temperatures into those middle range 50s and it will only be late afternoon when we start to bump closer to that 60-degree mark. as of right now we're seeing some chilly air north and west. look at the 30s on the map. luray at 36 degrees. we have 39 out towards martinsburg and 39 for leesburg. closer to 40 degrees lower 40s inside the beltway. but this chill this morning has a freeze warning in effect until 9:00 and it does cover loudoun, montgomery county and also howard county. looks like our forecast for the short-term is not so bad. we'll be moving into the lower 60s for today. middle 60s for tomorrow. we'll keep the sunshine through easter sunday with highs in the upper 60s. monika? good morning, good morning everybody. it may be cool out but at least the roadways are fine just bundle up a bit this morning and once you head out on the roadways all the overnight construction's been cleared in virginia. no problems to report here in maryland on route 50 from annapolis and baltimore through cheverly into the northeast

corridor. you will be just fine. a live look at the beltway in college park near route 1. inner and outer loops of the beltway pretty much looking like this at speed the entire stretch in prince george's county and on the outer loop heading around the bend past i- 95 traffic is moving well above the speed limit. this time all the way west on the maps, no problems to report on 66 out of manassas, centerville heading into fairfax. looking good out of chantilly. here to the beltway a live look on the northbound side of i-95 now in springfield and that's running smoothly as well from lorton to this point and on to 395. coming up in my next report, a look at 270 at 5:10. bar ray is backtracking over comments he made that have been called rayist and insensitive. >> he was celebrating a victory in the democratic primary tuesday night when he talked about asian american businesses. 9news now reporter delia goncalves picks up the story. she was live in southeast

washington and people are shaking their heads once against. good morning. >> reporter: absolutely, they're saying marion barry strikes again. you know he's known for being very outspoken and not really being shy about his opinion. certainly though a lot of folks are shocked and even though the folks -- even the folks who've known him for a long time are shocked at what he had to say and the timing of the inflammatory comments certainly very interesting on election night. this is one of the restaurants here. the carryouts on mlk avenue that he was referring to. barry now says that his intention was good, his words certainly were not. take a look for yourself. here's what he said -- at first barry stood by his comments but he apologized. here's what he sad to say -- had to say for himself last

night. >> don't hire anybody from the community. don't participate in the community and i apologize to the asian community for anything i said that was harmful, hurtful. but my record is impeccable. i have fought all of my life against discrimination. >> mr. barry, how would you have reacted if an elected official had said we have to do something about these african- americans coming into our community selling shoddy products? they've got to go. what would you have said? >> i would have said if it's somebody that hasn't had a good record on it i would have said get out of here. >> reporter: so barry standing behind his long record of civil rights and working with the asian community here here in the district of columbia. however, a lot of asian american business owners don't have very pleasant things to say. here's -- hear what they have to say coming up at 5:30. back to you mike. andrea. >> delia goncalves, thank you,

she's live in southeast d.c. this morning. d.c. police have ruled the death of a newborn found on a sidewalk a homicide now. the district's medical examiner's office say the baby girl froze to death. he was found outside back in january just steps from a home on channing street and wrapped only in a towel and temperatures were well below freezing that night. so far no one has come forward the claim the little baby. the woman known as the blond bandit takes a plea deal. 26-year-old stephanie swab pleaded guilty to a string of bank robberies, carjackings and heroin distribution charges. her crime spree in virginia and ended last november when police -- maryland ended last november. the manassas woman could face at least 40 years in frizz when sentenced in july. a week ago today we were all rubbing our hands together and couldn't wait to hear about the record megamillions jackpot. we found out three tickets were told that were winners and $640 million. maryland lottery officials still don't know who bought

that ticket and a 7-11 near baltimore. >> to be clear, no one has approached the maryland lottery to claim this ticket. we have not heard from anyone claiming that they have the ticket. >> now the maryland lottery director would not comment on mirlande wilson's claim that she has the winning ticket. they also checked out the surveillance video from the 7- 11 and they believe the time stamp don't match. so that makes the investigation a little bit more difficult. the other two winning tickets sold in illinois and kansas also the owners there have not come forward yet either. and certainly sad that people might throw away the tickets. 5:05. time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> here's jessica with the headlines. >> we have the big jobs report out this morning. it's not going to have the market impact here because there's no markets today. yeah. good friday of course. but it has been a bad week. the dow lost about 1.2% of it

over the last few days of trading. stocks closing out the worst week so far this year as europe's debt crisis continues to take center stage. and this time investors worried that spain is going to be unable to push through tough cost cutting measures. now in the meantime we're going to check in numbers from -- the numbers from wall street -- we aren't going to the doctors as much. we aren't taking our medications. those are the findings of a new "new york times" report and you can blame people losing health insurance because they don't have jobs. prescriptions dropped 1.1% last year. doctors' visits down 4.7%. now trips to the emergency room, they bucked the trend. they were up 0.4% last year. what are your favorite grocery stores? your least favorite in

