Was going to happen, but it still hurt when i got outside. The reality of it is amazing. Just 36 days ago, it was 70 degrees. Now weve dropped to 40 degrees, much of the region. Theres a lot of blue, that means its below freezing. All those areas in blue are generally in the low 30s and 20s. Covers much of virginia and maryland and West Virginia and all around the northeast, all the way down to the carolinas into the midwest. It is below freezing. And weve got a clear sky now. There are some high clouds drifting in the midwest. Theyll be coming our way later today. Heres your forecast hour by hour through the day. Cold morning, dress accordingly. By noontime, still cold, only around 40. Ought to hit mid 40s by mid afternoon. Latest on that and the hometown forecast will be coming up in just ten minutes. Back the you. We are following some breaking news right now on the beltway. Tony tull is lye on the scene with the latest. Good morning, tony. Richard, good morning. A few folks out there waking up and travel the outer loop near the 270 split. Its going to be a rough morning for you here. You can see a tractortrailer overturned on its side. This happened just a couple hours ago. Right now, we have looks like one lane of the outer loop blocked. Right now they have a tow truck here. Theyre going to try to up right this tractortrailer here. We hear that there may be some produce inside, so they just brought in literally about two minutes ago a small bobcat, or a small bulldozer. So theyre expecting some of the produce to flow on to the outer loop here and that may cause some additional delays. We did talk to the state Highway Administration and they told us that this may not be cleaned up until about 10 00 or 11 00 a. M. This morning, so if you travel the outer loop near the 270 split, it will be a long drive. Right now, well toss it back to danella. Thank you for that update. Also checking the beltway right now, this time as you make your way towards bw parkway, road work had one lane getting by in both directions. Its clear. Your travel lanes are open. If youre taking the rails, open with no reported delays. A new report will be presented to metros board that details the systems decision to extend how far new silver line trains will run. Silver line cars were originally supposed to run between the new wheelie reston east station and stadium armory, and now they will run all the way to largo town center. Safety concerns were a major reason for the change. The stadium was too st. Paul and couldnt be up grated to meet ntsb safety standards. The change will cost about 4. 6 million in the first year and it will reduce the number of orange and blue line trains, eliminating new rush plus service on the line. Breaking news this morning out of egypt. At least five people have been killed in the streets of cairo after more clashes overnight in front of the palace of president mohamed morsi. Last night, the city saw the worst violence since last month when morsi announced near absolute power. The conflict continues over the proposed constitution drafted by morsis allies. Many fear it would revert the country to an authoritarian government. Were getting more news about the United Nations peace envoy for syria. That meeting is expected to happen later today in dublin. The military there has reportedly begun loading aerial bombs with a deadly nerve gas. This meeting signals fresh hopes of a breakthrough to end syrias 21month civil war. New this morning, d. C. Firefighters are trying to figure out what sparked the flames at an Apartment Building in southeast washington. This fire started around 1 30 along minnesota avenue. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Were told at least three families had to find another place to sleep. This morning, d. C. Police are trying to figure out what led to a stabbing in front of the australian embassy. This happened just after 10 00 last night. Police tell us a man was stabbed in the side and was conscious and breathing when they arrived. Theres no word this morning on the mans condition or any arrests. People in one part of Prince Georges County are getti intins flier in efforts of finding a teens killer. The victim pictured is 14yearold elezer reyes. He was with two gang members when he was killed yesterday morning. A van pulled up and someone from the inside started firing. A 25,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction. A memorial will be held this weekend to remember a College Student from Northern Virginia killed in the caribbean. 