it's going to be certainly on the nippy side this evening but doable as the rain and the snow from yesterday is now well north of us. still across parts of western new york and northwestern pennsylvania. just some clouds around here. temps down in the 30s. frederick 37. leesburg and gaithersburg and baltimore 38 while we're 42. even down in southern maryland low 40s. as you factor in the winds, still a bit of waindz chill this morning -- windchill this morning. feels like it's in the 30s. bundle up and pay attention. monika santami stepping in and letting you know about your morning commute. it hasn't been much fun on the southbound side of i-270. here's a live look from our sky 9 trying to get southbound toward montrose road just beyond that point earlier medical emergency has been cleared. all lanes are open but we're going to zoom out here and show you the delay for about three miles on the southbound side of i-270 again trying to approach montrose road and beyond where the early morning activity has been cleared. let's go over to the maps.

overall, though, the beltway has been great. there are no issues to report on the north side of town as you head on the outer loop beyond college park into silver spring. you're going to be just fine. no issues on 29 or 95 heading in from baltimore and we'll take a live look outside once again and this time northbound 395 in virginia. looking great at duke street up seminary road. all lanes are open this morning. coming up in my next report, we'll focus 066 at 6:11 -- on 66 at 6:11. we'll check on some of the top stories. the future of the u.s. postal service will be debated on capitol hill. the senate will vote today on plans to end saturday mail service and allow the postal service to tap into some of its retirement funds. the post office wants to begin closing thousands of branches beginning next month. the primary season is not over yet. five states hold contests today. connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania and rhode island. for anyone watching in the keystone state, voting begins there at 7:00 a.m.

former congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be back in washington today. the arizona democrat is going to receive an award from the activist group called "emily's list." giffords survived an assassination attempt in january 2011. she resigned from office three months ago. while you slept, metro spent the night disinfecting dozens of its buses. it wants to protect you from viral meningitis. >> that's because the metro bus driver tested positive for it after driving his routes last week. delia goncalves is live in northwest washington with more on the big job metro is working on now. good morning, delia. >> reporter: absolutely a big job. good morning, mike, andrea. they spent overnight scrubbing down literally scrubbing down the 52 and 54 buses that run up and down here on 14th street. in fact, not only did they scrub down those buss that were affected by -- buses that were affected by the sick driver, they disinfecting all 164 buses here in northwest washington.

the driver, the sick metro employee, drove the 52 and 54 buses between 7:30 and 10:18 friday morning. the buses travel down 14th to l'enfant plaza and then back here to 14th and colorado. metro does not believe this man had exposure to any other buses because prior to friday, he was on vacation. >> i'm glad that they're disinfecting the buses and kind of reacting kind of massively and comprehensively to it. >> the man has to work. i mean, what can i say. he's somebody's father, somebody's husband. he has to work. >> reporter: he does have to work but he's home right now trying to recover from this viral meningitis outbreak. however, he is expected to be okay. before you panic, doctors describe viral meningitis as the flu basically. they say it's far less serious

than bacterial meningitis. we'll have more from the doctors and what you need to know about viral meningitis coming up in the next half- hour. back to you, mike, andre came. >> thanks, -- andrea. >> thanks, delia. a group which oversees metro is going to be checking out the case of a man who died at pentagon station because the defibrillator there was not charged. we told but this last week. 51-year-old man had a heart attack but the aed couldn't help him. metro said last week it checked out all 46aeds it has making sure they are powered up and ready to go, but the tristate oversight committee wants to make sure metro is indeed doing enough to protect its riders. the marine who killed another marine in southeast washington claims the killing was in self-defense. the 20-year-old is charged with second-degree murder. the he said he got into a fight early saturday with another marine and it ended up with a stabbing. court documents show he was