"consumer reports" asked people to rank supermarkets on price, cleanliness and service and at the bottom, path mart and wal- mart. they both scored low but many shoppers say they head to wal- mart just for the prices, tops of the list this year overall with shoppers, wegman's. >> again. >> again. >> i just went to wegman's for the first time. it's pretty cool. i have to say. it's not convenient because it's not close to me but it's pretty. >> it's awesome, now i'm thinking about the hot wegman's food bar. that's all i have. >> the good thing to think about. and also to think about what do you have for us in the next half hour? >> next half hour we're sticking with the supermarket theme and going inside the stores showing you how to save really big on prices. >> all right. sounds good. thanks jess. a police chase comes to a crazy end near the arlington national cemeteriment we'll tell you about that coming up next. >> plus, why nasa has been nighing training missions over the -- flying trainings missions over the d.c. area. >> the audio from saints' defensive coordinator gregg williams. a pre-game speech you don't

want to miss when you think about bounty gate.

and welcome back. the time now is 5:09 and it looks like we are into a chilly start this morning with the clear skies and fairly calm winds overnight and that has allowed our temperatures to drop on down. right now we're sitting into the 40s in and around the region but the weather planner will give us a warmup through midday and late day. a high near 60 degrees. here at the springfield interchange no problems to report on the beltway. both loops in springfield but we're just getting word of the accident on the outer loop of the beltway right in the

tyson's area near route 7. lock blocking the right lane. i'll have more on that situation coming up in my next report. back to you mike and andrea. see you then monika. here's what's making news now. they are going to go ahead with a vigil for trayvon martin at reston town center. even though the property owner hasn't approved it as of yet. it's set for april 10th. 6:30 p.m.. they contacted a property management office last week but they were told it was too short of a notice. a police chase ends with rescuers taking six people to the hospital including a small child. fairfax county police say officers pursued a suspect that someone stole some merchandise from tyson's corner. the chase ended with a crash near arlington cemetery where an suv flipped over several times. nasa getting ready to welcome the space shuttle discovery to the home at the hasi center. in preparation for the april 17th approval at dulles, two

training jets flew some practice runs over the area yesterday and took some pictures, discovery will be piggybacked right here on a 747. it's about jobs in america, that story is coming up at 5:30. >> at 5:23, the gnarls win their -- nationals win their first regular season game of the 2012 campaign. >> next at 5:15. a cooler weekend for the seven day forecast. we'll be back.

good morning and welcome back to 9news now, our time is 5:14. ready to start the weekend, you can't do it without olga's forecast. >> and without a warm cup of coffee if you're stepping out early this morning. something to warm up the hands a as you get started in your car. we have clear skies and fairly calm winds right now. most of us are in the 40s and yes we have some 30s out there already this morning with the freeze warning in effect for counties north and west. looks like we are looking at our day planner with plenty of sunshine for midday and late day. the winds are going to krang up a hits bit -- crank up a little bit in the afternoon. you can expect most areas the make it at least to the upper 50s. the city center near 63-degrees by that -- 60 degrees by that 5:00 hour. the counties that we're really concerned right now include loudoun, out to montgomery and for howard county as well.

