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[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] kimberly: an emotional goodbye today for walter scott's family, one week after the deadly confrontation in south carolina. kendys: an overflow crowd in south carolina. his mother clutching onto loved ones as she made her way inside. scott's flag draped coffin

following. his brother called his death a catalyst for change. >> he did not die in vain. kendys: they said his death was no doubt motivated by racism. you have to hate somebody to shoot them in the back. >> he will be remembered for changing the way that we look at each other. kendys: the investigation moves forward. a third dash cam video. on the left, the witness who capture the shooting on his camera phone. overnight, the police spoke with this man, the passenger in scott's car at the moment officer slager pulled him over. he was one of the last to speak with scott before the 50-year-old ran away, eventually shot down.

the memorial growing at scene where he was killed. meantime, officer slager is in county jail in isolation. his new attorney says they plan to conduct their own investigation. kendys gibson, abc news. kimberly: a maryland man is no longer allowed to own animals. kevin lewis explains why in a story that you will see only on abc 7. kevin: this is a 13-year-old thoroughbred mare alive today because of the work of a rescue in howard county. last july, a montgomery county animal control officer spotted zelda horses and six others on this acres in farm. her ribs visible. a paint style mare was worse, with internal parasites and badly cracked hooves.

they charge their owner, robert curry senior, with animal cruelty. they say that the trough did not have a drop of water, even in the summer. >> the situation was deplorable. your heartstrings get old when you have to look at such conditions. kevin: within days of the rescue, one of the horses died from pneumonia but zelda and five other survived. >> we are here to help owners and save the pats. there are resources available if they find themselves not being able to provide. kevin: kevin lewis, abc 7 news. kimberly: the judge sentenced curry to three years of supervised probation. he explained in court that a back injury kept him from caring for the horses. the loudoun county sheriff's office is warning local businesses about thieves trying to cash counterfeit bills. they just small items with

counterfeit's's 20, 50's, and $100 bills. in some cases they receive a large amount of change after using the fake bill to make the small purchase. congressman chris van hollen in maryland has been that they big endorsement in his bid for the senate seat held by the retiring barbara mikulski. maryland bureau chief brad bell explains why prince george's county executive or sean baker is throwing her support behind him. >> i am supporting chris van hollen as the next senator for the state of maryland because he will fight for prince george's county. brad: baker without announcement surprise some, who thought he would support another person running for the seat from prince george's county for stop baker says he is and forcing the best candidate. >> i'm endorsing a person who

understands prince george's county. : brad baker says that race is not his primary concern. >> i know it is in the best interest of the county and state. brad: ike leggett speaks of his history in the civil rights movement and says that van hollen shares his values. >>'s leadership on all these issues we fought for his impeccable. brad: van hollen already has a huge fundraising lead in this will make raising more campaign money easier. van hollen: i'm grateful for the incredible work these leaders do every day on behalf of our communities. :brad: we reached out to the other candidate, but she did not respond. kimberly: coming up -- a record gift. who donated $13 million to the

smithsonian, and what the money will be used for. and a head start in the classroom, a groundbreaking partnership and how some students are earning college credit from high school. eileen: and get ready for a blossom week, beautiful day tomorrow, but how long will it last?

kimberly: starbucks is expanding its tuition benefit from two

years to four, covering the entire cost of an online bachelor's degree from arizona university. the change comes as an improved job bark market is forcing many companies to try to attract workers. a new partnership between howard university and d.c. public schools. under the program, students can enroll in college courses for both high school and college credit. john: what high school senior would not want six college credits already in the they stepped foot on to a university campus like howard university and perhaps soften the blow of the culture shock for college life? d.c. public schools are jumping onto the educational bandwagon has been touring the country, announcing a dual enrollment partnership.

students at mckinley tech high and benjamin banneker will have the opportun and receive credit for classes taken on campus. these classes will be taken at no cost. the high school/college program is not new around the country but in old law prevented it here in d.c. until now. >> it was a silly regulation on the books that said a high school student taking college-level classes could not get college credit, which prevented people from doing that. and it was expensive. >> we have learned there is preparation inside the college. john: over the next three years this program will expand to all universities and include all 17 high schools in the city. in northwest washington, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. kimberly: a record gift for the smithsonian's national museum of

natural history. they received $13 million. it is the largest educational gift in the museum's history. whitney also donated a gem on display at the museum. a new stamp honoring maya angelou features a quote that is not hers. "a bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." the line is actually attributed to another point. the forever stamp features and oil portrait of maya angelou. the author come up for what, and civil rights activist died last may at the age of 86. ahead -- big boosts for the blossoms. how long d.c. will benefit from the tour is him. -- from the tourism.

