she's already very busy this morning and it's only 5:00 and howard bernstein, things are quieting down compared to yesterday. >> we are not rocking and rolling but there are some storms that pushed into eastern maryland. up north you might get a visit from a shower or storm the next couple of hours. we are cloudy. a little mist in areas, some fog in the mountains. temperatures are in the 50s to low 60s well south of town. we've got 64 by 9:00. 74 by noon. we'll start to see sun earlier today with temperatures with the sunshine getting into the low to mid-80s. there's a chance you'll see a storm later on. the storms this morning developed up north and pennsylvania. you can see them dropping into northeastern maryland. they're also hanging around toward pittsburgh and the pike, bedford. this is getting close to howard county north of i-70 so we'll be watching that over the next few hours. let's go to monika santami 5:00 a.m. time saver traffic. >> thank you so much, howard. it's a good news, bad news situation. the good news is that the

accident that happened at about 3:30 this morning on the inner loop of the beltway before route 50 has been cleared up. the bad news is that it was there for so long. it was involving a tractor- trailer and a passenger vehicle. but you should be go on the southbound side of 495 there. in southern maryland in clinton southbound route 5, branch avenue, that accident also in its clearing stages right now. let's go over to the other side of town. there had been overnight construction closing the eastbound dulles toll road at route 7. that should be cleared up right now as well at 5:01 in the morning. let's take a live look at 66 on the inbound side. no issues to report as cow in from manassas and centreville to around route 50 and the beltway. in my next report, we'll take a look at 95 in virginia at 5:10. >> thank you, monika. today a judge will decide how much time former d.c. councilman harry thomas will serve in prison. >> he pleaded in january to stealing $350,000 which was

intended for youth sports -- sports programs. delia goncalves is live outside the court previewing the proceedings today. >> reporter: i was here four months ago when thomas stood on these steps and read a statement of apology, apologizing to his family and his constituents after he pled guilty to the charges against him. now he returns to court to find out if he will be sentenced to three and a half years like the government recommends or just 18 months behind bars like his defense suggests. harry thomas, jr. admitted to stealing money meant for his youth baseball league to pay for lavish vacations and high priced vehicles. records show he started taking city money just days after he was elected to office. but his supporters have written the judge asking for leniency, asking the judge to consider his years of public service. thomas comes from a long line of activists in ward 5. his father was a long-time former council member for the ward and his mother a school

administrator. the mayor was asked earlier this week about whether or not he has spoken to harry thomas, jr. he hasn't spoken to him in the recent past he says. he has spoken to thomas' mother. he says on the record thomas comes from a good family and he doesn't know what went wrong. he says his heart goes out to the family. however, it is this kind of corruption that is fueling the race to fill his vacant council seat. coming up at 5:30, we'll have more on the special election coming up in just a matter of a couple of weeks. back you to. >> delia goncalves live outside u.s. district court. well, the biggest caps fans in your office might not be in the mood to talk today. >> that's because they're both tired and disappointed after the caps' heartbreaking triple overtime loss. kristen berset watched it unfold at verizon center. what a game three wednesday night. the capitals and rangers lost in a dead heat battle for over four hours at the verizon center. it was the caps' first triple

overtime game this post-season. and the longest game in the 2012 playoffs. unfortunately for the capitals, one mistake led to a game- winning goal by marrian gaprick. >> it definitely hurts. we have to be proud of how well we played. guys are diving the block shots, doing a lot of the things that we needed to do to win hockey. if we play like that most of the time, we'll come out on top. >> could have gone either way. guys don't have their full legs. you know, it was a slow paced game out there by the end of it. one mistake and that was the difference. >> triple overtime, it's a special game but it's just one game and we've got to bounce back. >> reporter: despite giving up the game-winning goal, what a performance by braeden holty. big save after big save, 47 in

total. >> i played to the best of my abilities with the group we have. i'm confident we'll win four games out of seven. >> reporter: all in all a tough loss for the caps. they are now 0-4 when a game goes to at least three overtimes but they have a chance to rebound on saturday. game four right here at the verizon center. from the phone booth, i'm kristen berset, 9 sports now. today republican presidential candidate mitt romney will make more appearances with virginia governor bob mcdonnell, this time in southeast virginia. wednesday romney spoke to women business owners in chantilly before attending an evening fund-raiser in pentagon city. the presumptive g.o.p. nominee also has less competition this morning. former house speaker newt gingrich officially suspended his campaign yesterday in arlington. he is now promising to endorse romney. maryland will hold a special session to settle its budget battle. governor martin o'malley, senate president mike miller

