sun is up momentarily. 56 degrees in washington with a noontime temp at 64. breezy and windy. gusts 25 to 30. highs trying to make a run toward 70 which is a few degrees below average. some rain yesterday. almost an inch. eight-tenths of an inch in reedville in the northern neck. there goes the rain this morning up toward new england. we've cleared out very nicely. your temperatures in the 50s. some spots down to 50 in hagerstown. even upper 40s toward luray and the valley while la plata is 52. in spite of the sun and the wind, it may not feel as warm as this but temperatures will make 70s in town. mid-60s in hagerstown and cumberland. it is now 6:00 a.m. good morning to you, monika. good morning. good morning, everybody. overall we have lots of slow traffic on the may your thursday refairs, name -- major thoroughfares, namely 270. a tough one coming out of frederick most the way through

route 80. as you can see it's very heavy and slow at route 109 as well. keep that in mind for your travel times. maybe give yourself a few extra minutes. now loads of information on public transportation. first of all, starting off with metro. at foggy bottom once again this morning the escalators are out. buses are available. the station remains open. red line is single tracking between tacoma and silver spring. that will cause delays this morning. marc delays on the brunswick line 870 and 890 are running 10 to 15 minutes late this morning. my next report at 6:15. at the top of the hour we want to get a check on some of the stories happening today. a sentencing hearing begins at 9:30 for cerel williams convicted in the murder of off- duty maryland state trooper wesley brown. trooper brown was killed outside a forestville, maryland restaurant in 2010. williams could get life in prison. the washington national cathedral is going to dedicate its carving of rosa park.

it joins other carvings honoring those who fought for social justice. the dedication will take place with a choral concert at 5:30. radio station wpgc is calling for a prayer today for chuck brown. the d.c. go go music legend is fighting pneumonia. the station is asking people to say a prayer at noon for brown's recovery. according to one report, president obama had planned to announce his support for same- sex marriage before the democratic national convention this summer. >> but political reports vice president joe biden's announcement sunday that he supports same-sex marriage forced the president's hand. either way president obama's announcement is what people are talking about this morning. >> delia goncalves is live outside the white house with more on the story. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike. a lot of analysts in fact say the v.p.'s statement forced president obama's hand as an dray ya mentioned and it -- as andrea mentioned and it would

have been awkward if he had not come out and said it. there were several reasons for him to come out with his opinion as early as he did. in 2004 we learned when obama was returning for senate, he said marriage was between a man and a woman. now eight years later he says it's -- says his personal relationships have changed his opinion. he struggled with the issue thinking civil unions would protect the legal right and benefits of same-sex couples but now he says his opinion has changed but still believes states should decide on their own. in fact, just tuesday north carolina, the state where the democratic convention will be held later this summer became the 30th state to ban gay marriage. >> i have to tell you that over the course of several years as i talked to friends and family and neighbors, when i think about members of my own staff who are incredibly committed,

same-sex relationships who are raising kids together, when i think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained. >> i have the same view on marriage that i had when i was governor and that i've expressed many times. i believe marriage is a relgtship between a -- relationship between a man and a woman. >> reporter: critics of president obama say he's flip- flopping. coming up at 6:30, we'll have local reaction, including how the president's remarks could hurt him politically with a very big base that has supported him in the past. mike, back to you. >> thanks a lot, delia goncalves live outside the white house this morning. the president's so-called evolution on this issue mirrors the same change in a lot of americans. in 1996, a gallop poll found

27% of americans supported same- sex marriage. 68% opposed back then. again this is '96. fast forward to 2004 when massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage, 42% of americans favored same-sex marriage and 55% of americans were opposed. now to this week 50% of americans support same-sex marriage. 48% are opposed. changing gears, a special session begins next week in maryland's capital but the deal is set and the votes are in place to finalize a budget avoiding half a billion dollars in drastic cuts. the house and senate are expected to approve the new budget which hikes taxes on high earners. that's individuals who make $100,000 a year or couples making $150,000 a year. their taxes will go up as much as three-quarters of a percent. when it comes to taking up the idea of building a casino in building, governor oh -- in prince george's county,

