where passengers had to slide down emergency shoochutes. riders sound off. why pete aat that admits it killed hundreds of animals in virginia. finchts, though, to take school shooting in ohio. one student dead, two others in critical condition right now, and the shooter is set to go to court tomorrow. wendy is following the new developments tonight. wendy. >> tonight we get the first look at the alleged shooter. he's identified at 17-year-old t.j. lane. witnesses describe him as silent and determined as he opened fire on a table full of classmates in the cafeteria. five of those students were shot, one was killed. the other four are in the hospital tonight. hundreds gathered outside for a candlelight vigil hoping to find relief and strength in the togetherness. while still shocked by the events that unfolded hours earlier. >> there was a lot of running and screaming. i heard a bunch of shots fired. >> he had no emotion on his

face. he was just shooting. >> if you haven't hugged or kissed your kid in the last couple days, take that time. >> police say lane was chased from the building after the shooting by teachers, and he surrendered a few blocks from the school. he's not yet been charged but is scheduled to appear in juvenile court tomorrow. just minutes ago the family of the shooting suspect released aa statement. the lane family says in part they want to give their most heartfelt and sincere condolences to the family of the young man who passed. quote, this is something that could never have been predicted. classes have been canceled tomorrow. the grief counselors, as is usual, have been made available to students and their families. doreen. >> wendy reporting. thanks. a dramatic emergency landing tonight at newark international airport. the nose gear collapsed on the jet forcing the united express regional jet to land on its belly. passengers evacuated the plane by sliding down the emergency

chutes. 69 passengers including a baby made it off without injuries. one runway remains closed at the airport. the ntsb is not sending investigators to the scene but will collect information from the black box. to the final push in michigan now, romney mnszmitt re state. tonight polls have romney and santorum in a near dead het. steve handlesman with more on this. steve. >> reporter: thanks. these candidates are watching these polls. santorum can't aafford to do his own, but the combination of the latest ones show this race tomorrow could be virtually tied. rick santorum claimed tonight he's closing strong in michigan. >> i think we're going to surprise a few people tomorrow night. >> reporter: but santorum lost his lead in this recession-ravaged state when he talked less about jobs and like today more about his religious conservatism and what he

opposes. >> separation of church of state did not appear in the constitution. >> he warns universities breed liberals. >> president obama said he wants everybody in america to go to college. what a snob. >> reporter: this morning he slammed the obama birth control policy. >> there's santorum talking about social issues again. no, i'm talking about freedom. >> reporter: outside detroit today some voters loved that. >> the reason i'm voting for him is for his moral values. >> others are turned off. >> i think santorum is too extreme, so i would probably stroet for romney. >> reporter: tomorrow is must win for mitt romney in his home state. >> my commitment to getting america wokking again whim be second to none, and for that reason i'm going to win in michigan and across the country. >> reporter: romney's veered off message reminding voters he's so rich his wife has two cadillacs and at daytona 500 admitting he's not so much a fan as a friend of team owners.

michigan's kid rock closed the last event before another native son gets the verdict of michigan voters. arizona votes tomorrow, too, but it's the primary in this state, michigan, that has the power to make-or-break mitt romney's campaign. live from detroit, i'm steve handlesman, news 4. back to you. tonight a crowd of frustrated med troe riders told the transit agency they don't want to pay higher fares. they're proposing a price hike to pay for safety improvements. it involves a minimum ten-cent increase for smart trip users and more for paper tickets. riders are already paying higher fees. they want local governments to help foot the bill. >> we need the jurisdictions to step up and give metro the level of funding that it needs to fix its problems and give us the service that we deserve. >> metro's next public forum is

wednesday night at henson elementary school. traffic lights in one of the busiest areas of the city will go dark tomorrow and the timing in the middle of the day is puzzling to a lot of people. we have the report. >> it's going to be a mess. >> reporter: she dreads tomorrow's commute in dupont circle. the district department of transportation will turn off the traffic lights starting around 10:00 a.m. >> i think 10:00 in the morning is a bit surprising and here it's 8:00 in the evening and we have a lot of traffic. >> the lights will be off for several hours while they upgrade the system with backup power to keep the traffic lights on during outages. officers will direct drivers. >> it would be smarter to pick aa time on a weekend or late, late evening. >> reporter: when we questioned d-dot this afternoon, they didn't have an answer. they said 10:00 is a good time because crews don't work overnight. >> the impact to motorists is negligible because the traffic control officers are there.

