david bowie is back with a new single. new figures show unemployment in the eurozone have surged to record high of 11.8% with almost 19 million people out of work. there is an expanding wealth divide among the 17 nations that use the single currency. countries in southern europe aren't much worse -- are in much worse shape. >> unemployment lines have never been so long. spain stands out as one of the examples. they have had one of the biggest rises. more than half of the young people are unemployed. there's a difference between countries. unemployment rises faster and heading higher levels at the center of the eurozone financial crisis. spain has the highest unemployment rate. greece is close behind. portugal and cyprus have unemployment problems that are serious and getting worse. in the strong economies is another story. there have been job losses in some. the problem looks manageable in the netherlands and germany were the figures improved over the year and in austria which has the lowest unemployment rate. there are so

. >> after a decade of reclusive is, musician david bowie releases a new single remembering his days in berlin. german troops have arrived in turkey to take part in the nato deployment of patriot missiles on the border with syria. turkey is a member of the nato military alliance and asked its partners for help, saying it is concerned about further deadly rocket attacks from syrian territory. >> dutch and u.s. troops will also be taking part in the mission, which nato says is a purely defensive measure. critics say it is likely to raise tensions in the region already on the edge. iranian and u.s. forces facing off in the strait of hormuz and with the war in syria and dragging on. >> a plane carrying german and dutch troops touched down in turkey as their right to prepare the deployment of nato patriot missiles. earlier, the missile batteries were loaded onto ships. this would be the first time germany has deployed its patriot missiles for anything other than training exercises. >> we have received orders to get the systems operational and respond to any situations as they arise. >> th

am i nerding out because i love bowie to much. >> no.you remember "rebel, rebel "s it gets played on classic rock radio everywhere today. everybody, no matter your age, you've heard bowie. >> "let's dance." calling that out this morning. we were all calling out our favorites. why has this been so long? i realized, how, it has been a long time. >> ten years. it's his 66th birthday. how perfect is he releasing the music today. he hasn't talked about why he's taking a break. active until 2006. you might remember after the end of the last tour 2004 he had heart surgery. that took him out of play for a little while. and he hasn't been releasing anything. it's understandable that he wasn't producing new music. >> he looks so good. >> looks terrific. >> he's 66. look at him. looks incredible. >> yeah. it's interesting to see what happens with the new single, the new album. as far as my musicology can tell last time he had a single chart in the united states was back in the 1980s. >> oh lord. >> now we have digital downloads, it's going to chang

. >> after a decade of reclusive is, musician david bowie releases a new single remembering his days in berlin. german troops have arrived in turkey to take part in the nato deployment of patriot missiles on the border with syria. turkey is a member of the nato military alliance and asked its partners for help, saying it is concerned about further deadly rocket attacks from syrian territory. >> dutch and u.s. troops will also be taking part in the mission, which nato says is a purely defensive measure. critics say it is likely to raise tensions in the region already on the edge. iranian and u.s. forces facing off in the strait of hormuz and with the war in syria and dragging on. >> a plane carrying german and dutch troops touched down in turkey as their right to prepare the deployment of nato patriot missiles. earlier, the missile batteries were loaded onto ships. this would be the first time germany has deployed its patriot missiles for anything other than training exercises. >> we have received orders to get the systems operational and respond to any situations as they arise. >> th

newschopper 7 is in bowie. let's take a look together at a crash that happened on the outbound, eastbound side of 50 the john hanson highway. making progress. not much volume. this is 50 the john hanson highway. the left side is approaching the beltway out of bowie. let me take you to a live camera. on the beltway are jammed from college park to georgia avenue. there's a crash in the left lane. and we have a water main break in the west hyattsville area and queens chapel road is closed north of eastern avenue. you will be detoured around that. back to you. >> thank you. 6:50 now, 39 degrees. >> we will have a roundup of today's top stories and what you need to know before you walk out the door. [ male announcer ] verizon fios is the fastest internet in america. just ask pc mag. [ man ] "cable can't touch fios upload speeds." "it's hard to imagine anyone ever beating fios." "there's no doubt fios is the fastest in the country." [ male announcer ] after 110,000 speestd tests, nothing came close to fios. and with

here's monika. >> there's an accident in bowie both directions of route 50 at route 197. here at the beltway in springfield, no problems heading to the mixing bowl northbound 95 incident-free as well. leaving route 644 from our sky 9. we'll be back with more news, weather and traffic when we return after the break. you're watching 9news now. >>> we're back at 6:29. this is always the place to get your weather first. this is the live look at national airport. they say a lot of the flu bug is coming in from people who are traveling out. so be careful when you travel cover up. and enjoy your -- wherever you're going. it is 39 degrees out there. >> if you're sick get on the plane and leave. that's the key. >> thanks for starting your day with us, good morning, i'm andrea roane. >> just kidding we're glad you're waking up with us. i'm mike hydeck, and howard bernstein is out on the weather terrace checking the weather conditions. >> it is on the chilly site in the 30s but we have some stars visible as there are lot of breaks in the clouds now. the clouds though they're thicken

