he has apologized but the calls for change at the top haven't let up. >> today be d.c. councilman and former mayor marion barry will likely learn where his future with the council stands. tomorrow, same-sex couples can apply for a marriage license starting tomorrow. looking at all the hype behind the acai berry. we take a look at the u.s. capitol on this march 2nd. temperatures in the upper 30s right now. thank you for waking up with fox 5 morning news. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> garrett county schools are closed this morning. in the city of oakland, crews are faced with snow piles as high as eight feet. still some work to do up there. >> some of that from drifting snow. some of that from the nowing they've had to do over last several weeks and it just makes higher and higher piles of snow so they're trying to deal with that out there. >> their snow for the year, you mentioned 250-some inches. that is about 22 feet of snow. >> that is a lot of snow. that is tough. we've had a rough one but nothing like that. we can add to our at the timal by about an inch maybe tonight into tomorrow morning. that would be about it. we have cloudy skies, mostly cloudy skies across the region. we'll see the clouds increase and thicken during the course of the day. i wouldn't rule out a sprinkle or two later on this afternoon. i think the best chance for precipitation will be later tonight inform we see any, it would be a sprinkle, rain shower or two here and there. the temperatures will be warming up. current temperatures around the region, we are at 38 degrees here in d.c. dulles airport, 4 degrees. baltimore, 36. ocean city, it is 33. and in winchester, virginia, it is 35 degrees. here is your forecast for today for the daytime hours. increasing cloudiness and not as breezy as it was yesterday. cooler than it was yesterday as well. we are looking if a high of about 45 degrees. more details on the forecast coming up in a little bit. >> sounds pretty good. if you are sick and tired of all the snow and cold weather and all that, stick around because at 8:30, we'll find out about great travel deals. pico riveraabley some of those o warmer climates. >> i would think any deal it a warmer climate will be a great deal. we'll talk about making it affordable. >> 8:30 this more than, warmer climate, travel. hold all calls at 8:30. i want to hear everyling nook and cranny about this deal and tony can i borrow the credit card. >> you can borrow it. you will probably get about as far as baltimore. >> even that is heading in the wrong direction. >> richmond. >> this you go, richmond. out on the roads, southbound 270 slowing out of hyattstown head down towards the struck scales. the yew in sky fox joining us this morning. -- the crew in sky fox joining us this morning. it is a nice, easy ride so far leaving 198, 197 headed out towards powder mill road. folk, we'll take it back inside. the usual suspects lining up here out of woodbridge. no accidents to report as you continue northbound headed up towards lorton. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. our big story, d.c. council poised to take action against marion barry. >> we now know that the council is going to meet today to talk about the contract controversy surrounding the former mayor. the "washington post" is reporting that the council will likely vote to censure barry, severely cutting his authority and the council may also refer him to the u.s. attorney's office. all of this stems from allegations that barry abused his power when he awarded city contracts. barry's lawyer says there are no policies regulating earmarks and personal service contracts. much more coming up in a live report this hour. a big story we are following this more than, tomorrow, same-sex couples will be able to apply for marriage lances in the district. yesterday, opponents to the move took their fight to the supreme court filing papers with chiefious john roberts asking that the measure go to a public vote. as of now, it looks like things are moving forward. d.c. superior court is getting ready for i rush of couples. we'll talk with the chief judge for more on how the court is preparing. the same-sex marriage depeat has driven one organization to change its employee benefits. catholic charities will no longer offer health coverage for spouses of newlyweds or new hires. it allows the private nonprofit organization it comply with d.c.'s new marriage law while remaining faithful to th teachings of the catholic church. a deadlocked jury means no jail time if a man acussed of killing eight people during a street race in accokeek. the judge declared a mistrial last night. so when tavon taylor is sentenced, he will face a maximum penalty of $1 how for reckless driving. taylor's defense considers this a victory for now. -- penalty of $1,000 for reckless driving. my heart goes out to all the victim in this case. >> this is a case where we'll see a conviction on the merits for the charges that are pending and hopefully before the next jury we'll get that. >> the man that taylor was racing will be sentenced today as well. we are learning more about i murder-suicide at a home day care in dale city. police say richard nichols burst into the home on round tree drive and shot 39-year-old tanitha white. children were also inside. white's young daughter ushered the children to safety. nones with physically hurt but they did hear the gunfire. as the death toll continues to rise in haiti and the need for recovery supplies grows, a local group is gearing up to head to the disaster zone down in chile. the fairfax county rescue squad will deploy to chile with 52 people, four canines and four tons of equipment and supplies. the main mission, to help find people trapped in the rubble and get them out. >> i guess everybody wants to get back into the mindset of -- you don't think you're going to go that quick but once something comes up, you know, an earthquake, you hear of an