speaking publicly here at the washington convention center. trayvon martin's parents came here to address the national action network convention, a group founded by reverend al sharpton which has made justice for trayvon martin a national and international issue. >> it's been a nightmare for 44 days. through god's grace i am standing here before you and able to speak because if it was up to me i'd be in my room crying right now. >> reporter: it was february 26th, 17-year-old trayvon martin wearing a hoody carrying skittles and iced tea was shot by george zimmerman the neighborhood watch captain of a gated community, who says he acted in self-defense. after questioning by sanford, florida police a prosecutor decided not to charge zimmerman. that prompted weeks of protests. hoody marches and demonstrations. special prosecutor angela cory said she would investigate and decide whether to charge zimmerman. as martin's parents, their

lawyers and supporters appeared here at the washington convention center this afternoon. the first reports arrived that zimmerman will be charged. reverend al sharpton cautioned that the reports had not been confirmed. >> when we hear it then we'll respond. we will be in the building. we will have another briefing around 5:15, 5:30 if those reports are at that point confirmed then the parents and all of us will respond. >> reporter: trayvon's parents were asked in their prayers if they talked to him and if so what they would say if zimmerman is charged. >> i'm hoping i can get on my bended knees and speak through christ and let him know that this was served, job well done, my son. >> reporter: those attending the national action network conference say if it's true they welcome the decision to charge zimmerman. >> justice must prevail and if they charge him, i'd say i have

more trust in this country because that's what america is all about. >> i think justice should be served. he should take responsibility and accountability for what he's done. >> now, here is the latest trayvon martin's parents, lawyers, and reverend al sharpton will be speaking publicly here at the washington convention center immediately after prosecutor angela cory's news conference is held in florida. and that should be coming up as you reported earlier in about an hour. reporting from the washington convention center, chris gordon, news 4. >> george zimmerman grew up here in manassas. a couple who has known him since he was a child is defending his character today. jane watrel continues our team coverage tonight outside osbourne high school. jane? >> reporter: well, george zimmerman lived in manassas for decades, graduating from osbourne high school in 2001. tonight many who knew him say this young man left a strong

impression. >> this is the kind of thing when the public starts making decisions before the information is complete. >> reporter: retired manassas minister george hall and his wife kay have been glued to the cable news channels for weeks. they watch george zimmerman and his siblings grow up across the street. now they will watch florida's legal system charge zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed teenager trayvon martin. >> i think it's going to be very hard for them to charge him with anything without some concrete facts. >> i hope he gets a just review from his peers because it seems to me to be very iffy, which way this could go. >> reporter: speaking out on behalf of george zimmerman hasn't been easy. mrs. hall got a menacing phone call from a stranger. >> they asked for me by name and i said, this is kay hall and they said you are a -- used a lot of bad language and ending

up with the word racist and i responded that i don't answer people who speak to me with that kind of language and i hung up. >> reporter: but reverend hall says their religious beliefs compel them to speak the truth as they know it about the young man at the center of controversy. >> i knew him as a respectful young man, one who was honest, one who was thoughtful and cared about others. he cared about us. >> reporter: mrs. hall says she even wrote a note to gladys zimmerman, george zimmerman's mother, including bible verses to help her get through the fallout from the shooting incident. reporting live in manassas, i'm jane watrel, news 4. >> be sure to stay with news 4 for continuing coverage tonight at the trayvon martin case tonight. at 5:30 jackie bensen will have live reaction from students at howard. for updates any time of day head to our website nbc washington.com. now to a bizarre bank

robbery that occurred in prince george's county, police ended up sachi saving the suspect's life during a botched getaway attempt. news 4's pat collins has that story. >> reporter: for prince george's county police, it was a triple play. they foiled a bank robbery, arrested the getaway driver, and then saved another suspect after he tried to commit suicide. >> it was scary. i mean, the guy was hanging out the window and started twitching and all i saw was him fall. >> reporter: the robbery, 9:40 a.m. the m&t bank campus way largo. two suspects make like they have a gun. they demand money and then make off with the cash. >> that's crazy. in this area? >> it's horrible. it's just not cool. >> reporter: the getaway. a lookout for a large black van stopped and cornered by the cops behind the 7-eleven in new carrollton. the driver arrested in a flash. he didn't have time to take the keys out of the ignition.

