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Riders, the ticketmental at the service station is out of ticket machine at the service station is out of service so make sure you have your dollar bills ready. Elsewhere no reports of any delays on metro this morning. Looking good on 95. Building volume between dumfries and trying to make your way towards 123 and the occoquan. Going to be slow but here building volume near newington. More volume southbound 270. Ill step out so you can see these delays near 109. President obama faces an uphill battle getting republicans to approve key proposals outlined in his latest budget. The president sent his 4 trillion proposal to congress on monday. It includes higher taxes on wealthy americans and some middle class tax relief. G. O. P. Leaders are criticizing the plan. They say it does not solve the nations longterm fiscal problems. The president s Budget Proposal may renew debate about marijuana legislation in the district. The budget includes a measure which would allow marijuana sales inside d. C. To be taxed and regulated. Delia goncalves is live outside the Wilson Building in northwest d. C. With more on whats expected to be quite a hard sell. Good morning, delia. Reporter absolutely. Good morning. A hard sell indeed and a battle has begun between d. C. Leaders and capitol hill and the members of congress who vow to block this bill. But again, the president s support is good news for the seven out of ten voters here in the district who want to legalize marijuana. The city council said theyre already going to move forward and they scheduled a hearing next week at the Wilson Building. Heres what the president proposes, that d. C. Use its own tax money to regulate and tax pot sales for adults. This comes after the measure was put on hold by congress in december. I think the Republican Congress doesnt want to fight over marijuana. Its a very popular issue as it passed here by 70 . Its also popular nationwide, as high as 60 or 65 in many states, including republican states. Were at a point now where its about money. People want the money out of this. Again, this isnt even about jail. This isnt about decriminalizing and other things. This is purely about money. Reporter despite the opposition that you heard from that person who represents a few people here in d. C. Who do not want marijuana heckized in the district legalized in the district, they will move forward on the bill because it is the will of the people. Theyll move forward with or without congressional approval. But what does that mean for the city and for the future of legalized marijuana . Ill let you know at 6 30. Back to you in the studio. Delia goncalves live with that update outside the Wilson Building. A medical Marijuana Bill which could help epilepsy patients is now one step closer to becoming law in virginia. A Senate Committee and house panel overwhelmingly approved the plan after an emotional outcry from parents who care for their children who have epilepsy. The parents are pushing hard to legalize a cannabis oilbase treatment for their children. Opponents say theyre concerned about a clash with federal law in this. President obama is on a collision course with republicans this morning over their late e efforts to repeal his health care law. The white house insists that the Affordable Care act is working. The Administration Says repealing the law would take Health Care Coverage away from millions of people. A vote in the house is expected this week. This morning disturbing details are coming out about an alleged case of child abuse in the district. Betty and her boyfriend Lester Jackson are accused of beating her 9yearold son. The child has cerebral palsy. Theyre also accused of locking him in a room for long permeds of time an binding his wrists and ankles with duct tape. One neighbor says she is shocked. We know the younger people who live upstairs but never anything tragic like this. They have pleaded not guilty to the charges. Family and friends of john geer are outraged after the release of thousands of pages of documents about his shooting death in springfield, virginia. He was shot to death by a Fairfax County Police Officer in august 2013. Witnesses, including geers father say john geer had his hands up the entire time before he was shot to death. The police department, Commonwealth Attorney and the county board, and i think all of them have made their share of mistakes. Police were called to the home of john geers longtime girlfriend after she called 911 for a domestic dispute. Metro says new problems involving the use of firefighters radios have been fbi tdz. The fix have been fixed. The fix comes weeks after firefighters reported similar problems when deadly smoke filled a train at lenfant plaza. Parts of redline had poor to nonexistent radio coverage. Metro says the latest issues were isolated to parts of the wheaton station and have been resolved. 6 06 now. Coming up later today, we could learn if Montgomery County School Superintendent dr. Joshua starr will stay or go. Starr has led Montgomery County schools since 2011 but he hasnt always seen eye to eye with some Board Members. The board is meeting in a closed door session at 10 30 this morning. Nikki burdine is live outside the Montgomery County School Headquarters with more on where this is going today. Good morning, nikki . Reporter good morning. Well know one way or another whether or not joshua starr will be staying or going. While we dont know exactly for sure what will be announced, we do know a couple of things. One of those is joshua starrs contract is up in may. The second is he had till sunday to make the boards aware of his intentions and he did not meet that deadline. Starr has been with Montgomery County schools since 2011 during a time of massive growth and low income and nonenglish speaking students. This all at a time when state standards were changing. Starr proposed a threeyear moratorium on standardized testing and a bigger focus on social and emotional needs of children. Graduate rates are up but not everyone is pleased with starr, including several Board Members who privately have said they do not agree with everything hes been doing. Im explain what the two big issues are that joshua starr has been criticized for most. In Montgomery County, im nikki burdine. Back to you in the studio. Nikki, thank you. Its 7 after the hour. Someone set fire to the ticket boo at camden yards. A booth at camden yards. And a somewhat comical turn in wisconsin i love the taste. Always smooth, never bitter. My cup of coffee is always awesome when i go to dunkin. Man i see the steam rising off the cup cause you know its a fresh pot. Man one cup a day for sure. Two if need be. And its usually need be. Dunkin your place for coffee. People of the coffeedrinking world, dunkin has a dark roast coffee thats deliciously roasted just right, for a bold start and smooth finish thats never bitter put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. 