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deputies heard the deadly shots being fired. the sheriff's office tells us deputies found a man shot to death before 9:00 tonight. lying behind a building in the 200 block of kent avenue. deputies heard multiple shots fired and canvassed the area. but they found no apparent gunman by the time they reach the victim. they have not identified the victim yet and the search for suspects continues. now to the intrigue and drama that rivals that of any soap opera. >> drama at an area church. the faithful are fired up their pass s to pastor has been fired. playing out in real life. a pass s to jackie benson join us from landover. jackie. >> reporter: doreen, the development in the battle for the soul of this church is a shocker. it was supposed to be wednesday night, bible study.

instead, the pastor, who preached to crowds of thousands spoke from the sidewalk in front of the jericho scity of praise chur church. fired and told he was banned from the property. >> we will be back here on premesis, preaching, teaching, we will be saving souls. and nobody its going to be able to stop that. >> reporter: in the wake of the death last fall of apostle betty peebles, most assumed joel would take over the multimillion dollar ministry. but a six-person board established in a will he claims his mother was into ill to dictate sued to remove him. this afternoon he was escorted from his office with police officers standing by. >> if the sheriff try to stop you, you are members of this church you, pay your tithes. they deniedenforcement.

>> we are here, standing, strong, and believing in god to do what he said. victory. off up athe ch >> the church board issued a statement, the firing necessary to remain in compliance with irs regulations. the statement did not explain what that means. reporting from landover. jackie benson, news 4. >> three people leaving the secret service in the wake of the prostitution scandal during president obama's visit to colombia last week. one supervisor was allowed to retire, another supervisor was removed for cause. a nonsupervisor resigned. eight other members are currently on administrative leave. investigators say none of the men had guns, radios, or schedules in their rooms. they are currently conducting interviews with the alleged prostitutes. >> security concerns achfter a break in at a d.c. government building. somebody went into the city auditor office and stole computers.

shomari stone has details. >> good evening, outside d.c. auditors office and look at the police department, says the front door was pride open. unanswered question, who broke in on the ninth floor. >> this is an ongoing investigation. >> reporter: the d.c. chairman, kwame brown speaks out about the break-in. according to the police report, the thief stole two dell laptops over the weekend. aufls offices on the top floor. any idea what is on the laptops why would some one steal them? >> i have no idea why any one would steal anything. i'm very concerned. >> the auditor works with the d.c. council examining accounts and operations. it doesn't do criminal investigations but can refer its administrative findings to the u.s. attorney for the d.c. attorney. >> i'm concerned about the lack of security. it shocks me that the laptops could be easily stolen. >> uin a written statement, the d.c. auditor says, quote --

>> police say there are surveillance cameras inside. they're investigating. >> clearly i have all the confidence in the chief and metropolitan police department. >> investigators, urge any one with information to call police. in northwest d.c. shomari stone, news 4. >> vice president joe biden hopes to renew the fight to prevent violence against women and the family of a uva lacrosse player was at the white house today to help with that effort. vice president biden wants to spotlight the violence against women act. uva student yardley love beaten to death by george hugley nearly two years ago. love's mother attended the event at the white house to day. her first time speaking publicly since he was convicted back in february. >> as hard as it is to realize that nothing will bring yardley back to us, that same realization is our driving force s to keep her memory alive. the violence against women act

was the very first step on the road to ending this devastating problem. >> the senate is set to debate the reauthorization of the act next week. fairfax priest who once held a job to help protect children is now accused of sexual misconduct involving a teen boy. reverend terry spect facing allegations back to the '90s. spect priest at st. mary's of sorrows church in fairfax, used to be the head of child protection services for arlington diocese and worked at catholic high school, paul vi, and holy spirit church in annandale. the diocese is fully cooperatin with police. the budget battle in virginia is over tonight. democrats say it is bad news for northern virginia drivers. this evening, state senator, charles colgan crossed party lines to vote with the gop. $85 billion, two-year budget was passed. democrats previously rejected the plan because it doesn't

include $300 million to help offset the costs of the dulles metro rail project. that money is coming from increases on the dulles toll road. democrats say tolls are going to double. the bunt now goes to governor bob mcdonald for amendments. a doomsday clock is counting down. the clock unveiled in annapolis today. counting down to july 1. that's when half a billion dollars in budget cuts will take effect. jobs, education funding, and cost of living raise for workers are all on the chopping block. the only saving grace would be if maryland lawmakers hold a special session to change the budget. >> late today be learned that music legend dick clark has died. generations of americans welcomed him into our homes for five decades. angie goff with more on tributes in honor of a legend. angie? >> doreen, television legend

dick clark died in a santa monica hospital from a massive heart attack. he was 82. tonight, friends, family and stars remember an american original. >> live from philadelphia. >> he once famously said music is the sound track of your life. for more than five decades. dick clark used music to move so many. america's oldest teenager appeared ageless s through the more than 30 years of hosting american bandstand and beyond. >> it's been the graeatest fantasy of my life. working 35 years in television. my first love. the bandstand made it all possible. >> reporter: from the beginning music was his passion, scoring his first job in radio after graduating from syracuse university. >> music really is one of the three most important things in our lives. >> clark just as important to music. helping launch countless careers. ♪ stop in the name of love >> from the supremes to a young michael jackston the he created american music awards. produced the golden globes.

