>> that's true, but-- >> here's howard. it's dry with temperatures in the 30s and 40s. 30s and 40s this morning. we are going to see some clouds. we have some partly cloudy skies but more clouds this afternoon. noontime temperature will be back in the upper 40s. high temperatures right around 509-degree mark. winds -- 50-degree mark. winds comfortable at 5 to 8 miles an hour. a couple of showers yesterday afternoon. this was a little bit of a surprise. i thought they would stay west in the mountains but they came out of the mountains and got us for a brief period. this morning 3567y clouds -- this morning patchy clouds coming across the region. temperatures in a big range. martinsburg, leesburg, gaithersburg all 44 with 46 in annapolis. again the highs this afternoon around that 50-degree mark. let's check in with monika samtani, 5:00 a.m. i know we have some problems

toward baltimore but in the metro not too bad? >> not too bad here. everything is looking great if you're planning to head over to our beltway, everything looks good. all construction pretty much is being cleared up. if you're planning to head over to the north side oftown or southbound -- northbound i-95 dale city to woodbridge into springfield, everything looks good right up to the 14th street bridge. there are no issues to report. we'll take a live look at the bridge span right now. this is a good indication of what it looks like all around town if you're planning to head over to your major thoroughfares. you're just seeing the volume build but no big deals i'm happy to say. let's hope it stays that way, especially on 95. over to southern maryland. route 4, route 301, 210 accokeek over to the beltway and across the wilson bridge looks great. we'll take a live look again. this time in college park. traffic looks good in prince george's county. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 5:10. back to you guys. speaking of traffic, the first phase of metro's silver line to dulles is set to open later this year. the route includes four stops in tysons corner.

>> if you've been there, you know there is construction everywhere. to help pay for all the redevelopment, fairfax county board of supervisors approved a special tax this week. delia goncalves is live in tysons to show us all of that stuff and what they're going to pay for. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike, andrea. two things people do not want to hear: more construction and taxes. but unfortunately we have some bad news i guess for some residents who live here in the tysons area. they've been dealing with all of this construction in the name of progress. well, it appears that the 18,000 condo owners who live in the area will also be paying more in taxes in the name of progress, too. right now the new property tax will add about 7 cents to each $100 of a landowner's assessed property value. that's commercial property and residential property. that amounts to about $30 a month for most condo owners here. the decades long plan promises to make tysons into a walkable,

vibrant downtown area to both live and work. >> we're looking at doubling the jobs so it would be 200,000 rather than 100,000. and we're also interested in increasing the residential cop point so that we would have more like of 100,000 residents living in tysons. >> there's no precedence for this segregated taxation. they might as well put a fence around this area because we feel very much isolated, segregated from the rest of the county. >> reporter: this is an issue that everyone can really relate to, even if you don't live here in tysons. we have lots of construction in our area, lots of progress happening in our neighborhood. so will we, residents, have to foot the bill even though we've been living in that community for a long time, would we have to foot the bill for the future generation to enjoy the progress that will eventually be coming. that's the argument that's happening here and that's the

argument that michael that you just heard from basically says. he's a very vocal opponent of this tax and he says why should residents who live in the tysons area be the only ones who foot the bill when all of the county will essentially benefit from what's going to happen here in several decades. we'll have more on that side of the story plus a response from the government coming up at 5:30. back to you, mike, andrea. >> very heated topic there, delia goncalves live in tysons corner. thanks. 5:04 now. here's a look at your money news this morning. jessica is off. we'll stay in virginia where governor bob mcdonnell delivered his state of the commonwealth address last night in richmond. he stirred the pot earlier this week when he proposed dumps the state's $17.-- 17.5 cent per gallon of gasoline tax. he said his idea will generate more money to build more and maintain more of the roads. >> please do not leave without

