we begin with breaking news in the trayvon martin case. for the first time you are seeing video of george zirmman

in the hours after he shot and killed trayvon a month ago. the video obtained by abc news. what it shows could be damaging to the accounts that martin attacked zimmerman before the shooting. also, tonight, the very first interview with george zimmerman's father. first to the video though, reaction from the martin family lawyer tonight. we begin with jim handily aley look at the video. >> reporter: this video is clear and appears to show inconsistencies in the report that zimmerman told police. take a look in the video released by abc news you can see george zimmerman getting out of the police car. at the sanford, florida police station. hours after the shooting of trayvon martin. zimmerman in handcuffs. you see his pockets get searched. zimmerman reportedly told police he was attacked by martin and acted in self-defense when he shot the unarmed teenager.

if you look closely, zimmerman seems to be walking fine and has no visible blood or wounds on his face or head. several people close to trayvon martin's family remarked about the casual nature of the police officers. and this looks like unusual treatment in the case of a man suspected of shooting and killing a teenager. as most of us know by now, this case has led to nationwide rallies calling for george zirmmzir zimmerman's arrest. federal authorities are in florida now. >> reaction to the video has been fast and furious tonight. the martin family attorney on capitol hill, he continues our team coverage tonight. shamari? >> the martin family attorney says this video blows george zimmerman's self defense claim out of the water. take a look again, martin family attorney told me this video is significant because keep in mind the volunteer neighborhood watch

captain claims 17-year-old trayvon martin punched him in the nose. knocked him to the ground, slammed his head into the concrete. the initial police report indicated zimmerman was bleeding from the back of the head and nose. >> video cup comes out, what isr reaction? >> we have heard the 911 tapes. america sees with our eyes the video we know that police report is a fabrication. we don't understand why the powers that be in the sanford police department and the state attorneys office have conspired to try to sweep the murder of trayvon martin under the rug? >> is there a cover-up? >> absolutely. see we know this here. that there absolutely was some misleading the public when they said his nose was broken and there was blood on the back of his head. there is no blood on his clothes.

>> now the grand jury will hear the case april 10th. the martin family is asking the public to remain calm. live here on capitol hill, shamari stone, news 4. >> more breaking news in the trayvon martin case. first time to night hearing from the father of the shooter, george zimmerman. he spoke with a reporter at fox 35, wofl in orlando. >> did he ever say that i wish this never would have happened? >> he doesn't have to say that. our whole family, i'm sure the martin family, wish that one of them would have done things differently. i am 64. i have done a lot in my life. i wish trayvon martin would have been able to do a lot more with his life. i hope my son can go on and do something with his life. but, it is, it is just very vaeshgs svery sad. during the interview his father claims his son suffered a broken

nose during the encounter. >> bobby rush spoke to news 4 after being escorted from the house floor while he attempted to wear a hoody giving a speech. rush thought it was important to let people know he identified with them. he says he believes that trayvon martin was killed because of his race. [ ] . >> the speaker pro tempore says rush was removed, he violated wearing hats in the house chamber. he wore the hoody to encourage young people to speak against injustice. a florida couple in hiding after a twitter campaign mistaken low identified their house as belonging to george zirmmmmerma. spike lee was one who retweeted his address to quarter million followers. the couple in their 70s have a

son named william george zimmerman. the man who shot martin is george michael zirmman. t zimmerman. the couple received threats and is afraid for their lives. stay with us for the latest development on the case. go to our web site. search trayvon marmartin. >> a two-alarm fire destroyed a huge garage attached to a large house in north potomac. chopper 4 flew over the scene. fire fighters were able to stop the flames from spreading to the man house. the crews on the scene say it appears some one may be living above the garage. no word yet on what started that fire. outside tonight, things have cleared up a lot. actually, it is really nice out there. doug? >> it's lovely. >> it is extremely lovely. a beautiful night out there tonight. temperatures in the mid 60s across the area. really does not get a whole lot

