. >> john mayer in the district. honored at grammys on the hill on capitol hill for his role in advocating for music education. the eight-time grammy winner says music class was not only important for him but essential for future musicians. >> for all those tal enter. a -- tal enteents. >> on a deeper level, locating people born with a gift. >> mayer chanced his spring tour because his vocal condition, granuloma flared up. he says that it presented him more opportunities to perform with his guitar. >> next up in sports. we'll tell you all about it. talking about the caps, folks, who are going to the >>> we are rocking the red in this town tonight. dan, go ahead. take it, man. >> i like to call this a complete sports night for washington, d.c. sports fans. you have the nationals. you have the wizards. most importantly because it is the post season you have the capitals. this one followed the script in the series. they go to overtime. another one-goal game. the only thing that really didn't follow the script, the capit

>> i always make the distinction of good performer good singer that was a great arrangement for john mayerve mathews some body who could sing it colten you are not a singer you are -- >> i disagree. >> he can't -- [ overlapping voices ] >> i think colten goes home tonight andly tell you what, i think elise is in trouble that may be your bottom two. >> thank you. >> skylar she could be in trouble too. >> genie, jack, marcus thank you so much. if you can get a shot mike of genies shoes i would like to say this is some body always comfortable in her 5-inch heels. thank you so much. >> see you next week. >> tony. >> i think they go with my jacket do you mind? >> all right thank you guys. >> coming up some big changes on the way for dc schools an ambitious new plan called a capital commitment what does it entail what is the school chancellor saying about it. >> later this hour we will talk gardens for the entire family yes, including the kids, garden guru derek thomas joins us with fun activities to help get your kids outdoors this spring 9:22 a.m., we will be right back um, miss ? you have har

i think was john mayer was one of the first works as an idea to mention already, this idea that people will protect what they love. get people into the wilderness and they will protected. get the yosemite valley to the road and get as many people in there as you can settle see the wonderful things they are and then the want to protect all of the wilderness. i think that is true. i think yosemite has perked up works. so i sort of feel like if you can sort of make a few iconic spot like yosemite and the amount demetrio, that's a good thing. tickets as many people people into those places to appreciate them in the ms possible and makes the rest of s-sierra just wide-open. if you don't want to fight thousands of people in the mt. whitney trail, you can go a little bit north or the little bit south and you got it all to yourselves. >> dm, you read about the herds of mustangs that can be found at the white and missile range in new mexico and you describe them as the descendents of deceit that it carried billy the kid and pat garrett and countless lesser-known cowboys and outlaws. but these h

. >> john mayer will be among the musicians honored on capitol hill tonight. he'll be in town for the annual grammies. also at -- grammys. also jimmy jamm. >>> fighting cancer affects not just your body but your body image as well. learn about a group that's helping women look good and feel good. >> howard says our weather is looking good. it will be sunny and warmer today. your weather first is next. it's 6:08 and you're watching 9news now. >>> we certainly have a chilly start with 30s and 40s in many areas but we're going to warm nicely today. by lunch time into the low 60s. winds pick up a little bit but this afternoon's highs upper 60s and some cases we're going to top 70. >>> howard, a tough situation on the inbound side of i-66. a live look from our sky 9 on the inbound side after route 234. a multivehicle accident. in fact, two separate accidents here with authorities on the scene directing traffic. in the meantime you're squeezing by to the right at least a three-mile backup. that's what you're looking at right now and that is growing quickly. i'll hav

john boehner. the cbs complete the lineup airing at 4:00 p.m. eastern. today, we talk with former mississippi governor haley barbour, los angeles mayer, chairman of the 2012emocratic national convention, and california democratic governor jerry brown. "meet theith nbc's press." five networks, nbc, abc, fox, cnn, cbs. all beginning at noon eastern on c-span radio. this is a public service. listen to them all on 90.1 fm, xm 119, blackberry, iphone app or cspanradio.org. >> born in a north korean workers camp, it is the only world he has ever known. he is the only one to have escaped. >> his first memory after the age of around four was going with his mom to a place near where he grew up in the camp to watch somebody get shot. public executions in the camp were held every few weeks. they worry way of punishing people who violated campus rules and of terrorizing the 20,000 to 40,000 people who lived in the camp to obey the rules. >> tonight, on the journey of north korea and learning about society and civilization at 8:00 p.m. may 6, look for our "queue and a" interview. it coincides with the release of "the passage of power." >> "washington journal" continue