there were at least six or seven ambulances waiting here to take them after the suv that police were pursuing crashed. i'm joined now by sergeant david schlosser from the united states park police. sergeant, tell us a little bit about the path of the vehicle, how it came to be right here. >> the fairfax county police initiated the pursuit of this vehicle in the george washington parkway about 3:30 this afternoon. it dis-engaged from the pursuit. it went into d.c. our officers spotted the vehicle and our aviation section also went airborne. the vehicle went into arlington cemetery at some point during this situation, not in pursuit but our officers in the general area. it went around the cemetery a couple times and then came out back on to memorial avenue. the vehicle was heading back toward d.c. on memorial -- toward memorial bridge and it failed to negotiate the curve at the memorial circle and went straight. it rolled a couple times and there were several people in the vehicle that were injured.

>> reporter: thank you. again, this was a very high impact collision. the whole front of the suv is all banged up. we understand from sources that fairfax county police were looking at this vehicle in regard to a shoplifting incident at tysons corner mall. i can tell you there are numerous shopping bags and different things over there that police are taking out of there. fairfax county police evidence technicians have arrived. they're looking at those things and six people total including a little boy at the hospital at this time. when we get more information we'll bring it to you. back to you, wendy. >> all right. thanks. facing mounting criticism tonight, marion barry late today apologized for remarks he made about asian businesses in ward 8 and they' their, quote, dirty s. tom sherwood joins us with the latest. >> barry has faced growing criticism and now says everyone is welcome in ward 8. marion barry's comment about unwelcomed asian shops that are, quote, dirty, unquote, came

tuesday night. >> we got to do something about these asians coming in opening up businesses, dirty shops. they ought to go. i can tell you that right now. but we need african-american businesses people to be able to take their places. >> reporter: in an interview thursday barry insisted he wants all businesses to clean up in the city's poorest ward saying more business owners need to hire locally and need to get involved in ward 8 as a community. >> no, i said asians. i wasn't being derogatory. i was stating a fact of who is there. anybody who comes to ward 8 we're going to try to attract as many businesses as we can, as many restaurants as we can, as many sources as we can. they have to be part of the community. they can't come in here, take our money, take it to virginia somewhere, don't support little league, don't support nothing. and that's what i'm talking about doing is making our community a better place to

live. >> reporter: but late thursday barry tweeted a clear apology. i'm very sorry for offending the asian american community although taken out of context by many about the conditions of some ward 8 carryouts. jamie is an asian american advocate for minority business owners nationwide and said barry shouldn't single out asians. >> for him to pit one group against the other was -- i was completely dumb founded by the remarks. he shouldn't have targeted one group. to say you want to clean up the businesses in ward 8 implies that you're looking at all the businesses, all the store fronts not just one specific group. >> reporter: ward 6 council member tommy wells joined other city leaders in criticizing barry. >> when i saw the remarks i was stunned. part of the reason is that marion barry is a civil rights hero icon. and that's not the kind of thing i would expect him to ever say. >> reporter: barry said as mayor he helped bring asian americans into the city government. >> what do americans need to learn about asian americans? >> of course we need to learn about them.

one thing we need to learn, their work ethic. they are some of the hardest working people around. >> coming up at 6:00 more tough reaction to barry's initial comments. jim and wendy? >> d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton was on hand today when president obama signed the so-called jobs act this afternoon here at the white house rose garden. jobs in this case stands for jump-start our business start-ups. the bipartisan bill makes it easier for small business owners to get funding from a variety of sources and it makes it easier for young, high growth firms to go public. house majority leader eric canter also attended the bill signing today. >> telling your leaders that you care is critical for the success of the efforts. today invisible children the group that produces the viral kony 2012 video released a followup. part two continues to call for the arrest of ugandan war lord joseph kony but this one also addresses some of the critics who say invisible children

distorts facts and doesn't spend enough donations to help people. another big change the narrator for the original film was jason russell and he is noticeably absent. last month he was diagnosed with a brief psychosis after a public outburst. an unusual big house fire in mclean. it didn't start inside the home. rather, it began in the yard with a lawn mower. pat collins has our report. >> lit up in less than two minutes. it got to about 15 feet high in fire in less than two minutes and was out of control. >> reporter: the picture in the room survived the fire but many other things inside the room may not make it. how hot was it? look at the siding. dripping down like wax. the roof rafters charred and brittle like old campfire logs. she just wants to be called arlene. she is the owner of the house and she says she was in her upstairs bedroom when it happened. she says it was her ears that alerted her to the danger.

