feed your thoughts into mcginty's mailbag at wusa9.com. >> all right, top. >> 58 yesterday, my friend>> i like it. >> i know you did. >> 55 now. >> and the weekend? >> not exactly stellar or chamber of commerce. we made some wholesale changes on sunday, but let's start with our live weather come brought to you by michael and son, another shot of the capitol. the flags are still rolling. that's because of the wind. they'll be breezy through the evening till about midnight. if you're medded out, do bundle up -- headed out, do bundle up. it's 35, dew point 12, winds out of the north, northwest at 10 gusting to 15 miles per hour, humidity 39%. again that means the indoor humidity is probably running around 12%, so your skin may crack a bit the next 24 hours. you may shock your brother or sister. temperatures, look at this, 31 in bethesda and rockville, 28 gaithersburg, 31 great falls and reston and sterling. temperatures even to the east, 32 in beltsville, 30 in laurel, 33 andrews and 35 officially at national. so much different air mass. now let's factor in the wind which isn't that stro

we can put your e-mails into the mcginty's mailbag. the address is mailbag at wusa9 9.com. >>> winter lovers just may get their wish. we've now got a chance for some of the s word over the weekend. top has the details in his full forecast coming up. >>> but first people in louisa county are still trying to rebuild since that east coast earthquake. we'll take a look at their progress coming your way next. >>> it a crime to let your 10- year-old son get a tattoo? a georgia woman is facing charges of child cruelty after taking her 10-year-old to get one. sinteria napia said her family is still grieving the death of her 12-year-old son who was hit by a car two years ago. she got some tattoos of her child and she said her son wanted to do the same thing. >> he said mom, i want to get a tattoo with maliq on it rest in peace. what do i say to a child that wants to remember his brother? reporter: you mom said you want to get tattoo. why did you want to get it? >> because it represents my brother. >> so he got that tattoo on his arm. later some

the address is mailbag@wusa9.com.n you lose a bet, you know you have to pay up and that is what the mayor of pitt pittsburgh today. he placed a friendly wage on the outcome of the broncos, steelers game. pittsburgh's mayor had to wear a broncos jersey and strike the tim tebow pose for a picture. now had things gone differently, denver's mayor would have been waving a terrible towel. i would have thought the steelers were going to take that. i was as shocked as anybody when that overtime win happened. i just got off the phone saying i can't wait. game is over. >> wait a minute. all right, 54 today. i mean, it snowed yesterday and 54 today. >> what is going on? >> it's crazy. the big storm now is down to the south. it's going to roll in tomorrow. not going to be wet in the morning, but it will be by lunchtime. let's start with our weather cam. a shot at the white house. temperature downtown now finally under 50. 47 officially. looking at dew point of 31. humidity 54%. wind light out of the south at 5. now across the are

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the mailbag is next.me now for our . >>> time for the weekly look inside the farm report mailbag. we got several questions and comments about the mf global bankruptcy. the ceo bought long term european bonds, that is where the money has gone up in smoke supposedly. bill i don't pretended to be well informed on the details of this bomb shell but judging from the trickle of information coming out from the investigation i suspect we are looking at the agriculture of the lehman brothers collapse. let me refer to agriculture risk expert at kansas state whose research has notten abled him to state whether deregulation or violation of rules let customer money be put in european bonds. i will post a link to his report. the real question for those directly involved is not how much tar and feathers they need but will there accounts be made whole and by who? as stock holders found in 2008 wealth can disappear. i think this may be the lot of account holders. legal recovery is very slow and a government bailout would

learn more, give, dream huge with us. . >>> time for the weekly look inside the mailbag.in harrison tennessee is concerned about the falling number of large animal vets. i'm concerned the future blacks bleak. i don't foe what the farmer also do when the vets retired. you aren't alone in your worries. thehe number of food animal vets need willed rise by 35% in the next five-years and we haven't graduating enough to meet the demand. most go into com panon animal work where the hours and physical demands are less. the shortage of large animals specialist social s is a threat, especially dairies and horse owners. the obvious economic result of such a shortage would be higher fees for vet work adding another cost disadvantage to small herd owners. very large live stock operations is -- and more production to spread that kosta cross. for the time being there is no quick solution. many customers will face increasingly poor service. more over salleys will have to address the distance by rising more in under served areas. other solutions could be expanded use of vet tech knowledgi

the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. we'll feature your comments tomorrow on mcginty's mail bag. >>> our weather roller coaster keeps going up and down. giving way to spring-like days to come. top tells how warm it might get. that's coming up. but first, zach johnson gets a temporary reprieve. that's up next. >>> zach johnson is getting two more weeks of freedom. the prince georges executive was start to set serving his seven year sentence for bribery and extortion. but the washington post reports a judge pushed that date back to february 18. the judge issued that extension because the federal bureau of prisons is not yet completed its evaluation and placement plans. >>> the republican presidential candidates making their final push before tomorrow's big florida primary. the top two candidates, mitt romney and newt gingrich spent today. 50 delegates are up for grabs in the sunshine state. that means it's an important win for whoever gets it. and as re may marsh reports, it appears to be romney to lose. >> surging in the