22yearold Casey Schulman died in a snorkeling accident last saturday. She was with a semester at sea program. She was hit by a boats propellers. Schulman graduated from Stuart High School in falls church in 2009. The public memorial is scheduled for saturday morning at 11 00. Today the first family will really get into the holiday spirit lighting the National Christmas tree. This years event included several starstudded acts. Megan now with a preview of the big event. Reporter this is the 90th annual lighting of the christmas tree. This started in 1923 with Calvin Coolidge and that tradition continuing today, with lots of things that are new this year. You see the stage brandnew. The orientation of the stage is new as well. Its got kind of an interesting perspective. You see the tree to the left of the stage, and then you also see the white house. They switched things up a little bit. We also have a new tree this year. Im joined by scott tucker with the National Park service. Talk about the tree itself. Because thats the highlight of this event. What happened . We have a new tree. We do have a new tree. Back in president s day weekend of 2011, the wind storm came through d. C. And snapped the tree that was planted in 1978. We transplanted a new tree because the National Christmas tree is a live, living tree. We transplanted in one in march of 2011. That one didnt make it. And so this year, roughly a month ago, october of this year, we transplanted this 30foottall colorado blue spruce from northwest West Virginia and were looking forward to many christmass with it. The preevent is 4 30. Correct. We hope everyones in their seat by 4 30 when the preshow will begin. 5 00 is when the big festivities start and its about an hourlong program. Reporter okay, thanks so much for joining us. Coming up later, well talk about the starstudded lineup and some of the things were expecting to see later on this evening. Reporting live from the ellipse, megan mcgrath. It could make a mess of traffic tonight. 15th street will be closed between constitution and pennsylvania avenues. 17th street will be closed between constitution and new york avenues. The roads will reopen at 7 00. Its going to be a nice night for that. Chilly, though. Yeah, youve got to bundle up. Still to come this morning, new findings that could change the way doctors treat Breast Cancer. Also ahead, help on the way to the district following superstorm sandy. Plus, the out of this world images that are giving us a new perspective on planet earth. It is really feeling like winter now. [ boy 1 ] hey thats the last crescent. Oh, did you want it . Yea well split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. Thats half thats not half guys, i have more thanks mom [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents. Let the making begin [ female announcer ] holiday cookies are a big job. Everything has to be just right. Perfection is in the details. Get to holiday fun faster with pillsbury cookie dough. Welcome back. It is 37 degrees out there. Do not adjust your monitors. This is what it feels like after a nice stretch of springlike weather. Tom telling us more about our forecast. Were in the 20s, much of the region under a clear sky. Prince georges county bright and sunny by 7 00 this morning, but still going to be around freezing. For the lunch hour, only around 40 degrees there. Here is the hour by hour forecast for the whole region. Afternoon highs climbing just into the mid 40s. Big change for the last couple of days. A lack at your sevenday outlook in ten minutes, a look at traffic now with danella. Good morning. Good morning. Well start with the rails. No reported delays. All are running on or close to schedule. Over to the roadway. Its expected to last through the morning now. Outer loop of the beltway, as you make your way towards i270. Overturned tractor trailers still blocking the right lane. Nice and clear from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. No issues ooas you commute into the district. Sure they try your patience, but a new study is looking at if our children truly shorten our lives. Also ahead, the aftermath this morning after a radio a mob scene a chaotic scene in one new york neighborhood comes after a standoff that started when police went to arrest a man and he pulled a gun on them. He was wanted for firing a gun at two people back in september. As he tried to make a run for it, officers pounced on him, but then as Police Officers made the arrest, neighbors stormed past the police line. No one was hurt. Oddly enough, though, the mans relative was also killed in a Police Standoff earlier this year. Thousands of pages of documents reveal more details about accused gunman in the colorado Movie Theater massacre. James holmes is accused of injuring 58 others in the aurora theater shooting. He was wuonce a student at the university of colorado. University officials raised safety concerns when Police Identified holmes as the shooter. One email stated holmes had a brief relationship with a graduate student but was not dating her at the time of the shootings. Documents also noted that holmes signed his emails cheers, james holmes. The family of a man pushed off a new york city subway platform is speaking out for the first time. Officers say the men got into an argument on a subway platform, then davis shoved hahn on to the traffic. She says she doesnt blame bystanders for not saving her father. Yeah, the thought of someone helping him up in a matter of seconds would have been great, but yeah, like i said, what