>> i heard it. i didn't smell it. >> reporter: what did it sound like. >> just crackling like a really loud fire place. >> reporter: then did you just run through the house and call for your kids to get out? >> my kids -- one of my kids was already on the phone with 911 and i took over and told them to get out of the house and people from church helped me get the kids out. >> reporter: scary huh? >> very, yeah. >> reporter: it was an outside in kind of fire. it began when the owner's son tried to start the lawn mower. a spark ignited some leaves. the leaves set a shed on fire. that bike was in the shed. the fire continued down the fence line, up the tree, up the side of the house, melting the siding and then invaded the house itself. four people inside. no one hurt. some neighbors here surprised by what they saw. >> i first thought it was the attic and then i thought it was the master bedroom and then we got down here and learned that it was actually a lawn mower and that's pretty scary.

>> reporter: firefighters from arlington and fairfax county teamed up to knock it down. they stayed and sprayed water on the house and yard to make sure that fire didn't try and make a comeback. in mclean, pat collins, news 4. a massive cleanup under way across north texas. two days after a series of powerful tornadoes left a path of destruction. the twister damage is concentrated in the dallas/ft. worth area. no one was killed. but miles of homes reduced to rubble. today governor rick perry toured the area by air calling it a stunning amount of devastation. hundreds of volunteers now working to help those who have lost nearly everything. did you feel the difference out there today? temperatures are 10 to 20 degrees cooler than they were this time yesterday. >> it was still a lovely day. but we have a freeze warning in effect for part of our viewing area. let's check the latest from doug. >> it's going to be a cold night tonight and already out there right now much cooler than

yesterday. yesterday's high, 76 degrees right now. we're sitting at 60 degrees. many of you have struggled to reach the upper 50s. winds right now out of the south about 7 miles per hour. that is not going to be a factor the rest of the evening. look at the numbers. 57 right now in gaithersburg, leesburg and manassas. back to the west in winchester coming in right now at 55 degrees and the warm spot la plata and frederick, maryland coming in right now at 63. those areas seeing a little bit of sunshine. storm 4 radar showing a few showers well down to the south. that's where they will remain. do not expect any rain any time soon but what you can expect is those cold numbers overnight down to about 39 degrees inside the district by around 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning when you step out the door and you step out around 7:00. temperatures around 40 degrees. sunrise tomorrow around 6:44. we will start to see temperatures warm up fairly quickly tomorrow once the sun comes up but it's going to be another very cool afternoon. we'll talk about that freeze warning. i'll show you where it is and how long the cool weather sticks around.

thanks, doug. today a teenager is facing charges accused of scaring some kids with a bb gun on a school playground in arlington. this happened outside of abingdon elementary school. two 10-year-old boys were riding their bikes and said a man with an orange tip gun asked if they were ready to die. the kids told one of their parents they immediately called police. officers were able to find the suspect, turned out it was a 17-year-old. they arrested him and also found the weapon which was actually a bb gun. the 17-year-old was charged as a juvenile with brandishing a firearm at a school. he was released into his parents' custody. a manassas teacher has been arrested tonight and accused of having inappropriate contact with a student. 23-year-old zackary judze of chantilly is accused of inappropriate activity with a 15-year-old child at the seton school, a private catholic school where he teaches. he has been released on bond pending a july court date. you may have heard what sounded like fighter jets zipping through our air space

earlier today. those aircraft are actually part of a nasa training exercise. as news 4's pat lawson muse explains now it's part of bringing a space shuttle to our region. >> reporter: two, one -- booster ignition. >> reporter: more than a year after space shuttle discovery was launched for its final mission nasa sent two t-38 training jets over the washington region. the space agency will deliver the recently retired shuttle to the smithsonian later this month. >> the smithsonian represents the national collection of aerospace artifacts, both ear naugear -- aeronautics and space. we're excited about the opportunity to place the orbiter there. >> reporter: during today's flights pilots photographed and surveyed the area from about 1500 feet up. on april 17th, discovery is expected to arrive on the back of a jumbo jet. >> basically you've got an aircraft about the size of a 737 sitting on the back of a 747 and it's the first time that the