approving a long-term transportation funding plan for virginia. please do not send me a budget that does not include new transportation funding. because we're out of excuses and the time to act is now. >> in addition to budget issues, virginia lawmakers are expected to grapple over abortion regulations and whether or not to go forward with uranium mining in the commonwealth. we'll have more on the opening of maryland's general assembly coming up in our next half- hour. trading in europe is just getting under way this morning but investors in the asian markets were buying more than they were selling. the nikkei and most of the other asian exchanges closed up today. that fouls -- that follows a good day in the u.s. the nasdaq was up 14. s&p 500 climbed close to 4 points. dow was up 61. the american career institute shut down without any warning yesterday. aci has a school on georgia

avenue in wheaton as well as sites in columbia and baltimore. a note on the front of the door at aci schools in massachusetts reads that the company was forced to close due to a sudden inability to access additional credit. at this point students aren't sure how they're going to finish their studies. president obama could announce his next cabinet nominee as early as today. the president is expected to tap his chief of staff jack lou to replace outgoing treasury timothy geithner. prior to becoming chief of staff, the 57-year-old lou was director of the office of management and budget. is he one of the few nominees expected to sail through the confirmation process. the president also announced wednesday that his labor secretary hilda solis is leaving the administration. mr. obama calls her a tireless champion for working families and a critical member of his economic team. while unions applauded her tenure, business groups say solis' efforts were one sided. d.c. police had to arrest one of their own on first degree child sex abuse charges.

officer wendel palmer has been on the force more than 22 years. investigators say he's now on leave pending the outcome of this criminal case. prince george's county police arrested a man on child abuse and assault charges. 19-year-old jonathan cummings lives in upper marlboro. an unlicensed day care was operating at that location. a witness captured video of cummings abusing a 2-year-old boy. police are looking into whether or not there are any other possible victims. people in parts of virginia felt the earth move under their feet last night. aneth quake that measured a magnitude 2.0 hit louisa county around 2:30. this is the same area where the big august 2011 quake was centered. that's the tremor that damaged the national cathedral and the washington monument. 5:07. more problems with the new jumbo jetliner. that story is coming up. >> plus, the space telescope captures new photos of what is

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just about 10 after 5:00 on this thursday morning. it's chilly out there but not anything we can't handle. 30s and 40s for most of us. you'll need the jacket but maybe the middle weight jacket, not so much the heavy one. temperatures will get back into the upper 40s and low 50s with more sunshine this morning. more cloudiness this afternoon. winds fairly comfortable, north to northeast 5 to 10 and a good looking washington at the moment. let's check in with monika. she'll let you know how your commute is going. north of ellicott city, old frederick road is closed in both directions between route 29 and bethany lane. that's also just north of i-70 and it's going to be that way throughout the morning rush hour. here closer in at the american legion bridge, things look great on the west side of town. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes at 5:17. back to you. >> thanks, monika. here's what's making news at 5:10 this morning.

a colorado judge is going to decide by tomorrow whether or not james holmes should indeed go to trial. wednesday prosecutors showed some cell phone pictures ever holmes taken -- of homes taken just hours before the movie massacre last july. family members in the courtroom said holmes actually smiled when he saw the photos. in japan earlier today, a japanese airline canceled a domestic flight because a computer showed a brake problem with the boeing 737 dreamliner n. is the third incident involving 57 -- involving 787. tuesday a 787 sprung a fuel leak and on monday another one caught fire on the ground at boston's logan airport. a space telescope in europe captured these new images of an astroid. it was predicted it had a 3% chance of hitting the earth earning the name doomsday

asteroid because it's huge but studies showed later it's not going to threaten to wipe us out. >> another mayan calendar prediction dashed. lance armstrong's career came crashing back to earth after evidence showed he used performance enhancing drugs but is he ready to come clean? that's coming up at 5:50. >> looking for some savings after all the holiday spending you did? we have daily deals coming up at 5:39. >> howard has lots of 60s, maybe a 70 ahead in his seven- day forecast. we'll be right back.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now on this thursday morning. get ready for the warm-up. >> this weekend is really going to be warm. we'll be 50 'ish the next couple of days dealing with some rain tomorrow afternoon and evening. this weekend will be spring like. yes, spring like. then we've got some cold probably the second half of next week and next weekend may actually be a return to winter. here is your bus stop forecast. you'll need to bundle up a little bit. not a lot but a little bit. we have temperatures this morning in the 30s and 40s. even 50s still at national airport which is a sign of how just mild things are. sunrise at 7:26. it sets at about 5:06 this afternoon. 41 degrees here this morning. that will be an average temperature.

