maryland 991 closed at backen drive. use 70 and that will be clear from columbia pike all the way over to 695. here's the beltway at baltimore national pike and traffic moving right along. no problems getting up to 795. and here's what 95 looks like at 395 downtown. you will want to watch out for a disabled car blocking a southbound lane at the fort mchenry tunnel. that's a look at your traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. >>> amends here even the threat of winter weather usually means kids have time off from school but that doesn't mean they get to hang around and watch cartoons. >> the list went out to the irvine nature center in owings mills. it's a fantastic place. they offer funding to programs to get kids out of the house and excited about the environment. >> kids are kind of thinking well now is the time to be inside only. it's actually great time to be outside. now it's a great time to work for the environment. >> now tonight's episode of "the list" disappear into the magic of david london. that's on abc2 beg

still working to clear the roadway so if you're on old frederick road expect the closure between backenrive and raleigh tavern lane and another look at 395 northbound, the hov lane, the tractor-trailer crash taking up the right side of the roadway and you can get by but to the left lane and we're seeing delays along 395 northbound in the hov lane. so i-95 southbound, jammed. prince william parkway, your left lane taken away. barbara, back to you. >> thanks, danella. >>> new today, details about the brain of the late nfl great junio junio juniors say you. they say he had a degenerative brain disease. he was suffering from cte which leads to dementia, memory loss and depression and is associated with repeated head injuries. it's also been found in dozens of other nfl players. this comes as the nfl faces lawsuits by thousands of former players who say the league withheld the information about the harmful effects concussions can have on their health. >>> in other football news d.c. maier vincent grey said held consider changing the redskins name if the team moves back into the district. >>

players used their staff as messagers and backen but never empowered them to solve the problem. could the staffers have done better? guest: as a former staffer you always think that you know all the solutions but it is the members of congress and senators that have to face election. it is a lot easier to get in a back room without worrying about constituents and solve these problems. i know a lot of staffers would be mortified with what bob woodward had to say. you don't want to get out ahead of your boss and the bosses are the ones who put the names on the ballot and ones that face the scrutiny. so, you really can't solve it without the principals. host: it didn't work for speaker bane are. guest: it didn't and it didn't work in the debt limit debacle. i have a lot of respect for bob woodward. i'm not quite sewer i understood what that -- not quite sure i understood what that was getting at. staffers can only go so far and it is up to members to legisl e legislate. anyway, interesting piece but i'm not sure i buy the premise. host: how do you fix the problem because there seeme

players used their staff as messagers and backen but never empowered them to solve the problem. could the staffers have done better? guest: as a former staffer you always think that you know all the solutions but it is the members of congress and senators that have to face election. it is a lot easier to get in a back room without worrying about constituents and solve these problems. i know a lot of staffers would be mortified with what bob woodward had to say. guest: it didn't and it didn't work in the debt limit debacle. i have a lot of respect for bob woodward. i'm not not quite sure i understood what that was getting at. staffers can only go so far and it is up to members to legislate. anyway, interesting piece but i'm not sure i buy the premise. host: how do you fix the problem because there seemed to be a problem coming to an agreement. was it the negotiation, the make-up of the republican congress? or the issues? guest: i think that the real problem is we have a republican party especially in the house that is dominated by extremists who think that going over the so-calle