like this -- it happened on 11th street, they say the truck was coming down this way. the bike on the inside, the truck tried to make a turn, the bike tried to beat the truck. alfred sam is a security officer at the bank, he saw the whole thing. >> the bike tried to by pass the truck, the truck was already into the turn. by the time he realized he was in the way -- >> was the biker wearing a helmet? >> no, no helmet at all. >> what do you make of this? >> i don't know. it was a terrible accident, i know that. >> scary. >> every day in our city, thousands of people use the bike share program to get from here to there. and when something like this happens, it gets everybody's attention. >> it's a little scary. i'll think about it a little more every day, be a little more careful, i guess.

>> as a biker, it's very dangerous, especially on streets like u street where there are no bike lanes to make sure you have a safe area. whether you're in the sidewalk or the street, you're probably going to be upsetting somebody or be in somebody's way. >> now, since the bike share program began in september 2010, there have been a million and a half rides, in that same time, 17 reported bike share crashes. but no fatalities. now, in this incident today, the biker has been identified as a 29-year-old man from northwest with, they say he's in stable condition. he's been charged with failure to yield the right-of-way, and a red light violation. live in northwest, pat collins, news four. >> thank you, pat. this afternoon, metro launched a new system to keep passengers in the no. the new e-mail and text alert

system is called metro alerts, designed to give both bus and rail customers up to the minute updates about service changes and disruptions. bus riders will be able to receive information on up to four bus lines. rail riders can get advisories for the four stations they use the most. the alerts for rail will be available in short 140 character texts or longer more detailed e-mails. three students have now died after the tragic school shooting in ohio. two remain in the hospital tonight. the teens were shot at chardon high school in suburban cleveland yesterday morning when a student opened fire in the school cafeteria. the gunman, t.j. lane made his first court appearance today in juvenile court. lane said he picked the students at random, didn't know any of them. he was placed on a 15 day detention for now. a hearing was set for march sixth. >> on friday march second all of our schools will be open for business. certainly not as usual.

certainly we have plans in place. i want to assure parents. i want to assure our faculty, and most importantly our students that you'll be safe when re-entering our program. prosecutors said lane admitted to firing ten shots inside the school. we have a developing story from the pentagon today. a new pentagon report finds that partial remains of 9/11 victims were sent to landfills after they could not be identified. the remains came from the attacks at the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania. the remains were first cream mated and then given to a biomedical waste disposal contractor who incinerated them and took them to the landfill. a former fairfax county band teacher was found guilty of soliciting sex online from a 14-year-old boy. 43-year-old michael cook entered a plea deal in court today. he was arrested at his home in

centreville in august. court records indicated former band director at robinson secondary elementary school asked for oral sex from an undercover cop. his sentencing is set for may. there are republican primaries today in michigan and arizona, all eyes are on michigan where mitt romney was born and raised. the race was tight and a win from rick santorum could badly damage the romney campaign. michigan's primary is open. democrats are allowed to vote. a robo call on behalf of the san forum campaign urges democrats to vote for him to punish romney for opposing the auto bailout. romney calls it, a dirty trick 37. >> we don't want the democrats to choose who they think is the easiest person to run against. >> and say no to the dirty tricks of a desperate campaign. >> president obama's re-election campaign is asking democratic voters just to stay home. for his part, ron paul will watch those elections returns

from northern virginia tonight, he's in springfield right now. paul and mitt romney are the only two republican candidates on the ballot for the virginia primary. that's next tuesday, newt gingrich and santorum tried but failed to qualify, virginia does not permit write-in votes in primaries. the ballot rules are considered the toughest in the country. it was a long time coming on wall street, the dow closed above the 13,000 mark for the first time since may of 2008. if was four months before the start of the financial crisis. today's finish puts the dow less than 1200 points away from an all time high. after nearly six hours in the dark, the lights are back on at dupont circle. the department of of transportation cut power from traffic signals today to make some necessary upgrades. tom sherwood is live at a busy thoroughfare. the traffic control officers had their work cut out for them.