>> reporter: they recommend drivers take alternate routes p if you're concerned about delays. police are urging people who live in the frank cone yun air of fairfax county to be vigilant. that advice was given tonight at a community meeting prompted by a recent rash of burglaries. burglars have hit fooifl homes in the middle of the day. they have gotten away with jewelry, electric p in this cases and other valuables. >> peta is the acronym for people for the ethical treatment of animals. it's mission is to protect animals, but tonight they admit to killing hundreds of adoptable dogs and cats. a new report shows of the 2,000 dogs and the cats peta received at the animal shelter at norfolk, virginia last week 24 were aadopted, 34 were transferred and the others were ut niz euthanized. they used data collected from the virginia department of agriculture. a spokesperson says that

organize would rather offer animals a painless death than have they are tortured, starved r or sold for research. take a close look at the man in these surveillance photos. police say he threatens to detonate a nuclear bomb as he robs banks. he's suspected in four robberies. there's no trace of any bomb. the future of a mall in montgomery county is up in the air tonight. news 4 has confirmed that the lake forest mall is for sale, and as jackie benson reports what happens next is complicated. >> a sea of empty parking spaces tells the story that montgomery county residents have known for some time. lakeforest mall is not the draw it once was for local shoppers. >> probably like second or third. we usually going to milestone up in german town for general things. >> reporter: it's 1 million square feet of retail sfas in a county where the amount of land available for commercial development is dwindling fast, but like its cousin white flint,

lakeforest built in 1978 is outdated. >> there was a time that everything became the enclosed mall, and now we see that times have changed. >> the mayor notes any plans for lakeforrest have to take into account a what unusual arguments, the anchor stores own their buildings and some of the parking lot. >> what we understand parts of it are for sale. you have to say parts of it, because it's confusing as toot exa exactly. >> input from the public is incredibly important and they hope to have things on the subject in the near future. the kodak company wants to cutle medical benefits for its retirees. the company says it's strapped for cash. it filed a petition in bankruptcy court to drop the health care kovrn torre tearicoe

eligible for medicare. kodak filed for chapter 11 last month. >> pailing for failing road could end up on the plates of diners in fairfax county. the board of supervisors is proposing a 4% tax on meals sold at any commercial restaurant. the meals tax could raise an estimated $80 million a year to fund road improvement projects. fairfax county needs approval and the tax has to pass a referendum, too. really nice today. i'm talking about temperatures and sunshine but it's going to change. >> it's going to change. we'll see a change during the day tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow about 10 degrees cooler than where they were today. still a nice tuesday, but this is what we have in store for the day on wednesday. a lot of you will get wet. you need toews large umbrellas. i'll show you when that rain is will move in, how much we may see and what comes after this storm that makes its way in towards the weekend. i'll tell you all that in a

minute. >> thanks. another cruise ship is in trouble tonight in the indian ocean in an area infested with pirates. a second tugboat is making its way to the boat. the ship lost power today of a fire in the generator room. it is a sitting duck not far from the area frequented by pirates out of so malia. the fire comes just six weeks after another costa shipwrecked off the italian coast. 32 were killed. one of the two service members shot and killed over the weekend in afghanistan is from our area. army major robert marchant xwr and another senior officer were shot in the back of the head. the taliban claims responsibility saying they did it in retaliation for the burning of the kor aran at a u. base. he leaves behind a wife of 24 years and four children who all remember him with love.

>> his strong courage, his brave, loving, man of god. he loved the lord. he loved my mom. he loved us, and he would have done anything for us. if all the dads involved in baltimore would be like him, i think the world would be a better place. >> the major taught special education to elementary school students in baltimore county. relatives say he was supposed to return from afghanistan in september. tonight students and staff at dematha high school are mourning the debt of a football player. he was in his senior year and recently accepted a scholarship offer to play football for alabama state. this weekend webb complained he wasn't feeling well and died after arriving at the hospital. >> he was a great player for us. 6'7", 300-plus pounds and ferocious offensive lineman. his better playing days were ahead of him. he had a bright future.