after that it gets more complicated. the second suspect makes a run for it. they say he climbed over this barbed wire fence and escaped through the apartment complex below. but he cut his hands as he did it. he comes into this building and he starts knocking on doors trying to get someone to let him in. at this apartment, he sees someone leaving. he tells this story. i was going out with this girl. her ex-boyfriend got upset and had someone beat me up. i just want to go in and clean up. he was let inside. it doesn't take long for the people inside that apartment to get suspicious. they hear sirens. they come outside to get the cops. that's when that suspect makes his move. they say he takes a sheet off a bed and then jumps out the window in an effort to take his own life. police move in and make the save. >> they entered the apartment. they tried to pull him up. they could not pull him up so

they cut the sheet and broke his fall. >> a busy day for firefighters around virginia. five large wildfires are burning inallegany, craig, page, and shenandoah counties. officials tell us they doubled in size since yesterday. one of the largest threatened several homes and shut down i-64 in both directions between lexington and clifton forge earlier today. the interstate was reopened and that's not the end of it. some parts of our region also saw snow, yep, snow, folks. doug kammerer is in the weather center. doug? >> it was amazing. i put out a tweet about that about 1:30 and everybody is like, snow? what are you talking about? yeah, we did see some areas of snow. a lot of people reporting hail, too. it was not hail. it's called grapple. we'll talk more about that coming up in a minute. look at the temperature right now. currently sitting at 54 degrees under partly sunny skies at the airport. winds right now are at 28 miles an hour.

a very cool afternoon. we should be in the mid 60s this time of the year. right now hagerstown coming in at 45. martinsburg 45, too. 54 down in manassas. 54 in fredericksburg. that is the warmest temperatures out there right now. we still do have some shower activity and any of these showers will produce mainly rain but it may mix with snow or grapple. once again we'll explain that in a few minutes and also explain what's in store for tonight. you know it's going to be a cold night. what about the rest of the week and the all important weekend? tonight a sigh of relief in indonesia. no reports of serious damage or deaths from two massive earthquakes there. the first quake was a magnitude 8.6. it was followed by an 8.2 magnitude aftershock. the earthquake sent folks running into the streets as far away as southern india. the scare brought back memories of the 2004 tsunami that killed 230,000 people. tonight the tsunami warning has

been canceled. now to the latest in presidential politics. this is the first full day mitt romney has been on the campaign trail without having to look over his shoulder for rick santorum. newt gingrich and congressman ron paul are still in the race but analysts say that santorum's exit yesterday greatly increases romney's chances now of becoming the gop nominee. today the former massachusetts governor campaigned in connecticut and his focus was on president obama and the women's vote. >> this is an amazing statistic. the number of jobs, percentage of jobs lost by women in the president's three years, three and a half years, 92.3% of all the jobs lost during the obama years have been lost by women. 92.3%. >> nbc news investigated romney's claim. the campaign says the figures are from a data base at the bureau of labor statistics. an economist at the bureau tells

nbc news the math is correct but the terminology is wrong. he says women actually make up a larger share of the work force now than they did in january of 2008 before the financial meltdown. the man behind a controversial crackdown on illegal immigrants in prince william county is now running for lieutenant governor. cory stewart the chairman of the board of supervisors in prince william county is the first major republican candidate to announce he is running for the job. he was the impetus behind a law that cracked down on illegal immigrants in 2007. at that time it was the toughest law in the nation. it has since been amended after concerns over racial profiling. >> as a result of those efforts more than 4,500 illegal aliens who have committed crimes in our county have been handed over to i.c.e. for deportation. now we are at a 15-year low with violent crime down by more than 50% over the past five years.