belter th better than this. go back three weeks. been just like this a lot. storm 4 radar showing the cold front, it was trying to make its way through the area. take a look at thunderstorm activity. starting 12:00 this afternoon. here comes the line of storms, fortunately, most of us did not see the strongest thunderstorms, actually just a few rumbles of thunder. lightning around the area. airport picking up .01 rain. some of you quarter inch before this made its way out of here. now we are all clear as far as that is concerned. no ran to speak of. 64 degrees outside right now. yes, it is gorgeous. we do have some changes coming. those changes are going to come in the next 12 hours or so. even bigger changes towards the weekend. we'll talk about it. >> thank you, doug. a former tsa agent accused of running a prostitution operation out of a hotel in silver spring. police say 39-year-old bryant livingston rent aid room at crowne plaza and charged people $100 to go inside and have sex. a hotel manager alerted police

to this after he be call suspicious about all the people going up to that room. >> when police got to that room, what did they discover? >> the door was opened and they observed males and females in various stages of undress. >> police say when they confronted livingston he told them he was a manager for transportation security administration. the tsa says he no longer works there. >> family and friend are still waiting to hear what cause aid 17-year-old student from clinton to collapse at school this afternoon. and then die. angie goff spoke with the father of the promising high school senior. >> reporter: the future was bright from the beginning. >> she was born with her eyes open, her name means "to see clearly." >> hours after losing his baby girl, her father grasps for anything to bring her closer. >> this is doll baby. so worn and torn the i just want to her room to get her little

doll because i am the first one home. and she is not coming home tonight. >> reporter: the 17-year-old, senior at surrattsville high school, collapsed jogging on the track during pe. talken to southern maryland hospital where she later died. her parents by her side. >> before i left, i was kissing her forehead the i could see the body temperature dropping. >> reporter: her father says she didn't have history of heart problems and played basketball and volleyball in the past. the rotc student was said to light up the room, a leader amongst friend. >> i am going to miss her candor, she was one of the most honest kids you would want to interact with. and she, she helped everybody. >> an outpouring on line shows everyone at school misses her. her best friend, tells me she was really bubbly, full of energy, truly an angel on earth. a weeping father agrees, believing she is in a better place. >> angels just come to visit.

they come to visit. angie goff, news 4. >> students at the high school plan to wear pink tomorrow. it was her favorite color. the school says it will provide counselors all week to help classmates cope. in "decision 2012" mitt romney picked up a key endorsement from tea party favorite, marco rubio announced it on fox news. romney expected to get endorsement from george h.w. bush tomorrow. the support comes as vice president joe biden slammed romney's economic credentials on the campaign trail today. speaking in iowa, biden painted the republican front-runner as someone who does not value manufacturing jobs in the u.s. he blasted romney's record as a business man with bane capital claiming romney shut down american facilities and moved jobs overseas. >> mitt romney has been remarkably consistent.

as an investor businessman, as the governor of massachusetts, and i respectfully suggest, consistently wrong. ladies and gentlemen. >> the chair of the republican national committee is dismissing biden's remarks. despite his lagging campaign, newt gingrich set his sights on voters in our area speaking at georgetown university today. tuesday is also primary day here in d.c. and maryland. it was his first speech since dismissing a third of his staff this week. gingrich vowed to stay in the race until mitt romney gets enough delegates to win the nomination. >> seems that just about everybody in america now is getting mega millions fever. that jackpot is sitting at a record $500 million. the next drawing fly frye day night. tickets on sale, d.c., maryland, virginia, as well as 40 states across the country. the question that has been out there in front of everybody -- how would you spend half a billion dollars? >> oh. let me count the ways.

