airport. most of us will see the upper 50s, close to 60 degrees. the short-term forecast isn't too bad. we'll stick to 60 degrees for today and take it down a notch or two tomorrow. winds will die down after wednesday. by thursday we're looking good for the nationals home opener. monika? well, it's back to work day for a lot of people and here's the proof. on the inbound side of i-66, a live look from sky 9. this is what it looks like at route 50. slow traffic most of the way to 123 before the pace picks up. the good news is that all lanes are open. the bad news is you are not used to these delays. let's too a look at the maps now. on the northbound side of i-95 pretty much the same story although really not that bad at the prince william packway. we'll take 55 miles an hour. it is a little slow out of triangle and then again crossing the occoquan river. let's take a live look a little further north at springfield on the northbound side. again, this has been slow i'd say for a good half an hour or so heading up to the beltway and further north to 395 at duke street this is still moving at a good pace to the

14th street bridge. we'll have maryland roads next time around at 6:11. new at 6:00 a.m., a car goes flying into a pond on capitol hill. now the driver is in custody. this is video just in to 9news now. you can see that white bmw on the wrecker. it was pulled out of the reflecting pool at lower senate park on the north side of the capitol along d street. police say the driver and a passenger bailed out but they were taking into custody. a gun was also found inside the car. the president of the maryland senate says he's never seen this in his 45 years in annapolis. lawmakers so close to a budget deal but they fail to meet their deadline. >> which means that the taxpayer will pay for a special session and if a deal is not reached, this could get ugly soon. >> it's a story that's new this morning. delia goncalves is live at national harbor. one area that is going to be affected by the lack of a deal. how so, delia? >> reporter: absolutely, andrea. lawmakers spent a good portion of last night's session

debating a proposed billion dollar cuisine knee here at -- casino here at national harbor but they say they will only revisit the issue if a special session is called. governor martin o'malley left no indication last night as to whether or not he would call that special session. he says, quote, the republic was not built on gambling gimmicks so clearly he is not a proponent of the gambling casino here and he called it a distraction last night. the consequences are pretty severe if a deal isn't reached. that means the state must balance its $35 billion budget through cuts to schools, libraries, and police departments among other programs. montgomery county stands to lose $41 million if a deal isn't struck. prince george's county $65 billion. the county executive there says a casino would save them financially. >> you're talking about for prince george's county, $69 million. there is nothing that will give us that type of revenue.

i would have to raise if i could raise property taxes 10% in order to meet the type of revenues that we'll get from the casino bill. coming up at -- >> reporter: coming up at 6:30. i'll tell you what deals were struck by lawmakers that were in this stalemate session that ended abruptly without a deal at midnight. i'll tell you how that will affect a proposed casino here at national harbor. >> delia goncalves reporting live at national harbor this morning. the megamillions drama in maryland appears to finally be over. the state lottery says the holder of a winning ticket has come forward and that ticket is one of three winners from the $656 million jackpot earlier this month. the winner will remain anonymous but the state is holding a news conference today. over the last couple of weeks we learned all about the mcdonald's worker who said she won but then never produced the winning ticket. a 6-year-old boy is dead and later today charges could be filed against the owner of a

gun that that child found and accidentally shot himself. this was the scene acin clinton, maryland last -- scene in clinton, maryland last night. the child found the gun in a backpack and it went off accidentally. medics rushed the child to the hospital where he later died. >> it happened because someone acted irresponsibly and had a loaded firearm that was accessible to a 6-year-old boy. it seems like it happens every year somewhere within the metropolitan area. it just does not need to happen. >> according to the brady center to prevent gun violence, about 140 children are killed every year in the united states by accidental gun shooting. the trayvon martin shooting will be in the spotlight tonight in college park, maryland. the university of maryland's black political association is hosting a discussion and rally. students will march around campus drawing attention to the case. it says it wants the march to represent unity, support and peace in honor of the unarmed 17-year-old from florida who