governor o'malley says there may need be to a second session held this spr. new at 6:00, another attempt to keep bars and taverns open later in the district. kwame brown is trying again. his plan would permit city bars to sell drinks until 4:00 a.m. on all district and federal holidays. the plan would also do away with increasing the drink tax. it's estimated the city could enlegitimate an -- generate an extra $2 million in tax revenue from brown's proposal. d.c. police chief cathy lanier will stay in her position for at least another five years. she got a contract extension. she's been with the department for more than 20 years. mayor vincent gray applauds the extension saying the district residents have felt safer under lanier's leadership. 6:06. jessica doyle is watching your money and some people with new found money. >> there's a downside apparently to all those employees at facebook who are about to become rich. >> yeah. it's a nice problem to v. it's kind of hard to feel sorry for these people who are going to

be filthy rich soon. but their tax bill is going to be insane. when the company goes public, probably this month, thousands of employees will get the share they worked so hard for for years. facebook created a new type of employee equity. thousands of current and former facebook employees will have their facebook stock -- [indiscernible] that means they own that stock outright. they can sell t. they don't have a long time to wait to do so which is the change. the downside here, the average tax bill for getting all that stock? $1.1 million per employee. >> that's the tax bill. >> that's the tax bill. >> think about how much they've made. >> but they're going to have to sell stock or take out a loan to be able to pay that. for many employees, taxes will be around 45% of their new found wealth. ouch. >> look at what they made, though.

moving o. solar panels are getting a little more affordable. "the new york times" reports that installers who often work for home depot or lowe's are putting together deals for consumers. they're taking advantage of hefty tax breaks, creative financing and a glut of cheap chinese made panels to make solar available to the mass market. installations more than doubled in the last few years. hotel food is getting healthier. our partners at "u.s.a. today" report that hyatt will unveil today possibly the broadest health food policy. menus will feature organic vegetables, seafood, meat and dairy. portion sizes will be smaller. even the burger is going on a diet dropping from 1200 calories to 800. other chains have also made healthier revisions to their menus. everybody is getting on board. thank you. >> you knew the capitals and rangers would be going to a game seven. the verizon center crowd helped

the caps get past the rangers last night. the final 2-1. game seven will be saturday night in new york and we'll hear from the team coming up in about 15 minutes. time 6:09. one on one attention is pretty tough to come by in some classrooms but not in this school. we found a school. howard says it's going to be a breezy day, highs only in the upper 60s. a look ahead at the mother's day forecast. stay with 9news now.

it is 6:12 on this thursday morning. we want to get a check on some of the stories making news. russian president vladimir putin will not take part in next week's g8 summit. he told the white house he needs to work on setting up his new cabinet. he was sworn in on monday. the g8 summit begins at camp david in frederick, maryland next week. a pair of explosions rocked the syrian capital of damascus this morning. television reports say dozens of people are either dead or hurt. the target appears to be a military intelligence building. the blast happened just as people were showing up for work. the olympic torch is lit. 45 minutes ago it was lit at olympia, the site of the ancient greek games. london plays host to this year's summer games. the opening ceremonies are july

27. 6:12. weather time now. we have the weekend coming up. howard says things are going to start changing dramatically. >> we're going to spend a lot more time outside the next few days. the clouds are gone. the rain is gone. temperatures are going to be in a good spot over the weekend. the one iffy thing today, the winds. the winds are going to gust at times 25 to 30 miles an hour. we'll get rid of the winds as we head into later friday and saturday. here's a look at our bus stop forecast. temperatures anywhere from the upper 40s to upper 50s right now. and breezes a little bit. they really haven't picked up as much as they're going to later this morning into the afternoon. sunrise at 6:00 ap and sets at 8:10 so you have some time this evening to be outside and enjoy the temperatures which are making a run into the upper 60s to near 70 by the latter part of the afternoon. 64 at noon. 68 at 4:00. still with a northwest wind at 18. gusting 25 to 30. as we head toward 8:00 p.m. lower 60s. northwest at 13.