and house speaker michael bush have agreed to reconvene the general assembly on may 14. lawmakers will try to replace the so-called doomsday budget that would cut $500 million in state spending starting july 1. speaker miller says he expects the -- president miller rather says he expects itself general assembly to pass the new budget within a couple of days. a falls church virginia businessman has been convicted of sexually abusing two girls who were at his daughter's slumber party. an arlington county jury found michael gardner guilty on to have the counts related to the girls. jurors deadlocked over the claims of a third accuser who came forward after the first two. prosecutors presented d.n.a. evidence from the first two girls from their underwear and pajamas. the jury recommended a 22-year prison sentence for gardner. police have made an arrest in an apartment fire that turned out to be arson. 24-year-old abraham kilfou was charged with first degree arson. he reportedly confessed to

investigators. the tuesday night fire injured two firefighters and damaged nearly three dozen apartments. investigators say he lived at the apartment complex and is a relative of a tenant. more than a hundred people there are now out of a home. a major retailer decides not to carry one popular e- reader anymore. jessica has that story coming up in your money. still ahead, new penalties announced against some of the players involved in the saints bouncing scandal. [ male annouu paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? upgrade to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for just $99.99 a month guaranteed for two-years with no annual contract required. this is a limited time offer, so don't wait. get fios at this great price. act now and get $250 back, if you sign a 2-year contract. hurry! call 1.888.get.fios.

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we're coming up on 5:09 on this thursday morning. clouds out there. maybe a little drizzle in one or two spots. one northeast of town toward baltimore and north of 70 we have a few showers and thunderstorms going on there. our day planner, though, has the threat of a couple of thunderstorms mainly later this afternoon. we'll have the clouds this morning breaking up toward midday. 74 by noon with highs in the low, maybe mid-80s and a threat for an isolated storm or two as well. i'll be back in just a few minutes and talk about the upcoming weekend. right now monika is in with time saver traffic. on the northbound side of i- 95 things look grate from dale city -- great from dale city up to the 14th street bridge. coming up in my next report, good news on the beltway in prince george's county at 5:17. it is 5:09. time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> that is why jessica doyle is here. >> wall street is hoping today's economic results are a little bit better than yesterday's economic results. we'll get the rally going

again. we have chain stores releasing their april sales figures and have some data on how many americans applied for unemployment benefits. that's coming out this morning as well. stocks were mixed after new reports showed private companies hired fewer workers than expected in april. checking the numbers, the dow stands this morning at 13,269, only 11 points away from the four-year high we reached the other day. the nasdaq reversed an early loss to close 9 points higher and the s&p 500 was down 3.5. wall street will also be watching as a local company shares -- sells shares to the public for the first time. the carlisle group was priced at 22 bucks a share. that values the d.c. company at 6.7 million. carlisle will begin trading this morning on the nasdaq under the ticker symbol tg. going forward you won't be able to find the kindle at

target. the big box chain is phasing out amazon's e-reader this spring. it coincides with the comes don'ter's plans of -- discounter's plans of opening smaller stores. >>it's not clearly -- i don't know what the deal is. you know, apple clearly is the big boy on the block selling a lot more ipads than kindles so, you know, target is probably -- [ inaudible ] >> what do you have for us coming up. >> that harvard education is getting a little easier to come by. why could you could be getting some things for free this fall. he said to help people -- he is said to help people by

just looking him. now this renowned hero is drawing crowds in our area. >> you can't get enough of bryce harper. he's fantastic and in fact helped the nats break their losing streak. >> and at 5:16, how water has the forecast. plenty of raindrops all over t. we'll be right back.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. we're coming up on a:15 on this thursday morning. howard is here. you definitely want to keep your umbrella handy. >> especially northeast of town. there may be an isolated thunderstorm. we had them north of town yesterday afternoon and evening. this morning we're starting to show you the storms that are out there coming in from pennsylvania. they've slipped into northeastern maryland. if you're traveling northeastern toward baltimore, especially early this morning, going up into caroll county, going up to the eastern shore, maybe over to chestertown, ir' going to run into these showers -- you're going to run into these showers and storms quite earl. hagerstown, you seem to be okay for now. there's a lot of stuff just off to your north and west. to the east. we're seeing the stuff come through caroll county headed toward ellicott city. this is the baltimore beltway. here's bwi. if this stuff keeps moving, could be a couple of flight delays up there as well from