was shot and killed in february. martin was killed by neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman. he has taken to the web to raise money for his legal expenses. zimmerman is asking for paypal donations via the realgeorgezimmerman.com. the 28-yard also warns about other -- 28-year-old also warns about other websites trying to raise money on his behalf. a grand jury was supposed to convene to decide whether he will face charges. instead the decision on charges will come from the special prosecutor appointed. jessica doyle is watching your money and the security of your wireless device. >> there's a new way to protect your phone if it's lost or stolen and it all starts right here in the district. >> d.c. police chief cathy lanier talks about stolen cell phones a lot. a lot n. is a major issue for you and for good reason. a big problem here in the district. 34% of all robberies are of cell phones here. a big announcement today though should help the victims. "the washington post" reports

that the nation's largest wireless carriers will help federal regulators and local law enforcement when cell phones are stolen. within six months consumers will be able to call verizon wireless, at&t, sprint nextel and t-mobile if their phones are stolen. then the carriers will remotely disable the phones so they can't be used again. the chairman of the fcc will join d.c. and new york's police chiefs for this announcement. democratic senator charles schumer from new york will announce a bill to criminalize efforts to tamper with stolen phones. another program being announce dad will help washington area residents take advantage of low interest loans for working families to buy or repair used cars. the waste to -- the ways to work program is run by family matters of greater washington and funded by the wal-mart corporation and pnc bank. families will get $6,000 loans to buy cars or $1500 to fix them up. the interest rate on both these loans 8% and repayable over 24 to 30 months. to qualify you must have had past credit problems and must

agree to take a financial literacy class. a new report founds -- finds one hybrid seems to be most for -- seems to be the most for most car buyers. only 35% of consumers who have purchased the hybrid have gone on to buy another one, that's even when more and more choices lately. the price just isn't making sense when you add it up and look at the gas prices. you have other options that aren't hybrids that are a lot cheaper. >> because you can get more mileage over some of the standard cars. >> exactly. more than 30,000 people turned out for this year's easter egg roll at the white house. the tradition dates back to 1878. they had a beautiful day for it. families from across the country joined in. the first lady welcomed the crowd and said the president was facing an egg roll challenge of his own.

>> it is a beautiful day, perfect weather. we are so excited to have you all here. we've got a great set of activities planned for you. there's something for everyone. we're going to be over there doing a little egg roll. i think the president is going to try to beat a 3-year-old which he hope he does not. >> we're not sure how the president fared with that egg roll challenge. later on he played basketball against the harlem globetrotters, not sure if they let him win but he did sink that basket. delia goncalves had some cute 3- year-olds. who's house is it? the bunny's house. what about that guy? he's a big guy. a big boy. >> very cute. it is 8 minutes after 6:00. good morning if you're just waking up. coming up in five minutes, marking the end of the civil war. >> people all across our area are enjoying the sunny weather. the winds maybe not so much. your weather first is right here on nine fine now. -- on 9news now.

make plans now to join joel and victoria osteen in our nation's capital on saturday, april 28th, for america's night of hope 2012. god is going to take you places that you've never even dreamed of. it's so uplifting in every way, shape, or form. it's probably one of the most inspiring moments that i've had in a long time. he's a god of the future. he's not a god of the past. in philippians, it says "i can do all things through christ who strengthens me." we are so excited about america's night of hope right here in washington, d.c. at national's park. it's going to be a great evening of music and inspiration. we're looking forward to seeing you.

it's going to be beautiful here in april. come spend the weekend with us. bring your friends. bring your family. you won't want to miss it. america's night of hope at national's park in washington, d.c., saturday, april 28th. visit joelosteen.com for ticketing and more information. . . . today we're heading for mostly sunny skies. a little bit of clouds in the afternoon. it will be windy and cool. we have a red flag warning from noon till 8:00 p.m. highs today reaching near 60 degrees. we're going to take a live look on the southbound side of i-270. you have one long, slow strerve out of fred -- stretch out of

frederick. i'll have more on area roads coming up once again at 6:17. this morning north korea is denying reports this week's launch of a satellite is cover for a missile test. it calls that claim nonsense. >> it's one of the stories making news this morning at 6:12. the north says everything is ready for this week's launch. it's being done they say to honor late north korean president kim il sung. the state department says it violates the international ban on test missiles of any kind. a conservative economist says president obama's health care law will add at least $343 billion to the deficit. the feds have used deceptive accounting to hide the cost. the supreme court is weighing the constitutionality of the president's health reform law. listen to the sound of that hail pounding on a roof in oklahoma. the stones to were the size of

