they will be performing in rosemont at the montrose and man from orland park is recovering and the hospital after he accidentally shot himself in the head with a nail gun and believe it or not he did not even know that he did that until hours later >>nancy loo is live at christ hospital in oak lawn ... dante autullo did not think it was anything serious but now he is recovering from brain surgery the father of four is alert and talking and is disappointed that he is not up and well enough to operate his plow for the snowstorm today >>he is incredibly lucky a few millimeters different could have meant tragedy >>has wife says that he was working on a project with a nail gun when it recoiled and went into his head ... >>he just thought the teeth of the nail gun got to him and he was just bleeding but what he did not realize that it shot into his brain >>the 32 year-old continue to work for about 30 hours until he woke up feeling nauseous after having his head examined he was taken to advocate christ medical center center for brain surgery he is now expected to be ok >>i am still in shock that

the silver spring area. let's take a look at 270 coming down from montrose to the point where the lanes divide.is fine here as well. coming up, we'll take another look around the area at 4:39. back to you, mike and andrea. >> in campaign 2012, most of the republican presidential candidates are continue campaigning today in new hampshire. ahead of next week's primary. mitt romney who picked up an endorsement from arizona senator john mccain wednesday will also visit south carolina. >> one person not on the campaign trail, michele bachmann. she dropped out of the race following her near last-place finish in the iowa caucuses. drew levinson has more. >> reporter: mitt romney hopes new hampshire will give him the landslide victory he couldn't get in iowa. >> talk about a squeaker. talk about a squeaker. do you think we can do better here in new hampshire? with senator john mccain at his side, he urged supporters to show up at the polls tuesday. a new survey shows romney holding a commanding lead in new hampshire with 43%. >> what you need to do, i'm asking you is to make sure that we send him to so

he has played at notable vilnius such as the -- notable venues such as montrose and carnegie hall. >>ould like to start by saying that in the last 15 or 20 years of my research, one thing i found most surprising as a musician myself in exploring music and the brain is how -- discovering where it is that music is. i always imagined as a player that the music was in my fingers. now i know is in the brain. it is a neuro-representation of the figures. music is in every part of the brain that we have mapped.

he has played at notable vilnius such as the -- notable venues such as montrose and carnegie hall. >> i would like to start by saying that in the last 15 or 20 years of my research, one thing i found most surprising as a musician myself in exploring music and the brain is how -- discovering where it is that music is. i always imagined as a player that the music was in my fingers. now i know is in the brain. it is a neuro-representation of the figures. music is in every part of the brain that we have mapped. there is no part of the brain that does not have something to do with music. i found that very surprising. i wondered if you find that surprising as a player and what your own intuitions were coming into it. >> i think my intuition is that music is something that gets received in some sense or another, like radio, like something you pick up. it is a vibration. when i have written my own music for the guitar, a lot of times it is the result of having experienced something and having to absorb it like you might absorb a vibration or light our experience something rhythmic like walkin

northbound at democracy boulevard, traffic stay to the right with no delays leading the beltway heading towards montroseand has been very quiet. hov rules are relaxed for everyone except the john hanson highway today. back inside. >> 22 degrees in vienna this morning, 6:43. >> several events taking place today in honor of martin luther king jr.. we will have a live report. >> and we will have the the word is swapportunity. can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut for this 110 calorie strawberry shortcake is a good swapportunity. that's not a real word. oh haha it's real. [ female announcer ] delicious creamy, yoplait light. over 30 flavors each around 100 calories. do the swap today. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> welcome back, everybody. it is 6:46. time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> let's check in with doug hill this morning to find out how things are shaping up. >> we will be in good shape today. a cool start. howeve

