east of charlestown we will zoom in on that one for you. it is really coming down near brunswick and lubbocksville and north of hillsborough. that is moving to the north northeast. probably 40, to 50 miles an hour. southern maryland, saint leonard to lusby, st. mary's city out of the northern neck, dahlgren and river side and heading over to la plata and waldorf in a while. you get heavy rain and wind. on the weather computer you will see an area of rain racing east. back to roanoke, plenty of showers back there, as well. we will be dealing with showers off and on through the afternoon. the wind advisory until 10:00 and you can see why. gusts of 40 at national. 39 andrews and that's one of the reason we have all of the power outages. one thing it has done, 60 in washington and dulles. cool pot is cumberland at 45. mild morning. the seven-day forecast, right now angie has a lot to tell you about with the wet roads. >> beginning with 95. check out those head lights there. a slow, wet commute from the prince william parkway. watching the drivers hit the road early. if you are traveling southbound on 95. getting word near cardinal drive a lot of high-standing water and reports of a lot of people spinning out. take it slow. other weather-related problems we are tracking. rolling road in virginia still seeing that downed tree. police are diverting traffic there. and reports of downed wires in the area. we are also getting a report there's lights out at the intersection of commerce and back lick. treat it as a four-way stop. great falls where we have two trees in the roadway. taking away roads, as well. we will move outside and show you 270. shake a camera. two hands on the wheel. the drive to the split is filling out between father hurley. tacking on an extra 10 minutes. that delay is growing and wrap with inbound new york avenue. more volume is starting to fill out between the times building and florida. over to you. continuing our storm alert we want to take a look at power outages across the area. dominion reports 21,000 outages most in fairfax county. pepco is dealing with 5400, the majority in montgomery county and bge has 8,000 outages, over 2,000 in anne arundel county. at the top of the hour, brewing new controversy in dc's public schools. comments about fired teachers by chancellor rhee that are raising a lot of eyebrows. kristin fisher is live from the wilson building with the story. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. the relationship between schools chancellor michelle rhee and dc teachers was already on thin ice, but things got much more heated after comments rhee made in a magazine out this month. take a look. inside the pages of fast company magazine's february edition, michelle rhee is quoted as saying -- now dc council chairman vincent gray is calling henri to appear before the council today to explain. >> miss rhee should explain to tell us why she said what she says because it certainly maligns teachers. >> reporter: she blamed budget cuts last october but it appears no cases of sexual or physical abuse were ever filed with authorities and now these teachers want answers. >> she started by saying they were incompetent teacher and then no a budget crisis and now we are not just incompetent but child molesters and we beat kids and anger is an understatement but just angry, angry that i was back in this situation. >> it is unfair and untrue. i think she owes those members an apology. >> reporter: rhee has been asked to speak before the council today to explain those comments but so far she's not commented on those statements made in that magazine. we'll have to wait and see what she has to say today. back to you. >> thank you. we're following breaking news this morning. a search for any survivors after what plane crash in lebanon. an ethiopian airlines jet crashed minutes after takeoff from beirut. it went down in the mediterranean. 90 people were on board. none of them americans. at least 23 bodies have been found. there were storms in the area at the time of the crash. now to the latest from hity. officials from around the world will meet today in montreal. they'll discuss how to speed up relief efforts to the island nation. the haitian government i now says at least $150,000 people -- 150,000 people have been buried since the quake. relief supplies are trickling in, even the united nations world food program admits more needs to be done to distribute food and water. doctors treating the injured are hopeful they can help those in need. >> in two weeks ' time we are here now and we have seen the situation changing and coming in to the third phase and things get more stabilize and we are more buildup can be done. >> reporter: despite the signs of disaster, every day we seem to get images like this. a man pulled out alive from a rubble of a storm over the weekend, 11 days after the quake. doctors say he is doing well. >> reporter: three men are now in custody. they are charged with killing a marine at a house party in baltimore. the victim was 20-year-old private first class darius ray. early on sunday, police arrested three men all three will be charged with first- degree murder. >> go in to a party with a violent weapon with the intent to kill somebody we just don't need those people around and we have to start, again, holding these people accountable. >> reporter: another man was injured in the stabbing. private first class ray was stationed here in washington and he grew up in foster homes in montgomery county. while metro