tonight shelters open in texas after tornados tore through state damaging airplanes

and lifting truck like tooth picks. >> local college in virginia, shut down. students and teachers shut out. >> everything she owns kicked to the curb. viewers help an elderly woman evicted. first our romney sweep, local voters propel the front-runner close to the nomination. it wasn't close und.c. or maryland. in the district. mitt romney has close to 75% of the vote. in maryland garnered half the vote despite one local visit. rick santorum, distant second. said he plans to stay in this race. >> tom sherwood joins us to talk about the impact of the sweep and presidential primaries. also a local battle going on for a seat on the d.c. council. tom, fair to say, doreen said, no surprise with romney. >> big night for romney because of wisconsin the he wins d.c., maryland for the republican

nomination and delegates. in november, the democrats are going to be winning d.c. for sure. and probably for certain maryland. >> in the city. couple interesting things. all of the ward counsel -- council incumbents back in. >> barry, got the vote, he wins easily. yvette alexander, wins easily. muriel, bowser won easily tonight. jack evans unopposed. the big race, vincent orange, at large incumbent. challenged right now losing to biddle. appoint aid year ago. served four months. and orange beat him in elections. it comes around, biddle ahead of the incumbent. >> it's not over.

ballots to be counted? >> 78% of the vote is in. 3,800 absentee ballots. curb side voters, voted the curb. possible may not have the result. possible absentee ballots make a difference. it could be ten days before oat fshl resuoat the official result. >> he has a big footprint in the city. and may be stepping on it. >> thank you, tom. >> to texas where there is new video of the widespread damage in dallas fort worth. 18 reported tornados that ripped through the region. today damaging hundreds of buildings. jay gray has the the very latest now from lancaster, texas. >> reporter: texas under attack. >> hey, guys, it's throwing 18-wheelers. >> reporter: the raw power of a massive tornado playing out on live tell vugs evision today.

tractor trailers more than 50 feet long. 60,000 pounds tossed hundreds of feet in the air. >> something i have never seen before. >> this section of tornado alley is no stranger to twisters. few have seen anything like this. multiple tornados, tearing through the dallas fort worth area. tossing everything in their path. >> you see it on television. we saw it, you know, in the midwest. but just, another thing when it comes to hit you personally. >> hours after the storms it is hard to believe. those tractor trailers, twisted and tossed to the side. neighborhoods tattered and torn. survivors who clung to life during the storm, now clinging to each other. >> oh, my god. look at the car. inside of the house. >> the wood from the -- from the back fence was going that way. so, i pulled back in. i heard a thump. turned around. and here was this truck. >> reporter: many say early warnings and graphic pictures look

likely saved their lives. >> after seeing on the new the tornado was on the ground for ten minutes. i wouldn't for cover. >> reporter: this nursing hope lost a wing. some how not a single life. at dfw airport, hundreds of flights were canceled. more than 110 planes damaged by hail. a vsh us rouicious round of sto tornado season moves into traditionally its most violent months. it has obviously bun lly been a season. curfew in lancaster. the clean-up. long, difficult recovery will begin tomorrow morning. jay gray, nbc news, lancaster, texas. >> dallas fort worth international airport will be open tomorrow. nearly all dallas bound flights from our area canceled tonight. three flights out of ray dan nation -- reagan national are to leave on time in the morning. doug, the storm an weather

cupping our way? >> the storm will make its way across the country towards our region. why it is not going to do t same thing down towards texas. take a look back towards dallas over the last 12 hours. numerous thunderstorms, numerous tornadic storms making the way through the dallas area. then into portions of east texas sam. ve -- still severe weather. look at severe weather reports. red, tornado reports. nearly 18 tornado reports from the dallas area. off to the east. areas in blue here. hail reports. some hail, upwards of baseball sized. now the storm itself as i mentioned will try to make its way our way. you can see a lot of storminess around the country right now. will that come through our area. what can we expect over the next couple days? little roller coaster. show you why in a minute. >> now to a developing story in northern virginia. a college there shuts its doors. surprising students and faculty. graduation is supposed to be just weeks away, too. jackie benson joins us live from

rosalynn. jackie? >> reporter: for years, act college has been training students to become medical assistants, dental assistants. health care professionals. tonight, 500 plus students are saying what are we going to do? >> for profit atc college, in alexandria and manassas has been in business 24 years. it abruptly closed its doors this morning. two weeks before she was set to graduate with credits she hoped to take to norfolk state in the fall. >> hoping to go to act college tomorrow and get answers. two more weeks. not only me, seven more students had two more weeks. >> reporter: she is an instructor at act's manassas campus and says fact ulty is ow pay checks. >> you have to have options for students or people that don't feel they fit into the university setting.

