metrobus full of people. the impact was vicious but the bus driver kept her hands on the wheel and likely saved lives as the bus careened off the road. >> more than a dozen passengers were not bus. for the first time, we're getting to see exactly what they experienced. jackie bensen has this news 4 exclusive. >> reporter: it was sudden and shocking. the metrobus driver whose view you just witnessed lived. but the driver of the pick-up truck that crossed the median did not survive. metro's assistant general manager says -- >> it gives us a 12-second clip of the activity just before the incident and just after. >> reporter: he also praised the bus driver's handling of the

collision which happened in december. no shoulder lane, no room for error. >> obviously she was alert. she made every attempt possible, which was very little time to do anything. we're very fortunate the injuries are serious but fixable. and she's in recovery. she's recovering now at home. going through some rehab. we look forward to her coming back and providing that service again. >> reporter: price have not determined what caused the pick-up to jump the median. >> they're not ready to confirm any of the causes at this point. >> reporter: metro says it is hopeful the driver will make a full recovery. reporting from bethesda, jackie bensen, news 4. turning now to the race for the white house, donald trump has scheduled a news conference to share what his camp calls a major announcement regarding the presidential race tomorrow. most insiders expect he'll be endorsing a candidate, not declaring a run of his home. both mitt romney and newt

gingrich will be campaigning in nevada tomorrow. and romney is clarifying a statement he made about poor people this money on cnn. he said he was not concerned about the very poor because they have, a quote, safety net. but when asked about the comment, he says he cares about all americans but wants the focus to be on the middle class. >> by the way, i'm in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repair, i'll fix it. of course i'm concerned about all americans, poor, wealthy, middle class. but the focus of my effort will be on middle income families who have been most hurt by the obama economy. >> after romney's original comments, president obama's campaign adviser immediately responded. a student was inappropriately touched at a school. >> i have to protect my child.

>> reporter: this woman is outraged after picking her son up at ketchum elementary school in south washington. >> it makes me feel terrible as a parent. >> reporter: school officials say a man walked in and inappropriately touched a student. >> all the teachers was running down the stairs r they called police. the man got away. officers searched, interviewed the child and talked to school officials. a statement was issued, dcps is treating this matter very seriously. we are working with the mpd and reviewing our security measures to ensure we have the best protocols in place to prevent further breach of our school building by unauthorized individuals. >> i'm going to transfer my kids if they don't find the person who did this. >> reporter: school officials say they told parents about what happened. but many told me they didn't know anything about it. >> i wish somebody would tell me what's going on. i walk my kids every day to school. >> warn the parents. at least they're standing there at the door and not telling us what's going on.

>> reporter: investigators urge anyone with information about what happened to call the d.c. police department. a close call for a mother pushing a baby carriage downtown today. a car jumped a curb and slammed into a building. it happened at 14th and "h" streets northwest. workers on the third floor could feel the impact. the woman, her baby and the driver all expected to be okay. now to a developing story in fairfax county. some dogs that were abandoned in maryland are getting a new home tonight. jane watrel joins us live from chantilly. >> reporter: they're dirty, stinky but adorable. these dogs were rescued from cumberland, maryland. all they need is some tenderness loving care. the nonprofit rescue group has

brought in 14 poodle puppies, six adult poodles to chantilly. they were left on a doorstep with a note that the owner had dementia and could no longer dare for them. the shelter put out a rescue call for help because they're so small, they would not be able to keep all the animals. the local shelter group responded. >> right now, we'll make them comfortable, fget them fed, watered and assess the immediate need. otherwise, just going to be comfortable until we can get them in slowly to our vet and cleaned up and ready for adoption. >> reporter: so the 21 poodles in all will be going to foster homes, as you heard, until they are ready to be adopted. watch aforeverhome.org for more information. they're taking applications to

adopt these cute pups. reporting live, jane watrel, news 4. >> thank you, jane. i'm sure those puppies will have new homes soon. and we're learning more tonight about the man accused of murdering a community activist from virginia. linwood johnson was on probation when he shot and killed lenny harris. harris had just given him a job selling t-shirts. harris was last seen in alexandria last september. his body was found in a well in ft. washington, maryland, last week. his brother spoke up. >> i am not upset with linwood johnson. >> police say the motive for the murder was robbery. tonight, there's a big spike in donations for planned parenthood after news got out that it was losing a big source of revenue. there's a new policy that keeps it from giving money to groups under investigation. congress is investigating planned parenthood over claims

that public money paid for abortions. >> low-income women who really need help in navigating the complex health care system are going to lose the services because of this decision. >> koman's new vice president is a former republican gubernatorial candidate who promised to defund planned parenthood in her campaign. in the past five years, 170,000 women received breast exams at planned parenthood because of those koman grants. we have a beautiful night out there tonight. we still have some spring fever. but rain is moving in, doug. >> spring fever for sure. what a beautiful afternoon. what a nice evening out there. towards cleveland park, just a minute ago, right now, looking at some rain making it up on the radar. most of the rain staying south of the district.