defending himself after the other man punched him in the head. today maryland governor martin o'malley is going to meet with leaders from the house of delegates and the state senate. over breakfast they will decide on what will be the agenda for potential special session. the biggest issue is passing the budget before the doomsday spending plan takes effect july 1. prince george's county executive rushern baker hopes they will talk about expanding gambling, too. lawmakers left annapolis before voting on a plan that would allow table games at a kane see in the county -- at a came seen know in the county. bake -- casino in the county. baker says it's important for the entire state. money for the programs running out very, very fast. new pressure is coming from problems we've all been facing. high energy prices and the rough economy. those factors are making social security's financial problems even worse. both social security and medicare are burning through

their budgets. >> pressure on these programs are mounting. americans are living longer and the number of retirees is growing. the reports project when considered on a combined basis, social security's retirement and disability programs have dedicated funds sufficient to cover benefits for the next 20 years. but in 2033 incoming revenues and trust fund resources will be insufficient to maintain the payment of full benefits. after that time, dedicated funds will be sufficient to cover about three-quarters of full benefits. >> to run through this, the trustees who oversee social security say the program will run out of money by 2033. that is three years earlier than expected. medicare's finances have stabilized but that program's hospital and insurance fund is still projected to run out of money in 2024. if the social security and medicare funds ever become

exhausted, both programs would collect only enough money in payroll taxes to pay partial benefits. the trustees just handed in their annual report. they say that congress has to address the problem as soon as possible but no action is expected before the november elections. arp of course the seniors advocacy group responded to the report. it says social security is not in crisis. medicare, though, they say is in a deeper problem and it's call following more -- calling for more cost cuts through the entire system rather than just medicare. it's turning out to be a political situation that will be a nightmare to deal with going forward. people say what is the solution? who knows. every single side has a different policy and the health care law change was supposed to make a huge dent. maybe making some accidents, maybe not. it depends on who you ask. >> the population keeps growing

and getting older. >> thanks, jess. if you're looking for the most peaceful state in america after that report, you may want to find it. go to maine. it ranks as the least violent place according to the website vision of humanity. virginia comes smack dab in the middle number 25 on the list. maryland is 38. the district wasn't ranked on the states list. but our entire metro area ranked 40th out of 46 regions deemed the most peaceful. bah these today, frederick and gaithersburg were lumped together as a separate region for some reasonable. they were 25th on the list. the boston suburbs were number one, mike. >> my favorite line about maine, maine, life in the slow lane. time 6:08. we have the latest on the trayvon murder case. learn why the city leaders in sanford, florida will not accept the resignation of the police chief there. the rain and for some the snow has moved out. when will we get a warm-up? will it happen today? howard has the weather first

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it will be another cool day across the region. by lunch time warmer than yesterday. we get into the upper 50s. we may see a little sun early and i'm expecting skies to be mostly cloudy today with highs in the low 60s. i'm taking a look at the inbound side of i-66. heavy and slow traffic now through manassas and through

centreville on i-66 but luckily all lanes are open. it is incident free. coming up in my next report, a closer look at virginia roads at 6:18. 6:12 now. the white house has been doing its own investigation into the secret service scandal in colombia. so far they say no signs of any misconduct. >> the scandal is one of the stories that continues to make news now at 6:12. 12 members of the military are now implicated in that prostitution scandal. those implicated have had their security clearances revoked. six other secret service agents have been removed from their jobs. investigators are now wrapping up their work in colombia. a second person is under arrest for that st. patrick's day attack in baltimore. police say 20-year-old shayona davis was in the crowd that attacked a 31-year-old man from arlington. the attack was recorded and then posted online. police are hoping to make at least two more arrests in the case. we're doing a good job controlling our cholesterol.

