouldn't have it any other way. >> and always make sure to follow the pumasden at all times. have a great day guys. >> you cannot sit still when you're with that man. he is absolutely fantastic, if

you have a cool school, we would love to hear about it. send me an e-mail, mhydeck@wusa9.com. just a super, super guy. >> looks like one of the students but i love the bow tie. >> he tied it for real. it's not a clip-on. next in sports which national is asking for a trade hours before opening day and the capitals get ready for a big night at verizon center. >> and right now it's time for another check of the question of the morning -- >> okay. we like what facebook friend diane posted on our timeline, she says -- >> keep the guesses coming. we have the answer at 6:48 this morning. >> and about 90 minutes left to enter our 9news now and hyatt

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the time now 16:23 -- is 6:23. i'm meteorologist olga breese in for howard bernstein in morning. day planner will give us lots of sunshine through early morning though be prepared for that chill as temperatures are starting out in the lower 50 this has hour, we'll slowly move to the 50s and midding and youer 50s by the lunch break and topping out in the lower 60s later on this afternoon. mike? thanks a lot olga. after a spring filled with some pretty good hype in the washington area. its is time -- it is finally time the play ball. >> the nationals begin their 2012 season this afternoon in

chicago. first pitch against the cubs is at 2:20. >> mr. strasburg, good luck. yahoo sports writer jeff paston predicts the nationals will win the national league pennant. >> but there's one guy who definitely is not happy. john lannan. the starting pitcher was sent to triple a tuesday. now he's asking for a trade. lannan says he longs in a big league ration even if it's somewhere else. the season began last night in prime time as the miami marlins christened their new ballpark. they hosted the defending world series champions the st. louis cardinals. kyle lohse took a no-hitter into the 7th for the cards. the marlins lose at home 4-1. well, brooks laich guaranteed he and the capitals will make the playoffs. guarantees it. in a win tonight will do wonders for that promise. d.c. hosting florida in the final regular season game at verizon center. the southeast division the caps are four pints behind the -- points behind the panthers right now and d.c. needs to win

the final two and florida has to lose the final two for the caps to win the division. now as far as grabbing the eighth seed in the playoffs the caps are tied with the sabres. but right now washington holds the tie breaker advantage. so fingers crossed there. the wizards playing three games in three nights. game one last night against the pacers. five indiana players scored in double digits. led by danny granger's 20. wizards lose again 109-96. jordan crawford had 28 in the loss, visiting detroit tonight. the masters begins today in augusta. we'll get a preview straight ahead. >> excited about that. and just when you thought megamillions story in baltimore couldn't get any weirder, we have even more twists. straight ahead. >> are there twists and turns on the road ahead? monika has a quick traffic check. >> there are andrea on the northbound side of i-95 here north the occoquan river this accident in the hov lanes. along the right side of the road causing about a mile delay. i'll have more on the accident coming up in my next report, at

6:30. you've watching 9news now. we'll be right back.

good morning, we are back at 6:29. this is always that place to get your weather first. here's a live look for you at the u.s. capitol. the people's house there. and getting pretty light right now. and temperature is 49 degrees. >> thanks so much for start your thursday with us. i'm mike hydeck. >> i'm andrea roane, howard bernstein is off today but olga breese is here and live on the

weather terrace with a chilly start to our forecast. >> that's rite. we've had our winds mainly out of the north overnight. and there is just a slight bit of high thin clouds around. most of that is going to clear out through midday and late afternoon. bringing us lots of sunshine but be prepared. a very cold start this morning. the day planner features temperatures in the 50s actually 40s this hour finally by the 9:00 hour back into the 50s and peak out around the lower 60s later on today with all of the sunshine though we are expecting the temperatures to rebound quite nicely late in the day. tonight will be another cool one. tomorrow brisk and breezy. we'll told the ofs in the -- hold the temperatures in the upper 50s and 60s later tomorrow. monika? this accident in woodbridge. northbound in the hov lanes just north of the occoquan river very clowe getting by the -- slow getting by. in fact let's take a live look from sky 910 you can see the -- so you can see the accident in the hov lanes. it may have been moved from the right shoulder but the hov

