be our our web site. go to living well. the nba top man decides not to wait for police to investigate gilbert arenas. the wizards star is suspended until further notice. good morning, i'm andrea roane and howard bernstein has weather and angie governor has traffic. >> mighty fine. >> then there is howard's forecast. >> good today. no problems this morning. it's not too cold. clear skies outside. good moon out there. some stars. i'm not sure about the moon but i have to check that. the big clouds and stuff is in the midwest. if you fly to chicago or indianapolis, there could be delays. even going to cincinnati later on snow will be moving in. for us, it won't get here until tonight. we already have a winter weather advisory for tonight for the counties north and west and the northern tier in maryland and i-81 corridor in virginia. looking at maybe more snow there. for us we have a temperature of 30. mid- to upper-20s in most spots. we have temperatures today in the mid-30s with maybe some light snow by dark, better chance overnight. angie has the thursday traffic. >> thursday traffic. weekend is almost here. don't worry, we are here to help you through it. 95 and bw parkway smooth sailing toward 495. let's go to the outer loop. i can show you light traffic north of the district. this is the live shot at university. no issues or accidents to report. we are going to show you route 4, route 5, 301. this is an accident free zone. the inner loop in virginia is checking out okay. speaking of 66, we are moving at speed from gainesville to centreville. back to andrea. gilbert arenas must sit out indefinitely and without pay. that suspension comes from nba commissioner david stern after a gun incident. 9news now digital correspondent alex trevino joins us with the latest developments. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. he is currently not fit to take the court in an nba game. those are the words from commissioner david stern. that means arenas will not suit up in the wizards next home game. the allegations of gun play in the locker room are what originally got him in trouble but it's been his inappropriate attitude that prompted harsh and swift discipline. >> of course it's hard. that's why we are upbeat because we know it's out there is way far from the truth. >> the organization came out with the statement. we abide by that. as a team and coach, we have to worry about going out and perform wearing the players we have. >> reporter: new details surfaced that could put the other player involved in the controversy in worse trouble than arenas. he may have put it in a locker to intimidate a player. but he responded to arenas by brandishing his own firearm, loading a click of ammunition and coking the weapon -- cocking the weapon. arenas responded over the phone to the post to the commissioner's decision by saying he respected stearns decision to suspend him and that i have to accept it. reporting live from washington, alex trevino, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> we would like to know what you think. tell us how long you think he should be suspended if at all on our web site at wusa9.com. take part in the opinion poll on our home page. the gilbert arenas suspension knocked the mike shanahan story down to page 2. the redskins introduced shanahan as the team's head coach and vice president of player personnel. the new boss promised renewed discipline and swift change in the organization. while he has final say on all football-related moves, he plans to could labor rate with gm bruce allen immediately. >> if you do things right every day you have a chance to be better. it's not what we will do next year. it's what we will do today. how do we get better as an organization. it takes a lot of effort from a lot of people. >> shanahan veiled dan snyder first expressed interest years ago when he asked broncos executives at an owner meeting if he could trade for their coach. baltimore's mayor will resign as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. last month sheila dixon was convicted for using gift cards donated for needy fame luis. she entered a plea to a charge of perjury aging there is enough evidence -- acknowledging there is enough evidence to convict her on that charge but not admitting guilt. there will be no trial for the accused holocaust museum shooter. james von brunn died in north carolina. he was heading to trial on murder charges. he had congestive heart failure, blood infection and lingering effects from being shot in the face. other guards who say johns held the guard open for the gunman then shot von brunn. the army filed more charges against the suspected fort hood shooter. already charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder. he now faces 32 additional counts of attempted murder. he worked at walter reed army medical center before transferring to fort hood in texas. it's time for the first living smart report of the morning and digital correspondent jessica doyle has a review of the day on wall street. >> wait until