now as you make your way between bowie and the beltway on 50, clear there. and here's the live look as you make your way past east/west highway. no issue all the way, in fact, as you connect it new york avenue. eun? >> thank you very much. >>> 6:02. melissa mollet with a newark national endowment from the white house. >> reporter: good morning. the white house announced that jack lew will be nominated as the next treasury secretary. the president will make the official announcement at 1:30 this afternoon in the east room of the white house. 57-year-old lew served as budget director and chief of chief of staff under two administrations. according to "the new york daily news," if the con virmz is confirmed by lawmakers, he'll be the first graduate of new york public schools to be the top officer. secretary of state geithner is also expected at the announcement. at the live desk, news4. >>> president obama still has cabinet holes to fill, as well. labor secretary hilda solis submitted her resignation yesterday. she says she decided not to return after talking w

if bowie will follow it up with a tour.o see you. i'm brooke baldwin. top of the hour, moments ago, chris christie, outspoken, always blunt, addressing his state of new jersey this afternoon. find out what he said about his performance in office, plus, aig took your tax dollars and now they are thinking about suing the government for bailing them out. yep, all that's coming up. first, i want to begin with this. i'll quote something that gabby gif giffords wrote. in response to a horrific series of shootings that has sewn terror in our communities, congress has done something quite extraordinary, nothing at all. now the former congresswoman who nearly died in that tu socson shooting is out to change that. americans for responsible solutions. in is an effort to raise money and laws for gun control. since tucson, there have been 11 more mass shootings. the couple spoke with abc's diane sawyer. >> we saw you in newtown. how was newtown? >> tough. >> it brought back a lot of memories about what that was like for us, two years ag

old dog new tricks, but those concepts today came together to save a woman inside a burning home in bowie. retired firefighter billy mills saw smoke as he was driving along route 301. he knew it was a house fire by the smell. so this 20-year-old veteran made a beeline for that sneak and arrived at just about the same time as emergency crews, but then he got some unexpected help to save the day. >> a large black lab come charging at me, not knowing what he was going to do, i shut the gate real quick and when he came over, his tail was wagging. so i assumed he was okay. opened the gate, he jumped up a little bit frantically. i calmed him down. next thing i know he took off to the house. to the right was a sliding glass door. when he took off, i looked right and when i did, the flames were coming out the top and thick black smoke, but underneath i could see what looked to be a lady. the dog was already up there. so when i went up there, i knelt down. sure enough, she was in there about 4, 5 feet, crawled in there, grabbed her. she was on her knees, helped drag her to the backyard. >> he's am

if you're into bowie it was pivotal time in his career, about 19 6, 1977.shots of an auto repair shop bowie used to live above and other stark images of what the city was like at that time. he wrote the song for his new album called "the next day." just the fact that he's releasing new material is newsworthy because quite frankly a lot of people thought the guy retired. i turned down offers to play at opening ceremonies of the london olympics last summer. as far as we've been able to determine he hasn't performed or been seen publicly on stage since '06 and he did have heart surgery while he was on tour in '04 so it's not surprising we haven't heard news of a tour attached to the new album yet. carol, we certainly can hope and i have to say, what a lovely birthday gift on his birthday from bowie to us. >> you're not kidding. i can't wait to hear the rest of the album. i was watching a documentary about ziggie stardust and they went back stage and relived the day. of course i was very, very young at the time, but what an amazing artist and thanks for sharing

tamara thomas in bowie competed on the episode of the food network show sweet genius. it puts pastry chef against pastry chef and she won. she won $10,000. the foodies segment on her. we're happy for her. >> mama cocoas in bowie. >> check it out. >> i am on it. >> exciting. >>> the caps are officially behind the eight ball in a shortened season where every win and loss really does count. last night another blowout at verizon center as the montreal canadiens walked out with a 4-1 win. three of the goals came within a span of five minutes and the penalty kill struggled again giving up the seventh power play of the goal of the season. frustration in the locker room starting to boil over. >> embarrassing is almost the right term. pathetic is probably a better one. i feel bad for the fans. i'd like to finish a game with at least 50% of the fans still in the stands. their reaction is warranted. boo'ing us. we got to turn something around. we got to do it fast. >> all right. no rest for the weary here. the caps travel to new jersey to take on the devils tonight. >> if you're

he is an assistant vice president for alumni relations at bowie state university. >> new this morning, police in annapolis are investigating a deadly shooting that they say appears to be a domestic dispute. officers responded to the 300 block of harry s. truman parkway at 1:00 this morning. they found a man and woman with gunshot wound. the man was pronounced dead at the scene and the woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition. >>> a couple is recovering after their small plane crashed into the hudson river in new york. this is new video from overnight. rescuers pulled a man and a woman from the icy water yesterday afternoon. they were taken to the hospital suffering from hypothermia. they are expected to be okay. the single engine plane left the trenton robinson airport in new jersey on a sightseeing trip. the cause of that crash remains under investigation. >>> new legal problems for music star and virginia native chris brown. we'll tell you what he's accused of doing. >>> ahead, the victims of superb san -- superstorm sandy -- >>> we'll tell you the >>> that is the sound

