as expected, gray will keep cathy la near. and during the announcement gray said the decision to keep her was an easy one. he also announced a nomination of ken ethernet earlier bee -- kenneth earlier bee for fire chief. >>> and neighbors say their financial situation isn't improving. it is 43:89, you are watching 9news now. oh, i see. a throne for the tv... room for movies... your workout gear... non-stop football... it's a man cave! the boys next door will never leave. who says we want them to? >>> time now 4:40 on your friday morning. we are talking about another storm system for your weekend, but today still very cold outside. a live look at doppler radar 9 now, where we basically see clearing skies. temperatures in the 20s, still very cold. things change after tomorrow. richard andre has your timesaver traffic. >> reporter: looks like no problems this morning taking the ride on route 50 westbound from the bay bridge moving to bowie in toward the beltway ramps. all lanes open there. traffic coming up at 4:47. >>> thank you

as expected gray announced yesterday cathy la near will stay on as police chief. gray also named ken ellerbee as his fire chief. however, ellerbee has taken a homestead tax credit for his house in washington while he has been living in florida. that tax break is only supposed to apply for the property where you live. ellerbee thought his accountant had changed his status. the city council must approve the choices. >>> time for the latest. your money report of the morning. >>> jessica doyle is back from vacation and looking at the big tax cut package passed late last night. >> you got it. talk about burning the midnight oil, right guys? it was late. we are getting all the alerts on our phones. a massive bipartisan tax package has passed in the wee hours in the house. now the measure is on its way to the president for his expected signature. the house gave final approval to the measure just before midnight. here's what the bill does for you. it extends the bush era tax cuts and enacts a one year cut in social security taxes that would benefit nearly every worker who

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police chief cathy lanier announced the arrest of eight people involved with the east coast drug praying. an attempt by the notorious la familia drug gang i mexico to smuggle drugs through atlanta into winston-salem, north carolina, marynd, and the nation's capital. >> the cartel based out of michoacan,mexico, they're notorious for smuggling not only crystal meth but also cocaine. winter of the philosophies in mexico is that they don't sell to their own people. to their own mexico an nationals themselves prefer to have it smuggled in the united states. >> reporter: he praised his officers. >> over theourse of the past three week, i almost pulled the officers off several times. very dangerous. the officers are extremely heroic in their ability to go ouand do what they do to protect people in washington, d.c. >> reporter: the illegal drs includg millions in crystal th were seized in north carolina charging documents say they tracked the activity in to have this house in temple hills, maryland. >> we were abl to disrupt the large scale trafficking organization that was tapting to get a foothold in the district of columbia