baseballs falling yesterday afternoon. despite the hail size, no rurries and at least -- injuries and at least in this place no damage reported. history buffs in virginia are marking the 150th anniversary of the civil war, a war that ended this week in 1865. >> the agreement to end the war was reached in the commonwealth. remember u.s. history class? it ended about four hours southwest of the beltway. we have more on the anniversary. >> reporter: inside the mcclain house on april 9, 1865, a meeting between generals robert e. lee and ulysses s. grant marked the end of the bloodiest war on american soil. >> from 1:30 to 3:00 they would talk about nonsurrender related items, the surrender itself and write out the terms in a form of letters. >> reporter: roger's great, great grandfather was among the 28,000 confederate soldiers who surrendered at appomattox. >> it's undescribable to think about what they endured the

last wake coming into appomattox. >> a big question was answered: could this nation survive a civil war intact? the answer was yes. >> reporter: each soldier was handed a parole pass serving as a meal ticket and free ride home. >> they were printed right here in the clover hill tavern. >> reporter: kevin just so happened to bring his granddaughter on the 147th anniversary of the surrender. >> it makes it come alive actually. >> there's a wealth of information right here for us and we need to respect our past and come. >> reporter: the national park service and town and county officials will spend the next three years getting ready for the biggest anniversary. the centennial is expected to bring thousands of tourists to the area. >> we recognize here at the park that in all of our careers, that's going to be the biggest moment that we have here.

>> that was rachel reporting. the celebrations at appomattox will go on all week and park officials will reenact the laying down of arms that happened in 1885. >> one of our respondents to the qises of the day, his -- to the questions of the day, his teacher said don't read. ken burns -- [ inaudible ] olga has been telling us about red flag warnings for brushfires across the region. look at this. the danger became a reality in anne arundel county. this is video from rivera beach yesterday. you can see a small fire burned some of the woods there. there were other fires reported on the eastern shore and in harford county. we had some odors here in the newsroom yesterday and we believe they were from some of those fires. >> could possibly be. it's always good not to be careless with anything lit outdoors in any condition but especially when you have the dew points low, humidity low

and those winds cranking up. we haven't had any rain and the conscious are ripe for some potentially dangerous situations. the red flag warning starts at noon today. the forecast starting out on the chilly side. we're looking pretty good at this hour. we cleared out the overnight clouds. we're going to continue with sunshine through midday. we'll get out of the 50s and 60s. should make it near 60 degrees to top out. that should happen right around your lunch break into the afternoon. we won't go much higher than that. when the winds start to crank up late in the day near 20 mile per hour winds by the time we get here to the 5:00 hour, that means we are going to have the opportunity to feel some more of that coolness, the actual air temperatures will warm up but it's not going to feel too warm now. right now we're looking at a forecast that comes us from -- that takes us from windy to cool. we'll get down to the 30s and 40s overnight tonight but for the fire danger later on this afternoon. cooler by mid week. we're tracking some changes on the way. they're going to drop us down

for a couple of days and introduce a better opportunity for showers as we move into wednesday. in the meantime be prepared for the cold stepping out this morning. dress the kids with their jackets. they might not want it late in the day but need it this morning. 37 in gaithersburg. 39 down toward tappahannock. we're looking at 45 up toward the north. so there is a little bit of vairmt, at least for this -- variability at least for this time of the morning but you will feel temperatures mainly in the 30s and 40s as you step out. future cast forecast model keeps us in the clear for a few hours. then it's going to build in some more of that cloud cover. i have one raindrop on the forecast later on this afternoon. north of the beltway mainly. most of us inside the beltway and down toward the south and off toward the east and west are going to be just fine. then we clear out overnight tonight. partly cloudy skies to start you off on your wednesday morning. by tomorrow afternoon that's the better chance for the opportunity of rain coming on in. the short-term forecast is looking good. in fact, the next three days ahead not too bad. the biggest problem this morning has definitely been the