for bowie, maryland. she sent this to us. nice job. let's hope we can get a little more snow before the winter months. and here is what you want to do to go to our website on wusa9.com. click on the weather tab and upload your picture. please include your name, location, and description. and i mentioned it one more time, you know, warm winters. they could trigger the fall springs. not always good. go to the website and i'll tell you why. >> so we go from not needing a coat at all to needing a parka? >> yes. >> okay. >>> all right folks, if you don't have it yet, be sure to download the new ipad apps. get all your news on the fingertips here with hd videos and like the friend topper uses. get it today. see what names people are suggesting if the redskins were to follow up on the need to rename their team. get the free app from the app store. also available. but the kindle fire and the other android tablets. >>> still ahead on 9news, why the makers of ambient and other sleeping pills will need to lower dosages on the drugs, especially fo

. >>> and he is back, rock legend david bowie, who celebrated his 66th birthday today, with a surprise his fans. listen. ♪ as long as there's fire >> "where are we now" is his first new music in a decade. the singer posted it on itunes this morning and even his record label said the new song appeared, quote, as if out of nowhere. bowie will release a new album in march. >>> and if you see something crackling out there for our "instant index," tweet it to me, @dianesawyer. >>> and coming up, what some rare animals are doing and saying at night, finally caught on camera. ♪ constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective relief of occasional constipation. thanks. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it.

eastbound 50, three lanes are closed in the bowie region. everything running smoothly in annapolis. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. here we are in the baltimore metro area. you can see some sprinkles to the south. the significant rain has been out in west virginia. most of the storm is west of us. we should be clipped this afternoon by some rain chances. 35 at the airport. warmer at the inner harbor, 44 degrees this morning. there are sprinkles in virginia. warmer air is trying to come in . high pressure is breaking down and allowed elements of this storm to come in. we will catch some of the moisture and some of the mild air as well. 30 degrees in denver. cold air is beginning to spill into the northern plains. 16 degrees by game time in denver. that colder air will shift farther east. our temperatures will be much colder than we expect over the next couple days. 45 to 50 is the high today. more and more clouds moving again today. some rain shower chances moving across the area. that will be moving out of the picture tonight. close to 50 today. closer to 60

. >>> sky 9 over bowie this morning where a retired prince george's county lieutenant helped save the life of a disabled woman trapped inside a burning house right there. as luck would have it, lieutenant billy mills was passing by the home on pond meadow lane when he spotted the heavy flames. when he approached he said a black labrador was pacing in the backyard almost to signal trouble. that's when mills noticed a woman trapped inside on her knees. she was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries, no word on the cause of the fire. we'll hear from the hero at 6:00. >>> a former fbi agent was sentenced to 18 months in jail, one month for each year the man's life he was convicted of taking. adrian johnson was found guilty last october for the drunken driving crash that killed 18- year-old lawrence garner jr. kristin fisher joins us live from upper marlboro with reaction to the sentence. >> reporter: the maximum possible sentence was 13 years, the minimum four months. he got 18 months. the family wanted the maximum sentence, so clearly they're not happy with this sentence

a fan from bowie, fillmore. >> we would love to hear your of the burgundy and gold fight song. .end usour short clips >> can you top that, jacqui jeras? >> my gosh, i think we just lost some viewers. my ears.ering i love this. , that's for sure. is a cold start this morning. happy friday, everybody. temperatures in the teens in a few spots. culpeper and manassas in the upper teens. dulles, 30 in gaithersburg, 32 in manchester, quantico, 23 in fredericksburg. we have a wind chill by a couple degrees. expect the wind to pick up today. afternoon,a brisk will look gorgeous with plenty of sunshine. degrees at 9:00, 38 at noon, 40 at 5:00. high temperatures around 42. we have a much warmer seven-day forecast. we could be talking 50 by this time next week. that's coming up. first let's check on traffic with jamee. >> i like the sound of that. no problems in virginia. having some trouble with the audio. .> we will check back with her right now it's 5:12, 33 degrees. >> new developments in the sandy hook elementary school shooting. why an employee at the medical examiner's office has now >> you

david bowie, ladies and gentlemen. [ imitating bowie ] so glad to be here. ♪ [ imitating sammy ] that'ske, dominate. [ laughter ] so here's little thing for all your drunken buddies. ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ from now on our troubles will be out of sight ♪ you have to find the key here. [ laughter ] here you go. ♪ have yourselves a merry little christmas make the yuletide gay ♪ ♪ from now on our troubles will be miles away ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ here we are as in olden days [ imitating bowie ] happy golden days ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ of yore faithful friends who are dear to us ♪ ♪ they gather near to us once more ♪ ♪ through the years we all will be together ♪ ♪ if the fates allow we'll be hanging ♪ ♪ on a shining star upon the highest bough ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ and have yourself a merry little christmas now ♪ ♪ jingle bells jingle all the way ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we almost hit a key at one point. >> i have to do -- i do have another impression, though, quickly. >> jimmy: yeah, i love impressions. >> i did the "today" show the other day. >> jimmy: uh-huh. >> and in the next