shuttle carrier aircraft has been in the d.c. metro area since enterprise was delivered to the smithsonian a number years ago. >> reporter: a lot of factors will be taken into consideration for the flight like weather, timing, and actually getting discovery ready for travel. but with the carrier jet hovering at low altitudes, nasa is also thinking about that wow factor. >> we're hoping to be able to get people in the d.c. metro area somewhat of a visual show as we bring discovery into dulles. >> reporter: pat lawson muse, news 4. hey, still ahead the megamillions mystery is deepening in maryland. there is a glitch. a surveillance video cannot reveal who bought the winning ticket at that local 7-eleven. i'm liz crenshaw. eighth graders making car payments, making mortgage payments? middle schoolers in fairfax county learning the rules of money management coming up. and a puppy born so tiny she could fit in a spoon. weeks later we check in with

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financial decisions we know can be tough especially in this economy. often kids aren't aware of the costs associated with living day to day. >> unless you're an 8th grader

in fairfax county. liz crenshaw is here with more on a money saving lesson that has students leaving the classroom. >> reporter: history, math, science, typical middle school subjects but what about financial literacy? learning how to balance a budget. it's an eighth grade requirement in fairfax county. join us as we follow kilmer middle school students who make their journey through finance park. >> when we get money it's what can i buy next as far as clothes or video games or whatever. >> a typical 8th grader. get money and spend it. what if you had to pay a mortgage, make a car payment, and had a family to feed? welcome to finance park. >> i am age 25, married with two kids ages 1 and 4. i make $58,532 a year. >> i am 28 and am married and i make about $94,000 a year. so that's good.

>> reporter: 8th graders come through these doors and are handed a new identity complete with financial decisions to make. >> i'm a single man with no children and i make $33,000 a year. >> reporter: oh, boy. how does that make you feel? >> not too great. >> reporter: finance park is a program designed by junior achievement, a worldwide organization dedicated to educating students about work force readiness and financial literacy. junior achievement created the curriculum which starts in the classroom and ends here. a mini town allowing about 14,000 fairfax county 8th graders each year to simulate real financial decisions. >> it's just eye opening for them to realize how many things have costs associated with them. >> reporter: capital one funded the building while area businesses sponsor each store front. students take their monthly income and go to buy electricity, volkswagen for a family car, verizon for cable and internet. i had to buy my house and that

is $1,350 per month. and i also, we got stuff like utilities which i spent $300 on. >> reporter: how much do you put in for food per month? >> about $1300. >> reporter: okay. that's a lot. >> yeah. >> middle school is a time when kids dream about who they're going to be. and in order to dream about who they're going to be, in a way that is realistic. what it takes to be who you are going to be. >> reporter: students spend the day at finance park and work to achieve a balanced budget. have you been able to get it out to balance out correctly? >> yes. i'm $1 under my net monthly income. there are a lot of things that i can't have that i want to have. i cut down a lot on entertainment. my vacation and on dining out. >> reporter: students are required to pay taxes, donate money to charity, keep a savings account, and have a rainy day fund in case of an emergency. >> it's good to know that this is how it actually works so i'm

not surprised in the real world. >> reporter: oh, yeah. the real world. volunteers by the way help to support junior achievement's finance park. there are 14 junior achievement finance parks around the country like the one in fairfax and when the fairfax county students are not using finance park the park is open to montgomery county, prince george's, and d.c. schools as well. so, hey. learn to balance that budget and find out who you're going to be when you grow up. right? >> will they let us use it? >> we need to go back. >> you all need to go to finance park. >> great discipline there. good for them. it should be required. >> it's really clever. that's what i like. it's engaging. >> very engaging. >> thanks, liz. >> doug joins us with a look at our weather. hey, pollen high today? >> yes. >> temperatures are going low tonight. >> yes. is that it? >> is that all we need to know? >> is that all you have? and the easter weekend looking great. >> is it. >> you have to have three things at least. that is really the key here. the next couple days, you know, we'll be on the cool side. that's true. but this weekend a lot of people