they are in that freeze warning until 9:00. however, there's some cooler air in the entire region so we should all be a little bit cautious as we're stepping on out this hour of the morning. the forecast overall i would say is looking pretty positive particularly the next three day stretch ahead into the extended weekend. so far cold starts for the moral, yes, you'll need a layer, however into the mid and late day, things are going to start the improve with the sunshine ming through. then we'll have plenty of sunshine into the afternoon but a little bit brisk as we crank the winds up near 15 miles per hour. easter weekend will stay mainly sunny and dry but i'm tracking some changes on the way that will bring the moisture back into the extended forecast. right now 37 degrees for winchester and 42 across la plata and even 39 gaithersburg at this hourment yes, we're going to be very cool before we start to warm up and temperatures should drop over the next hour or so including

here at reagan national airport where the michael & son camera shows we have mainly clear skies this morning but at least the cool temperatures to go with it. satellite and radar giving us some high pressure at noon here blocking off the showers and storms down to the south and off toward the eastment that will continue to move off to the close with that low pressure system. however, we will get some more sunshine later on in the extended forecast. . futurecast agrees, mainly clear skies for early friday morning. afternoon's looking great even that drive time by 5:00 p.m. we're still in the clear. but as we go into the early morning hours, the clearing skies and calm winds will allow us to be chilly once again on our saturday morning. so if you're heading out early saturday, or even midday to late day saturday things are looking much better as the temperatures will have annuitants to rebound closer to the -- an opportunity to rebound closer to the middle 50s. more cloud cover late in the day on sunday but late evening there's an opportunity for some

rain showers to develop north and east of town. i think most of it will miss our immediate metro area. so today's highs about 60 degrees overall. we'll definitely see the opportunity for some warming trend as we go in through saturday and sunday and question that extended forecast keeps us in the dry and even warms us up as we head in to the weekend bringing back much cooler and damper conditions for tuesday and wednesday. monika? well, if you're planning to head over to the beltway in tyson's corner, i've just been getting word about the an accident on the outer loop of the beltway near route 7 along the right side of the road and state police are just heading to the scene. that's the southbound side of the beltway right here near route 7 and route 123. so as soon as we get word on what's going on there we'll let you know. it's along the right side of the road. a live look at the american legion bridge and heading southbound that's where you want to be aware of that situation and stick over to the left side of the roadway to get around the accident. we'll take you now back to the maps and this time to the other side of town.

southern maryland in fact, no problems to report route 5, route 4, route 30 #. brandy wine looks great. that's where we'll take a live look now, both loops of the beltway here are fine. no problems to report between alexandria and oxon hill this morning. more on the situation in tyson's at 5:24. andrea and mike? the audio from a pre-game speech increases calls to ban gregg williams from the nfl permanently. >> the capitals guaranteed a playoff berth right? did they make it? we'll let you know after last night's game. >> now let's take another look at our question of the day -- >> colors sutton wrote -- >> log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response, we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour.

and our time now is 6:21. clear skies, calm winds and yes, it is very chilly outside this morning. day planner gives office lot of sunshine though and temperatures still in the 40s this hour. we're going to continue that through 9:00 and 11:00 even by noon we'll still be into the lower range 50s but later on in the afternoon we will make it

to the 60-degree mark. we have the freeze warning in effect for the northern and western counties this morning until 9:00. mike? he was once considered the red skins' coach in waiting. >> and now many nfl insiders doubt that gregg williams will ever be allowed to coach again in the nfl. that's because of audio of a pre-game speech of williams has been released online. the speech was made just before the saints ended up losing to the 49ers in the playoffs this year. while he was talking to his defensive players, williams urged them to go after specific players and target some of the prior injuries. everything in the world to make sure we kill frank gore's hip. little 32 -- he has no idea what he's in for. >> now the audio was recorded by a documentary filmmaker and it was release on the same day the saints' head coach sean payton and the team gm appealed their suspensions to nfl

commissioner roger goodell. here's kristen berset with the rest of your morning sports. >> good morning everybody. you know for four straight seasons the capitals have made the postseason and won the southeast division title. while they were teetering on the edge this year, brooks laich guaranteed everyone they could do it once again. >> we're making the playoffs, we're not talking worst case receive area owe, we're -- scenario we're making the playoffs. >> hosting the apartmenters and came out strong. just minutes in beagle knocks the shot in for the fourth of the season. in the second marco sturm falls on the left knee of michal neuvirth and doesn't look good. hopi took over. laich living up to his words adds another. the panthers not giving up. we've seen this before. they close the gap to one but semin says folks, this one is ours, capitals clinch the