earthquake somewhere and we are perking up like okay, starting to bet your game face on. >> this will be the second time this year that fairfax search and rescue heads to an earthquake-ravaged country. last time, it was in haiti. the death toll is expected to rise from saturday's earthquake in chile which killed more than 700 people an caused an estimated $30 bill wrong in economic damage. meantime, the earthquake- ravaged country is in desperate need of temporary bridges, field hospitals, electric generators, water purification systems and all satellite phones which sex of state hillary clinton is bringing with her when she visits today. coming up next, jay leno back on the tonight show last night but something surprising was not a part of a punch line. it is not the infamous glove but some other piece of clothing seen in the courtroom when o.j. simpson was aquitted of murder that could become a part of history. ah, auto! sir? finding everything okay? i work for a different insurance 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governments can limit the right to bear arms. this is an offshoot of the d.c. versus heller supreme court case from two years ago. man would filed the suit says if the high court rules in his favor, hopes the city will require gun safety classes for all gun owners. suit that o.j. simpson wore when he was aquited of murder could be cemented in history. s&p son has agreed to hand the suit over to the smithsonian. his agent came up with the idea of donating saying the su simps 1995 murder trial of his ex- wife be is part of american legal history. no word on whether the smithsonian even wants it. if not,t will be offered elsewhere. late night comedian jay leno is back on the air and back in his own time sl. >> i'm jay leno, your host, at least for a while. i'm a little bit nervous not because it's my first night back but because i know dave and oprah are watching. >> leno is now back to the post he held for 15 years. during during last night's show, he didn't say a whole lot about o'brien or much about the drama leading up to the change. you've heard about the acai berry. >> we'll talk with a dietitian to find out if it is a whole lot of hype or if there is somethi to it. >> first, julie will have another check on traffic as you look at traffic right now on the beltway which actually look pretty good for this time of the morning. tony has your forecast coming. might have a wintry mix headed our way, possibly some snow. wouldn't be a lot. we'll find out how much coming up from tony after the break. we didn't think dog food... could make that big of a difference, but it really has. we thought, oh, goldie, you're getting older, and she started eating the purina one... and people would say, "what did you do to her?" 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growing. wet winter an z -- winters and dry summers make for good wine. >> let's take a look. everyone is talking about was going to happen next next? there is more snow coming in here what is we know about this late tuesday. that is tonight. wednesday, east coast storm. these are the facts. there is a limited amount of sold cold air in place for this storm to tap into. the storm is trending south and east which means we will be on the edge of the storm system. still look like it could be a close call. any of these coastal storms, if they shift direction, 0, 30, 40, 50 miles and it changes the forecast but right now, we expect little if any accumulation and i don't really expect that to change with this one. here are the current temperatures around the region. 39 now in washington. we've anded up. 38 in annapolis. 30 out in manassas. culpeper, 34 degrees. gaithersburg is at 34 degrees. your satellite-radar composite for the region, we've got more clouds today than we had yesterday and, in fact, today generally will be a cloudier day. it is also going to be a cooler day. yesterday, we actually made it up to 50 degrees. not bad at all. there are your clouds in for this morning. there is your storm system down to the south. leading edge of that storm system making its way into southern portions of west virginia and extreme southwestern virginia. i would not rule out a stray sprinkle later on today maybe during the afternoon. but for the most part, i think that precipitation holds off until tonht. the forecast for washington for today look like this. we are going to see a lot of clouds around today. cooler temperatures, high around 456789 that is below normal. the wind will be much lighter today. expect to see some precipitation develop. it will probably likely be a rain snow mix overnight. overnight temperatures will be key. where it gets to freezing or below, we'll see that snowfall. elsewhere, it will probably be a mix. assume layings an inch or less is what we're expecting with this storm. then, for your five-day forecast, tomorrow, i do think for some of our viewers tomorrow morning could be a little messy. 4 # for our high tomorrow. 44, 45 for thursday and 199. over the weekend being i believe we will be in the 50s. let's go to julie wright to find out about the roads. >> we'll start off along the top stretch of the capital beltway where lanes are open leaving college park headed westbound around 495. the crew in sky fox now hovering above the beltway near connecticut avenue. the lane here are open as you contue arpdz towards 270 and continue out towards the exits there at the american legion bridge. no problems to reported southbound connecticut avenue. looks good as you continue down towards beach drive and out towards 410. no problems to report on the beltway, inner loop. it is quiet from 355 continuing around towards silver spring. if you are making the trip southbound along 270 out of jeer an noun, it is heavy and steady approaching and passing 109 but we have delays approaching father hurley boulevard trying to get past 118. the pace improves only to slow again at montrose road headed out towards