considers what fare hike and service changes it needs to make to pay its bills, it wants to make it easier for you to pay your fare. the transit agency could soon allow you to pay from a debit or credit card. you would use them at the fare gate and wouldn't need a smart trip or paper fare card. peter benjamin says it could be in place by next year. every day at this time jessica doyle has a "living $mart" report and today you have more on that huge toyota recall. >> this have a big mea culpa. last week we heard from toyota, a recall of 2.3 million vehicles and now we find out that toyota knew about the problems for some time. an accelerator pedal that can stick. they didn't recall them immediately because it didn't think the problem was widespread but as the number of cars affected grew it realized it had to be done. wal-mart is laying off 11,000 employees at sam's club locations over the next month. they have hired an outside company to take over in-store product demonstrations. earlier this month they closed ten stores resulting 1500 job losses. you may want to change your computer password at work today. if your current passwords fall in a common list they are easy to hack. here's the top five. the number one password, 123456, followed by 12345, and 123-45-6789 and the pass word isword and number five is iloveyou. it's kind of sweet. >> it is so hard to keep changes. you forget, what was that, oh my goodness. thank you. >> everyone gets called for jury duty. the associated press reports he was called to show up today in a court in chicago and it's a busy week when you are the president of the united states so the white house told the court he can't make it. no word if he had to he schedule for a less busy time. this morning on our website, we are asking should the president be exempt from jury duty or is it an important civic obligation? we want to know what you think temperature vote in our poll when you visit wusa9.com. it is 8 after the hour. hero central report we eck news a local food bank. it finds more and more people asking for help. our focus on maryland's weather and traffic. here's howard. >> before we get to maryland's weather and traffic we just got word that rappahanock, virginia schools two hour delay due to the weather. go to doppler hd. across southern maryland and northern and western maryland heavy rainfall across parts of charles county, waldorf to la plata and calvert county and then west of frederick, virginia moving to the northeast, some heavy rainfall. we are looking at showers for this afternoon. we will see heavy rain taper off to showers. temperatures in the 50s and 60s will cool to the 50s this afternoon. although 60 in leonardtown. 50 rockville and 56 in cumberland. a lot to tell you about the maryland highways. here's angie with more. we will begin with south glen road between glen road and glen mill. that's where we have downed trees and wires blocking all lanes in both directions. police are on the scene directing traffic. good news there. next we take you outside and show you connecticut avenue and georgia. a windy drive out here. normal volume. no major backups. notice the wind shaking the camera. over to montgomery village avenue and chop clopper. a nice quiet commute out here but watch for standing water. there's an opportunity in every crisis. best-selling author and motivational speaker willie jolly explaining how understanding the challenge can 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these days. in montgomery county, maryland the manna food center is stepping in to help more people. derek mcginty has this look. this is montgomery county's only food bank. but don't let the zip code fool you. 300 families per month count on the manna food center in gaitherburg to help keep food on the table. >> montgomery county great pockets of wealth and great pockets of poverty. >> reporter: manna's kim damian says the pockets of poverty are growing. last year manna fed 150 families each day. >> we have over 349 families here at the food bank today picking up food. we have never seen that number. we have never broken 300 until this year. >> never say never. i used to work and now i go to dialysis and i have -- i had to have my toes amputated on the left foot. so i'm handicapped. >> reporter: this 57-year-old says she never expected to need this kind of help but now. >> if it wasn't for them, i don't know what i would do. >> reporter: and neither would thousands of others who rely on manna all over the county at soup kitchens, homeless shelter and even schools. >> this backpack is part of the smart sack program. 1100 of these go out on fridays to school kids who get most of their meals through the school nutrition programs. without this on the weekend they may not eat. >> reporter: and while these shelves seem to be piled high they say contributions are on pace to equals last year's but the need is so much greater. derek mcginty, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> wendy johnson and kim damian met us in our studios for a surprise. 