This rather. This is maryland 450 and annapolis road at church road closed down for the repair here. Mike andrea . Thank you tranice. Today d. C. Lawmakers will probably get an earful from members of the public Advocacy Group public citizens. Theyre calling on the d. C. Council to quote pull the plug on a exelon pepco merger. Todays hearing coming a day after the report from the ohio based think tank which says the merger would have a negative impact on the city and its residents. Reporter Delia Goncalves is live outside the buildson building the site of todays hearing. Good morning. Reporter good morning and that study is what they needed. Thats the fuel behind the argument that a lot of folks will make today at city council. They will talk to City Council Members and urge them to ditch this deal because it will be bad for the two million customers of pepco in this region. Because it all boils down to more money that you may have to pay for your energy. Thats what they are arguing. And this Energy Think Tank just released its study and found that a merger between pepco and exelon would result in rate hikes and it would also undermine d. C. s environmental initiatives. Exelon is the largest owner of Nuclear Plants in the United States. It hopes to buy pepco for 6. 4 billion but get this, thats about 2 billion more than its current assets. So analysts say the only way the already struggling company can make up that cost . Is to pass it on to the customers. And that means potential rate hikes. But proponents of the merger say listen, people have been complaining about pepco for years. Finally a solution comes along and youre still not happy . Well, you want to know who those people are. And i will let you know coming up in the next half hour. Back to you in the studio. Raise my rates i wont be happy. No. No. Pretty easy. Thats easy equation. All right delia thank you. Four bodies have been removed from the ruins to have annapolis mansion and taken to the medical Examiners Office in baltimore to be identified. Emergency workers will return now to the site once again of mondays massive fire to search for the two Family Members who are still missing. This is such a sad story. Nikki burdine is live in annapolis near the home and again, this was just a sleepover with four grandkids and their grandparents. And now the whole family is so sad. Nikki . Reporter youre right mike, its heartbreaking and were learning more about what happened that night. A family spokesperson tells us that those four children had just gone on to their grandparents house that they called the castle for a sleepover. And thats what happened the night of the fire. Meanwhile Family Members have released the names of those children and their pictures. Take a look, we know that 8 yearold lexi and her little sister 7yearold katie were in that home. Their cousins 8yearold charlotte and her little brother 6yearold wes boone were also there. Also miss willing the childrens miss willing the childrens missing are the childrens grandparents don and sandy pyle. There are still two people atf investigators will be back out here looking for today. Atf agents say the cause of course is still not known but they are using a ton of resources such as dogs, specialized at sniffing out accelerants and agents are even studying floor plans and interviewing Family Members to learn the layout of the house and use that to create a very complicated crime sketch. Again agents admit this is not the typical investigation which is whither out here and being why they are out here and being meticulous about this. Six Family Members still unaccounted for four bodies have been discovered. But investigators will be back out here in just a couple of hours to search for the two bodies. Back to you in the studio. Yeah of course well bring you more updates as soon as we get them. Thank you nikki live in annapolis this morning. People living in one laurel neighborhood are in shock this morning after a man was gunned down in broad daylight in their hbneigorhood. It haedppenon imperial drive yesterday afternoon. One woman says she found out about this mans murder from her daughter as she was heading home. You have never heard anything like this happen in all this time. No. No. Never ever. Never. And i said to her, uhhuh. This is whats going on . Because its been [ inaudible ]. Never, never had anything like this. So far, police have no suspects and no motive in the case. Theyre offering a reward up to 25,000 for information that would lead to an arrest. Charles severance the man accused of three alexandria murders has now been has been ordered to undergo a forced hospitalization to undergo a new mental evaluation. Severance has twice refused to complete his mental evaluation so he can stay on trial. A longtime friend of severance says his friend is innocent and recently visited him in jail. If i was an innocent man, having been looked up locked up since march and being trapped living under the conditions that hes in. I would be enraged raging lunatic by now. So hes holding up extremely well. Severances next Court Appearance is coming up in march. Maryland governor larry hogan getting right down to business has released a Budget Proposal which seeks to balance the states spending. Governor hogan is calling for general Fund Expenditures of 16. 