the centers for disease control and prevention says only 13% of american adults have high cholesterol. experts think that's because so many people take prescription drugs. the police chief in sanford, florida will not be allowed to quit, at least not now. the city commissioners rejected his resignation. >> it came weeks after a no confidence vote against him as part of the trayvon martin killing. teresa garcia has the latest. >> reporter: sanford, florida's embattled police chief will have to keep his job. commissioners voted to reject his resignation. >> he deserve as better shake than this. >> reporter: the rejection comes a month after the commissioners gave lee a vote of no confidence for his handling of the trayvon martin shooting. the next day lee said he would temporarily step aside. >> i do this in the hopes of restoring some semblance of calm to the city which has been in turmoil for several weeks. >> reporter: lee will remain on administration give leave

during an veg. the man charged with second degree murder for killing martin was released from jail. george zimmerman is free on $150,000 bail. he is wearing a gps monitoring device but his location possibly outside of florida is not being disclosed for his safety. >> now that he's out, he's out and exposed. but i'm just hoping we can keep him safe and truly hopeful that people will just let it work and let's find out what actually happened. >> reporter: an attorney for martin's family says trayvon's parents respect the law but are disappointed at zimmerman's release. >> they're just praying and trying to hope that his freedom is temporary because the damage that he's caused to them is permanent. >> reporter: if convicted, zimmerman faces a possibility of 25 years to life in prison. teresa garcia, cbs news. >> george zimmerman has an arraignment coming up next month but he waived his right to appear so he can stay in

hiding. not much of a winter this year. out to our west even, it was before halloween when people had to shovel snow. and then pretty much stayed blank for a long time and then after easter people out there shoveling snow again two weeks after easter. all that rain that fell around here was snow out to our west. this is what it looked like in western maryland yesterday. several inches of snow in late april, not necessarily unheard of but some are calling it an anomaly. that doesn't mean people like it. >> i had shorts on the other day. >> you know, when you spend summer down in florida and you come back, this is not fun. >> western new york got hit with snow yesterday as well. one to four inches along lake erie. but the snow should taper off by later this morning and then maybe we get back to spring somewhere. >> are we through with the snow surprises or could there still be the rare possibility? >> i will argue it was a

surprise. it was well forecast. meteorologists don't like that. we're sensitive about these things. there could be one other little thing late season. not here but probably in the northeast. we're doing final. it's kind of chilly. kind of wet. an elevation like the october storm, mike, elevation paid a big difference in this event. we had some wet flakes across loudoun county, the blue ridge parkway and frederick county as well. your bus stop forecast, it is a chilly morning. 30s and 40s to start. we've got partly to mostly cloudy skies out there. looks like it's going to be a good sunrise in just a few minutes. sunrise up at 6:19. this afternoon we'll see more clouds come back. i think we have a decent amount of sun for a while. 54 by 11:00. winds southwest, still breezy, 10, 15, 20 miles an hour. into the low 60s for highs today. we'll take that after yesterday's 50 degrees and a mainly dry day. there's the snow this morning. still flying in western new york and northern pennsylvania.

generally north of interstate 80. some areas upwards of 8, 9 inches of snow. parts of pennsylvania had more than a foot. we had about 6 to 8 across garrett county. 38 in luray this morning. gaithersburg 37. 38 also in the tappahannock airport with 43 in easton. temperatures in bowie at 43. prince frederick 45. here in washington windchills are running in the 30s. 37. we're looking outside at our mieg cal & son weather cam -- michael & son weather camera. seeing lots of breaks in the clouds. 42 degrees under partly cloudy skies. feels like 37 and the winds are out of the southwest at 9. our future cast showing the storm winding down up to our north with sunshine giving way to more clouds at times this afternoon and this evening. a few showers possible well to our west as we head into the first part of the night. then a nice looking wednesday before more showers, possible thunder arrives here on thursday. so today 62. tonight back in the 40s and

even some 30s in the cold spots. 67 tomorrow. 73 thursday but thursday you'll need the umbrellas at times. friday 66. looks pretty good saturday. we'll be there for maryland day and looks like a slight chance after storm late. better chance for a couple of storms on sunday, temps in the mid-60s. right now 6:18. monika is in with time saver traffic. she's not a happy camper. i don't think commuters on 270 are either. i just got word of an accident on the southbound side of 270 after route 118 in germantown. apparently two lanes are blocked there. there had been a medical emergency further south here at montrose road. that was cleared. another problem on 270. i'll keep you posted on that situation. in the meantime on the northbound side of i-95 it's just the slow traffic out of dale city. it's pretty much continuous to woodbridge. then continuous lorton into spring field. we'll go there live right now. once you get here, this is what it looks like for the people trying to exit to the inner loop or continue north on to