9 news now gave them a charitable crick of $10,000. it was made possible by the gannett foundation, wusa and "usa today." for more information go to wusa9.com and click on the hero central link. the white house is calling osama bin laden is a thug. the terrorist lead made threats against the president and the united states in a tape released this weekend and he praised the alleged christmas day would be bomber. the coast guard is investigating a boat collision and oil spill in port arthur, texas. a tanker and barge collided spilling 460,000-gallons of oil. a slick now stretches eight miles. thousands of people are without power across south dakota. a major ice and snowstorm hit there this weekend. the state has given out 60 generators. we have some power outages in our area due to the rains. the long-standing rains we have had overnight and this morning. >> and another delay. hardy county, west virginia along with rappahanock, virginia. two hour delays. we had heavy rain. most of the flooding is west of the metro. little bit here. this morning we are watching some spots of heavy rain and high winds with some heavy showers. start you off with live doppler hd. you will notice to culpeper, the counties in green where the flood warnings are but right now there's little coming out rain wise as we look at the returns. a lot of light blue around the immediate metro. we are in good shape. southern maryland more, prince georges county you see that. and to the north and west around frederick to the west we are seeing heavy rain fall. here's hagerstown, brunswick in to eastern washington county. this is coming down heavily as well with winds out of these areas which could gust up to 40, to 45 miles an hour with the heaviest showers. south of town we are seeing it brandy wine down 301. south of waldorf, white plains to the north there. also toward deale along the coast and across the bay. the eastern shore we have seeing heavy activity, as well. annapolis light rain here but centreville, churchill, easton, some heavy rain there, as well. heavy rains will be with us for a while this morning. as we look at the forecast here, the flood watch is until 1:00. the flood warnings to the west until 9:15 and out to stanton and charlottesville it has been worse than it has been around here. looking at the forecast for today low 60s for a high. drop in the 50s this afternoon. tomorrow and wednesday, cooler, only in the lower 40s but it will be on the dry side. momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, heavy rain in spots. windy. 55 to 65. average high 43. we are well above average this morning. sunrise 7:20 this morning. then this afternoon, we are looking a still spotty showers under mostly cloudy skies them flood watch is supposed to expire at 1:00. highs will drop in the 50s with a west wind at 10 to 20 miles an hour. partly cloudy, breezy and colder. lows in the lower to middle 30s. a lot of rain pushing up overnight. some areas in the shenandoah valley had close to three inches of rain. less than a half inch here in town. around roanoke some yellow is showing up. we will get more action later on today and this afternoon. check out the wind gusts. 45 dulles. 35 national. 34 up in montgomery county. 45 annapolis. and that's one of the reasons we have thousands of power outages as well as temperatures in the 50s and low 60s at this hour. seven-day forecast, low 60s for a high. drop in the 50s this afternoon. tomorrow and wednesday cooler in the lower 40s. upper 40s on thursday. here's more cold air with a chance of snow on friday and colder weekend. highs in the low 30s. 6:18. 51 degrees. here's angie. feeling good outside. we have problems on the roads, folks. begin with the beltway alert on the inner loop in virginia. approaching 66, we have new crash activity taking away the rite lane for drivers. keeping things moving. take it out to 66 and show you how things are slowing down between route 55 and -- 50 and 495, slow and go. tacking on 15 minutes for this commute. back to the maps we are losing lanes here in both directions because of two downed trees. this is at the intersection of beach mill drive and spring veil. on the outer loop in, maryland. 95 to georgia avenue we are looking at an extra ten minutes for this slick commute. so far so good. wrap with the maps. a look at route 4, rout 5 an crane highway. you want to take it slow because there are still reports of pockets of standing water our across the region. over to you. it is 6:19. an anne arundel county police officer accused of sending illicit text messages is due in court today. he was arrested last week. federal investigators say he repeatedly sent messages to that teenager and the fbi thinks he sent pictures of himself to the girl and received some in return. he says this should send a warning to every parent. >> if your kid has a cell phone you ought to be checking that phone to see what numbers are being called. you ought to see what photographs are being sent and received from that phone. >> reporter: if convicted on the one charge he's now facing he faces a minimum of five years in prison. prosecutors think more charges could be coming. is our region becoming the new hot spot for college students? based on the number of applications you might think so. the "washington post" reports a record number of applications are flowing in to nearby universities. george washington has seen a 3% jump. washington and lee applications are up 6% and up 9% at the university of richmond and at johns hopkins a leap of 13%. uva and william and mary both expect record applications, as well. our time is 6:20. ahead a preview of the super bowl matchup. peyton manning and the colts shut down the jets. and they partied all night long in the french quarter. they are going to the big game. sara walsh will have the highlights in three minutes. good morning. the super bowl is set and for the first time in their 43 year history the game includes the saints. saints forced overtime and took advantage. a 40-yard and a field goal would steal it. they win 31-28 and they will face the colts. manning was feeling it in the second half of the game leading his team to a 30-17 victory. you can see they the february 7th super bowl here on cbs. the wizards have lost three in a row in me mids of a home stand. the clippers scored a season low ten points in that quarter. washington loses by 14. 