>> really. >> also ahead tonight. new details about what exactly happened inside that cockpit on the jet blu flight moments before the pilot was kicked off. >> nearly a year after a devastating flood, businesses at georgetown waterfront preparing for a come back. >> remembering a blue grass legend, known for one of the

pope benedict xvi on the way

to rome tonight after a politically charged viz out to cuba. during his stay the pope said mass, criticized the castro regime, calling for free thought and free religion. he was also critical of the u.s. for its long standing economic embargo on cuba. he says the embargo puts an undue burd in on people there. >> a jetblu pilot is charged after a bizarre outburst at 35,000 peafeet. he had to be subdued by passenger s. as the plane made an emergency landing yesterday. more from brian moore. >> reporter: passengers became the last line of defense as an apparently unhinged pilot tried to retake control of the plane. >> came running down the aisle screaming, afghanistan, there is a bomb, you know, i got to get in the cockpit. started banging on the cockpit door. >> reporter: a federal come mraunt sa mrant says the pilot was behaving erratically shortly

after the plane left new york for las vegas. he was talking about religion telling his co-pilot, things don't matter we need to take a leap of faith. he left the cockpit. it was up to passengers from keeping him getting back in. >> wrestled a little bit. and i got him turned around. and then other passengers jumped on. we all got on top of him. >> the co-pilot is the hero. able to persuade the captain out of the cockpit. that is what averted a, what could have been a tragedy yesterday. >> with the help of an offduty pilot who happened to be on board, the co-pilot diverted to texas. >> emergency and we're going to need authorities and medical to meet us at the airplane. >> the pilot was taken out of the plane in restraints. taken into fbi custody and given medical treatment. 13 hours after leaving the passengers arrived in las vegas. >> i don't know. just happy to be on the ground. >> reporter: surviving a nightmare at 35,000 feet.

brian moore, nbc news. >> tonight the music world is remembering a blue grass legend, and pioneer of the banjo. early scruggs died at a hospital in nashville today, died from natural causes. his unique, three finger picking style became known worldwide. most people would recognize him from "the beverly hill billies" theme song. remember that. credited with raising the banjo from the rhythm section to a lead in strumestrument. he was 88. restaurants had major damage after the potomac river sent a 12 foot storm surge into washington harbor last april causing millions in damage and lost revenue. but renovations of some of the restaurants are almost cup pleated. the owner of tony and joe's and nick's river side grill says he hopes to reopen some time in may. >> we are very excited about the renovation.

we are going to have two brand new restaurants. different design. same food. same great food. >> $20 million renovation of the fountain area is under way. there are plans to make it an ice rink in the winter. some of the original restaurants still have lawsuits pending with their unsure ans company. they need to negotiate new leases on the property before they can rebuild. and doug has an issue with the 12 foot storm surge. that i just said. yeah. you know, maybe. okay, maybe not 12 feet. it was bad. >> we can talk about that later. excited about the ice rink. bring people down during the winter months for sure. >> sure. >> heck of a nice day. >> i thought so. when we saw the rain. rain cleared up. saw the sunshine. so many people, shot photos of rain boep bows across the area. beautiful. very much look a spring day. first real spring storms coming through earlier today. moved on through. now, a beautiful, beautiful night. all around the area, all know we

are dealing with some very strong winds. back to the west. we'll talk about that in a second. 72 degrees. high temperature today. low of 46 early this morning. with all the rain we saw across the area again not everybody saw it. look at the airport. .01 rain. three inches. exactly three inches below average for the year. we do need to pick up some rain. we'll have another chance over the next couple days. high temperatures today. 80, martinsburg. 80 in fred ricksburg. 83 in charlottesville. 73 in gaithersburg. one of the coolest spots at the airport. river influence. southerly wind today. 64 degrees. wind out of the southwest. 6 miles an hour. really beautiful all across the area. but the exception its to the west. right now, 70, martinsburg. at 11:15. martinsburg, west virginia. 70 degrees. we have wind starting to gust upwards of 30 miles an hour. 40 miles an hour in hagerstown. we are going to see wind increase overnight. by tomorrow morning.