10 after 6 00 on this tuesday morning. Happy to tell you the winds are much lighter. Theyre going to stay fairly light. West, northwest at 5 to 10. Some teens. Mostly low to mid30s now. Were looking at early clouds giving way to partly to mostly sunny skies. Highs mid to upper 30s. We warm up briefly tomorrow before more cold air by thursday. Your sevenday in about six minutes. Right now trenice and timesaver traffic. This morning a little bit of volume building on 50 inbound trying to make your way to d. C. 295. A bit slow crossing over the beltway and again continuing the drive in towards the northeast corridor. Well take a live look. This is 50 east of the beltway. Again, you can see the volume here but not too bad of a morning drive for you. Looking good in our trafficland cameras this morning. Elsewhere sky 9 is tracking your drive 066. The drive here looks slow for folks heading westbound headed towards the district. This is through centreville. Again your eastbound lanes no issues there but lots of heavy volume and headlights trying to make your way inside the beltway. Mike, andrea . Thanks, trenice. A fire at a ticket booth at camden yards in baltimore has now been ruled an arson. Someone set fio the materials that were there and put them inside a transaction door at the baseball stadium on sunday night. There is Surveillance Video showing four people in the area at the time of the fire who then run away once the fire becomes visible. There was about 15,000 worth of dooj now. Prince georges county firefighters had to battle some high winds and the cold during a house fire last night. The rescue they had was a disabled resident in the home in laurel. It was a twostory home on irving street. No one was hurt, but at point investigators believe the flames inside the chimney of the fireplace somehow spread to the walls of the home. On day two even more people are expected to show up today for work in building 197 at the Washington Navy yard. Almost a year and a half after a gunman murdered 12 people, building 197 welcomed the first of thousands of workers yesterday. The building has undergone millions of dollars in renovations but even among the remodeled offices, there are still reminders of that day. Some of my friends who actually went down those stairs, you know, would hear the gunshots. The new building received a traditional naval cristening, a memorial of water and light honors the 12 victims. Who will represent ward 8 in the district . The question voters have been facing since marion barry died. A special election is set for april. Voters say they know what the issues are but at this point theyre not really quite sure on who they want to represent them . Would it be more Affordable House something we need more jobs. There are more than a dozen candidates vying for this position. The special election is set for april 28. Coming up on 6 13, heres another look at our question of the morning. If youre over 40 years old, its likely you eat this food twice as much as when you were a kid. Is it a, chocolate, b, salad, or c, yogurt . Good morning, lynn. She says the answer is c, yogurt. 40 years ago yogurt was a punishment food for dieters and athletes. Well have the a correct answer gldz welcome back welcome back. Its 6 16. Beginning with breaking thus weve been following out of egypt. Security firms say two bombs have been diffused at Cairo International airport. One was planted at the arrival hall. The other found near a Police Patrol location. This all unfolded hours after a separate blast in downtown cairo. Were told no one was hurt. Back here in the until, a multistate manhunt is under way for a 29yard man from ohio. Robert clark is wanted in the abduction and murder of an elderly couple. Police believe hes not alone but actually with a group behind a string of robberies in three states. Brian webb has the latest. Reporter Police Believe this Surveillance Video shows 29yearold robert clark robbing a gas station with a sawed off shot gun. Hes wanted for at least four armed robberies in georgia, West Virginia and South Carolina and the murders of an elderly couple in ohio. We all thought it had to be someone close to him because who would ever thought to go up and do this to an elderly couple. Reporter Authorities Say the crime spree started on january 21. Lillian and Doyle Chumney were reported missing. Their bodies were found the next day in their burned out cold. Authorities say they had been shot and killed, their home ransacked. Yes, we ar searching for suspects at this time. Reporter over the Weekend Police arrested 21yearold Jeffrey Stewart in connection with the killing. Authorities say he pointed the finger at clark. I think everybody is glad that its theres going to be some answers. Reporter police say clark met up with two others after the murders, tab that hazel and jeffy caley. Thats caley seen on Surveillance Video, holding a handgun during a robbery in West Virginia. No one was hurt. Certainly shaken up and scared. Reporter Authorities Say the three may be driving a green minivan and could be heading to florida. They are considered armed and dangerous. Brian webb for cbs news, new york. Later today, testimony is set to resume in the murder trial exnew england patriot aaron hernandez. The girlfriend and mother of the victim odin lloyd are both expected to tat the stand. Lloyd was at a timing the sister of hernandez fiance. A san diego man charged with running a revenge porn site has been convicted of more than two dozen tell any charges. Kevin bollard was found guilty yesterday of Identity Theft and extortion among other charges. Its one of the first convictions under a New California law which outlaws revenge porn which is defined as sharing of explicit pictures of a person online without their consent. Finally a story to sink the teeth into. Punxsutawney phil upstaged yesterday by a lesser known jimmy the groundhog from sun prairie, wisconsin. Jimmy gavery eveone the news they wanted to hear, predicting an rleay spring but there while delivering the forecast, jimmy got too caught up in the excitement. Took a bite out of the mayors a ear. That is making headlines today. Jimmy might want to consider changing his name to mike tyson. Definitely. Just throwing that out there. When you see it in slow motion. Why would you put a wild animal that close . Thats the lesson of the day. Note to self. Keep the groundhog over here. Really. What did pete say or Punxsutawney Phil . No, not Punxsutawney Phil. The one in d. C. . Potomac pete . They basically you a the same thing. Six more weeks of winter . I dont pay too much attention to these guys. Winter has been tough to get moving. Snow lovers have been disappointed time and time again. We have another chance maybe monday. The european model is hinting there could be something coming through. Gfs says its not going to happen. Time will tell. Well know more in a few days. Today well start with a few clouds. Its cold with temperatures running in some cases down in the teens now. Early clouds will give way to more sun. Mid to upper 30s for highs. And not a lot of wind. Northwest this morning 5 to 10 generally west, swerm this afternoon. S that southwesterly this afternoon. Thats a good thing. Its cold enough without the wind. 16 in hagerstown. Even 24 on the bay in reedville this morning. Thats a cold temp down that way. 24 in fredericksburg. In town, great visibility on our michael son weather camera with mostly cloudy skies. 