>> when he and his predecessor ran for lieutenant governor the chairman now, chairman stewart, demanded that naughton stepped down, that he needed to spend full-time on the politics and the needs of prince william county. he needs to step down, run for lieutenant governor, it's a full-time job run k for that office. and he needs to step down and run for lieutenant governor. >> stewart says he will be staying in office during the campaign. next tonight, two women attacked in alexandria. how the suspect got them to let their guard down then lured them into an abandoned building. a local man fired by the library of congress. he says the termination had nothing to do with his job performance. apple under fire over those apple under fire over those popular

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suit against apple, holtzbrink, and penguin publishing. now to a new tool in the fight against breast cancer. today federal regulators recommended approval for a procedure that could improve screening for this disease in some women. doreen gentzler joins us with the details. >> hi, wendy. for women with dense breast tissue mammograms don't always give a clear picture of breast health. some studies show mammograms miss nearly 45% of tumors in dense breast tissue but with today's announcement from the food and drug administration, doctors can now use 3-d ultra sound for screening which they believe will help them better identify tumors and save lives, too. >> if we'd stop with the mammogram i would have just gone home and thought i'm okay for another year. >> reporter: luckily, dionnea greg's doctors didn't stop with the mammogram. as part of a clinical trial they gave her a 3-d ultra sound and found a tumor hiding in one of her breasts. >> the fact that the mammogram

was so completely clear was a little disturbing because a lot of women i think certainly a lot of my friends assume if you have a clear mammogram that you're okay. >> reporter: today the fda recommended approval for doctors to use 3-d ultra sound technology alongside mammograms for women like greg who have dense breast tissue. that's a common condition that makes it difficult for radiologist to identify tumors. >> it's like looking for a specific cloud in a cloudy sky. >> reporter: dr. jocelyn is a radiologist at george washington university medical facty associates and one of the investigators in the nationwide clinical trial which looked at more than 15,000 women. doctors found tumors in 100 of them but in 20 of those cases the cancer was missed by mammography alone. it wasn't picked up until after they'd had the ultra sound. >> we do know by screening by mammography as well as potentially by ultra sound as well in the future that it can

increase the number of cancers that are potentially visualized and also increase the number that is visualized at a smaller stage. >> she says today's recommendation is important because up to 50% of women under the age of 50 could have dense breast tissue, meaning doctors could be missing tumors. they would have missed diona greg's. after her ultra sound doctors found out she had stage two breast cancer. she was treated and hopes there won't be any recurrence. >> i wish i hadn't proven the point on the study but i am glad it was available. >> doctors have already been using 3-d ultra sound for diagnostic purposes and hope with this recommendation from fda today the procedure will now be covered by health insurance. wendy, jim? >> all right. thanks, doreen. >> sure. doug is on his toes today. you got a little bit of everything. >> yeah. it's kind of amazing. we were talking about fire danger. we've had the fires in the

southwest, strong winds. we had showers and, yes, we had some snow and something else a lot of people say, hey, we've got hail coming down in our area. that was called grapple. ready for this? >> no. what is that? >> an italian drink? >> you can drink with it. that is the good thing. it's super cool water, water that doesn't freeze below 32 degrees, attaching itself to a snowflake creating a little ball or white ball and that white ball is called grapple. how about that? >> hu. okay. >> it can form in a number of different ways but almost every time it forms in a little white ball and it comes down. it is also referred to as soft hail. just so you know. >> soft hail. >> you got it now? >> okay. >> so you can tell your friends when you get home. 54 degrees right now. the current temperature. wind gusts of 28 miles an hour. a very cool afternoon. really one of the coolest afternoons we've seen in quite sometime. the first day in april we've seen in the 50s. 48 degrees right now in

gaithersburg. 48 in leesburg. 43 in winchester with some showers and some snow showers coming through the area. current wind gusts still upwards of 20 to look at this near 40 miles an hour in martinsburg where the heavier shower is there, too. camp springs, patuxent river coming in at 31 miles an hour. we are seeing rather breezy if not windy conditions associated with these showers as they move through. very cold air in the atmosphere. this is the kind of weather pattern you only see where there is cold air aloft. the pancake clouds coming through and then the individual little showers just kind of spotty around the area. each of these making their way through here. a brief shower moves through. again, because of the cold air aloft we are seeing a little bit in the way of some snow with that, too. right now here is where the biggest area is. northern portions of loudoun county, southwest portions of the panhandle of west virginia. right around charles town. one around frederick county, maryland and another in through howard county, maryland. here is the biggest one right now. charles town right here down

