breaking news across the area tonight. a car flips off a highway in the

district. in arlington a man is shot along gleeb road and along the water a dinner cruise boat catches fire. the reports broke out about the skins making a big move for the franchise. >> jim, this is huge news. it looks like baylor quarterback robert griffin iii is coming to washington. according to multiple sources they traded picks for this year's second overall pick. here's the guy they might go for. rg3 is a game changer. at the combine he ran a 4.41 40-yard dash, the fast heest. during his junior season a baylor he threw for 4200 yards and 37 touchdowns and 6 interceptions. to recap, the redskins agree to trade their third-round pick this year, two future

first-round picks and a second rounder to the st. louis ram force their second overall pick in this year's draft and it looks like they'll go after rg3. we'll have more details in sports, and it makes you believe that now they won't go after peyton manning, but you never know. they could have peyton manning and have rg3 learn under peyton manning. you never know. in the district tonight a car flipped over a guardrail and fell 15 to 20 feet below. police say the car appeared to be speeding before it flipped. the driver was taken to the hospital. they say he has critical injuries. to breaking news in arlington. a man is shot along one of the busiest roads in the county just blocks from the mall. darcy spencer is there live with more. darcy. >> reporter: doreen, i want to start with a little bit of good news. the victim did survive this shooting. in fact, i'm told he was

conscious, he was alert and talking to detectives before he was transported from the scene. this investigation is moving into the third hour. detectives are still here on the scene. there's a lot of concern in arlington county tonight because this gunman is still on the loose. you heard a few pops? >> three. >> reporter: a man in his late 20s was shot and wounded here in arlington county just before 8:00 p.m. >> no trouble in the neighborhood until tonight. >> reporter: police say the victim who speaks spanish had just gotten out of his car when the armed suspect approached, said something in english and opened fire. >> suffered two gunshot wounds, one to the abdomen and one to the upper leg/thigh area. that individual was transported and treated on scene. he's at a local hospital right now. >> reporter: police say the gunman ran away toward arlington boulevard. police were can vags the area with a canine trying to track the scent. many neighbors heard the shots.

>> i heard a pop and there was a pause and i wasn't sure there was a car that backfired. i heard two or three pops and i wondered what happened. i heard some many people running, and as soon as i knew it, the cops were here. >> reporter: one neighbor spoke to us on condition we not show her face. >> this is a nice, quiet neighborhood. here lately with the new neighbors that just moved in, you start to have trouble in the neighborhood. >> reporter: residents say violent crime is unusual in this neighborhood. in fact, there hasn't been a homicide in arlington county in nearly two years. so what was the shooting all about? what was the motive? was it robbery or was this person targeted oran dom? it may be the words spoken to the gunman before he opened fire. reporting live from arlington, darcy spencer, news 4. fire and snow aboard the dinner cruise boat known as the

odyssey right now. it started in the engine. the firefighters got on the ship with hoses and axes. nobody was on board at the time. now to an arrest tonight in connection with with suspicious letters that have shown up at congressional offices across the country. police arrested 39-year-old christopher lee carlson at a home in the portland vancouver area. the letters arrived at the offices of several senators and representatives over the last couple of months. they all contained a nontoxic white substance. these letters are not connected with those that arrived at d.c. schools and restaurants this week. two teachers got into a fight in a montgomery county school today. as jane reports, it happened in front of the kids. >> reporter: it was late morning when the fistfight broke out. officials say it happened in the gym between two male phys ed

teachers. the students were shocked. >> sounds like the teachers were being kids this time. >> reporter: in a letter to parents the principal described the incident as an altercation but a student said the teachers went at it rolling back and forth on the gym floor and at least one had abrasions on his face after it was over. what's your reaction to teachers fighting in front of kids? >> it's definitely concerning. i'd like to find out what's going on and what happened. >> reporter: a school spokesman says after the fistfight the teachers apologized to one another and to the principal, but officials say they'll still investigate the didn't and handle it appropriately. the principal told parents, quote, this incident is completely inappropriate and unacceptable and such behavior lnlt be tolerated. the action of our staff members undermine the core values we must model for our children. there's no word if they've been suspended. according to school officials

there will be an investigation and possibly further consequences. in germantown, jane wattrell, news 4. investigate onnors are awaiting autopsy results on a baby who died at a day care in prince william county, virginia. there are no signs of foul play. police questioned neighbors about what happened at the house yesterday. mirna menendez and yolanda marin face child endangerment charges. they were taking care of nearly two dozen children at the day care, six of whom under the age of one. they were running the day care while the owner was in peru caring for a sick father. >> i was very shocked there were 23 children. i was under the impression there was 12 kids. i would have his birthday parties, invitations would be for 12 kids. >> the family of the baby who died asked for privacy during this difficult time. nearly five years after the mass shooting down at virginia tech, university president