25. One of the stoppingest winds is at strongest winds is at national, making it feel like 13 out there. So agent disturbance coming through the ohio valley. This is a clipper but without any moisture so just producing some clouds this morning. That will pass pretty quickly. Im thinking by late morning, midday. Well be back in more sunshine. It may not be as quick as 9 00, 10 00. Maybe closer to noon. Were expecting a sunny finish to the day. Mild tomorrow. Were going to shoot toward 50. Another cold shot on thursday with a couple of flurries and snow showers. Well be back in the 30s. 38 today. 28 tonight. Wont be as cold tonight. Tomorrow 50, a mix of sun and clouds. Not too busy yet. A blustery thursday with flurries and snow showers. Only 34. On friday still chilly before a little warmup over the weekend. Saturday near 50. Sunday rain or snow shower. Monday, ill be watching monday. Its a long ways out. This certainly could change between now and then but theres a chance for something wintry come monday. 6 21. Were checking in with trenice now, timesaver traffic. Theres a chance i could use a Second Chance of coffee. 66 eastbound headed towards the district, thats where youll be slow this morning, especially through manassas. You can see the volume building. A disabled vehicle off to the right shoulder, not impacting travel lanes but slowing folks down to take a look as they move through the area. This is the beltway through tysons. A pretty dark shot but you can see light volume as you make your way on the inner loop of the beltway and ower loop through the Tysons Corner corridor. Elsewhere lanes are open just about everywhere. 395 headed towards the 14th street bridge, a bit of volume delays again but city no reports of any incidents on the beltway. Im going to go grab that at 6 25, here are some stories you may have missed. The white house could reverse policy when it comes to dealing with the crisis in ukraine. A Senior Obama Administration official says the United States is considering sending ukraine defensive weapons and other lethal aid to help its struggling military fight back against russianbacked rebels. The latest plan has strong support from many on the president S National Security team. Still the. Is said to have the president is said to have concerns about the plan. The obama administrations goal to end chronic homelessness has been pushed back by a year but the white house says it will stick by its goal for ending veterans homelessness by the end of this year. The latest news came at a briefing at the department of housing and urban development. Veterans Budget Proposal<\/a> may renew debate about marijuana legislation in the district. The budget includes a measure which would allow marijuana sales inside d. C. To be taxed and regulated. Delia goncalves is live outside the Wilson Building<\/a> in northwest d. C. With more on whats expected to be quite a hard sell. Good morning, delia. Reporter absolutely. Good morning. A hard sell indeed and a battle has begun between d. C. Leaders and capitol hill and the members of congress who vow to block this bill. But again, the president s support is good news for the seven out of ten voters here in the district who want to legalize marijuana. The city council said theyre already going to move forward and they scheduled a hearing next week at the Wilson Building<\/a>. Heres what the president proposes, that d. C. Use its own tax money to regulate and tax pot sales for adults. This comes after the measure was put on hold by congress in december. I think the Republican Congress<\/a> doesnt want to fight over marijuana. Its a very popular issue as it passed here by 70 . Its also popular nationwide, as high as 60 or 65 in many states, including republican states. Were at a point now where its about money. People want the money out of this. Again, this isnt even about jail. This isnt about decriminalizing and other things. This is purely about money. Reporter despite the opposition that you heard from that person who represents a few people here in d. C. Who do not want marijuana heckized in the district legalized in the district, they will move forward on the bill because it is the will of the people. Theyll move forward with or without congressional approval. But what does that mean for the city and for the future of legalized marijuana . Ill let you know at 6 30. Back to you in the studio. Delia goncalves live with that update outside the Wilson Building<\/a>. A medical Marijuana Bill<\/a> which could help epilepsy patients is now one step closer to becoming law in virginia. A Senate Committee<\/a> and house panel overwhelmingly approved the plan after an emotional outcry from parents who care for their children who have epilepsy. The parents are pushing hard to legalize a cannabis oilbase treatment for their children. Opponents say theyre concerned about a clash with federal law in this. President obama is on a collision course with republicans this morning over their late e efforts to repeal his health care law. The white house insists that the Affordable Care<\/a> act is working. The Administration Says<\/a> repealing the law would take Health Care Coverage<\/a> away from millions of people. A vote in the house is expected this week. This morning disturbing details are coming out about an alleged case of child abuse in the district. Betty and her boyfriend Lester Jackson<\/a> are accused of beating her 9yearold son. The child has cerebral palsy. Theyre also accused of locking him in a room for long permeds of time an binding his wrists and ankles with duct tape. One neighbor says she is shocked. We know the younger people who live upstairs but never anything tragic like this. They have pleaded not guilty to the charges. Family and friends of john geer are outraged after the release of thousands of pages of documents about his shooting death in springfield, virginia. He was shot to death by a Fairfax County<\/a> Police Officer<\/a> in august 2013. Witnesses, including geers father say john geer had his hands up the entire time before he was shot to death. The police department, Commonwealth Attorney<\/a> and the county board, and i think all of them have made their share of mistakes. Police were called to the home of john geers longtime girlfriend after she called 911 for a domestic dispute. Metro says new problems involving the use of firefighters radios have been fbi tdz. The fix have been fixed. The fix comes weeks after firefighters reported similar problems when deadly smoke filled a train at lenfant plaza. Parts of redline had poor to nonexistent radio coverage. Metro says the latest issues were isolated to parts of the wheaton station and have been resolved. 