Increase after the shootings as gun enthusiasts brace for stricter gun laws. Prosecutors say it was a case of Excessive Force that turned to murder. The Culpeper Police officer charged says he shot and killed a woman in selfdefense. The jury will continue deliberations today to find the truth. Daniel harmonwright said Patricia Cook trapped his arm in the jeep and dragged him away. Prosecutors say it was Excessive Force that led to the shooting. The jury got the case yesterday deliberating for three hours. Theyll be back at it this morning. A student from the university of virginia is facing federal charges for lying to investigators about a gunman on campus. Brian harris is accused of calling 911 last wednesday and reporting that he saw someone with a weapon on campus. The school was immediately put into a lockdown and an hour later he admitted to place he made the whole thing up. Congress has finally passed a 50 billion relief package for victims of superstorm sandy. The money is going to help families and businesses along the east coast. Sandy devastated millions in new york, new jersey and connecticut when is slammed into the eastern seaboard back in october. More funerals in brazil this morning. He [ no audio ] [ stand by for captions ] reporter richard is a cub master and father of 11year old tyler. He and his wife are teaching their son not to discriminate. We said we really want to take a stand against this. Reporter thats why in maryland, 45 cub scouts took a stand against the boy scouts ban on homosexuals. They posted a nondiscrimination statement. If we wanted to keep our charter and have it reissued to us, we would have to remove our statement from our website. Reporter this backlash against the boy scouts ban kicked off last april when Jennifer Tyrell in ohio said she was kicked out of her sons cub scouts pack for being a lesbian. I dont believe that the community doesnt have all freedoms and equal rights and its still amazing to me that we are still even having these discussions. Reporter she has more than 300,000 signatures of support. Then celebrities got involved. In july 2012, the boy scouts of america reaffirmed their stance and an avalanche followed. Major League Soccer ended their contract. Mitt romney and president obama came out against itself discrimination and also some funding actually disappeared. Now the boy scouts of america announces that theyre, quote, discussing potentially removing the National Membership restriction regarding sexual orientation. They wouldnt talk to us on camera. We asked why now. They say, the decision to discuss the policy is as a result of a longstanding dialogue within the scouting family. They didnt want to lose their charter so they took down their statement. It struck a nerve with us. It was something that in this day and age is not right. I feel extremely hopeful. But still cautiously excited. Reporter in maryland, debra alfarone, wusa9. It is 4 34. D. C. Police are trying to find this manual you see walking on the left hand side of your screen. They need some help trying to track him down. Hes wanted for a Sexual Assault about a week and a half ago in northwest. They say it happened around 2 00 in the morning on january 20. If you recognize him, please call metropolitan police. A legal win for virginia inmate who wants a sex change. Ophelia delante is serving time for bank robbery and will now get a full court hearing. Back in 2001, a judge dismissed her lawsuit saying the department of corrections was adequately handling her gender identity disorder. On monday an Appeals Court said shes entitled to a hearing. A denial of her surgery is a violation of her eighth amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment. Countdown on for super bowl xlvii. Both seems in new orleans and so is wusa9. You got that right. Were going to have reports from andrea roane and Kristin Fisher coming up later this morning. But now we get more before sidss big game. Reporter its the distinct of new orleans jazz, the trombone, the clarinet, and then the smiles. I was born and raised. Ive been here 58 years. I would never go anywhere el. This is my home. Reporter the city is gearing up for two how long backtoback events nicknamed super gras. First the super bowl this sunday. It is the tenth time new orleans has hosted but the first since katrina. I love the 49ers. Ive been liking them [indiscernible] reporter then just nine days later, mardy gra. The two events will bring in one million visitors, 100 Million Viewers worldwide and nearly 1 billion in revenue. What can you imagine that time period is going to be like . Either a really good decision or a really bad one. You get to decide. This is a country on to itself. New orleans from uptown