4 billion on projected revenue of that same amount. Now his plan doesnt raise any taxes or state fees and it doesnt call for state Agency Layoffs or furloughs. The proposal would cut the budgets of state agencies by 2 . Marylanders didnt feel very good about what weve been doing. The status quo has not been acceptable. Thats why the majority of marylanders in 20 out of 23 counties elected me as governor. To chart a new course. And were going to take the actions that they want us to take. Governor hogan has said he will propose tax cuts separately in the coming weeks. Virginias governor is preparing to return to a normal work schedule. Mcauliffe was released from Virginia Commonwealth UniversityMedical Center yesterday after having fluid drained from his lungs. The governor broke seven ribs when he was thrown from a horse while on a Family Vacation in tanzania last month. Doctors discovered the punctured lung after he went to the hospital monday for shortness of breath. Trying to help children who are having seizures, a group is meeting with lawmakers and have been meeting with them in richmond, virginia to discuss the benefits of medical marijuana. And while a family was speaking about the need for cannabis oil to treat their daughters uncontrolled seizures, another child in the meeting had a seizure right in the hearing room in front of lawmakers. The girls mother who spoke moments later told legislators her daughter has more than 1,000 seizures a day. She and other families say legal medicines are not working for them and they say they cause horrific side effects. Thats why theyre pushing legislation that would make it legal for them to use cannabis. Its been stated we dont know the longterm effects of medical marijuana. But i can tell you, i know the longterm effect of uncontrolled seizures. It will be cognitive decline and premature death. Three Northern Virginia lawmakers are sponsoring bills which would allow two kinds of Cannabis Oils to treat epilepsy that doesnt respond to other drugs. Our time is eight after the hour, a new report suggests that grains about the children and guidelines about the children and computer and tv screen time may not be realistic especially in this modern world. If fate of two japanese citizens held hostage by isis. Wusa9 is back right after this. 6 10. We are looking not so bad this morning. But boy by this evening, its going to be a whole other story as the storm system approaches from the south. Mostly 20s now highs 39 to 44 with increasing clouds. Look for rain and snow to approach Late Afternoon early this evening. Could be sloppy tonight. Not too much in town but north and west could be several inches of snow sleet mess by saturday morning. Full forecast looking through the weekend in about five. Right now timesaver traffic and tranice. Thank you howard. Not too food on 395 for folks traveling northbound from the springfield mixing bowl going up to the 14th street bridge. Slow and stop and go. The crash blocks at least the left and left center lane. Elsewhere it looks like sky 91 over top of the water main break that ive reported about a couple of times in prince georges county. This is annapolis road at church road going to be closed for the water main break a pretty decent sized hole were seeing in the area. Mike andrea . The city of edgewater, new jersey remains under a state of emergency after a massive fire consumed a four story apartment building. This was huge. The complex right on the husbandson river. The flames could be seen throughout new york city for miles away. Don champion has more. Reporter it took 250 firefighters more than 14 hours to bring this massive fire under control at an apartment complex in edgewater, new jersey. Its devastating to see your place go down like that. Reporter dina gomez and her family are among 5 hounders rents the fire displaced. Residents the fire displaced. When i saw the flames getting where it was spreading i could see it from my window. I said lets go. Reporter it started at 4 30 in the complex along the hudson river right across from new york city. Within an hour crews called in extra help including fdny fire boats. A account heat of the foot at the height of the fight, flames could be seen for miles away. It was in the fort and it just traveled and we had crews on three floors and had the task of dealing with multiple rescues and different floors because the smoke traveled through the building. Reporter two firefighters and two residents had minor injuries. Edgewater schools are closed and the city is in a state of emergency as hundreds struggle to figure out their next step. I cant stop thinking about whats next. Yeah. And the older things that will not take cover. Reporter don champion for cbs news, edgewater, new jersey. He says it started while maintenance crews were working on plumbing repairs. Atlantic