tonight the winds are going to go 5 to 10. that will allow temperatures in many areas to dip into the low 40s. look at the radar over the past few hours. all the rain now starting to clear atlantic city. it will be out of new york in a few minutes. boston will take a few more hours but that's what we had yesterday and last night. dropping anywhere from about four tenths to eight-tenths of an inch of rain. 51 in arlington right now to 50 in laytonsville. bwi is 53. we have 40s in places like culpeper down to 48 and even toward luray 48 to 49 degrees. as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, yeah, sunshine glinting off the capitol dome. 56 degrees. northwest winds at 9. that barometer is going to be rising quickly over the next couple of days. low pressure leaves us. it's spinning here. high pressure is building in. between the high and the low, that pressure gradient is going to drive the wind. we look like we're going to stay mainly dry right through the weekend. slight chance of a sprinkle in

the mountains this afternoon. something here late sunday. 70 today, windy. tonight in the 40s. tomorrow 73. still a bit breezy at times. really nice saturday, upper 70s. sunday mother's day, we'll be in the upper 70s again with a few more clouds and maybe a shower late. better chance we'll see the showers monday, tuesday, and possibly into wednesday. now 6:15. here's monika with time saver traffic. this morning we've had a tough situation with lots of accidents all around town and just now i got word of two accidents one in germantown on father hurley boulevard at middle brook road and another involving a bicyclist struck in potomac. it's on falls yard near brickyard road. i'm going to zoom in on the south side of town. northbound i-95. initially you have your delays from quantico into dumfries through woodbridge. then it's pretty much continuous from lorton into springfield. we'll take a live look there. eight just one of those things this morning. i would say it looked like this since the beginning of the rush

hour in the 4:30, 5:00 hour heading northbound. got thing is on 95 all lanes are open and there have not been any incidents to report. here's what it looks like at the 14th street bridge. you have slow traffic in land hark to try and get to this point. now over to some graphics. if you use metro, want to let you know once again this morning foggy bottom escalators are out. buses are available and the station is open. also the redline single tracking between tacoma and silver spring and that will cause delays this morning. in my next report another look at area roads. back to you. >> thank you, monika. the cool schools bus making a stop in the district. patterson elementary to be specific where first graders are getting amazing amounts of one on one attention to help them learn how to read. technology, tutor and teacher coming together in a way you may have not seen before. >> what do you think you might say? >> reporter: to learn the

lifelong pleasure of reading, it starts one word at a time, step by step. first graders seem to take the steps pretty quickly. >> 41 words. that's fantastic. >> reporter: in fact, you might say their reading steps are more of a jog. >> tell me what you're reading about. >> what's the story about? >> it's about a boy who had old socks. >> reporter: with help from an ipod touch and a program called teacher mate, every student gets one on one reading instruction several times in the same class. >> gone are the days of the traditional standard delivery of teaching. we don't have students that learn that way anymore. this allows us to meet students where they are and the way they learn. >> reporter: in in case it's some n small groups for a few minutes at a time and then they rotate stations. >> kangaroos are going to teacher mate. my giraffes are at reading.

>> reporter: some go with the teacher. some get a traditional book. others get the ipod. >> choose a story by tapping on its picture. >> reporter: page one, the words appear. each highlighted on the screen as you hear the narrator. >> watermelon was sticky. >> reporter: then the students try reading it. >> watermelon was sticky. >> watermelon was sticky. >> they hear it first. then they get a chance to read it back and then the word went up again so they can check as they're listening to themselves reading. [indiscernible] >> reporter: the kids at patterson elementary also get one on one help from a list of volunteers. >> i don't want to ride the bus. >> reporter: corporations all over the country partner with teacher mate and employees teach a 30-minute reading lesson via sciep.

this person from -- skype. this person from chicago is working on the same lesson the rest of the class is. >> i think it's great because it gives the students the individualized support they need and help them get to the next level in their reading. >> reporter: one step at a time with a long help along the way. pretty cool. >> excellent. good job. >> if you have a cool school, send an e-mail my way. there are fortune 500 companies that allow their employees a full half-hour off to get on skype and teach the kids how to read word by word. they also as part of the stations, they get handed a book and say go. >> they're not just repeating what they heard. they're actually comprehend. >> it's great. it's 6:19. next in sports here from bradden holtby and last night's win. time to check on the question of the morning. 43% of americans have gone one week without doing one of these things. is it a, using cash, b, going a week without checking the e-

mail, or c, checking your cell phone. >> one thing we know for certain it's not check in with your facebook friends because our friends are weighing in. michele writes a, using cash. i am really bad with keeping money in my wallet and it upsets me when i have to use my debit card for a purchase of $5 or less. >> keep the guesses coming. we'll have the answer at 6:54.