you see how not much of a day there was yesterday. investors are waiting on new reading on the job market and how the retailers held up during the holiday shopping season. a tepid turnout on wall street. the dow added about a point and a half yesterday. nasdaq was down 7 and s&p managed to gain half a point. this morning the labor department releases the weekly readings on new unemployment claims. this is a warm up for tomorrow's big report likely to show that the nation's unemployment rate remains around 10%. retail chains will report december sales. they are expected to look good, particularly for discounters and wholesale clubs. the better business bureau is out with the list of the top ten scams and relationship office of 2009 -- rip offs. when you have vulnerable people, you will have scammers. who didn't get some of these e- mails this year. >> i got one of the phone calls. i thought what do i do. found out it was bogus. >> you are saving us money before we make improvements on the home. >> a lot of people when they go to home improvements want to make their home look like a palace but we will explain why that may not be the best investment you can make. >> that is the next half hour. the white house today will release an intelligence report about the botched bombing of flight 253. it's the declassified version of the report given to president obama earlier this week. john brennen offered the report. the president an will announce further air security measures in the coming days. umar farouk abdul mutallab is charged with attempted murder and attempted use of a weapons. he was traveling to detroit from amsterdam when investigators say he tried to ignite an explosive. metro says the goal of a new team of police officers is to make the transit system unattractive to terrorists. they are using almost $10 million to fund the antiterror unit. they made their presence known at the judiciary square yesterday. they plan to make similar stops at stations throughout the system. investigators get a clue as they try to put together a near disaster on an airport runway. dozens of vacationers get a late and stressful start on their trip to hawaii. in the news, an explosion killed two people and left several children among the people. nine u.s. soldiers were wounded in the blast. military investigators are trying to determine whether it was caused deliberately by a bomb or accidentally by an unexploded shell. investigators looking into the american airlines plane that ran off a runway last month in jamaica say when the plane landed it touched down nearly halfway down the runway. however, the investigating team said they are not sure if that was a factor in the accident. nearly 100 people were hurt in the rough landing. the flight organize rig begin naitd at national -- originated at national. tsa officials say a plane was about an hour and a and a half into its flight when it turned around because of a disruptive passenger. the passenger was removed without any incident after the plane landed in portland. we check out the online reaction to the gilbert arenas story coming up in what is on the web and local rescuers are doing something that they say you should never try a clipper is on the way. we have snow moving in tonight with winter weather advisories posted for the area. cycycyc;c;ckccoc/c/ i know. my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turn over mmm hmm, i know it's sort of my weakness - i always keep it in the house well, that and boston crème pie, white chocolate strawberries, ya ya - oh! and key lime pie i've already lost some weight [ female announcer ] yoplait light - with 28 delicious flavours at about 100 calories babe, what are you doing?! ♪ with all the cold weather, local fire departments are worried people will venture out on to frozen ponds. some rescuers are taking out to practice. they say there is no such thing as safe ice. i was looking at one of the weather channels and they were talking about how thick the ice must be to support a human, a car, a truck. it's a lot more than you think. >> 4 inches or so for us and a foot or two for a car. >> you have to have prolonged cold weather to accomplish that. >> i know 30 years ago as a kid we did pond skating. but even then the ice went crack crack crack. >> makes you nervous. >> we have a little snow coming. that will make some people nervous. it's not a big event but the timing will be such that tomorrow morning's commute could be a problem. with the snow and the cold, garrett county you are under a two-hour delay. they should just set the starting time two hours later the way it's been going for how long? 30 some odd inches the past week at whisk ski area. a clipper on the way. today 37. snow tonight into early friday. saturday about 29 with the arctic blast. so, we will definitely have issues. at the bus stop, no problems this morning. clear to partly cloudy. 