but fredericksbg and southern maryland, the front will come through tomorrow morning and it's going to change our weather for our thursday as we head in towards groundhog day. out to indianapolis where jv yv jim vance is getting us ready for super bowl xlvi. hey, vance? >> reporter: hi, one heck of a football game. on sunday, during the course of that game at lucas oil field, there will probably be more than one reference to some of the players as warriors. some people have a problem with that. but on a different field here in indianapolis tonight, that term could be used with absolutely no fear of contradiction. they have faced every challenge there is on a football field, until now. and they've never faced the challenges that tonight's

opponents bring. the wounded warrior amputees have the respect of this alum off the field. now they have it on the field as well. george played for the wounded warriors and considered it an extreme honor. >> humbled to be on the same field with those guys. i speak for everyone that -- for anybody in the military, we say thank you. the strength and the courage that they display is unbelievable. so this is an honor for me to be out here. >> for them to come out and to -- to play against us. they don't have to do this. they've already established themselves as great athletes, great pros. for them to come out here, it's a great honor for us. i'm sure it's a great thing for them as well. >> reporter: for some wounded warriors, this is something dan never thought he would see. >> when i first lost my leg, i didn't know what a prosthetic leg looked like. in 2004 when i lost it, i had no idea what the next chapter would be. come to find out, several years

later, i'm playing on a field with nfl pros. >> reporter: absolutely no losers in this game. it was a truly super match-up. we had to leave before the game ended. but when we left, the wounded warriors were winning. and, doreen, they've already won, quite a football game. >> it was pretty cool to watch. >> what's coming up? >> a bunch coming up. the latest on the patriots' super tight end. they're working on something special to try to get him ready for the super bowl. also a ton of highlights coming up tonight. georgetown, maryland, the capitals, wizards all in action. we call that a full boat. >> all right. we've got a lot to look forward to. see you in a few minutes. >> bye, guys. also ahead tonight, how one woman's lawsuit over gas mileage

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d.c. police hope this picture of a blanket will help them find the person who abandoned an infant in northeast last month. the baby was found unconscious wrapped in a blanket outside a home on channing street on january 15th. a neighbor tried to revive the

baby by performing cpr and the child was taken to children's medical center where it died. the cause of death, still being determined by the medical examiner. a police officer on motorcycle was hit this afternoon. it happened in front of the national press club building downtown. the accident caused a huge traffic mess. a win for a woman in california who sued honda over her civic hybrid's poor fuel economy could open the floodgates. a los angeles small claims court awarded heather peters more than $9,000 today. a judge ruled that honda's claim of 50 miles to the gallon for the 2006 civic hybrid were misleading. if all 200,000 honda civic owners should file similar suits, it could cost honda $2 billion. facebook is going public and when it happens, it's expected to skyrocket to one of the

world's most valuable companies. facebook expects to offer $5 billion worth of shares. that would value the site between $75 billion and $100 billion. that would make it one of the largest companies in the world. but still falls short of apple, which is worth $425 billion. and google, which is worth $189 billion. so facebook is already one of the most popular websites with 845 million users. in fact, one out of every seven minutes on the internet spent on facebook. for the average users, that's six hours a month. so with its filing, facebook also had to list what factors could destroy this company. on its list of 38 risk facts, facebook mobile apps don't show ads. that could cost the company ad dollars. also with 88% revenue growth last year, facebook admits that

may not be sustainable. so what does going public mean for you? well, we would hear more about the company like how it handles the users' private information and how many ads it sells. before mtv, there was "soul train." that would be the great legacy of don cornelius. quincy jones pays tribute to a groundbreaking force in the music business. don cornelius was the creator and host of "soul train." he was found dead today at his home in sherman oaks, california. he was 75 years old. the show ran from 1971 to 2006. it was the first show to feature primarily african-american dancers and musical artists. tonight here in washington, actor, director and former politician clint eastwood

received a big honor from the smithsonian for his embodiment of the american experience during his more than six decades in movies. he was all smiles and admits he's better off acting than politicking. >> who has the most power to persuade, actor/directors or politicians here in washington? you've had both jobs, politician and actor. >> politicians are usually pont pontificate on that all stuff but don't follow through on it. >> pretty cool. >> it is cool. doug's back with more on our weather. should we tell the crew out in indianapolis that's all bundled up that it was in the 70s here today. >> 72. 43 with fog and mist in indy right now. >> that's too bad. >> i know, some of us were upset we couldn't go to the super bowl. >> we'll get over it. >> real quick.