the showers and storms in the region. around here on our bus stop forecast, plenty of clouds. a little bit of fog in the mountains. temperatures have cooled into the 50s. most areas some low 60s south and west with the showers north and northeast and sunrise at 6:08. for the day today, clouds this morning. they'll break up i'd say earlier than yesterday with a chance of a thunderstorm. isolated stuff as we get into the afternoon with highs in the low to maybe mid-80s with enough sun. right now on the cool side. mid-50s from leesburg at 54 to 57 you're seeing in centreville and 55 rockville, bethesda, columbia, crofton all at 55 degrees. 56 in springfield. in washington right now as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, a little bit of that low cloud cover, haze around the capitol. decent advice i can'ts about 5 -- visibilities about 5 to 6 miles in washington. dew point 53. a lot of moisture in the air. humidities are high in the 80% rieng. there are the showers and storms here. we've got a lot going o.

moisture coming off the gulf. some of that will come up and over. a little ridge just off to our south and west. yes we had temperatures in the 80s in places not that far away, just south and west of us. we stopped in the mid-70s. baltimore was in the mid-60s. a little boundary right on top of us and that is probably not going to be as strong today so we're expecting the clouds to break up as we head toward noon. this afternoon we'll watch and see what pops up to the north and west. anything that pops north and west will move southeast with the upper level flow so that's what we have to watch. isolated strong storms later on and this evening we can't rule out a shower or storm. tomorrow here we are in the morning, some spotty stuff north. as we go with the daytime heating you see the showers and storms pop for the afternoon in spots. today 84 degrees. tonight won't be as cool, in the 60s. tomorrow 87. it will be the warm day. scattered afternoon storms. a spotty storm not out of the question saturday, around 80. sunday and monday cooler, in the 70s.

could be a few more showers or storms late tuesday into wednesday. it's 5:17. time saver traffic with monika. i'm happy to say that two separate accidents that we had early this morning in prince george's county and in southern maryland have been cleared, including the beltway. inner loop side you can see a bit of slow traffic trying to get to route 450 again where the accident has been cleared. the other one in clinton, southbound branch avenue also gone. if you're planning to head to the north side of the beltway, things are looking great. all lanes open between college park and silver spring. you can see just got a bit of volume forming. no big deals yet. as you head southbound on 95 should be okay as well coming in from baltimore. over to 270, looking great in from frederick. no problems down through into clarks burke. just a few people out -- clarksburg. just a few people out here. traffic still moving at a good pace down into rockville. we'll take a look at the american legion bridge at 5:24.

new punishment handed out in the bounty gate scandal. >> we'll show you how the nationals said goodbye to their losing streak. we want to take a look at our question of the morning. 71% of men say they will not let their significant others do this. is it a, cook, b, go through their cell phone, or c, propose to them? >> my wife is a good cook, can go to her cell phone. here is a look at some of the responses. richard wrote, i'd say d, all of the above but since that's not an option, i will go with a, cook. >> log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer in the 6:00 hour.

5:21. probably going to need a light jacket or sweat shirt early this morning as we dip into the 50s but it's going to be another warm afternoon and it's kind of human as -- humid as well. had showers north and east of us affect be the baltimore region, northeastern maryland even into northern frederick and caroll counties. by 9:00 more clouds than anything else. low 60s. lunch time we're looking at 74, partly sunny conditions. we'll get into the afternoon hours with temps getting into the low 80s by 3:00 but notice out to the west some showers and storms starting to pop. they'll be moving southeast. we'll have to watch what develops northwest because that could affect us late today.

here's what's making news at 5:22. roger clemens' former teammate may have helped in his defense. under cross-examination yesterday, andy pettitte who is now back with the yankees admitted he may have misunderstood a conversation the two had had about human growth hormone more than a decade ago. roger clemens is accused of lying to congress about using performance enhancing drugs in major league baseball. he was known for his smile and enthusiasm for the game of football. now police are investigating yesterday's shooting death of junior seau as a suicide. the 43-year-old former linebacker played on the only san diego chargers team to make it to a super bowl back in 1994. new developments in the n.f.l. 's bounty gate scandal. linebacker jonathan vilma has been suspended. three other players received

lesser suspensions than this. after the sports-related stories, perhaps the capitals' loss early this morning won't seem as bad... not. >> after washington and new york both scored a goal in the second period, the game stayed tied at one and then stayed tied and then stayed tied. it went to a third overtime last night. the rangers marian gaberick finally got one pass to the goalie -- pass by goalie braden holty. the nationals broke their losing streak thanks to bryce harper. the rookie scored in the fourth on a hustle base from second place to the -- base to the plate. he ended the game with a walkoff homer. nats win 5-4.