6 06 now. Coming up later today, we could learn if Montgomery County<\/a> School Superintendent<\/a> dr. Joshua starr will stay or go. Starr has led Montgomery County<\/a> schools since 2011 but he hasnt always seen eye to eye with some Board Members<\/a>. The board is meeting in a closed door session at 10 30 this morning. Nikki burdine is live outside the Montgomery County<\/a> School Headquarters<\/a> with more on where this is going today. Good morning, nikki . Reporter good morning. Well know one way or another whether or not joshua starr will be staying or going. While we dont know exactly for sure what will be announced, we do know a couple of things. One of those is joshua starrs contract is up in may. The second is he had till sunday to make the boards aware of his intentions and he did not meet that deadline. Starr has been with Montgomery County<\/a> schools since 2011 during a time of massive growth and low income and nonenglish speaking students. This all at a time when state standards were changing. Starr proposed a threeyear moratorium on standardized testing and a bigger focus on social and emotional needs of children. Graduate rates are up but not everyone is pleased with starr, including several Board Members<\/a> who privately have said they do not agree with everything hes been doing. Im explain what the two big issues are that joshua starr has been criticized for most. In Montgomery County<\/a>, im nikki burdine. Back to you in the studio. Nikki, thank you. Its 7 after the hour. Someone set fire to the ticket boo at camden yards. A booth at camden yards. And a somewhat comical turn in wisconsin i love the taste. Always smooth, never bitter. My cup of coffee is always awesome when i go to dunkin. Man i see the steam rising off the cup cause you know its a fresh pot. Man one cup a day for sure. Two if need be. And its usually need be. Dunkin your place for coffee. People of the coffeedrinking world, dunkin has a dark roast coffee thats deliciously roasted just right, for a bold start and smooth finish thats never bitter put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. 10 after 6 00 on this tuesday morning. Happy to tell you the winds are much lighter. Theyre going to stay fairly light. West, northwest at 5 to 10. Some teens. Mostly low to mid30s now. Were looking at early clouds giving way to partly to mostly sunny skies. Highs mid to upper 30s. We warm up briefly tomorrow before more cold air by thursday. Your sevenday in about six minutes. Right now trenice and timesaver traffic. This morning a little bit of volume building on 50 inbound trying to make your way to d. C. 295. A bit slow crossing over the beltway and again continuing the drive in towards the northeast corridor. Well take a live look. This is 50 east of the beltway. Again, you can see the volume here but not too bad of a morning drive for you. Looking good in our trafficland cameras this morning. Elsewhere sky 9 is tracking your drive 066. The drive here looks slow for folks heading westbound headed towards the district. This is through centreville. Again your eastbound lanes no issues there but lots of heavy volume and headlights trying to make your way inside the beltway. Mike, andrea . Thanks, trenice. A fire at a ticket booth at camden yards in baltimore has now been ruled an arson. Someone set fio the materials that were there and put them inside a transaction door at the baseball stadium on sunday night. There is Surveillance Video<\/a> showing four people in the area at the time of the fire who then run away once the fire becomes visible. There was about 15,000 worth of dooj now. Prince georges county firefighters had to battle some high winds and the cold during a house fire last night. The rescue they had was a disabled resident in the home in laurel. It was a twostory home on irving street. No one was hurt, but at point investigators believe the flames inside the chimney of the fireplace somehow spread to the walls of the home. On day two even more people are expected to show up today for work in building 197 at the Washington Navy<\/a> yard. Almost a year and a half after a gunman murdered 12 people, building 197 welcomed the first of thousands of workers yesterday. The building has undergone millions of dollars in renovations but even among the remodeled offices, there are still reminders of that day. Some of my friends who actually went down those stairs, you know, would hear the gunshots. The new building received a traditional naval cristening, a memorial of water and light honors the 12 victims. Who will represent ward 8 in the district . The question voters have been facing since marion barry died. A special election is set for april. Voters say they know what the issues are but at this point theyre not really quite sure on who they want to represent them . Would it be more Affordable House<\/a> something we need more jobs. There are more than a dozen candidates vying for this position. The special election is set for april 28. Coming up on 6 13, heres another look at our question of the morning. If youre over 40 years old, its likely you eat this food twice as much as when you were a kid. Is it a, chocolate, b, salad, or c, yogurt . Good morning, lynn. She says the answer is c, yogurt. 40 years ago yogurt was a punishment food for dieters and athletes. Well have the a correct answer gldz welcome back welcome back. Its 6 16. Beginning with breaking thus weve been following out of egypt. Security firms say two bombs have been diffused at Cairo International<\/a> airport. One was planted at the arrival hall. The other found near a Police Patrol<\/a> location. This all unfolded hours after a separate blast in downtown cairo. Were told no one was hurt. Back here in the until, a multistate manhunt is under way for a 29yard man from ohio. Robert clark is wanted in the abduction and murder of an elderly couple. Police believe hes not alone but actually with a group behind a string of robberies in three states. Brian webb has the latest. Reporter Police Believe<\/a> this Surveillance Video<\/a> shows 29yearold robert clark robbing a gas station with a sawed off shot gun. Hes wanted for at least four armed robberies in georgia, West Virginia<\/a> and South Carolina<\/a> and the murders of an elderly couple in ohio. We all thought it had to be someone close to him because who would ever thought to go up and do this to an elderly couple. Reporter Authorities Say<\/a> the crime spree started on january 21. Lillian and Doyle Chumney<\/a> were reported missing. Their bodies were found the next day in their burned out cold. Authorities say they had been shot and killed, their home ransacked. Yes, we ar searching for suspects at this time. Reporter over the Weekend Police<\/a> arrested 21yearold Jeffrey Stewart<\/a> in connection with the killing. Authorities say he pointed the finger at clark. I think everybody is glad that its theres going to be some answers. Reporter police say clark met up with two others after the murders, tab that hazel and jeffy caley. Thats caley seen on Surveillance Video<\/a>, holding a handgun during a robbery in West Virginia<\/a>. No one was hurt. Certainly shaken up and scared. Reporter Authorities Say<\/a> the three may be driving a green minivan and could be heading to florida. They are considered armed and dangerous. Brian webb for