toward cable town and then as you move toward loudoun county you can see a fairly good shower just to the south of brunswick would not be surprised to see some of that snow or grapple associated with this one, too, as it moves on down to the south and east. these are going to continue to move to the south and east. there are a few more out there. not quite as many as we saw earlier in the afternoon but they're still out there. cool temperatures? yeah. you know that. we've got a freeze warning once again. two areas to the west around i-81 under partly sunny skies tomorrow. a nice day. friday even better as temperatures move back into the 60s i think on saturday -- on friday. some areas on friday could even get close to the 70-degree mark. whitney just asked are we going to see a warmup here toward the weekend and into next week? well, here you go. 67 on your friday. 73 on saturday. and how about a nice warmup for sunday at 83 degrees? >> oh, yeah. >> so, yes, the coolest we've been so far this month. we get to the warmest so far this month and in the same forecast. >> you might want a bowl of

grapple for sunday. >> grapple. >> don't say grapple. meteorologists really just -- >> gets them steaming. >> that's right. >> thank you, doug. still ahead the fbi's warning for all parents about online sex-tortion. maryland makes history today. what the state is doing to keep your boss from getting access to your facebook pass word. in sports a special home coming for

tonight we are talking hockey. >> we sure are. dan is heading up to boston tomorrow but tonight is talking anticipation for the big playoff game. >> yeah. it's almost here. caps and bruins begin their first-round playoff series in boston tomorrow and it is a home coming for one of the lesser known players. not every player takes the nhl by storm like alex ovechkin did. most spend some time in the minors honing their craft. although not as much time as keith aucoin. now he is hoping to be a factor in a capitals playoff upset over the bruins. caps forward keith aucoin grew up just miles from the boston garden and he was a die-hard bruins fan, complete with a ray bork jersey. he has played against his childhood team before even this season but never as part of an nhl playoff roster. >> growing up here you dream of

the -- playing in the playoffs and to be able to go against the team i grew up for will be a lot of fun. a lot of family and friends want to come. i don't know if i can get as many tickets as they want but it is going to be an amazing experience. enjoy it but at the same time take care of business. i can't wait. >> reporter: it's ban long wait for aucoin. he is a perennial all star for the hershey bears the caps' farm team in the ahl. they even put out a keith aucoin bobble head this season. he has adapted to life shuttling between hershey and d.c. but now he hopes to stay on the caps' fourth line because of his speed and tenacity. >> a lot of fast players, skilled guys, especially we have guys that can hit as well. so, you i'm a small guy myself. i'll go out and hit as well. >> i was in the minors three years too. he's been there for a long time and, you know, long bus rides and stuff to make it up here and it is good to see a kid like

that work. he knows he is not a kid anymore. he is an older guy and it is nice to see him up here and to play boston and into the first round couldn't be more fitting for him. >> i've played this corner three and a half years in the minors and, you know, all of us down there could never figure out why he's still there. obviously he is an under sized forward but the way he sees the game and, you know, his abilities you wouldn't expect him to be in the minors. i think he is going to really look forward to playing at home and, you know, i wouldn't expect anything less than a great performance from him. >> when the caps face off with the bruins thursday akwoin will be back in his old stomping grounds, which means they might not be able to understand him. >> he doesn't have that bad of a massachusetts accent. >> he gets around his brother and dad and they start. then we don't know what he is saying. >> harvard yard and all that stuff. >> the car and stuff with the long as. >> shocks or something like that. >> most people come back and don't even understand me.

