actually looking look at a triangle and of course in springfield it is 5:00 and that means it starts to slow down already. a live look on the northbound side of i 35. northbound 395 still looks pretty good here as you cross the river into the downtown area. back to the maps this time we'll head over to maryland, southbound 270, no issues to report. a live look the beltway at college park. asses you head -- as you head around the bend to 95, no problems to report. an elderly woman died after being attacked in her own home. sue rae chin has more. >> i'm going to miss her. >> reporter: long time friend joseph cromwell would help his elderly neighbor get around. >> she was a very nice woman. i cut her grass, take her to the store, when i heard this, it really blew me. >> reporter: detectives are talking with neighbors of 71-year-old geraldine joyce mcintyre. >> right now we are passing out flyers. it is a cash award flyer for anyone who has any information in reference to the murder of mrs. mcintyre. >> reporter: police got a call for a welfare check and discovered mcintyre suffering from upper body trauma. she later died at the hospital. >> this is not the same neighborhood it used to be. the same people that lived here few of them still here, and these are elderly people that seemed to be targeted. >> reporter: neighbors say there have been recent home break- ins, but police won't say if robbery is what led up to the murder. >> they are walking up and down the streets all times of night. you don't know who is who. you have to be careful and lock your doors and people around here aren't used to locking their doors. >> reporter: neighbors say mcintyre lived with her disabled daughter, who lab in the -- who has been in the hospital. >> we are going to find who did this. >> reporter: in capital heights maryland, sue rae chin wusa9. a 14-year-old is being charged as an adult in the murder of his 7-month-old sister. police say gloria yang he's went to work and when she arrived home the baby was unconscious. the teen admitted hitting his sister then covering her nose and mouth to make her stop drying. a woman dies while undergoing an abortion at a controversial german town clinic. the washington post reports the state's medical examiner is now investigating the death of a 299-year-old woman. abortion opponents have accused the clinic's doctor, leroy carhart, of performing dangerous procedures. some prince george's county residents are seeing discolored water this morning. it is the result of a broken main. the affected customers are in laurel and belksville. the water is safe for drinking, bathing and cleaning your floors, but they advice against using tap water for baby formula or washing clothes, as it may cause stains. time now for the latest your money report. and jessica doyle is here with today's headlines. >> reporter: fingers crossed we are hoping this is going to be another winning week for the folks on wall street. we are at 7 so far. let's see if we can make it 8. the market has benefited as investors have poured money into the stock market since the first of the year. checking the numbers for you, the dow stands at 13992 after rallying nearly 49 points. the nasdaq climbed about 29 to close at -- at a 12 year high. have you noticed how high gas prices have gotten lately? try this on for size a jump of 25 cents in the past two weeks. p the price of a gallon of regular nationwide is now $3.59 and we are paying even more. aaa says the average washington area driver is paying $3.61 a gallon, up 19 dents in the past month. underpinning this jump in gas prices, the price of oil has been climbing as china has been you think its need for brent crude. and makersing mark getting a little bit less boozesy. the distiller is watering down its bourbon in an effort to meet rising global demand. maker's mark was 45% alcohol by volume, now 42%. but it insists drinkers detected no difference during taste tests. still customers have taken to twitter and social media sites to complain. >> you would have to have a really refined taste to understand. >> wow. >> but it is just trying to save some money. what are you doing for us in the next half hour? >> valentine's day is this week. i bet you kind of want to know what everybody is spending so you can get an idea ballpark what you want to do. >> so you don't look awful. >> we have ideas coming up in the next hour. >> mike has done a great job, i'm very impressed. there is a new general in charge in afghanistan this morning. that story, coming up. plus it is pretty amazing we are not talking about death this morning after a tornado ripped across mississippi. ahead the cavaliers had a welcome back. 5:09 on this monday morning. yesterday got into the middle 40s with the sunshine. however the rain came back last night and it is around this morning. but you know, there is always a good thing to look at. it will be gone here in the afternoon hours, actually rather mild. we have showers around this morning. above freezing we won't have any icy areas. temperatures this afternoon maybe a few peaks of sunshine south and southwest of town. we have a chance for wintry weather later in the week and i'll be back in a few minutes to tell you exactly what may happen. right now monika samtani. eastern avenue is shut down between 58th avenue and foot street due to a serious abandoned house fire. roads are closed. here at the 14th street bridge no issues across the potomac river. here's a look at what is new this morning. dozens of injuries reported after last night's tornado in hat tissingburg -- in hattysburg, mississippi. it has been a rough few days up in the northeast. plow crews still have not stopped working since this weekend. still going this morning. just like our blizzard two years ago, drivers took off and abandoned vehicles right on the expressway friday night. general john allen handed over command in afghanistan to fellow marine joseph done ford. general allen is expected to become nato's supreme allied commander in europe. this morning we are expecting a cold rain. howard has a few flakes dancing around. details right after welcome back to wusa9. a little rain a little snow, sunshine, milder temperatures, colder temperatures. >> reporter: an active weather week. the next few weeks look like big ups and downs, wild swings, mild times and very cold times. as we head toward march and get toward the end of winter. this morning we have active weather going on in the form of cold rainshowers here. generally will be done in the next three or four hours. by lunch time cloudy and 50. this afternoon mostly cloudy, upper 50s even 60s in spots. winds 10 to 15 miles per hour. have a little bit of freezing rain and snow across pennsylvania. in the northeast we have snow but we also have rain. that is going to fall on very heavy snow pack on homes. adding weight to structures. you see rain moving through the region, baltimore the upper part of the bay now. we are still seeing a few moderate showers from frederick all the way to bethesda toward dulles and sterling now moving across areas coming through dc and even south of town here. this is going to cross generally east into perhaps northern charles and prince george's county. headed toward charles county this morning. there are a few more showers here and that is why we have the wet streeks. look at the-day-old air in place up north. 20s and 30s. we have 50s in fact upper 50s in charleston, west virginia, norfolk is 51. 36 in arlington, to the east not much difference in temperatures, 37 in bowie and waldorf. prince frederick 42 down there. here's looking outside and reduced visibility. that is the jefferson memorial behind me. 37 degrees, feeling like 37, but we also have rain being reported at the top of the hour here. big storms spinning across minnesota and wisconsin all the way through texas and louisiana. you saw the video yesterday with the severe weather, this storm still spinning across with snow, pushing these showers through us. toward kentucky we see the back edge of the showers. this is why a few more hours of on and off showers and the rest of the day actually looks pretty good. by lunch time, even sunny breaks north and west. better chance of seeing breaks north are and south of town. the clouds stay thick until tonight when we clear out. another system wednesday will bring us rain and maybe snow wednesday night. yellow alert are until about 9:00 or so. 58. rest of the day looks dry, 52 tomorrow after starting in the 30s. wednesday though mid-40s with the afternoon rain potentially changing to snow at night depending on the storm track. still cool friday and colder this weekend with another chance for wintry weather as well. >> thank you so much howard. the issue is an abandoned house fire. be aware of that with the first equipment on the scene. southbound i-27 0, looking good through german town and the point where the lanes divide. no problems to report here on the beltway north side of town near connecticut avenue. that is what it looks like on the outer loop as you leave the 95 interchange all the way around toward bethesda and 270. as you can see no issues on 66, just a bit below the speed limit here, 58 on 395. once you are at the bridge spans everything is open and another live look this time northbound i-95 in springfield. a young squad tries to keep pace with a veterans virginia team. afterring october's game 5 heartbreak the hopes this season are sky high as the fathers -- as the nats go into spring training this week. according to usa today, more arguments happen here than anywhere else. the home the parking lot or the restaurant? >> our facebook friend says crestaurant. best place to break up or argue over the tip and food. >> log onto the wusa9 facebook fan page, leave your showers around this morning, later on 9:00, we'll be done with the showers for the day. temperatures in the low to mid-40s. one of the things that happens is the computer says we are going to get this high, but we may struggle a little bit with these temperatures. but afternoon temperatures should make it well up in the 50s. well good morning, everybody. of this honor of last night's grammys i have a question for you. if the terrapins were a music group, who would they be? old town? or any group who made an appearance on puppies making the band. young groups who never seem to reach their potential. you are probably scratching your head right about now. that is maryland. young groups who never seem to reach their potential. how about that yo-yo dribble and then to anderson. allen said hey you are the dime dropper of the neighborhood, he had five assists, maryland could never really get it going. well led the way with 13. not much else. virginia's joe harris had a duce, duce and he was stroking. the cavs win 80-69. maryland wasn't making them but they kept on shooting. virginia a very efficient 11 of 19. the cavs had four players in double digits, maryland just two. >> we know it was a big game. we have talked about it. you know i mean, you look around the country, teams get tired. maybe we are tired. i want to of give virginia most of the dread. i want everybody to -- most of the credit. i want everybody to understand that. but we weren't there today. spring training right around the corner. 