happened has happened. Detectives said davis made statements that implicated himself for the crime during question. This morning, Software Founder john mcafee is in Police Custody in guatemala. Authorities arrested him for entering the country illegally. This came just hours after mcafee tried to seek political asylum there. He is known for developing antivirus software. Hes considered a person of interest in the shooting death of a neighbor. Mcafee insists he did nothing wrong. Fiscal cliff negotiations are looking gloomy with no meetings planned for today and many lawmakers already on their way home for a long weekend. Yesterdays negotiations consisted on a phone call between president obama and House Speaker john boehner. Both are still sticking to their separate plans. The president s plan raises taxes on the top 2 to raise 1. 6 trillion in revenue, while the gop wants to close tax loopholes to raise half as much. We can probably solve this in about a week. Its not that tough. But we need that conceptual breakthrough that says we need to do a balanced plan. Ill be available at any moment to sit down with the president to get serious about solving this problem. The white house says they are also concerned that republicans may use the debt ceiling, which will need to be raised early next year to get their way on tax and spending cuts. The pentagon is already planning major cuts in case there is no deal. The preliminary plan is to cut 500 billion dollars in jobs and programs. The pentagons Spokesman Says those cuts could force the Defense Department to abandon its new military strategy. Its also likely to affect spending on weapons and Technology Programs as well as how the military provides for troops and their families. Two australian radio hosts are apologizing for a prank call that revealed confidential information about Kate Middleton. Oh hello there, could i please speak to kate, please, my granddaughter . Oh yes, just hold on, maam. Thank you. After impersonating the queen and prince charles, they were connected to a nurse in middletons ward. She revealed the duchess of cambridge had not experienced any morning sickness recently. The hospital says it is reviewing its phone protocol and is considering taking legal action against the radio station. In the philippines, the death toll is climbing after a powerful typhoon lashed parts of the south pacific. This morning the number of deaths climbs to 350 and about 400 people are still missing. Many of the dead and unaccounted for are from the southern parts of the nation. In one area, about 80 villagers and soldiers died if a flash flood that swamped two emergency shelters. A National Weather service in the u. S. Is reconsidering how theyre issuing warnings. Theyre considering a new plan even if storms are no longer a hurricane or tropical storm. Some have criticized the National Hurricane center because it stopped issuing hurricane warnings after sandys wind speeds dropped, which many have said caused people to disregard the danger of storm. Meantime, the Senate Transportation committee will hold a meeting today to discuss thousand storm damaged transportation. Meantime, the district is about to get more help from the federal government for sandy cleanup. President obama has declared a major disaster in d. C. He ordered federal aid to supplement Recovery Efforts in areas affected by octobers massive storm. The president made an Emergency Declaration for the district shortly after sandy, but a major disaster declaration means more longterm federal aid. It is earth like weve never seen it before. Nasa just released what theyre calling black marble images of the planet at night. You might be familiar with seeing the earth during the day, which is known as blue marble photos. Engineers say getting a picture this clear at that time of the day is extremely rare because of cloud cover and seasonal changes. Yeah, look at that. Beautiful. Really nice. The time right now is 5 21. Time to get a check of weather and traffic on the 1s and get ready for a cold little blast when you step outside. Whats going on out there . Were in the earths shadow now and it is cold here. Weve got the festive lights that are now lighting up many neighborhoods and its certainly now feeling like the holidays. Its down into the 20s. Much of the region, weve dropped about 40 degrees here in the last 36 hours and it will be at our below freezing most of the region from the mountains and the valleys all the way through 8 00. We will climb to near 40 by noontime and into the mid 40s by afternoon time. The fourday forecast showing clouds moving in tonight. I think were going to have a lot of cloudiness around on friday, saturday, and sunday. Slight chance of sprinkles tomorrow, but a cold start, afternoon highs reaching 40 degrees. Some of the colder valleys could have perhaps freezing sprinkle activity. Well keep an eye on that. That would be for tomorrow morning. And during the day on saturday, milder air moves in. A lot of cloudiness. Maybe a sprinkle. Highs reaching the