it's funny. >> when you play at home you get the adrenalin rush each game and you're ready to play which is good for our team. we could use him going in that sense. it's a good sign for us. >> wouldn't that be something if the capitals not only beat the bruins but, perhaps, keith aucoin has the game winning goal in game seven or something? cool. >> that would be very cool. >> living out a childhood dream. >> have fun tomorrow. >> thank you. we have some breaking news in montgomery county. chopper 4 is over the scene of an overturned tractor-trailer in poolesville at route 28 on darns town road at whites ferry road. >> the driver of the truck suffered minor injuries. the roadway is blocked right now while montgomery county fire and rescue hazmat crews work on a fuel spill there. we don't know what the tanker was carrying. >> montgomery county police are also rerouting traffic. they say that road is going to be closed for several hours so it is going to be a tough commute for you folks heading up in that direction. >> not good timing. up next on news 4 at 5:00 tonight the search is on for a

man who attacked two women who thought they were apartment hunting in alexandria. >> a california college makes a major admissions mistake. and the new plan to tackle bullies in the d.c. school

we're following breaking news involving the trayvon martin case. george zimmerman is expected to be officially charged in the

shooting death of that florida teenager. those charges are expected to be announced in 30 minutes. >> the teen's parents held a news conference meanwhile here at the washington convention center earlier today calling for zimmerman's arrest. >> i have been up and down as if i was on a rollercoaster, but i know beyond a shadow of a doubt that justice will be served. >> the prosecutor announced her decision and the press conference will be in jacksonville, florida. >> it is expected to start at 6:00 and we'll bring it to you live. first to jackie bensen live at howard university with reaction to the case that has dominated the news for weeks now. jackie? >> reporter: events in florida are being followed very closely here on howard university campus. everybody is checking their iphones, facebook, twitter as they walk back and forth from classes. earlier we spoke to the head of

the university's chapter of the naacp. she talked about the fact that u.s. attorney general eric holder has pledged a thorough review. >> well, i think that on the federal level it's a lot more even and i think that considering the things, the background with the police station, the cases and things like that it's good to know that if something is going wrong with our state police, you know, station and things like that that the justice department will play a role in that and making sure that justice is executed to the best of its ability. >> reporter: as events unfold in florida we'll have more coming up at 6:00. reporting live from the howard university campus in northwest washington, i'm jackie bensen. back to you. >> be sure to stay with news 4. we're going to bring you live coverage of the news coverage in jacksonville again where charges will be filed against george zimmerman coming up tonight right here at 6:00. also at 5:30 we want to tell you about a search that's on for a man who attacked two women in northern virginia. >> the victims told police they were apartment hunting yesterday

after finding a place on craigslist but when the women got to the area off of eisenhower avenue in mill road they say a man was waiting for them at an abandoned building and attacked them inside. >> news 4's erika gonzalez has more from alexandria. >> reporter: alexandria police say they've questioned a man that fits the description of the suspect but haven't made any arif arres arrests. they tell me it is a very active scene and police detectives are looking for clues to help close the case. >> the one individual would have been by herself. >> reporter: alexandria police say two women came to this abandoned building once used by s.w.a.t. for training on the 2200 block of mill road yesterday evening around 6:00. detectives say the women were responding to an internet ad for an apartment, walked up the steps, and then were dragged into the building and beaten by a man. >> unfortunately, they were able to fight their way out, escaped, and police were called. >> we worried.

we locked the doors and stayed inside. >> reporter: neighbors say the commotion has been cause for concern. the women suffered minor injuries. they described their attacker as a white man with green eyes, red hair, and a blonde ponytail. then this morning police say they got calls alerting them that a man that fits that description was at the scene. >> officers went out and have stopped that person, got an information and then forwarded that on to detectives so they could follow up with it. >> reporter: the man was placed in a police car and let go shortly after. authorities say the investigation is ongoing. coming up tonight at 6:00 the lesson police say is to be learned in all this. in alexandria, erika gonzalez, news 4. crews just started removing the engines and other parts of the navy fighter jet that slammed into that apartment complex in virginia beach last week. the engines will be an important part of the investigation into what caused the plane to go down. officials from the epa were also on the scene today to make sure no hazardous materials leak out. the f-18 crash last friday about