and the forecast is coming u

kimberly: we cannot get enough of the weather today. tomorrow? eileen: even better, less wind and warmer. it will be a little cool in the morning, but great outdoors. not only at the tidal basin, but people were also at the winery. we have a weatherbug camera at

the there'll local winery. beautiful sunset and look how green everything looks. it finally looks and feels like spring. barrel oak winery, and i'm sure will be packed tomorrow, people enjoying the fresh spring air. the weatherbug network, the current temperatures and wind, 56 at nats park in d.c., 52 bladensburg and elizabeth seton high school, ashburn 47, and rock creek valley elementary school at 45 in rockville. the wind is much lighter. we will not have the gusty wind factor we had yesterday. traveling that you may be doing more friends, family heading into town, up and down the east coast, very tranquil weather conditions. nice, dry, and warm as we climbed to 70 degrees.

before the warm weather tomorrow afternoon, we have chilly temperatures overnight. these are forecast low temperatures. as we get into the suburbs likely the middle 30's. d.c. only about 45 degrees, but because there is the potential of patchy frost to develop, the national weather service has issued a frost advisory that includes howard, all of montgomery county fairfax prince william, spotsylvania county, and points west. if you are gardening today, make sure that you bring the plants in if you have not already, or cover them. after a cool start in the morning, it will be lovely. the cherry blossom 10 miler and 5k happening at 7:30 tomorrow, it will be cool, but by 10:00 55, 64 1:00 p.m., upper 60's near 70egrees with relatively light wind out of the southwest at five to 10. workweek starts out dry and warm monday, 72. chance of a shower tuesday and

thursday, but more widely scattered showers friday and next weekend with the unsettled weather pattern shaping up. this time of year we need april showers. unfortunately -- for silly, for the peak cherry blossoms, we have great weather. kimberly: a new report predicting a big jump in demand for water in virginia. they say that the need for what will increase by 32% in the next week five years. "the richmond times dispatch" report $6.1 billion of improvements will be required to address the needs, including repairs to old and aging water systems and building new reservoirs. the cherry blossoms along the tidal basin aren't there at their peak bloom, but the economic spike that comes from the festival could last several weeks. tom: where are you from? >> louisiana.

seattle, washington. >> baltimore, md. tom: with a line stretching around the block. >> if the city feels busy, it is. tom: this is the busiest time of year for tourism . >> is the perfect storm between easter holiday and the meetings and conventions and regular visitation. tom: the week before and after easter bring a slew of families with children on spring break. last april when easter was on the 20th, hotels were at 80% occupancy, the highest of the year. hotel rates last march and april average $235 per night, second only to convention-heavy october. if you think this weekend the crowds will die down because the spring break people are leaving think again. the grounds will continue, and the reason is these guys are about to bloom.

the cherry blossom parade is saturday, and in a stroke of luck the blossom peak is supposed to happen between then and early next week. for locals, that means downtown traffic worse than normal will stay that way at least another week. but some don't mind. >> i see a lot of families, and i like that. i like to see people coming together. tom: tom roussey, abc 7 news. kimberly: coming up -- only a few days left to file your taxes. this year, lots of changes.

kimberly: the district is accepting applications for jobs for students up to 24 years old, providing six weeks of meaningful employment. applications must be received by next friday, but you want to apply now because space is limited. taxes are due wednesday. if you have not filled out forms, there are changes you need to know about. rebecca jarvis explains. rebecca: the big change with tax laws by far is the affordable care act. >> people don't have coverage will pay penalties. people who received coverage through the exchange will have to reconcile the credit they received. and people who had coverage through an employer were

individually will have to check a box. rebecca: for high income earners, those making $250,000 plus, a top tax rate, taking in more for medicare, new limitations on itemized deductions such as mortgages and charitable donations and for most americans there is actually good news when it comes to the personal exception. it is $100 this year. students and teachers could get a break. e-mail can opportunity tax credit continues come up to $2500 per student per qualified higher education expenses. and educators can claim and above the line deduction for items they purchased for their classrooms. some energy credits are still available through 2016 for solar wind and geothermal products. and medical deductions are once again limited to 10% of your

adjusted gross income. if you are 65 or older, you can stick with 7.5% threshold through next year. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york.