lanes is what is suffering. in fact we'll take a look from the trafficland camera at the delay heading up from route 123. you can see how slow it is on the right side of your screen there trying to get up into woodbridge. on the southbound side of 270 a different story. in problems to report out of frederick heading down south toward route 121 which is where we're going to look live right now. no problems to report as you can see. this is the southbound side looking great into rockville down to the point where the lanes divide. all lanes are open on 270. i'll update you again at 6:43. if you love golfs this one of your favorite weeks of the year. oh. i can't wait. 70 minutes from now, the 2012 masters tournament begins in augusta, georgia. "cbs this morning" is going to take a look at the tournament this morning. >> and charlie rose joins us live from new york with a preview. would you rather be there charlie? >> you got that right andrea.

i would rather be there. i couldn't think of a better place to be than watch them tee off and especially to be there when we will show you the big three golf legend, that's palmer, jack nicklaus and gary player. people at augusta national say the course is ready to go. we'll talk to jim nance and see you request jim nance at 7:00. >> charlie, when you talk to him have him say hello friends. >> what's your swing like? how good is it? can you shows? >> do you want to see it? >> yeah. >> oh. beautiful. beautiful. >> i like the follow through. you're a winner charlie. >> thanks a lot charlie. enjoy. >> the perfect swing for us. the perfect swing for a tree or nationals or whatever courses there are around. we'll take it. >> i'll come. thank you. we have you covered when it comes to the masters. catch highlights of the first

round tonight after 9news now at 11:00. and watch the final two rounds saturday and sunday live right here on channel 9. hope rain won't interfere. >> let's hope not. okay, today is maryland lottery may finally -- give a little sanity to this bizarre megamillions case. >> it's holding a press conference this afternoon in baltimore is item number one on the agenda, the status of the winning ticket. >> and there's another twist. get this the mississippi tv station reports a woman living there said her son had the winning ticket. his name is michael of glen burnie. don't tell that the mirlande wilson. she says she bought the golden ticket. listen to what her lawyer said on wednesday. >> god, i cannot say with any certainty that this ticket exists. when it is time to present the ticket, or whatever it is that needs to be presented to the lottery commissioner, i am sure that we will be there and we will call all of you all up and if you're from new york or

philadelphia or washington, please feel free to come back and spend some money in baltimore. >> oh my goodness. >> he's with the chamber of commerce. >> wilson didn't say anything at the press conference, she let him do all the talking but the "new york post" reports that she told them that the ticket was hidden in the mcdonald's. well, this isn't fun. howard university is taking some of its student-athletes off the field. the school is conducting its own investigation into possibly violates of the ncaa rules, delia goncalves is live on howard campus with reaction. good morning delia. >> reporter: good morning andrea, you know the violations could be linked to a textbook system. the athletes are allowed to have scholarship money to pay for the textbooks. but allegedly these students pocketed the extra scholarship money. that's a clear violation of ncaa rules. that's according to the "washington post." and it also reports that if howard university knew these

violations existed, well, the school itself could face some severe penalties. a school spokesperson released a statement yesterday. describing this action as a self-imposed action. we still don't know though how many students are involved but we can tell you the teams are indeed still playing. howard athletic have had a history of ncaa problems. last season, eight teams were penalized for poor classroom performance and in 2008, 26 football players missed the season opener and 19 sat out the second game because of eligibility issues. and the parole ma'am was under -- program was under fire because of eligibility violations in 1991. so certainly there's a long history of troubles with howard university athletic programs. and the ncaa. however, still lots of