low 60s during the afternoon after a foggy start. On sunday, a lot of clouds, a bit cooler. The sevenday outlook into next week. Monday its looking cloudy, too, and the likelihood of rain is well have a front coming in from the west. That front will warm things up. Does look like well have a good chance of showers during the afternoon into the evening and then getting chilly again on tuesday and wednesday. Ill be back in ten minutes. Danella here with a look at traffic. Good morning. Here im following news on the beltway. If youre traveling the beltway, outer loop of the beltway, expect a crash thats going to last all morning long, it involves a tractortrailer at i270 right now blocking the right lane. Its still on its side. At some point theyre going to have to turn the tractortrailer back on to its wheels and it may block more of your lanes. Lets shoot over to 395. This accident just happening. And now you can see northbound 395 at duke. Just the Left Shoulder lane gets by the crash there. Just taking up the road in this area. I want to show you, good news is your volume is still pretty light as of right now. But that may change in about ten minutes or so. So if youre traveling 395 eastbound in virginia, expect some delays until that crash clears. Still checking the rails and theyre all looking good. Back over to you both. Good news this morning about a wellknown Breast Cancer drug. It turns out taking it when taken for a long period of time can be a lifesaver. A study finds that women who took it for five years had a third less chance of dieing from the disease, but new study found their risk was cut in half if they took the drug for ten years. Doctors say the finding is significant. It has huge Worldwide Public Health implications because the price is very low and the efficacy is extremely high. It has possible side effects from hot flashes to blood clots and an increased endometrial cancer risk, but doctors say the risks are not enough to offset the benefits. Well, children may be exhausting, but having a child could actually extend your life. A new Study Reveals parenthood cuts the risk of early death, especially among women. The early death rate from circulatory disease, cancer and accidents from childless women was four times as high as that among those who gave birth to their own children. It was 50 lower among those who adopted. How about that . So children are going to pay off for you. Today the nhl players and owners hope to move closer to ending a monthslong lockout. No hard details have been released, but the Players Union and owners did exchange new proposals. Players say they will meet internally today to go over the new offers before returning to the bargaining table. The lockout is now in its 83rd day and the sides are still split over how to divide league revenues. Well, redskins rookie quarterback rg3 is already headed to the hall of fame. Griffins grass and dirt stained jersey and cleats from monday nights win over the giants are headed to canton. The rookie ran for 72 yards in the game, which helped him break the single season record by rushing for a quarterback with 714 yards. Cam newton set the previous record just last year. Griffin said it is awesome, but he hopes it is just the first step in a long career. And i have a feeling this is right. This is his first season in pro football. Its crazy p. Youd take a piece of that grass. I think hes terrific. Im a big fan. A friendly wager is brewing between two local politicians ahead of sundays redskinsravens showdown. Howard county executive kent ullmann issued a challenge to Prince Georges County executive baker on youtube. If somehow you sneak a victory, which i cant imagine happening, even though you got lucky this past week against the giants, i will proudly wear an rg3 jersey for an entire day. Ullmann says if the ravens win, he wants baker to wear the jersey of ravens defensive end haloti ngata at work on a friday. Baker has accepted the challenge but he says he wants to up the ante. He will reveal his new terms for the deal today. What could that be, like griffining at work or Something Like that . That would be cool. That would be great to see. And you have to post it on twitter and facebook and everything else. I like that idea. Coming up, a major milestone for gay marriage in maryland. The change is in place today for samesex coupled hoping to get married next year. One companys plan to track your every move thats raising privacy concerns. How long these freezing temperatures wil there is no massproduced human. Every human being is unique. And there is one store that recognizes it. The sleep number store. The only place in the world youll find. The extraordinarily comfortable sleep number experience. 