by noon upper 40s and you'll notice more clouds by noon than in the morning hours. this afternoon looks to be a cloudy afternoon with temperatures in the upper 40s to around 50. a few peeks of sun. thankfully the winds are going to be comfortable today. north to northeast and 5 to 8 mile an hour range. patchy clouds across the region this morning. go have rain well to the west of us but nothing that will be arriving till i think tomorrow afternoon. so as you get ready to head out, another good thing about today we don't have the frosty conditions like yesterday. so you won't be scraping your windshield. to the east we do have 39 for bowie but 49 at upper marlboro and 45 in rockville. outside on our michael & son weather camera, good visibility. there is the jefferson memorial lit up nicely at this hour. we have temperatures in town now down to 47 at national. so we're dropping off just a little bit. feels like 45 with a north wind at 5 miles an hour under partly cloudy skies. temperature trend over the next three days really tells the story of what's coming.

we've got the cold air now invading parts of the rockies but nothing terribly cold yet. all this warmth down along the gulf coast and the south will get to 70 degrees. we'll take you to friday. now the cold stuff is coming. great falls only 3. casper 1. but 70 up to nashville. 72 in charleston. as we head into saturday, here comes that surge of warmth toward us. we'll poke into the low to mid- 60s with 70 up to greensboro. even new york will be in the 50s along with detroit by saturday and there's the core of your arctic air into north dakota. cold. denver 17 on saturday. the cold is headed out west. that will force the warmth toward us. watching a storm system, rain and snow here out west. but it's the rain, the heavy rains that you see in louisiana, this is the storm that's bringing us the warm weekend. and next weekend, that's when we may be dealing with much colder temperatures finally returning. 50 degrees afternoon with more

cloudiness this afternoon than this morning. tonight we're going to dip into the 30s. upper 30s to near 40 actually for d.c. with mid-30s north and west. 51 tomorrow. yellow alert tomorrow because your afternoon and evening commute is going to be impacted by the rain and showers. by saturday, though, good looking day, 64. sunday 68. locally 70 on sunday. dulles might even get toward a record. monday some showers and 60. monika, it's 5:18. not really any incidents. it's more just the volume right now, especially on your major thoroughfares trying to get down toward the beltway and that's including the dulles toll road as you come in from herndon. 66 as you come in from manassas. this construction right here on the westbound side of i-66 at the connector road has now been cleared. you're okay. no problems on the gw parkway. let's take a live look on the northbound side of i-95 from our traffic land camera. this is in newington. fairfax county parkway looking fine up to springfield and 395. back to the maps this time to 270 coming in from frederick.

you're still okay. no issues from i-70 as you head down to the point where the lanes divide. we'll take a live look at 95 coming in from baltimore past here at route 198. traffic moving well right into calverton and the beltway in college park. by the way, up in howard county, old frederick road is closed between route 29 and bethany lane north of ellicott city because of an accident. stick to i-70 instead. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> thanks, monika. surgery is over but now lots of rehab for robert griffin iii is coming up. >> plus, it's something caps fans thought they might not see this season. the ice painted at verizon center. more in sports. according to men's health magazine, 25% of us guys do this when we have a bad day. is it a, lift weights or go running, b, break something, or c, talk to their significant other. >> on our facebook fan page, one viewer wrote, d, have

attitude. my answer is c. >> log on to our facebook fan page. leave your response. we'll have the answer to the quiz in our 6:00 show. keep it here. ñ??

welcome back. 5:22 on this thursday morning. cool out there but for january, it's really kind of mild. that's going to be the case the next couple of days. then really warm this weekend.