city in new jersey is in an enormous financial hole according to its governor chris christie. As part of the effort to dig the city out, governor christie tapped kevin orr to help. He led detroit through its bankruptcy of its 12 casinos Atlantic City lost four last year and three more are now in bankruptcy. Are screen time guidelines for kids really realistic in our wired society now . The American Academy of pediatrics currently recommends children under 2 spend no time in front of a television or computer. They also suggest limiting exposure to less than two hours a day for children who are over 2 years old. Australian researchers say with the use of devices surging now and students doing more and more work online, staying within those limits may not be possible. 6 14. Heres another look at our question of the morning our facebook friend kenneth boyd says well have more of your answers and the correct answer in about a half an hour. 57y how can i avoid maintenance fees . Why would you want to avoid them . Because i dont want to. You know what . Im gonna bring my maintenance guy in here to tell you all about it. Roddy so, uh, without your fee your checking chamber cant run smoothly. Every time you put money in it causes, uh. Deposit friction. Gotta get some fiscal lube on there. [ male announcer ] its time to bank human again. [ defeated] okay. [ male announcer ] avoid monthly maintenance fees at td bank with a minimum checking balance of just 100. Td bank. Americas most convenient bank. Welcome back. Its 6 17 this friday morning. Time to run through what is in the news right now. Beginning with some breaking news offputs burke. At this hour, the of pittsburgh, at this hour firefighters are on the scene of a huge fire at an apartment complex and we are watching it. At least two people have been december rued from the complex so far rescued from the complex so far and police are searching for more people who might be trapped inside. At this point one of the four buildings has collapsed near the complex. For thes were pulled out of the building before it collapsed. The fate of two japanese hostages held captive by isis is unclear this morning. The militant group has threatened to kiln both men unless japan yspa a 200 million ransom. Today is the day to do so. Theyd release a statement about the hostages today isis said. So far, no word from either side. Meanwhile, political crisis is still developing in yemen. The countrys u. S. Backed president has stepped down. Submitting his resignation to pardon mement thursday Urn Parliament thursday under pressure from shiite rebels who have taken over the capital. Its home to the terror group alqaeda in the arabian peninsula. U. S. Marines are on standby at this point in case american diplomats have to be evacuated. The fate of a man accused of committing war crimes in his native boss inia is in the hands of a vermont jury this morning. Deliberations began yesterday in the case of eden sokoch accused of lying about his role in war crimes when he applied for u. S. Citizenship more than a decade ago. Also a civil rights investigation could be on the way in the case of a mentally ill Rikers Island inmate. Bradley ballard died after he was locked in his cell for six days without care or medication. He was found naked and covered in waste. Now a new york Oversight Panel is recommending the federal government investigate his death. A Fashion Designer who shook up the womens shoe business has died. Vince camuto was one of the founders of nine west. He died of cancer this week at the age of 78. He was known for designing stylish shoes at affordable prices. He made millions along the way. How about this . Seven million americans admit to committing Financial Infidelity which means theyre keeping a credit card or bank account hidden from their spouse. The study found one in five people spent 500 or more without their partners knowledge. And were told its not women, but men who are more likely to go on these secret shopping sprees. Mike andrea . What are you guys buying is what id like to snow . Who are you buying . I dont have the answer. Not her but a former co worker of mine got her credit cards mailed to the tv station. Youre kidding. Yes. Thats how much she was keeping it a secret. Wow. Yes. All right. No secrets about the weather. Its going to be a messy evening commute possibly for some of us. Yes and sot the very least at the very least its going to be wet ask some areas north and west it may be slick out there as were expecting mixed bag across the region. The precip types that im expecting from the storm were going to be dealing with for tonight and into saturday. Youll notice the white to the northwest. Thats going to be mainly snow. Then theres going to be a transition zone in orange which will have a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain. From washingtonto baltimore and south and east were looking at mostly rain. Where it snows the most two, maybe four inches in some of these spots and one to two frederick to gaithersburg. Northern frederick that could start to pile up and well be lucky i think squeeze out think to squeeze out an inch here in d. C. And baltimore. For today, and this would be overnight tonight into saturday morning, talking about temperatures today only getting into the lower 40s. Looks like this precip will arrive on Southern Suburbs by maybe 4 00 or so. 6 00, 7 00 p. M. Here in the district and tonight messy temperatures in the 30s and depending on where you are going to be some travel issues. Temperatures now mostly in the 20s and low 30s. Well be 43 today. 