but his happiness is followed in such a short time by the sadness of his school mates and football team caused by his sudden death sunday morning. the football jersey with his number is on display as a memorial in the entrance to dematha catholic high school where they began the day with a prayer service. >> when the faculty found out about the death of rico there was absolute shock and our first concern was how are we going to help the students who are experiencing a part of life that we try to shield everybody from as long as possible? >> reporter: rico was here at dematha saturday afternoon. he said he didn't feel well. so he called his father who took him to their columbia home. they watched basketball together but he still didn't feel right so his father took him to the hospital where he later died. >> still shocking and, you know, it's going to take a lot for us to get through this. >> the dematha football team looked up to rico both because of his size and his heart.

>> we lost a brother. the whole school lost a brother. this was one of those bonds that can't be broken. he was a brother in every right besides blood to us. >> reporter: parents and players are putting together a photo collage for rico's family. they remembered him as a gentle giant. >> he was a sweet child. that's all i can say. you know, to see him in size, his heart was as big as his size. we're all going to truly miss him. >> now the office of maryland's medical examiner ruled that the manner of death was natural causes, specifically rico webb died from pulmonary thromboembolism when a blood clot blocks the lungs and their ability to supply air to the body. funeral arrangements are being made by his family. >> thank you. now to the developing story out of ohio this morning where gun fire erupted at a high

school and killed one student. four others were wounded and are still in the hospital. this happened at 7:30 this morning in a small town of chardon, ohio near cleveland. authorities say the gunman, a fellow classmate, opened fire on the students who were gathered in the school cafeteria. he then ran away but turned himself in about a half mile away. one student says he was grazed by one of those bullets. >> right here on my ear. i was actually as i was turning away from the gunman he caught me right on the ear. we were at the table right next to him. he was within three feet of us. and three of the victims were at my table as well. he had been sitting at the table behind us after everybody left. i assume he was sitting with and had gone to class and we were just talking like a normal day and then we heard the first shot. and that's when it all started. >> witnesses say a teacher forced that gunman from the

cafeteria and out of the school. no word yet on the motive for the attack. classes were canceled for today. we will have a live report from ohio coming up on news 4 at 6:00. there is growing concern tonight in georgetown. two crimes over the weekend right near the university campus. erika gonzalez is live in the neighborhood this evening with more on what happened and why residents are so concerned. erika? >> reporter: jim, the two incidents happened a mere three blocks from each other. the first one happened yesterday in the early morning hours and the second at night. georgetown university is warning students about the dangers of walking in and around campus at night. after a female student was allegedly sexually assaulted sunday morning around 2:00 on 36th and "n" streets. >> so we have our safe friend shuttles. we are obviously encouraging people to walk in pairs.

we have neighborhood shuttles as well. >> reporter: stacy kerr with the university says it's hired additional off-duty mpd to patrol the area. however, metropolitan police says it has no report of a sexual assault and that the alleged victim in the case is not cooperating with the investigation. then last night around 9:00 two men allegedly used a hand gun and robbed two others of their cell phones and cash on 33rd and "n" streets. police say no one was injured. >> people think they're in this world of luxury and are really safe especially with the university down there so i think they under estimate what could happen because of that. >> crime is affecting all areas of d.c. and i think police patrol has to be stepped up. >> reporter: a citizens association says enough is enough. it plans on installing cameras in the georgetown area to deter criminals and even possibly catch them in the act. i'll tell you when they plan on

installing those tonight at 6:00. we're live in georgetown. erika gonzalez, news 4. all right. we'll check back at 6:00. thanks, erika. we are just 24 hours away from the republican presidential primary that many analysts are viewing crucial to mitt romney's campaign. the michigan primary could be a turning point. right now romney and rick santorum are dead locked for the lead. >> i don't believe in government telling us what to do. we need someone like that running against barack obama not someone who did obama care light when he was governor of massachusetts. >> senator santorum is a nice guy but he's never had a job in the private sector. he has worked as a lobbyist and elected official. that's fine. but if the issue of the day is the economy, i think to create jobs it helps to have a guy as president who's had a job and i have. >> michigan's importance is one of perception rather than actual delegate count. michigan's primary is not winner

