tonight it will be just as cold as last night and tomorrow will be just as cold as today, mid to upper 30's. now to lisa baden. there's been a change on metrorail. if you take the green and yellow lines, there's track maintenance. they are setting a single tracking. there is a life for them. orange line customers have a delay because of the disabled train outside the east falls church metro station. all of these commuters have an additional weight. -- wait. 66 traffic is building in volume in manassas. out of dale city to get to the occoquan river -- 95 out of dale city. a water main break has left no qwest washington st. swett. it happened earlier this morning near connecticut avenue and combie road. no reports of street closures. -- and columbia road. they will not begin fixing the break until later this morning. the future of prince george's county, today rushern baker takes the oath of office as the next county executive. >> current executive jack johnson leaves in the middle of a corruption scandal, but his wife, who also faces charges, takes a seat on the county council. >> leslie johnson says she will take the oath of this morning. some voters say that they hope there will be a new start for the county with rushern baker, but others are not sure. unfolding corruption scandal in prince george's county. county executive electrician and baker will be sworn in today. as bill leslie johnson, the wife of jack johnson, county executive -- the current county executive. >> i voted for leslie johnson, but now i am kind of skeptical. >> you cannot -- it is hard to have faith in someone when they have been looked at in such a manner. >> there is an on-line petition trying to stop leslie johnson taking office. some say a new county executive will restore trust lost in county government. >> it is an embarrassment for the county to swear marin. she starting off on a better note. -- it is an embarrassment for the county to swear her in. -- she is starting off on a bad note. >> we will have continuing coverage of the inaugural events. updates today at 12 noon and at 5:00 and online anytime at tbd.com. two cars used by the prince george's county police chief hilton were vandalized in the parking lot of police headquarters in palmer park. someone used a pellet gun to shoot the cars in october. the vandalism could be retaliation from his efforts to punish officers for misconduct. an emotional outpouring for two students in frostburg at frostburg state university who died in an apartment fire. dozens of students gathered last night for a vigil. 20-year-old alyssa salazar of annapolis and 23-year-old evan kullberg of frostburg were killed friday morning. their friends are devastated. >> she was an amazing person that will never be forgotten. >> i can't believe i won't be able to see him again. i don't know what else to say. >> the two victims were trapped on the second floor of the building. the state fire marshal believes it was able in stoves may have caused the fire. >-- a wodden stoves. >> done ballou high school will get new administrators and extra security. six students were charged and arrested with raping a teenage girl. -- dunbar high school. a doctor that performed late term abortions in nebraska may offer that procedure at a germantown reproductive clinic. protests are planned. a deal may be reached to restore jobless benefits for people who have been out of work a long time and for the tax cuts to be extended. >> the clock ticking until every american tax bill is good to go up in just 25 days. the compromise bush is sounding more like a promise. >> i think it's pretty clear taxes are not going up on anybody. >> republican leaders say that it's a matter of how long the tax cuts will be in place. democrats tried and failed to exempt high earners from the tax breaks. republicans argued in this economy no one should have tax increases. >> we don't want tax increases on anybody. >> we need to redouble efforts to resolve this. >> something has to give. in return for extending tax cuts to the richest americans, democrats want extended unemployment benefits for millions of people. >> without unemployment benefits extended, this is a nonstarter. >> mid mcconnell says that he has had more conversations with president obama in the last two weeks than the last two years. a compromise could be worked out this week. thathere's a new report takes aim at pepco reliability. we will have a live report. >> the redskins and limped away from the meadowlands. and one player did not even get a chance to suit upp. and one player did not even get a chance to suit upp. we are at williams high school where we are training future hairstylist. ? good morning, washington. go tigers! >> oxycontin on this monday morning. welcome back. it's cold, feels like mid winter. 28 in leesburg, 529 in frederick. 27 in la plata. culpeper at the freezing point. 29 in winchester. for the most part we are in the upper 20's. when we factored in the wind, it is a lot colder. widespread windchills in the teens. 18 in berryville. 