we start with 30s and 40s. some patchy clouds. by 9:00 still upper 30s to low 40s. it's going to be a nice morning in the sense we'll have more sunshine this morning. mid- to upper 40s by lunch time. clouds rolling in this afternoon. high temperatures upper 40s to low 50s. a good day ahead. andrea and michael, over you to. >> thanks, howard. maryland takes on last year's acc tournament champion. >> a redskin great weighs in on the rg3 injury and the controversy, too. kristen berset has more. good morning, everybody. by now you've heard the good news. robert griffin iii's knee surgery was a success and is expected back six to eight months, which is sooner than originally thought. but moving forward, things will change hopefully. it has to change if the skins expect to keep their franchise quarterback healthy for seasons to come. whether you agree or not with the decision to keep rg3 in the game sunday, one thing is for sure, a mistake was made. yesterday i spoke with "u.s.a. today"'s sports columnist

christine brennan and hall of famer daryl green. they both agree someone, aka mike shanahan, needs to own up to the mistake. >> rg3 is a young man who we care very much about. he's also the franchise. you cannot make that kind of mistake. >> i'll agree with this. in he retrospect he blew it and i would love to hear him say he blew it. i would just like the retrospect out of it. >> maryland terrapins hosting the defending acc champion sell moms last night. -- seminoles last night. florida state up by 8. with the -- but the terps would rally. with time running out, the rain bow three coming up big to pull the terps within one. but the seminoles hold on to win. 65-62. look at this.

a good sign that hockey is back. preps under way at verizon center for the return of hockey. they built the ice surface and put all the logos and markings in place yesterday. the regular season expected to begin january 19 and if all goes well, the new cba will be ratified by saturday. that's a quick look at sports this morning. i'm kristen berset. have a great thursday. today leaders of the nation's leading gun rights organization is headed to the white house that story is coming glup plus, we'll take a closer look at why taxes are going up for people in the tysons corner area. a quick check of the commute now, speaking of tysons. good morning, monika. >> inside the beltway, things look great 066 if you're coming in -- great on 66 if you're coming in from the tysons area through falls church. this is what it looks like. all lanes are open and traffic is moving well. we'll be back with more weather, traffic and news at 5:30. you're watching 9news.

good morning. welcome back to 9 news now. >> thank you for joining us. today is thursday, right? >> it is. >> all right, good morning. how are you? >> good. >> good morning. >> it is a good morning. it's dry, so no weather problems. temperatures not too cold. >> starting to see 30s. >> this weekend with temperatures into the 60s, don't be surprised if some peak up and say, what's going on. >> it's january? >> don't get ahead of yourself. next weekend could be sharply colder. there are signs that next weekend though, winter may return. >> bring it on. >> remember, it's january. i know it did you want feel like it. and it's not -- and it doesn't feel like it. and it's not going to for several days. but at noon, 48. we will see more clouds this afternoon and this morning, temperatures will recover

around 50 in town. some spots north and west may stay in the upper 40s and milder down south. yes, we did have unexpected showers yesterday afternoon. front came through and i expected the showers to stay in the mountains. but they made the journey and gave us a half hour of wet weather. and this morning with dry temperatures in the 30s and 40s. it's your turn. >> thank you so much. good morning everybody. things are looking good outside. should i say that? i think i should. just keep my fingers crossed. and no issues to report. inside the beltway, 56 is going 66 miles per hour. and 295 looking good at 52 until you get past the 11th street bridge. and that tends to slow down every morning just trying to get up. over to a live picture. a live look at 295 up from springfield at 5:30 in the morning there.

is normal up to 495. back to the maps. to the west side, looking good on the toll road. no issues. in fact, a live look in centerville. and you can see the traffic moving welcoming in. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 5:39. back to you. >> all right. one of the hottest topics right now, gun control laws. vice president bide season going to meet with executives from the national rifle association today as well as representatives from wal-mart which is one of the largest retailers. they had a scheduling conflict. that has now changed. >> and this comes after wednesday's meeting with gun control advocates including a survivor of the virginia tech shooting. >> reporter: customers at sharpshooters firing range outside of washington, d.c. say they're keeping a close eye on gun control talks taking place inside the beltway.