take all and romney has a strong lead in tomorrow's other contest. it's arizona. the winner will get all 29 delegates only one less than the total up for grabs in michigan. a maryland army national guard soldier was killed inside the afghan interior ministry over the weekend. the u.s. military now says army major robert marchante from baltimore was killed when a gunman entered his office on saturday. he was shot to death along with another officer from kentucky. marchante was 48. he had been in afghanistan for less than a year. relatives say he taught special education to elementary school students in baltimore county. his daughter remembers him as a devoted family man. >> he was a strong, courageous, brave, loving man of god. he loved the lord and he loved my mom and he loved us and he would have done anything for us. if all the dads in baltimore would be like him i think the world would be a better place.

>> major marchante leaves behind a wife of 24 years and four children. relatives say he was scheduled to return in september. the taliban is claiming responsibility for those execution style shootings inside that ministry building. they say it was a retaliation for u.s. troops burning copies of the koran at a military air base, an incident that has sparked days of deadly violence including a suicide bomb attack at a nato air base in eastern afghanistan today. the military is investigating taliban claims of food poisoning at a u.s. air base. despite the violence the white house says the plan for a 2014 troop withdrawal remains in place. today doctors performed a skin graft on one of the two prince george's county firefighters who were badly burned in a house fire. 21-year-old ethan sorrell and 22-year-old kevin o'toole are recovering at washington hospital center injured when a gust of wind created a wall of fire. while they were battling a fire at a riverdale home on friday night. sorrell suffered burns in his

airway. o'toole second and third-degree burns over 40% of his body. several other firefighters injured were released over the weekend. >> still a little sore. just glad to be out. thoughts and prayers with kevin and ethan. >> two years ago ethan sorrell received an award for his role in saving a 4-year-old girl in a house fire in hyattsville. we want to shift to the weather and some great weather outdoors today. you took a big old power walk. >> yeah and then sat in the sun for 45 minutes. it was delightful. it is still february. and that means we might actually get back into the 50s. >> it's kind of amazing when you talk about february this year because obviously we have not seen the february that we're used to around our region with temperatures like this out there right now how can you complain? 63 degrees outside. plenty of sunshine. it is simply gorgeous across the area with winds out of the

southwest about 17 miles an hour. those winds a little gusty from time to time. storm 4 radar, nothing to show you. we do not have any rain across the area and i'm not anticipating any rain over the next 24 hours or so. temperatures around the region 64. down to the south in fredericksburg. 64 in la plata and waldorf. back towards manassas and leesburg and reston all at 63 degrees and martinsburg, west virginia the warm spot right now at 65. what are we going to see overnight? a frontal boundary will bring in cooler air and by the time you wake up tomorrow a rather chilly start for our tuesday. i'll show you just how cool and how much cooler the temperatures will be tomorrow plus not just one but two good chances for some much needed rainfall. >> thank you. speak up before you pay up. tonight you'll have a good chance to weigh in on metro's proposed fare hikes. riders are invited to a series of public hearings to share their thoughts on the price hike. the first hearing begins at 7:00 tonight at bethesda chevy chase regional services center.

later this week there will be hearings in falls church and southeast d.c. next week they'll be in arlington and hyattsville. people will be able to speak with officials from metro bus, metro rail, and smart trip. a huge opportunity for some talented young musicians. a group of d.c. public school students got a chance to perform with jazz professionals at the lincoln center in new york. it's part of a partnership between the washington performing arts society and tracee wilkins reports when you put the two together you get a very sweet sound. ♪ >> reporter: when victor picked up the clarinet at age 8 in new orleans it was purely for medicinal purposes. his mom thought it would help with his asthma. >> mother knew best. it helped me throughout my life and is still working with me today. >> reporter: this 8th grader of hart middle school in southeast d.c. picked up the trombone two years ago for different reasons.