92-78. the maryland women hosting duke candle light vigil park would has in a one-point heart breaker. it is their longest skid since 2004. and that's a quick look at sports. the colts are already a four- point favorite in the super bowl. have a good one. it is 6:25. the rain is coming down in the metro area. it is definitely a soggy morning. flash flood watches are in affect. howard is tracking doppler 9000. his latest forecast and how it is affecting your drive is work is four minutes away. which is fantastic. we'll have them over for a friday night pizza. it's just our way of entertaining without going out. this is where all the magic happens. this is where i knead the dough, make the pizza. by using my card, i get the specials, the real deals, and it saves me money. the win-win is that we get to visit with our friends, the kids get to visit with their friends, and it's great food. more savings, more rewards. every time you shop. only with your giant card. we save money, and that works for me. this morning a rainy mess across the region. a big storm is moving through and it's slowing down your commute. angie will show us the trouble spots in just a moment. but first the weather forecast. we go to meteorologist howard bernstein. he's live under the umbrella on the weather terrace. good morning. >> i'd be getting wet if i wasn't. it is raining lightly in the metro but other eres are seeing moderate to heavy rainfall and a lot of wind, too. thousands are without power across the region. the yellow areas is moderate to heavy rain. in the metro it's not too bad. zoom in first. warrenton, greene county close are flood warnings. you see montgomery and fairfax are pretty quiet. as we head to the east and the southeast that's where we see the bigger action from parts of anne arundel county, shady side back over to areas in prince georges county. and then in charles county la plata and waldorf, you are seeing heavy rainfall there. that extends to the northern neck east of dahlgren. watch for heavy rain over the next little while. this stuff is racing northeast at 30 to 40 miles an hour. and then across parts of western loudoun county in to frederick county and eastern washington county heavy rain and winds. winds are gusty. go to the weather computer and show you while we have rain at roanoke that will be here the next couple of hours. 45 miles an hour at the dulles region at this hour. seven-day forecast in 15. angie has the traffic trouble spots. >> it is heavy on interstate 95 in virginia. good morning, so glad you could join us. we are kicking things off with this interstate where between the prince william parkway and fairfax parkway a lot of congestion. southbound at cardinal drive getting reports of standing water and spinouts. definitely take your time and be careful. the inner loop approaching 86. watching this accident here. taking away the right lane. notice on 66 just jammed approaching the capital beltway. that's sheer volume. a windy wet drive father hurley to the split. this just in, route 28 new crash activity. wrap with inbound new york avenue. delayed from the times building to bladensburg road. that's the traffic. back to you. we have more on our storm. an update on power outages across the region. dominion has 20,000 with the majority in fairfax county. pepco has a list down to 4900 but bge, look at this huge leap in the last 30 minutes. it is now dealing with -- 13,000 outages and parents angry about cut backs in the fairfax county school system will testify at hearings throughout the week. this weekend many attended a rally in mclean. they want more state funding for the school system. state funding for schools in virginia is based on the local composite index formula. it is used to make sure smaller, less affluent regions are able to provide the same quality education as the rest of the state. some say the lci needs to be reset to account for lower property values in northern virginia. >> the future of our children rests on our ability to organize, to keep our schools strong, our willingness to fund them. your effort to try to get the $61 million from the state would make a profound difference. >> parents of signed petitions are sending e-mails to legislators in richmond asking them to reset the lci. to the district where comments by school chancellor michelle rhee has the teachers union and some city leaders mad. digital correspondent kristin fisher is live at the wilson building with more on the story. >> this have a big deal because in these new comments from michelle rhee she essentially accuses dc teachers of abusing and sexually molesting students and yet it appears no charges were filed with authorities. that's why vincent gray is calling henri to explain. >> over 1,000 teacher thes, students and parents protested michelle rhee's firing of 266 dc teachers last october. at the time, rhee blamed budget cuts. but inside the pages of february's fast company magazine rhee is quoted as saying i got rid of teachers who hit children who, had sex with children, who missed 78 days of school. why wouldn't we take those things in to