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ticket in town. good evening. i'm chris gordon. it's just a matter of hours before the u.s. supreme court begins hearing three days of heated debate over the president's health care reform. the key questions for the high court are these. should every american be forced to have health insurance, and, if so, what are the government's boundaries of power? news 4's derrick ward has more on how people from across the country want to hear those answers in person by landing a front row seat to history. >> reporter: the line started before dawn. way before dawn. >> we got here around 3:00 in the morning. and we've been last in line for eight hours now. >> three hours after the watered loun health care law limped through congress to be signed by the president and after a number of lower court battles over its constitutionality, opponents and advocates will get their day in court. actually three days of arguments are planned on one of the most controversial and politically charged issues to come before the high court in a number of

years. the challenge comes from 26 states. those who plan to see the sessions in person have a number of reasons for coming. >> i'm more here today less about my own political beliefs and more just to see it all go down in history. >> reporter: but there are at least two people in line here who have more than an academic interest in the arguments and ultimate decision. kathy mcclure came all the way from georgia to witness the proceedings. she's the mother two of chronically ill adult children. >> i have a son who is 29. he has type 1 diabetes and i have a daughter, 27, who has epilepsy. they were diagnosed as teenagers. so our family for years has had to deal with insurance issues and paying -- i mean seriously exorbitant premiums. so -- and i fear for their future. >> reporter: while monica writes a blog on the supreme court, she also has a more personal interest in the issue at hand. two sisters without health care. >> they are hard working. they have a job but their

company doesn't offer it. and this law is incredibly important. >> reporter: as it is to some 30 million americans without health care that the act promises to cover. and to the opponents who see it as too expensive or too socialist. it will be a total of six hours for those on both sides to make their respective cases. derrick ward, news 4. arguments are expected to begin at 10:00 tomorrow morning and a decision could come at any time after the three days of those hearings. former vice president dick cheney remains in intensive care tonight after undergoing a heart transplant. the 71-year-old had surgery yesterday at a nova fairfax hospital in falls church. cheney had been on a waiting list for nearly two years. he suffered from congestive heart failure and had five heart attacks starting at the age of 37. mr. cheney will now have to take daily medication to prevent rejection of his new organ. the parents of trayvon martin will speak publicly

tomorrow in sanford, florida, at a city council sponsored town hall meeting there. sanford officials are calling for civility and calm as outrage grows over the killing of the teen by neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman who has not been charged and claims self-defense. dozens of people tonight gathered to pray in sanford, florida, where the shooting occurred last month. 17-year-old trayvon martin was wearing a hoodie, unarmed, walking back into a gated community from a convenience store with candy and iced tea. the neighborhood watch captain, george zimmerman, says he shot martin in self-defense. tonight, that community is praying for peace. >> we got to unify. we've got to come together as a family. black, white, orange, green, purple or whatever. we are all one family here in the city of sanford. >> this, to me, this is what it's all about. it's about pulling our community together in the wake of an absolute tragedy.

>> no, it's not all right. >> reporter: clergy and congregants wore hoodies at sunday church services in florida, new york and here in atlanta, georgia. >> we stand in solidarity with the family of trayvon martin, and we stand in support of our children who deserve better than to be stigmatized and stereotyped. >> reporter: stop the violence, save the children. that was reverend jesse jackson's message at macedonia missionary baptist church near orlando. >> the danger of focusing on the hoodie. he didn't get killed because he wore a hoodie. he got killed because he was black. >> reporter: his attorney says he has evidence he acted in self-defense. >> zimmerman suffered a broken nose, an injury, a gash to the bask his head. he claims trayvon martin struck him and he went down. >> reporter: one of zimmerman's friends gave some insight into his state of mind. >> through his family members, i learned that right after the

shooting, he couldn't stop crying. >> reporter: here in d.c., a demonstration is planned for tomorrow at the justice department. supporters of trayvon martin want hate crime charges to be filed against george zimmerman, alleging his motives for the shooting the teen were racist. a 4-year-old child is recovering tonight after getting a foot caught in a metro escalator. it happened just about two hours ago at the dupont circle station. a police spokesperson says cruise stopped the escalator and removed the shoe. the child was taken to the hospital and is getting checked out. well, there's another casualty from yesterday's fire that engumped a west virginia home. today, brian timothy camp was taken off life support at a charleston hospital. making the death toll nine. seven of the victims were young children. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. authorities found a smoke detector in the home, but it was not working.