playoffs 4-2 over the panthers. nats' season opener yesterday. stephen strasburg getting the start. the almighty righty making the first ever opening day start and a pretty good one too. five hits, one run, five strikeouts in seven innings but no run support thanks to chicago's brian dempster, he had 10 strikeouts yesterday. he held the nats scoreless into 28th but the nats -- the 8th but the nats rallied back. desmond with the go ahead run in the top of the 9th. nats open the season on the right foot beating chicago 2-1. second round of the masters gets underway today. lee westwood is your leader, tiger is five shots back. and the wizards lost to the pistons last night. that's a look at your sports, have a great friday. marion barry is clarifying comments he made about asian american business owners. more on that story coming up. >> plus, jessica will reveal some tricks to help you save more money at the grocery store. >> at accident in tysons corner on the outer loop of the

beltway that's southbound 495 right after loop 123. state police are in the road there in the right lane. coming up in my next report, i'll have an update on that and an accident in bethesda at 5:29. you're watching 9news now, we'll be right back.

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good morning and welcome back to 9news now, i'm andrea roane. do you really check messages on facebook? >> andrea has 75,000 messages on her facebook page. >> it's true. >> it's very funny. i don't have time for that, i'm mike hydeck, good morning, happy friday, glad you're here. if you need to get ahold-her send an old-fashioned e-mail. >> don't try to phone. i don't know how to work it. good morning olga. >> good morning, good morning. things are looking pretty good outside this morning. it hasn't been too bad at least we have some clear skies. some calm winds and yes some cool temperatures to go with that. forecast today is going to keep

us in a chill for the next few hours, i would say until about 11:00 or noontime. and we'll start to see just a little bit of an improvement later on in the afternoon but the winds today are out of the north at 10 to 15 miles per hour and gusts higher than that and that means that temperatures are going to be very slow to warm up. temperatures at noontime for most of us in the middle range 50s and upper 50s to 60 degrees by the 5:00 hour at the reagan national airport. with the cool air in place and the falling temperatures for the overnight hours we have the freeze warning covering all of the northern and western counties until 9:00 this morning. and then things will be chilly again overnight tonight. so some of the cool spots right now 40 in laurel, 41 fairfax and we're looking at about 43 degrees in alexandria. monika? well, olga you know it's been spring break for so many people and yet we've had accidents every single morning this week on a major thoroughfare and today we have it on the beltway in tysons corner on outer loop right after 123. it's in the right lane and

crews are on the scene there. a live picture of 66. this is doing fine it and has been all week long. let's keep our fingers crossed one more morning to go and here's centreville heading over to fairfax you will be okay and again the beltway accidents along the right side here. another one here on the beltway exiting to connecticut avenue and crews are on the scene there as well. a live look at the beltway in georgia avenue. now this is fine and again it's up ahead exiting to connecticut avenue on that ramp a where the accident is. no problems on 270 heading down to rockville and down to the point where the lanes divide. i'll have an update once again at 5:39. a report this morning coming out could improve president obama's chances with re-election. >> the march jobs report is expected to show employers added more than 200,000 jobs for the a fourth straight month. yesterday, the president signed the jobs act the law designed to make it easier for americans to fund start-up businesses, he says the economy is improving.

>> our economy has begun to turn a corner but we've still got a long way to go. we've still got a lot of americans out there looking for a job. >> they want to see a real change and someone leading the country who understands how the economy works so we can get the economy working for the american people. >> gop front runner mitt romney is hoping to win the republican nomination to take president obama in the general election while hiring is on the increase it's not expected to be strong enough to lower the unemployment rate which is at 8.3%. tuesday night, he scored a democratic primary win over several of his challengers basically by a landslide. however, now d.c. ward 8 councilman barry is trying to clarify some comments and apologize. the comments he made during the victory celebration that night. 9news now reporter delia goncalves joins us live with the story and what's he saying the time? >> reporter: he is now backtracking and apologizing but he says he did have some merit in the comments that he

made. this restaurant the carryout here on mlk is one of the restaurant he was referring to in the racially charged comments but check this out. you can see the business still has a campaign sign up endorsing a different candidate for ward 8. but well awe know that barry won the election and on that night said quote -- >> reporter: barry has since apologized but says there are a number of businesses that sell inferior products to ward 8 residents and don't give back to the community. still, many say barry was simply wrong to single out asians. >> it was sad. that he should utter those words. specifically singling out asian businesses. asian businesses are in washington, d.c. and in ward 8 because they find there's a