clear this morning. 270, nice easy trip out of frederick as you head all the way in past germantown, rockville. here we are at montrosehe far left there is the inbound traffic. nothing in your way. green light all the way into bethesda. 66 also looks good. trailing out of manassas through centreville. here we are inside the beltway as you head in toward the tr brim. nice, light volume. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. back to you. >>> the search is on for two men impersonating police officers. police say the men pulled over a driver in southeast around 3:00 minister morning saturday then robbed him. this happened in the 4800 block of texas avenue. the armed men were wearing dark vests with the word police written across the front. they got away in a dark chevy impal a police want to remind everyone, if they are pulled over, they can ask for id and call 911 if they are suspicious. >>> coming up next, notice gas prices creeping up a little bit lately. that is up next. >>> >>> we believe keeping kids healthy can start with healthy hands. with the lysol no-touch hand soap system healthy hands can be automatic

their turf with guns it close call for an elderly woman who drove her car to the edge of appear last night it was that montrose harbor her volkswagen was teetering on the edge when the chicago fire crews safely remove the woman out of the vehicle there were also able save the car before plunged into the water authorities initially thought that she was drunk but later said that she just appeared confused and s u v rolled over in and slammed into a house in west suburban we last night injuring both passengers it hit a tree before hitting the house near the intersection of naperville road in farnham lane the impact caused some damage to gas maeterlinck leading to a minor natural gas leak the police are also investigating the suvs involvement in two different crashes that happened prior to heading home of passengers were hospitalized butter expected to be ok what caused the as you the to go off courses yet to be determined about this time tamara the snow is expected to be falling thursday afternoon commute is expected to bieber also plan for delays by friday morning wicket more than 6 in. of snow on the ground the

the great spirigrief. a little bit of wet pavement. montrose road. traffic heading away from us is the south on traffic. legion bridge. >> 5:12 is your time. >> a scary experience during a flight during the detroit pistons basketball -- carrying the detroit pistons basketball team. >> forget about using wikipedia tomorrow. why the e whee wheeeeeeeeeeeee! wheeeeeeeeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! pure adrenaline. whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the new geico app today. whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! >> 5:14. we are learning there could be more problems coming from friday night's cruise ship disaster. italian officials are worried their dropsies could have caused some of half a million gallons of fuel -- worried that rough seas could have cost half a million gallons of fuel to leak out. we are live in northwest and joins us with the very latest. >> passengers aboard that ship said the captain and crew were unprepared for an emergency. they want the captain brought up on criminal charges. as the desperate search con

record in the league and, well, the wizards, we all know where they stand at 1-12, but everybody here tonight to see hometown boy kevin durant. now durant is a graduate of montrose christian, was picked second overall in the 2007 draft, played 14 games this season averaging 26 points a game. he's won the nba scoring title the last two years and is on his way to a third. the wizards are well aware of the tentie brings to the -- of the talent he brings to the floor. >> i'd say if i had to pick an mvp, i'd pick kevin. >> he does a lot of things to help him team win ballgames. i watched him from houston texas when he was a longhorn, followed his career while he was in college. reporter: we can probably expect a pretty decent crowd tonight. i've already seen a lot of oklahoma city jerseys. i talked with some youngsters yesterday coming to the game. they didn't really care to see the wizards. they just wanted to see kevin durant. here's what some of the other fans already waiting here had to say about tonight's game. >> he's coming back home and i expect the crowd to show up. >> seeing kevin and russell westbrook will be really awesome, see how john wall stacks up wit

a little slower than the speed limit as you head down toward montrose road and then you're ok down to the point where the lanes divide. back over to the maps, we'll head over to an accident on the northbound side of 295 right at first sterling avenue. it has been there for about 20 to 30 minutes so it is causing some slow traffic on the suitland parkway and north on 295 trying to get past the accident scene. let's take a live look into the downtown area. pennsylvania avenue near the reagan building and the willard intercontinental hotel. no problems to report in the northwest corridor here. looking great. coming up, i'll update you on the situation on 66 at 6:45. >> staffers for d.c. city councilman harry thomas jr. are being told to look for other jobs now. >> thomas is expected to resign amid allegations he stole money that was supposed to go to charity. >> 9news now was the first to bring you this story. delia gonsalves is live outside the wilson building to tell us what will be going on today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mike. we're getting a better idea of exactly ho