>> the whole school lost a brother, and it's one of those bonds that can't be broken. >> the medical examiner has ruled the death from natural causes due to a blood clot that travelled to his lungs. the death of a 10-year-old girl after a school yard fight in california has now considered aa homicide. the coroner ruled tonight that joanna ramos died of blunt force trauma that resulted in a fistfight with another fifth grade girl. they say the two were fighting over a boy. police have identified the other girl involved. she's 11 years old. they have not filed any charges yet. take a look at this video out of sacramento, california. emergency crews transported two police officers to the hospital after a violent outburst by members of "occupy oakland." protesters threw cans and bottles at the officers as they escorted members. police arrested three

protesters, the injured officers are all expected to be okay. michael douglas is teaming up with the fbi to fight financial fraud on wall street. douglas stars in a few public service announcement that encourages people to report securities fraud and insider trading to the fbi. the public service announcement uses scenes from the 1987 movie "wall street," in which douglas played the role of a cheating executive named gordon gecko. gas prices are soaring right now, and every penny counts. how do you know you get the gas you're paying for? the news 4 i-team is on the job. tisha thompson finds out who is watching out for you. >> think you're watching every penny at the pump these days? >> many, many. probably thousands. >> you've got nothing on elizabeth conkey. every day she's on the road inspecting gas stations in maryland. >> all inspections are unannounced. >> for the state's department of

agriculture, and boy, can she the stop the meter on a dime on this case a penny. >> my greatest job skill is to stop at five gallons and ten gallons. >> she uses these specially calibrated containers. they look a lot like milk jugs. first she makes sure each pump starts and stays on zero for 30 seconds. >> i pump until this says five gallons, and then i read how much was actually dispensed. >> there is a tolerance if the pump dispenses too little or too much, she can shut it down. >> i do find errors. >> reporter: meters that keep rolling after you stop filling up can put a pump out of commission. >> we would like to check them once every year, but due to so many pumps versus so p many inspector it's once every two years. >> i'm here now because i had another child and gas prices are going up. >> kevin jones called after seeing inconsistency the at the

pump with his new car. >> you get, you know, 23 in a 20-gallon tank, you have to wonder. >> he has the same issue with his motorcycle. a 10 hoof gallon tank that holded 12 gallons of gas. >> with it being a machine it could be it's not indicate brated or off. >> to find out how often a pump in cited, we dug through hundreds of maryland's most recent inspections. in just montgomery and principle georges county along, 57% of stations had to be re-inspected for different violations. most were for small technical issues, but 12% remember cited for short changing customers. one of the worst is a rockville station that shorted drivers by almost two gallons, but it's not always bad for the driver. 16% were cited for giving more gas away than the pump showed. >> that's acceptable and approved. >> reporter: back in montgomery

county, no problems with these pumps. they each get the orange sticker of approval which customers should always look for when filling up. >> now i am going to give the station their gas back. >> unlike you and me, when she's done filling up the gas goes back because now more than ever every drop is worth a bundle. we went through hundreds of pages of gas station inspection reports. this is just fairfax county. we took everything in here, and we created this map. each of these little dots, they're a gas station, and when you click on it you can get all the details about whether the gas station passed inspection. if if you want to look for a very specific station, type in the address right up here. we put this long with lots of other information like who you should call if you think a pump isn't working right on our website, nbcwashington.com. jim, doreen. >> wow, a lot of information there. a group of drivers learned

the hard way what can happen when you park on thin ice. they were at an ice fishing contest in oshkosh, wisconsin. 36 vehicles broke through the ice on lake winnebago on saturday. that looks bad. several were salvaged. officials say the cars were parked too close together for the ice to hold their weight. a marine stationed in maryland credits karma with helping him win a jackpot. he was in navlz foster training a couple weeks ago and ended up at the penny slots. he won nearly $3 million. as for the karma, he recently volunteered to be a bone marrow donor for someone he doesn't know and probably will never meet. he was offered the chance to back out when they took him about the pain he might suffer. he said add he'd take a little pain to help save a life. a few days later he won na jackpot. >> wow. >> that would convince you it to believe karma or something.

>> maybe it will convince you to sign up for the bone marrow registry. spectacular weather out there today. >> it doesn't get much better. >> not in february it sure sdenlt. >> not in february. it gets a whole lot worse in the month of february, but we don't have that worst weather coming our way. our weather is looking good. tomorrow i think another very nice day, and then we're going to see things go downhill just a little bit as we head into the day on wednesday. out there tonight it is gorgeous across the area. 11:00 at night and our temperatures still in the low to mid-50s around the region. we hit a high of 64 degree. the low this morning is 36. a very dry atmosphere that allows us to warm up quickly, and we rose nearly 30 degrees across the area today. unbelievable. 2.26 inches. that's the amount of rainfall we need to catch up. we are well below average so we need rain, and it likes like we'll get some during date on wednesday. 53 degrees out there right now with the winds out of the west-southwest at 6 miles per