395. let's go over to the maps again. here's 395. northbound you just got that slow traffic through landmark and then once you get to seminary road the pace does improve to the 14th street bridge. this is incident free through the stretch. let's go back over to the maps, this time to the inbound side of the gw parkway, the dulles toll road, 66. all of those corridors are looking fine. a last live look at the american legion bridge. no problems to report crossing the river on the west side of town. i'll have more on that situation on 270 at 6:25. coming up on 6:20, coming up next in sports, wizards do something they haven't done in four years and unfortunately andrea, more bad news about the new orleans saints. every time i hear about it, i laugh. >> baloney. before we get to that let's get another check of our question of the morning. this one is definitely making us hungry. what's the most popular pizza topping in the united states? is it a, pepperoni, b, onion, or c, chicken? >> our facebook friend christie thinks d, mozzarella cheese.

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6:23. your weather first on this chilly tuesday morning. but it is dry out there. in fact, we've got some sunshine now. i think we'll see a few more clouds as we go through the day. you'll need the jackets for sure as we're starting in the 30s and 40s. by lunch time we'll be in the upper 50s with highs under mostly cloudy skies and the low 60s and a bit of a breeze as well. andrea, over to you. >> thank you, howard. the nationals begin their first west coast swing of the young season. they open a three-game set with the padres tonight. >> first pitch 10:05. ryan zimmerman is expected to be back on the field. he sat out saturday's game with a problem with his shoulder. >> last night the wizards hosted the team some are calling the worst ever in the nba, the charlotte bobcats. the wiz led by 24 at the half.

wizards win 101-73. what's really important is their first four-game winning streak in more than four years. the bobcats have lost 21 in a row. despite an ugly two years at verizon center, ernie grunfeld will get more time to serve as general manager. he and the team have agreed to a new contract. an official announcement could come later today. grunfeld has been with the wizards since 2003 and after a few playoff appearances, the team has struggled in the last few years. boy, andrea just can't catch a break when it comes to her saints. another scandal involving new orleans and alleged cheating. espn is reporting saints general manager has some sort of listening device in his suite at the super dome and they say it let him eavesdrop on visiting coaching staff

between 2002 and 2004. the saints say this is no way true. they deny the accusations. >> 1,000 percent. >> andrea says it's not true, et. he's already been suspended for his role in the bounty scheme involving former defensive coach gregg williams so deep breath for the saints and andrea reason. to the nhl. another game seven in the eastern conference playoffs. top seeded new york rangers avoided elimination last night. they beat ottawa senators 3-2 on the road. game seven thursday night in new york. out west the phoenix coyotes ousted the chicago blackhawks from the playoffs. our time is 6:25. still ahead, the new app being rolled out by facebook. learn if any of them are for you you. >> marian barry is raising eyebrows again. learn what he said this time. >> on the southbound ied idaho

owe on the southboundside of 270, things look good. further south after route 118, watch out for accident activity along the left side of the road. more on that and other area roads coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began.

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coat. it is 42 degrees right now. so if you have to wait for a bus for a while, you are going to feel it. thank you for starting your day with us. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. meteorologist howard bernstein live on the weather terrace with his red jacket i do believe and possibly some medium weight gloves. >> you got it. i wish i had a little more than that. it's nippy out here this morning. 30s and 40s. we have windchills which are mostly in the 30s. our day planner, though, good news here. we're going to see some sunshine. actually seeing it already. sun came up a few minutes ago. we've got a lot of breaks in the cloud cover. 48 by 9:00. 57 at noon. breezy again, not as windy as yesterday but breezy with highs in the low 60s. still watching that rain and snow well to our north now in new york state and pennsylvania with some high clouds mixing in with the clear skies now. 37 in frederick, gaithersburg and culpeper. leesburg and baltimore 38. while we're 42. it's 40 if la plata and andrews as well. our highs today should make it into the low 60s with 50s north. a few more clouds this afternoon, especially north of