21 in la plata. you will notice the until even this afternoon. gusts of 40 miles an hour. air temperatures in the mid to upper 30's this afternoon with windchills in the 20's. partly cloudy conditions. cold and biti tonight in the 20's. tomorrow will be like today. we cannot rule out a few isolated snow flurries especially north and west of the metro area. metro rail has green, yellow, and orange line trains with additional waiting period the orange line has a train malfunction outside the east falls church metro. in virginia, 95 starting to slow down in woodbridge. 66, delays in manassas. 95 and baltimore washington parkway, and maryland is good. no troubles on to 70. typical approaching 109. -- no troubles on 270. normal delays on 210 from swan's street road to oxon hill. an embarrassing loss for the redskins against their arrival. >> that's right. entering sunday's game with the motivation that a victory could keep their playoff hopes alive. the burgundy and gold will be in black and blue. ack giants' running b ran over them. >> missed tackles one right after the other. do the fundamental things. >> the offense did not do any better. donovan mcnabb and company turned the ball over six times. albert haynesworth did not play. he said debt was the coach's decision. the redskins are 5 and 7 ". >> a lot of back-and-forth going on and not the lot of winning. >> 31 degrees. >> coming up, a bad news from the job market. a pessimistic prediction from the 50's. >> many in the area nobelist many in theems -- area and know about power problems boss: and now i'll turn it over to the gecko. gecko: ah, thank you, sir. as we all know, geico has been saving people money on rv, camper and trailer insurance... ...as well as motorcycle insurance... gecko: oh...sorry, technical difficulties. boss: uh...what about this? gecko: what's this one do? gecko: um...maybe that one. ♪ dance music boss: ok, let's keep rolling. we're on motorcycle insurance. vo: take fifteen minutes to see how much you can save on motorcycle, rv, and camper insurance. welcome back. inauguration day in prince george's county could be overshadowed by a corruption scandal. rushern baker will succeed jack johnson for as county executive. leslie johnson will be sworn in next a county council member even though she's charged with tampering and destruction of evidence. the white house and republicans may be close to a compromise on extending the bush tax cuts. it appears the tax cuts will stay in place at least temporarily. that deal could include an extension of jobless benefits for long-term unemployed. representatives from iran and six world powers are using switzerland to talk about the country's nuclear program -- will meet in switzerland. the meetings, as iran says it is able to enrich uranium on its own. 6:15. it has been a tough year for pepco. according to a new reliability reports, the utility can always blame the weather. brianne carter has some surprising results and the response from the electric company. >> good morning. we remember the winter and summer storms that left thousands in the dark. a new report chicken's new light on what may have been to blame. a new report sheds light. pepco managers have often cited tree limbs in many of the outages, but most of them were caused by equipment failures according to the report. pepco customers have 70% more challenges than customers of other utility companies. pepco has begun a five-year reliability improvement program and and it's the statistics are not will they would like them to be. pepco officials will hold a press conference at 10:00 this morning at their headquarters. brianne carter reporting. thousands are on their way to arlington national cemetery -- thousands of wreaths. there are from a company in maine. that company is also sending them to cemeteries in more than 500 other locations. the tradition dates back to 1992. an effort is under way to break an impasse that threatens the future of the preakness. maryland state officials will meet with the companies that own pimlico race course to work out their race schedule that will satisfy both sides. last week the maryland racing commission rejected a proposal to shorten the racing schedule. if you have one kuala d'or facebook page is getting a facelift. the social networking website is redesigning the page to make it a reflection of your real life. changes include a new biography section as well as cuomo's recent photographs. pessimistic predictions about unemployment and an internet breakup. vinita nair has those stories and more. >> good morning. we begin with republicans and democrats closing in on a deal. democrats want to extend unemployment benefits while republicans want bush era tax cuts extended. both parties are concerned about how each could affect the budget. the fed chairman says unemployment will be a persistent problem along time. he said the unemployment rates have not dropped 5% -- have not dropped to 5% in four years -- 5%. not drop zubkotop >> "tangled" was no. 1 at the box office with $21 billion. i am vinita nair. >> and a good check on traffic and weather. >> a chilly monday morning makes you want to stay under the covers. >> grab the extra blanket at the foot of the dead. -- bed. i love that feeling. >> what can we expect today? >> a cold today. especially working amador is. it's going to be cold and blustery. -- especially working outdoors. we have all little light snow flickering in frederick and a light