25 to 30. windchill not bad. sunrise 7:27. into the afternoon, we are looking at clouds increasing. there could be snow developing by dark. temperatures mid- to upper-30s for highs. your sunset, two minutes after 5:00. winter weather advisory, general 1 to 3 inches. lows in the 20s. winds west 5 miles per hour. winter weather advisory does not include d.c., prince george, prince william. but loudoun, frederick, maryland, out to the west a along i-81. in the mountains we have warnings because we are expecting more snow for them. for us the one to three in the white. the gray area to the south may be an inch or less. don't think there will be as much because the main energy will be to the north. the mountains, the elevations squeeze out 3 to 6. they will get more on the back side with the mountain snows. we are at 30. not cold in town. in the teens in culpeper, shenandoah valley in the 20s. 30 here. northwest wind at 10. before we go, i want to show you the cold getting ready to move in. the arctic air, great falls down to denver, well below zero. this is moving south and east. we will see another blast of cold air moving in. the clipper across the midwest. here is moderate snow in illinois. some of that is heading off to us. we will watch it tonight. seven-day forecast, mid- to upper-30s today. snow 1 to 3 inches expected for the morning commute. much colder over the weekend then back to 40 by tuesday. >> thank you, howard. hope you are off to a wonderful thursday. we will kick things off 17 minutes after the 5:00 hour with 95 northbound. evening is clear making your way to the springfield interchange. we continue to interstate 395, no problems here from duck street up to the 14th street bridge. into d.c., we show you inbound new york avenue. check it out. light traffic making your way from the times building and beyond. over to maryland, 270 southbound moving at a great pace. volume building past the father hurley area but overall no problems. finally all aboard. 50 crossing the bay bridge to the beltway, no incidents or accidents to report at this time. andrea, that's the traffic. now back to you. in this morning's living wellhead lines, a warning for those of you starting a running routine. researchers studied nearly 70 healthy runners. a doctor found running in the shoes stressed the hips and leg joints even though the running shoe supported and protected the feet. the study authors are urging shoe makers to improve the designs. new evidence that suggests cell phone use may not be bad for the brain. exposure to electromagnetic waves on mice associated with cell phones may reverse alzheimer's disease. normal mice didn't develop the disease. mice that were already sick improved. time to say good morning to kristin fisher in the web center. everything is about gilbert arenas. >> you know that. as you mentioned earlier, an -- andrea, gilbert arenas has been suspended without pay after bringing guns in the locker room. comments keep pouring in on our facebook page. i want to share with you what some are saying about it. shaun hill says gilbert arenas has to be the stupidest human being alive for the way he handled the situation. he had the nerve to call out stern on twitter. please, please wizard management void his contract and cut your losses. arenas is not mentally fit to be an nba player. strong words. that is echoed byron day night who said glad he's out and jackson writing what was he thinking having extra jingle in your pockets can make you do stupid things. barbara lewis says isn't he convicted before being found guilty. and another writes that's what i thought. he is being punished b there is an out come to his case. these are not criminal acts but rather bad choices. you have people talking out on both sides of the issue. we would love to hear your thoughts. send them in by going to wusa9.com. we will go to one of the world's foremost experts to predict the cleaning championship game coming up. and what the redskins players have to say about their new coach. ring ring ring 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the intelligence report on what went wrong in the near bombing of american airlines flight 253. welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. angie goff is here. she will have traffic in a moment but we begin with howard's forecast and snow on the road for tomorrow. >> it will be a fluffy snow. that will be good. it will be blowing around a bit. >> no need for the shovel? >> this may be a snow you can use the leaf blower or broom. cold enough, fluffy. we are looking at 1 to 2 inches starting tonight to tomorrow morning. it's tomorrow morning's commute that we are concerned about. you can see the storm coming across chicago, illinois, approaching indiana. that is the core of this clipper system which will be arriving late this afternoon like this evening and overnight we expect a burst giving us the snow and should be over early friday morning. you may wake up to a couple of lingering snowflakes but by then the damage will be done and the morning commute could be impacted big. 30 in town. teens in oakland and shenandoah valley. angie, it's coming up on 5:31. >> good morning to you. hello, everybody. appreciate you waking up early with us. we will start at 66. everybody is clear. track the taillights from the car rest area inside the beltway. 