. >> this happened in bowie. he is just one of the heroes. kris van cleave has the details. >> once a firefighter always a firefighter. as they were arriving getting ready to battle the fire the fire was consuming the home. he pulled the woman out the back door. he is crediting a four legged friend. >> 21 years on the job, i never pulled up on something like that. >> he retired as a firefighter at five years ago but he saw the smoke from the home and had it right for it. waiting for him, the resident's best friend, a black lab who kept running to the door. >> i noticed there was a lady inside on her knees, about 5 feet with the fire over her head. i ran over, knelt down, crawled in, and dragged her out. >> you were not geared up. >> not at all. just the old instincts kicked in. >> mills took this picture with his phone, moments after pulling her from the doorway filled with flames. >> i think within a couple of minutes, it could have got real bad. i'd like she would have made it out by herself. >> but don't call him a hero. he says he was jus

heads up eastbound on route other approaching 197 traveling through bowie. only the right side of the roadway is able to get by at this point as you travel from the beltway headed outbound towards davidsonville. only the right leap is able to get through. traffic definitely congested approaching the scene. traveling westbound, you will find lanes are open but anticipate a rubbernecking delay. let's continue with our cameras. the outer loop of the beltway starting to slow leaving 29 colville road in the direction of journal avenue. accident activity reported on the ramp to georgia. southbound 95, 295 still quiet coming in out of laurel. southbound 270 not too busy right now headed out towards clarkburg. -- starting to slow leaving 29 colesville road in the direction of georgia avenue. >>> the states in red on this map are reporting the most severe cases. maryland and virginia are included in that. the crmplet dc is expected to release the new numbers today. outbreak also causing some concern for getting the flu shot. -- the cdc is expected to release the new

bowie is 36. but southern prince george's county, andrews, baden 44. waldorf 45. so we just got to get rid of these few pockets of cold and it will be a more comfortable afternoon. good visibility. partly cloudy out there and mostly cloudy. feeling like 39 with a south wind at 5 and humidity high this morning, 89%. we're going to watch the showers for the most part stay in pennsylvania except for the little ones we've got this morning. here we are at lunch time. in the afternoon milder. 50s and low 60s. some areas well northern and northeastern maryland, perhaps staying in the upper 40s. now, overnight tonight, fairly quiet, clouds fill back in, some spotty drizzle not out of the question. tomorrow is going to depend on how much sunshine we see. we stay with the clouds. we'll stay in the 60-degree range, low 60s. if we can bust out a little sunshine, 65, even 70 south isn't out of the question. here come the showers and storms wednesday evening into wednesday night before the colder air moves back in here for thursday. and thursday's temperatures will be steady or

in the middle in rockville, 43 in fairfax, 48 in arlington, mid- 40s in college park, 45 also in bowie 49 at andrews. so still nice for january. we have to keep things in perspective here. just chilly tonight, cooler tomorrow but dry on thursday. will you need your sunglasses pretty much full in the morning. then mild on friday with showers but not a washout by any means. so clearing, breezy, just chilly. 32 to 40. winds will become northwest 10 to 15. now by morning mostly sunny and chilly. you still need a coat, 30s and 40s. winds out of the northwest at 10. by afternoon partly cloudy, some clouds late. a little bit cooler, a degree or two. highs near 50, but that's still seasonably mild. winds north-northeast at 10. the next three days, 9 weather alerts remain green. clouds late friday with showers, 51, but look at saturday. spring-like, 64. good time to go and take a walk on the canal. next seven day, it stays warm. sunday upper 60s but with showers. upper -- well, around 60 monday, upper 50s, around 60 but showers possible. those days are not washout days. more significant rain tu

bowie at 30. easton 31. we're below freezing headed into the low 20s tonight, very, very cold. a deep freeze piet time you wake up tomorrow but the chill does have an and in sight. it will take a few days. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> a man is in the hospital after being shot by a baltimore city police officer. the shooting happened on compliftmont avenue in east baltimore. the man was pulled over for a traffic violation. he then took off running down an alley. according to police an officer shot a-the man -- shot the man in the hand. the man was taken to the hospital. >>> a harford county man began a brand-new year in a hospital bed. >> tonight he is behind bars. jeff hager has the details. >> reporter: testimony per -- tempers flared as a stepfather handed two children back over to his father, and pointed a handgun at his head. >> he blocked it but somehow both men became involved in an altercation or scuffle. as they fell to the ground the gun discharged. >> reporter: 40-year-old david greg drove back to his house on periwinkle way and edgewood where per medics respo