34 tonight. Yellow alert tomorrow but really its going to be tonight and the first half at least the first half of saturday with some tapering by afternoon. Only around 40. Sunday partly sunny milder, 46. By monday another clipper system threatens with some wintry weather. That could mess up the commute and schools on monday. Then cold and windy tuesday. Well be lucky to get back to freezing. 6 21. Tranice good friday morning. To you too howard. Things are looking better on 395 but lets start in 270. The crash is southbound between frederick and urbanna. A stackup trying to go southbound out of frederick from 70 and the delays continue down to clarksburg. Elsewhere a little bitter on 395 im sorry, this is the outer loop of the beltway. Im all mixed around with my cameras and maps. Were looking good here at New Hampshire avenue noishes trying to go from the 95 interchange over towards 270. But some improvement on 90 and talk about this in the next hit. But right now thanks so much. Were going to head to break and well see you when we come back. At 6 25. Heres a look at some stories you may have missed. One of americas closest allies in the middle east has died. Funeral services will be held today for saudi arabias King Abdullah. He was 90 years old. Susan mcginnis has more. Reporter thousands of pilgrims mourned the death of King Abdullah today in mecca. As ruler of the oil rich nation, the king was among the wealthiest men in the world. He worked to modernize saudi arabia, give more freedom to women and was a strong u. S. Ally in the battle against al qaeda. President obama visited the ailing leader last march. He issued a statement and said i always valued King Abdullahs perspectives and appreciated our genuine and warm friendship. Former president george w. Bush called the king an important ally and said he had fond memories of his visits with him. But the monarch did not always agree with u. S. Policies. King abdullah pushed the Obama Administration to take a tougher stand against Irans Nuclear ambitions and wanted stronger u. S. Support for sunni rebels fighting in syria. The white house says Vice President biden will lead a u. S. Delegation to saudi arabia in the coming days to pay respects to the kings family. Abdullahs half brother solomon immediately succeeded him. The 79yearold had been performing many of his brothers responsibilities during the past year. Susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. And with abdullahs death great Britains Queen elizabeth is now the worlds oldest monarch at age 88. Cuba and the United States plan more historic talks this morning. As they try to move to normalize ties after more than a half a century of animosity between the two countries. The talks are taking place in havana. So far, top u. S. Diplomat for latin america is calling the negotiations positive and productive. But there are still profound differences. We have to overcome more than 50 years of a relationship that was not based on confidence or trust. U. S. Diplomats say another round of talks will be scheduled within the coming weeks. The house has approved legislation which would tighten federal restrictions on abortions. The bill is passed. The bill would temple innocently bar federal funds permanently bar federal funds from being used for any abortion coverage. It would also bar tax credits. The bill was approved along party lines, the president is expected to veto measure. Thousands of supporters taking part in the annual march for life have sent a message to the u. S. Supreme court. They say the truth should not be decided by nine people. And the words of former senator rick santorum. One of the protesters it should be decided by one god he said. The protest marked the 42nd anniversary of vow v wade the Supreme Court decision which made abortion legal in the United States. 6 27. Looks like president obama is on a collision course with republicans over the plan to cut the tax benefits in College Savings plans. Republican lawmakers say they have no intention of raising taxes on families who are trying to save money for their childs education. The Administration Says the additional tax revenue would be used to help expand a 2,500 tax credit that families can use for educational purposes. Right now the tax credit is scheduled to expire at the end of 2017. 