>> love it. >> they are happy. there's a new sign that american auto giants have really bounced back. that story coming up. we'll preview today's sentencing for former d.c. councilman harry thomas. here's monika. in frederick a problem eastbound i-70 near route 144 with debris in the road. here at the american legion bridge, traffic is moving well both loops of the beltway west side of town. in my next report another look at maryland roads at 5:29. you're watching nine fine now. stay with us -- 9news now. stay with us.

your weather first at 5:28. we have lots of clouds around here in the metro. we do have some showers well to our north. i'll show you that in a moment. 62 by 9:00. by noon 74. by 5:00 83. we have a threat for a couple of storms this afternoon. yesterday we had some isolated ones but they were on the strong side. we could have a repeat later on. this morning we've been watching this action here in pennsylvania dipping down into northern maryland, in and

around pittsburgh we've got some storms that may track to north central maryland as well. we'll have to watch that over the next few hours. the immediate concern if you're tracking up 95 or 295 headed toward baltimore this morning, you're going to run into some wet weather. everything moving off toward the south and east. temps in the 50s. it's sort of damp out there, too. a little mist in spots. we've got some fog in the mountains with 53 in petersburg, west virginia. 57 in winchester. the warmer stuff down south. orange 61. culpeper 57. they could be in the upper 80s this afternoon where to the east we may stay in the 70s right along the bay. expecting temps in the low, possibly middle 80s here in d.c. it is 5:29. monika santami, thursday morning being a little busy already. it started off really busy. i'm happy to say things right now are a little calmer than they were earlier this morning. we did have an accident on the beltway inner loop side near route 450. that was cleared up.

in frederick just getting word of debris in the roadway at 144. you see the tiny bit of yellow forming slowing out of frederick into clarksburg but no big deals to report on 270. we'll go outside live on the southbound side of 275 as i said things are -- 270 as i said things are final. the outer loop of the beltway still looking good leaving the 95 interchange. this time all the way to the west side coming in on 66. that's incident free in from manassas to centreville to fairfax. all of your lanes are open. we'll take a live look at 295 inside the beltway. here's what it looks like at duke street. things look great to the 14th street bridge. back to you. >> thanks, monika. the parents of the south capital street shooting victims are anxiously waiting for the jury's decision. >> the jurors got the case a week ago. five men are charged in a series of march 2010 shootings in southeast washington. the shootings ended with the killing of four people attending the funeral for the first shooting victim.

jurors heard about eight weeks of testimony before they began deliberations. the college park bouncer is now facing several charges connected to a beating saturday night. police say 28-year-old marcus plumber became physical to a customer who tried to reenter r.j. bentley's after getting thrown out. plumber is charged with first and second degree assault. the victim is a mechanic of the honor guard in the district -- member of the honor guard in the district. police say he's hospitalized but in stable condition. a judge will decide how long harry thomas will spend in prison. the former d.c. council resigned his seat in january when he pleaded guilty to stealing more than $350,000 in city funds. 9news reporter delia goncalves is live at u.s. district court with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. harry thomas, jr. facing up to three and a half years behind bars. his defense team will ask for just 18 months behind bars. he said after he pled guilty he

let his family down and his constituents who are now trying to heal from that betrayal. thomas pled guilty in january to stealing $350,000 in city money meant for kids. his northeast home was raided just before charges were filed and vehicles were seized by the federal government. now the corruption scandal has severely divided the ward trying to elect a new council member to replace him. the special election is less than two weeks away and most of the candidates have had to convince voters they are honest and intend to work for the people of the ward, not for their own personal gain as many said harry thomas, jr. proved to do. the special election which is held may 15 will cost taxpayers nearly as much as harry thomas, jr. eventually pled guilty to stealing from them in the first place. $300,000. coming up at 6:00, we'll tell you how harry thomas just got