and an extension to centreville, potomac mills, and bowie. maybe even a station in georgetown as people wanted that there to pay for it. >> it's a great idea. i don't know how to get here. >> reporter: urban legend has it that the people of georgetown, they did not want metro coming here. and that the reality is that it is difficult and expensionive to tunnel through the bedrock here. >> if you don't make this investment, you're making a very serious mistake about the future of the region. >> and by some counts, the total price tag, they might run to $26 billion. over the next three decades that is. but planners say that the cost of doing nothing are far higher. >> this investment pays for itself. >> reporter: now the big question, where to get the dedicated cash flow to pay for the investment. bruce leshan, wusa9. >> wow. so many more people predicted to come. >>> metro planners say this is really just a draft and now they will go out to d.c., maryland and virginia to see what the district wants and what they are willing to pay for. >>> gun

looking at 39 college park, 38 bowie and still 40 by the water in annapolis.s a look at radar. you see snow showers rolling eastward, could even see a couple flurries before this night is out, but the main event is now just entering southern sections of illinois and over toward indiana. not a strong system. the system is a fast mover, can't tap the gulf of mexico and it can't tap the atlantic moisture unless storms are able to do that. they're just not big storms for us, pretty impressive the upper air support. we're looking at a couple flurries possible between leesburg and dulles airport and just north of fairfax tonight. that is not what's coming top. so don't freak out if you -- tomorrow. so don't freak out if you drive through a snowflake on your way home tonight. best chance of snow 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. windy and colder friday, in fact, temperatures probably not going up tomorrow, probably holding in the low, maybe mid- 30s if we're lucky. here's our futurecast. 10:0tonight no worries. we'll advance this for you. 5:00 in the morning to 6:00 here comes a litt

and earlier terry in bowie told me 28.o thanks to weather watchers and happy new year to you as well. great visibility but cloudy skies, 30. feeling like 22 with that northeast wind at 8 right now at national. although many areas have winds near calm. and those dew points, look at that. only 14 degrees. the air is dry out there. and quite cold. we've got two chunks of really cold air. one is out in the central rockies. when you see the white, that's subzero on our map. that would be in colorado and wyoming and many ever the mountains there. -- of the mountains there. also in more than new england we have minus 10 to minus 20 from northern vermont, northern new hampshire. arctic air. temperatures really bottoming out this morning. the western half of the country nice and quiet. a clipper coming through the great lakes with a few snow showers. that will extend into new york state a little later. for us we have the jet stream coming across the gulf of mexico. got all this moisture down here. only cloudiness is making it up to

low to mid-30s still, 36 in town, 36 in bowie, 34 columbia, and down south mid-30s with a low clouds, the dampness, our michael and son weather camera, can barely see the washington monday m. cloudy skies, feels like 28. wind south southwest trying too bring the warmer air in. you see the warm 60s and 70s here in this part of the country. tuesday chicago getting to 61. raleigh 65. here comes the cold behind it as we shoot into the 60s, even maybe 70 on wednesday. minus 8 in bismarck. we are watching the west coast finally, ridge breaking down, big dip here in the jet, that makes it warm and pushes the warmth toward us. on wednesday with the warmer air, we might even get thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening before the cold returns. so today, 43 at maybe a late afternoon evening high with spotty showers. 30s tonight. we are knotted going to drop off much. that should set the stage for well into the 50s tuesday, mid-60s on wednesday with the threat of an afternoon thunderstorm. snow showers friday 35, we'll see whether or not phil sees his shadow on thursday. one more look at the b

there are signs that winter is not dead yet. 50 in ashburn. 52 in bowie. back with a spring like forecast when we return. >>> the oscar race is o. the academy award nominations were announced today. bigad shaban has the oscar buzz all the way from hollywood. >> reporter: the sweeping drama "lincoln" leads the pack with 12 oscar nominations. >> shall we stop this bleeding? >> reporter: daniel day-lewis playing the 16th. was nominated for best actor. sally field and tommy lee jones also got nods as did the director stephen spielberg. the sea adventure came in second with 11 nominations. the lost souls romance also scored big. it's up for best picture while it stars bradley cooper and jennifer lawrence, both named in the best acting category. "les miserables" is also in the best picture hunt. hugh jackman and anne hat away are mom -- hat away -- agentaway are -- hathaway are nominated. the hunt for osama bin laden is up for put tall oscars. -- multiple oscars. in one cat -- one category is making history this year. 85-year-old emmanuel riva who stars as an ai

already 35 in vienna. 37 in fairfax. 38 in arlington, 38 at college park and 38 at bowie. now it feels like 38 in gaithersburg, 29 in frederick and feels like 22 here. it will be breezy and windy tonight across the entire metro area. staying chilly. breezy and cold tonight. chilly and dry tomorrow and a touch of winter saturday night. it should not be a huge problem and still dry for the playoff games on sunday. all right, so speaking of the game, partly cloudy and chilly. dress for the 30s. 36 to 46. that's your temperature range as you're at the game. winds are west southwest at 10. not much wind to worry about and no windchills. tonight clear, breezy, cold. windchills in the low 20s. you're out late tonight as they will be in the teens. a two to three blanket night. by morning plenty of sunshine. breezy and cold with the temperatures in the 30s. winds are dying down just a little bit. and then by the afternoon they pretty much would go away which is kind of nice. increasing cloudiness, cold. 40 to 45 but the winds will be light. next three days we're in pretty good shap