consideration? >> reporter: now vincent gray wants answers. >> miss rhee should explain why she said what she said. we deserve an explanation because it certainly maligns teachers. >> reporter: it appears no cases of physical or sexual abuse were filed with authorities. and some are calling on for firing of rhee. both chairman gray and the head the dc deepers ' union say they are comments have no basis and asked her to appear before the council today. so far she is yet to comment. back to you. the confirmed death toll from the haitian earthquake has reached 150,000 people. that number does not include those killed in areas outside of port-au-prince. medical teams in haiti say they are treating patients infections or complications due to amateur attempts at treatment. a number of those patients are children. a select few are being treated on the usns comfort. while they are recovering the emotional toll of being separated from family is taking itsing to. >> they haven't seen their mom and dad ever since they got on the helicopter. and they have been here for two or three days. that's a lot of pain for them. >> reporter: many of the children have been able to get in contact with family members through cell phones. here in our region, a huge yard sale was held tibien benefit the victims of the quake. all the money raised from yesterday's sale in alexandria will go to the red cross and their haiti relief effort. and we're following breaking news out of lebanon. an ethiopian plane crashed in to the sea shortly after taking off from beirut. lebanon's president says sabotage is not suspected in the crash. ships are searching the mediterranean sea for survivors. there's no word if the stormy weather played a role in the crash. terrorism, though has been ruled out. you could be required to show a voter i.d. before voting in virginia that is if a woodbridge republican gets his way. the republican sponsored the bill which is moving forward in richmond. he said it would cut voter fraud. right now you can sign a statement affirming your identity. opponents believe it could disenfranchise some voters. it is time for another "living $mart" report. ben bernanke may be back, too. >> there is a growing list of senators who don't want him to have a second term as the head of the federal reserve. the senate is scrambling to schedule a vote by week's end. others say there is enough support for a second bernanke term. he is credited with stopping the recession from turning in to a depression but his support of wall street bailouts stirred public anger. a policy meeting this week as the economy slowly recovers and they suggest that businesses will hire and increase spending the first half of the year. the majority of the economists surveyed think the economy will expand by 8% this year. one business is throwing washington a farewell party for a little baby panda. land o'lakes is sponsoring a tribute to tai shan. why the butter company you may ask because of his nickname butter stick that he got when he was born since he was as small as a little stick of butter. it is taking place from 11:00 to 3:00. i don't know if butter will be served. >> should be a fun time. thank you. this reportedly will be the last week on wpgc for donny simpson. the "washington post" reports simpson and the station are working on a deal. the 55-year-old simpson has been on wpgc since ' 93. the station is owned by cbs. since simpson is under contract through next year, cbs will reportedly make sure he doesn't go to a -- 0 to another local station. do a --ing -- doing a half marathon is a fete itself. imagine doing it a year after a heart transplant. learn the odds he overcame and the one person he credits for his accomplishment. we focus on the weather and traffic. here's howard. just got word of a couple more delays in shenandoah valley delay, faulkier three hour delay along with happen han knock, and hardy west virginia two hour delay as well. the rain and flood warnings are causing problems. i'm story. page county also a two-hour delay told by producer dan. let's go to over live doppler hd. heavy rain dahlgren south through northern virginia. from luray east to the park here. watch the heavy weather developing as it moves to the north and the east. while we have breaks we will see more showers for this afternoon. it is call in for the showers to be more sporadic. drop in the 50s. virginia highways are having problems, as well. here's angie. >> we have been watching this since early on. rolling road, we have downed trees and wires. police are out there directing the traffic. 66 eastbound, we are just jammed from the fairfax county parkway inside the beltway. tons of volume. all weather related. put that with the typical volume and you see you need to factor in extra minutes. route 29 an extra five to ten minutes to make it through here. it is 6:39. 