6 28. A good start to our friday but it will all come to an end with the rain helping us get home this evening. Yep and depending on the temperature, a little snow might mess up your date night this friday night. Allyson rae joins us live right now from the weather terrace. Thats right. Right now no problems. Its just a little cold out here. But theres no wind so hey its midjanuary. But take a look at live doppler 9000 hd. This is what is to come later on tonight. Most of your day is okay were expecting this between 4 00 to 6 00. And temperatures right now are into the 20s. 24 for germantown and 23 for white oak. And college park at 25. But we are going to see temperatures get to the 40s some rain pushes on through the metro. Areas west of 95 a little bit of a mix and the snow north of interstate 70 and west of interstate 81. Well get to the details coming up. To tranice with traffic. Thanks. This morning were checking out the ride on 66 looking pretty good but seeing a regular slow and stop and go traffic making your way from say manassas to centreville and towards the beltway. Lanes are open in the beltway in virginia no reports of any issues there. Well take a look elsewhere. These are grow delays 95 northbound try and make your way towards 395. The earlier crash between edsall and seminary road but again this is newington. Pretty good delays and right now sky 9 is over the scene of a possibly could be pretty serious accident involving a pedestrian. Mike, andrea . Thanks tranice. Pepco customers could face increased rates if the merger is allowed to happen. It would create a huge company. All according to a cleveland based Energy Think Tank called the institute for economics, energy and financial analysis. D. C. Lawmakers prepare to hold a Public Meeting about the merger. And its impact on City ResidentsDelia Goncalves has a preview of todays hearing. Expected to start at 11 00 and all about rates and reliability. Right delia . Caller you can bet that reporter you can bet that think tank actually fueled the argument and a lot of folks will come down here really energized because they have the proof on paper they say that this is not a good deal for them. That it will not only raise rates for a lot of pepco Energy Customers in the region, but it will create a moe monopoly and also really ruin what d. C. Has done to Renewable Energy but there are some people who think theres a good idea and those folks are business leaders. They say the proposed merge we are the countrys largest owner of Nuclear Plants will help boost the Regions Energy capabilities. Not hurt them. Exelon merged with baltimore based bge in 2012. Customers there are pleased with reliability. But opponents counter exelon raised rates four times since 2012 for those former bge customers. And they say they will do the same here in d. C. Now pepco spokesperson tells us by combining the companies, they will quote generate cost savings that will be passed on to the customers and there will be no rate tykes. Of course hikes. Of course theres no promise and thats why folks will be talking to Council Members urging them to ditch this deal because it is a bad one they say for d. C. Pepco has two million customers in the region. Including delaware, maryland, and new jersey. And penalties say if opponents say if exelon does go through with the merger they will create an unfair monopoly in the midatlantic. Back to you in the studio. All right thank you delia. Thank you. Today local and federal First Responders will once again search for victims in the deadly annapolis mansion fire. Yesterday, firefighters found if bodies of two more people in the rubble of this massive home. That leaves two more people still missing of this family of six. Nikki burdine rather is live in annapolis with more on the search and whats going to happen today. Reporter well, were still learning about what happened that night and of course its still too early to tell the cause of the fire. And investigators havent yet officially identified the people who can recovered from this fire. So far four bodies two people are still missing. However, Family Members have released the names of the four children and their grandparents believed to have been in that fire. And they sent us pictures take a lack at their sweet look at their sweet faces, we know all believed to have been in the fire. Also missing are the childrens grandparents who owned that home. Don and sandy pyle. We dont ho know which victims have been found and who is still missing but there are still two peoplement investigators plan to come back out here this morning in just a couple of hours and continue their search. They say this is not your typical house fire. And thats precisely why atf is involved in this. Of course its a massive home and so atf got involved to assist in the investigation. Theyre using all their resources they have such as dogs specialized in sniffing out accelerant and theyre studying floor plans and interviewing Family Members so they can better find out what happened and find those two victims still missing in the a Family Member also told us that those four children had gone over to their grandparents house for a sleepover the night of the fire. Just a heartbreaking story. And our thoughts and prayers are with them all. Back to you in the studio. Absolutely nikki thank you with that live update from annapolis. Maryland. 