snow shower here and there. there's a northwesterly flow with energy alliance. flummeries east of the blue ridge and east of the appellations. -- a snow flurries east of the blue ridge. lake effect snowfall going on in pennsylvania and michigan and ohio. some of the most durable make it to the question facing slopes of parts of new hampshire, allegany county, looking for significant snow accumulations over the next couple days. cross-country skiers, go to the questions facing slopes, especially allegany, new hampshire as well. kids can 28 in cumberland, 28 in lexington park. it's cold. it feels like the teens when you factor in the bins. u.s. like 17 in gaithersburg. high temperatures today in the mid to upper 30's. cloudy and gusty. expecting an gusts around 40 miles an hour. just as cold and freezing tonight and early tomorrow morning. there could be windchills tomorrow along the ridge tops in the single digits. cold in the 30's until maybe thursday. 15 by the weekend with a good shot of rain on sunday. mixing green and yellow and orange together and you get a delay. metrorail has broken down trains and some track maintenance. green, yellow, and orange trains have additional waiting period northbound 395, the pace is slowing leaving the beltway to get to seminary rd.. back to you. >> thank you. is that the statements ring that you are wearing? >> i am. >> i love it. >> looks like the one from "titanic." >> 31 degrees, 6:21. >> the pros and cons of the ipads. >> today on "oprah," the family had a 25-year relationship with michael jackson, how it happens, today at 4:00 on abc 7. the ipad has been one of the best-selling and most popular products of all time. it is predicted to be at the top of holiday wish lists. >> hold on, because there may be reasons not to buy the ipad. >> they say it is magical and evolutionary. 7.5 million have been sold already. if why would you not purchase one? there are good reasons to wait. it has been out for awhile, released in april. it is rightfully update from apple. the two most requested changes are a drop in the price and a built-in camera for video chatting. it is hard to know when or if apple will comply with these requests, but the best guess is sometime in early next year. 2007 will be it the year we see tablet's running the angela operating system and you can expect them to come with cameras that will have built-in flash and skyping and below $500. you can save a lot of money by getting a device dedicated to reading like the amazon kindle. you get a better adore eating experience, longer battery life and it starts at a much lower price of $139. abc news, san francisco. >> it would be nice to be able to do video chatting. >> we think escalon to happen with the next generation, so people are holding off. we think that is going to happen. >> a star-studded salute, president obama honored oprah winfrey, paul mccartney, and others for their contributions to pop culture. >> high-stakes in the fight against tire taxes. what is being done towards the deal, coming up. >> adam caskey in the belfort furniture weather center and. it is a cold and windy start to the workweek. it is a cold and windy start to the workweek. can you tell me what f-stop you had the aperture set to? 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washington. it will feel like this all week. it does not look like we will warmup any time sen. let's look at the conditions outside now. a little snow flurry is coming down i-70 down towards frederick baron this is common. we will have this for the next couple of days. 29 degrees in the district right now. when you factor in the wind, it feels like it is down in the teens. gusts are up to 45 miles an hour today and in the 20's tonight. tomorrow will be just like today. we will visit with doug hill and a few moments. no problems on 270, normal traffic and 95 virginia, 66 in manassas and fair oaks and good at the bridges. if you are going to nih out of rock hill, that is where we find newschopper7 with a dump truck broken down in the center fortunately, light volume of traffic. rockville pike is a popular route so be careful. some northwest washington streets are a little bit slippery because of a water main break near connecticut avenue and columbia road. no street closures right street closuressalt trucks have treated the road. crews will not begin fixing that break until later this morning. a new day for prince george's county. the next county executive takes the reins. >> a new county council will be seated at one member will take her oath of office surrounded by controversy. corby robinson is live in upper marlboro. >> leslie johnson faces federal tampering charges along with her husband, jack johnson. they want to take the county in a new direction and we will likely see that immediately take shape after the swearing in. there will likely be resignations accepted and other political appointees will step down. leslie johnson will not back down from the charges and eight other county council members. jack johnson and his wife faced eight federal charges and they are innocent until proved guilty. close friends of baker said he is the best leader to come on board and will likely to live up to promises to restore public trust in