>> reporter: on a normal day, dupont circle could be a nightmare. so we weren't sure what to expect when all the traffic lights were turned off for hours. that was the sound of the day. all day at busy dupont circle where for hours all 110 traffic lights and walk signs went dark on purpose. >> the short term inconvenience of today is to solve a long term issue. what this does is put battery backup power in place, so when the signalses when the power cuts off, the signals keep working and for the motorists and the pedestrians it's seamless, they don't notice the power web with the out. >> the little white backup batteries are an effort to avoid the chaos and confusion in the snowstorms when the power goes out like january last year. >> it really will help with traffic in the city. particularly if power goes out during rush hour, which can

cause gridlock. >> dupont circ sell normally one of the busiest traffic circles in the region. several major streets leading into and out of the area. for days, ddot and the media had warned of possible terrible traffic and pedestrians troubles. but most thought traffic control aids performed better at that point regular lights. >> you just come by dupont circle with no lights? how was it? >> it was a cinch. they're doing their job, and that's basically it 37. >> they're directing traffic pretty efficiently, so it wasn't hard at all. >> i noticed the patrol people were here, i didn't notice the lights were out. >> i noticed the lights were out, they were directing traffic. it's a good thing, because those cars don't stop going around the circle there. >> with the flick of a switch, late in the day, the lights were back on and all systems were a

go. >> and the city is busy putting these backup power systems at all the major intersections in the city. at dupont circle i'm tom sherwood news 4. wendy and jim, back to you guys. >> thanks, tom. spring feev continues, a little cooler than yesterday, it was still delicious out there today. >> we have a case of it, but i think we're going to be getting over it pretty quick. tomorrow's going to be a washout? >> yes, i think so. we need to see the rain. we're going to see beneficial rain across the area. this just in time for everything that's already blooming, just get a little bit of moisture out there. we are going to have to wait until tomorrow, though. out there right now, simply gorgeous. take a look at that shot, we saw tom sherwood out there, not bad outside at all. with the current temperature of 54 degrees, winds right now out of the north-northeast at 7 miles per hour. 54 right now, 58 in laplata, down around the river and the

chesapeake bay, look at annapolis, only 49. a little cooler along the water, the rest of us seeing a nice afternoon. nothing as far as rain is concerned right now, that will not be the case tomorrow. i do, however, think we'll get right on through the 5:00 and 7:00 hour tomorrow without a hitch. i don't expect any rain during the rush hour tomorrow. that's good news. i'll show you how much rain i think we will get coming newspaper a minute. wendy? >> all right. he says he paid a man $600 in drugs and cash to murder a pregnant 17-year-old. >> today mcdonald abraham took the stand as a prosecution witness against his codefendant in the murder of stacy seton, the buoy teenager was found shot to death behind her home in june 2005. darcie spencer joins us from upper marlboro well more on this. >> reporter: he was a key witness for the prosecution, and the defense went after him right away, very aggressively saying that he sold his testimony and basically just too save his own skin. now, the defense again went

after him very aggressively in this case, and he also had some discrepancies in his testimony in terms of what time he was at certain locations. but that's kind of become a pattern, after all this crime happened seven years ago. mcdonald abraham, who has confessed to hiring a man to kill stacy seton in june 2005 took the stand to pin the murder on this plan, jarvis tyler, who's now on trial for allegedly being the trigger man. abraham's credibility immediately came into question by fiehler's attorneys who pointed abraham's testimony is a plea deal that could land him in prison for as few as 15 years. defense attorney william brennen pointed out that abraham bragged to a friend that he got a sweet deal after turning down offers from prosecutors four 30, 25 and 20 years in prison. the reality is, you cut a deal for 15 years in prison, correct?

>> correct. abraham is changing his story. in interviews with police in 2005 and 2009, he said abraham lied and said he had nothing to do with stacy's murder. in 2005, you thought lies would set you free. abraham, yes, sir. he also took issue with brennan characterizing him as a murderer. i told somebody to do it, but i didn't pull the trigger, i'm not a murderer, i didn't kill her. abraham said he paid jarvis tyler $400 and two bags of weed for killing stacy. stacy set him up by introducing him to chris smith who admitted on the stand he broke into abraham's apartment and stole drugs and a gun. stacy was not involved in the robbery. stacy's mom is here for the trial. >> it's hard. you don't know what goes through the people's finds, witnesses minds. it's difficult.

>> reporter: what was mcdonald abraham doing on the day of the murder? he testified he picked up two of his male friends, also picked up a 14-year-old girl from a local middle school in buoy, they all went over to a red roof inn, they smoked pot, drank alcohol and had sex with this young teen. testimony is expected to wrap up tomorrow. reporting live from upper marlboro, darcie spencer news 4. we have a lot more to come on news 4 at 5:00 tonight. a local woman's crusade on social media to get top doctors to research a rare disease. consumer reports releases its list of top vehicles when it comes to safety and gas mileage. who do schools call to

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you think you're having a heart attack, but you learn you're having a rare heart condition that a lot of doctors don't know about. >> erica edwards shows us how those impacted use social media to get the mayo clinic to take another look at their disease.