6 34. Howard county police want your help. Theyre trying to find a suspected rapist in columbia, maryland. The Victim Told Police a man walked up to her outside the columbia Landing Apartments on taymar drive. He tried talking with her and then apparently pulled her into an empty apartment and raped her. According to the woman. She said the man had short dreadlocks or braids and was possibly in his 30s. So far lawmakers are far apart as they try to reach an agreement on dealing with sexual assaults on college campuses. A state senate took up a series of proposals yesterday in the wake of several recent highprofile cases of alleged sex crimes on virginia campuses. Among the most controversial, mandatory reporting under the proposal University Employees who become aware of an assault will be required to report it to police within 24 or 48 hours. Well, theyre revving up the engines this morning at the d. C. Convention center. Mayor bowser officially opens the washington auto show at 11 00 this morning. This is a huge event featuring more than 700 new makes and models of cars, trucks minivans and suvs. There will also be free giveaways, special guests and childrens activities and live entertainment. The show runs through sunday february 1st and do we get to see the new gto from ford here . Thats a sweet looking vehicle. Hopefully that will be there. It is 6 35 and we want to congratulate the facebook fan of the day. Barbara reynolds from have. Maryland. She says at 5 00 a. M. You are my best and only friends. I start watching you i started watching you my first year teaching when you invited me to speak about back to school on your school. Almost 30 years later, still watching. Hugs and kisses. Barbara wins four tickets the see chicago at the national theater. And nest weeks winners bet a 90 gift card to hand and stone massage facial spa. Just go to the Facebook Fan Page and fill out the fan of the day form. It is 6 36. Well be right b coming up on 6 39. Quiet for most of the day by Late Afternoon evening though, things are going to change. Little bit of sun this morning but increasing clouds and chilly day with highs from 39 to 44. Well have a mix of rain and snow some sleet and freezing rain also later this evening into tonight and overnight. Maybe just a coating or so in the metro but two possibly as high as four inches far north and west of d. C. Full forecast coming up in the next five mine. Right now tranice and timesaver traffic. Thank you howard. And good morning. Good morning to you folks traveling out of frederick down to say damascus and on towards clarksburg going to be slow for you. The earlier crash there should be off to the shoulder by now but seeing some decent delays trying to travel southbound 270 towards the spur. Elsewhere, sky 9 is over reported accident on 202 rather through landover at matthew henson. This is a pedestrian involved accident. All westbound traffic is forced to divert here as you can see. Mike, andrea . Theres a new burker joint in the burger joint in the San Francisco bay area serving up patties with a twist. Betty yu has the story of the new Wayback Burger franchise. Reporter its an american classic. I think its really good. Especially since the bacon is beef bacon so its like only bacon i can eat. Patty is tasting really good and well done. So beef bacon tastes really good as well. Reporter way back burgers in milpitas is the First Franchise for the national chain. It means any item on the menu cant have pork and the meat must be slaughtered and harvested according to islamic dietary rules. Owner says hes not trying to sell that concept to his customers. My focus is not [ inaudible ] my focus is to open a restaurant for the whole flint to come and community to come and out. Right . You dont see any sign up here. Reporter most of his customers like paul barton had no idea the place was halall. As long as the food is quality food. I dont have a preference either way. Reporter for the tens of thousands of muslims in the south bay, this is a big deal. I mean youre going to see a whole budge of like restaurants here but nothing thats really american. Youre going to see like a lot of middle eastern and pakistani indian food but this is the first allamerican like fast food joint so this is fantastic. Im originally from saudi arabia but i really im experiencing my fullfledged american meal first. Man, that looks good. He plans to open a couple more restaurants within the next two years. Im hungry now. Yeah. It is 6 41. General motors turns toward 100 automation. And forget peanuts and pretzels when you Fly Singapore Airlines you will get some topnotch cuisine. Nick giovanni has those stories more in his your money report. Hi nick. Mike, andrea lets keep thinking about the burger for a second while we start with some talk. According to a company exec General Motors invested more than 200 robots this comes ahead of the 2016 cadillac ct 6 launch. Later this year. The robots can do advanced work were told like aluminum laser welding its part of 300 million