his hands on all that money. andrea, back to you. >> delia goncalves with that live update outside u.s. district court. today a judge will sentence the prince william county mother who helped barricade her three daughters inside their home in bristow. christina moore pleaded guilty to charges last fall. drywall had been secured over the wall holding the sisters ages 3, 4 and 18 months. the eldest girl escaped and went to neighbors for help. moore's boyfriend was sentenced to three years probation. this afternoon the loudoun county parents charged for their children's tardiness at school are scheduled to go to trial. mark and amy danakoure are charged with a misdemeanor. their children have been late to school more than 85 times since september. they say the majority of that time they missed the opening bell by only a few minutes but

the county says the extensive tardiness disrupts the other students' learning. a reward is set for helping a person catch -- for helping catch a person who set an illegal animal trap. a raccoon was spotted several times chewing at its paw trying to unsuccessfully escape a leg trap. officials with the washington humane society say a leg hold trap could also injure a small child if they stumble into it. 5:34, time for another your money report pow. >> jessica doyle is back and that harvard education is within reach. >> you get the harvard education. you don't have to leave your house and it's free. >> ready. >> we're ready. here's the deal. harvard and m.i.t. have announced a partnership to provide courses online. it's a program called ed ex. here's the catch. you're not going to receive

university credit for the classes but there's more information here. the first official courses will be announced this summer and said to begin in the fall. there's no admissions process but there are exams and other assessments and you can pay for certificates to show you mastered the material. that's not so bad. chrysler is working through the summer this year. the automaker usually shuts down its u.s. plants for two weeks for its seasonal maintenance but it's going to keep four plants open to meet high demand. chrysler reported april was the best sales month in four years. how would you like some free gift cards? there's an app for that. we take a look at two apps that offer free stuff in exchange for your social networks. one pulls information from your facebook account and your friends. you can gift wrap gift cards to friends. they're preloaded with a few dollars up to about 80 bucks.

consumers redeem the cards about 20% of the time and they typically spend four to six times the base amount. it's complicated. it's pretty complicated stuff. so basically you're giving these companies your friends and in exchange they can decide if they like your friends enough so they can offer them these gift cards. >> an example why facebook is free. it's all about the information. >> marketing. >> thanks, jess. try as you might. jessica failed to find us a deal on the painting. you know it. the scream. we'll tell you its record setting price. we were close, mike. today we have a very brady birthday coming up. guess who it is.

at 5:38 out on the weather terrace. it is misting a little bit out here. we're in the 50s. sort of cool and a little damp. we are going to see a much warmer afternoon and a threat of some showers this morning north and east. day planner calling for those clouds to be around. there's some fog in the mountains by the way of west virginia. we'll be in the low to mid-70s by noon. with the sunshine we should make low to mid-80s. there will also be a chance for a late day thunderstorm in a couple of spots. i'll be back in about five minutes with your seven-day forecast. now back to monika. got word of an accident in centreville involving a bus on route 29 southbound right at i- 66 with crews on the scene. i'll keep you posted on this situation coming up in my next report. back to you, mike. it is 5:39 now. there's been a scar on the face of the u.s. supreme court for some time now but now repairs are about to begin on the front facade of the supreme court building. a chunk of marble fell off the facade and smashed into the

building steps below in 2005. crews will start putting up scaffolding and the work is expected to take almost two years for that. the work shouldn't hinder anyone getting in and out of the building however. this morning there's a new record in the art world. the scream is the famous painting depicting human anxiety. it was created in 1895 and four copies were made. the only one still in private hands was auctioned off last night. an anonymous buyer picked it up for nearly $120 million. that surpasses the previous artwork auction recorded by -- record rather by $13 million. art experts say the stream is the second most recognized painting in the world after the mona lisa. >> i've never done any research but when i look at it on video, it looks like a bunch of crayola crayons. >> people have tried to steal it many times. >> a lot of money. 5:40. ron paul is the only other

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5:44. if you don't like rain, then you're okay because there's not much around here to our north so we're doing okay. 57 degrees. howard bernstein has all the digits for you. >> misty out there. cool and damp. temps in the 50s. we do have some showers, even some rumbles of thunder northeastern maryland. baltimore is being affected. caroll county is seeing is. toward the upper part of the eastern shore. might get into eastern howard as well. bus stop forecast calling it mostly cloudy because there are a few breaks south and west of town. cloudy and cool with drizzle and a couple of showers north. temps ranging in the 50s to lower 60s, although the vast majority of us are in the 50s this morning. your sunrise happening a few minutes past the 6:00 hour. we'll start with the clouds today. there's some fog also in the mountains like around petersburg, west virginia, western maryland. noon still mostly cloudy, 74.