market for their products and services. people want to buy certain things from them. they were there to sell and to make a living. >> reporter: and they're trying to make a living. check this out you can see the slogan for the other candidate, change is up to you. believe it or not barry says with the comment he was also trying to create change in the community. create a quote renaissance he says in ward 8. he was trying to he says in those comments encourage businesses like king to get involved in the community. don't just set up shop and then go home to virginia. stay in the community, give back to the community, hire people from the community but a lot of folks say, well those comments, that just wasn't the way to encourage people to get involved. mike back to you. >> thank you delia goncalves live in southeast washington this morning. well, we are learning more now about why a.c.t. college suddenly shut down three locations in northern virginia. the campuses this week. we learned that federal department of education

believes the college failed to distribute hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial aid to its students and then lied repeatedly to the federal government about it. so the department of education cut off financial assistance. but it says it is working to find schools that will accept these students and the credits they've already earned. today is a religious holiday for both christians and jews. passover starts at sundown tonight and this is good friday. when christians mark the crucifix of jesus and jerusalem. he washed the feet of 12 people. jesus is said to have washed the feet of his 12 disciple for the laicize. we are just at 5:35 and it is time for another your money report. >> jessica doyle is back and she's saving more of your money. this aim at the grocery store. >> that's right you know we talked about many, many ways to save money at the grocery

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sale. check that price tag too. >> consumers assume that items place on end cap displays are in fact on sale. and while that's true, most of the time they are, there are many instances in which they're not on sale. >> reporter: and if you're one of those people who simply can't avoid impulse shopping at the checkout. consider ordering groceries online or with your smart phone. many chains do in-store pickup or home delivery for a fee. smart shopping can really, really save you money. and editor of "consumer reports" saved almost 60% by only choosing store brands. that's a lot of money and he cut the impulse shopping by 43% by using coupons and store savings' cards. it adds up. >> 60%. >> that makes a list. >> yep and they broke down the numbers. if you want to check out the report in "consumer reports," it was like $100 that 60% on

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and nothing like a moonlit morning. we are clear, we are cool. and that means we have a freeze warning in i penalty covering some of the northern and -- in effect covering some of the northern and western counties this morning. but for those of you who are north and west of the beltway. this freeze warning will be around until 9:00 a.m. day planisher very slow to warm up -- planner is very slow to warm up today. only highs near 63-degrees. right now 44 at reagan national. monika? well, there's been an accident on the beltway out

outer loop -- outer loop just side just out of the camera shot at connecticut avenue. it's on ramp there to get to connecticut avenue and crews are on the scene. but first a heads-up for drivers who use highway 355 in frederick county. starting this morning at 8:00 the maryland state highway administration will close the northbound lane at dr. perry road. crews will be making some emergency repairs so northbound and southbound traffic will alternate using the other lane. the northbound lane will be reopened by 4:00 p.m. also rite of spring returns to the area this evening. the first of four crystal city 5 k races will be run in arlington, that means parts of several streets including crystal city drive, potomac avenue and 12th street will close. the races will be run every friday in april at 6:30 p.m.. so watch for those street closings between about 6:15 and 7:45. coming up in my next report, at 5:45. more on the accident in bethesda.

back to you jess. thank you monika. we've been combing through the day's daily deals emails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. and here are some of my favorites today. we're going to start with best buy's deal of the day. it is for the norelco rechargeable cordless men's ray czar. now paying $69.99 for the shaver. that's down from $155.99. how about a new hair style ladies? you will save 74% on this one. a woman's haircut, wash, blow dry, style, partial highlights and deep conditioning treatment. yeah. kgb deals has this offer with heads-up hair design in arlington. the price tag here $29. that's it. and we're escaping the hustle and the bustle in shenandoah wine country. living social is offering two night stay for two at the side of the road inn and cottages in western virginia. $399 over the weekend and also getting breakfast and a picnic

lunch and you're saving 50% off on this picnic escape. if you have an offer you've seen or if you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i'd love to hear from you on facebook. andrea and mike? two well-known area coaches are teaming up for a public service campaign. that story is next. >> plus, a dairy alternative may help postmenopausal women suffering from hot flashes. >> birthday time this friday, let's see who's celebrating a birthday --

>> and a very special happy birthday to our morning assignment editor susan phillips. yeah!