495 to the inner loop in virginia, all is a go according to the realtime sensors. next stop, hello maryland beltway. north of the district, live from the outer loop here just past colesville from 95 to georgia, drivers are moving at a good pace. route 4, branch avenue, crane highway, no incidents to report. back to you. >> all right, angie, thank you. today we will get to see much of the intelligence report president obama ordered on the attempted bombing of northwest flight 253. a declassified version of the report is being released. it looks at how suspect umar farouk abdul mutallab was able to board a u.s. board jet despite being on a watch list and prior information that he could be planning an attack. >> the review will simplify and make recommendations as to what was lacking and what needs to be strengthened. >> today president obama is expected to demand the addition of more air marshals and improve communication among intelligence agencies. no word that anyone will be fired over the intelligence failures. a sentencing hearing starts today for the young bethesda man who admitted storing bomb making materials in his bedroom. they expect the hearing to last all day. it's scheduled to start at 9:00 a.m. now 20 years old, he pled guilty to having the bomb materials as well as attempted carjacking charge when he tried to flee in july of 2,038. prosecutors are asking for at least a six-year prison sentence. the judge is expected to hand down the punishment tomorrow. mocking a serious gun incident in the wizards locker room last month will cost gilbert arenas. he has been suspended without pay. 9news now digital correspondent alex trevino joins us live with details. >> reporter: good morning. you won't see the all star, gilbert arenas going 20-plus points at the verizon center any time soon. he is paying the consequences for unacceptable behavior. erratic behavior by gilbert arenas has not gone over well with the nba commissioner. he has been suspended indefinitely. this week's finger gun during introductions and his postgame laughter about it was apparently the last straw for stern. it will cause gilbert to lose 1150 grand every game he miss -- 150 grand every game he misses. >> i know he didn't mean it to come across like that. >> we abide by the statement. >> "the washington post" reports witnesses that saw the gun incident in the locker room claim teammate javaris crittenton responded to the gun incident by loading his own gun and cook cocking -- cocking the weapon. crittenton's gun was never found. witnesses accounts say it was unclear how it was disposed off. preston burton says it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to make a case without a gun. i'm alex trevino, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> we invite you to share your thoughts on the suspension of gilbert arenas. comment online at wusa9.com and you will find a viewer opinion poll on our home page. at least 15 residents of an apartment building in southeast d.c. have been forced to find another place to live. this is after their building on brother's place was deemed unfit to live. firefighters were alerted to the conditions of the building when they responded to a small electrical fire. once inside, they found several violations. >> not just code but building code violations, living conditions were basically what we would call untenable and then we started to make a como daitionz to -- accommodations to make sure people had a place to go. time for another living smart report. digital correspondent jessica doyle is back with more job cuts. >> this is one of the largest companies in the washington area that makes its home here, lockheed martin based in bethesda. they are combining two businesses into one unit. this will likely result in as many as 1200 job cuts. lockheed is not disclosing where the job cuts will be made but the operations have a significant presence in baltimore and manassas and they are headquartered in d.c. affected employees will be notified in early april. you may want to start substituting more coffee for the morning class of orange juice. futures contracts spiked to the highest in two years. the prolonged freeze in florida is endangering crop production and could damage the supply of o.j. for the year. renovating your home can create a lot of value. don't leave the jones's in the dust. bigger isn't always better. overimproving your home well beyond the standard of your neighborhood is recipe for losing money. to get the best return on your investment scour the local listings to see what is standard in your area then bring your decor up to speed. for more money saving advise, check out my blog, follow me on twitter, i would love to be your friend on facebook. we all want the mini mansion but maybe not post-war -- >> take the viking to the condo. two teachers and a university professor from virginia were