charles steeger today said he does not believe he made a mistake that day. he was on the stand in a lawsuit filed against the state by the parents of two of the students who were killed. he said in his words tried my best and he defended his actions during the deadliest mass shooting if in modern u.s. history. also today powerful words from the mother of one of the victims describing the moment she found out her daughter was among the dead. >> up until that point i was really hoping that julie would either be there or number a hospital. i really thought that. that worst-case scenario was that she was going fob to be in hospital, but when i saw lea's face i knew that wasn't the case. >> the two families are each seeking $100,000. the prosecution rested its case late this afternoon. the defense presents its side on morning. with no clear winner after

super tuesday, republicans racing for the white house are working to grab important delegates. the top candidates stopped in the gulf coast states today, mississippi and alabama hold primaries next tuesday. ron paul skipped the deep south. he's in kansas. 40 delegates are up for grabs tomorrow in the kansas caucuses. rick santorum talked about narrowing the gap with mitt romney, while romney focused his attacks on the president's economic record. >> how about that? how about $15.5 trillion passed onto our kids. that's something wrong with obama. >> he said it would take an act of god for rick santorum to get all the delegates i need. i don't know about him, but i believe in acts of god. >> today georgia native newt gingrich says he'll stay in the race regardless of how he does in the deep south on tuesday. >> a new jobs report is good news for obama's campaign. they hired more than a quarter of a million new workers in february. hourly pay also went up. the problem?

the unemployment rate remained the same, despite the uptick in jobs. economists predict it will fall below 8% by november. a little chilly out there tonight, doug. >> it's real chilly tonight, jim. yesterday temperatures into the 70s. 74 degrees aat the airport. right now, though, 43 degrees, 31 degrees cooler, and look up to the northwest. only 37 in leesburg, 36 in frederick, 46 in fredericksburg. temperatures continue to go down tonight. it's not just the temperatures. you add in the wind, and you get a cold windchill. i'll talk about it and explain what happens this weekend in a minute. passengers on an american airlines flight are talking now about what happened after a flight attendant started to ramble over the loud speaker this morning. a passenger captured this video as other crew members wrestled the mike aaway. the plane was ready to take off for chicago. they said the flight attendant

talked about mechanical problems and 9/11 and the financial problems. she even told the passengers the plane was going to crash. the pilot turned back to the gate as passengers helped other crew members subdue that flight attendants. >> helped restrain her, grabbed her arms. there were about four of us, i guess five of us including the flight attendants. >> federal agents met the plane at the gate. two crew members had to be taken thopt at the altercation. a new cry was assigned to the flight and it took off for chicago. still ahead in news 4 inside the siege on washington in which marion barry was shot and hostages were held for 40 hour. we'll have more on the big trade by the skins tonight. trade[ male announcer ]ght. this was how my day began.

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♪ 35 years ago today three buildings nts city were taken over by a group of people that wanted revenge. tefs deadly and scary and something our city had never seen before exactly. pat collins has our report. >> it was the first major terrorist event in washington, d.c. it was serious. it was incredibly violent. also very antisee mentic. >> four suspects entered the building this morning, the first floor, held hostages there. >> march 9th, 1977. the city of washington, d.c.

comin comes to a stand still. the leader of the hanafi muslims, his family murdered by gunmen years earlier, so enraged by their deaths he tries to take justice into his own hands. >> you know damn well what went down. >> the take-over. at the district building, shots fired. reporter maurice williams killed. then councilman marion barry hit in the chest. >> i stepped off the elevator, boom. a bullet him me right in my chest here. i mean, it was scary. i was afraid not to breathe. i was afraid to breathe. >> after that they moved with military-like precision. they had so many weapons they needed a yu-haul. 9,000 rounds of ammunitions. rifles, shotguns, handguns, ma

ch shet tees and all sorts of knives. >> women were beaten and pistol whipped and i heard him tell us whoever we prayed to we better pray to because we were dying today. >> palm green was one of the 124 hoss tajs. now after 35 years he's written a book about it. >> it was an incident that people need to know about. >> it went on for 40 hours. he dmanlded that the man that murdered his family be released to him so he could kill him. finally after three islamic ambassadors met with him, he and his followers surrendered. >> hello, i'm jim vance and we're on the air because it's over. >> nobody expected this. nobody could understand it. we just weren't prepared for any kind of terrorism, any kind of take-overs or anything because we figured we were washington,

d.c., our nation's capital. >> it was an incredibly important event to the people who were impacted, and a lesson for the world to know. >> i'm pat collins, noews 4. >> his 11 followers were tried and sentenced to long jail terms. he himself died at the federal penitentiary in buttner, north carolina and he was 83 years old. it was a warm welcome home this afternoon for 39 members of marine reserves. they arrived tonight after smoevens in afghanistan. on their tour of duty the marines worked closely with afghan government officials and helped build schools, health clinics and roads. we're glad they're back safely. it's gotten cold out there tonight after a nice afternoon. >> very cold. tomorrow temperatures in the morning will be about 50 degrees colder than they were yesterday afternoon. >> whoa. >> that is pretty cold, and

that's the cold front that came through during the day yesterday. outside right now those temperatures are about 30 degrees colder in most areas, some up to 35 degrees colder. temperatures today still on the mild side. our average high temperature today is 53 degrees. we reached a high of 67 degrees. that was very early in the morning as that front was coming through. that occurred at 1:27 in the morning. the low, 43. that is the current temperature outside right now. there it is for you, that 43-degree temperature with winds out of the north-northwest at 15 miles per hour. winds still gusting over 20 miles per hour. that is going to cool things down as we go through the rest of the night tonight. look at the numbers right now. actual temperatures, 36 in frederick, 39 in ma nas sis and 46 towards fredericksburg and out towards cambridge right now. look at the windchill. 27 is the current windchill in frederick, maryland, 30 in martinsburg and 31 in winchester and leesburg with a windchill of

28. we go from 74 yesterday to a windchill of 28 degrees in leesburg. that is a big change in a short amount of time. storm 4 radar, noticing to show you there. we're not talking about rain right now. we won't see any rain for the potential of upwards of a week maybe. we're going to be in a fairly dry pattern here. only one or two chances of rain in the seven-day forecast but they're not very big. satellite and radar are showing big skies around the area. we continue to see the flow in here, so very chilly conditions across the region overnight tonight in through the region tomorrow. with plenty of sunshine we see a northwesterly wind and up temperatures remain in the 40s to around 50 degrees in some locations. by sunday look at the wind direction out of the southwest. that is that very warm wind, and we see temperatures move back up by 15 degrees. say hello to the lower 60s on sunday. sunday is looking like it's

going to be very, very nice. tomorrow morning sunny and chilly. 24 to 34 degrees. when you step out the door tomorrow morning, you need the coats. by tomorrow afternoon maybe just the jackets. cooler and breezy, 45 to 50 degrees. we'll still deal with a windchill during the afternoon tomorrow, but then on sunday we get nice. 63 on sunday, 72 on monday, 70 on tuesday, and why not just go for 70 or above four straight days. i was going to make it five, doreen, but i couldn't bring myself to do it. >> we like the trend moving in the right direction. thank you, doug. we have sports coming up next. [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in china,

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le i'm thinking this is real good news. >> this is awesome. imt not going to be homer right now. i'm from ohio, and i'm a browns fan, that's first and foremost. robert griffin iii. cleveland is my hometown. robert griffin iii is special, he's a one in a lifetime talent the redskins can now get. this is huge. franchise quarterback, no doubt about it. recapping the top story tonight, according to multiple sources the redskins have agreed to trait with st. louis for the second overall pick in this year's nfl draft. to get that pick they trade their first-round pick and a second rounder this year and two future first-round picks. the man they're likely going after heisman trophy winning quarterback robert griffin iii. during his junior season at

baylor, rg3 threw for more than 4200 yards, 37 touchdowns and only 6 interceptions. now, the trade cannot be finalized until the league year begins at 1:00 p.m. on tuesday. remember, folks, this move may or may not aeffects the redskins pursuit of free agent peyton manning. we'll see, stay tuned. clen basketball now. one day after cincinnati beat georgetown, the bearcats upset syracuse. the starters were not a great source of offense. they outscored the orange starting five by 30 points. syracuse losing its second game of the season. jim bay ham's orange have never won the big east tournament as a number one seed, and jim, this is trouble in the first half. cincinnati is out strong, up 19-8. sean kilpatrick buries it. scored 18 points from beyond the arc. bearcats are up 12 at the break.

dion waders knocks down the three. he had a game high 28 points off the bench. it's a two point game. five seconds to go. orange down one. needing to foul, but that doesn't happen. justin jackson out front by his lonesome. cincinnati upset syracuse advancing to the big east tournament championship. acc tournament, maryland against north carolina, long time friends sharing pregame pleasantries. second half, maryland down 12. not anymore. the acc's leading scorer pumped in a game high of 30 points. later michael parker dishes to ashton up and in. it's a seven point game, but the terps next trip down the court, they turn it over. harrison barnes steals it and goes coast to coast. he gets the lay-up and the foul. start of an 8-0 tar heels run. unc wins big, 85-69 fshgs eliminating mardz from the acc

tournament. senior mike scott in straz taking on nc state. final stekds of the first half. wolfpack with the ball, scott wood for three. buries it, plus he's fouled. you don't want to do that. nc state up three at the break. three minutes to go in the game now. virginia trails by four. inside to mike scott. up and in. he went for a game high of 23 points, 10 rebounds, 15 seconds to play now. uva down three. joe harris for the tie. huh-uh. so close, and nc state hangs on to win 67-64 advancing to the tournament semifinals. they play number one seed north carolina tomorrow. also at the acc tournament duke beats virginia tech 60-56. capitals defenseman mike green has been suspended for three games. here's why. last night against tampa bay, brett conley, he heats connolly in the head. today the nhl ruled it was an

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as the video coney 2012 some very talented children from uganda showed off their talent

in bethesda tonight. they took to the stage at the art center. the children range in age from 8 to 18 using standing drums and choreography their goal is to bring part of east african culture to life. the kids consider themselves ambassadors to uganda's more than 2 million orphans of war and disease. >> marvelous. that

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