heavy and slow traffic and luckily that means that it's just slow traffic and no major problems to report. if you're planning to head on the beltway on the west side of town, you're going to find slow traffic crossing the american legion bridge. no problems on the gw parkway this morning or dulles toll road or 66. let's take a live look outside. here's what it looks like at the legion bridge. just a bit heavy as you cross the river but really no big problems into tysons corner this morning or on 270. let's take a look back at the maps. inside the beltway traffic moving still at the speed limit or above. 395 as you approach duke street but we're going to take a live look here. it's actually kind of slow through this area of landmark to seminary road. then great to the 14th street bridge. i'll have another update on area roads at 6:25. time now 6:18. rg iii in d.c. also, the nationals head to new york to face the mets. >> right now time for another check on our question of the morning. this is for one in every four

of you out there because 25% of you didn't do this last year. is it a, file your taxes, b, read a book, or c, cook a single meal. >> our facebook friend jennifer says she's making a confession. b, read a book. i know i didn't but now i'm reading "the hunger games." >> keep the guesses coming. we'll reveal the answer at 6:48.

it is a little cool outside this morning. we're definitely looking at temperatures that are sitting now into the 30s and 40s. upper 40s inside the beltway but it's going to be brisk. your planner for today is going to take us through the 50s. we'll hit a high today upper 50s to near 60 degrees. look how we crank up the winds, late day, afternoon evening winds above 20 miles per hour. so far this season the nationals have come from behind

in both of their games. last night they got a taste of their medicine. >> the nats first baseman went two for three last night. he drove in a pair of runs. his rbi in the 3rd made it 3-0 but the mets rallied to tie it up. daniel murphy gets a hit to right. mike baxter scores the winning run. nationals lose 4-3. the mets remain one of two undefeated teams in the national league. >> the orioles no longer one of the undefeated teams. they opened the series with the yankees last night. new york scored three runs in the 4th topped off by eric jeeter's run. the future quarterback of the redskins is apparently getting a look at our region. robert give finish iii is reported -- griffin iii is reportedly in the washington area right now. he's meeting with the coaches

and the staff, his first visit here so far. offensive coordinator kyle shanahan went to texas last weekend to meet with griffin. the skins are expected to take him in the graft coming up this month. roger goodell thought about it but he's not changing his mind when it comes to penalizing the new orleans saints. coach peyton will sit out next season. gregg williams is suspended from the n.f.l. indefinitely all over the pay for pain boundy system. the saints were also fined. the wizards were in charlotte last night taking on the bobcats and the only team with the worse record than the wiz is the bobcats. seven players scored double digits for washington. martin had 19. wizards win 113-85. d.c. hosts orlando tonight. 6:24.

still ahead, a crime on videotape. police hope it leads to the bad guy. >> ahead why more grocery stores are starting to say no thanks. >> right now monika has a quick check on traffic. >> if you're planning to head on the northbound side of i-95, here's 395 at duke street. it's slow here as you head through landmark up to the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next reports are a look at virginia roads. you're watching 9news now. k9 advantix ii.

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we are back. we're glad you're with us. here's a live look at national harbor. clear skies. 47 degrees there right now. thank you for starting your day with us. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. howard bernstein is off today. olga breese live on the weather terrace. is it windy? >> it's not too windy. every once in a while a breeze comes on through but i think we'll be fine through midday. the day planner is going to start us off on the chilly side. we'll see the winds ramp up about 5 to 10 miles per hour. we'll get to 20 mile per hour winds late other this afternoon. highs should top out around 60 degrees. another chilly one again for tonight. if you're planning to head to the northbound side of i-95, here's what it looks like from sky 9 on the northbound side where you have slow traffic

from dale city toward woodbridge and lorton, newington and springfield. what's happening is everyone is headed back to work after a long holiday and early this morning we've been dealing with long, slow stretches on our interstates. luckily there are no major incidents to report, but this is a problem if you have to deal with slow traffic and delays trying to get to work this morning. you might just want to give yourself that extra time our you're going to need. first of all heading on the northbound side of 395 inside the beltway, that's all right. 63 miles an hour until you get into landmark. it is going to be a bit slow there as you head towards seminary road and then across the 14th street bridge. you're okay. for problems on 295 inside the beltway or 6 through rosslyn. if -- or 66 through rosslyn. 95 you're going to go about 52 miles an hour in the woodbridge area. another live look outside if you're planning to head over total beltway. things are looking fine on the north side of town utter loop and here's what it looks like