have plans including liz's sister who is gng to have how many people over? >> 44. >> who is going to have 44 people over and she has budgeted for this weekend and it is looking very nice. it is going to be plenty of sunshine this weekend so if you're having friends over, hey. looking very good. there is another plane landing out there at the airport this evening on a very nice day. clear skies at least in the d.c. area to the north a few clouds but not many around the metro area. a lot more in the way of clouds down to the south. 60 degrees the current temperature. winds oult of the south about 7 miles per hour. it is a very cool afternoon. yesterday 76 degrees for a high temperature. so today well below that. we are below average during the day today. the average high temperature is 63 degrees. current temperatures only in the 50s to the north. 56 in martinsburg. 54 in winchester. 57 in leesburg and down to the south where we have seen more cloud cover. 61 degrees right now around fredericksburg. there is a freeze warning in effect tonight. this does not include the metro area or southern portions of

maryland. it does include extreme northwestern virginia, the west virginia panhandle, back in toward west virginia and all of northern maryland including frederick county, washington county. we are going to see temperatures close to the freezing mark overnight tonight and that could damage some vegetation. so you want to make sure you take precautions to be sure that does not happen. as far as rain is concerned, we really do need to see some rain. we've been talking about how nice the weather has been but the dry air just sits here. average rainfall for this time of year or through this time of year is 9.36 inches. we have only received 5.69 so nearly 4 inches below average and i don't see a really good chance for rain for almost the next two weeks. we do need to see some rain. storm 4 radar? i just told you there is no rain out there at least in our area but a lot of rain down to the south including around augusta which may have to stop playing about the next half hour as a nice, big storm is making its way that way. this storm is going to have impacts on us next week believe it or not. cool weather for us.

you know that's coming in. overnight tonight temperatures in the 30s for just about everybody. we will see another cool day tomorrow with sunshine. we will struggle to get into the upper 50s tomorrow but then saturday nice and mild and watch what happens on sunday. nice and warm with plenty of sunshine ahead of a cold front that will make its way in here. temperatures over the next couple days 65 on your saturday. 68 on sunday. so the weekend looking great. 64 on monday. here's the next seven days. i notice that storm down to the south in georgia, that is literally going to go all the way around into the atlantic up through canada and then bring down cooler air for next week and that's what we have next tuesday and wednesday and thursday. >> but not rain. >> a little bit of rain and some showers and maybe even some snows for the higher elevations in west virginia. >> really. >> this is the kind of system that is going to bring us that cooler air. >> we need it. thank you. >> wacky weather this year. coming up a turkey becomes a spectacle in downtown d.c. we'll explain how he made a particularly bad choice in trees.

i'm julie carey in manassas, virginia where we're learning more about why a health care college abruptly closed its doors. i'll have details about missing money coming up. and a look at what could be key evidence in the trayvon martin case.

baseball season is under way. the nationals spent the afternoon waiting for the bats to show up against the cubs. >> steven strasburg made his

first opening day start in the majors but didn't get much help out of wrigley field. that's comedian bill murray die-hard cubs fan. he put on quite a show before throwing out the first pitch rounding the bases slide noog home plate. then the 61-year-old still had enough energy to actually throw the pitch. steven strasburg for his part making his first opening day start for the majors in the nationals and looked good early on. he strikes out marlin byrd to end the second inning. strasburg went seven innings giving up just five hits, striking out five. to the top of the ninth when the nats' bats finally showed up, ian desmond would bring home brett carroll with a base hit to break the 1-1 tie and give the nats a season opening 2-1 win over the cubs in chicago. off to a good start. tonight the entire season is on the line for the caps as they play their home finale against the division leading florida panthers. >> we have the latest on the caps fighting for their playoff

lives. >> reporter: it wasn't supposed to play out like this. one shot at erasing a season full of disappointment. >> the team result has been pretty unique this year. >> reporter: after 80 games the caps' season hinges on just 120 minutes, two games, to decide the stanley cup playoff berth or bust. and the players know it. >> we've been in different situations in years past but it's good for us. it's a good challenge and we either step up and get the job done or else we're home for three or four months. >> reporter: if the caps win both their final two games, and florida loses both, the caps are division champs. if that doesn't work they can still sneak in if they do better than buffalo. but worst case scenario, a caps loss and two buffalo wins will leave the caps on the outside looking in. >> when it's all said and done you either pat yourself on the back saying great job we got in

and did it and took care of our own business or you have no one else to blame but yourself. >> reporter: as far as they have fallen from the best team in all of hockey a year ago fighting for their playoff lives the caps have brought it upon themselves. >> we have to stick together. you know, like we always do. right now we have to be where we can. >> you hold your own fate in your hands and now we know exactly what we need to do. >> reporter: news 4 sports. >> all right. coming up next on news 4 at 5:00 a beautiful but smelly problem in the district. how crews plan to deodorize the ginkgo trees. the school dropout age in maryland could be changing. >> and the local connection to the man accused in the shooting at a christian college. he changed his name in fairfax county.