thats been spent to upgrade and automate manufacturing. And its raised the stakes on the competition. Singapore airlines has employed top chefs to help design the in flight menu and International Culinary panel were talking about. Crafts each menu to reflect the areas the airline flies to and from. Coordinating their efforts out of new york city. The meals have to be carefully crafted so they can be cooked don ground and then on the ground the then cooled before being reheated and assembled on the plane. We mr. I think the preparation and we do the ingredients and we made the change the presentation so that they can execute it on the plane. While its flying. Singapore airlines changes its inflight menu every couple of months. A recent menu read like this. New zealand king salmon with red wine mushroom emulsion. Definitely beats peanuts as you mentioned. Although the price of these items were a little hard to find i have to say were still efforting that. Lets just say its above my pay grade. Economy class can get this too . No. This is top dog kind of stuff. Top doggoned of stuff. Dont dog kind of stuff. Dont even worry looking for the price nick. Forget it. Not included . How is that possible . Thanks nick. 6 4. We want to answer our question of the morning now. The question was stacey long says but the answer is c. Bad weather. Which is coming later today in fact. 6 43 here you go. Wow thanks get a free beverage in any size for enrolling in dd perks, and start earning points towards more rewards with every purchase. Join today for a free beverage on us. America runs on dunkin. 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. In our question of the day 11 of people say they missed work because of bad weather. Maybe more this weekend into monday morning. We dont yet if its going to be a little bit or problem but think about monday morning with even a little bit of snow during the morning roush is a problem around here. Yeah and first things first though we have a storm system coming for the weekend overnight into the first half of saturday which will have probably more rain than snow. In that regard you might or knot might not like that. Further might not like that. Further north and west you are the more problems you have with snow street and freezing rain. Make it really difficult to forecast exactly how much but im going to take my best guest at it. Guess at it. Mostly snow for the precipitation type there. Along the line and up into pennsylvania and the mountains. Then knot of thatter north of that orange area, you get closer to i935 some vain and snow mixed. That will cut down the snow totals and south and east this is not your storm by any stretch. How much . Well, this is what im thinking right now. Again if im off by how long the snow is going to be lasting morlings then those thoughals are going to be off but two to four in the favorited areas. Trace and maybe an inch in the metro and im leaning more to the trace if that in washington. One to two though in the northwestern suburbs and westminster, you get some of the Higher Elevations west of 81. Two, three, four inches will be possible certainly. For today of the day. With temperatures will be you know in the 20s now. Boy what a beautiful sunrise we have going on here shortly. Is up is up at 7 21. And 41 at noon. By Late Afternoon evening, we should get through most of the day all right. Futurecast shows lunchtime is okay. As we head toward 5 00 p. M. , d. C. South and west, were seeing some rain and a wintry mix in the colder air to the south and west. And i think most of this almost pubbing away will be pulling away by midday tomorrow. Even tomorrow rain may end as a brief period of snow but probably wont add up to much. 43 today. Tonight, probably that yellow alert in effect for tomorrow. With the mainly morning rain and snow. 40. Sunday is okay. 46. But sunday night monday, thats when we watch another clipper threatening monday morning and tuesday cold and for the plunk fest at sandy point plunge fest at sandy point tomorrow. Going to be a rough day. Nick giovanni is jumping in the bay to raise money for special olympics. Tranice want to join one . I will donate to the cause. An important one for sure. An issue in bethesda. River road between western and little falls parkway it looks like the gas line repair thats going on. Watch out for the workers in the roadway. But fen the intersection there you will be reduced to two lanes in each direction. Elsewhere in bethesda or rather trying to go to bethesda on the outer loop of the beltway. Slow here throughnd ann avenue trying to go you this New Hampshire avenue and trying to go through connecticut. Going to be slow this morning for you. A serious accident in prince georges county. Ill step out of the way and hopefully sky 9 will show you that the intersection is closed westbound lanes of landover road at matthew henson. Again for an accident there involving a pedestrian. It is friday. We made it to the weekend. Beautiful sunrise coming over the d. C. Area. Well be able to come back and see more news, traffic and