that helped the temperatures keep from cooling off too much. little precip in ohio and west virginia and that will stay to our north. not anticipating much more than the clouds we are seeing. temperatures not much different than yesterday. right now a wind chill of 27. low 40s to maybe 44, 45 for a high with more clouds than sunshine today. it is 5:00 a.m. 32 degrees. here's cyst with your traffic update. >> reporter: good morning. we will start in maryland. 95 and the bw parkway, nothing but green cars past 19208 the beltway. speaking of the beltway, go outside to colesville road, up to need 95 to georgia avenue. route 4, route 5, 301, no incidents or accidents to report here. heading over to georgia. 395 northbound, no problems. and then 66 eastbound everything is all clear from out of centreville to the beltway. angie? >> thank you, kris. more than a half dozen firefighters suffered injuries including burns, sprains, cuts and exhaustion battling a blaze that destroyed a single-family home. it started in the 7,000 block of parcheers place. the firefighters arrived at a home near the university of maryland to find it fully engulfed in flames. using the water from the engine crews were able to take on the fire briefly but were forced to withdrawal and wait for adequate supplies. the work we're told it was put out within an hour. the family living here is doing fine at this hour. a man woke to the sound of the smoke alarm. alerted his wife and three children and rushed outside. his family is staying with a neighbor and the fire loss is $700,000. a man and a woman are on the run after an attack on a pregnant woman in suitland, maryland. it happened yesterday inside of an apartment on silver park drive. investigators say the pregnant woman was hanging out with the suspect when something went terribly wrong. the woman in her third trimester was cut and critically wounded. investigators believe it was a targeted attack. police are searching for man who set another man on fire. it happened in maryland. joshua mashburn is wanted for arson an attempted burglary. he was last seen driving a burgundy plymouth voyager. the victim is in critical condition at med star. no word what caused a fire that injured a firefighter. it happened sunday morning in the 1300 block of oak street. the fire caused a wall to collapse and damage nearby homes. several streets were closed and road crews were called in because of the icy conditions. they believe the unoccupied home was under renovation or construction. the district is pouring $1.5 million in the juvenile detention center new beginnings in laurel. some are raising questions where the money is going. the washington examiner reports that mayor ordered new bars on window and other security measures. they did not say how much the work would cost or who would pay for it. one maryland lawmaker says it is going to be a free for all. he is referring to the expected vote on a casino next to the anne arundel mills shopping mall. it would house 4700 slots and be the largest in the state. some are pushing to delay the vote. jessica doyle is off but it's time for the first "living $mart" report of the morning. the treasury department has good news for taxpayers. the government's bailout program will cost $200 billion less than previously believed. a department official spoke on condition of anonymity and says the latest cost estimate has not been presented to congress. the obama administration initially estimated it at more. president obama told an audience in allentown, pennsylvania he will work to put the labor market back on track. the airlines are counting up profits from november an delta had the worst month of all major carriers. traffic dropped 7% from a year ago. other airlines did better. united says traffic was up 2% and continental was up 3%. there's a push this morning to change the plan for redeveloping tysons corner. the defense contractor is behind the big move. the company wants fairfax county to increase guidelines so it can expand headquarters at tysons. saic is the region's fourth largest employer. a warning to arlington county residents, you are being advised to avoid the four-mile run stream according to the "washington post" a fire at an auto facility led to the water being contaminated with auto fluid and firefighting materials according to the county, people should not fish, wade or swim in any water at four-mile run. officials are waiting for the stream to naturally flush itself out. we are just getting word that culpeper county schools are working on a two-hour delay due to the weather. we will have more on that coming up. where in the world is opsalm ma bin laden? that's the question security officials are asking asking you are watching 9 news now. we'll be right back. hello. my name is preston lofton. i want to say hello to my sister doris in washington, d.c. merry christmas, happy holidays and have a happy new year. welcome back. flying 50 westbound from the bay bridge to bowie to the beltway. though problems on the roads right now. we will have more coming up. in the news now at 5:07, president obama has made going after obama bin laden a top priority of his administration, but the u.s. does not know for sure where the al-qaeda leader is. they have been thinking he was hiding in a rugged area of pakistan and may be periodically looking -- slipping back in to afghanistan. the white house is calling iraqi lawmakers to hold parliamentary elections next year. the -- [ inaudible ] one man was shot in the face and another was severely beaten when a birthday party at a baltimore hotel turned