now back to breaking news. at the memorial bridge in arlington look at these live pictures. a police chase in fairfax county ended with an suv crashing into a tree here at arlington national cemetery. again, a live look near the scene. >> several women and a child were inside the suv. they were taken by ambulance to nearby hospitals. police had to shut down the area near memorial bridge after the crash. fairfax police say the chase started after suspected shoplifting at tysons corner mall. we'll have a live update on the

story tonight on news 4 at 6:00. doug, how is our weather? >> right now not too bad. just a little bit on the cool side. if you don't have the jacket, you may want to make sure you grab it before you head out and about this evening. it's going to be cool and will cool down fairly quickly. 60 right now in washington. 52 though in richmond and only 48 in roanoke. a lot of clouds down there to the south today. temperatures tonight will dip down into the 30s for just about everybody. there are freeze warnings in effect to the west. we'll talk about who is affected by those plus what the next couple days looks like. that in my forecast. all right. thanks, doug. locked doors, missing student loan money. students and staff at the a.c.t. college in northern virginia are scrambling. after the school closed abruptly this week. for 30 years, the college has been training students in the health care field. julie carey joins us live in manassas with word on what's behind the closing. >> reporter: well, wendy, the crowds are protesting. students who were here yesterday are now gone though a small

group keeps vigil hoping for word on where they can turn next. they are also learning more about why the school suddenly closed. >> hello. >> reporter: chip's phone is ringing constantly. as a.c.t. college student president he is fielding and sharing information with dozens of students whose lives and career plans were jolted when the college abruptly closed yesterday. >> people are hurt at all levels. >> reporter: yesterday angry students found locked doors when they went looking for answers at the school's three locations in manassas, fairfax county, and roslyn. now in this letter to the u.s. department of education, new details emerge about why the health sciences school closed. on march 9th, a.c.t. college president jeff moore was informed that the school would no longer be allowed to participate in the federal student loan program. a june 30th audit showed $262,000 that should have been in student loan credit balances had not been paid.

the letter also accused the school of falsifying student documents. >> there's a lot of money missing, unaccounted for. where did it go? i got a quality education because of the quality of the instructors that i had not because of anything the school did. >> reporter: he and other students have turned their anger on a.c.t. president jeff moore, scouring the internet to learn more about the man at the top they never even met. they found these pictures on a web page dedicated to an irish pub in moore's basement. the page shows him entertaining friends. moore lives in a gated community in gainsville. a security guard there said he did not want to speak to reporters. now, the gentleman you see over on the steps there in the tie is to be the program director here. he, too, lost his job yesterday but today he has been out looking for a new school for the students to transfer to. i'll have more details on that coming up on news 4 at 6:00. reporting live from manassas, i'm julie carey. the high school dropout age in maryland could be changing. the current law states a student can drop out at 16 years old.

but today the house of delegates passed a measure that would change the dropout age to 17 by 2015. by 2017 the dropout age would rise to 18 years old. a similar bill has already passed the state senate. the differences between the bills would have to be worked out before the general assembly adjourns on monday. the judge in the jerry sandusky sex abuse case says he will not rule on a motion to dismiss the charges until next week. the former penn state assistant football coach attended this morning's short pretrial hearing. his attorney withdrew his attempt to stop the prosecutor's office from using secretly recorded conversations. between the former coach and two of the ten boys he is accused of sexually abusing. sandusky's lawyers say they hope the judge will allow them to refile a motion for dismissal after more evidence is disclosed by the prosecution. sandusky has repeatedly denied the charges against him. 20 people from across the commonwealth of virginia are under arrest tonight after an under cover operation targeting

child pornography. the arrests were made in fairfax, prince william, loudoun, and bedford counties as well as virginia beach and richmond during a week-long operation in 2011. the charges include online solicitation of minors and distribution of child pornography. attorney general ken cucinelli calls it a first of its kind operation. officials say this should serve as a warning for parents that predators are out there targeting kids. >> we can honestly say that during this operation there wasn't a single solid time we had investigators that went online that they were not conta contacting. >> the cases have been referred for investigation and prosecution outside of virginia. new details in the deadly school shooting in california this week. today we are learning that the suspect changed his name ten years ago when he was in fairfax county. he is a korean native who lived in northern virginia and according to court records filed a petition. changing his name in 2002