the beltway. tucker's right. my trip in out of gaithersburg, when i left my house, not a drop of rain at all. by 270 to montrose, this is a good shower through the area and by the time i hit the beltway, nothing. i guess it is depending what you're coming in and encountering. kennilworth avenue here, the traffic is flowing freely southbound and northbound, as you work to pennsylvania avenue. that is a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> we begin with breaking news this morning from georgetown. people are being treated for carbon monoxide exposure. and this is happening in the 1200 block of 33rd street. and that is near m street. we understand that possibly three people were sickened by carbon monoxide. we'll bring you more information as we get it this morning. >>> to some other stories, police say the 19-year-old man stumbled into the kennedy rec center before collapsing and later died. and officers are still looking for a suspect and motive and think that might be related to an earlier knife point robbery that happened in the same area. >>> and in prince georges county, police are working to retrieve a b

the results. everybody is further ahead. >> reporter: after being laid off by g.m., employees like carl montrose say the rebound is music to ears. a second chance he and his new wife stephanie, a school teacher, thought they'd never see. carl's dad worked for g.m. too for 42 years, in fact. but the new g.m., carl says, has an atmosphere of ownership and accountability that his father probably wouldn't recognize. >> instead of pushing just numbers we're pushing quality in and doing a lot of the right things. a lot of folks are having a hard time adjusting to the new system because they're still nervous that if you do the right thing you're going to get in trouble because it might stop production or slow production down. it's really not that way anymore. now it's about getting a good car out. >> reporter: 800 new vehicles a day are made here now. not bad for a plant that was on the verge of shutting down perhaps for good. >> a lot of heritage here. lot of pride. still aate low of talented people were out to prove that it can compete with the best. >> reporter: maybe denise norman summed it all up the best. after 33 years at

the old ramp of 295. southbound 270 nice and easy leaving montrose road headed out towards the split.e traffic. >>> the broncos have been in three overtime games this year. they won them all. got him at the 40. the 50. to the 30, to the 20. to the 10. denver is going onto new england. >> the announcers were already to go with all the overtime knowledge and they couldn't drop it after that one play. tebow time once again. tim tebow hitting thomas for the 08-yard pass. dave ross is here with us this morning. i think is only tough thing over weekend was the fact that this was the nicest weather- wise weekend that we had to get out and do something other than watch football which was impossible to do. fantastic action over the weekend. >> great games, all four games. talking about that overtime game. i didn't know the recover time rules. they got new rules -- i didn't know the overtime rules. they got new rules. >> it looks like it is different in a different time zone or who gets the ball. >> depending on how many points you get, you mate play or not. >> it was a sensational weekend, ste

the fans will cheer for him. durant is grade wait of montrose christian picked -- a graduate of montrose christian picked second overall in the draft. started the season with four straight games over 30 points. he's exciting to watch and even harder to stop. >> kevin is the most versatile player to probably ever play the game. his overall game as far as offense and defense, but durant is in a league by himself. >> he's an amazing player with hartal he is and the wingspan he has, the things he does on the floor is almost unheard of and for him to be so young playing at the level he's at, he's most definitely by far one of the best players in the lead. reporter: the thunder provided a successful model for rebuilding the team, kind waft wizards are trying to do right now. in '07 while they were still in seattle they won just 20 games and next year they were in oklahoma and started 3-32, but after a change in culture they've had back to back a 50 win season and made it to the finals last year. here's what they say is their little secret. >> i think it's just hard work. everybody on our team committed to winning and getting