to st. Bernard parish line, theres always something going on. Reporter even in a city used to throwing big parties, super gras may not be so easy. Cbs news, new orleans. And of course we will have much more from new orleans coming up in sports. Remember, wusa9 is the place to watch the super bowl. Well have live reports all week long and join us on super bowl sunday. Ravens taking on the 49ers. Time is 4 37. Coming up, find out why you might want to give the credit card a break. Take out the debit card instead. Im watching your money at 4 42. At 4 53, well take a look at some of the most popular super bowl commercials of all time. What is your favorite . We want to know. Mild weather today could bring nasty weather later this week. Howard is up next with your forecast. Welcome back. 4 40 on this tuesday morning. We have patchy fog out there but here in d. C. , much better visibility than yesterday. That will be the case today. A nicer day. Looking for a high in town of 56. 63 near harrison and culpeper. Partly sunny conditions. We have warmer weather tomorrow. Im tell but that and the threat of stores. Right now here comes monika with timesaver traffic. Lanes are open on 9 a in laurel here at route on 95 in laurel here at route 198 leaving baltimore. The whole stretch looks like this. The beltway looks good between college park and New Carrollton on the east side of town. Back in a few minutes with more traffic. Back to you. Time right now is 4 40. Im watching your money. Wall street will be watching the Federal Reserve today. It kicks off a twoday meeting right here in washington. Investors are hoping the rally restarts thats taken wall street to five year highs in recent day. The dow starts today at 13,881. Dropped more than 14 points in trading yesterday. Nasdaq the winner on the day, up about 4. 5 points. The s p 500 finished lower by three points. Just above the 1500 mark. Todays meeting of the fed will likely impact trading. Policymakers have promised to keep Interest Rates near record lows until the Unemployment Rate falls below 6. 5 . Right now its at 7. 8 . On friday the government will release januarys unemployment figures. And here comes the tax manual. The i. R. S. Will accept 2012 tax returns starting tomorrow. Thats eight days later than the agency had originally planned. The tax filing deadline got pushed back due to some changes that congress made to the tax laws to avoid the fiscal cliff. Also, you may want to swap out your credit card for a debit card the next time you pay for a purchase. Heres why. Retailers can now charge customers up to 3 more when they swipe their credit card at the checkout. These fees are all part of a settlement from the 2005 lawsuit between visa, mastercard and nine banks. Ten states passed a law that bans this checkout fee. Some retailers, though, are saying theyre not automatically going to apply this so its probably a good idea to check before you swipe the next time. You dont find out unless you go through a fine tooth comb on your account. Its 4 42. Less than a week ago, we had temperatures in the teens overnight. Soon its going to feel a lot more like april around here. Howard is up next to tell us why. A consumer alert for ravens fans hunting for tickets for sundays super bowl. 4 45 on the nose. We had temperatures in the teens and Single Digits and thursday its going to be just silly . Tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a warm day, in the 60s. 70s south. This morning is a lot better than it has been with temps in the 40s in many years and a few 30s and just a touch of fog to start your day. We still have two and a half hours till we get to sunrise. Heres a look at your fog this morning, the visibilities anyway. Out in garrett county, its actually come up from zero to onequarter after mile so thats a little bit better. Locally up at the air park in montgomery, a mile and a quarter. Northern delaware, dover has quarter mile visibility. So patches of fog of the were seeing the fog in the colder areas. Right now the wedge of cold air east of the appalachians that hangs on here in our neck of the woods. Sometimes it takes a little while to get rid of, especially in the wintertime. Temperatures will rise near 50 by noon. Mix of sun and clouds today. Probably more clouds than sunshine. Winds southeast 5, 10 miles an hour. Theyre really going to pick up tomorrow. This morning were watching a storm system up across the great lakes with showers, heavier ones toward michigan. Locally, were watching light showers coming out of west virginia. This will approach the Shenandoah Valley and come across the next one to two hours. Straussburg south toward woodstock, sperryville, you could see a couple of sprinkles here for just a little bit this morning. You can see the cold lot of to the northeast and how east of the blue ridge now weve got the temperatures, the cold blues. But you go to the west side all that green and the 50s there. Locally i want to point out the temperatures. A big range. 