cbs news, new york. Later today, testimony is set to resume in the murder trial exnew england patriot aaron hernandez. The girlfriend and mother of the victim odin lloyd are both expected to tat the stand. Lloyd was at a timing the sister of hernandez fiance. A san diego man charged with running a revenge porn site has been convicted of more than two dozen tell any charges. Kevin bollard was found guilty yesterday of Identity Theft<\/a> and extortion among other charges. Its one of the first convictions under a New California<\/a> law which outlaws revenge porn which is defined as sharing of explicit pictures of a person online without their consent. Finally a story to sink the teeth into. Punxsutawney phil upstaged yesterday by a lesser known jimmy the groundhog from sun prairie, wisconsin. Jimmy gavery eveone the news they wanted to hear, predicting an rleay spring but there while delivering the forecast, jimmy got too caught up in the excitement. Took a bite out of the mayors a ear. That is making headlines today. Jimmy might want to consider changing his name to mike tyson. Definitely. Just throwing that out there. When you see it in slow motion. Why would you put a wild animal that close . Thats the lesson of the day. Note to self. Keep the groundhog over here. Really. What did pete say or Punxsutawney Phil<\/a> . No, not Punxsutawney Phil<\/a>. The one in d. C. . Potomac pete . They basically you a the same thing. Six more weeks of winter . I dont pay too much attention to these guys. Winter has been tough to get moving. Snow lovers have been disappointed time and time again. We have another chance maybe monday. The european model is hinting there could be something coming through. Gfs says its not going to happen. Time will tell. Well know more in a few days. Today well start with a few clouds. Its cold with temperatures running in some cases down in the teens now. Early clouds will give way to more sun. Mid to upper 30s for highs. And not a lot of wind. Northwest this morning 5 to 10 generally west, swerm this afternoon. S that southwesterly this afternoon. Thats a good thing. Its cold enough without the wind. 16 in hagerstown. Even 24 on the bay in reedville this morning. Thats a cold temp down that way. 24 in fredericksburg. In town, great visibility on our michael son weather camera with mostly cloudy skies. 25. One of the stoppingest winds is at strongest winds is at national, making it feel like 13 out there. So agent disturbance coming through the ohio valley. This is a clipper but without any moisture so just producing some clouds this morning. That will pass pretty quickly. Im thinking by late morning, midday. Well be back in more sunshine. It may not be as quick as 9 00, 10 00. Maybe closer to noon. Were expecting a sunny finish to the day. Mild tomorrow. Were going to shoot toward 50. Another cold shot on thursday with a couple of flurries and snow showers. Well be back in the 30s. 38 today. 28 tonight. Wont be as cold tonight. Tomorrow 50, a mix of sun and clouds. Not too busy yet. A blustery thursday with flurries and snow showers. Only 34. On friday still chilly before a little warmup over the weekend. Saturday near 50. Sunday rain or snow shower. Monday, ill be watching monday. Its a long ways out. This certainly could change between now and then but theres a chance for something wintry come monday. 6 21. Were checking in with trenice now, timesaver traffic. Theres a chance i could use a Second Chance<\/a> of coffee. 66 eastbound headed towards the district, thats where youll be slow this morning, especially through manassas. You can see the volume building. A disabled vehicle off to the right shoulder, not impacting travel lanes but slowing folks down to take a look as they move through the area. This is the beltway through tysons. A pretty dark shot but you can see light volume as you make your way on the inner loop of the beltway and ower loop through the Tysons Corner<\/a> corridor. Elsewhere lanes are open just about everywhere. 395 headed towards the 14th street bridge, a bit of volume delays again but city no reports of any incidents on the beltway. Im going to go grab that at 6 25, here are some stories you may have missed. The white house could reverse policy when it comes to dealing with the crisis in ukraine. A Senior Obama Administration<\/a> official says the United States<\/a> is considering sending ukraine defensive weapons and other lethal aid to help its struggling military fight back against russianbacked rebels. The latest plan has strong support from many on the president S National Security<\/a> team. Still the. Is said to have the president is said to have concerns about the plan. The obama administrations goal to end chronic homelessness has been pushed back by a year but the white house says it will stick by its goal for ending veterans homelessness by the end of this year. The latest news came at a briefing at the department of housing and urban development. Veterans Affairs Officials<\/a> say the results of their efforts wont be known until next year. There is a new push this morning to make sure the proposed n. F. L. Concussion settlement benefits more players. The philadelphia judge presiding over thousands of lawsuits says she wants to make sure the settlement benefits more retired players and the families of deceased players. This agreement if it goes through would pay out a billion dollars over 65 years. The new England Patriots<\/a> may have won the super bowl but theyll have to wait to celebrate at home. More snow. A huge snowstorm. Pretty much shut down most of new england again for the second time in about seven days. That means the victory parade will be postponed by a day. Kris van cleave is in boston. Reporter the super bowl champion new England Patriots<\/a> touched down at bostons snowy Logan Airport<\/a> but their victory plan was sacked by another snowstorm. Its now scheduled for wednesday. I feel like im in the north pole or something. Its crazy. Reporter boston was one of the last stops for the huge winter storm which dumped heavy snow from the midwest to maine. Detroit reported its third biggest snowfall on record and chicago received its fifth heaviest. This has been a snowstorm for the record books and were seeing a record response as well. Reporter after getting hit by two major snow events in a week, the focus here in boston is on getting all of this snow out of the streets city wide. Schools are closed again here tuesday as the city tries to dig itself out. Were asking people if you can, stay off the roads. Try and take Public Transportation<\/a> as best you can. And allow us the opportunity to clean the streets. Reporter and theres incentive to get that done quickly. Another storm is brewing that forecasters say could turn into a noreaster bringing heavy snow to the midwest and northeast by thursday. Spring is nowhere in sight. Kris van cleave, cbs news, boston. I saw one report yesterday that said detroit had so much snow last year, it took until may to melt. Look outside here and say ah, no snow in our region. It may be cold but we can deal with that. Thats right. Were back in the 20s this morning. Grab your gloves. The Steering Wheel<\/a> is likely to be cold when you jump in the car to go to work. Allyson rae is out on the weather terrace enjoying the cold. Reporter you want to bundle up as much as you can and limit exposed skin. I wish i had ear muffs right now. Its cold. Temperatures in the 20s but it feels into the teens. Lets take a look at our current conditions. 