at duke street. slow traffic to seminary road. in my next report, we'll take a look at maryland at 6:45. back to you. >> thank you, monika. have you ever heard of the iphone app called instagram? not me. it takes a regular cell phone picture just like this and it turns it into a retroimage that looks like that. it's a free app being sold for big bucks. charlie rose joins us news from cbs this morning to talk about it. i swear, we talked to a budge of us. we've never -- bunch of us. we've never heard of it and now it's worth about a billion bucks. >> that's what facebook is willing to pay for it. we'll talk to and talk about the owners of the small tech company. they'll wake up a billion dollars richer. we'll also look at why facebook is paying so much for instagram. it's a smartphone app that let's users share their photos. it makes it worth more than "the new york times."

magic johnson buying the dodgers, living with hich and bringing -- h.i.v. and bringing his rivalry with larry byrd to broadway. >> magic johnson certainly doesn't sit still. >> no, he does not. see you later. >> he was talking about why they're paying a billion dollars. not only do they split a billion dollars, they get to work for facebook. keep the day job. new this morning, no budget deal in maryland as the legislative session ends now. the free state is under what's being dub add doomsday plan-- >> dubbed a doomsday plan. >> it derails plans to build a casino at national harbor. delia goncalves is live to talk about what's coming up next. >> reporter: good morning. prince george's county executive rushern baker was hoping upon hope that lawmakers would give him the green light to go ahead and build a billion dollar casino here at national harbor. not only is the project on hold for now, it may be built in the future with some major changes

in store. lawmakers will revisit the issue of this galling casino if and -- gambling casino if and when a special session is called so far they agreed to some major changes for what could be the state's sixth casino. first of all, the number of slot machines in maryland will not be expanded. that means 15,000 slots will be shared by all six casinos. 3,000 are slated here for national harbor. that cuts into the executive's hope and plan for a las vegas style casino. opponents say simply way too much time was spent on this gambling issue. >> if the budget of state of the maryland goes down and the senators are more concerned about the obsession with gaming than they are with school construction, school funding, hospitals, higher education money, then let them wear that when they go home and tell their constituents why they had to spend take time in annapolis. >> reporter: a casino would be built here at national harbor in 2016.

that's 30 months after the competitive casinos in baltimore and in anne arundel county. talking about this special session and whether or not the lawmakers can come up with a deal, if they don't come up with a budget deal, then that means the state will have to balance its budget through sweeping cuts that top $512 million. we're still waiting on word from the governor as to when and if he will call that special session. mike, back to you. >> thanks a lot, delia, live at national harbor this morning. a montgomery county police officer killed himself apparently -- excuse me, i apologize. another story. the hunt is on for two men after a deadly police involved shooting in landover, maryland. investigators say an officer stopped three men along sheriff road near harvey drive. the officer got into a scuffle with one of the men and claim the suspect whipped out a pistol so he shot him. the officer was not hurt in last night's incident. a montgomery county police

officer killed himself after being pulled over on the eastern shore. 30-year-old jet blacksman was pulled over on route 50 on monday under suspicion of driving under the influence. apparently he then sped off. police deflated his tires trying to stop his car and that's apparently when he shot himself and died. he had been on administrative leave for about a year. at this point we still don't know why. police in baltimore hope a viral video will help them find a gang of thugs. the thugs punch add tourist in the early morning hours after st. patrick's day. instead of helping, the people around the man laughed. then they stripped him naked, took his car keys, wallet and phone. the victim woke up in his hotel the next morning confused as to what happened. >> he had every right to leave wherever he was and get back to we wanted to be safely. their behavior was just