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good morning, welcome back to 9news now, 5:46. definitely ready for the weekend. but in order to start the weekend, we've got to take a look at this. >> wow. >> full moon, isn't that beautiful? >> gorgeous shot. now -- >> hear any howling last night? >> only my little puppy dog. >> okay. >> they do that just for fun. absolutely beautiful. the cool conditions though go along with those clear skies and our fairly calm wind this morning and it's definitely -- you want to keep it in mind if you have to get up and get out early this morning you definitely want the take a jacket with you. you probably won't need it later on in the afternoon, unless you're in the shady side of the street. but for most of us it's going to be a very, very cold start indeed. forecast for today is going to feature a lot of sunshine. so sunglasses required as well

into the afternoon and evening hours. our morning temperatures are still drooping. many of us are down into the lower 40s and it is right around 45 to 50 degrees through early lunchtime and then in the afternoon, we'll see a little bit of a bump. upper 50s to near 60 degrees by about 5:00 hour. and yes, it looks like it will be a fairly calm night again for tonight. and the cool one indeed. if you are in any of the northern or western counties, you want to keep in mind that this freeze warning is going to stay in effect until 9:00. and that includes montgomery, loudoun and also howard counties. we will also be seeing some brisk winds as we go in toward the afternoon. generally 10 to 15-mile-per- hour winds today but they're going to bump those up later on this afternoon. a few things you need to know for today. it will be a chilly morning. we have that freeze warning until about 9:00 and then things should be a little bit more calm as we get in toward the afternoon. breezy at times with those gusts above 15 miles per hour.

and then a very nice weekend in store for any of those holiday plans through saturday and sunday. your travel forecast looks pretty good as well. here are the gusts i was talking about. they're hit os more in a few areas but gusts up into the upper teens to lower 20s in and around the region and again it will be even more than that later on today as the daytime heating starts to kick in. right now at reagan national airport we are looking at 44 degrees. courtesy of the michael & son camera. the winds still out of the northeast and that will remain dew points very, very low because we're pulling in that cooler air from northern portions of canada. in and around the belt ray right now the --way right now the cooler spots are in the 40s including reston to fairfax. arlington at 40. definitely see more of the cooler temperatures over the next several days as we start a very slow warmup headed in towards the next three days. in fact, saturday looks pretty good. we'll be sunny again into the middle 60s. upper 60s by sunday and the seven day forecast is

definitely going to feature a bit of rain coming our way particularly in toward the afternoon -- tuesday and wednesday time span. that's where we're going to see a little bit of rain coming our way. monika? thank you so much olga. good morning everybody. well, if you're getting up early this morning all the construction from overnight was cleared up but it was replaced with a couple of separate accidents i'm so sorry. on the outer loop of the beltway exit for connecticut avenue watch out for the accident. crews have been on the scene there. i don't think it's affecting traffic much and it's been much lighter than normal on the north side of town. at least some good news for you folks, southbound on 270 a live look in clarksburg and again, a good indication of what it looks like from frederick to 121 and down to the point where the lanes divide. it looks pretty good actually. we'll take you over to the maps again, this time on the northbound side of i-95. no problems to report out of dale city into woodbridge into springfield as well. taking a live look in springfield you will be fine as you head northbound here it's just a bit slow exiting to the beltway and a live look at 395

as well. here at duke street. the main and hov lanes heavy and steady as you head for seminary road and the 14th street bridge. no problems to report. coming up in my next report, we'll take another look at the beltway in bethesda at 6:00. back to you. thank you monika. the murder of virginia tech student morgan harrington remained unsolved. she disappeared in october 2009 from a concert. months later her body was found about ten miles from what she was last seen. -- where she was last seen. >> her parents have founded a group called help save the next girl and if chapter in blacksburg is getting high- profile support from virginia tech. reporter karen chi lee has more. >> reporter: two of virginia tech's most famous hokies. >> join me in supporting virginia tech, help save in next girl. >> reporter: football coach frank beamer and -- are speaking out to help save the next girl.