9 news now will be back after the break. we're back. the 2010 census begins today and we know who will be counted as number one. our partners at "usa today" report clifton jackson a world war ii verballying in alaska will be counted first. he's the oldest resident of an eskimo village north of the arctic circle. now an inspirational story. a year after receiving a new heart, a 27-year-old man runs in his first half marathon. >> one by one. >> i want to visit the philippines. >> his list is getting shorter. >> do great, do more. >> reporter: today cross out, run a marathon. >> thank god i'm here. i have a second chance at life. >> reporter: it was only 17 months ago justin was diagnosed with an enlarged heart. >> they put my percentage at 25% of me living longer than a year without any type of transplant. >> reporter: within 30 days. >> thank god for my donor. >> reporter: he underwent life altering surgery. >> slow process. it is really hard. >> here the 27-year-old just ten months later. greeted along the way by friends. >> oh my gosh he's amazing. he's doing so much with his life to go from nearly dying a year ago to coming out here and walking 13 miles in the tri- city medical center marathon. it's awesome. >> you are almost done. >> reporter: as he continues on with the rest of his life he vows not to take for granted he wouldn't be here if it weren't for the person who gave him their heart. >> a tribute to my daughter. i don't know who she is yet but i will find out soon. >> that is doug reporting. an amazing story. howard is here with more on our rainy monday. >> amazing. winds gusting to 50 miles an hour. 48-mile an hour gust just reported at andrews air force base. the showers are bringing in the winds that are upstairs. you get the big heavy shower that transports it to the surface and we are dealing with winds along with the rains and the flood watch and wind advisory. start with live doppler hd. we have some lulls around but ere other areas seeing heavy rainfall here. rain to the west and those counties in green are in the flood warnings the majority of them until 9:15 this morning. as we zoom in on live doppler hd you will see in montgomery and fairfax counties things are fairly quiet. east and south we have heavy rain coming through the annapolis area right now. you can see, oh, severna park get ready this is coming to you. go down to hey did side and things break up with moderate rain across southern maryland. in to charles county. check it out. it picks up again from benedict back down south. well south of la plata. almost to the bridge there. dahlgren you are seeing heavy rain toward you. and then as we go back to virginia, back to the park here, east of luray now this is moving to the north. these little cells are moving north. front royal, areas of 66, this will be in let's say loudoun county, upper faulkier county. give it another 20 to 30 minutes. you will get back in to heavy rain. in fact with all of the rain we have had we have a flood watch. that was issued yesterday. it's affect until 1:00 this afternoon for the areas in dark green. these are the flood warnings from faulkier west where we have school delays in many counties this morning. that's until 9:15. we will see if that is extended or not. as far as the forecast for the next three days, showers today, heaviest rains this morning. 63. we will drop to the 50s this afternoon. schooling down to the 40s for tomorrow and wednesday. momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, areas of heavy rain and windy, 55 of the 65. sunrise isen 20. and then this afternoon, the flood watch expires at 1:00. mostly cloudy, a few showers are possible. temperatures dropping in the 50s and the winds west at ten to 80. breezy and colder. lows in the the low to mid-30s and still may be a sprinkle overnight. here we go. satellite and radar. a lot of heavy rain up and down the east coast. weapon are seeing breaks now but back to roanoke. notice the area down here, charlottesville, that's going to be with us for several more hours off and on and the winds, we have 45 dulles. 48 andrews. 48 national. out west the winds are lighter than out east. a warm morning. 50s and 60s. seven-day forecast, dropping in the low 40s for tomorrow and wednesday. 47 on thursday. and then a little light snow is possible on friday. highs 34. >> thank you. we have a number of weather- related incidents and accidents across the area. let's begin with the outer loop in maryland. where we are jammed here and it is because of the very wet and windy commute. this set in early. you want to factor in extra minutes for this part of the commute. we are seeing an extra 20 minutes as we take the shot over to 270 from father hurley to the split. a slow crawl here. just volume. hello, virginia. inner loop approaching 66. we now know that it is flooding that is taking away the right lane for drivers. you can see the backup starts before then dale area, as well. 66, man, i don't need to say you saw the red on the picture. a big mess because of volume. jammed from the fairfax county parkway to inside the beltway. extra 20 for that as well and wrap with this downed tree on rolling road. and it looks like we have crews out here. downed wire and a report of lights out at commerce and backlick. follow these traffic incidents on-line at my blog at oh my goff.tv. andrea, back to you. a commuter alert. a chance to get your say on metro's proposed service changes. as you know the transit agency is facing a severe budget crunch. on -- on wednesday it will hold a hearings on various proposals to. you have to preregister to speak at the hearing. learn how to do that by going to wusa9.com. we have information under the links section. starting tomorrow a new way to move around dulles airport. the aero-train system is scheduled to be up and running. no more rides on the big moment lounges. instead a train ride from security to the ab and c terminals. it is part 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' with look at the democrats health care plan and a preview of the state of the union. you can follow the weather all morning long by going to wusa9.com. >> have a great day, everybody.