. >>> coming in from the north on 270, just a light flow on montrose road right now. 36degrees right now. items in the sunken titanic ocean line are going on the ocean block. the collection of hundreds of artifact said to be worth nearly $190 million. >>> there is actually a legal catch here. a federal judge has ordered all of the artifacts must be sold to one buyer who will maintain them and make them available for public view. julie chang has a look at some of the treasures. >> reporter: we're sailing into the past from pores lap china to precious jewelry, today aboard the intrepid, a special preview of historic items from the titanic. >> there are more than 5500 such artifacts that started being recovered in 1987. >> things that were used by passengers in first, second and third class. there are examples of the special service and car a parisian first chas china as well as a second class dining plate and a third class cup and saucer. >> reporter: 1517 passengers died when the titanic sank. today, a rare glimpse of their personal items. all of these artifact will go up for auction i

the trip south along 270, father hurly boulevard out to montrose road a good 30-minute commute with theroad down to 19 miles per hour. it gives you an idea you're crawling along headed southbound on 270 headed into rockville. the beltway, springfield, headed out toward 66, about a 20-minute ride right now. again, lanes are open on the west side of town, but definitely slow going with the average speed at braddock road down to 17 miles per hour. accident activity still in play. this is what's tying up our commute for motorists traveling along sunrise valley working out towards south lakes drive, this intersection remains closed off at this time with fire rescue teams responding to the scene. tucker was talking the commute, eastbound on route 50, you'll find lanes open, no problems to report in each direction between annapolis and buoy. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> new this morning, more deadly violence in iraq. at least 32 people were killed today when a suicide bomber blew up a car full of explosives. this happened in baghdad near a funeral procession. at least half

the right lane. three lanes getting by. and we'll have in our next report more details for you. southbound bw parkway, at speed. 270 montroseing along well. and the beltway at arlington boulevard, more volume but still moving. >>> a new law aimed at cracking down on distracted driving and cell phone use behind the wheel. all commercial drivers, including truck and bus drivers, are now banned from using handheld cell phones. the new law affected an estimated 4 million commercial drivers. the law does make an exception, however, for emergency responders and roadside assistance workers. >>> prepay gas pumps may become a thing of the past if new technology proves effective. consumer reports magazine says two michigan gas stations are testing a new program called post pay. it lets people swipe their driver's license to unlock the pump and pay at the end. the license information is then sent to police if anyone tries to leave before they actually pay. the investor tells the magazine store employees cannot see the license information, and it is not recorded. >>> sales of electric cars fail to spark much interest in the first full

the wilson bridge. a crash in springfield has been taken care of. now to 270 at shady grove road montrose- coming on to the beltway across the american legion bridge, running ok. back to you. >> thank you. 43 degrees and falls church. >> the latest from vote 2012 and updates on the republican presidential candidates preparing for next week's primary in south carolina >> . and more from the consumer on my journey across america i've learned that when you ask someone in texas if they want "bibig" savings on car inrance, it's a bit like asking if they want a big hat... ...'scuse me... ...or a big steak... ...or big hair... i think we have our answer. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> investigators say the same man may be responsible for two home invasions in the last two days. the book into a bethesda home yesterday morning and held three people for nearly an hour. if the suspect sexually assaulted a woman. police believe he may have also broken into a home in wheaton on tuesday. this is its picture. people will gather in woodbrige to say good

270 coming in from frederick, you'll find the normal slow traffic from 85 down toward route 109 and 121. then again, let's take a live look at 270 at montrose in rockville. not too bad where the lanes divide. no delays as you head for the american legion bridge on the west side of town. before i go, i have a commuter alert affecting metro riders. a lot of single tracking starting tonight and going through the weekend. so, listen up. this is a long list! on the red line, two place for single tracking between dupont circle and friendship heights as well as between takoma park and forest glen. extra trains added through downtown during the day so that's tomorrow and sunday through the weekend. two spots on the green line as well. georgia avenue to fort totten and naylor road to branch avenue where the green and yellow lines run together, yellow line trains will be retimed to align better with the green line service. on the blue and orange lines downtown, there will be single tracking between smithsonian and eastern market and where the two lines run together, expect trains every 13 minutes. elsewhere, trains will come every 26 minutes. all of