9 sports heading to give you inside access to the team. nats. our live reports begin wednesday as the team goes through its first workout. i will be bringing the sun block. that is going to do it for morning sports, have a great day, everybody. are you ready for valentine's day on thursday? if you are not, we'll tell you about the latest love trend, coming up. plus virginia senator mark warner has harsh words about the budget cuts coming up. an abandoned house fire shut down 958th and north foot street. leveling leaving route 28 you happy monday, i'm andrea roane. >> the grammys one of the best awards show i have ever seen. if you didn't see it go online and watch justin timberlake. >> loved him. >> ridiculous. >> total 10. >> some people were doing weird things. >> carrie underwood's dress. >> she had been standing there and the whole dress becomes led. >> go ahead howard. you got it. wet this morning but only in the form of showers. >> i'm sorry. can't take me anywhere. we have showers out there, that is going to clear out quickly. the clouds they will be with us most of the day. a wet start early commuters. temperatures should be rising through the 50s. sometimes in these situations low to mid-50s, ends up winning. a drier period past 8:00 or 9:00. no problems with the rain around we are just pushing through now. the bulk of it is east of the district pushing over to the eastern shore, you see heavier showers into southwest new jersey. locally we have showers coming through here montgomery into howard counties. to our southwest, watching lighter showering back. the steady rains for the most part have moved on. but it is still a very chilly, raw morning with 36 in winchester, and 37 here in dc. over to monika. thank you so much howard. we have the one issue with an abandoned house fire, eastern avenue is affected basically between 58th and foot. you see that icon right there, that is an indication of where we are talking about, fire equipment on the scene. the house was i believe fully engulfed in flames. here on the west side of town no issues, gw parkway, dulles toll road, 66 inside the beltway coming out of the district, looks like 66 is a tiny bit heavy this morning. a live picture no problems here on the north side of town. this is what it looks like in silver spring on the outer loop leaving university boulevard into bethesda. let's take another look at our maps. aspen hill, wheaton, bethesda, and i-95 out of baltimore. this time taking it over to route 50. the pressure is being turned up on capitol hill, lawmakers to reach a deal to avoid automatic federal government cuts. >> remember last week when you heard leon panetta slam his hand down? today leaders are trying to urge action before sequestration takes effect, which is on march 1. virginia senators talked about the really dire consequences and mark warner chastised defense contractors for not taking a more active role. warner has tried to work on a bipartisan budget solution and put most of the blame on congress. >> there is a stupid way and a less stupid way to do this. let's at least default to the less stupid way goo wow. senators warner and cain are advocating to return to the normal budget negotiating process. warner said the constant delays are going to wind up costing taxpayers lots of money. police in police georges county are looking for tips in the murder of an elderly woman. officers found the woman severely beaten saturday inside her home. wusa9 reporter delia goncalves has more. >> reporter: good morning andrea and mike. the murder happened here in this quiet neighborhood. you can see the on house is still blocked off with police tape, still are considered a crime scene. i can tell you two officers have parked their cruiser on the street outside the house, no doubt to relieve the fears of many neighbors. 72-year-old geraldine joyce mcintyre was found inside her home, the 1200 block of chapel oaks, with trauma to her upper body. mcintyre lived with her disabled daughter, who neighbors say has been hospitalized for several weeks now, following a stroke. police received a call to checkup on the elderly woman. >> she was a very nice woman. i used to cut her grass, take her to the store, to get her medicine. when i heard this it really blew me. i know me, i'm going to be crying. yes. she was just that close. >> reporter: a tough loss for a lot of folks in this neighborhood. mrs. mcintyre lived here for about 15 years, we are told. odds and ends taking had her on various errands through the community. coming p up at 6:00, we'll have much more on a search for the suspect and why neighbors say they are suspicious of even those who live amongst them. >> delia goncalves, reporting live from capital heights. this afternoon at the white house president obama will award the medal of honor. today's recipient is a retired army staff sergeant, being rewarded for his conspicuous gallant try in 2009. he is credited with rallying his units to repel an attack by taliban insurgents. dozens of local national guard troops are heading to a new assignment. family and friends bid farewell to the soldiers. the guard unit will work at guantanamo bay, cuba, their deployment is expected to last about 10 months. a former maryland first lady may now be eyeing her own political career. john leopold, who is a republican, resigned after being convicted of misconduct in office recently. the county council