>> i wanted to learn a new thing, learn a new instrument, so i sawhis and i said, i'm going to try this. >> reporter: but today these musicians are playing together, one a professional artist who plays in wittenmar solace's band and another who is just beginning to write his own musical history. this opportunity is thanks to the capital jazz project, a music training program made possible through partnerships with the washington performing arts society. d.c. public schools and jazz at lincoln center. the program provides free instruments, class instruction, performance experience, and opportunities to work with jazz greats. >> i think it's an honor because most people don't get a chance to play with professionals so this is truly a blessing. >> we hope it will just spark their curiosity to go out and start researching the music, researching about life, because jazz music is about life.

it's america. >> i learned the different styles of playing the instrument. and also, how they work together even without a conductor since we use conductors. >> reporter: today the students jammed with the wittenmarcelas band at the duke ellington xoofl the arts. but who knows what tomorrow will bring? >> you see yourself in a jazz band? you see yourself in a marching band? where do you see yourself? >> well, i see myself in both actually. >> reporter: this program began serving three middle schools in d.c. they are now serving seven schools, 300 students, and hoping to expand the program even more. in northwest, i'm tracee wilkins. news 4. >> you know that was very cool for them. >> they were keeping up. they were good. >> no they were quite good. >> we're just getting started. what happens in vegas stays in vegas. we've heard, that is unless you are this local marine. >> i'm liz crenshaw.

have a drafty house? find out how home owners are getting free help in making their homes energy efficient. my story is coming up. coming up at 5:30 a 17-year-old girl murdered in a neighborhood park and almost seven years later her family waits for justice in a prince george's county courtr

flooe reducing your energy bills never seemed so easy. there is a program that makes homes more energy efficient at no cost to the home owner. >> liz crenshaw is here to explain how it can work for you. >> older homes with open air drafts eat your money when it comes to heating and cooling your home. if you can't afford to fix the leaks you pay the higher utility bills. that's why prince george's county's department of housing and community development partnered with the state of maryland to offer a free weatherization assistance program. >> i would love to save money. >> aida austin of prince george's county has lived in her home for 20 years. the cost of cooling and heating it has become a financial strain. >> that's the biggest one, electric. >> because austin heats her house with an electric heat pump her drafty home is costing her money and making her cold. that's why she is taking advantage of what's called the

weatherization assistance program. it costs her nothing. >> it was real easy because all i did was call. >> this is called a blower door and we use it to determine how much air is flowing in and out of her home. >> reporter: carlton clag is the lead auditor and comes to houses like austin's to determine what's wrong and what needs to be fixed. then the county hires a contractor like warren brothers construction that worked on austin's home. >> they will caulk and seal around windows and doors, put additional insulation in the attic. if pipes are exposed make sure the pipes are covered. >> the county can spend up to $6500 making the fixes. >> to seal up duct work in the utility room. >> eric brown is the director of prince george's housing and urban development. >> we pay the contractor. there is no cost to the family. it's all free to the family and all legitimate.

>> the money comes through the state of maryland from a grant from the u.s. department of energy. families whose homes are weatherized see their yearly energy bills cut by an average of $437. >> the idea here is to try to see what we can do to make homes more energy efficient, save money for families, particularly the elderly and disabled. >> who qualifies? elderly and disabled home owners who meet certain income requirements. so far prince george's county has helped more than 300 families and it has about a half a million dollars left to give away. >> this is a great deal to go through so they better jump on it. >> d.c. offers some form of weatherization assistance and has money to spend. you can learn about the weatherization assistance program in your area through our website nbc washington.com. just search energy help. so yeah. we could all use a little help but the folks that qualify, this one is a free program. >> it's a win-win.

incredible. >> actually the weather has helped us this winter. >> heat out or the cool out. >> that is exactly right. if you have a lot of windows it's really ban pretty good winter for you because you can use the sun to heat your house that way. it's been kind of amazing as far as how warm we've been over the past not just couple days, not just couple weeks but couple of months out there. winter way above average and we just continue on that trend. current temperature 63 degrees with plenty of sunshine. it is a spectacular afternoon. right now we're running about 5 degrees above average for the month of february. that is way above average. southwest winds right now 17 miles an hour. those are starting to get a little gusty and they've been gusting upwards of 20 or 25 miles an hour through the afternoon but those winds are the warm winds. so we don't mind them much at all. 61 right now in leesburg. 61 in frederick. down toward la plata and around waldorf temperature around 62 degrees. down toward pax river, leonard town, st. mary's 62 then over