>> reporter: no one answered our knock at act's administrative offices. the outer office was stocked with pamphlets and framed mission statement. mimi, student at act, says the closing is like a slap in the face. >> i have to find a job. when i go to the job when they ask for the kred icredits, i di have them. students have been reaching out to everyone including federal and state government, trying to get some help. efforts to reach act's president, were unsuccessful. tonight. reporting from rosalynn, jackie benson. news 4. >> thank you. an all-clear in tacoma park, maryland. police officers shut down near 15th and elson place. an officer thought someone was firing shots at his cruiser. however after a search, investigators found no physical evidence that any one had fired a gun. >> people living in dupont circle are searching for solutions to the parking problems in their neighborhood.

residents met with d-dot. some times it can talk them half an hour to find a police to park. d-dot offered several extensions, extending residential parking permit hours among them. neighbors hope to make changes to dupont parking next month. a 79-year-old woman has new hope tonight. hours after she was evicted from her apartment, all of her stuff piled up on the curb. she had nowhere to go until news 4 viewers saw her story. and the latest on our community's generosity. >> makes me feel awesome. >> reporter: she is grateful the community call out to help after news 4 report add but her eviction from the apartments near the washington convention center off the awe i am ready to cry, filled up with joy. because the i have no immediate family. tow day her life was thrown out on the street. old records, lamps, a china hutch, bag of imported papers, a

shame, she was the first female metro bus driver and worked for 25 years. she is also a two-time cancer survivor and says she used up all her money for alternative medicine. she owes $3,000 in rent and has no whaur where to go. >> this guy donated his truck. a man agreed to store her belongings in a warehouse. one by one, random people loaded up her refrigerator, sofa, bags, boxes, everything she owns. >> because i have help. and it is a good feeling. >> reporter: the 14 foot box truck is almost filled up. move to the left there is still stuff all up and down the block. not to worry some one else chipped in and rented a couple more trucks. >> trying to give back. >> sweet solutions apartment company gave her a temporary place to stay while she destidz whedestidz -- decides where she wants to live next. a community stepping up to help. >> god is good. now deciding if she wants to

move back into the apartment complex. a man we won't identify offered her to give the money to move back in and pay her rent. >> wow. >> still to come tonight. a warning about coyotes in northern virginia more sightings and spottings. see a lot of them out there. >> an 80-year-old woman watches her husband die in the cockpit next to her. then has to figure out how to land the plane with no training. >> high fashion to anacostia and produce made in d.c. labels. >> my partner here fills in for dan he

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an 80-year-old woman managed to land an airplane with her pilot, husband dying by her side. it happened on monday unnortheastern wisconsin. the woman's husband piloting the twin engine cessna. he had a heart attack the they were six miles from the airport. the plane was running out of fuel. that's when the woman radioed for help. other pilots went up and told her what to do. >> she was confident. she wanted to know if i was con -- confident in her confidence. >> aside from brutz bruises, thn is expected to be fine. her husband did survive the heart attack. >> the fred rick count sheriff's

office will pay the owners of a dock they shot. shot by a deputy trying to serve a civil warrant. he said the dog was aggressiv y aggressively. a jury disagreed and ruled the deputy violated the couple's rights. >> tonight proof what many have believed for years. coyotesen arlington county. one right there. a camera captured this video of a coyote. those areas are not native to virginia or the area. experts say they're probably here to stay. coyotes tend to be scarred of people. pets are a different story. coyotes feed on animals size of rabbits. raccoons and small dogs. >> former vice presidential candidate sarah palin defended jessica simpson lashing out against those criticizing simpson's weight. the pregnant, 5'3" singer became a target of criticism after

revealing she weighs more than 170 pounds. while co-hosting today, palin said those who criticize pregnant women's weight should be punched in the neck. simpson says he loves her body now more than ever. >> for the first time, d.c. may have the infrastructure in place to launch a fashion industry. angie goff reports on a new program working to create jobs and fashion stars along the way. >> fashion, it is a multibillion dollar industry. now, d.c. has a space in place to get its cut. >> the moment that you can say you are producing, then that is when you can say you have industry. >> christine brooks carper behind the d.c. fashion incubator. funded through a grant for the art commission. creative push to grow local talent and the economy. >> credibility is here. you have fashion incubator. producing, creating, they're putting that made in d.c. able. and they're garments that

they're creating. >> the design studio donated by the washington convention center holds textiles, swatches, industrial sewing machines and book for training the business mentors play a big part. the company, cane and carlyle helps create the clothes. >> desooneour concept and desig give them smaller runs so that they can shop out to boutiques. >> the goal from there, make their labels go mainstream. a dream for this woman designer of maven, one of four people chosen for the program. >> being a home based company, it was great to finally have a place to go. place to create. >> a place that's going to get bugger. there are plans to move to a 16,000 square foot warehouse in anacostia to focus on manufacturing and use space that can house up to 24 new designers. angie goff, news 4. >> it's exciting.