light winds. should see more sunshine this afternoon. that will help us get above the 80-degree mark with a chance of an isolated thunderstorm or two. anything that develops like yesterday could be on the strong storm. we're looking at thunderstorms across southwestern parts of pennsylvania from mitsburg to bedford. then it dips into northeastern maryland here and southern jersey and delaware. you can see baltimore getting it right now. i'm going to zoom in on live doppler 9000 hd. everything is coming down right through westminster. column yarks just to your north and east. some showers around bwi this morning. maybe some flashes of lightning as well. it's 59 fredericksburg. the air mass just to the south and west by 50 miles is a lot warmer than 50 miles east of us. there's this battle going o. yesterday we got stuck in the 70s. that boundary never really cleared us. baltimore didn't get out of the 60s. it was in the 80s in places off to our south and southwest. today i think we'll get more of the warm air than the cool air

to win out. low clouds, some visibility issues in and around the capitol although visibility at national was ten miles last check on our michael & son weather camera. many areas in northern virginia, northern western maryland visibilities one to two miles. cloudy skies. east winds at 10 miles an hour. still have the piewrk of the cooler air off -- push of the cooler air off the atlantic. busy across the country. jet stream comes on shore in the west. northern california with the rage. it continues across the northern part of the country. more showers and storms in the northern plains, the upper mississippi valley into the great lakes. then those storms move southeast and northwesterly flow. they're hitting philly and new york, back toward pittsburgh and we're expecting this stuff to weaken as it moves southeast over the next few hours. the clouds will start to break up midday. the afternoon looks to have sunshine but also late this afternoon the threat for the pop-up thunderstorms. they'll be moving southeast. depending on where they form, they may be up toward philly or

they may be right on top of us with the northwesterly flow. tonight fairly quiet. there could be some isolated showers overnight. then tomorrow with the daytime heating more showers and storms are going to pop in spots. so be a warm day tomorrow. we should be back in the 80s. today with some luck 84. if my guess on that frontal position is wrong, we may stay in the upper 70s. a chance for that late day thunderstorm. 60s tonight. tomorrow upper 80s. looks like the warmest day with a chance for those afternoon storms. saturday agent better, 80 degrees with a slight chance of a storm. then sunday and monday cooler, drier, temperatures in the 70s. it is 5:48. monika santami has an update for you with time saver traffic. two separate accidents, one minor. actually they're both minor but one is causing delays on 95. let's start off with centreville. there's a bus accident on route 29 southbound just near i-66. in facetve lk at that right now and it's been

moved to the gore area. doesn't seem to be affecting traffic much but is just sitting there. 66 is not a problem heading inbound from centreville toward fairfax. let's go back over to the maps this time northbound on i-95 just north of jaunt company. this accident -- north of quantico. this accident sitting on the showedder. slow and heavy getting by this. once you're beyond that, this is what it looks like in springfield. north of quantico near dumfries is where you want to be careful. coming up in my next report, i'll keep you posted on that accident on 95 at 6:00. making news now at 5:49, 13 people now face charges in the hazing death of robert champion. the 26-year-old florida a&m university drum major was beaten to death on a bus last november. most of those arrested are charged with hazing resulting in death. take third degree felony carries a maximum penalty of six years in prison. very little attention is being paid to the economic

talks that were scheduled a long time ago and supposed to start today in china because of the case of chen guangcheng, the dissident who escaped last week and has changed his mind about moving to the u.s. he's now appealing to be taken out of china. josh gumberger recounted meetings with rape the melon who gave edwards more than $700,000 to hide his affair with rielle hunter. the funds became known as bunny money. as another witness was about to describe elizabeth edwards' reaction to tabloid reports to her husband's affair, their 30- year-old daughter kate left court in tears. the news keeps getting better and better for republican presidential candidate mitt romney. newt gingrich suspended his campaign yesterday. >> romney expects to get an endorsement from another former candidate hopeful who could help him with the tea party