because he thought it sounded too feminine. seven people were killed, three wounded in monday's shooting at a small christian college in oakland. a possible plea deal may be in the works now for the virginia woman accused in a series of brazen bank robberies and carjackings. stephanie lynn schwab is due in court today for a hearing in alexandria. she could enter a guilty plea. schwab was arrested in november in connection with a two-week crime spree in maryland and northern virginia. she was indicted on the charges last month. when we come back we'll take a look at the scientific challenges of the trayvon martin case. the evidence that could lend some insight into the moment he was killed. the maryland megamillions mystery continues. the winning ticket has yet to be claimed but the winner could have been caught on surveillance video. lottery officials say it's not good enough. i'm richard jordan. the story coming up. google's latest project could put a smart phone in

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former south dakota senator george mcgovern is in the hospital in florida. his daughter says doctors are running tests to determine why he occasionally loses consciousness. mcgovern splits his time between florida and south dakota. the former senator was the democratic presidential candidate in 1972 losing in an

historic landslide to incumbent president richard nixon. nixon later resigned during the watergate scandal. george mcgovern is 89 years old. >> it's that time of the year again. d.c. forestry crews will begin spraying ginkgo trees later tonight. it's all in an effort to keep the unpleasant odor of the fruit from the female ginkgos from stinking up neighborhoods. the spraying begins in wards 1, 2, and 6 where the female trees are most prevalent and continue in other wards over the next two nights. forestry officials tell us there is no need to move your parked cars. ginkgos are often considered one of the most beautiful trees in the nation's capital. there are about 900 of them across the city. but the fruit is slippery and smelly. it also stains just about everything it touches. google has a new toy to give you a different perspective on things. it's called project glass. the company released a video of the prototype today. it is a postage stamp sized video display and mounts on a

typical pair of glasses. the wearer can check the weather, get directions, take a picture, or chat with friends. google has not announced when the glasses will become available. the company is getting feedback from google plus users on how to make the technology better. >> what will they think of next? coming up another wild turkey spotting in downtown d.c. you might say this bird made a poor choice of trees. >> we'll check in with the puppy who could be the world's tiniest dog. she was so small when she was born she could fit on an iphone. doug? >> out there right now a little cooler than it was yesterday by about 15 degrees. i'll show you how cool it's going to get tonight and when we may see the temperatures move

there will be no tweeting allowed at the trial of the man accused of murdering jennifer hudson's family. a judge has strictly banned twitter and facebook from inside the courtroom during the william balfer trial. the twitter accounts of the reporters will be monitored to ensure they are complying. the judge says the constant typing on smart phones would be a distraction to jurors. the defendant is the estranged husband of hudson's sister julia and is accused of killing her mother, brother, sister in 2008. a week later and still a megamystery. maryland lottery officials tell us tonight no one has come forward to claim the megamillions winning jackpot sold near baltimore last week. despite looking at surveillance video from the 7-eleven that sold the ticket they have no clue who the winner is. richard jordan joins us now live from baltimore county with the

latest. >> reporter: jim, money can make people do crazy things and it has gotten a little crazy here in maryland over the huge jackpot. the winner was caught on video buying the winning ticket but officials say finding out exactly who that is is not that easy. megamadness over the megamillions. the maryland component of the record breaking lottery has a winner. the ticket sold at a milford mills 7-leavenworth $105 million after taxes. marlene wilson says she bought the ticket to a third of the more than $500 million jackpot but wilson has not claimed the cash. >> the actual winner will have to come in and validate the ticket. >> reporter: wilson was reportedly part of a work place pool but the mcdonald's employee says the pool lost and her personal ticket won. the ticket has not surfaced. the lottery commission hasn't seen it. the baltimore attorney, the fast food worker hired, hasn't seen it. >> where is the ticket? >> reporter: and wilson won't show it publicly. >> no one has approached the

maryland lottery to claim the ticket. we haven't heard from anyone claiming that they have the ticket. we have not heard from a representative claiming that they are representing the winner of the ticket. >> reporter: there is still time. the lottery commission has the video from the store but the director says the footage doesn't accurately show who struck it rich. >> the issue with the tape is that we do not believe the time stamp matches up to the time stamp on the lottery computer system. as far as saying this person or that person purchased the ticket we can't say because we are probably looking at most at a five-minute window, a couple minutes either way. >> reporter: the winner has until september 28 to go to the maryland lottery commission and claim their winnings. the 7-eleven here, the owner will receive $100,000 for selling the winning ticket. live in milford mills, richard jordan, news 4. >> taking their time.