we have temps in the 50s and 60s already. 64 in reston and round hill. 66 in bowie. we'll have the spring like forecast at least in the short term but we have an unpleasant surprise in the >>> another member of president obama's cabinet is leaving. the head of the transportation department ray lahood announced this morning he will not be part of mr. obama's second term. lahood is the lone republican in the president's cabinet. in a statement, lahood said the job at transportation is the best he's ever had. he's agreed to remain in office until the senate confirms his successor. >>> thank goodness for a new day. we can leave yesterday in the past. >> yesterday morning was a mess. we're going to have some ugliness returning before the week is out but it's delightful right now. >> let's just enjoy today. >> make is a long lunch. make it a very long afternoon. maybe you don't have to go back to work later. that would be fine if you can pull it off. today has turned out to be gorgeous. i thought we'd make the mid-50s this morning. today is one of those days -- i was a lit

and the extensions here to the centreville, potomac mills and bowie. maybe even a station in georgetown as people have wanted that there to pay for it. >> it's a great idea. i don't know how to get out here other than walking. >> reporter: the people of georgetown, they did not want metro coming here. but the reality is that it is hugely difficult and expensive to tunnel through the bedrock here. >> if you don't make the investment, you are making a very serious mistake about the future of the region. >> reporter: and by some count, the total price tag might run up to $26 billion. over the next three decades. but they say that the costs of doing nothing, they are far higher. >> well, this investment pays for itself. >> reporter: now the big question, where to get that dedicated cash flow to pay for the investment. bruce leshan, wusa9. >> and now they say that the whole thing is just a draft. now, they need to go out to d.c., virginia, maryland to see what the jurisdictions want. and of course what they are willing to pay for. >>> a little girl, battlin

rockville, 28 in gaithersburg, a water main break off 255, 31 in great falls, 33 in college park and 29 in bowie. so it's going to stay cold and chilly a while, need your heavy coat tomorrow. some clouds south of town, in fact, more clouds south of town and keep your sunglasses handy for the next several days. for tonight partly cloudy, cold, a two to three blanket night, low temps in the 20s, winds northwest at 10. next three days our 9 weather alerts are green. 40 tomorrow, 42, breezy friday and then just chilly saturday, temperatures in the mid-40s. next seven days sunday looks great for football, baltimore and at fedex, mid-40s, but dress for the 30s and we're looking at mid-40s monday, near 50 tuesday and low 50s with sunshine on wednesday. heck, that's golfable. back to you. >> golfable, all right. >> really it's just footballable really. that's all we're thinking about. >> that's all that matters. >>> it's another week, another game, that's how the redskins are looking at it, not necessarily as a playoff game. what they've been doing for the last seven weeks, but what's been the key to th

the south still 38 in waldorf, 39 in old town, 38 fairfax and reston, 41 in college park and 39 in bowie. so here's a look at radar. you can see the greens changing to white. that's the rain transitioning into snow, the magenta is the transition and the white is snow. right here between charlottesville, extreme southern sections of charles county back into maryland is where the little band will set up for a couple hours tonight. it may look impressive for a while. here's the latest image, a little mixed activity around fredericksburg town toward charles county and even over into calvert and st. mary's county. it's beginning to turn over there. you may also have about an inch on the grassy surfaces, but a wet commute home about it, a conversational snow, accumulation on the grass primarily south and the only real problem tonight could be refreezing everywhere as colder air moves in. the good news is the winds will pick up. that might dry us out a bit. so tonight lows 26 to 32, snow ending before midnight mainly south, clearing and colder. temperatures 26 to 32, wind pick up northwest 10 t

still 50 in college park and 45 over in bowie.look how mild it is, above freezing in minneapolis and 41 in chicago and 37 in detroit. so a few showers are on the way, dry tonight. mainly dry in the morning commute, but the wet roads tomorrow, especially north of town. and then april over the next weekend. they will stay green. 50 tomorrow with the afternoon showers. 64 on saturday warmer. 67 crazy warm on sunday with few showers. you could still walk or bike on the canal. temperatures still around 60 and a better chance of organized rain, maybe even a thunderstorm on tuesday, into wednesday. temperatures back to reality with a high of 35. >> really? >> yes. now if i make that 69 or 70, we could have another decade. >> funny how that call came in just in time for the inauguration. >> yes. didn't you expect that to happen? >> yeah, he would be so lucky. >>> for the football fans that love a good football weekend, they're going to get it. >> you would think that they did not know, but yes, it's a big huge football weekend. ravens and