44 round hill. Then you go east. Weve got 38 in reston to 35 in bowie. Then 48 baden. Even 49 in prince frederick. Thats not a lot of distance to go and have amazing temperature contrasts. Arlington is 45 this morning with 42 in rockville. Outside on our michael son weather camera unlike yesterday, really good visibility this morning with a temperature of 43. Feeling like 39. We finally did get to 46 yesterday at midnight. That was the high for the day. Dew point is up to 40. So a lot more humidity in the air. Thats going to be the case. National temps really tell the story. You can see the 60s at this hour in kansas city. Chicago is up to 55 degrees right now. So this warmth is surging ahead of a storm system which is now bringing us some colder air behind it. Casper is only 13. This storm system for us is going to mean some warmth tomorrow along with the threat for thunderstorms. A big dip. Look at the jet stream. You can follow the clouds coming down the west coast dipping into mexico and then up here in the middle of the country with the snow on the back side of this through minnesota and those showers and storms were watching that are surging northward now in toward michigan during this Early Morning tuesday. Locally just a few of these sprinkles are going to try to come across over the next couple of hours. A lot of them will be rung out in the mountains and well see them there as we go through the morning hours. Then tomorrow as we get into the afternoon and evening hours, thats when well watch this front approach from the west. Looks like it will be here potentially for the drive home but with some luck it holds off till after dark. Heres a look at the forecast. Good day today. Some early fog, 56. Some 6 0z south 60s south and west of town. Tomorrow mid60s. Overnight could be some heavier downpours. Were clearing out thursday, 46. The winds tomorrow and thursday will gust over 30 miles an hour. Flurries friday, 32. And 37 on groundhog day this saturday. Monika samtani, i know you love [ inaudible ] its been a confusing week. Im happy to say its really very calm right now, especially compared to yesterday morning, wow. If youre planning to head southbound on i270 right now things are looking great. Its all green. Frederick, i70 all the way down to clarksburg and the point where the lanes divide, you are good to go right now. Lets take a live look outside and show what you it looks like on the roads. Here in rockville at montrose road, traffic is moving well as you can see both in the main and hov lanes as well. Back to the maps, this time to the other side of town. No issues to report on the northbound side of i95 from triangle to woodbridge. A little bit of slow stuff on the southbound side that seems to be par for the course these days. Otherwise looking good into springfield. Well take a live look on 395 at duke street. All lanes are open right up to the 14th street bridge. Back to you, mike and jess. Thanks, monika. You want to go to the super bowl . Weve got a consumer alert now. The Better Business bureau says beware of buying tickets to the big game online. Tickets offered on craigslist carry no guarantees and the seller is not required to provide their identity. The bbb suggests sites like stub hub and ticket master. That way your tickets are guaranteed to be authentic. To learn more, you can check out our week site wusa9. Com. Weve sent several of our wusa9 team to cover the super bowl festivities in new orleans. So jealous. As hundreds of thousands of people descend on the city, Kristin Fisher found a way to see the big easy away from the crush of the crowds. Reporter hello from. Steamboat in the middle of the Mississippi River. This is abouts as peace temperature this is about as peaceful of a place youre going to find. Were just days away from whats being called super gras. The conversions of mardi gras and the super bowl all in one weekend. The reason i really love this steamboat is it kind of gives you a nice flavor of all the best that new orleans has to offer. Come on in and ill show you what im talking about. Weve got the steamboat stompers inside playing. What would new orleans be without some good jazz music, right . These guys have been playing throughout the duration of this twohour long afternoon jazz cruise. Take a listen. Reporter wouldnt be mardi gras, wouldnt be new orleans without jazz. And of course, theres nothing quite like new orleans than the Mississippi River. To chat more about the