weather just before 7 00. In the news now at 52. The super bowl is nine days away but all the talk is still about what happened during the afc championship game both new England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and Quarterback Tom Brady denied knowing anything about those improperly inflated footballs. Not me. Reporter at a time when all the new England Patriots should be talking about is the super bowl, the team finds itself on the defense offering up denial after denial. I was shocked to learn of the news reports about the footballs. You know i didnt alter the ball in any way. Reporter the team is under investigation for deflating footballs used in their victory over the colts sunday. Quarterback tom brady admitted he picked out the game billions but doesnt balls but dont know what happened after that. Very comfortable saying that nobody did it as far as i know. I dont know everything. I also understand that i was in the locker room preparing for a game. I dont know what happened over the course of the process with the footballs. Reporter nfl regulations mandate that game balls be inflated two between 12. 5 and 13. 5 pounds of pressure per square inch. Officials checked the balls two hours before the game but when later inspected they were reportedly two pounds low which made them easier to gas. Seattles seahawks player Kevin Williams will face the patriots in the super bowl. We havent really thought about it. I mean you still have to tacking and cover and rush the quarterback. It doesnt quarterback. It doesnt matter how much air is in the ball. Reporter if the team cheated they could face a 25,000 fine and potentially lose the draft pick. Don champion, for cbs news, new york. At 11 00 this morning in d. C. Council committee will hold a public hearing on the pepco exelon merger. A recent analysis from an Energy Think Tank says that merger would lead to a rate increase. It also said the merger would redistrict d. C. s ability to transition to clean and reliable energy. The 2015 washington auto show opens today at the Washington Convention center. At 11 00 this morning the d. C. Mayor pure yell bowser will officially open the Muriel Bowser will officially open the show. With nearly 500 High School Students participating in vocational programs across the region. Theyre in a hurry. Howard . Gorgeous looking out there right now. Sunrise 7 21. Look at that sky. Calm waters on the potomac but we had a forecast problem. Its going to be rain snow tonight. Temperatures are going to be climbing into the upper 30s and low 40s today but tonight, well were looking at a wintry mess. And then as we head into tomorrow, more rain than snow in d. C. Will end by midday taper off. Better sunday and potentially more wintry weather as we head into monday morning. Stay tuned on that. Tranice . Howard, heres a check for folks in 66. Not looking too good in manassas coming to centreville. Looking better fairfax and inside the beltway but elsewhere sad to report the accident in landover that sky 9 has been tracking has been confirmed fatal accident. A woman was struck in the roadway and at least one car maybe several may have hit her along the way. So the intersection westbound landover road is closed and will be for the investigation that will continue this morning. Cbs this morning is next. The World Leaders in finance, politics, culture meet at the World Economic forum. Charlie rose is in switzerland to talk to them this. Whos here . Lets talk about the man. Weve got a special hello and goodbye to exactly after 37 years he has decided on monday he is going to sleep right through your yellow alert day. [ laughter ] i dont blame him. 37 years you started doing what here at channel 9 . Showing saturday mornings on you know saturday afternoon movies. How does it feel to say good bye . It it feels good to sympathy about sleeping in think about sleeping in. Maybe ill get some rem sleep. For what . I love you guys. We love you. A professional going to miss you. A professional a sweet man and were your going to be sorely missed but congratulations very exciting for you. This is not goodbye. This isnt goodbye because we never let go of each other. We have to get together and eat the nothing else. Absolutely. A steak. Im going to be back with beverly in 25. Ill be here. Oh im sorry, tranice. Its all right, beverly is back on monday. And ron will be here with us at noon. Doing his last show here. Allyson and me. Have a good weekend and enjoy. Take care. Happy friday. Bye bye. Thanks. [ captions by caption colorado, llc 8007757838 email comments captioncolorado. Com ] good morning. It is friday, january 23rd 2015. Welcome to cbs this morning. Deflection and denial. The patriots coach and quarterback claim ignorance in the ball deflation scandal, but some former players arent buying it. A disneyland Measles Outbreak spreads to six states. Well talk to the nations top disease doctor on the antivaccine movement. Plus the exclusive where an executive lived a secret life before his mysterious death. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90