well, the u.s. has now made payments to the families of the afghan villagers killed and wounded in this month's shooting spree. the families received $50,000 for each of the 17 civilians who died. an additional $11,000 was paid to each person wounded. staff sergeant robert bales is charged with murder in the attack. in an exclusive interview with the "today" show's matt lauer, bales' wife said her husband is a loving dad. >> you said to me awhile ago. when i asked what kind of dad he was, you said he was so involved with his children. he loves children. >> he loves children. he's like a big kid himself. >> and he is accused of killing nine children. >> right. >> innocent children. >> it's unbelievable to me. i have no idea what happened, but he would not -- he loves children. and he would not do that. >> matt's entire interview with karilyn bales airs tomorrow

morning on the "today" show. the idea companies can force job seekers to hand over their social media passwords. they can gain access to all kinds of personal information like race, religion, age, even e-mails and photos. they are troubled by the practice. they want the justice department to launch an investigation to see if it breaks federal employment laws. >> but we believe employers have no right to ask their job applicants for many things. for their house keys, for their diaries. why should they be able to ask them to do the electronic version of the same thing and get their facebook passwords? >> last friday, facebook warned employers not to ask for that information because it violates the company's longstanding policy against sharing passwords. turning to the weather now, the cherry blossoms are mostly gone with the rain.

and another big change is in the works. meteorologist kim martucci has word of a freeze watch. hi, kim. >> hey, chris. yeah, the freeze watch, at least we have time to prepare for it, is in effect for tomorrow night into tuesday morning. and it's pretty much most of the viewing area, except extreme southern maryland and the northern neck of virginia. what this means is we could have freezing temperatures inside the beltway and we could have perhaps a killing freeze across portions of northern maryland and into west virginia. lows could dip into the upper 20s. coming up in the main weather forecast, tips for you for your plants. and what we could expect with this roller coaster ride as we head into next week. back to you. >> thank you, kim. see you in just a bit. coming up, she had a heart transplant and she's only 21 years old. >> the point where i couldn't even climb up the stairs. i couldn't breathe. nothing. >> darcy spencer sits down with this remarkable young woman who

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as we just reported at the top of tonight's newscast, former vice president dick cheney is now recovering from a heart transplant. darcy spencer sat down with a young transplant recipient in arlington who has a message that she wants the world to hear. darcy? >> chris, veronica was born with

a heart condition. so she figured a transplant would be in her future. but she never thought it would be so soon. before her 21st birthday. veronica stumpo is only 21 years old but already is the recipient of a heart transplant. she was born with an enlarged heart. >> my heart just started failing where it got to the point where i couldn't even walk up the stairs. i couldn't breathe, nothing. >> reporter: that happened when she was 20 years old. she was hooked up to a heart pump and was on the waiting list for a new heart for ten months. >> every time your phone rings, you have this anticipation that it's, oh, you know, they found something. they got something for me. any time, even, you know, it sounds horrible, but any time you are like on the road and you see a big car crash you are like, oh, i hope i get a heart soon. >> reporter: her father had the same heart condition. he had also received a heart transplant. the former news 4 photographer passed away in 2009 just a few

months later, his daughter's heart got worse. >> i kind of wish i had him to share my story with and compare and everything. but i guess he's in my heart, too. >> reporter: veronica says it took a few months, but she's back to her normal activities. >> i still hang out with all my friends. i go to concerts. i do the things that normal people do. i just have a big scar. >> one lasting change? all the meds. she's taking about 20 pills a day. >> i take a lot of colorful pills. all my anti-rejection. my steroids. there's stuff just to even ease my stomach from having so many medicines. >> reporter: veronica is studying education at northern virginia community college. and she would like to get the message out that donors are always needed. >> i am grateful. i mean, i wish i didn't have to go through this. but i did. and i feel like it's just made