look at this 23 in manchester. 27 in baltimore aberdeen at 26 degrees and bowie is at 30 this morning. we are also going to be dealing with the wind that will pick up as we go throughout the day. right now, we see 5 in baltimore and 9 in dc but we will begin to have a wind chill advisory go into effect as we go later into the evening. basically, western maryland, points to the north south of that if you are traveling that way, be prepared for that and keep both hands on the steering wheel because the winds will be kicking up going throughout the day. this is what we have on maryland's most powerful radar, dry here at home. but we have snow showers back off towards the west. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with mike masco good morning. >> reporter: good morning. here we go. not much happening on the road. considering the holiday we have again light volume and most of our area roadways. the on-ramp is closed at mulberry street. eastbound a at 83 and 695 you have issues right alock this is -- right along this is at washington avenue right after this 795 entrance ramp and days sout

college park is still 41, bowie 39, waldorf down to 38. the big picture, no shortage of moisture here. the problem is the upper winds are taking the system a little to the south and we're still lacking cold air which was never really a classic snowstorm. the cold air was lacking. we are looking at the cold air right on our doorstep here. the heaviest activity is south of town. we're seeing the radar returns go from red, yellow into the magenta and white. that's the rain going to sleet and eventually into snow. it's going to take a while and again the best chance for seeing snow is south of town. now we're seeing snow just north of richmond up toward fredericksburg, leonardtown mixing in a little bit, out toward fauquier county making with sleet and snow and even across the bay in easton mixing with sleet. a wet commute home, okay, we can handle that, conversational snow if you're out late enough, accumulations primarily on grass and refreezing late tonight could be our biggest problem. 26 to 32 for lows, snow ending mainly south, clearing

so temperatures mainly in the 40s, but this is still a treat really. 48 at college park. 44 in bowie and 45 at andrews. so a few showers are on the way, but dry tonight. mainly dry for your morning commute. tomorrow morning the wet roads will be a factor, especially north of town. then over the weekend, it will be like april that we might hit temperatures in the mid-60s over the weekend and that will be the average high for april 10. not january 10, but april 10. all right the future cast. 8:00 in the morning, some clouds, but no showers just yet. we'll put this into motion. now by 1:00 or 2:00, a couple sprinkles will be possible, but the bulk of the activity in the early afternoon anyway, it will be hagerstown, cumberland out in the mountains. it does push through the metro area though between about 5:00 and 7:00 tomorrow, just in time for the rush hours. and then the latest run will be a little further south than what it was. you folks in southern maryland, less of a chance, but even in fairfax and prince george's county, the district, they could hear the rumble of thunder before

he is an assistant vice president for alumni relations at bowie state university. he previously served in the house from 1999. 2003. he is filling the seat of former delegate tiffany aton who was removed after settling two misconduct cases last year. opponents for the death penalty gathered at a rally. they support using the money saved from the repeal of capital punishment. they want beefed up law enforcement services. now to capitol hill and a rare bipartisan push for immigration reform. senators on both sides of the aisle unveiled a framework today for reform legislation. it includes a speedier path to citizenship and tougher border security measures. supporters call it a major breakthrough. >> it is not beneficial for our country to have these people here, hiden in the shadows. let's create a stomach bring them forward. this will be a huge increase on the burden of already bleegered tax deleegered taxpayers. >> president obama is expected to lay out his vision for immigration reform tomorrow. the boy scouts of america is considering a big reversal tonight. they

darcy spencer join us to explain the rift in one bowie household. >> reporter: the crosbys are a footballily, but mom and dad never support the same team. danny crosby saws for the redskins, his wife april goes for any team but the burgundy and gold. >> let's go 'skins! >> reporter: he's rooting for the redskins, now she -- >> let's go seahawks. >> reporter: rooting for seattle. come game day, this going to be an interesting house. they agree on a lot of things but football isn't one of them. danny is a sporting 'skins and sunday and has tickets to prove. it april roots for the dallas cowboys but supports any team opposing the 'skins. >> i have something for them. whether a t-shirt or jersey, or just their colors. it's always something. definitely so you know that i'm not a redskins fan. >> when the nfl puts out the season schedule, she checks it and sees who we play at home and she'll order all their paraphernalia at the begins of the season. >> reporter: hoping the rookie quarterback russell wilson will get the attention he deserves. >> i'm really excited to see russell wilson, and he's

and 38 in bowie. now, the next three days our 9 weather alerts are going to stay green. and they're now down at the bottom of the screen here. cold but nice tomorrow. 39. weekend looks pretty good. 48 on saturday. and i raised sunday with sunshine back up to 46. notice the low on sunday night 26. arctic air comes in sunday night. and, oh, does it take hold of the metro area. inauguration cold. low 30s. that's it. windy. wind chills in the 20s. maybe a flurry monday night. and then tuesday better chance for flurries. highs holding in the upper 20s. low 30s on wednesday. and then on thursday we're back to a little bit above average in the mid 40s. so no real problems tomorrow. just be careful if you get out early. there could be a couple slick spots. >>> now here is dave owens at the wusa9 cadillac sports day. >> well, lewis got inspired with his words. after beating the broncos, he told the reporters no weapon shall prosper. you his hard target search focusing on manning this week. this week brady and the pats who by the way operating on all cylinders. brady making it all