>> i don't think restricting, you know, people's 2nd amendment rights would be the solution here. >> reporter: the white house is looking at several new laws, including reinstating the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004, extending criminal and mental health background checks at gun shows and private dealers. >> it's critically important we act. >> reporter: today the vice president meets with representatives of gun owners groups. the nra believes any restrictions violates the constitution. >> i don't want any part of my freedom taken away. >> reporter: vice president biden says he believes new laws can make it through congress because newtown, connecticut changed the political landscape here in washington, d.c. >> touch the heart of the american people so profoundly.

the young children not only being shot, but rittled with bullets. >> reporter: still skeptics say new gun laws won't prevent criminals from getting their hands on dangerous weapons. >> it's not going to matter. >> reporter: but the vice president says he and president barack obama are determined to act. >> the vice president also said he is talking to justice department officials to see what steps the president might be able to take through connective orders instead of getting congress to pass new laws. >> and now the gun control debate is not just happening between capitol hill and the white house, in the 2013 maryland general assembly, the governor said he intends to submit a bill that would ban the sale of assault rifles. state lawmakers say they have heard from con tip wents after last month's school shooting in newtown. >> a lot of people sickened and enraged and said to themselves,

somebody has to do something about them. people are elected to office. >> do you think maryland needs a ban on assault weapons? >> i think that it could be useful in the right context and if it's properly done and well worth considering. >> the governor intends for his bill to include ways to further limit the availability of guns to people who are mentally ill. an investigation is underway into an overnight house fire in maryland. firefighters arrived at the scene just before 2:00 a.m. they found flames mostly in the basement of the home. all of the people inside got out safely. no word yet on what might have caused the fire. it is 5:34. time for another your money report. we have details of a newly approved local tax hike. >> county leaders passed a special tax hike just for the

tysons corner area. we are live with this story. and a lot of people are happy and a lot are not. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. you know, you talked to the government folks and some business owners, they are happy because of what this development promises to bring to the area. but 18,000 condo owners are not happy about this. and listen, this is something that we can all relate to, if you don't live in the area. and it's likely to repeat itself throughout fairfax county. essentially, the question, should a long-term resident have to foot the bill for a construction project that may not be complete in their lifetime? that's right. this project here is not expected to be complete for the next 40 years. but residents are being asked the pay for it now. residents and even the commercial land owners here, taxes for the average condo owner will go up about $30 a

month for the next four decades. that's estimated to bring in $230 million. >> going to be an exciting location. so it's important that, you know, that the people who are benefiting from the redevelopment, you know, are also participating in funding. >> it's not just being selfish for residents. it's just not fair. if you create this and make a pact, you tax all of fairfax county because all of the county is going to benefit between now and 2050. >> reporter: listen, when the board of supervisors proposed the tax rate just for the area, they didn't know about current state law. state law passed several years ago states that the board of

supervisors cannot separate commercial and residential land owners when they want to tax the whole zone. they thought they could separate residents and land owners. at this point, everyone will be paying the same tax rate. and that's why residentses say that's not fair. however, some good news, that could possibly change. i'll explain that at 6:00. back to you. >> all right. we picked out daily deals this thursday. and we will unvail them for you after the break. >> such a deal, right? plus, the big step forward today for at the fort to honor the legacy of washington, d.c.'s own god father of gogo.

welcome back. not even with the gloves. it's in the 40s here in northwest washington, d.c. the winds are light and partly cloudy skies. some of the suburbs, maybe need the gloves. but all in all, a nice start to the day. by 9:00, upper 30s and low 40s. we will get to 48 by noon with an afternoon high right at that 50-degree mark. i'll be back in five minutes. a big warm-up in the seven-day forecast. that's coming up. taking a look at the heart of rockville through route 355 where it meets route 28. route 101 down to 129, the lanes are open as well. back with more details at 5:41. back to you. >> thank you. are you looking for a deal? then we have plenty for you. today's daily deals on a watch. specifically. log on to ashford.com where you can buy a woman's adventure