has 30 days to fill the seat with another republican. applications need to be submitted by noon friday. it is time for a special your money report. >> yes, sir ca spoke with an expert about this year's valentine's day trends. >> reporter: valentine's day is right around the corner. have you figured out what to get your sweetie yet? joining us to set expectations we have senior editor of tell me not's real deal. you have a new poll? >> we were so curious to see what consumers are spending and wishing for around valentine's day. what we found this year is people have big budgets. the average american is going to spend about $270 for valentine's day, whereas last year the majority of people we polled indicated $100 or less. >> reporter: that is a big increase. let's say we have an unlimited budget, what did you find we would give each other? >> we found the most popular gift across the board was a vacation. i spent a lot of time last year talking about the staycation and ways to save money. i think in 2013 people really need a change of seenry and they are excited to take a cruise or go to europe. >> reporter: so we are coming back to reality, what types of gifts are people going to get this year? >> women are definitely looking for jewelry, it is still the number one gift for women, as you would expect, and flowers. men are real --ly -- really looking for an adventure gift. they want a night out, concert tickets. women are in tune to what men want and they are intending to buy their partners a dinner out or event ticket and men are planning to buy their women some jewelry and flowers. so everyone is on the same page this year. >> jessica is pretty busy this morning. plus newer acts who took home trophies at the 55th annual grammy awards. it was a lot of fun last night, too. welcome back. your weather first, wet weather terrace, it has been raining during the nighttime. just kind of a raw, damp human morning. we are not expecting the showers to be around for all that much longer. maybe on and off for the next several hours. cloudy to mostly cloudy through the day. highs today well up in the 50s. let's go inside to monika samtani. >> reporter: mainly slow traffic on the northbound side of i-95 leaving quantico and up in springfield as well as you head north of route 644 this is what it looks like to the beltway. back to you. thank you. i have been combing through the day's deals to find you deep discounts. how about a massage to control the stress? with this groupon you are paying just $3 for a 45-minute tension tamer massage at bell la ruth's health salon. >> you want a set of bluetooth headphones on sale? right now pay $4.99 from this deal with best buy.com. and mark your calendar, free turkish coffee, very, very strong. you are going to find it at 908 seventeenth street. turkish airlines is touring the dc area, in a coffee truck, and also offering several promotional fares from dulles to turkey and i'm putting more details online at wusa 9.com. if you have an of offer or have a local deal for our viewers, i would love to hear from you. join us on our facebook page to guess this. more arguments happen here than anywhere else. home, parking lot or restaurant? >> our facebook friend tony king says the parking lot. most arguments happen because of someone taking your space you wanted or they ding your car. >> log onto the wusa9 facebook fap page, leave your response, we'll reveal the answer in about an hour. a big come back performance headlined last night's gmmy performance. all coming up. celebrity birthday burt reynolds 77, cheryl crow 51, former vice presidential candidate and former governor sarah palin is 49 and actress jennifer aniston 44. singer brandy is 34. she starred in ann belen, and taylor lawner is -- taylor lawsuit agood morning. it is 59:45 on this monday morning. howard has been busy in the weather center. a lot going on today. >> rain around, showers and drizzle. but we'll get rid of that pretty early. lunch time will be fine, just cloudy and the afternoon ride home also looks like you won't be impacted by any rainfall or anything. let's take the positives here on this morning, temperatures in the 30s. by 8:00 a couple of left over showers. by noon just cloudy and 50. as the highs make a run to the upper 50s with a little luck areas south and southwest of town. notice snow in the northeast, some of this will turn to rain on top of areas that already have two to three feet of snow on roofs. heavier rains off to the south of atlanta and locally, moderate rainshowers overnight. a lot of that is east of us now. we have scattered light showers here and there. areas of drizzle. headed over toward sterling and dulles. southern fairfax rain really picks up south of the beltway here down toward dale city and manassas. moving east. northern charles fort washington. you are going to be dealing with that. scattered light showers here. toward fredericksburg, la plata, prince frederick. 37 in rockville, waldorf and andrews. centerville 37 with 35 in round hill, everybody safely above freezing. outside the it is just a cloudy morning with light showers, feeling like 37. when the humidity is high like this, it just cuts right through you. bringing warmth back to the ohio valley where it is close to 50 in charleston, west virginia. this is going to bring us some cold as i said not just the rockies but eventually toward the weekend. in the meantime we'll get rid of the showers early. a nice day tomorrow, wednesday gets iffy, especially wednesday night. 