for his prayers and support he s received in the recent weeks. the 85-year-old pontiff will step down on thursday at 8:00 p.m. a special mass today before heading to the airport. he ll be taking part in the selection of a new pope. lauren? reporter: the cardinal stopped to speak with us. he said pope benedict s successor will have to have a balance between wisdom and energy. enough energy to take on the abilities and wisdom to lead the church. it s secretive, but he shared what he could with us. reporter: loaded to rome for the mission of a lifetime. apart from the most significant thing you could do, i can t imagine that i would have to do anything as important as this. cardinal donald world, departing from dull less international headed to italy. the preparation for something as important as this requires a great deal of silence and prayer. earlier in the day, he asked for god s blessing during a special mass at the national shrine. god bless benedict the
house. we ll have a complete wrap- up as fox 5 morning news continues right now. s right no . good morning. straight up 6:00 on this monday, february 25th. hopefully, can you open up your eyes this morning. i m sure you were up late watching the oscars. it fun. it won t be fun when you head outside. it is another cold start to the day. i m wisdom martin. let s talk about the oscars. all the buzz this morning about that last night. here the big headline. argo wins best picture. life of pi took home the most oscars though, four including best director and lincoln s daniel day lewis became the first person to win three best actor oscars. jennifer lawrence accepted the oscar for best actress and our coverage ever the academy awards continues all morning longen coming up at #:30, we are talking red carpet fashioned and in the 9:00 hour, movie reviewer kevin mccarthy will join us live for a complete recap of the event too. can t wait to hear what he has to say about it. and
temperatures now in the upper 20s and low 30s, including 31 in washington. mid-20s at dulles. very chilly start. there s your satellite radar. generally clear skies for monday. high pressure been building in will keep things dry around here today. less wind. highs about where they should be, upper 40s to about 50. quiet forecast. things will change later tonight and during the day tomorrow. more rain in the forecast by tomorrow afternoon. i ll have details in just a minute. sunshine, about 47 degrees by 5:00 p.m. if you didn t get a chance to morning check out the full moon. moon rise tonight at 6:07 p.m. should be beautiful. julie has your roads. good morning. on the roads now we find the crew in sky fog above the beltway in land over past 450. lanes are open. traffic flowing freely on each side of the beltway on the inner and outer loop to and from 50 headed towards andrews. earlier a problem inner loop south of ritchie marlboro road has cleared. to virginia, northbound 3
and why do pooches love to eat paper products? we ll have those answers at 9:45. plus, a few spoils and spills at the 85th academy awards. life of pi took home the most awards. good morning, i m tony perkins. i m alison seymour. kevin s predictions, i think he did well. yeah. our tucker barnes is watching things downstairs in the weather center. good morning. how did i do, pretty well? you do great every day. thank you. i don t know about the predictions though. that s what i was looking for. let s get to the weather forecast. we look fine today. should be lots of sunshine to start the day. should be plenty of sunshine throughout the monday. quiet weather. high pressure building in for at least for the day today. changes tonight and tomorrow. more sunshine ahead. plenty of sun yesterday with temperatures in the mid-50s. not quite that warm today. we ll probably top out in the upper 40s to about 50 later. 37 now at reagan national. dulles 34 degrees. 36 at