hour. we'll see the wind shift a little bit, and we'll see the numbers go down. still nice and mild, though. 51 down there towards pax river and martinsburg. it's still nice and mild. the cool air doesn't make its way in just yet. storm 4 radar is clear through the day tomorrow and probably through this time tomorrow night. we'll see shower activity begin to make its way into the region. you don't see it here on the mid-atlantic view. you see this batch of clouds right here. that's the cold front that made it through here. that cold front is making its way through now will switch the winds around and bring in cooler numbers. look at the numbers just off to the west. 31 in pittsburgh, 33 in columbus after a high temperature of 58. they dropped 25 degrees over the last few hours, and that cooler air is settling on down. you will notice a difference tomorrow morning. you'll notice a difference tomorrow. high temperatures tomorrow about 10 degrees cooler than today. with plenty of sunshine we make

it to 55 degrees which is still 5 degrees above average. plenty of sun today with that front moving through. tomorrow it's partly sunny. it will be mild so you need the jacket bh you step outside. by lunch looking okay out there. then comes wednesday, and here's a pretty powerful storm. this storm has a lot of moisture with it along with i frontal boundary and a warm front. we're on that axis point, and that means we have the potential to see good rains, maybe a half inch up to an inch of rain. that storm is a fairly fast mover. then it moving right on through, and thursday we're back in the clear and also back in the warm temperatures. mostly clear and a chilly start tomorrow. 30 in the suburbs to about 37 inside the city. as we move through the day tomorrow, we see sunshine and a few more clouds than today, but still nice weather. 51 to 55 degrees as the winds shift to the northwest. it will be breezy on thursday

after the rain, but that breeze will usher in warm temperatures again. it was 58 on friday, a good couple of days there but it looks like another front moves through on saturday. that has a good chance of rain and behind that we do get cold or at least cool. there could be possibly snow flakes sunday and monday, but again, flakes. nothing to worry about. >> all right. >> thank you, doug. still ahead tonight, one waiter picked the wrong person to spill a whole bunch of beer on. >> oh, my, oh my. comes up in sports

did you say no name? >> i said notre dame. >> oh. >> it sounded like no name. >> that could be so much trouble from those loyal notre dame fans. >> i'm assuming we won, right? >> guess who i watched the game with? >> who? >> patrick collins. >> you did not? >> collins jr. >> he doesn't miss a game. >> i think he stopped rooting about halfway through during this one. georgetown seniors stepped up in the final home game. jason clark and henry sims the only hoyas starters in double figures. they helped the 20th ranked notre dame team score a season low 41 points prompting mike bra to call the hoyas the best defensive team his irish have played this yeert.

they're making memories in this one. first half hoyas up by 6. sims working the give-and-go with freshman greg winnington with five assists. he had a game high of 15 points. georgetown up 7 at the break. check this inside out move. that's tasty, huh? finishes high off the glass r for two of the 13. hoyas up by 10. later up by 21, still playing big-time d. check out henry sims down low. get that stuff out of my house. he had 12 points in his final home game. georgetown getting big, 59-41 the final. they wrap up the season on saturday at marquette. high school hoops. another down-to-the-wire game for the catholic league title. yerl in the first quarter, this is a nice give-and-go between stanford robinson and johnson for the dunk. the panthers led by 3.

b.j., a couple of thunderous dunks, the second one here ties the game at 51-51 with over two minutes to play. 19 seconds left. up 54-53. how about patrick holloway? this guy hits game winners. big bucket. dematha had a chance. james robinson, one of the wi winningest players just off the mark. paul x wins 65-64. it was decided by a combined six point this is season. patrick holloway, the mike is yours. >> people said we couldn't win and couldn't beat them three in times in a row. i proved it to them, and we did. we knew we could do it. people said if we lost this game, the whole season going undefeated didn't mean nothing. we didn't want it to go to

waste. we had twoin this game, and we did. >> congratulations to paul x and patrick holloway going to george mason university. they're getting a good one. caps general manager surprised more than a few people at the trade deadline and didn't trade anyone. mcphee said there wasn't a deal to be had so he decided to stand pat. if the capitals make the playoffs they have to do it with the guys in-house right now. there were three veterans who could have been traded including mike nuble. he never requested a trade but he's frustrated with his lack of playing time. >> i think every player likes that opportunity to play. that being said, you know, it's a, you know, you start something as a player and you're with this team for a couple of years and you want to see it through. >> and the daytona 500 in a jet fuel delay. a car ran into the back of one

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mind. a waiter says he was burched from behind. that caused him to lose his balance, he said. he spilled five pints of cold beer. look at that. that was down her back. oh, my goodness. after the initial shock passed she smiled and flicked her hair. she eventually raised a toast. somebody else brought her a beer, and still soaking wet she went on to deliver her speech as scheduled. look at that. nobody bumped him. he bumped his elbow. >> no he didn't.

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