>> reporter: good friends lauren and katherine met online a few years ago, not because they had mutual facebook friends but because they both had a rare heart condition. their disease is called scad, the inner layer of the heart artery tears away from the outer wall. >> i remember laying on the cath table and the cardiologist looked like he was about to die. >> they said, it's very rare, you're lucky to have survived you're very brave. and they didn't really have any other information to give me on it. >> laura and katherine turned to the internet, the only resource available was an online chat group. after a few years, that chat room turned into the largest group of scad survivors ever identified. they decided to bring the survivor stories to the attention of the mayo clinic and push for more research. >> i had this patient coming and saying, and challenging and laying down the gauntlet, what are you doing?

i basically felt like i had to say, i'm going to do something about it. >> mayo clinic designed a study. >> this was truly patient initiated research where they came forward and got this research off the ground. >> i felt like this was my job to get the research going and to see it through. >> there's no shortage of participants. >> we're finding more women joining our group every day. and we just keep pointing them to the studies that are ongoing right now and encouraging them to participate. >> turning an online chat group to a catalyst for research. after conducting research on scad, doctors now know that 70% of these cases are in women and one third of those appear to be related to pregnancy. more studies are planned to determine if genetics are playing a role in this heart condition at all. we know those energy drinks can give us a boost, how much is too much when it comes to these buzzed up beverages?

a 14-year-old girl died of caffeine toxicity after she drank two large energy drinks. some doctors are warning that too much of a toxic ingredient in these drinks could be dangerous, even deadly. doreen gentzler has the story about energy drink dangers tonight at 11:00. new warnings tonight for a popular group of cholesterol lowering drugs, the fda is adding safety warnings to statens because of memory loss and elevated blood sugar. statens are prescribed to nearly 32 million americans. accord together fda, most problems related to memory loss were generally not serious and went away after patients stopped taking the drug. we had another lovely day, but we're going to -- now we have to water the place a bit. >> that's very well said, wendy. we do need the water. we're well below average by

about two and a quarter inches. we need to see some rain, a lot of things starting to bloom outside, very early because of the lack winter like temperatures this rain is going to help some things out there a little bit. right now, look at this, a pretty nice shot, clouds trying to stream on through the area, not too bad. you have some high cirrus clouds there. the temperature right now, 54 degrees under mostly sunny excise. winds right now at the north-northeast at 7 miles per hour. it's a gorgeous yeah noon, and temperatures are 10 degrees below where they were yesterday. yesterday's highs, 64 in the d.c. area, 54 in d.c., 57 in manassas. 60 down toward charlottesville, 56 toward fredericksburg. current temperature in maryland is 50 degrees. don't expect any rain over the next 12 hours or so, but after that 12th hour, and we're talking about 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 tomorrow morning, that's when we can start to see more of that

rain move in. it's all because of this storm system move in. this storm is going to be a monster storm for portions of the country. the great lakes could see six to 12 inches of snow, even up toward portions of new england, 6 to 12 inches of snow too. for us, it's too warm for us this winter, it's going to be all rain. mild across the region today with partly to mostly sunny skies, we'll see that move on through. a warm front will move through, that comes through early tomorrow morning, i think the rain will hold off until about the 9:00 hour, the rush hour looks okay, but then around 9:00, 10:00, the rain will move in quickly, i think some of it could be heavy at times as we move on through the morning hours, we get a little bit of a break during the afternoon, and then another front moves, in this time a cold front moves through, that cold front will continue to usher out that rain, it will, however, not usher in any colder air. we get warm behind this cold front. temperatures on thursday could be right back in the mid-60s if

the winds are correct. if they're out of the west-northwest, we're looking at pretty good warmth here, looking at little cooler temperatures here toward maryland. we'll talk about that as we get closer to thursday. p this evening, turning partly cloudy, the last day we will see the sun set before the 6:00 hour. tomorrow morning, cloudy and mild, a dry start, showers moving in. 34 to 40 degrees, as we move on throughed day foam, we're going to see some rain, it will be a cool rain with 48 to 54 degrees for temperatures tomorrow. moving right back up to near 70 in some areas by thursday and we stay mild through the weekend. >> that's more like it. >> thank you, doug. planking, then tebowing, now jolieing. the viral video that's sweeping across the internet. students in virginia elementary school now have the