voters. tara mergener reports. >> reporter: mitt romney is getting the support of some of his former rivals. cbs news has learned michele bachmann plans to endorse the former massachusetts governor during an event in virginia this afternoon. >> thank you, everyone. >> reporter: bachmann was once a presidential hopeful herself. she is a tea party favorite, a group romney has struggled to win over. this comes within day after newt gingrich dropped out of the race and pledged his support for romney. >> this is a choice between mitt romney and the most radical leftist president in american history. >> reporter: the speaker of the house won in georgia and south carolina but was never able to gain support beyond the south. >> i have to thank the voters of south carolina and apologize to them. we will have broken their tradition of always picking the nominee. >> reporter: newt gingrich hasn't always been a mitt romney fan. the obama camp reminded voters about what he had to say about romney during the campaign. obama's team released a web ad

using gingrich's own words. >> are you calling mitt romney a liar? >> yes. >> reporter: president obama officially kicks off his reelection efforts with events in ohio and virginia this weekend. romney is also focusing on the state. he talked with business owners in chantilly yesterday. >> people ask me, what would you do to get the economy going? i say well, look at what the president has done and do the opposite. >> reporter: romney will stay in virginia today with a campaign event in portsmouth. tara mergener for cbs news, washington. how about another gander at the question of the day today. 71% of men say they will not let their significant other do one of these things. a, cook, b, go through their cell phone, or c, propose to them? >> here's a look at a response posted on our facebook fan page. rita wrote, you can set your cell phone on lock or hide it so it has to be c. i hope my answer is correct.

but if you have to hide it-- >> pretty much tells you what the deal is right there. we'll have the answer in about an hour. harry thomas will learn his punishment today. that story is coming up. >> a man known as a spiritual healer who has become a worldwide sensation draws a pretty big crowd in montgomery county. >> before we head to break, you don't have to look for the deals online because we do it for you. daily deals, e-mails, retailer web siteses, we do it -- sites, we do it all. you can get a 60-minute swedish massage at bell as a luna day spa in mclean. it saves 50%. gilt city has an idea for mother's day. a four-course dinner at dirty martini in dupont circle. the deal starts at 31 bucks which is a 41% savings. bestbuy.com deal of the day,

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hour. we have showers and thunderstorms in southern pennsylvania, northeastern maryland. temperatures in the 50s. even a little mist here in washington. by 9:00 much of that looks like it's going to be weakening. there could still be a stray shower. lunch time, probably will be all right to be outside. mostly sunny west. culpeper 81 by noon. annapolis still in the 60s. the cooler air off to the east. we'll see temperatures low to mid-80s. a couple spots south and west could top out in the upper #s on. -- >> upper 80s. is it possible to heal people just by looking at them? >> a croatian man who claims to do just that is in gaithersburg. >> thousands of people from all over the country are coming to see him. we sent kristin fisher to soak up the silent gaze of the man. >> reporter: hundreds of people are lined up to see the man with the magical eyes. he's called many things around the world, a healer, a prophet,

a guru. >> he is someone who is transmitting this silent power that affects people's consciousness. >> reporter: the true believers say he can heal your mind, body and soul all through the power of his silent gaze. >> after i came and saw braco, about three days later, i noticed that i didn't need my cane anymore. >> reporter: this woman came all the way from wisconsin. but most people are from the area and they're seeing braco for the first time. >> i'm on a spiritual journey. >> reporter: this is my first time at a braco gazing event. i'm going in with an open mind. when he walks out, he doesn't say a word. he simply stands, turns, and stairs for seven minutes. >> when he gazes at you, he sees the real person in you. and accepts you exactly for who you are. >> you usually feel a lot of heat. >> the love coming out of him is very strong. >> reporter: i attended two

sessions. honestly, i didn't feel much of anything. skeptics say i never will. some people say it takes a few days. others say they felt the power of his gaze right away. >> i've been having problems with my right knee. during the session i had an intense pain there. >> i don't know. there's something here. there's something here. >> reporter: in gaithersburg, kristen fisher -- kristin fisher, 9news now. >> if you would like to see him with your own eyes, he's in the area one nor day. -- one more day. >> want to keep his eyes on me. yeah, that would be great. thank you for keeping your eyes on us. it's 9news at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> just don't have that staring power. good morning. i'm mike hydeck. we're glad you're here. here is monika santami with traffic. howard bernstein is here with our weather first. is it going to abwashout -- to