prince george's county executive rashern baker wants to bring a billion dollar casino to the national harbor. he's going to join us live to talk about his plans. >>> new rules to cut down on distractive driving. >>> monika has a quick check of traffic. >>> the inbound side of 66 as you leave route 50 to 123, two separate accidents have caused this delay. they are both on the shoulder. i'll have more on what's also going on on 395 and the beltway in bethesda coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. >>> welcome back. 6:29. howard bernstein with you. aim outside on the weather terrace with the jacket and gloves on because we have temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s. the winds are kicking. south and east of us we have dense fog. we'll get rid of the fog the next couple of hours as the weak cold front comes through. temperatures will be pushing 50 by noon. 50 to 55 for a high but still around 50 and sunshine and breezy conditions for that drive home at 5:00 p.m. visibilities are a real issue south. look at culpeper zero. quarter mile manassas anwar reason

county executive rashern baker says a casino resort would create nearly 5,000 jobs and bring to the county year at a time when every dollar counts. legislation pending in maryland's general assembly would add prince george's county to the list of sites approved for gambling. county executive baker will join us in studio about an hour from now to tell us more about the project and why he supports it. >>> former prince george's county executive jackson johnson is expected to report to federal prison tomorrow. now prosecutors want johnson to pay his criminal fine upfront rather than inning stallments after he's released -- installments after he's released from prison. he was fined $100,000 and sentenced again to more than seven years of for extorts hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from developers. >>> 5:34. time for another your money report now. >> jessica doyle is back. yesterday you warned us that some companies are watching everything we do. >> that's right. serious new developments this morning. this coming out of "the wall street journal." we told you yesterday about big priva

we should tell you we tried to catch up with the county executive, rashern baker today, but he was not available to talk to us. we were told by a staff member, the spokesperson, the county executive is assured this case is being looked at by police officials and we'll try to catch up tonight. >>> and new alerts from the university of maryland. they arrested a montgomery county man in connection with a break-in and assault. charles allegedly broke into the school's cumberland hall dorm as they entered the student's room to get property. >> and some nastiy weather out there. sue? >> reporter: we're not quite done yet, and we have had a lot of rain over an inch in many areas and new daily record for dulles and dwi and we go to sentinel radar and there is some more to come. most of that is to the region right now. some heavy rain to the hagerstown area and that is north of win chester and in cumberland and long and just west of interstate 81, we have flood watches in effect and that is meaningy that going to get full and there is thatting about batch coming in and that is through western-s

prince george's county executive rashern baker is expressing support for a high end casino there. maryland lawmakers would have to pass legislation to allow the casino. voters would also have to approve the idea in a referendum. if approved it would become the sixth gaming parlor in maryland. coming up at 6:30, we'll talk live to prince george's county's executive about the idea. >>> turning now to the republican presidential race this morning. g.o.p. hopeful rick santorum is trying to capitalize on his recent surge in the polls. >> he's targeting mitt romney in his home state. >> reporter: rick santorum signed autographs as he worked for votes in michigan. he'll spend a second day in the state trying to build on his lead. santorum is using michigan, the state where mitt romney grew up, to launch an attack on romney's lack of consistency. >> governor romney supported the bailout of wall street and decided not to support the bailout of detroit. my feeling was that we should not support, the government should not be involved in bailouts, period. >> reporter: thursday romney defended

. >> reporter: this was rashern baker's chance to lobby lawmakers on the high end casino he wants atational harbor. the county executive was opposed to gaming the ten years he was a state delegate but says he's changed his mind because the economy is different now and the vegas style casino would bring important and very needed revenue. the state senate budget and taxation committee held that hearing in annapolis today to allow discussion of the pros and cons. so far maryland law allows five casinos in the state. two have opened so far. a third is due to open this summer near anne arundel mills mall. county executive baker and the owner of the gay lord hotel at national harbor testified today that they want to make sure any casino at national harbor did not a slots barn but there is opposition. >> i wanted to ensure that gaming would not one, compromise who we are as a county, negatively impact our focus on growing our commercial tax base, or hinder our government from providing the level of service and amenities that our citizens deserve. >> i want to express it's extremely importan

this comes a week after prince george's county executive rashern baker announced his support for a billion dollar casino on national harbor. he talked about it right here on 9news now in the morning. right now only slots are allowed in the state. maryland voters would need to approve any expansion into table games like blackjack or poker before it become as reality. >>> english is now the only official language in frederick county, maryland. county commissioners approved the measure last night. 4-1 was the vote. all official actions in the county must now be done in english. however, it does not supersede state and federal rules and the county may still use other languages when it comes to public health and safety issues. >>> 6:37. jessica doyle is here and she's watching your money. >> 13,000 big mark yesterday. is it going to stick around, though. >> that's right. we're wondering will today be the day that the dow actually closes above 13,000. we crossed that milestone yesterday for a little while. the dow has nearly doubled in value since hitting rock bottom since march 9, 2009. up 98%