30s tonight, upper 30s north and west. a mild tuesday 52. wednesday 45 with rain developing. potentially changes to snow wednesday night depending the on the exact track of that storm system. by saturday though, colder,. things are looking great. i'm happy to say monday morning although it is raining and you would expect to find tons of problems already, no problems to report on the inbound side of i-66 other than the slow traffic. you can see it a little bit out of centerville, let's show what you it looks like here on the wilson bridge. no problems through alexandria, springfield, we'll look at our maps heading over to the other side. burtonsville on route 29, 95 from baltimore, and 270 in from frederick. this time we'll take it over to route 50, are looking good. northeast eastern avenue is closed because of a house fire. there is now a $1 million reward for information leading to the capture of christopher dorner. he is a los angeles police officer who was fired and is now accused of killing three people last week. officers have been scouring the area near the spot where they found his burned out pickup truck. pepco sent 150 crews to new jersey and southern new england. they are helping with downed power lines. minuteian power is sending 250 crews,. new england is far from alone. authorities have issued a no travel advisory for parts of north dakota. heavy snow makes visibility near zero. this morning dan hour bach of the black keys has four new grammys. >> reporter: mumford and sons took home album of the year at the grammy awards. >> we are grateful for all of this country and the grammy foundation. >> reporter: but it was a night for fun. the trio sang as it rained on stage and won best new artist and song of the year. >> i just remember thinking this is why i got into music. >> reporter: in an aapartment grammy snub chris brown didn't stand when rival frank ocean beat him out for best contemporary album. >> taylor swift kicked off the perform plants. >> justin timberlake used the grammy stage to relaunch his so low career. >> fans at home were excited to see their performances. >> country singer miranda lambert performed. >> i'm sitting behind beyonce. kelley clarkson is a buddy of mine. >> kelley clarkson paid tribute to carol king. >> it wouldn't be the grammys without a few one of of a kind moments. cbs news, los angeles. >> you can read the complete list of gmmy winners on our website at wusa9.com. grammy fashions is what everyone is talking about. this year the stars were asked to be more discreet. james cornwell is here, is she a hit? kelley roland? she saw the memo and this dress, everything was covered in the right places? >> perfect. just enough skin. she needed to come out and make a statement. she looked absolutely stunning. the hair was perfect with it. everything about this just worked for her. look at her body guy i know the body was rocking. >> exactly. >> that black and nude i saw herman cure. she is in black and nude. we have carrie underwood in something different. i liked it. what did you think? >> i think carrie underwood looked absolutely amazing. this is roberto ca volleyballly, and i think this really showed her silhouette off beautifully, the hair was perfect, the necklace looked perfect. she is a beautiful girl. >> she can't really doing anything wrong. so there it is. >> just gorgeous. you have a surprise. someone who looked better than you have ever seen her on the red carpet? >> big shocker here, natasha benningfield. she looked so gorgeous in this stunning red. this design really shows a lot of skin without being revealing. obviously she got a memo. >> and her hair looks great. >> she may have gotten the memo but she didn't abide by it. katy perry. >> you know, she always wears something that is so bubble gum pop. mint grin in gooch which i. apparently the memo said no side book -- in. >> he looked fantastic, he is justin timberlake. >> he showed it off. red carpet, the interview he did and also his performance i don't just fantastic. less than 20 seconds. we want to get to your worst. a fantastic singer but adele? >> she totally missed the mark. this is a young beautiful girl. and this dress, it is covering so much doesn't matter how you pose. the hair is old. but i love her, she is beautiful i don't she sings beautifully and we will see if she gets it right at the oscars. james thank you so much mike? speaking of power house entertainers, singer jeffrey osborne is coming up in a stewed yo. plus we are going to have more on why tickets for beyonce's dc concert could sell out in just minutes. a new warning being sounded about your cell phone. a group of sites you don't want to visit from that computener welcome back. 5:58 on this monday morning. showers still around. if you look at the futurecast we'll be done with the showers by 9:00. p heading toward lunch time mostly cloudy, 50. some breaks north and west. your highs upper 50s and sought of town we could make a run toward 60. -- south of town we could make a run toward 60. if you are going to have to get your fingers flying if you want to see beyonce's verizon center concert. general tickets go on sale this morning at 10:00 through ticketmaster. but because of the large number of seats set aside for fan club and premium credit card presales, there may just be a few thousand tickets available. some of the most popular concerts have sold out in 30 seconds. wow. >> some friends of mine, they already have their tickets, so are they are very excited. >> i'm counting on monika to get in there. >> thank you for watching wusa9 at 6:00 a.m. boy do we have a treat for you