violent. police were called to a sheraton at 3:15 on sunday morning and found a uze and sub machine gun in the room. both victims are 17. and the shooting victim is in serious condition. still to come, researchers say they may have found the cause of childhood obesity and howie could have your forecast. >> it may be a quiet start to the week and we have mid-week issues to contend with. i will have the day day when we come back. welcome back to 9 news now. a nice clear morning out there is what i -- is what it appears to be. hope you are up at it. lori in audio was telling me it took forever to scrape the ice off the car this morning. i didn't get ice in herndon, but -- >> if you didn't clear your cars off on sunday it refroze because temperatures got down to the upper 20s and that's a problem on the roads because we have icy spots and in culpeper county you are on a two hour delay due to slippery roads. so culpeper schools two hour delay. keep that in mind. the next thing to worry about other than the cold is tuesday night in to wednesday morning. a chance we will be cold enough and the rain that comes in on tuesday night a slight chance we will be cold now have have a period of freezing rain. it will be counsel confined to the west, around the shenandoah and western maryland parts of west virginia. this morning clouds an. that's the case today. more clouds than sun 43. tomorrow low to mid-40s and wednesday with the rain we warm up to the upper 40s after that borderline icy situation on tuesday night wednesday morning. the bus stop forecast chilly with light winds and mostly cloudy skies. we start with the 20s and 30s and you see the sunrise time 7:13 a.m. this morning. we have a late, late sunrise. as we head to the afternoon we will have a lot of clouds. it's going to be a cool day. 40 to 45. southwesterly winds at five to ten miles an hour and the sunset 4:46. mostly cloudy tonight. 27 to 33. a light northwesterly wind and then tomorrow not much different than today. we are currently sitting at 33. wind chill 29 and a south wind at 5 and dew noint the 20s. most of the temperatures, especially north and west in the upper 20s. but in garrett county they were down to 19 in oakland this hour with the snow on the ground. let's talk about what is happening. a storm system in the middle of the country and another out west. i will go to the western one first this is the big storm this week. this is the energy -- you can follow the clouds with the rain and snow. a lot of people out west will see a lot of snow. rain at the lower elevations. this is a storm that will be moving to the east and this will bring us rainily main for wednesday. the other snow is falling across the midwest to the great lakes. that is tracking more this way. that will stay north of us. we may get a break this and the moisture will track generally to our north. as we look at microcast nine. this is our high resolution computer modeling. we run it here at wusa. some mountain snow showers as we head to tonight. on tuesday, we are still dealing with a cloudy start to the day. temperatures, that's a 32- degree line. upper 20s to low 30s. during the day on tuesday, more clouds than anything else. in to tuesday night here's some rain and i want to show you out to garrett county and southwestern pennsylvania is where icing could be according to our latest model. feeling better, not convinced yet, but better about tuesday night and wednesday morning. here's the seven-day forecast. 43 today about the same tomorrow. wednesday rain 47. slight chance late tuesday night early wednesday for ice. thursday chilly and 35. we will stay cold and saturday morning maybe a flurry or light snow activity with systems to the south. we will watch that carefully. 5:15. we need traffic information this morning. >> not seeing any problems due to icy spots yet but we will keep our eyes on that. northbound 95 in virginia no problems from dumb fries to the mixing bowl. heading over to 395 northbound at duke street to the 14th street bridge everything is looking good. checking out the graphics. , no issues. heading to the district, eastern avenue at kenilworth no problems here and 270 southbound tracking the taillights at father hurley to the split. no issues to report. here's a look at the living well headlines. adult stem cells may help to fix a broken heart. a study found stem cells from donor bone marrow spurred the growth of new blood vessels. patients who got the stem cells were four times more likely to be better off overall, pump more blood with each heart beat and have less irregular heart beat. british researchers have discovered what they say is a get genetic cause in childhood obesity. they looked at the dna of 300 children who were obese and found some kids with missing dna segments who had very strong urges to eat. the makers of prescription painkillers have presented federal regulators with plans to crackdown on the misuse of their drugs. it comes to intense pressure by the fda to stop the hundreds of overdoses which happen each year. among the suggestions proposed, using patient medication guides, letters to doctor and additional physician training. for more living well headlines head to our website at wusa9.com and look urn living well on our home page. the time is 5:17. time to check in with kristin fisher who's standing by with what's on the web. >> reporter: andrea called it on friday. saturday night live couldn't stay away from the tiger woods scandal. this weekend they did several skits making fun of the famous golf and in one of them it featured a fake woods and his wife holding