criminal. not only was he relieved of his property after he was assaulted, but there were a lot of other things that were done to him that was just disturbing to look at. >> police say the people who filmed it did it for fun so they could post it online. detectives hope the same video will bring these people to justice. campaign 2013 is getting into full swing in virginia and republican corey stewart is getting involved. es ate prince william -- he's the prince william county board chair. he became nationally known over the illegal immigration debate a few years ago. stewart will be the first candidate to officially enter the race. virginia state senator mark herring is leaning toward a run for attorney general. the loudoun county democrat would not confirm a "washington post" report but he said he's giving the run a lot of consideration. he could face a battle against ward armstrong. jessica doyle is watching your money. >> apparently it's the end of

an era for something everyone had in their home just ten years ago. >> we're talking about the yellow pages. this is a real sign of the times. they aren't going away necessarily but at&t doesn't want to be in the driver's seat of the business anymore. so the company is selling its yellow pages business unit to a private equity firm. at&t's yellow pages go out to about 150 million homes and businesses but who uses them? here's a sign. san francisco actually banned the unsolicited delivery of yellow pages last year. shares of a.o.l. rallied nearly 50% yesterday after the company agreed to sell 800 patents to microsoft, the deal worth over a billion dollars. coat will also give microsoft the license for its remaining pat tents. a.o.l. is trying to make up for revenue lost by falling ad dollars and lower subscriptions. stores like wal-martened as cvs add more checkout lanes, other brands are getting rid of them because of shoplifting. theft can be up to 5 times higher with self-checkouts than

when cashiers are working. shoplifting techniques include scanning expensive items like starbucks, leaving items in the cart instead of scanning them and overloading the bagging area so that unscanned merchandise can be piled on without being sensed. i guess the thought here is the loss of merchandise is cheaper than actually paying for more employees and there's new technology coming out which should help the companies that have the self-checkout lanes to keep that under control. >> because you're always calling an employee to help because you can't figure it out. >> i do it all the time. it makes me feel so stupid. >> i know. >> the machine's fault. >> yes, it is. our time 16:38. its -- is 6:38. it's going to be windy and a bit cooler today. mostly sunny skies with highs near 60 but ahead learn how long the strong winds are going to stick around. >> the cherry blossoms may have blown away in the strong winds but you can still enjoy them. a new exhibit opens today

showing the history of the gift to washington. it opens this morning. it will be on display through april 27th. we'll be right back.

welcome back to 9news now. it's 6:43 at 47 degrees. here's a live look northbound i- 95 at the mixing bowl. it is slow trying to continue north on 395. off of 95 here in springfield. you also have your off and on delays out of triangle, dale city and woodbridge and up toward lorton as well but the lanes are open i'm happy to say. if you're planning to head around the beltway, here's a look at our maps. things are looking fine. you see all the slow stretches. that's pretty normal. we'll take a look on the north side of town. let's go live on the northbound side of the beltway if you're traveling into silver spring, outer loop delays begin at new hampshire avenue and they continue toward silver spring before the pace improves. we'll go back over to the maps

this time on the southbound side of i-270. look at the long, slow stretch out of frederick toward urbana. you're going to go about 32 miles an hour till you hit route # 0 and 121 -- 80 and 121 and then the pace improves. we'll take a look at the southbound side of i-270. slow traffic here at shady grove road as you head down to the point where the lanes divide. 355 is incident free heading through rockville to the beltway. no major problems on any of the northern corridors as you head down to the beltway. now a commuter alert. get ready for rehab work on metro to resume. starting next monday, midday tack work will get back -- track work will get underway. that will slow down your commute in the afternoon. april 20 is when the redline will be closed between silver spring and rhode island avenue. the blue line will be closed between rosslyn and the pentagon. so you can pretty much expect work every weekend through this summer.

metro's rebuilding secretaries of each line and making safety improvements. you can't argue with that. >> people complain but you know what? they've got to fix it. >> summer is not a bad time to do it. >> unless you're going to a baseball game. olga breese is in for howard bernstein. we were talking about the red flag warning for brushfires later today. we need some april showers. >> we do. they keep squeaking on by and have been hit or miss. most people are still dealing with that dry soil. we're about a month away from planting our gardens so we need some of that moisture to get in here. our forecast for today is going to feature a lot of sunshine. the bus stop forecast is very chilly. 40s and 50s. the kids do need their jackets. as we head into the afternoon things should improve. partly to mostly sunny skies for this morning. clouds should stay awtill about lunch time and things should start to crank with our winds late in the day.