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the ohio teenager accused of she shooting students in an ohio high school cafeteria said he picked the students at random. three students are now dead following the shooting. a biker tried to get by a truck while it was making a truck. the biker hospitalized in stable condition. he's charged with failing to yield the right-of-way and red light violation. republican primary is underway in arizona and michigan. mitt romney held a large lead in arizona going into today's primary. in michigan, he's facing a tighter race. results are expected around 9:00 tonight. a beautiful evening. it's going to be very nice out there across the area tonight. but tomorrow do not forget the umbrella. take a look at the rain out there toward the west. we're talking about down to the south as well, around atlanta

and then back toward omaha and nebraska, a pretty potent storm will make it's way toward us. then we'll have a winter roller coaster, there hasn't been much w winter will continue. the virginia senate approved a scaled back version of a controversial bill. it will force women to undergo external ultrasounds before undergoing an abortion. >> the original bill caused an outroar, and it was fodder for late night comedians. it included an invasive ultrasound. the revised bill requires a woman to have an ultrasound procedure 24 hours before having an abortion. it narrowly passed along party lines with two anti-abortion

democrats joining republicans for the victory. in d.c. today, governor mcdonald said he believes it reflects virginia ans views on abortion. >> i've been pro-life my entire life, the more we with do to embrace a culture of life in our society, the better off our world's going to be. >> reporter: the scaled back bill did not include a trans vaginal ultrasound. >> requiring a mandated ultrasound i did not believe we should do that. it was not evident in the face of the bill, i had not been briefed in the beginning that would be required. >> reporter: in his last apeepses, mcdonald expressed distaste over what he terms

invasive tsa patdowns, what is the difference between patdowns and ultrasounds which under the new law will not be optional. >> i believe this is something that helps respect the dignity of women by making sure they have all the information. the bill now goes to the republican dominated house, then to the governor's desk who says he will sign it into law. jane watrell, thank you. a prince georges county council woman facing charges after police say they caught her doing nearly double the speed limit on the beltway. police pulled over karen tolls last wednesday near branch avenue. she was traveling close to 105 miles an hour. she received a ticket for unsafe lane exchange and a warning for excessive speed. the details of the actual stop remain under investigation. she was elected to the prince georges county council in 2010 and represents district 7.

students at a manassas elementary school have plenty of pride. they're the first school in the county to have a band. jewelry carrie takes in the sights and sound. >> reporter: it's a big night for a debut of sorts at york shore elementary school in manassas. the tunes are still pretty basic, but until a few months ago, these 4th and 5th graders had never touched an instrument. now they make up the first elementary school band ever in the prince william county schools. the principal was inspired when he learned about a program that uses classical music to improve the lives of poorer children. >> we thought it would spark

them to come to school, when they went to middle school, they would have a leg up on some of those children that get private lessons. >> the fund-raising began to buy baritones, flutes and trumpets. a local car dealer kicked in $5,000. and more came from grants sean private donations, the $20,000 collected meant instruments and music for 35 kids. they held a lottery for the spots, 90 students entered. ariana was one of the lucky ones selected. >> i got off the bus, i was excited to tell my mom. >> the students learn their instruments and practice after school three days a week. homework comes first. >> your instrument goes home today. >> the music teachers teamed up to tackle the challenge. >> you see them from not knowing how to put it together to what they're doing tonight and it's amazing. >> reporter: baritone player russell robinson remembers the first time the whole group played together after each

student learned their instrument. >> the first time we joined together we just did a small song called hot cross buns. she was like i think we have a band. >> reporter: and the concert was a big step forward. >> i feel proud for representing my school like this. >> it's done everything we wanted to do, the kids are dedicated, they're learning responsibility, getting passion, and i think you can see they play really well too. >> now, yorkshire elementary hopes to raise a little more money, so a few more students and instruments can be added to the band next year. in manassas, julie carrie, news 4. >> the band is fun. i know. good for them many. up next, a popular restaurant closes its doors for good fp. and angelina jolie's right leg is everywhere. the oscar spoof right af

february, of course is black history month. >> the idea started in 1926 as a period that was set aside for study and celebration. a member of the nbc advisory