a press conference on cnn. take a look. >> this time i have a prepared written statement which i shall stick to [ laughter ] earlier today i had an unfortunate incident with my golf club. i was putting them away in the closet and one of them dropped on top of me. luckily my wife elin was there to hand me the phone so i could call my paramedics. >> let me see those papers. >> what, these papers? >> yeah! >> reporter: a lot of nervous giggles as people watch that one. the reaction was mixed on-line. if you look at twitter a lot of people were sounds off after this aired and there were a lot of people who thought the skit was wildly inappropriate. timothy wrote -- a lot of people thought it was inappropriate given the fact rhee jana was performing the same night. we'd love to hear your thoughts. log on to wusa9.com to share your comments. michael vick makes his much anticipated return to atlanta and redskins defense struggles just as the offense decides to have the best game of the season. the morning sports headline is next. 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celebrating a birthday today -- for the third week in a row, the washington redskins offense produced and managed to go toe-to-toe with one of the best teams in the nfl. the redskins put up their best numbers of the season. campbell was 30 of 42. he also threw three touchdowns but he also gave up a fourth quarter interception. his counterpart drew breeze finished with 419-yards, two touchdown and one interception. in the end it was a final of 43 -- 33-30 in overtime there. tough loss there. tony romo got things starting against the giants. the next possession jacobs would take manning past 75- yards to he house. giants win this one 31-24. it was the return of mike vick to atlanta with the eagles visiting. in the third vick would score his first touchdown since 2006. and then in the fourth, vick rolls left and throws back to a wide open sellic. the eagles roll in 34-7. turning to college basketball and the first annual bb and t classic. vasquez and the terps taking on villanova. moseley drains the three. nova led by ten at the break. maryland within two but nova's scotty reynolds finishes with two. villanova wins 95-86. in pro bowl the wizards were in the motor city. butler takes the contact and still scores. butler led the wizards with 20. rodney nice pitch and pistons win this one 98-94. more and more of your neighbors are in need of public assistance and a summit to slow down global warming begins today in denmark. we will have those stories coming up. the gw parkway from the fairfax county parkway all the way up to route 7 and the beltway no problems here. we will have more weather and traffic coming up after the break. camping is no fun... ..when your nose is raw and sore. plain tissue can make it burn even more. but mom knows there's puffs plus... ...with the magic of three. soothing lotion with a touch of shea butter, aloe and e. plain tissue can irritate the sore nose issue. puffs plus with lotion is a more soothing tissue. a nose in need deserves puffs plus indeed. and try puffs plus with the comforting scent of vicks. the abortion debate. today u.s. senators will attempt to tackle one of the most divisive topics in recent american history. we will have that story coming up. welcome back. i'm angie goff in for andrea roane. thanks for joining us. kris sneed will have the traffic in a moment, but first there's a reason why howard is here. other than to just bother me. >> that, too. every weather, will be quiet today. tuesday night night in to wednesday morning we have a chance of a little frozen precip in the form of freezing rain. not convinced yet this will happen but board -- borderline temperatures and rain moving in. if we are 31 1/2 opposed to 32 1/2 that's all the difference. a storm system in the great lakes with the midwest and snow in the tennessee valley the moisture with that will fall apart in the mountains and have a tough time getting east of the mountains for us more clouds than anything evidence. a few sunny breaks at times. culpeper is 25. winchester 24. spoke to steve in cross junction and he's down to 21. he had a couple of inches of snow on saturday. 31 annapolis. 32 cambridge and reagan national and quantico only two spots above freezing are 33. looking at 30s through the noon hour. highs 40 to 45 with more clouds than sun. approaching 5:30. chris need has the traffic update ever we will start with 66 eastbound tracking the head lights. no problems to report there. moving to the graphics as you can see everything is up to speed on the inner loop from 95 to 66. in maryland a little volume between new hampshire and georgia no problems or slow downs yet and finally back to route 4, route 5 and 301 no incidents to report out here. >> thank you. the senate is expected to debate and vote on a health reform bill amendment that puts limits for the federal funding of abortion the amendment would bar people who get federal subsidies from using the money to buy plans that offer abortion coverage. tara mergener has more. >> reporter: the fight over abortion could make or break the health care reform bill. >> we are down to two major issues abortion and public option. >> reporter: it is expected to ignite a heated debate. as the bill stands now, insurance plans could only cover abortions if they are paid for fully by the beneficiaries. belle ben nelson is pushing for tougher language, restricting the use of federal funds for abortion and wants taxpayer money only in cases of rape, incest or the life of a mother is in danger. if the amendment