d.c. i'll be back in a few minutes looking ahead toward the weekend. i know it's tuesday but i'm already looking. here's monika watching all sorts of trouble southbound on 270. >> 270 has just been in a bind this morning in two separate spot. this time it's in germantown on the southbound side of 270. let me just first start off with the the delays. coming down from frederick toward urbana, you're going to go about 35 miles an hour. then just beyond that, after route 118 in germantown abaccident does block the two left lanes. let's go to a live picture close by. i couldn't find a camera right at the accident but you can see the slow traffic here at father hurley boulevard trying to get past route 118. again two left lanes are blocked with the accident and crews are on the scene there. so keep that in mind for your travel plans this morning. sorry about that. we're going to take you back over to the maps this time to the south side of town. no problems this morning on route 5, route 4, route 301 in southern maryland. we'll take a live look near andrews air force base at route 4 pennsylvania avenue and the beltway which is still looking great. both loops of the entire stretch of prince george's

county incident free. coming up in my next report, we'll take another look at 270 at 6:43. now we know the british tabloid reporters hacked the phones of celebrities and private citizens in the u.k. but now we're learning they may have done some of the same things here in the united states. cbs this morning will be looking at that story and erica hill joins us live from new york with a preview. good morning, erica. >> andrea and mike, good morning you to. there will be some tough questions for james murdoch. it is all part of a government inquiry which will ask them what they knew about the scandal and when they knew t. we'll talk this morning with a former murdoch employee who is covering the case, talk about what all this means for the murdochs, for their news empire and what the implications are on this side of the pond. plus, the man who was once in charge of airport security now calls flying an unending nightmare. the former head of the tsa is here and we'll ask him about

his call. he now wants to allow liquids and other banned items. he said they should be back on planes. we'll talk about all of that ahead at 7:00. >> we'll be watching. i'm definitely looking forward to hearing that one. >> hope you feel better. we have that cough here in our newsroom, too. >> thanks. our time is 6:33. today five more contests in the race for the republican presidential nomination. mitt romney is expected to win them all. he campaigned in western pennsylvania yesterday. voting begins in the keystone state at the top of the hour. they're -- there are also contests today in connecticut, delaware, new york and rhode island. alsole today, president obama is stopping in two states he hopes to carry in november. he'll speak at colleges in north carolina and colorado. the president is calling for a freeze on interest rates for college loans. also today, the president's campaign will officially launch a website aimed at black voters in virginia. the president carried the commonwealth in 2008 thanks to overwhelming support from

african-american voters. guess who's making headlines again with something he said. >> that would be d.c. councilman marion barry. weeks ago the former mayor was in trouble for criticizing asian-owned businesses in his ward 8. >> this time it's about nurses. he told leaders at udc they should help more city residents become nurses. he said, quote, in fact, it's so bad that if you go to the hospital, you find a number of immigrants who are nurses, particularly from the philippines. and no offense -- these are marian barry's words -- let's grow our own teacher. let's grow our own nurses so we don't have to be scrounging around in our community clinics and other kinds of places having to hire people from somewhere else. the washington examiner reports it tried to get a response from barry but with no luck. metro spent the overnight hours disinfecting dozens of buses. it wants to protect riders after a bus driver tested positive for viral meningitis.

delia goncalves is live in northwest washington with the story. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. we're live at 14th and colorado. this is the end of the line for the 52 and 54 buses. those are the routeses that are affected by this viral meningitis. metro tells us the driver was diagnosed with viral meningitis after his friday morning shift. before that he was on vacation so they don't believe that any other buses were affected. metro quickly sent the driver home and spent the overnight hours disinfecting not only the 52 and 54. all 164 buses in the north west garage here on 14th street. doctors are telling us viral meningitis far less serious than bacterial meningitis. it only affects infants and people with compromised inhuman systems -- immune systems. >> it can generally cause fever, headaches, confusion, sometimes light sensitivity.