>> think of us as a full-court press with defense and absolute teamwork. we're here to wake up every hokie. >> reporter: the coaches each filmed a public service announcement that will be part of a promotional video. members of the chapter say the backing of the two head coaches helps validate their cause. >> that support was -- i don't want to say that it was unexpected but it was still you know we accept it so graciously because it helps us spread our message. >> reporter: it's the message of safety. encouraging women to make smart choices and for others to step in and help if they see someone in need. >> seth greenberg says you know i have three daughters. this means something to me. frank beamer the same thing. he's got kids of his own. >> reporter: and just if idea that what happened to morgan, her abduction and murder could have happened to anyone struck a cord with the -- chord with the coach. >> he cried. you know he just kinds of

crumbled in the presence of jill harrington then con seouling him. >> reporter: but help save the next girl is succeeding in spreading its message. >> virginia tech and i want you to help save the next girl. >> that was karen chi lee reporting. its shows intense bombings continuing in syria even as the united nations renews call rt if the fighting to stop. the -- for the fighting the stop. the u.s. estimates 9,000 people have died during the government uprising. more than a year after being swept out to sea by the tsunami, a japanese fishing trawler has been intentionally sunk off the coast of alaska. the u.s. coast guard opened fire on the unmanned trawler after determining it posed a threat to other nearby ships and shipping lanes. and that salvage operations also posed a risk. millions of women looking

for relief from hot flashes may want to try soy milk. researchers at the university of delaware found two servings a day can reduce the number of hot flashes and make them less severe. marion barry is clarifying controversial remarks he made about asian american business owners. that story is coming up. >> plus, we'll take you inside the newly restored howard theater. decades in the making. just days before its grand reopening. jess? >> well, how is the job market looking nowadays? at 6:05, what washington is doing to help with job creation. you are watching 9news now. if you're open to choosing your own batter, mix-ins and toppings, come in today and build a stack you'll be proud of. only at denny's.

welcome back. the time now is 5:55. on this clear moonlit morning we have clear skies, calm winds that means cool temperatures. most of us into the lower 40s right now and hover right around the middle to upper 40s through the 9:00 hour. then in the afternoon, expect all that sunshine to boost us out of the 50th to the 60- degree mark and winds gusting at times could be higher than 15 miles per hour. that freeze warning in effect until 9:00. mike, andrea? all right, thanks olga. it was once a washington icon but more than three decades ago the howard theater was shut down and most people thought it was gone for good. >> but the themers they held -- dreamers they held on and now the washington landmark is about to make a miraculous comeback. our derek mcginty takes a peek inside. >> reporter: for decades now,

the howard theater's been a boarded up relic. >> just full of water and animals. >> reporter: so when local developer chip ellis decided to try and bring it back. >> no one really wanted to touch it with a ten foot pole. >> reporter: let's just say there was some healthy skepticism. but six years and $29 million later. >> people just so grateful we've done this. >> reporter: this is the now howard theater and inside it is almost nothing like the old one. first of all, it's got movable tables and chairs and two full bars. 83-year-old lloyd avery had to come down to see it to believe it. did you think that you'd live to see the day? >> no, it's amazing, it's fantastic i tell you the truth. >> reporter: that sort of thing is just what architects michael and paolo want to hear. >> the idea is to fuse high style restaurant and a theater to one ben view -- into one venue. >> when you come to the howard, you will be seated and then waiters will come to you. >> reporter: the food will come

from here. >> this has been going on ask signature up the kitchen now for about two weeks. >> reporter: this place will handle about 600 theaters goers and i'm not a problem. this is what we call one of the perks of the job. and here's another perk. very few will get toasty the howard theater -- to see the howard theater from here. >> this is the diana ross view of the howard theater. ♪ imagination >> reporter: and margie, grace and sondra know a thing or two about the diana ross view, after 50 years they're still the jewels and back in the day they sank at the howard with james brown no less. >> to play the howard theater was like playing the kennedy center you know back then. there was a big thing. >> reporter: so is getting it back. >> to see it restored. i mean that's wonderful. that -- we've been waiting on this a long time. >> reporter: and jewels will be on howard stage once again for the ribbon cutting next week.

and they're bringing something special for the occasion. ♪ the howard theater is back >> reporter: derek mcginty, 9news now. >> and with its new more flexible business model developer chip ellis believes it will survive even in these challenging economic times. the gala grand opening is april 12th and wanda sykes is going to be the host. it will be something else. and thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. good morning, i'm andrea roane. >> and happy friday. you made it. i'm mike hydeck, thank you for joining us, here's monika samtani, she has traffic momentarily. >> olga breese is here and she has some breezes in the forecast and some chilly temperatures. >> in fact i'm watching the numbers drop many are in the 40s right now. i think the next hour with some of us getting down into the 30s as we head on in toward 7:00