doesn't pass he threatened to vote no on the bill. >> we are not there. we are worken on a consensus. >> reporter: a vote on the amendment could come as early as tomorrow. even before today's debate, democrats were busy working behind the scenes to find a compromise on the issue. president obama tried to rally both himself with a rare visit to captiol hill over the weekend. he urged senate democrats to work out their differences but the closed door meeting had republicans feeling shut out. >> i would love for the president to come and meet with 40 of us on this side of the aisle. >> reporter: democrats insist will save money and save lives. >> if we miss this opportunity to pass this bill, it's lost. >> reporter: senators could vote on the bill as early as next weekend, but even then it will need to be reconciled with the house's version before heading to the president's desk. tara mergener , cbs news, washington. the climate change summit in copenhagen denmark has begun. 192 nations are scheduled to participate in the summit. the u.n. want rich nations to agree to steep cuts in green house missions by 2020 and pledge $10 billion a year to help poorer countries with the issue. the meeting will conclude with a summit of world leaders including president obama. the toyota motor company took a big step in west virginia after signing an agreement with the environmental protection agency. the deal was sealed at the manufacturing plant near charleston, west virginia. dow chemical was also part of the plan. the program gives the epa the okay to help them organize ways to use less energy resources and waste. eight firefighters suffered injuries including burns, sprains, cuts and exhaustion while battling a fire that destroyed a single family home. it began just after 11:00 last night. firefighters from prince georges county and other surrounding communities arrived at the home near the university of maryland to find it fully engulfed in flames. crews were able to take on the fire briefly but were forced to withdrawal. the work to put out the fire resumed and we are told it was put out within the hour. the family was saved by their smoke alarm. the family of five is staying with a neighbor this morning and the loss is estimated at $700,000. a former movie theater in maryland has been destroyed by fire. the building which housed the ' 50s era theater burned down. the theater had been converted in to a shoe and clothing store with more than 120 firefighters working to put out the flames. the cause is under investigation. the time is 5:34. time for another "living $mart" report. newly-released numbers suggest more people are applying for public aid in fairfax county temperature food stamp applications doubled from september of 2007 to september of 2009. they were each 33% higher. applications for temporary assistance for needy families saw a 44% increase. nonprofit leaders say the numbers are attributed to the recession. a california company is recalling 22,000-pounds of ground beef which maybe contaminated with salmonella. the u.s. agriculture department says the beef sold has been attributed to two illnesses in arizona. the beef went through a retail distribution center in arizona where it was repackaged in to super size packages and sold under different retail brand names. consumers are advised to check with their retailer to see if they have purchased products affected by the recall. the government of ecuador is fighting one of the most powerful companies. they are battling chevron who should pay for pollution. ecuador filed papers trying to prevent them from shifting the case to arbitration. people in the rain forest blame chevron and are suing the company for $27 billion. a moment of aggressive driving sets off a chain reaction which leaves two people dead. and today the nation stops to honor the memory of the lives lost in the attack on pear harbor. geico and wusa 9 salute all who serve during this holiday season. i'm master sergeant michael hellw i want to wish happy holidays to hi family in maryland. love you and hope to see you soon. welcome back. it is 5:38. first incident of the morning. 95 northbound. we will have more coming up. in the news now, there's no word if any charges will be filed in the shooting death of a 3-year-old girl. police say the child somehow got her hands on a gun and accidentally shot herself. the 3-year-old was visiting relatives in florida many when the accident happened. a 51-year-old driver veers off a road and hits a truck. that sent the semi crashing in to a guardrail on to the road below. it trapped the driver and a passenger inside. neither survived. the driver of the car was treated for a minor injury. today is the 58th anniversary of the attack on pear harbor. 2400 people died when hundred of japanese warplanes launched an attack of the fleet. still to come on 9 news now, maryland's first family has some holiday fun in montgomery county. cold morning out here. temperatures in the 20s and 30s. not going to get too warm today. i will talk about a couple of storm systems one may bring us trouble by the middle of the week. i must have the wrong house. sister? oh, i've missed you so much. they waited up all night for you, you know. it's a long way from west africa. ahhhhh... coffee. he's here. i brought you something. really? what are you doing? you're my present this year. ♪ the best part of wakin' up... ♪ ♪ ...is folgers in your cup. ♪ there we go. >> there you go. >> and they said he couldn't do it ♪ [ music ] >> maryland governor martin o'malley and his family spent part of the their weekend cutting down