unanswered questions at this point. however, we do know from the school spokesperson that this year's suspensions are indead temporary. we're told that if the students repay the money, they may be allowed back on the field. we'll somewhere much more on the developing story throughout the day as we learn more about what will happen to the future of the athletic program and the students here at howard. back to you mike. >> all right, delia goncalves live at howard university this morning. we could hear later today from the department of education about what's going on with a.c.t. college. all three campuses arlington, alexandria and manassas closed without warning wednesday. the school's president blames it on the federal government. he says the department of education refused to release funds to the college after an audit turned up some problems. the president, congress and thousands of federal workers now have to invest in the stock market just like the rest of us. president obama signed a stock act yesterday and it bans law

makers and other federal workers from making investments based on nonpublic information they learned while they're on the job. the cbs news investigation revealed that many on capitol hill had access@inside information on industries that they regulated. 6:37 and jessica doyle is watching your money. >> already paying more for gas and now more for cars too apparently. >> that's right. don't expect the big cashback offers on the lot anymore and i tell you the car insents have gone the way of manual transmissions. only examined to go higher. the price record true car estimates the price of a typical car reached $27,000 this month. that's up a whopping $2,000 from a year ago. an increase of about 7%. you can blame two factors here. deep cuts in production capacity and the recent rebound in demands for new cars for consumers. and that's not the only thing seeing price spikes right now. wholesale prices overview nil

la have raise -- of vanilla have risen about 2%. it could hit ice cream prices in a big way. vanilla is the most expensive ingredient. and this could be the wave of the future. or not. you go ahead and judge for yourself. it's a new product concept from google. their virtual glasses, now project glass takes all the functionality of the smart phone and places it into a wearable device that resembles eyeglass. it shows the lens displaying the temperature when you look outside. text messages, maps refindsers, they could provide turn by turn directions and take photos and return notes all through -- record notes all through voice commands. google just went public with it because it wants to get feedback from the public to see hey, would you want this? is it worth building? should we go to the effort? what do you think? >> i think people are going to

start walking into buildings and maybe -- not paying attention to crosswalk signs and things, it's a little scary. it's a neat technology but the -- safety thing is what concerns me. >> that person just almost walked into a wall. >> i know really. there it is. oh well. we'll wait until the bugs are worked out. one airline says it's making part of its new airplane kid free. this is video of malaysia airline's new airbus a 380. the website australianbusinesstraveller reports children under the age of 12 will not be allowed in the upstairs economy section. those seats will be allocated for business travelers who have to fly economy and they say they need their rest. malaysia already banned children and infants from first class on some international flights. >> wow. >> no more screaming babies. coming up the first lady visits families of wounded warriors and she brought some special guests with her. we'll show you who. >> the beautiful spring

weather, it continues, beautiful sunny skies today. it continues, straight ahead learn about a cooldown coming our way next week.

it's 6:43. and 49 degrees. welcome back. we've been telling you about this accident on the northbound side of i-95 in woodbridge for a while now. now luckily everything's been cleared and traffic starting to move better in the area. in fact i'm going to step out and show you a live look first from sky 9 on the northbound side of 95 so it's just thattedly drying to get -- delay trying to get past the accident but in fact this was better than it was earlier this morning believe it or not. we'll take you further north now on to 395. this is great from the pentagon to the 14th street bridge. no problems whatsoever. along 395 this entire week has been great. back to the mops and this time head over to maryland. the bw parkway and route 50 look great. a live look at the beltway north of town through college park into silver spring all

lanes are open. coming up in my next report, a look at 270. back to you guys. and olga is in for howard bernstein. getting us ready to enjoy the weekend. >> i think we're already on it. >> howard's one of them. for sure. >> yeah. >> and we're ready to go too. >> absolutely. we're ready with some sunshine. we've got a little bit of a cool start this morning. but things will be changing gradually as we get through the morning. we've dipped down into the 50s and in the 40s for most of us at the moment. but with our sunshine things will be a little bit better later on this afternoon. the day planner today features a lot of sunshine through date ramp. we'll -- late afternoon. we'll get out of the middle and up 50s by about lunchtime but mid-afternoon a few locations could see 61, 62 degrees. that's what we're projecting for reagan national airport and the winds today are staying out of the north. we're definitely seeing the cool clear nights ahead tonight and be prepared for that if you will be spending some time out later on today. satellite and radar it's been