me so much stronger. >> veronica says she has signed up to be an organ donor herself and hopes more people will become informed about becoming donors as well. and one of the hard parts of doing this story, you and i both were very good friends with her dad. he did not live long enough to help her through this process. >> but he did live many years. he was with us at nbc 4. always taught us lessons, and it appears now, like father, like daughter. >> yeah. >> thanks, darcy. "the hunger games" is cashing in on box office gold. the film rung up $155 million in ticket sales this opening weekend. that is the third best debut ever in terms of revenue. the only films to top that number are last year's "harry potter" finale and 2008's "dark knight." "hunger games" set a revenue record for a nonsequel. well, if you have caught "hunger games" fever, now is your chance to train like a tribute.

washington sports club is offering a hunger games workout. participants don't exactly exercise to the death, but they do compete to the last man or woman standing. and each person or tribute does a few reps of exercises like pita presses, katniss killers and capital crunches. and after they complete a round of each exercise, they get one point. >> the more rounds you have at the end of the game, you win. they become very competitive. and when they become competitive, they realize from the game master that only one life is chosen. and that's the survival of the fittest. >> the "hunger games" workout is being offered at washington sports club in chevy chase on tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. for the next seven weeks. the class is open and free to the public, and we will have more this wednesday on news 4 at 5:00 when we ask, what's your workout? kim, you were laughing because

you know all about "the hunger games." >> i contributed $12.50 friday with everyone else that ran out to see the movie. read all the books. got hooked. it was good. >> you are sitting in for chuck bell. i say you are sitting in. >> two of us are. >> people tweeted earlier asking about, how are you doing? >> yes, have a little bun in the oven. number two baby is due in september. and my husband and i aren't sure of the date. the ultrasounds keep changing it, so it's somewhere in the middle of september, we think. >> best of health and luck. >> thank you. thank you. hopefully i won't be blocking too many of you in your viewing areas and the maps with my belly but we'll get down to business with the weather. we've had a warm last couple of weeks. today was a seasonable day with a high of 60. our low this morning was 51. we picked up about 0.2 inches of rain this afternoon. now here's a look at the radar. and the rain showers pretty much drying up. what you see on the screen isn't hitting the ground. further south and west it is. around here, things are going to

be drying up south and east of warnton. we have some rain coming down. and all of this is attached to this big upper level low. this is very much like a springtime weather pattern where the air upstairs in the atmosphere is very cold. it caused all that hail yesterday in southwestern virginia. this gamemaker is going to be pulling into the ocean and allow cold air from canada to come down. it's also going to allow some clear chicago is already happening outside and it will be a clear but breezy day tomorrow. so by the morning, we'll have clearing skies and the winds will be picking up out of the north, 5 to 15. in the afternoon, they could be in the 20-mile-an-hour range-plus. the temperatures are still in the 50s. pretty pleasant outside. but tomorrow, we're not going to be as warm as we were the last couple of weeks. and tomorrow night, it's going to be downright cold. we have a freeze watch in effect for monday night into tuesday morning. upper 20s is a possible. frederick county, maryland, you come to mind. we can get to the freezing mark in d.c.

the growing season is well under its way. it's had a head start. if you have a garden with plants, you can go to home improvement stores and get those stakes with the plastic with the little holes in it. my friend tobias on facebook told me this and it definitely helps save some of your plants from a potential frost. i wanted to pass that along to you. and bring those other plants in the pots inside tomorrow night. tomorrow, temperatures are going to rebound. a little cooler to the north. what you'll notice, very busy winds out of the north. a much colder day with those winds. as i mentioned, we have that freeze watch in effect. and tuesday is going to be definitely a cold day. we'll get a warm-up on wednesday from that front. that's when more rain gets here. breezy and cooler tomorrow. low 60s. and then extending the forecast, we're back down in the 50s on tuesday. wednesday, we warm up into the 70s with some showers. and then beyond that, it's pretty nice for the end of the week into the weekend. nothing super warm but nothing