board told us why she nominated her former boss. he's dedicated to helping educate african-americans in technology fields. a restaurant in herndon, virginia closed its doors for good. they served their final meals over the weekend after 37 years in town. the owner says the restaurant is a victim of the bad economy, and the deteriorating building, the mexican food restaurant was known for its homemade salsa. he promises to reveal the ingredients now that the store is closed. a couple months ago everyone was tebowing. but after the oscars, everyone is now jolieing. imitating angelina jolie's front leg that was front and center on the red carpet. and now tumblr is flooded with people copying that pose. some people are posting pictures

of their pets or their kids toys dressed up doing the jolie. the fake twitter account now has more than 34,000 followers. >> i could see that leg on buddy and rudy, couldn't you? >> they're too big for that. my cat's legs are fatter than her leg. tarek salahi settles a dispute in virginia. people have been chewing gum for years, they throw it on the floors or sidewalks. i'll introduce you to some guys who are cleaning up as a result. dan hellie

a charity run by tarek salahi has settled with the state of virginia after a multiyear investigation. virginia attorney general announced today that the journey for the cure foundation will pay $32,500 in penalties and salahi must personally pay $2500. the charity made false stamtzs and solicited donations without being registered with the state. they're also accused of misleading donors about how donations are spent. and now we talk about some gum, chewing gum, and apparently kids are not the only ones getting rid of it when they're not supposed to. >> it's creating a sticky situation all over our area. from sidewalks to schools. news 4's chris gordon has our story. >> reporter: wood row wilson

high school spent $115 million in renovations. it is now a green building, student grades are improving and so is attendance, look at the sidewalk and you'll see hundreds of black spots from gum that's chewed and carelessly tossed away. the principal's message sent home for the week urges students to respect the school saying, i spent two hours scraping gum off the atrium floor last week. if there's something weird and it don't look good. >> who you going to call? gum busters. >> and you're chewing some right now? >> yes, i am. >> dwayne cummings owns gum busters. he says the dry steam cleaning system is fast, effective and it's environmentally friendly. >> we'll with use anywhere from

2,000 to 5,000 gallons of water a day, i use 5. the gum emulsifies and stays where it is, drys up. >> some people seeing this for the first time are not sure what to make of it. >> what do you think they're doing behind on the sidewalk? >> i think they're killing any plants on the sidewalk. >> they're actually removing chewing gum. >> that's the first time i'm seeing that. >> if you don't get, you don't get it. some people do. >> can you tell me what they're doing? >> yes, i believe that they are removing gum off the concrete. >> you're the first one to get that right. now, it is so much more consider at to take your gum and put it back in the wrapper or a piece of paper and dispose of it in a trash can. gum busters charges anywhere from $200 to $10,000 to clean sidewalks and floors. it all depends on the size of the job and the amount of gum. i'm chris gordon, news 4.

>> never put it under your school desk. >> but everybody did. >> or in your hair. don't put it in your hair. >> the statute of limitations has run on that one. >> thank you, chris. what do you got? >> i don't have any gum. i spit it out already. i normally put it right here. >> you save it until after? >> you put your gum on your script. >> i have to get new gum afterwards. we are talking about guys who like to chew gum a lot, baseball players. we were down there not too long ago, and it seems like spring training just started, but the first real game of spring for the nationals just four days away, with all the quality pitchers that have been added the competition for a spot has been stiff. one of the offseason acquisitions that could pay huge dividends is brad lidth. he says he's healthy and hoping to resurrect his career in washington. >> brad lidge the 0-2 pitch.

swing and a miss, struck him out. the philadelphia phillies are 2008 world champions of baseball. >> it was the 2008 world series and brad lidge on top of the baseball world. he got the final out against the tampa bay raise, leading the phillies to a world championship, and completing the perfect season where he converted every single save opportunity. this is brad lidge now. just another piece of the nationals hopes in turning this team into perennial playoff contenders. how does an accomplished closer on the best team in baseball give up that role to become a setup man with the perennial cellar dweller? >> it's an organization that's going the right direction. not just going the right direction, but has the possibility of being in the playoffs this year, and i kind of started thinking, that would be a real good place to play. i like the stadium a lot, the

people there a lot. i just kind of all fit well, and it's getting closer to spring training, i started getting itchy. i said, give the nationals a call, let them know i'm interested. we did that rizzo was great and receptive, he said, let's do this. it's it. >> it's been feast or famine for brad lidge over the last three years, when healthy, he's been one of the game's best. more often than not, he's been nursing injuries. the nationals bullpen appears strong. it has storen who had more than 40 saves last season, but a healthy lidge could certainly make the unit one of the premiere bullpens in all of baseball. >> they want me to set up obviously, they want me to take some of the burden off those two guys. kind of make it easier for them. i think they also know if he needs a night off, i can go in there and close and i feel confident about my ability to close the games. >> of course for the nationals to make the playoffs, the measuring stick in their