right now temperatures are sitting in the 40s inside the beltway. we're a little cool off toward the north and west. gaithersburg at 39. down to 39 for culpeper so it's definitely going to be a very chilly morning to start. then as we go through midday and late day, these feels like temperatures will get a little bit better. the winds will be brisk. satellite and radar definitely going to keep us in the clear for most of the day but eventually we will build back some of that cloud covering. future cast is bringing it in late in the day. a tiny pop of a rain chance later this afternoon, mainly north of the beltway. i think most of us stay dry but as we head in toward tomorrow, that's when we have the better chance of rain moving on in. that will happen basically tomorrow afternoon and evening. be prepared for that wet commute on your drive time home tomorrow. good news, though, as we get into thursday, things are looking fine and we do have that nats home opener to think about on thursday afternoon so the forecast is looking promising for that. highs today right around 60 degrees. we'll stick to the lower 50s in some of the areas to the north but look at the warmth trying

to come up from the south. we could see those middle range 60s out toward manassas, culpeper and down toward southern portions of virginia. overall another cool night tonight. we're back in the 30s mainly, near 40 degrees in town for overnight lows. but the seven-day forecast shows some promise. we're going to stay windy today and tomorrow with the red flag warning till 8:00 tonight. my the changes. once we get the next system moving on through, we'll clear things out, warm things back up. back to the 60s for friday. we'll hit the 70-degree mark no problem on saturday and sunday we'll flirt with 80 degrees. back to you. the howard theater is reborn and it's ready for business. >> in fact, hundreds crowded t street northwest yesterday for the big ribbon-cutting ceremony. >> three, two, one. >> the howard theater was the place to see live entertainment

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it is 6:53. welcome back. we're looking at a fairly clear morning. lots of sunshine. right now we're sitting in the 40s inside the beltway. 30s north and west. we'll make it to a high today right around 60 degrees but crank up the winds 20 mile per hour plus winds by late other this afternoon. we have the red flag warning from noon until 8:00 p.m. today is tuesday, april 10. here's a check on the news before you go. a car goes sailing into a reflecting pool on capitol hill this morning. police found a bmw crashed into the pool in the lower senate park just after 3:00 a.m. they also found a gun inside. that's why they arrested the driver and the passenger. neither person was hurt. today montgomery county lawmakers are slated to vote on a redevelopment plan for downtown wheaton. county executive ike leggett is

pushing for a transit hub, hotel, office space and residential space. the county council is supporting a more modest plan. that's daniel murphy, an rbi single in the bottom of the 9th off rodriguez. the nats lose. these two teams play again tonight. cbs this morning begins at the top of the hour. the host of no reservations stops by to talk about his favorite food across the globe. >> one more check of traffic and weather right here. keep it right here to 9news now.

one more thing before we go. just from a safety stand point, we wanted to remind everyone about the red flag warning. things are very, very dry with the wind.

some of the things you normally do, think twice. if you smoke, don't flick your cigarette out the window. yesterday i did some grilling. i poured some water on the charcoals when we were done grilling just in case. these things are serious. >> that's right. it can happen anywhere, any time. so definitely keep that in mind. the forecast is going to be a little bit on the breezy side as we've been telling you all along as winds gust 35 miles per hour and more. could hold us back to the upper 50s, 60 in town. another cool one tomorrow morning. we have a chance of spot rain showers tomorrow afternoon. cool fora couple of day -- for a couple of days. dry for the home opener. and should be a great weekend. a live look from sky 9 on the inner loop of the beltway through annandale. as you're planning to head towards 66, basically a lot of slow traffic. everyone heading back to work. that's been a big problem with the delays. a quick look first of all also 395 northbound here at duke

street. normal here and a quick look as well 270 southbound just slowing down right now through gaithersburg. as for wall street looking higher after four horrible days. we'll see how things go at the opening bell. cbs this morning is coming up next. of course more on facebook's billion dollar deal to buy instagram and she'll though -- they'll show you some amazing video. monika and i will be back in about 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. get updates on news, weather and traffic by visiting wusa9.com. enjoy your tuesday. we'll be back wednesday morning starting at 4:25. have a great day.