. welcome back. 6:23. your weather first. the rains are gone. the sun is back along with alleges bit of wind today. we could have winds gusting 25, even 30 out of the northwest. noontime temps 64. we'll make a run toward 70 this afternoon. >> thank you, howard. in sports, since 2008 the capitals have played in eight playoff series of the. >> before last night, five of those had gone to a deciding game seven. now we can make it eight. >> caps hosted the rangers in a must win game six last night.

d.c. on the power play about 90 seconds in. yes, alexander ovechkin scores his fifth goal of the playoffs. d.c. up 1-0. braden holtby has been amazing this spring. he made another 30 saves last night, this time no need for overtime. capitals win it 2-1. >> it's a big one. i think we did it in a way that's going to benefit us in the long run. played a very solid team game, a good effort. we got rewarded tonight. >> the really big one is this saturday night, game seven at 7:30 in madison square garden. the winner moves on to face the devils in the eastern conference finals. the nationals are trying to ascroid a sweep tonight -- avoid a sweep tonight in pittsburgh. they wrap up their series with the pirates. stephen straussburg on the mound -- stephen strasburg on the mound. three runs in the 3rd capped off by this infield single.

nats lose 4-2. hour time is coming up on 6:25. still ahead, we're helping you get hired. learn about a big career fair in our region today. >> whether it comes to on-time arrivals, one metro line is ahead of the rest. learn which of the five lines is best and which one is worst. >> right now monika has a quick check on our traffic. >> we're going to take a live look from sky 9 here on the ramp from route 198 to the northbound gw parkway. some activity on the shoulder with lanes getting by. i'll update you on the situation and of course other area roads at 6:30. you're watching 9 news now. stay with us.

welcome back. 6:29. your weather first on this thursday morning. i'm outside on the weather terrace. a little breezy out here and maybe a light jacket needed as we have temps in the 50s. check out our day planner. the sun on the capitol dome there. we're looking at temperatures by noon into the mid-60s. highs could get toward 70 but the winds will kick up out of the northwest gusting to 25, 30 miles an hour. there is the rain from yesterday. goodbye. it's out of here, not likely to return till really sunday night or monday. may see a stay sprinkle in -- stray sprinkle in the mountains.

46 in orange. 56 here in washington. pretty good looking day in spite of the winds. we're going to have temperatures ranging in the mid- 60s north to the low 70s in culpeper, down toward tappahannock. we'll top out about 70 this afternoon. really nice weekend coming up. that full forecast in a few minutes. right now monika is in with time saver traffic. >> thank so you much, howard. good morning, esk. overall right know you're just going to find the slow traffic on the major thoroughfares. i'll start off this time with 66 where you have the slow traffic out of manassas. you're going to go an average of about 3w-7 miles an hour -- 37 miles an hour as you head in toward centreville toward route 29. itself pace improves -- the pace improves till you get to fairfax and slows down again from route 50 to about 123. we'll go outside live at route 123. you can see the slow traffic is continuous coming inbound toward the beltway but the lanes are open so that's good news for you. back over to the graphics. if you're planning to head over on to metro, want to give you some good news. the entrance escalators at

foggy bomb, service has resumed. you're good to go at the station. no issues to report. now to the northbound side of i- 395 here at the 14th street bridge. off and on delays as you leave landmark toward the potomac river. in my next report, we'll take a look at the north side of town at 6:43. >> thank you. the big story this morning, president obama's announcement that he is now in favor of same- sex marriage. in an interview with abc news, we explain the end of his so- called evolution. >> at a certain point i just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> i just think that the good news is as more and more americans come to understand what this is all about is a simple proposition, who do you love, who do you love.