toward the eastern shore the temperature there 57 in cambridge and 59 in easton. now what are we seeing? we aren't going to see any rain across the area soon. storm 4 doppler radar showing things are all clear right now. watch what happens when we widen out here. this is the wider picture. a few showers down to the south. that's not what we want to focus in on. see the clouds right here? that is actually a cold front, very weak cold front but a cold front nonetheless. and that will make its way through here overnight tonight so the warm air we have out there today will move down to the south and east. behind it we'll see partly cloudy skies. partly sunny skies during the day tomorrow. mild temperatures. the average high is now at 50 degrees and we just continue to raise that average high over the next couple days so yes we'll still be on the mild side. temperatures tomorrow 10 degrees cooler than they were today. but still 5 degrees above average if that makes sense. pretty good wednesday out there. here comes -- or a pretty good tuesday. wednesday not so good. rain on the way. not just a little rain. maybe a half inch to an inch of rain and that's going to come with cool temperatures so this

is going to be a fairly cold rain. to the south if we get enough heating we could see thunderstorm activity especially for you folks around fredericksburg and southern maryland. the same areas that saw thunderstorms just the other day. mostly clear this evening. a starry, bright evening sky. it has been gorgeous the last couple nights. 44 to about 54 degrees this evening. tomorrow morning, mostly clear. a chilly start. 30 to about 37 degrees when you wake up tomorrow morning. you'll need the jackets. by lunch time you might be able to take them off. 51 to 55 degrees. winds out of the northwest at 5 to 10 miles an hour so fairly light. here comes the rain though on wednesday. once again, a pretty good amount of rain. half inch to an inch then turning rather breezy if not windy early on thursday but still up to 64 degrees once again. friday looking fantastic with a high of 58. >> wow. nice. first day of march. thank you, doug. coming up next on news 4 at 5:00 a cat in virginia gaining momentum. his name is hank the cat. we love him. and it's a whole lot of leg

there. angelina's leg grabs a lot of attention at the oscars. and a party foul. spilling your beer on a very important person. >> whoops.

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those want to get away moments. he spills a tray down the back of german leader -- >> not a tray. yikes. >> angela merkel. it happened last week at a political event. the waiter was serving merkel when he says he was bumped from behind. he blamed the other guy. and lost his balance. five pints of beer spilled down her back. merkel was a good sport after the initial shock. she managed to smile, flick her hair, and eventually raised a toast. she then went on and delivered her speech as scheduled. that does not beat a gatorade bath. >> no word on what happened to the waiter. hank the cat is running for the u.s. senate in virginia. he's a former street cat from springfield and fairfax county. according to his campaign website a rescue group animal allies rescued him from an animal shelter and a family adopted him. hank describes himself as independent, devoted to ensuring small business growth, and furthering his family centered policies. he is also promising milk in every bowl. former virginia governors george

allen and tim cain are both running for the same seat as hank. >> i'm seeing if he is on twitter you know? he can do it all. >> i'm liking hank. gas prices skyrocketing. every penny counts. how do you know you're getting what you pay for? >> the news 4 i-team has been digging through hundreds of reports to find out. tisha thompson joins us with more on what you'll see tonight. hi, jim. we got a call on the i-team tip line from a viewer after he went to fill up his car with a 20-gallon tank but the pump showed 23 gallons. he wanted to know who is checking pumps to be sure they're dispensing the right amount of gas especially the gas you pay for. tonight meet the woman whose daily goal is to hit as many gas stations as possible. we're talking about as long as she goes on the pump patrol for the state of maryland checking meters down to the penny to make sure customers aren't getting short changed. we're also digging through hundreds of inspection reports. find out how many stations had to be reinspected after being

cited. what you can look for to make sure the pump you're using is working properly. and we are going to show you how you can find out if your favorite gas station did okay at its last inspection. it's the kind of thing you'll only be able to find here tonight on news 4 at 11:00. >> all right. okay. look forward to that. coming up on our next half hour of news 4 at 5:00 what to do with a d.c. agency that a former councilman were used as a piggy bank? local students compete in a poetry slam. i'm darcy spencer live in upper marlboro. a man accused of killing bowie teenager stacy seton several years ago goes on trial today. i'll tell you the key piece