among 100 educators president obama honored yesterday at the white house. the second annual event emphasized math, science, technology education. the final version of a congressional health care reform plan could be ready for the final steps to becoming law. that story is coming up. plus, life has been tough for a bunch of tiny dogs. in the news, government leaders in yemen say they welcome additional support and training from troops but oppose bringing in combat units. [ inaudible ] house speaker nancy pelosi says lawmakers are very close to resolving differences between the house and senate health care bills. pelosi spoke after a meeting with president obama. once passed it will go to the president to sign it into law. a plane load of dogs got first class treatment on a cross-country flight, a virgin airlines flight of operation air lift took the dogs from california to new york where they will be put up for adoption. they are popular out west and more owners are giving them up. the high seas fight over whaling is going viral. and produce shelves at many grocery stores may go bare. here is howard with more cold in the forecast. >> we have a breeze out here, gusting over 20 miles per hour. skies are clear now. clipper is on the way. local distributors who get produce from florida are having to disappoint some customers. he shows an empty cooler usually fall of strawberries. they haven't been picked yet. they are coated in a protective layer of ice. prices will go up but for pappas the issue is supply. his pal let's are almost promised to customers. bad weather further west is starting to cause problems with his onion delivery. not good. >> the second blast of arctic air will come down so they will be working around the clock trying to keep their crops from with it they aring so to speak for several days to come, through the upcoming weekend. >> around here we have a clipper on the way. that will bring snow and allow the second surge of arctic air to come in as we head to tomorrow, saturday and sunday day. today no real problems, mid- to upper-30s with a chance of snow by dark. during the overnight we will have issues by tomorrow morning. your momslikeme.com bus storm forecast, the last quarter moon out there. 25 to 30. sunrise 7:27 this morning. sunset at 5:02 with increasing clouds. winds should relax out of the west 5 to 10. winter weather advisory into he tonight for the shenandoah valley. 1 to 3 inches of snow by tomorrow morning with lows in the 20s. the clipper is off to the west. let's get on the right side of the map, bernstein. you see it with the snow coming through illinois, st. louis, chicago, indianapolis back through kentucky and parts of this are having moderate snow. clippers are generally quick moving, a lot of energy and moisture. montgomery county, howard county, points north and west, loudoun along the points west and virginia you have winter weather advisory in effect. 7 to 4 out to the west where they will be seeing it earlier and see it leave earlier as well. how much snow will fall? not that much. the white area 1 to 3 include the metro area. in the mountains 3 to 6 inches. there could be more behind the storm as the winds kick in out of the northwest. they will get pounded. we have good visibility with the clear skies. temperatures at national 30 degrees. northwest wind at 10. windchill of 21. other readings range from the teens out to culpeper and orange to 30 here in town. 29 in the bay in annapolis. great falls 11 below. minneapolis 9. cab says city 7 -- kansas city 7. the clipper will open the floodgates to the arctic air. we are in for a cold weekend. temperatures today 37. tomorrow 32. back in the deep freeze saturday and sunday, highs in the upper 20s. monday 37 and low 40s -- yeah, low 40s tuesday and wednesday. here is traffic time with angie. >> beep beep. 270 southbound. look at the live shot here. nice shaky one. incident free drive from 118 germantown road down to the split. good morning. so great to have you join us early. 95 and the bw parkway, nice and green. next into d.c., we come to you from alonely live east capital street and 58th street. a good look at that nice and quiet drive throughout the district. 395, hello virginia, the volume is starting to pick up past duke street and let's call it a wrap before that as we switch the camera over, come on, chris. in virginia we are slow 95 heading northbound from 50 over to 123. now over to kristin fisher standing by in the web center. >> good morning, everyone. ever heard of whale wars? it's a show on animal planet that is on a mission to end japanese whaling in the arctic. the two have clashed before. there have been shoot outs. they have rammed each other's boats but yesterday the conflict took a dangerous turn. it was caught on tape. check out this unbelievable footage shot by the japanese whaling vessel. the target is the sea shepherd state of the art speedboat. you can see it there, the black boat that looks like a stealth bomber or something batman might drive. they deployed it wednesday