25 degrees. Only 13 out here when the wind starts to blow. Big improvements as far as the wind. Only 14 mile an hour winds but, hey, its breezy at times adding a little insult to injury. 12 degrees for leesburg. 11 for lawrm. This afternoon still a lot of sun laurel. This afternoon still a lot of sunshine but staying into the 30s. Not as breedy this afternoon breezy this afternoon. Lets go to trenice with traffic. Come back inside. Its warmer inside the studio. We still have issues on 50. Looks like new reports after disabled bus on the ramp from the outer loop to 50. It is in the roadway but no specifically lane information about just where you might find it on your travels this morning a. Live look outside, delays on the outer loop of the beltway at New Hampshire<\/a> avenue. Picking up certainly. The headlights or taillights making your way on the outer loop starting to stack up at New Hampshire<\/a> avenue. Still no reports of accidents or disabled cars to be blocking up any of your travel lanes tomorrow. 270 seeing some volume building but not too shabby. Southbound lanes near West Montgomery<\/a> avenue, pretty much regular for any day that ends in y here in the d. C. Area. Hike, andrea . President obama is on a collision course with congress this morning over his proposed budget. Republicans say the record 4 trillion budget is a nonstarter. This really wasnt that much of a surprise that they would be at odds over n. The budget is calling for a 7 increase in defense spending. Under the plan the d. O. D. Would receive 585 billion and that would be the highest Defense Budget<\/a> in u. S. History. Meanwhile, republicans appear to be focused primarily on his plan to hike taxes on the wealthy. They say the president is resorting to tax and spend policies that have not worked in the past. It is totally acceptable for West Virginia<\/a>ns and all americans to live within their means while the federal government continues to allow its spending and debt to run rampant. There are some areas where the president and republicans say they could possibly work together, including a 478 billion proposal to repair the highways, bridges and transit systems in the United States<\/a>. Half of the money for infrastructure would come from a onetime tax on overseas corporate profits. The president s budget also includes wording which renews the debate about the future of legalized marijuana here in the district. It would allow the district to regulate and tax all marijuana sales, but its expected to face a tough battle when it comes to capitol hill. Delia goncalves is live at the Wilson Building<\/a> in northwest on why this is going to be such a touch battle. Delia . Reporter thats right. Congress has already tried to block the measure. The president supports it, he says, but despite the president s support, d. C. Council members said they were going to move forward with the initiative anyway, with or without congressional approval. In fak, theyve already scheduled a in fact, theyve already scheduled a meeting to move forward with this measure at the Wilson Building<\/a>. That meeting is scheduled for next week. The president s proposal basically means that d. C. Can use its own tax money to regulate the sale of marijuana. Republican leaders on capitol hill blocked the measure in december. But get this, Council Chairman<\/a> Phil Mendelson<\/a> challenged congress and he basically said by march, next month, the city will enforce the will of voters. The thing is, without congressional approval, that essentially means it would be legal to possess pot here in d. C. But not legal to buy it. Plus, the city would still be in violation of congress if it moves forward. This bill allows the sale of marijuana in the district of columbia. You would be able to apply for a license to sell marijuana, a license to grow marijuana and its for people 21 and older. We dont have to introduce an industry thats going to target and attract young adults and thats going to be an addictive industry just like we have with alcohol and tobacco. Reporter mayor bowser wants d. C. Voters to get their way but she says without congressional approval, she fears it would open the door to open air drug markets in the district. Back to you in the studio. Thank you, delia. The search is on this morning for a hit and run driver who killed a groom to be on the side of the bw parkway. This happened in the northbound lanes just north of laurel bowie road. A 3yearold d. C. Man and his fiance were fixing a tire on his car when the driver hit them. The man died. His 28yearold fiance is expected to recover. Park police are now asking anyone who might have seen this crash to please give them a call. The driver of a dump truck accused of deliberately hitting two Police Cruisers<\/a> is due in court in Prince Georges County<\/a> today. The video is amazing. Gene brandon, jr. Is charged with attempted murder. Hes accused of hitting the cruisers in the parking lot of the woodmoor town center. The trial of a woman accused of taking her child out of the u. S. Illegally opens today in alexandria. Linda lou is at the center after child custody case. The f. B. I. Says she was on board a United Airlines<\/a> flight bound for beijing when the pilot was told to turn around and go back to dulles airport. On arrival, the agency says the grandmother, mother and child were all taken from the plane and the mother was arrested. The child was then reunited with his father. Virginia lawmakers are saying no to a plan to allow concealed handguns on school property. A state senate panel has rejected the plan by a 2018 vote. The measure would have allowed concealed guns on School Grounds<\/a> outside Normal School<\/a> hours when no School Sponsored<\/a> activities are taking place. Dr. Joshua starr has been the superintendent of Montgomery County<\/a> schools. But we reported weve always not seen eye to eye when it comes to his relations with Board Members<\/a>. Later today, we could learn if hell continue in his role or move on. Nikki burdine is live in rockville with more. Good morning, nikki. We said earlier they have a behind closed doors session scheduled for later this morning, the board. Reporter thats correct. That session is scheduled for 10 30. It is behind closed doors. But well know one way or another after that session if joshua starr will remain superintendent of Montgomery County<\/a> schools or not. We dont know what that decision will be but this is what we can tell you so far. Starrs contract is up coming up in may. We can also tell you that the deadline for him to let the board know his intentions on whether he will stay or go, that deadline passed on sunday. Now, members of the school board will be here for a meeting