two miles from the naval air station where it took off. incredibly, no one was seriously injured. students at two local universities may have to dig a little bit deeper to pay for tuition next year. university of virginia students could see a 4% increase, about $25,000 for tuition, fees, and room and board for in-state students. howard university will see a 12% hike next year costing undergrads about $42,000 to attend that private school. both universities say this increase is necessary to offset the rising cost of operating a university. ucla apologizing tonight for a big mistake. last weekend the university sent an e-mail meant only for students admitted updating them on financial awards and included a line that congratulated them on being admitted. here is the problem. the e-mail was sent to about 900 people who were not accepted and, still, on the university's waiting list. tonight d.c. mayor vincent

gray says he'll announce a new initiative to stop bullying. it's a four-step plan that includes a task force and a research report. the plan also features the, quote, creation of a model policy and standards and there will be a bullying forum. the mayor will announce the plan tonight before a private screening of "bully" at e street cinema. the movie follows five children and examines the problem of bullying. the writer and producer of the film visited news 4 midday. she says the movie addresses a problem that has reached a tipping point. >> we were seen on youtube, kids posting videos about their experience of being bullied. we were seeing parents writing in to news stories on message boards saying we are struggling with this. we need help. we need a voice on this issue. >> the film originally was given an r rating. the film makers edited out an expletive. the movie will have a pg-13 rating now when it opens in theaters nationwide on friday. when we come back, password

protection. there is a new law in maryland that bans bosses from getting access to your facebook accounts. plus it's a fitness routine that lets you release stress and sweat. tonight we find out what jung

we have more breaking news on the zimmerman case. ap and msnbc news are both confirming that george zimmerman is now in custody. this comes as a special

prosecutor is about to announce charges against him in the shooting death of trayvon martin in florida. the official charges will be revealed at a press conference at 6:00 in jacksonville. we will of course bring you that live right here on nbc 4. in tonight's wednesday's child we want to introduce you to a brother and sister who were hoping to find a loving home together. barbara harrison went to lucky strike in northwest d.c. to share their story. >> reporter: both rianta and christian were ready to share secrets for bowling here at the lucky strike bowling alley in washington. they are a brother and sister who, unfortunately, at least for now, don't live in the same home. they have both been in foster care for most of their young lives, each moving but not together, from home to home. how long have you been there? >> almost a year now. >> reporter: where were you before that? >> a different foster home. >> reporter: christian says she

has had to move around a lot and though she doesn't mind she says she does a little. >> i do a little bit because it's like confusing where i'm going to be. >> at this time we're hopeful that we can find a permanent place. they would like to be adopted together. >> reporter: after bowling we went to kitchen at lucky strike and cooked up some pizzas with manager virgil thompson and the lucky strike chef. >> good. >> reporter: right now what they most want and need is a family that will want and love them both. >> love is something somebody gives you from their heart. >> oh, christian. look at yours. >> thank you. >> wow. >> thank you. >> double cheese. >> reporter: a little like love. barbara harrison news 4 for wednesday's child. >> that pizza made them light up. i'm hungry for one. for more information please call

our special adoption hotline. that number 1-88-to-adopt me or logon to our website at nbc washington.com. >> she was a cutie with her little curly hair. still ahead we have a warning for parents that criminals are using the internet to prey on young victims and coercing them into doing sex acts. a man fired from the library of congress files a discrimination lawsuit. why he claims his sexuality cost him his job. but first, here's doug. out there right now a very cool afternoon. one of the coolest we've seen in a long time outside. temperatures today only in the 50s. overnight tonight we will all be in the 30s. a cold night tonight but what does that mean for the home opener of the nationals tomorrow?

a former library of congress employee says he was fired for being gay and now has filed a discrimination complaint. >> i would love to return to work. i want my job. that's all i want. that's all i'm asking for. >> reporter: peter trevere says he was fired as a management analyst by the library of congress after allegedly being harassed for more than a year by a supervisor he contends repeatedly cited passages from the bible condemning homosexuality. he says he had to endure a hostile environment because he's gay. >> i was going to hell, would never succeed as an employee, or

as a gay man in society. >> reporter: colleagues and supporters stood out on pennsylvania avenue today with his attorney. >> it was totally contrary to federal law. it happened this person's religion was directed at peter's sexuality. he says his supervisor wrote in an e-mail that he believed jesus, quote, prohibited sexual immorality, including homosexuality, adultery, and premarital sex. >> i'd like to see some kind of justice done and i don't know if he wants to be reinstated necessarily or not. but it just, you know, seems like something very unfair has happened. >> reporter: no comment from the library of congress, which is said to be conducting its own investigation with a report due out by may. while a spokesperson for the library of congress wouldn't comment on personnel matters they did send us a library of congress internal rule that staff members shall, quote, not diskrim nays on grounds of race, color, religion, national

origin, sex, disability, or sexual orientation. trevere says not only is it tough to find another job he has $12 to his name now. >> the money is gone. i recently was evicted because of this and i'm sitting here no trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together again. >> u.s. senator chuck schumer who chairs a joint committee in congress nah oversees the library of congress has said his committee will look into the allegations. maryland has become the first state in the nation to ban employers from asking people to turn over their pass words to their facebook and twitter accounts. the general assembly passed the bill last night protecting your social media privacy. the law bans employers from asking current and prospective employees from giving up user names and pass words. governor o'malley is expected to sign the bill in may. illinois and california are considering similar legislation. the mystery is over. we finally know where the simpsons live and it's not

springfield, virginia. >> hello. i'm kent brockman and this is "eye on springfield." >> turns out the cartoon is set in springfield, oregon according to the show's creator. he dropped the bombshell in an interview with "smithsonian" magazine and says he was inspired by the tv show "father knows best" which took place in the city called springfield. springfield, oregon is 100 miles south of his hometown of portland. now we know. >> i thought it was springfield, illinois. >> i did, too. >> there are a lot out there. >> and massachusetts. take a look at the wild weather pattern we have. doug is tracking the conditions. are we going to get a little rain? >> we're seeing a little rain right now and you can see it on the visual picture. you can see a couple sprinkles right now but also look at these clouds here. you can see the dark clouds coming down toward the ground. that is rain. a great picture of this earlier. one of the coolest things you can see with a pattern like this

as the rain comes through very quickly and then moves on very quickly. current temperature 54 degrees with winds gusting to 28 miles an hour right now. that makes it a very cool afternoon. it's going to be a very cool evening. already down to 48 in gaithersburg. 50 in leesburg. 54 manassas. 52 down toward hunting town. any time you get around 50 degrees or below 50 and then you add in the wind we're talking about wind chills. wind chill in gaithersburg right now around the 40-degree mark. so a very chilly afternoon. we still have some showers. the biggest area right here just to the south and west of leesburg will make its way down through loudoun county in through the border here around prince william and around fairfax county so right around manassas and bull run in the next half hour. yes you may see a snowflake mixed in there but most of those have now moved on. 32 for the overnight low in martinsburg. 33 in winchester. back to the west we are going to see temperatures near freezing once again overnight tonight. 38 though in the district. 41 in la plata. 40 down toward pax river. a very chilly start tomorrow morning.

so watch out for the kids going to the bus stop tomorrow. 60 for a high in leesburg. 62 in washington. 63 in fredericksburg. we do rebound a little bit tomorrow. i think we'll see a lot more sunshine tomorrow than during the day today. that is much better news. we could even see some low 60s in parts of the area where today we were held to about ten degrees below average. tomorrow we'll be about maybe 2 to 5 degrees below average. but tomorrow should still be a great day for the home opener taking place right here in our nation's capital. the nationals taking on the cincinnati reds. down at the ballpark, take a look. there is the ballpark right there as the ball flies out taking on the reds at 1:05 in the afternoon. about a 60-degree temperature for that first pitch. maybe a little chilly. a little breezy. you probably want to take the jacket. as long as you're in the sunshine should be a-okay for that. the nats right now tied for first place. yes i'm sure dan hellie will tell you that later. i don't mean to be doing his job. something else we're looking at, next tuesday the space shuttle coming right over the d.c. area.