they're in their gloves and their hats and they have big coats on. not us. today, a lot of you out in shorts. we saw a lot of people out in short sleeves. it was really just a spectacular day. even saw quite a few of you in sandals across the area today. it was simply gorgeous with a high temperature of 72 degrees. that is still, though, 5 degrees shy of the record. the record high temperature for today, 77 degrees. february starting off very warm. but we are going to start to see changes as we move into the night tonight. taking a look at the temperatures right now, currently sitting in the 50s. as we look at the temperatures, still in the 50s. still in the 60s in some areas. we'll continue to see the numbers go down tonight. as far as that current temperature, 57 degrees. looking at cloudy skies with winds out of the north at about 6 miles per hour. the rest of the region, 41 in

cumberland. 50 right now in petersburg. 55 in culpeper. the cooler air is filtering in. it is going to feel a little bit cooler tomorrow morning. take a look at these highs. 72 in washington. 72 in richmond. 62 in new york. 67 in philly. beautiful along the east coast. a little cooler back to the west. 58 in morgantown. 59 in charleston. some of that cooler air will filter in here tomorrow. radar showing that we are seeing rain down to the south around culpeper, just to the south of stafford. seeing light showers right now. those will continue to be light as they make their way toward the east. a better chance of rain with the frontal boundary as it makes its way our way. it will bring moisture into the washington, d.c. area, most likely by tomorrow morning. we are talking about at least a chance for some rain right around rush hour as the frontal boundary moves to the south and that area of low pressure moves closer to the region. then it will move out. we may see showers early tomorrow. may need your umbrella as you

step out the door. but not tomorrow afternoon. here comes the sunshine. we're going to stay on the mild side. temperatures will be about 10 to 15 degrees above normal even though they'll be about 10 to 15 degrees below where they were during the day today. a good day on friday. this is a system that i've been talking about, this pesky system that's hard to predict for our area. getting a little easier. for denver, how about up to a foot of snow out there towards the denver area. they've seen a lot of snow. we haven't seen any. this storm will move our way but not until the day on sunday and into early monday. tomorrow morning, a few showers. mild start, 40 to 47 degrees. tomorrow afternoon, temperatures will go up again but not as high as they were today. still mild, though. 53 to 57 degrees with sunshine. by about 2:00, 3:00, it's going to be beautiful. 52 on friday. 51 on saturday. there's that 60% chance of rain on sunday. but it's just light rain as the

system passes us by. looks like temperatures will stay above average right on through the next seven days. >> nice. >> have to find a sweater or something to slip on tomorrow. >> maybe one or two. >> thank you, doug. coming up next in sports, the terps play a double overtime thriller in miami.

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who's there? who is it? dan, vance? i think we see them both. >> all bundled up. we can see your breath. by the way, it was like 70s here today. >> thanks for that. is kammerer sitting there on the desk? >> no. >> ask him if this looks like 45? there's no chance it's 45 degrees here. >> he doesn't smoke either, by the way. >> that definitely is my breath and not smoke. the big story out here, guys, we've talked about it the last couple of days. it's the patriots' super tight

end here, rob gronkowski. probably the most talked about ankle sprain since t.o. in super bowl xxxix. >> i can't believe he's not going to play on sunday, what do you think? >> i think there's no chance he doesn't play on sunday. >> absolutely. >> i think he's going to be in there. he did not practice today. they said very early in the week he may not practice the entire pre-week leading up to the super bowl. they're working on a special shoe for rob gronkowski. the patriots went through their practice session today without gronkowski and they pumped in crowd noise. they hope gronkowski will be ready on sunday. he's the top tight end and the only patriots' player to miss practice. gronkowski said he's received some threats from his teammates if he doesn't play. >> they obviously say stuff.

stay know that in the training room, just trying to get better every day. obviously i'm anxious to be out there with the team. feeling way better every single day. that's the direction we need to move. that's the positive direction we have to do every day, make positive strides every day. that's all that counts. >> yeah, i think vance is right. he's definitely going to play. talking hockey, the caps' two-day trip to the sunshine state. they lose in tampa. they are bounced on by the panthers. the panthers, the team that tomas fleischmann is playing for these days. capitals down one. brooks laich working, working, finally beating scott clemmensen going upstairs. florida on the power play in the third. on the move. samuelson fires and beats neuvirth.

the capitals have now lost 4 of their last 5. i hate to say it. but the one role the wizards have been playing to perfection this season is the role of slump buster. they go down to orlando and help the magic snap a four-game losing streak. for john wall and company, this was not a fun time. certainly not the happiest place on earth, at least not tonight there in orlando. wall struggled the entire game. 0 for his first 9. hit his first field goal late in the fourth quarter. wall, just 12 points on the night. as for the magic, they've got dwight howard and he is a monster. six minutes to go. orlando up by eight. and howard posterizes mcgee. the magic win it 109-103. wizards now 4-19 on the season. down a level.

it's 14th ranked georgetown hosting uconn. hoyas up by three. going to the old fella. hollis thompson andles to buries the three. he had a game-high 18 for the hoyas. georgetown ends the half on a huge run. second half, hoyas still up by ten. thompson to henry sims. the big guy drives and that's a big-time dunk over jeremy lamb. sims finishes with 13. georgetown wins and the hoyas have won 4 out of their last 5 games. former george mason coach jim laranga hosting the terps. called for the offensive foul. he's not pleased. neither is mark turgin. he's called for a double technical and ejected from the game. i don't think gary williams was

ejected from a game since 1998. without the coach, the terps come back down three with a minute to go. but unfortunately miami wins a thriller 90-86. that's the final. >> too bad. >> thank goodness for the hoyas tonight, huh? >> yeah, at least we had a

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