division is still the phillies. does he think the nats are actually ready for prime time? >> i think the biggest difference right now is simply that, the experience between the two teams. i think talent wise, this team is as talented as any in the major leagues. i think the experience, just the years in the league are really what make the phillies have all -- the different personalities, the guys that are familiar with, you see them on tv over and over. it's not going to take long before people are familiar with guys like strasbourg. >> that's true. premiere, playoffs and nationals. three words you have not heard in one sentence in a while. if we don't make the playoffs, you can fire me. >> all right. >> that's talking it up. >> he is 69 so he's nearing the end. >> all right. let's get another check on our forecast from doug. >> i want to show you guys how

excited i am about the nationals. let me -- look at my -- look at the cufflinks i have here, can you see what that is? baseballs, baby, i think they're going to the playoffs, i'm excited about, excited about brad lidge too. let's take a look at the weather, because i don't have enough time to get back here to the chair. a beautiful sun set out there. this is the last day the sun will set before 6:00. tomorrow the sun sets after 6:00. take a look at our citycam, another gorgeous shot is there. we're going to see a chance for rain coming in. you see the sun for the next day or two. as the day is frigs to move in. 54 in college park. 52. the warm spot at 57 degrees around the metro area. overnight tonight down to 34 in le leesburg, 34 in washington. a nice mild night. average low temperature for this time of year is about 33. 27 in some of the cooler suburbs, we're going to be well

above that. tomorrow's highs, only in the low 40s. frederick may be getting to 50 late in the day. most of the afternoon, you will be in the low 40s there, down to the south, a little warmer, we are expecting rain for a good portion of the day. some of that rain could be fairly heavy at times, watch out for that, make sure you take the umbrellas as you step out the door tomorrow morning. >> nice cuffs, doug. let's get the word on what's happening at 6:00 tonight coming up in a few minutes. we're going to take a closer look at the safety of those airport scanners that all of us have to go through, if we travel by plane. can the machines really increase our risk of radiation? we have the results of a new government report and we'll be talking with pete williams. problems at the pump. the news 4 i team, make sure you're getting what you're paying nor when getting gas. a local marine wins almost 3 million playing the penny slot machines in vegas.

we tracked him down to find out how it happened and what he plans to buy with all that prize money. i hear hitds single too, by the way. >> i heard that too. but penny slots? >> i know. who else plays those other than grahn nez, right? >> yeah, exactly. >> i think we're going to start playing them. >> thanks doreen. how you can chime in on bringing a huge casino to prince georges county.

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the public will get its first chance to give its two cents to bring a las vegas style casino to prince georges county. >> tracy wilkins reports from oxon hill. >> reporter: since the national harbor development first broke ground in prince georges koun. very little has been built without some con electroshers versecy. the same is expected of a proposal for a casino. this time it's not just about the people who are concerned, but neighboring communities as well. >> buddy rugow, executive director for d.c.'s lottery says if the casino is approved it will take money out of the

district of columbia. >> from the standpoint of the selfish standpoint of the d.c. lottery, in terms of that, and what we want to see happen for the district, i think it would have a negative impact. >> the people who live at the national harbor are watching their community take shape. >> the best thing about, i'll tell you, the minute we moved in, the value of our property started going up. >> and are now considering what a casino down the street would mean for them. >> my reaction was no, no, no, i moved here, you know what was my big draw, the national children's museum. i have four grandchildren, this is perfect for my grandchildren. a casino is completely contrary to my idea of living here. >> we don't anticipate any traffic issues or anything like that. the peterson group has done an outstanding job of keeping the harbor very high quality. we think it's going to increase our real estate values. we're pretty happy about it. >> folks who live in district nine will have the opportunity

to ask whatever they want to about this casino at a public meeting tonight. it's happening at 7:00 p.m. at the steven decatur middle school in clinton. tracy wilkins, news 4. >> that is it for news 4 at 5:00. stay right there, news 4 at 6:00 starts right now. cremation controversy, how the remains of 9/11 terror victims ended up in a landfill. why mitt romney's fight for the white house could be determined by whether or not he can win in michigan. a local lawmaker is in trouble with the law. she's accused of going more than 100 miles an hour on the beltway. >> good evening. i'm jim vance. we begin tonight with more heartache for a school community in ohio, two m