steamboat, weve got the captain himself, captain don. Captain, ive got to ask. Youve been around for a while. You know the waters well. Are you guys ready . Is this city ready to handle super gras . Oh, yeah. Weve done it before. Well do it again. Reporter most people think it aint no thing but you have a Million People coming here. Nobody is phased by it. Every year we have mardi gras with over a Million People. We have super bowl every few years. Were a big party place and were ready for it. Reporter and the steamboat, it really provides a nice sort of a different perspective on the city, a much calmer perspective than most people will see in the french quarter. Most people didnt realize new orleans is here because of the Mississippi River and steamboats. So were the only steamboat that operates in the harbor. We offer a view of the river. Reporter captain don, thank you so much for chatting with us. We appreciate it. Were going to have much more from the Mississippi River coming up. Im Kristin Fisher, wusa9. She really looked like shes having an awful time down there, doesnt she . Smiling from ear to year. Nice assignment if you can get it. What would the super bowl be without the memorable commercials . Every morning well feature popular commercials like this budweiser spot from 1995. Bud. Weis. Er. Bud. Weis. Er. Bud. Weis. Er. Its too funny. The ad campaign one of the most popular super bowl commercials of all time. They were eventually replaced. Were going to have much more from the new orleans from new orleans coming up in sports. Remember, wusa9 is the place to be for the super bowl. Were going to have live reports all week long. And of course, join us sunday as the ravens take on the 49ers. Time now for a washington golf show question of the morning. How much do you think it costs for a commercial . Is it a, 4 million, b, 6 million, c, 8 million. If you answer the question correctly, you have a chance to win tickets to the washington golf show. One winner will randomly be selected through friday. Well be right back. Welcome back. Howard here. 4 46. We are looking better today. Were warmer. Were going to be in the 50s. Got better visibility. Some patchy fog here and there right now. Even a stray shower to our west and southwest. But by lunch time, well be in the low 50s headed for the mid 50s here with a mix of sun and clouds. So better day ahead. Monika, over you to. Northbound on i95, volumes are beginning to build here at route 644 to the beltway. Once youre on 395, though, things are great. No problems at all up to the 14th street bridge and into the downtown area. More on area roads coming up at around 5 01. Back to you, mike and jess. Thanks, monika. Theres a few eyebrows going up. Theres a public Radio Station about to launch a lighthearted Membership Campaign that is encouraging listeners to go and make some babies. The aim, of course, make more public radio listeners. The station is wbez in kaye. Ads will appear online, in newspapers, at train platforms and on taxis. Among the tag lines, we want listeners tomorrow. Go make babies today. Do it for chicago. 4 58. A Grammy Nominated singer says a fellow nominee ouched him up and bash roughed him up and Barbra Walters comes down with a childhood illness. Saab hab has nor bigad shaban has more. Reporter Barbara Walters is in a New York Hospital being treated for chicken pox. She never had the disease as a child and has been told to rest. She spent last week in a washington, d. C. Hospital after falling and hitting her head at a preinaugural party. Los angeles county sheriffs are investigating whether Grammy NominatedSinger Chris Brown assaulted fellow nominee frank ocean over a parking space. Ocean wrote on his twitter account that brown and several other guys attacked him in a Recording Studio parking lot. Brown is on probation for assaulting singing superstar rihanna on the eve of the 2009 grammys. Ocean is scheduled to perform here when the grammys are held on february 10. Hes up for six awards, including album of the year. I feel like one of those bright young people they write about in the newspaper. Reporter theres big news for fans. On the heels of winning a Screen Actors Guild award, the entire third season of the popular british series is coming out on dvd today. Most of season three has not yet aired in the u. S. Thats your eye on entertainment. Bigad shaban, cbs news, los angeles. Some of us are big watchers here. Good morning. Youre watching wusa9 at 5 00 a. M. Im Jessica Doyle in for andrea roane. Mike loves it. I cant even pronounce it, never mind love it. Thanks for joining us. I know its spectacular. Everybody loves it. Howard, please take it away. Lets do that. We have nicer weather moving in. Its goingto