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Metro is ready to detail big changes to its new silver line as it adds new stations to the line. And the first family will flip the switch tonight for the 90th annual lighting of the christmas tree. Well have much more on those stories throughout the morning, but first, good morning to you. Im eun yang. And im Richard Jordan in for aaron gilchrest. It is starting to feel like winter. Talk about the flipping of a switch. We had to do it because santa is arriving for the National Tree lighting. It gets too hot in that suit. And those reindeer, they get irritable if its too warm. Good point. It is a cold, cold morning. We are starting off with temperatures down into the 20s. Much of maryland and virginia into West Virginia, it is down to the mid to upper 20s right now. A tremendous change from what it was just 36 hours ago. Remember that was a brief fleeting memory. It was around 70 degrees just a couple days ago. Well, take a look now at the view from space. Weve got a clear sky over the region now there. Are a few clouds drifting in from the west. Those will be sweeping over the area during the afternoon areas and by then well be climbing into the upper 40s, but its going to be a cold morning. Wear your puffy coat. Youll need it the next couple hours. Around 40 for your lunch hour. And then coming back home from work and school from the mid 40s back down to the low 40s by late afternoon. Ill be back in ten minutes with a hometown recast. We have some breaking news on the beltway that could impact your morning commute. Tony tull is live with the latest. Good morning. Reporter that commute is already starting to be impacted, as you just mentioned. You can see cars starting to slow already here on the utter loop of the beltway right by the 270 split. The cause, that overturned tractortrailer. We did talk to the state Highway Administration. They told us this will not be clear until about 10 00 or 11 00 this morning. The reason, well, you can see those state highway workers, they are unloading the contents of that trailer by hand. You can see the bobcat, the mini bulldozer there, to assist them. Were told it may be some produce in there. We havent heard exactly what is the contents of that trailer. But again, this overturned tractortrailer on the outer loop of the beltway closing one lane by the 270 split. Again, will not be cleared until about 10 00 or 11 00 this morning. Were going to continue to stay on this. But for now well toss it back to danella. Thank you, tony. Im also checking an accident right now, if youre traveling 395. The crash northbound had just the Left Shoulder lane getting by. Now you can see the left lane gets by, but again, youre still down to one lane. The good news is that crash looks like its just being pushed over to the right shoulder lane. So hopefully as you travel 395, youll get your lanes back open. Now, lets head over to 50 in maryland. As you make your way past davidsonville road, heading towards the district, nice and clear in both directions east and westbound on 50. Connecting to the beltway, no issues as all. From 50, inner loop and outer loop nice and clear. Im back in ten minutes. Back to you. A major step for gay rights in maryland today. Today the state will start issuing marriage licenses for samesex couples. The documents issued today will be post dated as january 1st, 2013. The states Attorneys Generals Office is allowing this to avoid a backlog. The vote helped couples better plan their ceremonies. They really wanted maryland. They didnt want to go to d. C. They didnt want to go to delaware. So they were just kind of waiting. Ive been doing ceremonies in maryland, but normally they get married in d. C. First and do a big wedding ceremony for family and friends in maryland. Port Officials Say the process could cause a backlog on marriage licenses today. Their Computer Systems typically dont process post dated documents. Today licenses will also be available for samesex couples in washington state. The states governor signed the law into effect yesterday, but it actually goes into effect today. Some counties there started issuing wedding certificates and licenses just after midnight because there is a threeday waiting period, the earliest that wedding can take place is sunday. Also today in washington state, Recreational Use of marijuana is legal. New this morning, at least one person is in a hospital after a condo fire in alexandria. The flames broke out after midnight inside the building along South Washington street. Were told at least one person was taken to the hospital with burns and smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Fairfax county firefighters say a natural gas leak may be to blame for this house fire. Take a look at this home video of the flames along davisfield lane in springfield. The fire sparked around 8 00 last night. Crews quickly put the flames out. The family wasnt home at the time. The homeowner tells us shes grateful firefighters were able to save what they could. I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, my rational side says well get through. This of course, its also very emotional. And they were kind enough to bring my scrapbooks out and i put those in a neighbors house. So im happy about that because thats what i really cared about, the pictures. No one was