he's an assistant vice president for alumni relations at bowie state university. >>> parents, listen up. for the first time ever, the american academy of pediatrics released a set of guidelines to curb the growing number of children with type two diabetes. experts say kids with blood sugar so low that it can't be determined whether it's type 1 or type 2 diabetes should be put on insulin therapy. everyone else should be treated with the diabetes drug met form inand talk to a doctor will changing their diet and exercise routines. doctors say the increase in diabetes is directly linked to spikes in childhood obesity. >>> it's 4:18. public hearings begin in the wake of the tragic shooting in newtown, connecticut. the hearings are being led by a bipartisan task force on gun violence prevention and children's safety. they'll focus on issues related to the massacre at sandy hook elementary school. it gives residents a chance to weigh in on ush us, school safety, gun control and mental health awareness. >>> the senate judiciary committee will begin hearings on wednesday following president o

at 50 out from indianapolis passing bowie, you're clear. a live look at 410. no issues towards new york avenue. i'm back in ten minutes. aaron and eun, over to you. >> thanks, danella. >>> new this morning, a woman stabbed in the neck on the streets of northwest d.c. police say the woman was stabbed, then walked to a gas station on 14th street, not too far from the columbia height metro station. that woman now in the hospital. we're told she will be okay. >>> police in montgomery county need help finding a man who attacked and robbed an elderly woman. this is video. investigators say on tuesday the woman walked out of the store just before 10:00 at night. a man threw her to the ground and took cash from her. she had minor injuries. if you recognize this man, call police. >> it happened again. police say robbers in gaithersburg used a fire extinguisher to hold up a restaurant. they sprayed a manager and a customer. they snatched the cash register and took off. four suspects were arrested near the middle school after police say they used a fire extinguisher to r

bowie is at 30 and you know the temperatures are pretty much above average or at average this morning and we are going to be dealing with 28 degrees in havre de grace and we will continue to have the temperatures on the seasonable level going through the rest of the day. satellite and radar picking up on snow showers back off towards the west. around the great lakes this morning, they are dealing with a wind chill across the area. and it will go into effect for today as we go more later into the evening. that's when things will begin to change even across our neck of the woods. so here's what's going on at the surface. this is what we are waiting for an arctic front that's bringing in that arctic blast i was talking about bringing the temperatures in the 20s for highs for tomorrow. and right now we are working with a plenty of cloud cover out there this morning. that will continue throughout the day. and future trend brings high pressure back in as we work towards middle of the week. and charley asked about snow. that's in the forecast as well but this is what's work for today going i

last little line of showers from baltimore here coming through northern anne arundel county to around bowieark, right through d.c. once this passes, we're done with the rage. then we welcome the wind and the chill today. wind advisory just about everywhere with those gusts 40, 45, 50 miles an hour. temperatures already down in the mid-40s in the shenandoah valley. still 60 at reagan national. we'll be dropping quickly over the next few hours. high water, road closures, take it away. i have my list with me in my hand so i don't miss anything. good morning, everybody. definitely high standing water. i hit it myself coming into work this morning. i'm going to start off first of all with the east side of town. first of all on the beltway, that accident that happened yesterday morning was cleared up midday. you do not have to worry right now on the beltway near route 50, landover, new carrollton area. everything is clear thankfully this morning. by the way, we've got flooding problems. westbound clopper road at route 124. let's take a look at 270 southbound at falls road. this is running well do

. >>> so today marks david bowie's 65th birthday, 65, and bowie is giving his fans a present, his firstusic in a decade. ♪ had to get the train from potsdam ♪ >> that sounds like david bowie. the new single. the new album called "the next day" will be released in march. >> great news. >>> the whole thing, track and field coach, beverly kearney has been coaching for 21 years at the university of texas, she has six national championships under her belt. she has a storied career, back in 2002 you might remember she was injured in a terrible car crash, she was told she would never walk again, two people were killed in that car accident. she survived it and then she was able to walk, she ignored what the doctors were telling her, she walked again. now she has resigned after she admitted to what she calls a consensual intimate relationship with a student athlete who was on her team. she says the university basically said to her she had to resign or they were going to fire her and she's saying now the punishment does not fit the crime. the added wrinkle in one of this she was negotiating a new

this happened in bowie, maryland.t is believed the fire began in the basement and spread to the rest of the home. witnesses say all the family members were able to make it out safety but some pets inside the home may have died. ave die >>> some of this morning's other top stories, a day care employee reportedly caught on video abusing a small child. police say a 19-year-old man, jonathan cummings admitted he ticked a 2-year-old boy at a day care. thaled incident happened last friday at a house on ember drive in upper marlboro. the day care was unlicense ped ands that been shut down. as many as 30 to 40 children were at the house. >> how do you have someone 19 without the proper training schooling educational background to monitor 40 children. that is impossible. >> cummings has been released on $35,000 bond. police believe there may be other victims and are asking anyone with any information to contact them. they want you to know you can remain anonymous. >>> now to a story we brought you first on fox 5. a d.c. police