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a fast forward through the headlines. students and staff are mourning after at death of a senior football player. rico webb died sunday. a medical examiner ruled the death natural causes. a student opened fire today in a school in ohio killing one classmate and wounding four others. the suspect ran off but then turned himself in. about a half mile away from the school. students at georgetown university are on alert. two crimes over the weekend. in one case a student says she was sexually assaulted walking home. georgetown officials say they have hired extra security to patrol on and around campus.

it's fast forward to the weather. doug? a beautiful afternoon on our monday. but i think today is probably going to be the best day of the week. tomorrow should be pretty nice too. we're talking about cooler temperatures. right now 63 degrees here in washington. hagerstown at 64 degrees. down to the west, back to the west talking about columbus, ohio. 53 right now. pittsburgh at 57. that's the cooler air. it's going to try to work its way in here overnight tonight and into the day tomorrow so you can expect temperatures tomorrow to be 10 degrees cooler but with sunshine. a pretty nice afternoon on late february and starting off march it looks like it could get a little bit on the rainy side. we'll talk more about that coming up. in prince george's county a murder trial under way for a man who is accused of killing a bowie teenager in 2005. jarvis tyler is accused of shooting a pregnant stacy seton in exchange for cash and drugs. darcy spencer is live in upper marlboro where she talked exclusively with seton's mother.

>> reporter: you probably remember her. gayle seton went on a personal crusade to never give up until her daughter's killers are found. it took several years. finally two arrests were made. one man is on trial starting today and prosecutors say it was a single cigarette butt that linked him to this killing. stacy seton, a 17-year-old bowie girl shot and killed in june of 2005 in a park behind her home. today prosecutors outlined a murder case against syracuse killer jarvis tyler. they say tyler was hired by this man mcdonald abraham known as duece to kill the teen. they say duece paid tyler $400 in cash and $200 worth of pot to kill stacy. prosecutors say duece believed stacy was involved in the theft of drugs, money, and a gun from his apartment. assistant state's attorney dorothy engel said duece was stacy's judge and jury and tyler was her executioner. she said that's what her life came down to, two bags of weed and $400.

prosecutors say dna was found on a cigarette butt near the murder scene and nearly four years later it was matched to tyler. they say there were 21 calls placed between duece and tyler on the day of the murder. engel said and there was one after her murder and that was the phone call to let duece know he, tyler, had done his job. but defense attorneys say abraham mcdonald, a drug and gun dealer, is solely responsible for stacy's murder and he is cooperating to get a lighter sentence. abraham pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and has agreed to testify against tyler. abraham faces between 15 and 50 years in prison when he is sentenced after tyler's trial. defense attorney keith showstag said duece sold his testimony. you know the price of his testimony? 15 years. stacy's mother gayle seton took the stand and talked about the last day she saw her daughter alive. >> this day is here. this trial has begun. how are you feeling about it? >> emotional.

nervous. finally we're going to get justice for stacy. >> reporter: there were several additional witnesses who took the stand today. some of them saying that abraham mcdonald had basically ranted he was going to have stacy seton taken care of again believing she was involved in the burglary at his house. the man who says he is responsible for that burglary testified today and said that stacy seton didn't know anything about it and was not even involved. reporting live from upper marlboro, darcy spencer, news 4. >> thank you. get ready for some traffic headaches in dupont circle. starting tomorrow morning power will be cut off to traffic signals for several hours at 10:00 a.m. ddot tells us traffic control officers will help drivers through the circle but watch out for delays on roads heading into the circle. while flying out of national was quite liricclyrical today. local students entertained passengers with poetry.