government. the swearing-in ceremony will be at 10:15 at the county administration building. we will see county executive elect sharon baker step in later today. we will bring you the latest. today is inauguration day in montgomery county as well. ike leggett will be sworn in for his second term at rockville high school this morning. the nine county council members will take the oath of office as well. emotional tribute to two frostburg students killed and a fire. the 20-year-old of annapolis and a 23-year-old of germantown were killed friday when their apartment caught fire. investigators believe they would stow started the blaze. a narrow escape for two prince george's county police officers early saturday morning. and out of control driver slammed into their cruiser in temple hills. one officer -- the two robbers were out of their vehicles and they were directing traffic. that is when an suv plowed into their cruiser. >> the vehicle was going at a high rate of speed. it struck one of our cruisers which in turn struck a second cruiser. >> despite the force of the collision, the suspect was not injured. he faces several charges including dui and reckless driving. changes are coming to a troubled d.c. high school. dunbar high school in northwest will get new administrators and extra security. last month, students were arrested and charged with raping a 15-year-old girl. anti-abortion activists plan to go to a germantown clinic where a controversial abortion clinic will begin working today. he used to perform late term abortions in the midwest. nebraska. >> the time is 6:36 and 31 degrees. >> when we continue, a star- studded kennedy celebration, highlights from the red carpet coming up. >> plus pepco is under fire. >> doug hill will join us live with a check on >> 6 o'clock 39 is the time. democrats may be on the verge -- verge of a deal to restore tax cuts and benefits for people who have been unemployed and about compromise could add trillions of dollars to the national debt. we have the latest on the battle over taxes. good morning, it happened throughout the weekend and still no finalized deal. trillions of dollars is on the line with this debate. when all is said and done, it may take the richest americans continuing to get their tax cut extension in order for more struggling americans to get help from the government. there is a deadline that is still in place. bush-year tax cuts are set to expire by the end of the month. senate democrats tried this weekend and failed. republicans are in a power position and they say taxes are not going up for anyone but the question is, all long will these extensions be in place? democrats are looking for a win balance of the loss. president obama said he would not extend taxes for the highest earners. in return for these extensions, democrats want extended unemployment benefits for millions of people. a son of the intensity of these talks, mitch mcconnell says he has talked more with president a bomb or the last two weeks than the past two years. it is likely there could be a deal in place by the end of the week. >> o'clock 40 and time for traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> here is doug hill. it is a frigid morning. how much do i want to read the paper this morning? it is to call to get the paper. -- it is too cold to get the paper. there is a tough morning after a nice warm weekend at home, it is a comfortable winter start. temperatures are running mostly in the upper 20's and when you combine that with the wind at 20 miles per hour, you wind up with these wind chills. it feels like 17 degrees in gaithersburg. 24 degrees in downtown. there will be some sunshine today mixed with clouds and a high will be 35-40. coming up, we will take a look at the doppler radar and see if we can pick up snow flurries. this monday looks like the cold will stay below average temperature-wise. bundle up. let's get to lisa baden with a check on the roadways. please be careful outside. this is a dump truck stopped southbound along 355 before you get to nih. we will go to a couple of maps and give you normal travel times on interstate 95 between fredericksburg and baltimore. there is growing volume the travel time is on your side. 66, to what is 67 but toll road, and across the american legion bridge looks in decent shape. metro rail has green, yellow, and orange line customers on an additional wait for trains. >> 31 degrees outside and it is 6:41 -- is 6:41. pepco is under fire once again this morning. local electric customers get left in the dark more often than people in other big cities. >> you -- the utility company is to blame. brianne carter is in northwest. >> good morning. this cold weather this week certainly brings back the memories of all those winter storms we had last year followed by the summer storms we had as well. both left thousands in the dark for days. this new reliability report by "the washington post" is that weather may not have always been the culprit for lights going out on so many customers per equipment failures may have caused the ongoing outages. the utility companies reliability has continued to deteriorate and it ranks near the bottom when it comes to keeping the power on when compared to other companies. the leadership of pepco says reliability is a priority and they acknowledge that they are not where they want to bait. we will hear more from officials at pepco. they are expected to have a press conference at their headquarters here at 10:00 this morning. looking a roundup region -- a memo sent by montgomery county school president is creating a stir. he says his school district has more minority students passing the standard exams than the total number of students who took the test in fairfax county. he said he was using fairfax county as a benchmark and he was not criticizing the county. frustration is growing about delays involving vre trains. on july 12, a new operator began running those trains and between 10 and november 30, there were about 488 delays and 10 cancellations. 