later on this morning. And they have indicated they will actually be making a statement. Several Board Members<\/a> have also privately said they dont see eye to eye with starr on a number of issues. One of the biggest issues starr has been criticized for is his handling of Sexual Assault<\/a> charges against teachers and employees. He was also criticized for his decisionmaking process on pushing back school times for Montgomery County<\/a> students. Again, that meeting will be here in Montgomery County<\/a> at 10 30. We will be here and bring you updates on what we hear on whether or not superintendent joshua starr will stay or will go. Thank you, nikki, live in rockville this morning. Its 6 35. We want to congratulate our facebook fan ever the day. Todays winner is Camille Taylor<\/a> from the district. Camille says, ive watched wusa9 for years. And ive always found wusa9 to be informative and entertaining. Wusa9 she says is simply the best. All right. Thank you, came people. Hope you have a camille. Hope you have a great day. You at hope, we want you to become the next fan of the day. Youll win a pizza party from papa johns, pizzas, chicken poppers, bred stakes, desserts and soda. So 6 38. Cold out there but a lot of the winds have come down. Clouds to start the day. More sunshine as we head toward the middle of the day and afternoon. Upper 20s to low 30s for lunch type with highs mid to upper 30s. Again, the winds are in check. We do warm up tomorrow. Well let you know how long that warmth will be with us when i see you for the seven day forecast in six, seven minutes. Now over to trenice with timesaver traffic. Trying to make your way towards branch avenue going to be slow, the corridor of 3015. A bit of volume making your way towards the beltway. The beltway through prince georges moving at speed. Looks good at the Woodrow Wilson<\/a> bridge. Looks like were shaping up for a beautiful sunrise. Elsewhere steady delays, headlights headed southbound 270 out of germantown. Thats where youre going to be the slowest this morning. After that lanes do open and those delays are a little bit better as you make your way towards the spur. Mike, andrea . A once Popular Electronics<\/a> store prepares to enter bankruptcy protection. Twitter comes out with a new Video Service<\/a> for kids. Nick giovanni has those stories and more with a look at your money. Good morning. Reporter numbers tell the story of radio shack really. Its stock closed yesterday at 24 cents a share. Then plummeted to 14 cents in after hours trading. Thats because the New York Stock Exchange<\/a> is delisting the electronics company. Bloomberg now reports the radio shack is preparing to shut down through a bankruptcy deal that would sell about half its store leases to sprint. Its expected to close the remainder of its 4300 stores in north america. Back to school plan is now gaining steam to use more solar power on College Campuses<\/a> across virginia. Thats thanks to an 800,000 grant. 15 colleges will be the recipients of the grant. Among them marymount, Shenandoah University<\/a> and washington and lee, all recipients of the federal grant. Questions are being raised this morning about a potential conflict of interest involving a dominion, virginia power bill. The measure would loosen state oversight of the companys rate. The issue is the sponsor of the bill is also a company shareholder. Virginia beach republican senator frank wagner says he owns a small amount of shares but he claims that has not affected his decisions as a lawmaker. As far as whats trending right now, you know most social media sites are geared towards teens and adults. Now theres one for kids in elementary school. Its a new project from twitter a kid friendly version where all the videos are prescreened and child approved. As you can see right there, they feature a few fuzzy animals. The app is only available on ios, at least for now. Vinekids is what its being called. The numbers are in. Super bowl xlix goes down as the most watched tv show in u. S. History. 114. 5 Million Viewers<\/a> rode that emotional roller coaster that was super bowl xlix in the desert. That surpassed the 112. 2 million record from last years seahawksbroncos matchup. A lot of that had to do with the fact that it was a better game. One of the winners on super bowl sunday aside from the patriots was pizza hut. Behind its new revamped website and menu, pizza hut eclipsed its previous record for Digital Sales<\/a> on game day coming in at more than 10 million bucks. Ive got to go there, mike and andrea. I have to say theyre rolling in that dough now. We forgive you. At 6 42, time to answer the question of the morning. If youre over 40 years old, its likely you eat this food twice as much as when you were a kid. Is it a, chocolate, b, salad or c, yogurt . Our facebook friend sharon says i wish the answer was chocolate but i know it is b, salad. She says chocolate for breakfast. But you know what . The correct answer is c, yogurt. We eat more of that now than we ever did before. Remember one woman said it was a punishment before. Well be back. I love the taste. Always smooth, never bitter. My cup of coffee is always awesome when i go to dunkin. Man i see the steam rising off the cup cause you know its a fresh pot. Man one cup a day for sure. Two if need be. And its usually need be. Dunkin your place for coffee. If you want it go out and get it people of the coffeedrinking world, dunkin has a dark roast coffee thats deliciously roasted just right, for a bold start and smooth finish thats never bitter put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. Its 6 46. Time to see what our partners at cbs are covering. Good morning to Norah Odonnell<\/a> joining us live from new york. Good morning to you. Ahead, the Measles Outbreak<\/a> gets political. What Chris Christie<\/a> and Hillary Clinton<\/a> are now saying about the vaccination debate. Nancy core advertise will join nancy core tess will join us with that part of the story. Boston is trying to get ready for the rescheduled super bowl parade and well have the Surprising New<\/a> study on some of the benefits of jogging. The news is back in the morning. Well see you right at 7 00. Well be there, norah. Have a good morning. You too, take care. It is cold and calm but do we have to worry about any snow in our future . A couple of snow showers, flurries on thursday. Maybe sunday night into monday well have to watch monday a little bit, but thats so far out. Ill tell you right now, in the weather world, thats way out there. Its like trying to hit a 300 yard hole in one. You can have a different solution tomorrow or monday. Thats the next thing of interest meteorologists are looking at around here. Weather wise, were checking out mostly cloudy skies this morning. I had to make the golf analogy because mike is a golfer. Andrea is a golfer. And it kind of works, too. 32 with sunshine as we get toward midday. 