>> it's contagious just like the flu is or the cold is that if you come into contact with fluids that the patient had, cue potentially get some symptoms. >> reporter: the doctor also tells us those symptoms last about seven to ten days. a prevention? best way to prevent viral meningitis, sanitation wipes or good old fashion soap and water. back to you. >> thank you, delia goncalves with that update from northwest washington this morning. a new renovation is under way at mcpherson square, northwest washington. the park service is trying to fix the damage done by all of those occupy protesters. it's going to cost about $6,000 to repair the grass at the south end of the park. this is after a $400,000 renovation last year. all the grass was turned to mud by the occupiers and their tents. they are allowed to continue their protests on the opposite side the park but are not allowed to sleep there overnight. jessica doyle is not just watching your money but watching facebook, too. >> the company's growth has started to slow down a little.

>> that's right. just a couple weeks until the company has its landmark initial public offering. it's showing a little bit of wear and tear. facebook revealed yesterday that its first quarter profit and revenue dropped in the final quarter of 2011. the season network is having to spend more nowadays. it's building data centers, hiring engineers. "the wall street journal" reports facebook is now showing the strain the company assured with the potential valuation of about $100 billion right out of the gate facebook needs to justify that sum to ipo investors. another tech company hitting the skids, network shares spiked. the news wasn't enough to overcome a weak sales outlook. and this sounds like something like the plot of a science fiction movie. a company backed by billionaires will today announce a plan to mine as troids for things like gold, believe it or not.

planetary resources is the name of the company. it would use robotic ships to land on asteroids. it would mine for things like platinum and gold. one founder thinks they could actually have a space station gas station set up in the next eight years or so. investors and advisors include google's c.e.o. larry page and film maker james cam ron. it's like the gold rush meets sci-fi space movie. >> if they need a mayor, we know what candidate would like to be the mayor up there. >> who would that be? >> newt gingrich. not one, not two, but 35 new red light and speed cameras coming to one part of the area. learn where they're going and when they'll be ready to snap your picture. >> howard says the sun will be back today. there's a remote threat after shower. highs in the low 60s. ahead learn when we'll see 70s again. it is 6:38 and you're watching

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good morning. welcome back. monika santami with time saver traffic. it's not been much fun on 270. it started with an early morning medical situation after montrose road. now an accident in germantown after route 118. so essentially your traffic begins out of frederick. it's going to be off and on most of the way into germantown and then beyond that again into rockville. all lanes are open past that earlier incident at montrose road. let's go to a live picture on the southbound side of i-270. unusually heavy traffic passing father hurley boulevard. on the northbound side of i-95, normal slow stuff as you leave dale city. you see all that yellow and red there forming into woodbridge. then it's going to be heavy into springfield as well. once beyond that, expect the slow stuff. we'll go live to 395 where it's

going to be slow through landmark at duke street heading for seminary road and then beyond that you're okay to the 14th street bridge. all lanes have been open. it's been incident free luckily on 395 this morning. now it's time for a commuter alert. something just about no driver in montgomery county wants to hear. that would be me. more speed and red light cameras are coming. the washington examiner reports ten newportable speed cameras will be out there in the next 18 months. 20 more red light cameras will go up as well. last year the county raked in $8 million for speed camera tickets and police want to create a corridor of cameras. this is what's going to get me. that way you have to drive the speed limit for the entire road and not just where those cameras are which is what most of us do. >> howard did have the best advice. slow down. >> one more time slow down. >> slow down. >> that would be good advice.

>> do you know how many pictures of my car i have? >> i have loads. >> too many. >> the back side. >> were they justified? >> no. >> i paid them. still makes me angry. >> do you remember the commercial about it's not nice to fool mother nature? motor nature sure likes to fool the rest of us. here's howard with the forecast. >> laurel, pennsylvania, 23 inches of snow yesterday. they take the cake easily. a lot of areas in garrett county at 6, 8 inches of snow which is still very impressive for this time of year. even any time of year. we are going to recover some today. have some sunshine this morning. so a good start to the day but definitely a cold start. our bus stop forecast, we've got temps in the 30s and 40s. most windchills in the 30s. i don't think many will be wearing shorts to school as much as you want to. sunrise at 6:19. our day planner 45 by 8:00. 57 by noon.

decent recovery. still some sunshine. more clouds this afternoon, especially north of town. we'll have lower 60s for highs and by 8:00 we're back in the 50s so you got plans this evening outdoors, it's going to be brisk but certainly better than yesterday. still watching the storm system from yesterday spinning. let's go back one. spinning here with the rain and the snow in southwestern new york. rochester, new york, 2.8 inches of snow. that's a record for them for the date. lots of areas had the biggest, latest snow on record here in pennsylvania, new york and even in parts of our neck of the woods. cumberland 43 this morning with pittsburgh at 35 and charlottesville and richmond and raleigh in north carolina in the mid-30s. locally we're in the mid-30s from northern loudoun county to gaithersburg. there's 38 in fairfax and springfield. 39 in crofton and millersville this morning and in washington looking outside on our michael & son weather camera. a good deal of sunshine. that's wisconsin avenue below. we've got the trees in full

bloom. 42 degrees with 37 on that windchill and a southwest wind at 9 and the barometer continues to rise. we'll continue to watch some of that snow this morning up to new york and pennsylvania. that will wind down. here come the extra clouds late this afternoon and this evening with maybe a couple of sprinkles in the mountains. could come across northern virginia, maybe an isolated one tonight as it pushes through the region. tomorrow, though, a good deal of sunshine. so a nicer day. temperatures well up in the 60s. then by thursday morning, showers, maybe a rumble or two of thunder moving in. highs on thursday with the showers around should warm to the 70s, the low 70s. our forecast today about 62. a little breezy. sunshine giving way to more clouds this afternoon. 30s and 40s again tonight. upper of ostomy with low 7 -- upper 60s with low 70s on thursday. 60s friday. could be a late thunderstorm and saturday looks okay, around 70. again the chance for late storms. sunday we're dipping back into the 60s. mike and andrea, over to you.

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6:53. 42 degrees in town with some 30s in the suburbs. it's chilly out there but sunshine mixed in with the clouds through midday. 57 by noon. more clouds later o. breezy with highs in the low 60s.

today, tuesday, april 24, here's a check of the news before you go today. metro spent the night disinfecting more than 160 buses which run in the district. that's because a driver on the 52 and 54 lines was diagnosed with viral meningitis. that bus driver hand the bus have been taken out of service for thorough cleaning. the river walk trail opens this morning. it will carry the hiker-biker trail over railroad tracks just south of rfk stadium. and it completes the trail between benning road and the tidal basin. the wizards have a four- game winning streak? yes, the first time since december 2007. john wall scored 16. wizards topped the bobcats. >> winning is habitual. coming up on cbs this morning, a battle of the brews. while light beer makers are having a hard time keeping their sales up and what they're doing to reverse the trend.

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we don't believe it happened. >> take it away, howard. >> we'll be going forward with the forecast. back with some sunshine at least through the first half of the day. more clouds this afternoon. milder, 62. mice tomorrow before more showers thursday and a dry finish to the workweek. monika? 270 commuters, it's been really tough this morning. two slow stretches through germantown and rockville. the two early morning accidents have been cleared. a quick look from sky 9. an accident in spring field. no sky 9 but there is an accident route 7100 or fairfax county parkway at huntsman boulevard. wall street is looking a teeny bit higher after that big sell-off yesterday. so fingers crossed. cbs this morning is next with the latest on the trayvon martin case. tony award winner john lissko talks about his new broadway hit. we'll be back with traffic and weather. get all your news, traffic and weather on wusa9.com. see you right back here tomorrow morning at