their christmas tree. they visited butler's orchard in germantown and even had time for a snowball fight. according to recent information, tree farms in maryland, harvested trees valued at $2.4 million. man, what a business. i got my tree but it is one you plug in and actually came with the lights on it. cuts down on the time of setup. >> it is a green tree in that respect. >> i live three miles north of butler. so saturday it was coming down. we ended up with seven inches of snow. i'm in clarksburg, montgomery county, 7.3 in damascus and only 2/10 of an inch at reagan national. >> how many times did you walk outside to check on it being the weather nerd you are. >> a half dozen the little ruler on the pate owe table out there. it might start with a little freezing rain on tuesday night in to wednesday morning. today highs tomorrow 40 to 45. a decent amount of cloudiness both days, as well. on wednesday, the rain and warmer in the upper 40s. other than a few hours of potential lip icy weather we will see a wet system. in culpeper, schools are delayed thanks to slick streets and watch out with slick streets possible. it is chilly this morning at the bus stop forecast. light winds and mostly cloudy skies. 20s and 30s to start the day day. nippy morning for sure. this morning decent amount of clouds. perhaps a little sun at times. winds south southwest five to ten miles an hour. we will be mostly cloudy tonight, upper 20s to low 30s with a northwest wind at five. tomorrow more clouds. a lot of clouds streaming in this morning. i saw the moon briefly and then it disappeared. moisture showing up in the form of a flu flurries approaching western maryland. much of what you see here will go to pennsylvania and new york other than the clouds not expecting that much. as far as the temperatures, we are down to 23 winchester, 27 dulles and manassas and frederick and andrews air force base. even southern maryland below freezing. jan in reedville called in with 38. the bay is keeping her warm there. she's on the tip of the northern neck. 31 fredericksburg and here in washington we sit at 33 above freezing at reagan national. a light south wind at five miles hour and the relative humidity is 63%. what we are looking at is a storm system that will miss us to the north and the one to the west, this guy will be a monitor center -- monster for areas with a lot of snow. they need that but with a lot of energy coming in it will carve out a good storm and that's why wednesday we are looking at rain, not snow. this morning we are watching snow in madison, chicago. it is snowing in detroit, as well. there could be some delays here. if you are flying out, check with your airlines. high pressure near us. our winds are fairly light the southerly flow will cake a lot of snow over to rain. for us another system behind it as we get to tuesday night wednesday morning. as we look at microcast nine you will see the 32-degree line slip away from us by this afternoon and this evening. could have snow showers in places like garrett county in to west virginia as we get one tonight in the higher elevations. tomorrow morning plenty of clouds. this is our 32-degree line. above freezing south and east. as we go through tomorrow more cloud and quiet weather for tuesday. then by tuesday afternoon we start to see the moisture move in. tuesday evening here's the rain. mainly rain. now, if it's a little colder now we are looking at more freezing rain than just rain but it appear the bulk of the freezing stuff will stay to the west and northwest at this time. a very wet start to wednesday. keep that in mind if you have to travel on wednesday morning. the commute could be a slow one. our seven-day forecast, low to mid-40s today and tomorrow with more clouds and sunshine. wednesday the rain and 47. thursday we cool off to 35. okay on friday to finish out the week. over the weekend a storm system could bring us light snow. looks like it will pass to the south. as it moves north that's another ball game and sunny and 37 on sunday. it is traffic time. good morning, kris sneed. >> good morning. we have the first accident of the morning on 95 northbound in virginia approaching the fairfax county parkway. was blocking the center lane and it is moved to the shoulder here. barely see it before the overpass. slow before this from the prince william parkway to lorton. that's the usual slow down there. 95 northbound a little volume duke street to seminary. inbound new york avenue heading to the district. usual slow down is building times building to bladensburg. the outer loop from university to georgia. we are seeing the volume pick up but no slow downs. 95 an the bw parkway, no problems as you make your way 132 past the beltway. over to kristin fisher in the web center. >> thank you so much. good morning, everyone in the social media world, 2009 was without a doubt the year of twitter. as we approach the new year a lot of people will be wondering what will be the media darling of 2010. the social media guide have teamed up and they say next year's twitter will be a site called foursquare. you can zoom in and see the highlights here. it is a location based mobile start up with one simple purpose. it lets users share their location with a group of friends. it is similar to twitter. the two share the same investors but foursquare goes beyond twitter in it is a virtual game that participate doctor participants earn badges for checking in at certain places. what do you say we look at it. here is the home page. twitter asks the question what is happening. twitter instead asks you to check in. what