optimal viewing time between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. as it passes through the area. some great places to view it will be the national mall, national harbor. it will land out at dulles. next tuesday kind of a cool happening here in our region. hopefully the weather is going to be great. right now we think it is. do you need to release aggression? why don't you go to a gym and get a wooden sword and swing it around? there is actually a workout now called jun shin that combines cardio and swinging a sword. we checked it out and asked the warriors in class, what's your workout? >> one, step, lunge. nice. it's ae's intense, total body workout. you're using a wooden sword and slicing through the air and kicking and maybe jumping or keeping it maybe low impact but either way you'll be sucking wind and out of breath. careful.

control it. control. the point of the sword activates your core. it gives you a mental focus, a focal point. as soon as you have it in your hands you're not thinking about anything else, not your boss or what you have to do. you're just like oh, i have to be sure i'm putting the sword in the right direction. it is great for toning the biceps, triceps, upper back. it releases the shoulder. >> just love the carnal aggression of it. it's a workout with music going, pumping, just carnal release of aggression. >> i really like the sword because i had problems with my shoulder before and i thought it would actually -- it might aggravate it but actually it has helped tremendously. >> i find it addicting. because it's so different from anything else. and this one keeps me coming back because with my entire body every time. >> we do have a meditation component so it is a stress relieving practice where you're going, energized, and then coming down and relaxing and releasing.

>> you're going really -- >> and no reported injuries. so sporting health is the only gym on the east coast to offer jung shin. to learn more and what it is like to swing a sword around go to nbc washington.com. >> when i'm lying down and meditating i want to be sure everybody else dropped their swords and nobody else is swinging. >> good luck with that. >> yeah. coming up next a recent child porn arrest shines a spotlight on a new crime that has caught the fbi's attention. >> we continue to stay on top of the breaking news in florida. nbc news now confirms that george zimmerman is in custody at this hour. this comes as a special prosecutor is set to announce charges in the shooting death of trayvon martin in florida. the official charges will be revealed at a news conference at 6:00. nbc news will bring you all the details

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the fbi calls it sex-tortion, people coercing teenagers into sexual activity on a web cam and then recording it for blackmail. >> tonight a man has been arrested on child pornography charges involving a 14-year-old from prince george's county. >> jackie bensen has the story you saw first on 4. >> reporter: 39-year-old richard finkbreiner of brazil, indiana

is accused of coercing a 14-year-old boy in beltsville, maryland to fondle himself during a video chat last november. the federal complaint claims finkbinder secretly recorded this then told the teen he wanted to see more demanding the vict victim's e-mail address and telling him to get a skype account and threatened to post the video on a website available to his friends if he refused. he told the victim, quote, only i have this link and you want to play this game or you want to be a gay porn star? the boy told his family who called police. >> sometimes the threat is to make their parents or their teachers or their friends or their coaches or their pastors, make these images available to people close to them. >> reporter: court documents indicate finkbyner and the boy met on the website omegle.com. the site motto is, talk to strangers and claims to allow users to chat anonymously either by text or video.

a disclaimer says people under 18 need their parents' permission. i entered some likes and a stranger immediately begins to chat. it comes to an abrupt halt when i identify myself as a reporter. the fbi says a search of finkbyner's home discovered thousands of sexually explicit images which may indicate the existence of other victims. the website's big draw is anonymity. right now it says there are 24,000 strangers online and safety experts advise telling parents that because it shows up as a social website it may bypass any parental controls they've set on their kids' computers. jackie bensen, news 4. police are also asking any potential victims to come forward. >> right now at 6:00, breaking news in the trayvon martin case. >> we continue our news on the trayvon martin case. it has been more than a month now since the unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer. that volunteer was george

zimmerman. we have learned that he is now in custody. the special prosecutor is expected to announce the charges against zimmerman in a matter of minutes. there have been protests all over our area and the country and we will now get a special report from nbc news. this is an nbc news special report. here is brian williams. >> good evening. from new york we're going to go to jacksonville, florida, where in just a few moments we are going to learn the charge against george zimmerman, the armed neighborhood watch volunteer who fired the gun that killed trayvon martin in this case that has gathered so much anger, national protest, and attention over these past few weeks. the announcement will be by angela cory, the lawyer who is the special counsel, special prosecutor in this case.