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service cuts. it does include money to start offering phase one. as well as funds for power system upgrades and improvements. metro does expect to have a $27 million budge set deficit. and late they are morning, the dc mayor will sign legislation to permanantly honor one of the citys most loved musicians. he died last may at age 75. the design will be unvailed at today's bill signing. now, a major city declares a public health emergency over the flu. blue, a closer look at reports lance armstrong is ready to make a full confession to using performance enhancing drugs. he is a member of the 500 home run club, the hall-of- famer is 75 today. rocker rod stewart is 68.

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good morning. 5:46 on this thursday morning. boy, are we in for a treat, a surprise, a change, all of the above in weather. >> yeah, really spring-like this weekend. so you got plans outside, maybe needing to do home repairs, this is going to be a good weekend to get it done because next weekend looks sharply colder. another winter has been that much, but we have a lot of time

left for winter to do so. the bus stop forecast, today very pleasant out there. 30s and 40s, light wind, happy clouds. a nice bus stop forecast with the sunrise at 6:26. and today, more sunshine. but the clouds i think will be increasing throughout the afternoon hours. we will drop into the upper 30s and low 40s here. cooler air this way now. noontime temperature back to 48 with an afternoon high around 50. and the wind speeds, 6, 6, 3, yeah, you get the idea, a comfortable day as far as the breeze is concerned. and mostly cloudy and 45 by 8:00 p.m. this morning, down in the 20s and 30s in ohio, western pennsylvania and west virginia. but locally, mild with 47 in charlottesville. we've got upper 40s here. the northern part of the county, you guys in the lower

40s. 44 for ashburn. and one of the cold spot, that's not bad for january at 39 degrees. the camera, it's a good looking morning here in the nation's capitol with a temperature of 47. feels like 45 with a light wind at 25 miles per hour. and the national temperatures for a couple reasons. one, no real arctic air up here. it's all the way up here. that's the sub zero stuff. but i want to point out the 70- degree readings along the gulf coast. a storm system is spinning itself across texas this morning. see the circulation down here. well, this is lifting a lot of moisture and warmth, in fact, this is a new tornado watch for central louisiana. so a very dynamic system. it's tracking more toward the north. and the colder air, this guy is going to lift more to the

north, bring in the torrential rain, the tornadic thunderstorms. and all the warm air here is lifted right toward us. that's why into the weekend, we will see temperatures well in the 60s, flirting with 70 on sunday. and the moisture, most of it stays west. although we will get some tomorrow afternoon. because of that, we've got a yellow alert for tomorrow because your afternoon and evening traveling, maybe the get away for the weekend is going to be impacted by the rain. today chilly with more clouds this afternoon. back to 50 degrees. tonight in the upper 30s in washington, d.c. mid-30s north and west. and with the afternoon rain, not that great. but the weekend looks fantastic, 64 on saturday. 68 if not 70 on sunday. by monday, 60 with showers returning. a wet and colder tuesday. back in the mid-40s by then. >> 68, that is amazing. planning to head around

town, not that amazing. on the westbound side of route 50, there's an accident right here at route 424 in davidsonville. take a live look at what it looks like. not affecting traffic as far back as 97, but inbound on route 50, watch out for that accident at route 424 and it's blocking off the left lane just beyond this. another live picture in college park. still looking good on the outer loop until you hit the 95 interchange. it starts to slow down toward new hampshire avenue and georgia. back to the maps, looking great on the major roads. northbound to the beltway. and a live look on the northbound side of 95. and that's of course heavy and steady as you head through springfield. back with more traffic at 6:00. >> thank you. making news now at 5:50. three more states are now reporting widespread flu outbreak bringing the total to 44. the city of boston has declared