hurt. The family is now staying with friends. One person was rushed to the hospital after a serious car accident in Prince Georges County. Chopper 4 was over the scene last night along route 197 in laurel. Police say two people were ejected from their vehicle after the driver lost control shutting down route 197 for hours. One of the people in the car has life threatening injuries. Police are still trying to figure out exactly what led to that crash. There are new allegations this morning that Campaign Staffer mayor vincent gray may have concealed donations during the 2010 election. Thats according to the washington post. They cite several people familiar with the fbi probe into grays campaign who say City Employees and contractors were promised that their contributions would not be reported. That is against City Campaign finance laws. The unreported donations are separate from what investigators call an illegal Shadow Campaign that raised more than 600,000 for gray. The brother of former d. C. Council chairman kwame brown is facing bank fraud charges, the same charge that led brown to resign his council seat. He made false claims about his income on a Mortgage Loan application in 2010. His Attorney Says that brown plans to plead guilty. Che brown also pled guilty to a similar charge in 1995. Invasion of privacy or Creative Marketing . Thats the question behind new technology that verizon is working on. According to a Patent Application, the company is trying to create a device like a dvr that can record your every move. The idea is to cater tv ads specifically to you. But some say the device crosses the line, and nbc Technology Contributor says users will always have the option to turn off the technology. Just the idea that we would all be carrying around gps devices in our pockets, checking in to locations and telling our friends where we are, that would seem pretty creepy five years ago, but nowadays, everybodys doing it. I just want to enjoy my show, fall asleep in front of the couch and not worry about someone watching me fall asleep. Verizon would not comment on their Patent Application but says it all works to protect and respect the privacy of its customers. No, thank you. You can turn it off. Thats a good option. 5 37 now. 37 degrees. Still to come, watch what you post online. Why a virginia womans negative reviews on the website yelp landed her in court. Plus, why one young girl wants to give the easy bake oven a makeover. A shock to the system as you step outside. How long the cold weather is sticking around next. Plus, problems are an eighth grade girl cooked up a campaign to take on the maker of the easy bake oven. 13yearold mckin that pope posted a video on change. Org. She says her 4yearold brother gavin loves to cook. The family tried to get him an easy bake oven but says all the toys are marketed to girls. Pope says this is not the message hasbro should be sending to kids. Why are women in the kitchen and guys, you know, working . Like thats basically what hasbro is saying. Really this company that ive grown to love so much would resort to conforming to societal gender roles . Like, i dont see why. Wow. Pope hopes her appeal will convince hasbro to make a gender neutral oven in time for christmas. So far hasbro has not commented on the video. She makes a strong case. Shes only 13 talking about conforming to societal gender roles. Smart cookie right there. Raern th and this is a company shes grown to love. Im sure theyll come up with something. Time for weather and traffic. You need your warmest winter coat this morningle december finally regaining its dignity as a winter month. Its down to the upper 20s in much of the region. That includes all of virginia and maryland, except right near the title potomac. Heres the hometown forecast. Sun up and only in the upper 20s, but by the lunch hour, near the low 40s there with a blue sky. Well have increasing clouds. Afternoon highs reaching the mid 40s. My latest school visit and the sevenday outlook in ten minutes, a look at traffic now with danella. Im checking breaking news on the beltway. Thats where well start. I270, the tractortrailer crash still on its side. Its expected to last through the morning rush. Lets shoot over to 395. Crash here was just allowing the Left Shoulder to get by. That accident has just been moved to your right shoulder lane. Delays are about a mile right now. Back over to you both. 36 degrees now at 5 42. Put the phone down and just drive. The changes taking place now to curb distracted driving if virginia. Plus, why there is no massproduced human. So we created the extraordinarily comfortable sleep number experience. A collection of innovations designed around a bed with dualair technology that allows you to adjust to the support your body needs. Each of your bodies. Our sleep professionals will help you find your sleep number setting. Exclusively at a sleep number store. Sleep number. Comfort individualized. This holiday season, give the gift thats magical the innovative airfit adjustable pillow at special 30 savings. Were getting information about an earthquake in iran. Reuters putting the number of dead at eight and several more injured. This is video sb tinto the news. The 5. 2 magnitude kuwait hit near the border. Unbelievable video right there. Parents in fairfax are on alert after a gun was found inside a students locker. Administrators notified police and sent a letter to parents. The students are facing disciplinary action. There is a 25,000 reward for information that helps police find who killed a teen in Prince Georges County. They handed out a flier to people in lis i lewisville. So far, no arrests have been made. Police have been trying to figure out who tried to blast their way into an atm in fredericksburg, virginia. Someone planted an explosive at the virginia credit union. It wasnt Strong Enough to break open the atm and no one was hurt. Memorial plans are being made for a virginia College Student killed in the caribbean. 22yearold Casey Schulman was snorkeling last saturday when she was hit by the boats propeller. Schulman was a senior at the university of virginia and traveling with a semester at sea program. She graduated from Stewart High School in falls church in 2009. Her family scheduled a public memorial for saturday morning at 11 00. Cuba is accusing the u. S. Of lying about the health of a maryland man imprisoned in their country. Cubas Foreign Ministry says speculation that alan gross has cancer or that his health is deteriorating is false. They say he has been treated decently while in prison, seeing qualified doctors and speaks often with friends and family. The u. S. Has increased pressure on cuba to release gross, who has lost 100 pounds and developed a mass on his shoulder. Cuba wants a trade. They will release gross if the u. S. Allows five cuban spies to walk free. Today quanticos bid commander the pretrial questions if Bradley Mannings case should be dismissed due to excessive punishment while in lockup. Yesterday a top correctional officer at the Marine Corps Base said manning was kept on suicide watch for a week. The officer said the commander did not follow a psychiatrist recommendation to take manning off suicide watch. A shakeup this morning in virginias race for governor. Tom perielo announced he will not run for office. He said he couldnt put his full commitment behind the race. The decision leaves terry makulof as the lone democrat in the race. It is up for a judge to decide businessman greg hall filed for an appeal. The judge ruled that hall nor Tiffany Alston should get the race. Governor Martin Omalley asked a panel to withdraw his nomination after learning of his criminal past that included drug and gun charges. The judge ruled governor Martin Omalley will pick the next delegate for the 24th district. Virginia lawmakers continue their push to move fbi headquarters into the commonwealth. The lawmakers including senators jim webb and mark warner sent a letter to the General Services administration to analyze the potential move, saying that many fbi employees already live in Northern Virginia as well as quantico. Getting caught texting while driving could soon land you in jail in virginia. But until its approved, police in Fairfax County are using a different method to crack down. Its a law called failure to pay full time attention and it allows officers to pull over drivers who are texting or distracted. In the past three years, those violations have nearly doubled from 7,000 drivers pulled over in 2009 to nearly 12,000 this year and last. Lawmakers will take up the stricter texting laws next year. Ten minutes until 6 00 now. A judge says a Fairfax County woman will have to remove parts of her negative Online Review of a home contractor. Jane perez complained about repairs to her townhouse on yelp and angies list. She also claims some of her jewelry disappeared and that the contractor had the only other key to her home. The judge says that goes too far. She has to remove that accusation. People have the right to a review that is honest and truthful. If its negative but its true, thats fair. But when its negative and untrue, thats not fair. Perez chose not to talk after the hearing. Her lawyer says they are considering filing an appeal. This is a preliminary injunction to dietzs 750,000 defamation lawsuit. So far no date has been set for trial yet. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. Man, does it feel like a different day, different season, all different today. Finally acting like december. And even though its not astronomical winter yet, its certainly feeling like mid winter cold. I talked about winter and snow at this school with students yesterday afternoon. We had a great time. These second graders were yelling words like me like evaporation, condensation it was wonderful. Precipitation they have already had a unit on weather. We had a great time there talking about all different kinds of weather. They loved my popup book. And there is the teacher there in the back on the left that did the invitation. I want to thank Allison Spurlock for the invitation to visit this Wonderful School in fairfax, old creek elementary school, talking to all these second graders. They were really smart. They knew a lot about weather and it was a great time. It is a cold morning. All these areas in blue are in the 20s. Look at this. This covers all of West Virginia. Most of the Shenandoah Valley and nearby suburbs in the 20s right now. Right in the district of columbia, its right near the freezing mark. Reagan national right above freezing. As we look at whats been happening over the last 12 hours, our skies cleared out overnight, but we do have some high clouds beginning to drag in. Storm team 4 fourday forecast, afternoon highs only reaching the mid to upper 40s below the average high of 50. Then tomorrow, up near the average high, but a lot of clouds around and maybe a sprinkle, small chance of that. On saturday, a bit milder. Maybe some fog in the morning. And during the afternoon, a slight chance of sprinkles and maybe a few sprinkles on sunday, too. Otherwise, just cloudy and cooler with highs in the 50s. Sevenday outlook into next week, a pretty good chance of rain on monday and mild into the 60s, then colder after that as we dry out and clear out. Ill be back in ten minutes. Traffic now with danella. Right now im checking on the beltway crash. Outer loop of the beltway. Heres a live look from chopper 4. As you make your way towards the 270 split, you can take the split. But you see a right lane is blocked by an overturned tractortrailer carrying pineapples. Whats happening is crews are working to unload the truck because theyre going to have to get it back on its right side. You can see as the chopper pans in, crews are working to unload the produce off of this overturn ed tractortrailer. Possibly they may have to shut down more than just the right lane. As of now, your volume is still light, and so you make your way around. Lets check in with melissa at the live desk with some breaking news. We have some new information to share with you right now. Princess Kate Middleton has just left the hospital. She was seen as you see here walking out just a short time ago with her husband Prince William carrying yellow flowers as welch she was admitted on monday, you might remember, for severe morning sickness and dehydration. Well keep an eye on this for you this morning at the live desk. Expect dra delays if your weekend travel plans include metro. It will close five stations on the red line for track work. Tacoma, silver spring, forest glen, wheaton, and glenmont will all be closed. Riders can also expect track work delays on the green, orange, and blue lines. Heres something we havent heard much of lately. Apple had a bad day on wall street. Cnbcs Shartia Brantley is live with that story and more. Good morning, shartia. Reporter good morning, richard. Apple has lost a bit of its shine. The tech giants stock suffering its worst day in four years on wednesday, falling 37, or more than 6 . Several factors have been at play, investors are worried apple may be giving up ground in the tablet market. Nokia beat apple to the punch. There are also unconfirmed reports a clearinghouse firm is raising the margin requirements on apple stock. Apple lost 35 billion in market value yesterday. To put that in perspective, guys, there are 417 Companies Listed on the s p 500 index that have a market cap below 35 billion. Meanwhile, zynga is rolling the dice. The online game maker has filed for a gaming license in nevada. The state allows companies to offer online poker, but its unclear whether this is zyngas intention. The maker of games like farmville and words with friends currently allows users to buy into games with real money, but only cash out with virtual dollars and cents. So guys, well monitor any developments on this. All right, see what happens. Thank you so much. A high price for high art. A 16th century drawing by rafael sold at auction in london yesterday for nearly 48 million. Thats nearly double what experts anticipated. The black chalk drawing was sold by the duke and duchess of devonshire. The buyer has not been identified. Can you imagine having that kind of money to buy a beautiful piece of art . Its probably worth it, though, if you think about the historical significance. Yeah. Ill never know what its like. Ill never know either. A mystery lottery player is missing out on the chance of a lifetime. No one came forward to claim a ticket worth 101 million. Its now englands biggest unclaimed prize ever. The ticket was purchased back in june. National lottery officials launched a desperate search for the holder, raising awareness through ads and posters. Even the town cryer proclaiming a win from a lamborghini. At least its going to go to good use. A busy morning for you right here on news4 today. We have some problems on the beltway after a tracker trailer overturned. Were staying on top of that. All that and more, including the dip in degrees we are experiencing this morning. Its all ahead here at 6 00. Breaking news on the beltway. A pi