as part of the airport authority's black history month celebration, students from across the area competed in a poetry slam in one of the airport terminals. nicky giovanni helped judge the competition along with amy young and author vincent young. after the slam giovanni read a few selections from her own work. the d.c. council is trying to decide how to reform or abolish a government agency that former d.c. council member harry thomas jr. used to steal $300,000. several community groups say they depend upon the children and youth trust and wanted to stay in place. tochl sh tom sherwood has our story. >> harry thomas jr. pleaded guilty to two felonies in the theft of $300,000 in grant moneys intended for youth programs. >> it's the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god. >> reporter: at a monday hearing

officials of the children and youth investment trust and council members said federal authorities had asked that some operations of the trust be avoided because the federal criminal probe is continuing. >> the trust has cooperated fully with local and federal investigations and will of course continue to do so. >> reporter: committee chairman jim graham of board one pressed the government trust fund on oversight of its more than $3 million budget. in past years the budget has been as high as $10 million when thomas's diversions of money were occurring. >> i think it is fair and to say that the trust has received considerable scrutiny and has been the subject of very, very intense criticism over the past several months. >> reporter: former council member thomas who diverted money he had earmarked from the trust resigned when he pleaded guilty and faces a likely prison sentence of up to four years on may 3rd at his sentencing. at the crowded council hearing youth advocates and parents said

some summer and academic programs could be forced to close if the government funds aren't available. >> the major concern is making sure that the money is available and used appropriately for our students. >> i know that the programs like our program need that money and for somebody to misuse it just kind of made me feel very empty inside that someone would take advantage of such a good program. >> council member graham says the city would try to save the grant program but he said it was clear that strong reforms are needed. jim? >> all right. tom sherwood, thank you. still ahead in our broadcast a local marine says karma is the reason he instantly became a millionaire. >> wow. plus angelina jolie's dress. did you see it? did you see it? it becomes the hot il, any luck?

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if you ever played the slots at vegas this is going to kill you. a marine hit the jackpot. corp el alexander is based in indianhead and was in nevada for training at the base there and he and a friend were killing some time before they had to fly back to washington. they decided to play of all things the penny slots at the bellagio and he scored a jackpot nearly $3 million.

penny slots. a couple days before the big win he learned he had been accepted as a bone marrow donor to an anonymous patient so he says he must have had good karma on his side. he'll still go through with the transplant. >> that is good karma. wow. >> penny slots. wow. speaking of stuff like that the owners of rosecroft raceway in prince george's county are pushing to add gambling at the racetrack. >> they say without it the future of the raceway is doomed. it was bought last year for $12 million and the company says the only way to sustain horse racing there is if they're able to add slots or some other casino style gambling at the site. the county executive is supporting the measure that would expand gambling at national harbor instead. harry potter e-books are coming soon to schools and libraries. a leading distributor announced today they've reached an agreement with j.k. rowling to make the downloads available. the deal will put the megapopular series in about 18,000 schools and libraries and

20 languages. rowling had been resistant to the electronic format until last year. no date has been set for when the downloads will become available. coming up on news 4 at 5:00 tonight angelina and j-lo stealing the show without winning an oscar. coming up next we'll hear from octavia spencer on her first statue. >> and a local hoops player comes up big on the court and inspires his t

angelina jolie's leg generated a lot of buzz during last night's oscars. the actress made an effort to show case the split in her gown while plenting. that's the pose. now someone has created a twitter account. angie's right leg that has nearly 19,000 followers so far.

the account has tweeted things like i'm a leg. look at my leg. one of last night's winners actually mocked the pose. >> it should be looking at my -- >> she was right off to the side. >> look at my bony leg. that's what we were talking about at my house. another actress turned heads. jennifer lopez walked out in this low cut gown. the 42-year-old looked quite glamorous but during the live broadcast with cameron diaz some viewers say lopes looked like part of her left nipple was starting to come out of the dress a little bit as she was presenting an award. that was also a big discussion in my living room. her stylist told "entertainment weekly" there was no wardrobe malfunction just wishful thinking on the viewers' part. i don't think it was wishful. it was just sort of like, hey. the show was kind of boring so everybody was like, hey. is that -- >> lightens it up. >> all righty. onward. okay. well, what about the winners on the red carpet last night? there were some winners and some not so much. >> yeah. the silent movie "the artist"

came away with the most statutes. >> reporter: even before oscar night started, george clooney had a notion of how it might go. >> i think it's going to be a french night. >> reporter: and it proved to be just that. >> "the artist." >> reporter: five academy awards including best picture for a brook and white silent film about american movie making from a french director and two french stars. >> i love your country. >> reporter: jean dujardin beat out the likes of clooney and brad pitt to win best actor the first frenchman to do so. >> i said it's amazing. it's incredible. it's unbelievable. thank you. >> reporter: then he was asked if he may have accidently let a french expletive slip through his acceptance speech. >> ah, yeah. >> reporter: honors for best supporting actor went to christopher plummer for "beginners." at the age of 82 he is oscar's oldest winner ever. >> it has recharged me and i hope i can do it for another ten