a public health emergency because the virus has killed more than a dozen people. the cdc says nationwide the number of patients showing flu symptoms has doublinged in the last month. today is supposed to be inauguration day in venezuela, but hugo chavez is undergoing cancer treatment. today jerry sandusky is headed back to court. he was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison after being convicted on 45 counts of child sex abuse last year. his attorneys plan to argue, they weren't given enough time to prepare their client's defense. could lance armstrong be ready to come clean? the cyclist met with the antidoping agency to talk about the possibility of some kind of grand confession. >> usa today says it may be too

little, too late. >> two months after he was kicked out of the sport and already trying to angle his way back in. >> reporter: the usa today reporter on why she thinks lance armstrong met with the agency last month to hint at a possible confession after having his seven wins snatched away and suffering a life-time ban from competition for alleged doping. >> he fought the agency and to think that he asked and had a -- that he requested and had a meeting. >> reporter: he reportedly walked away with no deal in hand. but he will join oprah next thursday for a 90 minute no holds barred interview. >> he wants to have a quick apology with apology and come back to doing marathons. the reality is, he is banned

for life. and even if he comes clean and gives all the information about everyone else's cheating, it's still an eight-year ban. and that would take up to 50 years old. >> reporter: over the last decade, he has become a cultural icon. his work on behalf of people with cancer was perhaps even more legendary. but she believes much of the public sympathy has now faded and she is unconvinced that the argument that armstrong nearbily did what he had to do where back then, so many others were cheating as well. >> he did it worse than anybody else. longer than anybody else. and in a more ruthless fashion than anybody else. the national archives is hosting four speakers in honor of dr. martin luther king's birthday. all this month, one will join us coming up. plus, the washington, d.c. mayor sets a specific condition for the redskins to play in the city. and it's one that might upset

some fans. we'll be back.

and a pleasant thursday morning to you. we have nice weather in the next couple days. and a very warm weekend there. morning, you won't need the heavy coat. 30s and 40s right now. and that's the case again by 9:00 with sunshine this morning. 41 here in town with 38 for leesburg. the afternoon features more

clouds with temperatures getting back to around the 50- degree mark. >> thank you. they are back in the national can conversation when it comes to football. it's been a lot of fun here in washington. and with the redskins being in the headlines, there's more and more talk about returning the team to the district. >> they have been playing in maryland since 1997. and now bruce johnson reports the mayor wants a name change to be a part of any future relocation discussion. >> reporter: he says there's been no commitment from the skin's owner, but there have been talks. have you had a discussion about bringing the head skins back to dc? >> i have talked to the team. we have had very preliminary discussions. >> reporter: the mayor suggested that the team would have to undergo a name change. >> there's going to have to be a discussion about that. >> reporter: native americans and others consider it a racial slur. but the team owner has won

court battles to keep it. >> i think it has become a lightning rod. and i would love to be able to talk with the team, and others who are concerned with this and see if a change should be made. >> reporter: the dc councilman evans recently told 9 news he would like to see the redskins playing in the district again within the next five years. the feeling being that they would tear down the existing stadium which is home to dc united and a few concerts and build a new facility here with a dome top. since the 1990s, the skins have been playing at fedex field in maryland, but the resurgence has dc insiders wishing and hoping today. he underwent surgery today. >> i think if the redskins had won, this would be described as a courageous act on the part of

the player. >> reporter: blaming team doctors for rg3's remains on the field after being hurt. >> probably raises the question of should medical professionals play a greater role. we have done that with concussions. >> the red's contract at fedex field runs through 2027. in about 20 minutes, a physical therapist who is a former nfl player that suffered an acl tear himself joins us to talk about what rehab could look like. and good morning. thank you for watching 9 news. it is 6:00 a.m. >> it could look like hard work. >> definitely. but it's amazing that we start the walking as soon as it's over with. >> already had the surgery. >> i know. back on his feet. >> yeah. >> cheers. >> yeah. welcome. glad you're here. take eightway. >> it's a comfortably cold