35 for the drive home. Thankfully the winds are not going to be howling like they were yesterday. Let me show you whats happening temperature wise. Were looking at Single Digits<\/a> in much of pennsylvania. You see the white here in upstate new york, Northern New York<\/a> . Saw some 20, 22 below like at glens falls of the were hanging on to the the mid20s in town with 19 white oak. 20 in lovettsville and germantown. Fairfax 21. Even in the east we have low 20s from north beach, owens and waldorf this morning. So very cold start but with lighter wind. National, winds are still up a little bit north at 14. So the windchills down to 13. A few windchills have fallen into the Single Digits<\/a> but all in all were in good shape. A weak system. You can sort of follow this very weak clipper right there coming across West Virginia<\/a>. Soth moisture to work with. Its producing some clouds this morning. Other than that, that will pass. Weve got the sun. A cold day today. We warm up briefly tomorrow. Well be in the upper 30s today. Not as cold tonight. Chilly, 25 to 30 or so. 50ish on wednesday. But thursday another shot of arctic air so well only be in the low to mid30s with flurries and snow showers. We warm it back up. Saturday 49. Rain or snow showers sunday. Again, we hope we can change mondays forecast. Right now a chance of snow and 35. Good morning, trenice. Good morning, howard. Right now i want to remind Marc Brunswick<\/a> riders that the ticket machine is out of service at the station. You will have to pay for your tickets one way or round trip on board. No penalty for you today. The ticket machine out of service but cash only. Make sure you have dollar bills handy. Elsewhere, seeing the stackup on d. C. 295 northbound anacostia freeway. Your taillights here trying to make your way towards the district from the capital beltway going to be slow and stop and go. Also slow this morning is 210 trying to make your way northbound at the beltway. Suitland parkway seeing dleents delays between alabama and south capital street. New hampshire avenue over towards connecticut avenue slow. Well be right back with more news after this. In the news right now, at 6 52, police in egypt diffused to bombs overnight at Cairo International<\/a> airport. A separate blast this morning scared passersby in downtown cairo. No one was injured in that explosion. Police say one of the airport bombs was at the airport terminal hosting egypt air. The other was at a Police Patrol<\/a> location. Here in the nations capital, president obama faces an uphill battle getting republicans to approve key proposals outlined in his latest budget. G. O. P. Leaders say the budget does not solve the nations longterm fiscal crisis. Susan mcginn fills has more mcginnis has more. We have fundamental choices to make about the kind of country we want to be. Reporter president obama sent a record 4 trillion budget monday that calls for a 7 increase in defense and domestic spending. The 2016 budget restores some automatic cuts triggered by a 2011 budget deal. I want to work with to replace mindless austerity with Smart Investments<\/a> that strengthen america. Reporter his plan would raise defense spending to 585 billion with Major Investments<\/a> in cybersecurity. It would be the highest defense spending in u. S. History with the lowest war spending since 2002. Republicans here on capitol hill have already blasted part of the plan to hike taxes on the wealthy, to fund 277 billion in tax breaks. They say the president is resorting to tax and spend policies that havent worked in the past. It is totally acceptable for West Virginia<\/a>ns and all americans to live within their means while the federal government continues to allow its spending and debt to run rampant. Reporter Senate Majority<\/a> leader punish mcconnell vowed the g. O. P. Leader Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> vowed the g. O. P. Will root out and reform wasteful spending. There are some areas where the president and republicans say they could work together, including a 478 billion proposal to repair highways, bridges and transit systems. Susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. Later today, we could learn if Montgomery County<\/a> School Superintendent<\/a> dr. Joshua starr will stay or go. Starr has led Montgomery County<\/a> schools since 2011. A recent memo highlighting his accomplishments point to higher Graduation Rates<\/a> and closing the achievement gap between white and minority students but he hasnt seen eye to eye with some Board Members<\/a>. His contract is up in may. Supporters of a bill to require maryland employers to provide paid sick leave will make their case later today. The working Matters Coalition<\/a> is releasing some new details on the cost benefits of workers having that time off. State senator of baltimore is proposing a bill for up to a week of paid sick leave. Critics say if the the bill passes, it would hurt small business. Tomorrow is the anniversary of rose take parks birthday. Rosa parks birthday. The library of congress is going to celebrate by formally opening the rose take parks collection to researchers and the public. Its on loan from the howard b. Buffet foundation. It will be on loan for ten years. It includes many of her personal items like family photos, letters from parks written to president s and some of her own writings during the time of the montgomery bus boycott. Were talking clouds early. Not as windy. In fact, not that windy at all today. The sun building later this morning through the afternoon, upper 30s. 50 tomorrow. Back in the low to mid30s with flurries or snow showers thursday and were watching for the possibility of something next monday but thats a long ways off. Slow moving 066 trying to make your way from manassas to centreville. Elsewhere not too shabby on 270. No reports of accidents but decent delays headed southbound on montrose. Sky 9 is hovering over a bus accident in Prince Georges County<\/a>. This one involves a metro bus and a single car. Looks like at least the right lane is blocked on eastwest highway. Cbs this morning is next. Its dont verse the controversy at an all girls school. Outrage over an email. To change the world from extending life beyond 100 to a new mission to the moon. Ed the founder and ceo of x prize. Explaining why taking risks could lead to big rewards. Well have the latest traffic and wept other this tuesday morning. For news, traffic and weather 24 hours a day, use the mobile app. Stay warm out there. Its pretty cold. Ill see you again at noon. [ female announcer ] Business Travel<\/a> isnt just about the going. Its also about the going home. And being connected all along the way. Whether youre working or recharging do Business Travel<\/a> on your terms. Acela. Take off. A layer of snow blankets the northeast postponing a super bowl celebration in boston. The vaccine debates get political as the Measles Outbreak<\/a> grows some potential candidates for the white house weigh in on whether parents should have a choice on vaccineating their children. Why one group is leaving facebook behind. This is cbs morning news. Good morning. This morning that massive winter storm that left a trail of heavy snow is mgovin off thean atltic coast. 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