years at least. i'm going to drop dead wherever i am on stage or on the set. >> reporter: fellow first-time winner octavia spencer was overwhelmed in accepting best supporting actress for "the help." she hopes her win inspires other actresses of color. >> especially because i am not the typical hollywood beauty, you guys are supposed to go oh, no, you are. >> a phenomenal woman. >> mama mia. >> one of meryl streep's many costars had the honor of presenting her best actress for "the iron lady." >> it was almost worth winning last year to have the privilege of giving her the award this year. >> reporter: for streep it was her third career oscar but first since 1982. >> i was a kid when i won this like 30 years ago. two of the nominees were not even conceived. >> reporter: but third oscar or first -- >> oh, wait a minute! >> reporter: it was a night to celebrate just the same. all righty. what a night.

what did you think of billy kristol? got to ask. >> i'm embarrassed to say. i didn't even watch it. i fell asleep at 9:30. >> a lot of people were falling asleep watching it. you were in good company. welcome home. >> thank you. >> did you have fun down there? >> i think i got a little burned in the day and a half we were down there but we got good stuff done and a lot going on now that we're back here talking about high school basketball. >> okay. >> joe-joe mckay as sophomore basketball player at the mclean school who learned the love of the game from his parents. joe-joe still has basketball but his parents are gone. joe-joe lost his mom when he was 6 and his dad died a few weeks ago. now hoops is helping the healing and on the court there have been times where it seems like joe-joe mckay has been touched by an angel. >> reporter: in an unforgiving world that has dealt him two major losses, mclean school's

point guard joe-joe mckay has made a habit of winning. >> joe-joe is my nephew. he's a fantastic 16-year-old guy with a heart of gold. we love him tremendously and he's, you know, very well loved by his whole school. >> reporter: even as a baby the youngest of candy and mac's two children was always considered a special gift. but when joe-joe was just 6 years old breast cancer would take the life of his mother. but not before her love for sports rubbed off on the youngster. especially basketball. a bond he would share with his father over the years. >> it was a close bond. he loved watching me play. >> reporter: when joe-joe walked in the house after practice february 8th something was terribly wrong with his father who had been in failing health. >> i knew he wasn't in the best shape. he wasn't in the best condition. but, you know, never did we expect that joe would come home from school and find his father in the bed dead the way he did. >> it was difficult and heart

breaking. >> team. >> i went to his house the day after it happened and we talked about it for a few minutes. i told him we loved him. you're a great kid. sometimes these things happen and it's unexplainable. we are here for you. >> i think the funeral was on a friday and on that monday he was back in practice. they had practice that weekend i believe and he wanted to come. i talked briefly about it and, you know, he was fine. it's what he wanted to do. he said he had to get back on the court and back in school. >> i lost my father. i knew he wouldn't have wanted me to just sulk on it for too long so i just became a stronger man. strength. >> joe-joe is a rock. that's it. >> just days after the death of his father, joe-joe was back on the court where he put in one of the gutsiest performances of his young basketball career. in the semifinal game in the potomac valley athletic conference the mclean school went toe to toe with covenant life. and with the game tied, only 5.6

seconds on the clock. joe-joe took over. >> it was amazing. a great moment for the school and the best thing i've been part of in sports. >> this team became a family to me and they are really there and they've given me a lot of support. >> they would have been there. they would have been there and she would have called everybody and done everything. she just would have been so proud. >> news 4 sports. unfortunately, joe-joe's team did not win the championship game but the mclean school has set up a scholarship fund in joe-joe's name and the school will pay his tuition until he graduates, which is two more years. at mclean school that is a lot of money. >> yes it is. good for them. >> thanks. let's check in with doug with another look at our lovely forecast with some changes out there. >> changes on the way. 63 out there right now. temperatures will go down this