the split. inbound new york avenue the rate lean is blocked. brentwood parkway still should down between v street and mount olivet because of a crash. you are denied access from new york avenue to exit at the brentwood parkway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. coming up, our business beat. bailed-out insurance giant aig make a big sale. will the taxpayers see any benefit from that sale. chickewings are not a cheap eat anymore. prices soared 39% between 2008 and 2009. the national chicken council tells "usa today" that more restaurants are offering wings on the menu causing those prices to go up. spars meet kerry bolognese. he says our school budget is excessive, and sides with those who will cut millions from fairfax schools. increasing class sizes and losing our best teachers. eileen filler-corn 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marketing healthy enough to warrant thitype of activity. we got the deal with aig which we'll get to. you hay pharmaceutical deal. another couple of deal in europe and that got effect going. we had positive news on both the corporate front, dillard's gave a great quarter. the manufacturing part of our economy really seems to be getting going, at least more so than anything else. and we also got consumer spending and people are spending a little bit more than we had anticipated. that helped retailers as well. that gous off to the races. he do have the automotive companies reporting their nawbz. we'll keep an eye on toyota and how well ford and gm have done now that toyota has struggled in the last month. lets adig into the aig thing a little bit more now. i think the bottom line here is taxpayers want to say are we going to get money back? are we going to get anything out of these deals? >> yeah, you're right. when it was initially announced that they were taking $182 billion in bail outfunds, effect was agast and rightfully so. they have drown down and they have about $95 billion in debt and that doesn't include assets essentially owned bit u.s. government. how much of that are we getting back? the only way to get it back is if they start is hing off the provable units which are the life insurance arms and they've started doing that and generating some cash. they are selling one to met life. they announced yesterday they sold one to prudential plc, the british prudential in total generating with hope about $50 billion from the sale of just these two units. a big portion of that goes directly to paying back that $95 billion. as they sell off the great units, their cash flow weakens and that lessens the likelihood that the reamandaer of that balance will be paid off. we are getting some of it back. will we get all of it back? i think there is still a lot of skepticism there. >> always something. still ahead, a toonie super fruit that some say can help you lose 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think we're probably done with the big ones. >> that would be great. >> tucker may be disagreeing. >> no, no, he didn't say anything. >> what did you say? >> spring >> springtime is on the way. >> we had more clouds this morning than we had yesterday. we will see a cloudier day today than we had yesterday. more clouds and that will keep it cooler as well. yesterday, we actually made it up to 50 degrees. our average high for today, 51 but we don't get there. at least we don't think so. current nemz in the district, 9 degrees. dulles airport and b wait a minute marshall are both at 36 degrees at this hour. forecast for today is rather simple. overcast skies. cooler temperatures, 45 for a high. a slight chance of a stray sprinkle or two during the afternoon and evening but not a great chance of that. and then a better chance of precipitation late tonight into early tomorrow morning. some of that could be frozen precipitation but there will be little or no accumulation. maybe about an inch in places. >> it may have been 50 degrees yesterday but with the winds blowing the way they were, it felt a whole lot cooler. >> yes, it did. we don't have the winds today . >> hopefully no problems on the roads either. >> not many. we do have a little hitch in our get along on the beltway. we had a stalled car. we have the crew in sky fox. if you are traveling to the american legion bridge, the bridge itself is open for business. no problems to report as you travel between 270 and the exits down near tyson's corner. this is the remains of the disabled vehicle right at the end of merge for traffic coming off the clara barton parkway. it look more like an accident than a disabled vehicle. we have three cars stopped there along the right side. so traffic is slowing awe rubberneck past the scene. -- as you rubberneck past the scene. no problems to report from the gw parkway back around towards the exit for 270. we'll take it back inside and update your ride elsewhere. if you are making that tr along southbound 270, we had delays at hyattstown. we have the incident along the right side. inbound new york avenue, slow going coming from bladensburg road to west virginia, montana. that is where we had the crash tying up the right side of the road. brentwood parkway still shut down between v street and mound olivette. that is due to an accident. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. i did not use good judgment in recommending a contract to a person whom i was involved with personally. >> that is councilman marion barry apologizing but today, the city council is expected to take action against the former mayor. they are holing a meeting today to discuss an investigation into council earmarks and contracts. >> fox 5's sarah simmons is live at the wilson building with more on what is expected to be a big story today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it certainly is expected to be a big story and the council is expected to take this issue up at about #:00 this afternoon or after the regular council meeting, whichever comes first. they are going to be looking into this, whether or not they are going to vote to censor him. that is a possibility today. it would take away basically his committee chairmanship and the "washington post" says this would refer to public corruption allegations to the u.s. attorney's office. barry apologized last week as you heard saying he had used poor judgment in getting a $15,000 contract for his ex- girlfriend donna watts brighthaupt. a week after a report came out of an investigation into council earmarks. it also accused barry of misusing public funds and violating conflict of interest rules. now, his attorney has said that there are no policies to regulate earmarks an personal service contracts for the city and barry has mained all of this time that he has done nothing wrong. but he did admit to taking several thousand dollars from brighthaupt for loans that he had made to her. now, it is pretty clear at this point that the council does plan to doing something today. exactly what, we're just not sure but we will know the outcome and later on this afternoon, and be following the results from there. sarah simmons, fox 5 news. back to you. >> thank you. another big story we are following. tomorrow, same-sex couples will be able to apply for marriage licenses in the district. yesterday, poconos took to the supreme court to file papers with cheese justice john roberts asking that the measure go at this public vote. as of now, it looks like things are moving forward. d.c. superior court is getting ready for i rush of couples. next hour, we'll talk with the chief judge for more on how the courts are preparing. the same-sex marriage debate has given one organization to change its employee benefits. catholic charities will no longer offer health coverage to the spouses of newlyweds. the need to recovery supplies grows in child yes. a local group fearing up to head to the disaster zone now. fairfax 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plenty of rest. snot one single food is ever going to help you lose weight. some of these cleanses that they are promoting with the acai berry can be dangerous. it is not good for your gi system and it really is very expensive and a waste money. >> let me ask you this. this particular berry, it is an exotic fruit, correct? >> it is. it comes from brazil and the amazon. so it's berry just shrike strawberries and blueberries and cherries and raspberries. they all have antioxidants. they are all good for you. can you try it if you want. if you are one of those people and a lot of people are into going green. you will have a huge carbon footprint if you are eating acai. if you were to eat it without adding sugar, it tastes like dirt. i would mix it in a smoothie. mix it with some other berries. i thinned it out with berry juice which is high in antioxidants and antiinflammatories especially for exercisers. it is great to have after exercise. >> here is the deal. the berry is not going to hurt you. it is okay. >> right. >> but it is not the big super fruit or food that will be the cure-all for something. it is probably just as good as the other berries you mentioned. >> sure. try it but va real oftic expectations. they are both to add sugar to it so it will be palatable to you. i would try a frozen pulp form that has no sugar add. add your own fresh fruit and 100% juice for natural flavors and for natural sweetness. but again, a variety of berries is what will give you the best antioxidant profile and promote your health. if you want, you could also have red wine, cocoa powder or dark chocolate which are very high in antioxidants as we'll. don't just limb at this time to one -- >> wait a minute. wait a minute. i have to tell you i love dark chocolate. >> go for it. >> but four you are not saying just seat the dark chocolate and not eat some of the -- just eat the dark chocolate and not eat some of the berries. >> no, i love using cocoa pod we are banana and iced coffee and yogurt for a power breakfast wake-up to get me here at # 30 in the morning. >> let me ask you. this we always hear eat all your fruits, your vegetables. why are berries so much better for you than some of another fruits. you know, some of the other like cantaloupes and those types of things? >> they all have hair different health profiles. berries in particular are high in antocyanins, a special powerful anticipate oxidant. if your blood vessels have little nicks or cell damage, these berries will repair that and keep you nice and healthy. they are good for heart health. they have vitamins an fibers. a promote a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. you can use the frozen variety when they are not in season. >> i have blueberries with oatmeal every single morning but it is okay to get the floesen kind in. >> yes, frozen are packed at their peak freshness. just make sure t look at the ingredients. make sure it just says strawberries or blueberries and in add sugars. >> speaking of that, if you are going to do a ice, it is better just to do the fruit itself. is it okay to do a juice? is that a good substitute if a piece of fruit. >> i think it is okay. i look for 100% juice and it depends on how you use it. for example, i love sparkling water but i like to mix it with a quarter cup of juice. or you make the smoothie with yogurt and it is very thick so why not thin it out with the juice. exercise creates inflammation. if have you it after a workout, will reverse the exercise induced inflammation. >> sounds good. in the end, don't waste your money on a whole bunch of stuff. >> especially if it is diet. i would rher have you try the puree to make a fun, fruity thing. don't waste your money on the diet products. they don't work. >> thank you. back to you. >> all right. >> good information. very good. all right. got some good information about what is happening tonight as thins continue to kind of adjust out there. >> i think we'll see some wintry precipitation tonight. parts of the viewing area at least. now, unlike the other storms that wave seen well out to the west, you are not going to get much of anything the way things look right now. >> i don't think they'll complain about that. >> no, i don't think so. even around here, maybe an inch. that would be about it the way things are looking now. let's start by showing you the current temperatures around the region. we are off to a chilly start but not windy like it was yesterday. that helps. it is 39 degrees right now in the district. 