calm for us, a little bit of action over to kentucky and west virginia and southwestern virginia but high pressure is starting to move on in. it's going to dominate. basically it's blocking the region. we'll feature that sunshine tomorrow as well and a little bit cooler conditions tomorrow because of those north and northeast winds. weather cam right now from michael & son looking pretty good at the capitol as the sun is rising. 49 with dew points very low and winds out of the northeast humidity's quite reasonable but these temperatures are cold. we have dropped to 41 for laurel and 43 in college park. still 48 down in alexandria. the futurecast does feature a mix of sun and clouds to start out this morning. this is mainly a high thin layer of clouds for us. toward the afternoon and evening hours a lot of sunshine breaks on through. by 5:00 hour a dry commute home for those of who you do have to get up and about today. and then a clear cool night tonight which will allow temperatures to get down into the 30s and 40s early on friday morning. then, lots of sunshine through

friday as well. highs today should top out near 62 for frederick. about 64 across manassas and 62 reagan national airport. only 58 for pax river today. the coolest and breeziest day will be on friday. that's where we get down into those upper 50s and lower 60s for highs and then we rebounds nicely. middle 60s for saturday easter sunday looking great. upper 60s. but by tuesday, we start to build in cloud cover -- or monday that is we start to build in cloud cover late in the day introducing some cooler air for wednesday and thursday. thank you very much, our time is 6:47. well, they aren't doing anything about the traffic, the ticket prices or the dreadful past few seasons but the redskins are making more improvements to fedex field. better to look good than to be good maybe? the team is adding new suites at the stadium. they'll no doubt set you back plenty of money to enjoy a game there. over the last couple of years the skins installed new party decks, a video wall, and solar

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and it is 6:53. we're looking pretty good outside. a few high think clouds but clearing skies into the afternoon. sunshine featured in our day planner. that means a bit of a warmup. we'll get out of the 50s into the upper 50s by noon and hit the lower 60s layer on this afternoon. we'll definitely see some cooler temperatures tomorrow. andrea? thank you olga. today is thursday, april 5th. here's a check on the news before you go.

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win more thing for -- one more thing before we go. who knew the president was a trekkie? this he is in the oval office with thatlydy on his lest -- lady on his left. that's ohura from "star trek." >> he was thrilled to meet her and of course they did the love long and prosper handshake. >> that's what was said. >> very good. >> all right, olga is in for howard with the forecast now. >> we definitely are looking at a brisk and breezy day today. temperatures in the lower 60s tomorrow even cooler with the north winds. we'll rebounds for the weekend looking great for your holiday on easter and keep it dry and upper 60s by sunday. a live look from sky 9 and new accident this one is in centreville. northbound on route 28 at new braddock road and this is the delay on the northbound side of route 28. trying to get past the accident

scene. we'll go over to woodbridge, the accident i told you about earlier this morning past the occoquan river caused this delay. all lanes are open thankfully heading through woodbridge. a quick look at 270 no complaints here heading through rockville down to the point where the lanes divide. jess. the worst day for wall street in a month was yesterday and right now we've got some new data we're waiting on this morning. >> "cbs this morning" is next with more on the jet blue pilot who had a midair meltdown and why drone aircraft may soon fly over u.s. neighborhoods. >> we will be back in 25 minutes with live update on traffic and weather. >> get updates on traffic and weather by visiting wusa9.com. >> thank you so much for visiting thus morning, we -- us this morning, we will be right back tomorrow morning at 4:25 a.m. have a great day everybody. >> bye. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ]