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in between the death of one system an birth of another and we get that lull an never really gets going. so we will keep you posted. it is different than the december blizzard we had and we could track one storm all the way up to the gulf of mexico. didn't have to worry about the redevelopment. this one we do. tonight mostly cloudy. a light mix possible. mainly south of town. upper 20s to mid-30s. winds northeasterly at about 10. let's take a quick look at live doppler 9000. you can access this at our website at wusa9.com. everything for the time being right around fredericksburg. front activity could get up to i-66 or thereabouts. temperatures tonight. couple degrees cooler tonight than last night. 32 in bethesda. low 30s in bowie and upper marlboro. 39 in vienna. tomorrow morning mostly cloudy and cold. but dry. upper 20s to upper 30s and then by afternoon mostly cloudy, cold, light rain or mix possible by evening. highs around 40. and winds easterly at about 10. satellite picture radar combined. this is the system that is getting organized moving into the mississippi river valley then sort of die out and then reform off the carolina coast. in between that dying out and rebirth sometimes we end up with very little precipitation and some indications are most of this will stay south of us particularly tonight and possibly again tomorrow night. here we go. next seven days. 41 tomorrow. may be a mix by evening. mix overnight could end as accumulating snow on friday upper 30s. bounce into the upper 40s on saturday. second california storm hitting us on sunday. warm storm. 50 with rain. leftover shower on monday. low 50s. wow. then little bit colder. mid-40s tuesday and wednesday. >> thank you, topper. so will he get the wizards? >> if he writes the check. i believe he will. many believe ted will do the same for wizards. we will talk about today's deadline. plus more additions to mike shanahan's staff. who is in and out. lesli will pronounce his name again and we will be back right after this. >> it is time for 9sports with brett haber. the best sports in town. if there is a silver lining in the passing of the great washingtonian like abe, his empire will be passed to a man of equal likability and integrity as ted leoneseonsis. upon abe's death and after a certain waiting period the two sides would enter a ten-day exclusive negotiating period. those ten days end today and the two sides have not announced a deal. but there are still other steps. if they can't decide on a price independent appraisers will come in. and if they can't agree after that the team goes on the open market. ted leonsis can match that. they are actually on a winning streak. when the mavs come to town tonight the wizards will be trying to string together three straight wins for the first time in nearly two years and while dallas has the second best record in the west wizards beat the mavs in the season opener in dallas. remember? >> that's in the back their minds still what we did to them in the first game on their home court. we know they will want to come here and do the same thing. we don't want that. >> how badly do the redskins need wholesale change in their culture according to mike shanahan? last year the redskins had 17 assistant coaches on staff and as of today just one has been told he is returning for 2010. mike shanahan finalizing it officially announcing today his son kyle will be the offense of coordinator and that matt la fleur will be the quarterback's choice and john embry will be the tight ends coach. eight highers by mike shanahan including one holdover from the zorn year. we are awaiting news on other incumbent coaches although we did learn today special teams coach danny smith, safeties coach steve jackson will be retained. the team announcing today they are installing two new 100-foot long video boards in time for next season. triple in size of the current video screens and they will be as the team says hunter proof. any chance to sweep the cowboys they will take. >> james blake top american star for the last decade. but never making it past the quarterfinals of the grand slam he has unchieved. blake was hoping to make one last push at age 30 but it will have to wait. u.s. open winning round 2 of the australian open. dc united remaking continuing today with introduction of new midfielder christian star. has 32 caps for his national team. finally, some basketball players are known for using their heads and some are known for using the -- well, the other end of their anatomy. watch this star forward. nowhere to go on the inbound pass so goes off the butt of the defender and lays it up for the basket. if you can't pass it to anybody, just do it. >> you could call this whatever you want. >> that's it for 9news now at 6:00 p.m. the cbs evening news with katie couric is next. derek will see you at 7:00 p.m. have a great night. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: