tonight there is new video of the man suspected in the attack of a teenager on the way

home from school in fairfax. >> a bombshell in the investigation, reports investigators are focusing on a shadow campaign. >> how a staffer's remark about an etch-a-sketch would erase momentum of the romney campaign. we begin with the case of trayvon martin, a story that continues to attract national interest. >> in this community and others across the country people are demanding justice and expressing outrage with the lack of an arrest in the case. at this hour, a huge march in new york has come to an end with people chanting and singing in trayvon's honor. the city commission in sanford, florida, gave the police chief there a vote of no confidence, adding to pressure for him to resign. a social media campaign urging people nationwide to send skittles candies to the sanford police department. >> all this cuppioming as we le more about the connection.

>> reporter: we know george zirmmzir zimmerman grew up in our backyard. he recently returned from sanford, florida. >> if you believe something good is -- >> reporter: pastor jamaal bryant speaks at a church in d.c. after leading marches in sanford, florida, demanding that police arrest george zimmerman for killing trayvon marlin. >> all our sons are in danger, when a young man armed with just skittles is gunned down and the assailant is not arrested. >> reporter: zimmerman moved to sanford ten years ago. >> george and kay hall lived across the street from the zimmermans for over 20 years. he says zimmerman's mother worked for prince william county government for 28 years and retired. her son george graduated from

high school, moved to florida, returned to visit virginia, a few years ago and asked george hall for a letter of recommendation to become a police officer. >> i wrote a positive. he was a very positive guy in my eyes. i'm shocked. >> they describe him as the a nice guy. >> he may have been. but february 26 he wasn't. >> reporter: the night when volunteer neighborhood watch captain fatally shot trayvon martin. while the teen was walking to his dad's house with skittles and iced tea. back out here, freedom plaza. where crowds are expected to protest saturday demanding the arrest of george zirmmmmerman. >> thank you. the search is on tonight in the district for the person who stabbed three women. it happened near trinity university on rhode island avenue northeast 9:00. paramedics found the victims on franklin street. no word on their conditions yet. police are looking for a woman with a knife and man with a gun.

motive for the stabbings still unclear. >> police release aid clue into the attack of a teenager near a high school in fairfax. jackie benson has our report. >> reporter: investigators believe the man seen running at the top right of the screen is the person who assaulted a 16-year-old as she walked along a cut-through path coming home from woodson high school in fairfax monday. video from a nearby home security system. >> a policeman came to me. do you know what happened yesterday in the community? i said no. he said like, there was a go who assaulted a girl here. i said okay. he saw the cameras actually. >> the homeowner is grateful she could be of help. >> we were not interested for that at the beginning for the cameras. i guess it is worth it now. >> images have helped enhance the victim. the suspect between 20, 30,

5'8", 170 pounds acle school bu driver said she will will never forget the girl's cry for help. >> the loudest, pitching, horrifying scream. it must have lasted five minutes. >> reporter: police say they have been able to find no connection between this crime and an attack on a 24-year-old woman in burke last week. a public meeting on the matter is plan ford later this month. reporting from fairfax county, jackie benson, news 4. new details about federal criminal investigation of d.c. mayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign. "the washington post" reporting that federal authorities are probing an alleged shadow campaign of money and expenses not reported by the official gray campaign. the mayor declined to comment to the post. near thely-year-old federal investigation into possible wrongdoing appears to be picking up steam. last week news 4 disclose aid flurry of subpoenas issued in the case. now to the latest in the south of france. an ongoing and dramatic standoff between police and a gunman who

says he wanted to bring the country to its knees. it is happening at a house in tuluth, france, seven people killed in ten days. angie? >> reporter: a series of explosions tonight, heightened the tension. the siege involving the suspect in the murders of seven people in southern france is now in its 25th hour. there is still no soon of when it may end. police are still trying to negotiate with 24-year-old mow holed up inside a apartment building surrounded by 300 officers. the gas and electricity is cut off. tonight, riot police set off explosions outside his windows an effort to force his surrender. he has not budged. this terror spree began ten days ago, three soldiers were killed. then three children and rabbi murdered at a jewish school. the suspect told police that killings were to avenge deaths

of children killed in gaza and protest france's involvement in afghanistan and he did it all in the name of al qaeda. police say they're prepared to wait him out adding the most important thing to them is to take him alive. so he can be tried for his crimes. jim. >> thank you, angie. those red top meters that were designed to help people with disabilities have a police to park, are not going to be use ford a while. the d.c. council stopped the program that reserves 1,500 meters for 90 days. any one can park in the spots provide they'd pay. city leaders need more public input before they implement the program. >> right now, v-dot crews working through night to make sure no other signs fall on highways. workers are removing a sign on i-95 in spotsylvania county. the sign failed inspections. lanes near exit 118 closed for the next four hours while the sign is taken down. a second faulty sign near exit

126 will be removed tomorrow night. both signs have gaps in their support structures. the inspections were prompted by a sign that toppled on to a truck along i-66 last month. a toy has put an unusual turn into the republican presidential race. instead of riding the high of a primary victory in illinois, and a highly prized endorsement from former florida governor jeb bush, mitt romney is in damage control mode. it all began this morning when senior campaign adviser said romney's conservative focus now wouldn't hurt him in november because his campaign was like an etch-a-sketch and could be erased. by noon, the etch-a-sketch was viral. romney's opponents using them as props on the campaign trail. this evening, romney fried to clarify his remarks. >> organizationally, a general election campaign takes on a different profile.

the issues i'm running on will be exactly the same. i am running as a conservative republican. >> voters in our area will get their say on whether they believe romney. on april 3rd. pro-marri primaries in maryland and the district. >> president obama is keeping his focus on gas pump politics and long term solutions needed to deal with rising gas prices. the president began a four-state trip with a visit to the nation's largest solar power plant in nevada. he will viz asit a pipeline in oklahoma the white house is promising to accelerate. >> a big storm moving across south is still slowly making its way toward our area. this is what the system brought in louisiana today. heavy rains, flash floods, and wind strong enough to flip a trailer. what's that system mean for all of us in washington, doug? >> the system means our nice weather is going to come to an end. come to an end in a hurry. that system right now to the

west. back towards dallas is the apparent area of low pressure. look at all moisture out of the gulf of mexico. that storm is moving our way right now. it will affect us this weekend show. you how coming up. first we have thunderstorm activity just down to our south right now. couple of showers, warrenton. heavier storms around charlottesville area. i will show you how those can impact your morning. plus something else that will impact your morning. rush hour. i will have it all for you in a few minutes. >> okay. doug. beef products sold at safeway stores, free of pink slime. that's the cheap filler made from leftover bits of meat compress compressed. treated with ammonia to kill germs. critics have raised question as but how much bacteria ends up in the meat. safe way is one of three grocery chains now phasing out beef with pink slime in it. the government is also letting schools opt out of serving pink slime in their cafeterias. >> penn state is offering help to any one who may have been sexually abused bite jerry sandusky. the university announced to day

they're arranging for free counseling with a company outside the school. all victims can remain anonymous. sandusky is set to go to trial in may. he its accused of abusing ten boys, while an assistant football coach at penn state. he denied the abuse. with the former governor in prison, blagojevich's barber is opening up about his famous hair. >> secret service call for agents at the white house gates. dan. >> busy day in the nfl. crazy day in the leak. tim tebow is headed out of denver. first he was going to new york to play for the jets then confusion over tebow's contract.

that trademark dark hair of the former governor of illinois is about to undergo a big change at least according to one guy, rod blagojevich's barber says it will be gray within three months. the barber says that's because he has been dyeing blagojevich's hair for the past 20 years. they don't allow dyes in prison. blagojevich reported to prison in colorado last week. serving a 14 year sentence for corruption. >> customs authorities at dulles airport say a nigerian woman set a new record when she allegedly tried to smuggle in five pounds of heroin in her stomach.

she arrived earlier this month. authorities say she had ingested 180 thumb-sized pellets of heroin. street value on all that stuff of $150,000. the largest human smuggling attempt ever at dulles. >> top prosecutor in prince george's county says a devious dangerous man behind bars tonight. a judge sentenced 27-year-old gene gillette, for several charges including attempted murder. he will serve ten years in prison. prosecutors say he lured a 19-year-old man to his house, and shot him after the man refused to perform sexual acts. >> nearly seven months after a 5.8 earthquake hit the region a d.c. church is trying to raise money to make repairs. the church saw extensive damage to the oregon and ceiling. tonight the church held a been fit concert. officials say they raised

$15,000 so far but need $150,000 to complete the repairs. >> secret service got an unusual call at the white house today. look. a mother duck and her duck lungs walked up to one of the gates. the mom jumped inside. the baby ducks couldn't get up over the barrier. so the group of secret service agents put gloves on and helped the ducklings through the gate. the move drew applause from tourists watching the whole thing. the ducks were later seen resting in the bushes. oh. >> not a sum puimple task. going in there. getting in position before easter egg hunt right? >> remember how rocky was training. and believe it was number two, trying to chase the bird down. remember that? >> yeah. >> now little ducklings. >> all right. >> weather? >> good weather for ducks, doug? >> this weekend. >> all choked up.

>> yeah, just nude had to do it. >> smooth transition. >> nice and mild across the region. what a night it had been all around the area. and that's how we have ended this winter. today the second day of spring. but, the winter, the warmest ever, you know on the warm side. how about the warmest ever after 2010. summer of 2010. warmest ever. summer of 2011, warmest ever. now winter warmest ever with average temperature of 45.6 degrees, beating the old record by a degree and a half. that's big time news right there as far as weather is concerned. 70 dshgsz tegrees the high temp. the case overnight tonight too. watch out already done to a mile along the eastern shore. annapolis, visibility of four miles. no real problems just yet. i do expect that to actually increase. the problems start to increase as fog begins to move in. 64 dshgegrees, the current temperature. temperatures have gone up over

the last hour. 57, manassas. 63, culpeper. we are looking at very warm temperatures to our west. cincinnati, 86. 87 in chicago. eight days in a row with consecutive record there. warmer air will move our way. so will the rain with the next system. this next system means business for us. unfortunately, that business is going to take place during the weekend. both saturday, sunday. as this system slowly, begins to move our way. it has a ton of moisture with it. we are watching some moisture, just down to our south and west. little shower to the north of warrenton. more thunderstorms right around the charlottesville area. most likely, where they're going to remain. just south of washington overnight tonight. wouldn't be surprised to see showers in here early tomorrow morning. 5:00 a.m. couple light showers. remember the fog. think we will start with clouds. break into the sunshine. and tomorrow, pretty nice day. temperatures, in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees.

if we see the sunshine early, we could easily get to the 80-degree mark tomorrow. friday, that will have no problem. i am going 82 for a high temperature friday. could be slight chance of a shower friday. once again. we have not seen much in the way of rain the last couple days. not going to see much in the next couple. then move to saturday. a different story. area of low pressure. moving our way. front right on top of us saturday. saturday a wet day. sunday not just wet. maybe windy and wet. some areas could pick up one to two inches of rain. if you have plans. stay tuned. tomorrow morning, areas of fog. areas dense. temperatures, 50 to 57 degrees. tomorrow afternoon. temperatures trigt back right b. 78. some areas will hit 80 tomorrow. possible showers. not too many. wind out of the south. 82 friday. saturday, sunday. rain and i do mean rain. 58 degrees sunday. could actually bow optimistic.

may be in the low 50s, kind of a raw day sunday too. but we do get back into the mid upper 60s as we move into the middle of next week. so -- one big storm. then looks like we are back into the nice pattern. >> all right. >> thank you, doug. >> sports coming up

>> in the nfl not playing around are they? >> roger goodell is serious business. next time i interview him i will tell truth the entire time. you do not want to lie to this man. worst case scenario for new

orleans saints, nfl leveeing one of the hashest penalties for the saints paying illegal boundies to players. the first coach to be suspend ford any reason, he will be out for a year. general manager, eight games suspension. and the saints could also lose, or actually will lose two second round draft picks. former saints defensive coordinator, greg williams with the rams, did not escape pun ushmenus ishment. he gets an indefinite suspension. redskins had a similar pay for big hits system when williams was here. the nfl found no proof of it. so for now the redskins are in the clear. after some initial complications broncos have sent tim tebow, seventh round pick to the new york jets for a fourth rounder and sixth rounder. tebow, had, had some say in where he was going to end up. appears he liked the situation in new york better than home

town of jacksonville. tebow slated to back up mark sanchez. going to be very interesting to see how long that lasts. barring a surprise flip-flop by the colts expected to take andrew luck with the number one pick in the nfl draft. heisman trophy winning quarterback, robert griffin iii is coming to washington. today the redskins went to watch him play on pro day at baylor, mike shanahan, all the big dogs there to see the man they're counting on to be their savior. looked the part. making all the throws. griffin threw more than 50 times. according to one report had four incompletions. no defense was there though. when asked about the redskins, robert was ready. >> shanahan is a great coach. great mind. and it would be an honor to play for hip. you know they gave up a lot of picks and to be able to move up to that spot to pick a player. if it happens to me, they showed me that i can definitely get

along with them. keep it light. when it is time to get serious get serious. >> what you saw on tape all year and his entire career, you got to see up close and personal today. and he has a good workout. this afternoon got to go see another player. >> all right, the player is andrew luck. the other quarterback in the draft. vance, do me a favor. see that first word in the prompter, say that for me. >> nene. >> nene. >> the pronunciation for weeks now. >> heard steve having trouble with that. >> he was saying nene. buck, you are the authority. he told me something in the middle. i will say all three. nene, his first game with the wizards a blowout. not the kind we have been used to seeing this season. the wizards dominate the the nets thanks to one of nene's best game of the season. ten year vet bringing it tonight. nice to see. we pick up the action in the first quarter. singleton back to nene. he drives it.

how abut this move for the big man? nice little reverse there. good stuff. second quarter. john wall doing what john wall does. look out below. coast to coast. no defense. throws the down. straight to the rack. he had 12 points. eight assists on the night. one of those assists here in the fourth quart r er to his teamma nene making it look simple. in his wizards debut. the wizards controlled nearly the entire game. beating the nets. they're now 11-34. next up, pacers at verizon center, first chance to see nene [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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