the pentagon. and down 270 southbound headlights southbound on 270 approach in falls road, looks good beyond to montrose looking at 66. stick around for? . >> more americans are expected to watch the super bowl this year and are expected to spend more on food than ever before. according to the national retail federation survey, americans are expected to spend $11 billion total on the super bowl. that's a lot of chicken wings tips and other snacks. the survey also looks at the electronics and team swag. 173 million people will watch the game, the most in eight years. >> bus is getting louder about the super bowl game itself, but also about the new crops ads you will be seeing. >> david gives us a look. >> one of the first big changes super bowl ads coming out long before the game begins. volkswagen posted a minute-long teaser of a k-9 corps is performing the darth vader theme. -- canine team. >> it is legal, i believe. >> the second big change, many of them will be much longer. here's a 1-minute one from audi, celebrating its l.e.d. headlights technology. it's only bad news if you are vampire. last the a

the bags are going to low income residents. >>> parking rates are going up in downtown silver spring and north bethesda. this includes areas along rockville pike, seven locks road, veirs mill road, montrose road and randolph road. parking rates have jumped by a dime an hour. about 600 meters are affected. >>> there is a new ad campaign in georgia and it is targeting childhood obesity and it is getting some criticism. the ads showed chubby kids talking about their bodies. in one tv ad, a boy asks his mom why he's fat. in another, obese little girls talk about how she is bullied about her weight and how it hits her feelings. she's pictured on a billboard that says it is hard to be a little girl if you're not. they're trying to do a public good but what they're ultimately doing is really shaming and blaming both kids and ultimately parents. shame and blame doesn't work. it just makes people feel bad. >> dr. scott caan at johns hopkins says shame and blame approaches never work. what's needed to address the country's obesity problem is multi-facetted campaigns including education, marketing and price incentives. >>> a new break through could help infertile men have children. researchers in g

bw parkway at the 32, you can see in our cameras traffic is moving. not a lot of volume yet. over an 270 at montrose you can see an awful lot of pavement. things are wide open. and 66 at nutley, a little bit of volume but absolutely nothing in your way. eun, joe, back to you. >> thank you, carol. >>> there remains a lot of uncertainty this morning on the eve of the iowa caucuses. the gop presidential hopefuls will make one final push across the state today trying to secure the state of republican voters who are unsure about the field. tracie potts is live in des moines with the candidates to watch. tracie, good morning to you. >> hi, joe. good morning, everyone. 4 out of 10 iowans say they could still change their mind. this is still a very volatile race or caucus we'll see tomorrowful the one to watch seems to be rick santorum. coming out of single digits a few weeks ago, he's now surging in the polls. he's in third place with 15% support. when you look at the last couple days of polling, he's actually in a virtual tie with the front-runner mitt romney. the issue between the two seems to be who's m

montrose road, bethesda's fee went up last august. >> after 50 year debate and several years of construction, maryland's intercounty connector finally opened in late november. >> despite therelatively high tolls, more motorists are using the icc than planners thought they would be. okay. any way, they are using it more fox 5s. john end a happen is crunching numbers. >> reporter: at 25¢s a mile during peak periods, and 25 off peak. motorists get plenty of warning for variable costs of using the icc, through various electronic signs the relatively high tolls keeps some drivers away. >> i could go that way, if the traffic was really bad, all those exits that take you into dc i might take it if it wasn't $4 but if there is no wreck i will take my time around the 495. >> if it was a buck or two would you use it. >> probably but between gas and all that, it is a little ... >> state transportation officials estimated in the early months of usage, 20,000 cars per week day would ride on the icc preliminary figures for traffic volumes show more cars than that on week days in december. >> i think it is great speeds up time getting around to other side of 95, i use it whenever i go t