on an attempt to stop the japanese whalers but the japanese whalers weren't having it. they actually rammed the boat in the freezing antarctic waters. now take a look at what it looks like from the sea shepherd. the collision knocked off over 10 feet of the bow but amazingly all six crew members are okay. the 80 gil didn't fair as well. it's sinking in the southern ocean. the sea shepherd says it will still push forward with the mission. this has escalated the confrontation into a real whale war. i want you to get a final look at what happened to the boat. you can see there there is the front of it. those are the 10 feet sheared off by the big japanese vessel. over here you can see all the crew members that amazingly survived the ramming. you can find these pictures on the sea shepherd web site. it's an incredible story in the sense that nobody was injured and you have to keep in mind those waters are freezing. there are icebergs in there p. find out who walked away with the people's choice award. that is coming up. two of the men who witnesses a bizarre white house meeting between a music superstar and president share their wreck could legs. this morning the counting of stimulus you money that went to phantom zip codes. oh, my governor. jessica simpson's baby sister is out and a member of destiny child is in. ashlee simpson had a role in the broadway play chicago after whispers that she was no good, the verdict is in, michelle williams will take over the role of roxy hart starting february 8th through march 28th. it's an award show of the people and for the people. big names turned out last night to select their people choice award. sandra bullock won big. actor johnny depp won favorite actor of the decade. mariah carey escourted by her husband accepted the favorite r and b artist award and taylor swift took one home, too. say it ain't so. more than 60 million votes were cast by the people. that is the most in the award show history. that is great. all right. all you moms to be looking for style issue maternity clothes, who better to take advise from than a mother and super model. heidi klum is launching her own line of pregnancy fashion. it's called lavish and a more affordable version called love starts at 30 bucks. washington sports has seen big changes lately, not just on the football field. d.c. united welcomed the new head coach here with former player olson. the party was attended by team owner william change and dcu president payne. in one week from today, you have a chance to meet a really big designer here in d.c. layla rose will presented her spring collection at the mayflower hotel. the space is limited so rsvp today. general admission $100. vip $250. visit my blog for more information on this night of fun, fashion and philanthropy. while you are online, click on angie's army to submit your events, pictures and video for notice share on air. >> thank you, angie. two men who haven't seen each other since an iconic 1970 oval office meeting met again to relieve one of the most bizarre encounters in white house history. many of us have seen the photo of the king elvis presley with richard nixon. now aides are describing how he showed up be and nounsed and -- unannounced. >> reporter: elvis's friend gary schilling didn't know why they were flying to washington. >> he was on a mission. >> reporter: he got a hint when elvis asked for stationary. >> i asked the steward december. >> reporter: elvis began to write, dear mr. president, i would like to introduce myself. he spoke for his love of the country and to become a special agent to help fight drugs. they dropped the letter at the white house gate. then a phone call from another aide. >> the king is here. and i looked at the president's schedule and i said what king, there aren't any on the schedule. he said no, not any two-bit king, the king of rock. he's here. i said, dwight. it will be a long day -- >> reporter: thinking it's a joke, he was floored when he walked into the office with schilling. >> that was one of the most lovely half hours that i have had talking to you all and hearing elvis talk from the heart about what his country meant to him. >> reporter: the white house chief of staff response to the request by writing you must be kidding. elvis makes a request to be a special agent. he says to nixon -- >> mr. president, if you want to give him a page, we can get him one -- badge we can get him one. >> at that point the president said get him a badge. i want him to have one. elvis is overcome and he steps forward and he grabs the president. and he hugs him which wasn't the norm in that white house. >> that reunion was at the national archives. >> supposedly he even brought a gun with him. that was a different time because he was ready for the war on drugs. elvis would have been 75 tomorrow. they are celebrating his birthday. >> good story. >> we have snow on the way. >> you have a story to tell. >> cold day today. tonight is when the snow moves in. not a lot but it will be enough for the clipper system to cause