thank you. one of the winning megamillions tickets was sold in illinois. that means the convenience store that sold it got a hefty bonus. today state lottery officials gave the moto mart in red bull, illinois a check for $500,000. the person who bought the winning ticket has not come forward yet. neither has a winner who bought a ticket in kansas. they're buying time. we have cool weather tonight. doug? >> cool if not cold. i mean, most of this winter and most of the early spring we have been very, very mild. today a little bit on the cooler side. still nice at 60 degrees. 60 and sunshine. that is a very nice day. winds out of the south about 7 miles an hour but we were about 15 degrees cooler than during the day yesterday. and pollen still a big problem out there. a lot of you suffering from pollen. it has been very, very high. high today, very high tomorrow. and it's going to be very high on saturday, too. again, we need to see some rain to take these pollen levels down. unfortunately, i don't really see a good chance of rain for

the upwards of one to two weeks. 61 now in rockville. 57 manassas. right now 63 down toward warranton. over toward hunting town at about 55 degrees. what's going on storm 4 radar? we're not seeing any rain. all of the rain is down to the south down around richmond. a few showers there where the cloud cover has been, too. but right around our region nothing to talk about as far as rain is concerned and once again we're going to stay on the dry side. we're nearly 4 inches below average right now in regards to rainfall so far this year. temperatures tonight will be on the cool side. we'll call it chilly. down to about 39 in washington. 35 in gaithersburg. 34 in leesburg and manassas but back to the west we're going to be seeing temperatures near the freezing mark. around 31 in hagerstown. 32 martinsburg. 33 in winchester. we'll see the potential for a freeze and that's why the national weather service has put out a freeze warning for those areas including frederick, maryland, hagerstown, martinsburg, winchester down towards la ray. really i-81 back to the west you are under a freeze warning

tonight. the rest of us were just going to see a chance for some frost but it's very dry and is going to be hard to make any of that frost stick across the area. high temperatures tomorrow rebounding just a little bit. back up to 59 in washington. 57 in gaithersburg. 60 in culpepper. temperatures will be about 5 degrees below average tomorrow i think for most locations. that is with abundant sunshine for the most part. i did, however, think we'll rebound as we head into the weekend. and into the holiday weekend. saturday 65 degrees. nice weather on saturday. sunday 68. a cold front will move our way on sunday. but ahead of it, we'll bump up to temperatures in the upper 60s some areas around 70 degrees so the holiday weekend looking very good. starting next week on monday with a temperature of 64 degrees. not too bad but then tuesday, wednesday, and thursday of next week it could be one of the  coolest stretches of weather we've had all year in regards to average. so once again we'll be looking at cool numbers as we head into the week next week.

but the all important weekend, looking good. >> thank you, doug. you're not seeing things if you've spotted an actual turkey hanging around the district. there have been two turkey sightings in northwest d.c. in just the past two days. this morning folks pulled out their cameras to capture the bird. it was lounging up in the trees right here in front of, get this, the national restaurant association off 17th street where they might serve some turkey. who knows? might be just the same turkey spotted on u street yesterday. animal control determined the turkey was just fine and let the bird go on its way. when it comes to puppies it apparently doesn't get smaller and perhaps cuter than this. >> more than 500 people tried to adopt little beyonce. the world's smallest puppy born not even the size of a dollar bill. but eddie lambert tells us why the pup is no longer on the market. >> poor beyonce is at the bottom of the pile. >> reporter: that is the story of tiny beyonce's life.

she is now listed as the world's smallest puppy by the world record academy and she has her own fan club. >> she's got a tiny little white spot on her tail. >> reporter: her mother came to the grace foundation as a very pregnant rescue dog. when she delivered the first four puppies were healthy but a vet had to do chest compressions on beyonce. >> he handed her over to me and said, you do the mouth to mouth and so i gave her a couple little breaths and she took a little breath. >> reporter: beth dicaprio has been mothering beyonce ever since. the puppy is now about a month old and just barely bigger than an iphone. if you don't watch her carefully she can pretty easily get lost in the grass. 500 people have filled out applications to take her home. >> we have made a decision that it would be unfair to just have one person have her. instead we want everybody in the world to be able to continue to love her and watch her grow.