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the address is mailbag@wusa.com. >> all right sir. what are we looking at? we have rain on the way. >> we do. 41 today. we got out of the 30s and 50s tomorrow. >> that's nice. >> there's a few snow out there, but everybody is not complaining. in the middle of january. all right, let's start with the weather cam brought to you by michael and son. nice shot of the capital. we have some breezes. good news is, it's a southwest wind. it's a warmer wind and that will drive much warmer air tomorrow. 40 right now at national. gone up over the past hour. clouds have increased. dew points 26. that's going up as well. that's one thing we look at. precipitation starts falling, the dew point comes up. the temperature falls and meets in the middle somewhere. we watch that carefully. right now, we think the southwest winds all night, no worries in the immediate metro area. just rain. and really we're looking at an unorganized system. this is the first wave of moisture rolling across the ohio river into our mountains and you look carefully, we mentioned this earlier. there'

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the mailbag is next.schafer that is frankly worrying many economists and political >> we have received this deceptively simple question from david shafer that frankly worried many economists and political leaders. it tractors drive themselves and robots do the milking, where are all the people going to work backs the proper answer to that question is people will move on to other jobs or work building machines that replaced them but that doesn't seem to be working out. the new jobs are always much smaller than the number of jobs that disappeared. those jobs often are specialize which makes the transition harder. our housing market right now they labeled the labor market bubble. it can't move easily to where jobs are because selling the home is often very difficult. finally the areas where technology is eliminating jobs is expanding into the service sector. the old such as law and accounting or binding computers enable many to do without their services. the short but worry some answers are that we don't kno

address your thoughts to mailbag at www.wusa9.com. >>> occupy d.c. wants its members to be able to stay around the clock in mcpherson square and it's going to court to make that happen. members of the group phyllidean junction seeking to ban the federal government -- group filedded an injunction seeking to ban the federal government from enforcing camping or sleeping regulations in the square, but the group wants to prevent that from happening at all. a hearing is set for january 31st. >>> it's happening again, a member of the military built a treehouse for his sons and now he's battling fairfax county to keep it. phillip blevins spent thousands of dollars on the treehouse. the county says he built it too close to his property line and they want him to move it or lower it. blevins says it's not a good idea. >> it's attached to four live trees. i don't think i'd be able to remove it myself or even reelect it and regardless of what we do i would say we'll lose four trees and most likely, lose the functionality of the treehouse. >> so if this sounds fam

the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. if you happen to live a block away from your child's school, you would expect that your son or daughter would be able to walk to class, right? one elementary school is actually considered unwalkable and every student there is assigned to a bus, even if they live right around the corner. however, as peggy fox tells us, the parents there, they are pushing to make the school walkable again. >> reporter: there is nothing wrong with being bussed to school. it just doesn't seem right when you live across the street. >> no matter how close you are, they will try to push you on out there. >> i think that people, they drive way too fast. >> reporter: it's a commuter route to washington. many drivers, they will speed and they don't often stop at the crosswalk. parents say there is rarely police enforcement. >> we live just a quarter mile up the road. if we had a sidewalk that will come down this road, then it would be easier for the kids right here to, you know, to walk to school. but instead,

the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> in the mail bag tonight, passionate response to the effort by some to have broadcast tv and cable subjected to the same restrictions on obscenities. that is almost no restrictions at all. john from lorton, virginia, says the current system is not broken, so why fix it? parents who purchase cable tv have the option of blanking out unwanted channels. they can blank out internet sites. they have the expectation for clean tv from over the air broadcasts. if that changed, the choice is not whether to block channel 9, but when to block it and that's not a practical solution. why change it so we can't foul language we don't want to hear? and shawn says cable and broadcast tv should be put on equal footing. for me, it's a reflection on our entire society. anyone can cuss, but it takes an intelligent person to not use expletives. but lisa says the real issue is freedom. the supreme court and the fcc are trying to protect our youth. but there are better ways than to interfere with the freedom of expression or the freedom of speec

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and a lot of times, you see mailbags and envelopes they can put letters in or magazines.and a lot of times, you'll see them tie a kite or a letter to the end of it and that's the way they communicate. >> the packages tied to the fish lines are sometimes called cadillacs, and hard as they try, correctional staff can rarely keep up with them. >> 99% of the time you are not going to catch it because they are looking out for each other. we will go up and tell them to give us the cadillacs, and if they want, we'll go in, shake them down, and take the cadillac. and then they'll have another one tomorrow. you know, that is where a lot of our sheets go. and you take one and they have another one the next day. >> at kern valley state prison in california, we met inmate aaron yost who participates in another illegal, yet very common practice behind bars. tattooing. >> mine's art work. you know what i mean? i did this myself. >> where? >> in a cell like this. >> how? >> how? see this cassette player? i ripped the motor out of it, and i attach a tube to it with the needle, spin the n