>> the president's announcement came just three days after vice president joe biden announced his support of same-sex marriage. >> our partners at cbs are covering this. good morning, erica hill live from new york. >> good morning. definitely the topic of the day. president obama being the first u.s. president to support same- sex marriage. there's a lot of talk about how it will play out in the upcoming election, how much of a role it will have. we'll be joined at the table in studio 357b this morning -- studio 57 this morning by former new york mayor giuliani. we'll talk with him a little more this morning. we'll also have reaction from the editor of the new republic, a major supporter of same-sex marriage and conservative talk show host dennis preggor. a a busy day. right now we want to go live to delia goncalves near the white house with local reaction to the president's decision. delia? >> reporter: good morning, andrea.

even though obama reportedly raised $1 million within 90 minutes of his announcement, he stands to lose and it may cost him a large base that essentially helped elect him into office in the first place. we're talking about the black votes, specifically african- american churches who have opposed gay marriage, even though a number of polls suggest more and more americans are now supporting the issue. >> reporter: are the african- americans going to abandon the president over this issue? >> i think so a significant number, a number that would really hurt his political career. >> it looked to all the world by just saying he was evolving on this that he was ducking the question. so in order to put it behind him, i think he really did the only thing key do politically -- he could do splitically. >> reporter: -- politically. >> reporter: however jim moran

is applauding the president's decision saying his comments today represent an important turning point in the fight to end discrimination. president obama has become the first sitting president to take this position and he deserves credit for arriving at this decision. however, the president goes on to say, though this is his personal opinion, that he now supports gay marriage, he does believe that states should ultimately decide on their own whether or not it goes to a vote and whether or not they legalize gay marriage. however, only a handful of states have legalized gay marriage, including maryland and the district of columbia. andrea, back to you. >> delia goncalves live outside the white house this morning. and of course our coverage on this issue continues at wusa9.com. get more local reaction to the president's announcement and watch the debate we had on 9news now last night with all sides of the story. check it out today at wusa9.com. new this morning, five

militants linked to a new terror plot against the united states have been taken out. security officials in yemen say they were killed in an air strike early this morning and reports all of them were part of al qaeda and linked to that new underwear bombing plot against the u.s. former intelligence officials say the double agent who gave up information about the plot also led drones to those terrorists in yemen. would bringing metro to loudoun county bring positive changes or negative ones? people opposed to the silver line extension to ashburn would have -- say it would have a bad impact on life in loudoun. economist dr. stephen fuller says it would abpositive change. at a forum yesterday he said without the silver line, loudoun would forgo $200 billion in growth. >> it's whether or not loudoun county wants to be part of the party and otherwise the outcome is more residential development

with less commercial development, a higher tax burden to residents n. is a no brainer. >> i have nothing against dulles rail. i think it should go to the airport and stop there. i don't think loudoun county residents are going to benefit from it. >> just three of the nine members from loudoun county board of supervisors attended wednesday's event. today metro's bosses will be meeting and they'll get a report on whether or not those trains are running on type. we've learned it all depends on which color you ride. overall the orange line is the best when it comes to on-time performance. just under 93% of those trains are on time. the yellow and green lines are at 91%. the red line is at 90% and blue line liners are seeing blue. those trains are just under 88% of the time on time. 6:36. jessica doyle is here to help you get hired and get a job you deserve. >> which is a problem because a lot of people are

underemployed. >> this is a big problem right now. this is defined as either being unemployed or working part-time but seeking full-time work. and it's a particularly bad problem for workers under 30 years old. here are the latest numbers if gallop. they show that 32% of workers 18 to 29 last month, so a third were under employed, the highest level since may of last year and it's up about 3 percentage points since november. so we are helping you get out of this situation and get hired. there's a job fair today to tell you about. university of phoenix washington, d.c. and our partners at career builder have teamed up to host this event. career innovation 2012 runs from 10:00 this morning till 3:00 this afternoon. it's at the hyatt regency crystal city. that's at 2799 jefferson davis highway in arlington. job seekers will be able to meet directly with local companies looking to hire. the university of phoenix obtained data from a recent study by apollo research institute about conditions in the d.c. job market. 28% of d.c. employers

identified finding qualified workers as one of their most important challenges right now. as for workers, they cited these problems for not getting promoted. 43% said lack of interpersonal skills and not enough subject matter and expertise. 42% says lack of training prevented promotions at work. >> thanks, jess. this mother's day how about making mom breakfast or lunch? just don't wake her up too early. in nine minutes, some meals the whole family can make together. howard says it's going to be a sunny day. winds could be near 20 miles an hour. highs near 70. we'll look at the weekend coming up. stay with us right here on 9news now. k9 advantix ii.