they mean is they check in and tells your friends where they can find you and recommends places to go and things to do nearby. here's an example. right here you can see that vinoaajv just sent a post to somebody called ice cold beer. he is visiting singaporean he advised them to order the chicken wings and asked for the accompanying garlic sauce and he is giving tips. it is location based. four square says in addition it is a great way to meet up with friend and tell which friends are next to you and learn about their favorite spots and a great way to discover new places. but i have to say one of the big questions about this is security. if people can find out exactly where you are that clearly raises some concerns. we will have to wait and see how it plays out. angie, are you on foursquare yet. >> no. but i am on bright tight which is similar. there are so many of these? how will we keep up. a serious word for all parents concerning a popular toy. and several beloved american artists are celebrated during the kennedy center honors. tonight at 11:00 in a 9 news now special report, rapes on campus. >> to have another human being invade your body in that way. your soul dies. >> reporter: a local college student said she practically had to be her own lawyer in her own rape case. >> when you are struggling alone like that to be told you will be punished if you reach out it just makes it worse. >> reporter: what young women and their parents need to know in a 9 news now special report tonight at 11:00. roasted chicken recipe? okay, savory rice and lamb stew. 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[ announcer ] beneful prepared meals. another healthful, flavorful beneful. oh my goff. a true life story of a baltimore raven football player claimed the top spot at the box office. the blind side starring sandra bullock brought in $20 million. the twilight saga new moon brought in $50.7 million. dramatic story brothers, disney's a christmas carol an old dogs round out the top five. a stellar lineup was honored this weekend on the potomac. five artists received the kennedy center honor. bruce springsteen, robert de niro, mel brooks, opera stars and dave brubeck received medals at the white house and then were honored with performances at the kennedy center. the snow didn't stop nearly 2,000 people from waiting in the cold for a chance to meet sarah palin. >> sarah palin signed copies of her book going rogue in fairfax. fans came from north carolina to pennsylvania. and some even played the part. we snapped a palin imposer with andrew from fairfax. nascars top drivers were on the las vegas strip. they were celebrating the nascar champions week. and eva longoria at the vegas opening of the restaurant fako. we have heard of project runway but washington has turned its stilettos to project funway. they report three of the areas young and talented budding denies put on a show competing for a scholarship to fashion school. a freshman won the prize. well, what have your cameras caught lately? want me to share it on the air? visit my 9 news interactive blog at oh my goff.tv to fine out how to enlist in my army of community reporter and watch my morning report. visit oh my goff.tv and find me on facebook, facebook.com/tvangie. the salvation army bell ringers are a signature of the holiday season. collecting donation for the needy time of the year. but have you ever stopped to think of the people who ring those bells and wonder what motivates them to help others. one holiday bell ringer tells her own story. >> hello there, guys. merry christmas. you are in the spirit today. my name is diane eubanks. i'm here working for the salvation army. we are taking in donations for the needy and homeless. thank you very much. >> i'm homeless and i don't have a job and i lost my job and my husband's work slowed up and started to draw unemployment and we have been living in a van off and on for seven months. in work. trying to find a job. >> i will take you. right here. >> last year at this time i became homeless. salvation army charges you $9 a night. i got hired as a bell ringer so i will do that tomorrow. >> diane is an example of somebody's who's had a difficulty and is without a home. we are trying to provide a place for her to stay and when she learned of an opportunity to ring the bell and make some income we were able to help her with that. >> good morning. how are you doing? >> good. trying to stay a little warm. >> bell ringers will gather in the morning. >> that will be your kettle for distribution. >> okay. >> they get assigned to whatever kettle location they will be. >> feels good to help out and feels good to make a little money in the process. >> is this okay? >> great. >> do you keep the buckets with you or do they go -- >> yeah. >> good to be on the bus and be warm. >> they get in vehicles and are transported to those locations. they will be out there and ring bells throughout the day. >> good morning. happy holidays. >> thank you. merry christmas. >> i believe they are still taking volunteers who want to ring the bells. you have to go to the salvation army's website an you can sign up. find an area near you will where there's plenty. >> have you ever done that? >> no. but i have thought about it and i love the fact they have credit card machines on it. >> i did it a few years ago when i was in rochester, new york and it was fun. >> i bet you met a lot of people. >> let's talk weather because we have had an interesting snowstorm. south and east sorry you missed out but saturday could be a little hope for you. we have plenty of clouds. li