vehicles still trying to mauk it through the back up that started because of the accidents. there was one at i-10 and 43rd avenue. again, clear but you add that on top of the morning rush hour, these foeks folks are barely moving and it's probably valley to phoenix. slow commute there. 17 southbound in the yellow and orange so not too bad. we did have a crash on the 51 southbound at mc dowel. that cleared but there's level slowing from that. the 60 looks like it's slowing all the way back to at least alma school if not further than that. we still have the onramp blocked 101 southbound in the east valley. a closure off the valley routes here are green way parkway or northern this morning. a quick drive time, the 10 westbound is taking half an hour so that's in the yellow zone and then looking ahead about an hour to 8:00, we're still in the thick of it. 101 in the north valley around 35th avenue down to 20 miles per hour. >> jen, thanks so much. we have been talking about the weather all morning long and live in peoria, how cold is it out there? ? >> right now we have 37 degre

later this morning, he will mauk stops in louisiana and michigan. >>> and mgm national harbor is open and ready to roll. it quickly filled to capacity during the grand opening. it calmed down a bit, but it is expect b to be a very busy weekend. >>> a good weekend to be indoors. with the wind feeling like we're 20s through the rest of the day. >> we still have this big problem here just west of sprigs road. we have somebody being transported there. a motorcycle versus truck. 9 a 5 president bush, right lane shut down at route 3 until 8:00 this morning. we have another hour. a two-mile backup. take route 1 instead. >> that is the broadcast this morning. thank you for waking up with us. >> the "today" show e is up next. we'll see you >>> good morning. mounting misery. snow and ice triggering deadly accidents across the country, and al says if you think it's cold now -- just wait. >>> honoring an icon. >> godspeed, john glenn. glenn, the first american to orbit the earth. a space pioneer, patriot and politician. >> john glenn was one of the w >>> john glenn is one of the finest guys i kne

will 2016 actually be the time they mauk it all come together? we'll see. but that's why you want to use a call to make a bullish bet. >> it's up 35% from its january lows. it's up 25% on the year. it's trading above a market multiple. to me, this is a company that's growing earnings and sales mid-single digits. here's the best thing about this whole segment. mike can look out to april, buy an active money call, have exposure above $1.22 or something like that. it's 2% of the underlying stock price. that's how you should be chasing things if you are in my camp where you think it's just absolute insanity right here. options are giving you the opportunity to do that. you don't want to litter your portfolio with that, though. >> you make a 2% upside bet, and you would have otherwise bought the stock. don't do that, first and foremost. you buy this call, and let's say this thing falls 10%, falls 15%, you've lost 2%. now you can actually sell a put right about where the thing was previously trading. >> error? >> no, you're basically re-collecting the premium and