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welcome back to 9news now. monika here with time saver traffic. hopefully i'll try and save you some time, especially if you're heading on the northbound side of 95. there is an accident right near dumfries and it's blocking off the left lane. you've got slow traffic getting

by there. we'll take you to a live look on the northbound side of i-95. i was trying to find a camera that would show you the accident. couldn't find one. it's near dumfries in the left lane. you'll find some volume as you head up toward woodbridge and springfield. we'll take a live look outside right now on the northbound side of 395. here's what it looks like at duke street. volume. no ?eentses to report -- no incidents to report. this is normal this time of the morning. back over to the maps, and this time we'll go to the north side of town. outer loop normal again as you head around from college park into silver spring. a live look here at new hampshire avenue. just the brake lights this morning. all lanes are open on the beltway north side of town. coming up in my next report, we'll take another look at area roads at 6:58. just when you thought it was over, guys, the sneezes are back. >> exactly. >> i never leave home without the tissue right now because it's always there.

but the rain yesterday helped clean out the atmosphere a little bit. >> it did. we have our numbers generally around 1145. we do it every single day. the numbers we have from yesterday, they were a little bit better than what we got on tuesday as the tree pollen has come down to the moderate category. the grass is still high but that's about a third less or a third of the count that we had on tuesday. and weeds and mold were low. so the grass pollen may be the culprit if you've been suffering this week. that's been way up there. bus stop forecast, it is partly to mostly sunny. a little breezy out there. temperatures in the upper 40s to upper 50s. sunrise occurred at 6:00 a.m. it will set at 10 after 8:00 this evening. we'll see a little of sun today. during the afternoon we'll have windy conditions. in fact the breezes already picking up. northwesterly winds 15 to 20 miles an hour. by noon 64. after noon, 3:00, 67. 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 we'll hit somewhere around there about 70 for the high and still the

upper 60s at 6:00 p.m. so you have outdoor plans today, the breeze is going to be the biggest factor but you'll be able to get to that sporting event or take a walk. luray in the 40s. 55 in southern maryland. only 50 in gaithersburg and hagerstown this morning. and in washington we're in the mid-50s. there are your winds starting to pick up in the shenandoah valley from winchester to hagerstown gusting over 20 miles an hour. we have gusts in the 17 mile an hour range. a lot of sunshine showing up on the michael & son weather camera with generally clear skies. 47 on the dew point. that number is dropping that's another measure of how much moisture is in the air. we're really starting to dry out on the heels of the northwesterly winds. as you look at the big picture across the country, got a storm system down in texas. this is going to produce some heavy rains. also some severe thunderstorms today down across parts of south texas. and this is probably our next weather maker. but i don't think we're going to see it around here to potentially early next week. maybe late on sunday. so with yesterday's storm

pulling away and that next system in texas, you know, a couple thousand miles from us, we're going to be in pretty good shape here for the next few days. as you look at the forecast today, breezy, windy, 70 degrees. tonight chilly. we'll be in the 40s. low 40s in many areas tomorrow morning to about 50 in d.c. another breezy day on friday, 73. saturday nice start to the weekend. 78 degrees. mother's day also in the upper 70s. a few more clouds. there may be a shower late sunday. i think it's going to hold off till monday, tuesday and possibly into wednesday of next week with highs still staying 70 to 75. over to michael. it smells great where you are. >> does it not? it's fantastic. dads, mother's day is coming up this sunday. if you're thinking about doing breakfast in bed for mom, there are some easy recipes you can do in the kitchen to give her something special for mother's day. joining us now is tessy from

this great program that teaches children good old fashion fun and health. what are we making? >> fudge baby pancakes even though it looks huge. what we do, it's really easy. kids of all ages can do this. if you have young and older students, you can have the younger ones measure and the older ones cut some of the fruit. >> you already have three eggs. >> we have three eggs, three- quarters cups of milk. >> i'll work on some of the toppings, cut up some fruit. >> absolutely. we put in two teaspoons of vanilla extract. >> this is half crepe, half pancake kind of thing? >> yes. it's so delicious and fluff jip. we put in three quarter cups of flour, a tablespoon of sugar and orange zest. we're going to get a little loud here. >> blend it real quick. >> we'll blend it really quick. you can mix this at home with a whisk. this is faster and funner.