doug is here with more about the tornados out west, and our weather here. >> yeah, this pattern normally, that kind of a storm would make its way our way. going to be completely different now. if this was march, those storms would be moving our way. now we are in april. the pattern shifted and more air from canada. that's what is going to stop the storms. first off, show you how are we are out there right now. this is not canadian air when you step outside. beautiful out there right now. temperature at 60 degrees. right now at the airport. simply gorgeous. tonight very nice night. you saw the moon out there little bit earlier. jupiter, venus. off in the distance. mars by the moon tonight. really spectacular. high temperature today. 73 degrees. low this morning of 42. so, temperature departure there, 31 degrees. that's how, how much we rose during the day with all the sunshine. dry atmosphere. speaking of the atmosphere. 3 1/2 below average as far as rainfall is concerned.

we need to see rain. we have a slight chance tomorrow. that is about it. and i am going to ex-palestinian w -- and i am going to explain why that is not going to happen. 76, fredericksburg. nice temperatures. tuesday was a terrific tuesday. 60 degrees out there right now. wind are calm. walkout side. spectacular, early april. current temperatures. 50, leesburg. 52, gaithersburg. 56, fredericksburg. last night. some areas in the 30s. not going to see 30s overnight. temperatures will drop a few more degrees. as we are seeing, very warm air make its way in. take a look at the nation. here is storms that are going on in through texas, louisiana. big storms also in parts, illinois, st. louis. then down towards the southeast. all of this would try to make its way our way. notice that the direction of the guys right here. and through, pennsylvania. this is actually a frontal boundary. that is going to drape across the area. as it does so. it will shut all that moisture

down to the south. first warm front comes through. then the cold front. that will keep all of the moisture south of us. latest computer model here. almost no chance of showers. still keeping abut a 30% chance of showers from fredericksburg to the south. most of us tomorrow will be on the dry side. the more sunshine we see, the warmer we are going to be during the day tomorrow. however, thursday. here comes that canadian air. definitely going to feel cooler thursday night. into the day friday. tomorrow morning. mostly cloudy. much warmer. 46, to 53 degrees. this is really partly to mostly cloudy. don't expect too many clouds. tomorrow afternoon. same deal. we'll see some sunshine. through mostly cloudy skies. a few showers. mainly to the south. 70, 76 degrees. i don't expect any rain to be on the heavy side. next couple days. most areas in the 50s. 63, friday. this weekend become to the warm stuff. 67, saturday. 70, sunday. easter weekend. looking very nice. it will cool off again. maybe significantly next week.

>> okay. weekend sure sound good. thank you. >> we'll take it. thanks. doug. >> sports coming up next. he is athletic. he is smart. he is good looking. aened he can bust a move. >> stop talking about yourself. >> i ain't talking about me. that's rg-3. [ man ] did we get anything good?

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great day for everybody who was able to go out and enjoy the, the preseason baseball. >> yeah. how many were out there? >> i saw at least three, four. >> three or four. >> 30, 40 t. >> opening day, two days away. nationals making moves. the team optioned john lanham to the minors. in '09 and '10. the opening starter. this afternoon they played baseball. last exhibition guame of the spring. hosting, national park. bottom of the fifth. two men on. nats are down 6-0. not for long. smacks the three-run home run to left center. now, it's 6-3. looking good, man. bottom of the ninth. two outs. nats down, 8-7. sends one up the middle. ian desmond. coming around. throws. nails him at the plate. boston goes on to withn.

opening day in chicago thursday. players are ready for it. >> started last year, you know, last year, never say die team. we went ahead. added more guys. same attitude. just going to continue to bid and get stronger. >> i am ready to go. i mean, nice squad. we have a good group of guys. we got the team pretty much finalized now. we know who we are going to be playing with. and who is play being hoond ing. do you know who the happiest man in america is right now? >> who? >> rg-iii. >> why is that? >> crushed them. both on a mission in ncaa women's funl. th -- final. this camera here. the first team to within 40 games. there he goes. busting a move, rg-3. notre dame the runner-up last year. everybody's favorite there.

second half. baylor. hard screen. look at that. oh, my, remember, people all the time. knock that girl out. any way she got back up. she is cool. i r 6'8", junior. dub, triple team. put everybody on it. got it to go. won. 26 points. 13 rebound. five blocks. decent game, right. baylor won big. crushed them. 80-61. finished saet isn eed the's son. 40-0. totallile cool. saw him former bears quarterback. did i say former bears quarterback, baylor bears. rg-3 on twitter. rg3, roman numeral iii, not number 3. for those that didn't go to school. at last check, griffin now has over 60,000 followers. >> in a day.

>> with him right now. one day. up in new york today, the nba -- the nfl unveiled its new uniforms. they're designed by nike now. that's lewinebacker, on the han to represent the skins. new uniforms are considered lighter, faster and have superior fit. they don't look any better at least to us. he may have been there as a model. talked about the team having a franchise quarterback. yeah, that would be a good thing. one final note, buffalo sabers won in evertime to night. don't like that. they're now tide with the caps. 88 points for the final playoff spot. but the cap do's s do own the tiebreaker. both teams have two games left to play. guess who is going to the playoffs? sad to have it so close. going to the playoffs. keeps it interesting. what do you think? >> guaranteeing that? big game tomorrow night. florida panthers. >> caps.

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