46 of those delays for one hour or more long. >> 6 o'clock 47 is the time as monday morning. let go to today's political's minute. patrick gavin joins us now. the tax cuts have become such a polarizing issue. it seems like many backdoor deals are being done. >> even though many democrats have said for the past 10 years that the bush tax cuts were bad fiscal policy and as soon as they had the power they would not reduce them, the reality is that there will be a compromise. this could lead to all of the bush tax cuts being extended for two years and then they would stop. the democrats had campaigned against this for a long time but republicans have emerged victorious in november and in this economy, republicans say this is absolutely the wrong time to raise taxes. democrats are finding this hard to fight against barry you can expect a compromise possibly this week. we will see how that plays out for democrats. >> this is a hot-button issue on capitol hill but we had a glitzy glamorous and night for the kennedy center honors last night. had oprah winfrey getting honor, merrill haggard, sir paul mccartney3 1 of the more interesting things was chris rock toasted oprah winfrey and took a jab at sarah palin. fortunately, there were no cameras on barack obama when the joke was made against him. colin powell adjusted in his chair uncomfortably. >> leave it to chris rock to shake things up. back to doug hill and good morning weather. good morning. it is a very chilly start today. let's look at our hd weather camera across the city. it will be very cold morning an exceptionally cold day given the time of year. temperatures are 17 degrees in garrett county. leesburg is 28 degrees. across the region, temperatures are well below average which are usually in the upper 30's. 27 degrees in stafford right now. we are tracking some snow flurries coming snowthe catoctin west of a frederick into northern montgomery county. there are sustained winds across the relatively warm winds of the great lakes. if the great lakes freeze over, the lake-effect snow will stop. we are a long way from there. snow flurries may come through our area from time to time. in western maryland, the mountains will scoop up more measurable amounts of these lake-effect snow. bundle up and if you want relief, adam caskey will take look at a seven-day forecast coming up. >> we will keep our fingers crossed. >> let's check in with lisa baden. traffic is flowing in southeast because of a stock crash on the south capitol street bridge. 77 shows we aret welcome back at 6:54. inauguration day and prince george's county could be overshadowed by the ongoing corruption scandal. saron baker will succeed jack johnson as county executive. leslie johnson will still take a seat even though she is charged with tampering and destruction of evidence. >> mechanic is guilty of manslaughter in the crash of the concorde. the airline was ordered to pay $1.3 million. democrat sen republicans appear to be closing in on a compromise to extend the tax cuts. all the tax cuts will be kept in place temporarily and it looks like jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed will be extended. >> time for one quick last look at traffic and weather every 10 minutes. heading out to metro rail stop -- orange, green, yellow, each at an issue this morning that was resolved. this is the 270 delay southbound which is open out of germantown to get to rockville. watch out for the winds. it is gusty today and we will probably save wind gusts of more like 40 miles per hour. we are talking about afternoon wind chill down in the 20's despite air temperature in the 30's. the highs today will be in the mid and upper 30's. i think it will be a few degrees cooler over the next couple of days. we will warm up a little bit this weekend. we should be at 50 by sunday. that will likely be short-lived. we have a snow flurry along i-70 entablatures are near 30 degrees. the morning when tills are down in the teens. >> it is bad when you're first chance for 50 is sunday and this is monday. >> it should be a rainy 50. >> it is time to go south. that will do it for us this morning. and this one i've titled "tree." can you tell me what f-stop you had the aperture set to? uh, pretty big. and the shutter speed? really...[snaps]...quick. how did you compensate for the diminished light? very well, thank you. with features like compact long zoom, leica lenses, and intelligent auto, lumix cameras make amazing photos easy.