>> and funner. which kids love. >> funner. >> it's simple, right? >> yes. what we did was preheat the oven to 400 degrees and put the skillet in the oven to warm it up. >> it's a cast iron skillet. >> cast iron. you can use an oven proof, nonstick skillet also which. we'll pour this in here and it goes back in the oven for 20 minutes. >> we have about 45 seconds. you want me to take the bottom one out? >> please take it out. >> this is what it comes out like. >> the magic of television. >> we have about 30 seconds. >> we're going to sprinkle some powdered sugar on it. usually we take it out of the pan first and this is how beautiful it looks on the plate. >> oh, my. >> look at that. >> then you can dress some of this on here. classic kids cook. the baby what? >> dutch baby pancake. >> dutch baby pancake. you can do this for mom.

simple. we'll have the recipe on wusa9.com and link you to tess' website. absolutely gorgeous. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> jess, over you to. daily deals time. thank you. i love to shop. i'm shopping for you this morning. finding you deep discounts. if you need a vacation, here's one i found on travel zoo. pay $599 and you're going to get a 12-night mediterranean cruise this summer through cruises only, a discount of $360. you're leaving out of spain. you go to france, italy, greece and turkey for about $50 a day ivelgt airfare he owe a day. heir fair is not included. does your -- airfare is not included. does your daughter need new jeans. target has a deal, two pairs of girls jeans made by levis under the denson brand, by one pair and get one free. and we can honor our military's -- nation's military. pay $6 for one daytime movie

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6:53. sunny, breezy and cool right now. we're in the mid-50s here in town. it's going to be a breezy to windy day. noontime temps 64. sunny, breezy and 68 for that ride home. andrea, over to you. >> thank you, howard. today is thursday, may 10. here's a check on the news before you go. family and friends will pay their final respects today to

brenda brewington, the church secretary killed by a homeless man last week in ellicott city, maryland. the church's pastor was also killed. a contract extension for d.c. police chief cathy lanier. crime has dropped significantly during that time. alexander ovechkin and jay sofn chimera -- jason chimera both score for the capitals last night tying up the series. deciding game seven will be saturday night in new york. 6:54. time to answer the question of the morning. the question one more time is 43% of americans have gone one week without doing which of these things? one week without using cash, a, b, one week without checking your e-mail, or c, one week without answering your cell phone. >> the answer that we heard from a lot of our viewers is a, using cash. gone one week without doing it. >> makes total sense. one more check of traffic and weather coming up next right here on 9news now.

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we are all looking to shed a few pounds. how about being paid to become obese? a washington university study want people 30 pounds overweight to eat all the fat food they can every day for three months. >> how would you like to get paid that kind of money to eat at mcdonald's, taco bell, burger king, pizza. that's on the list. they want to see if it affects people, if they become diabetic. >> but you can't have any of those conditions before. once you gained all of that weight, they'll then put you in another study to lose the weight. >> i was going to ask. at least will they help you take off the pounds at the end of the day. >> what goes up must come down. >> supper size me. >> they made that movie. weather wise sunshine

today, breezy to windy, temperatures around 70. chilly tonight, 40s to around 50. over the weekend we shoot into the upper 70s and some showers may return by monday. monika? good news. northbound on i-95 after dumfries, the accident is on the right shoulder and traffic is looking much better on the northbound side of 95. a quick look from sky 9 on the outer loop where you've got this to deal with from 95 past university boulevard into silver spring. as for wall street, futures trading kind of ah this morning, looking for direction after six down days in a row. much more on the president's same-sex marriage decision on cbs this morning and from the big gang theory actor jim parsons stops by. howard and i will be back in just 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. while at work get any updates you want on news, weather and traffic by visiting us on wusa9.com. have a great thursday. we'll see you tomorrow 4:25 for your friday. take care, everybody.