evening and we're going to see temperatures that are going to be about 10 degrees cooler tomorrow. right now look at that. a beautiful sunset right now. 63 degrees currently at the airport with winds out of the southwest at 17 miles an hour. satellite and radar showing some cloud cover that's moving on in. we will see a frontal boundary. you can kind of see it there. look at the clouds around pittsburgh. that's the frontal boundary that is now trying to make its way our way. we will see cooler numbers overnight tonight down to 37 in washington. maybe 31 around the manassas area. 32 about leesburg and back toward winchester. 30 in frederick and right now la plata looks like you'll wake up to a temperature of 36 degrees. tomorrow afternoon 10 degrees cooler than it was today. but not too bad. 55 in d.c. over toward annapolis. 54 in baltimore. 52 in gaithersburg. and down to the south culpepper i think you'll have a temperature of about 56 degrees. so another nice afternoon tomorrow. even though we will be cooler and we'll still be about 5 degrees above average and the next four days shows the rain and a cool rain at that. wednesday will be a rather chilly afternoon with the potential for a half inch to

potentially an inch of rain. we do rebound nicely though on thursday and on friday. temperatures back well above average both days so it does look pretty good there. guys, the rain, i talk about half an inch of rain and it could be a very rainy afternoon but we need it. we're well over 2 inches below average so far for the year so it's going to be a good thing to get some of that much needed rain in here. >> all right. thank you. let's find out what's in the works for news 4 at 6:00. jim vance joins us with the preview. coming up tonight at 6:00, we'll have the latest on the school shooting in ohio. one student killed and four others injured. also we'll tell you about the plan being considered in fairfax county. it could cost you more money the next time you dine out. plans are moving forward for the new trump hoe testimony at the site of the old post office building downtown. we'll tell you about the meeting with a d.c. council member. those stories and more at 6:00. >> all right. thank you, jim. coming up on news 4 at 5:00 your eyes did not deceive. prices at the pump jumped even

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[ engine turns over ] oooohhhh...sweet. [ male announcer ] the chevy cruze with the mychevrolet app. the remote control car is finally here. well now she's just, playing with us. oh. [ horn honks ] an overnight jump has put gas near the $4 mark in places. >> yes indeed. according to triple-a gas prices went up across the d.c. area. right now the average for a

gallon in the district is $3.84. maryland is $3.67. virginia is $3.61. someplaces went up two cents just overnight. in west virginia the average still remains about $3.78 a gallon. news 4's tracee wilkins was more on the spike. she is reporting from northwest d.c. >> we are already seeing significant jumps in gas prices. in fact, record breaking jumps in gas prices. and now analysts are saying that we're looking at paying the highest prices in the country in the next few months. according to triple-a the price for regular per gallon in the region could reach up to $4.25 by the end of april. as much as a dollar higher than what it will cost in the midwest. here is why. two philadelphia area refineries are idle affecting east coast supplies. it could get worse if a third refinery in philadelphia does not find a new buyer. that's our future but here is our present where it doesn't

look much better. according to triple-a gas prices are rapidly moving toward the $4 mark for regular. february is the earliest gas prices have ever gotten as high as $3.50 per gallon nationally. prices normally don't head in that direction until the peak summer driving season. the national average retail price for regular reached $3.65 per gallon this week. 12 cents higher than a week ago. we are 49 cents away from the all time high record of $4.11 per gallon set back in july of 2008. analysts are saying if our resources do not improve, we could see gas prices hovering around $3.75 or up to $4.25 as early as this spring, well before the peak driving season. in northwest, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. we're going to be taking the metro out of here. that's it for news 4 at 5:00.

>> news 4 at 6:00 starts right now. there are some new polls out. it shows the republican primary race in michigan the tightening. >> classmates are remembering a popular high school football player who died suddenly over the weekend. >> students at georgetown university are on alert after a woman was sexually assaulted near the campus. good evening. i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. it was described as an all out assault. a student opened fire on his classmates in ohio this morning. by the time bullets stopped flying one student was killed and four others were seriously wounded. it happened at a high school in chardon, ohio near cleveland. the suspect is in custody. jay gray joins us live from chardon where the community is asking why. >> reporter: absolutely. good evening. as you might imagine this tiny community of about 5,000 still reeling this evening