super cold. pleasant weather and uneventful. give everyone a chance to catch up. allergy sufferers, and this is you, my dear, they're going to shoo back up tomorrow with the wind and lower humidity. that makes the pollen worse. >> they already have the nasal spray. the decongestion, the antibiotics. >> you're armed. >> thank you, kim. still ahead tonight -- megamillions mania. megamii hate getting less. but i love getting more. i'd trade a lot less for a little more. or a little less for a lot more.

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doesn't it seem the caps have been on this bubble all season long? >> they've been on the bubble but they decided to play awesome today for kim on her birthday. >> oh, gosh! it was a secret. >> real quick, happy birthday. >> thank you. >> you're smooth, my friend. >> a little birthday party. >> stay classy. >> capitals forward alex ovechkin is sizzling in the month of march. his ten goals this month, most

in the national hockey league. with just six games to go in the regular season, the caps are certainly counting on their captain to fuel their playoff push. ovechkin and the capitals hosting the minnesota wild tonight. first period, no score. caps turned it over in their own end. minnesota's devin setagucci with a chance here. braden hope says i don't think so. how about mikko koivu. braten haltby standing tall. 12 saves in the first period. second period, still no score. alexander on the break. over to chmera. caps in front, 1-0. third period, 2-0, washington. ovechkin, loose puck. goes five hole on matt hackett. his 36th of the season. holtby earns his third career shutout. the caps blank the wild, 3-0, jumping back into the eighth and final playoff spot. wizards at boston. nene out with back spasms.

first quarter, rondo. nice pass to bradley. bradley filling in for the injured ray allen. he scored 23 points. third quarter, paul pierce open for three. buries it. he had 21. the wizards lose, 88-76. their record drops to 11-37. women's ncaa tournament. the terps taking on the defending national champs, texas a&m in the sweet 16. aggies in control early. skiular collins buries the three. texas a&m up as many as 18 in the first half. back come the terps off the miss. in transition. alyssa thomas. the acc player of the year. nifty move. she had 21 points. maryland ends on a 21-6 run in the half. just over a minute to go. terps force a turnover. alyssa thomas to her buddy lauren mincy. the terps end the game on a 24-1 run. maryland rallies to beat texas a&m, 81-74, advancing to the

elite eight. the terps play top seed notre dame on tuesday. have a little baseball. in vieira. nats hosting the mets. bottom of the first, desmond leading off and leading off well. his first home run this spring. three batters later, jayson werth at the plate. he crushes one to left. and rumor has it the ball actually hit his truck in the parking lot. nats score five runs in the first. meanwhile, steven strasbourg cruising along. pitches five scoreless. the nats blank the mets. first win in 12 games. hip, hip, horay. tonight on "sports final," tiger triumphing in orlando. wait until you find out how long it's been since his last win. we'll show you who is going to new orleans as the final four gets set to tip off. and mark maske joins us. so much fun ahead tonight on "sports final." it could be illegal in some

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pope bent dict xvi got crowds cheering today when he put on a black and silver sombrero in mexico. thousands of people lined the streets in his support. this is the pope's third day in mexico. he takes off for cuba tomorrow.

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get ready to set your eyes on a real-life spider-man. a french climber scaled this 50-story skyscraper in indonesia's capital today. he outfitted himself with suction cups and a safety harness since officials banned

him from climb with his bare hands. he has climbed about 85 of the world's tallest buildings without using ropes. his latest stunt took about 2 1/2 hours. >> nice job on the french. i wonder if the suction cups slowed him down. >> he got to the top in 2 1/2 hours. i don't know what the average time would be. possible freeze warning when? >> freeze watch for monday night into tuesday morning. >> thank you. >> and tom kierein will have the scoop in the morning. >> have a good night. ♪

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