>> reporter: beyonce will be a grace foundation dog and she'll have a big job, an ambassador for rescue dogs. as a last chance shelter the ranch is inundated with pregnant dogs that otherwise would have been euthanized. >> we are encouraging people if you love beyonce go out to a shelter, rescue a dog. it may not be the smallest but they may be the world's best ball chaser or have the biggest heart. >> reporter: so sweet. that's edie lambert reporting. the grace foundation set up a fund in the beyonce's name. they hope to build a maternity ward for alt pregnant dogs they rescue and need to promote spaying and neutering as well. >> i'd be afraid i'd step on the thing in the grass. >> like a little kitten. news 4 at 6:00 just minutes away. jim vance is here with a preview. coming up tonight, police chase that started with a trip to the mall but ended with a trip to the hospital for several people including a child. there is new fallout from a possible ncaa investigation at

howard university. we'll tell you how it's having an impact on some of the athletes there right now. and we've got something to show you. it's a massive dust devil on mars. that and more. coming up. >> that's cool. >> actually i think it was a guy in manassas with an iphone probably. >> right. they're good these days. >> yeah. very good images. >> thank you, vance. we'll see you in a few. coming up next a look at the evidence in the trayvon martin case and the police protocol for that investigation. for all your news follow news 4 online. just search nbc washington on facebook and twitter. we're coming right back. [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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in the trayvon martin case investigators are trying to retrace what happened the night of the deadly shooting but are running into a few load blocks. >> since there are no eyewitnesses other than george zimmerman experts say the forensics evidence is critical. nbc's kerry sanders has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: investigators may have no eyewitnesses to the shooting other than george zimmerman himself. he says he fired in self-defense. which leaves detectives with the puzzle of evidence, including ear witnesses. >> so you think he's yelling help?

>> yes. >> all right. what is your number? >> just -- there's gunshots. >> reporter: physical evidence and the scientific challenge. can csi explain what happened? >> without eyewitnesses to contradict george zimmerman, forensic evidence is going to be critical because if you can show that zimmerman lied, about what really happened, you can perhaps show that he committed a homicide. >> reporter: veteran detectives in florida say if sanford's major crimes unit followed protocol, they should have gathered trayvon's clothes and analyzed it for gun powder burns. that could reveal how close they were to each other when the shot was fired. microscopic blood spatter on george zimmerman which will likely reveal not only proximity but coupled with the autopsy report should reveal if zimmerman was standing over trayvon down on the ground or if trayvon was standing over him on the ground or were both standing? there are evidence photos that

should reveal in florida's sandy soil if there was really a scuffle. >> you'll find the two were closely engaged. it was a basic point blank shot. there is going to be evidence that the police have and they don't do their investigation by sharing it with you and i. >> reporter: jeff dean is a former florida prosecutor who says not having an eyewitness is not uncommon. it often leads to expectations that csi forensics can fill in the blanks. >> there is no magic bullet here. the evidence is what it is. there is no computer that holds all the answers or something they can push a button and get a print out that says yes he is lying or no he is not. >> while state agents are examining evidence the fbi is running a parallel investigation. but the justice department is focused on a possible civil rights violation. the feds are trying to answer the question was 17-year-old trayvon martin targeted by george zimmerman because of racial prejudice? >> that was kerry sanders

reporting. zimmerman's attorney tells nbc news he is not a racist and they welcome a grand jury taking a fresh look at the evidence to decide if the charges are -- if charges at all are warranted. now an update on the police chase and crash that shut down memorial bridge. a developing story. a police chase began at tysons corner shopping center this afternoon and ended near a cemetery. the wild ride shut down memorial bridge for a couple hours with emergency crews hauling away people on stretchers. after a story first reported on news 4 d.c. council member marion barry has apologized for the remarks he made about asian owned stores in the city. a new nasa mission sent fighter jets soaring over the nation's capital today. good evening everyone. i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. we begin tonight with another sign that the economic recovery is accelerating. the number of americans filing