38 in annapolis. man my jacket is stuck up over my gear. just want you all to know i am wearing equipment back there. that is not me. we have clouds in over us right now. there tion in portions of west virginia and southwestern virginia so i wouldn't rule out a sprinkle or two this afternoon. most folks won't get anything. maybe none of us will but i wouldn't rule out a sprinkle. if it falls this afternoon, it will be rain because it will be warm enough for rain. there is your big storm system down to the south. let's take a look at the if you are phase map. let take a look at the surface map -- let's take a look at the surface map. a fairly messy, slushy and -- if the temperatures don't drop below freezing here in the washington area, primarily rain i think. that is what we're looking at. overcast skies today. cool temperatures, 45 degrees for your high. cooler than yesterday. five-day forecast, we have tonight into the morning tomorrow and we think that is about it. tomorrow morning, maybe early afternoon, that is about it. not an all day kind of thing. then our temperature will be cool for the next several days actually little bit below normal. by the weekend, we're showing you saturday but i'll give you a sneak tease about sunday. pardon me. i think our temperatures will he 50s. so things will look good for the weekend. not bad at all. time new for -- now for ask the weather guy ysm it is a segment where tucker barnes and i put our big heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather-rhetted or wise. today's question is a rae her cute question from roger in kensington. a truck load of bananas flipped over on i-207 last friday morning disrupting traffic for hours. a bunch of us want to know what happened to all of the bananas. this question has great appeal. >> is that how he wrote it? >> very cute, roger. we have video of that incident. the truck turned over. 45,000 bounds pound of bananas. julie wright reported they never fell out of the truck. >> that's right that's correct. >> she was hoping they would but they did not. >> they held up traffic. >> it did hold up traffic if a long time. >> you've heard of slipping on a banana peel thing. but the bananas never fell out of the truck. they were in their own crates. they were not damaged. thshipping company sent another truck to the scene and the ban ans awere offloaded frothe overturned truck and put on the new truck and then drove away. so the answer to your question technically is the bananas split. >> how long were you work on that? >> we thought it would be nice to enjoy the 1980 res video cool summer by banana-rama. steve, this is in your ipod. >> it is. i thought you were going to bring back the old banana splats tv show. >> i loved that. i really loved it. >> i don't even know this. >> you don't know this song? >> no. >> this is probably too modern for you. it's the '80s. >> have you ever heard of banana-rama. >> yeah, kind of. >> roger, thank you for the question. and if you've got a question that you woullike to have answered, go to our web site, myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab and we will try to answer it for you. >> my thinking is i need to spent a little more time with julie wright so she can sort of bring me up to speed on some of these things. >> that is true. >> julie was too busy trying to track down a truck full of rice cream and i truck full of whipped cream and cherries. >> i got the banana guy so -- >> it has a bruise on it. >> no, it's good like that. >> it was in a truck and flipped over. give day break. >> you peel it and then you eat it. hello, mom. okay. >> you enjoy, julie. >> all right. right now, thank goodness, nothing flipped over out there on the beltway this morning. we do have lanes open leaving college park head around towards 270-6789 the crew in sky fox happened to be above 270 at # 70 right now. all lanes are open right now -- at 370 right now. we have delays from mva to 370. at the lane divide, traffic slows headed down the southbound spur towards democracy boulevard. let me take it inside. we can talk about northeast washington. this is a ive shot. the camera is a little off center if you will here. this is new york avenue at the brentwood parkway and police are still blocking access from new york avenue to the brentwood parkway. the problem is they're investigating an accident involving a pedestrian. unfortunately, it is a fatal crash involving a pedestrian and that is what has tied up the brentwood parkway. it remains closed off near ninth street. the brentwood parkway shut town between v and mount olivet road until further notice. they won't let you use the ramp off of new york avenue this morning. lane are open on new york avenue. traffic slows from south dakota avenue to west virginia, montana and closer to the third street tunnel but you are denied access from new york avenue to the brentwood parkway because of this fatal crash. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. soy the first lady is now calling on country to pitch in and help tackle the childhood obesity epidemic. she has made the arab top priority with her let's go campaign. experts say americans spend about $150 billion a year to treat obesity related conditions. >> if we meet this challenge with determination and commitment, then we can take back control and we it turn back the tide and give our kids the. 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