going to be a little breezy. tomorrow afternoon. just going to be on the windy side. see that front moving on down to the south. you can see the very clearly, defined here with showers and thunderstorms. the showers came through. kind of died out around our area. and then really, redeveloped right around richmond. ton of lightning, richmond. norfolk. earlier this evening. that storm though continues to move on done to south and east. behind it. clear skies. clear conditions on the radar. storm four, nothing to talk about right now. here goes the front. behind it. breezy conditions tomorrow. if not windy. wind gusting upwards of 30 miles an hour. plenty of sunshine. going to make for a pretty nice day. same deal goes friday. friday looking beautiful. but then, here comes the chance for rain. rain coming in in time for the day saturday. doesn't look like a whole lot. we'll be watching that one very closely. right now. sunday looking good. tomorrow morning, mostly clear. looking good there too. mild, little breezy. 47 to 52 degrees. north west. 10, 15. gusting over 20. tomorrow afternoon.

wind could gust, 30 miles an hour. highs in the mid 60s. sunny skies. few clouds out there. next four days. showing a chance of ran saturday. sunday looking good. high of 68. near 80 monday. with just a slight chance of showers. both monday and tuesday. and then, we could have another pattern change. we were way up last week. way down next week. talk more later. i'm out of time. i'm out[ male announcer ] for the dreamers...

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>> mike shanahan feeling good about what is coming up next year? >> for the most part. excited about the quarterback.

we have a pretty good idea. mike shanahan did meet the owners. shanahan wouldn't directly answer a question how the redskins massive salary cap penalties are affecting the team. it is clearly having an impact on them signing more free agents including some of their own like london fletcher. shanahan did say the skins are trying to sign london. he spoke glowingly of the man who will likely be the next franchise quarterback, robert griffin iii and not what he can do on the field but off it as well. >> he is over the top. a great guy. great parents. had a chance to spend a couple hours with his parents. you know where he gets it. just -- everything you look for in a person. and obviously, you look at film. and you look what you see on film. as we all know, going from the collegiate level to the pro level. there is always growing pains. every quarterback goes through it. but he has got such a big up side. >> he did say too he could not

rule out rgiii starting the first game if ready to start the first game. my bet is most redskins fans would rather have him starting the first game than quarterback who started last year. just saying. >> duh. >> no-brainer right. >> duh. >> have him starting the game. made sense. speaking of quarterbacks, maryland's danny o'brien going to wisconsin announcing he would transfer. o'brien the 2010, acc rookie of the year, quoted by numerous schools, florida, ole miss, vanderbilt, penn state. o'brien the second acc quarter become to graduate early, head to madison. north carolina state, russell wilson. transferred to wisconsin last season. he is gone now. he led them to a rose bowl. going to be hard for rps fans. he was the rookie of the year. couple years ago. last season was a disaster under first year, head coach, randy edsall. o'brien lost his starting job much of the year. struggling to fit in the offense.

owe bruin gets a fresh start on a team that went 11-2. good for him. injuries, already an issue for nationals. the season has rt stan't starte. the closer will begin on the disabled list. michael morris could be there as well. back issues are improving. nothing is wrong with mr. worth. jason worth. nationals taking on the mets today. nationals down 1-0 in the fourth. jason worth having a very good spring training, gets into one. the home run to left field. a solo shot. fourth of the spring. nationals on top. 2-0. how abut yoout zirmmerman. goes six strong. giving up two hits. no runs. henry rodriguez picks up the save. the nationals beat the mets, 3-2. and baseball season -- is just over a woke away. right around the corner. >> l

peta wants to be the first. announce aid naming rights this month. with stretches of roads. from 5,000 to $200 t people for ethical treatment of animals say it is ready to pay. it has a possible name picked out. spay today way. governor mcdonald says he still needs to sign that bill. once he does it would take effect first of july. >> can i take my scooter out?

this weekend? >> i didn't know you had a scooter. what kind, talking little scooter. >> some would call it the hog. >> you should call it a hog. >> i pictured you. >> the scooter, yeah. >> on sun ddaysunday, take it o friday, sunday. a 50% chance of showers on saturday. looking at the latest data. may not see much in the way of rain saturday. need to see the rain. jim needs to ride a scooter too. >> start calling you scooter.

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