and 40 years ago started the biggest party in the nation. clark hosted the countdown until 2004 when he had a sudden stroke. he spent more than a month the hospital. this past january, he co-hosted the celebration with ryan seacrest. tonight, the american idol host paid tribute to his mentor. >> i know that he is in ape better place. >> reporter: as the show goes on. fans across the country continue to mourn the loss of a television icon. flowers placed by his hollywood star, online, an outpouring of love from strangers and famous friends. >> clark, who had a history of heart disease is survived by his wife and three children. tonight, the first family is reacting to the sad news. president obama said in a statement, in part, michelle and are saddened to hear about the passing of dick clark. he reshaped the television landscape forever. more important than his ground breaking achiefme ing ing achiee

made us fell, as young and vibrant and optimistic as he was. >> a 91-year-old man is recovering after crashing his car in prince george's county. just before lunch at jerry's seafood here. landham. the man was leaving a bank across the street when he suddenly accelerated across three lanes of traffic. the through the parking lot and slammed right in the front of the restaurant. the bus boy was just sitting feet from the entrance. he jumped up and ran to help the driver. >> he was shaken pretty bad. trying to back out of there. i told him turn the vehicle off. put it in park. you know turn it off. and he was still shaking pretty bad. >> the driver is okay. no one inside the restaurant was injured. the building is closed off and deemed unsacfe. the owner tells us mate be days before the restaurant may reopen. >> kind of a wet day out there today. question is, veronica, enough rain to help all of the folks

who were suffering from with allergies? >> yes, some beneficial rains for the area. not just for the allergies but for water table, ground waumentwaument -- ground water table, rivers, streams. going back to july 31, third driest period on record. behind me, some of the rain left. moving out of here. frederick, leesburg, on down. that's it. all moving out of here. just light showers right now. still around gaithersburg, mount airy, columbia, maryland. gone in the next two hours. chilly start today the day. a bigger storm to talk about. doreen, jim. >> tomorrow morning, space shuttle "discovery," escorted down a run way, at dulles, to its home at smithsonian. crews started the process of separating the spacecraft from the jumbo jet that brought it. hooking a crane to the shuttle and lifting it carefully off the back. once the jet is moved, the shuttle will be slowly lowered to the ground when it is moved into the smithsonian annex.

shuttle enterprise will be removed and it will be flown to new york. >> will tonight we finally get few see faces behind the winning tickets. retired couple in red bud, illinois, are now millionaires. 111 times over. merle and pat butler came forward to claim their share of the mega millions jackpot. they have the one of three winning tickets. amounting to $218 million before taxes. for 19 days they have kept their win a secret despite living in a small town of just 3700. merle says his wife had a tough time believing him at first. >> she kind of looked at me funny. i said no, we won. and, then she started giggling. and, she giggled for about four hours i think. you know? >> he is too. the butlers don't have any immediate plans for their winnings except to invest. despite having enough money to move anywhere in the world, they plan on staying put.

the in red bud. >> put red bud on the map didn't it? >> sure did. >> coming up. a day at the grocery store. normally doesn't include running down the aisle with a car on your tail. tonight the driver reveals what happened. >> men who wanted to be on the reality show, the bachelor, say they weren't given a fair shot. they think they know why. >> some people in

two men from tennessee are

suing the abc reality show "the bachelor" for alleged racial discrimination. class action lawsuit filed on behalf of the two men today. they say producers treated them unfairly when they tried out to become the bachelor last year because they are black. their attorneys say the show may have also discriminated against hundreds of other minority candidates, and that over 23 combined seasons, neither show has had a main bachelor or bachelorette of color. florida woman tonight says she hit the gas instead of the brakes and wound up driving through the grocery store. police say the 76-year-old woman was pulling up to a stop sign when she accidentally accelerated and crashed through the store's front doors. ten people were hurt in this accident, but no one was kid. a baby was hit. but the child is expected to be okay. the driver is charged with careless driving. >> unusual pets are ruffling feathers in avington, maryland,

right now. pety, the owner has eight peacocks. hartford county limits people to five peacocks per property. any bird under 6 months old is not included in the law's limit. hard to keep pety at home as he flies from roof to roof. yikes. county law prevents petey's owners from caging the peacocks because the houses are so class s together. the neighbors as you might imagine are none too pleased. one, said it is tough to get any sleep. >> first it was pretty. it was really unique. and i took pictures. but i get up at 5:00 a.m. it's not pretty anymore. >> people stay out of my business my birds would be penned. they didn't. zoning came and said release the birds. >> oh, my. >> the county considers the peacocks domestic animals. and the local government its considering changing the law that would allow homeowners to

hatch mo have more pets. >> you can't put pety on a leash though. >> you are talking ruffling feathers. >> pety, the nbc peacock. >> i'm not commenting under the you? >> i wouldn't be able to do weather. too noisy. all right, let's talk about tomorrow morning. because we are going to be trading in the umbrella for the sunglasses. the way it is looking for tomorrow morning. the sunshine will come very quickly. but right now we still have clouds. and even some fog, i am seeing, starting to form. a little bit in our western suburbs around culpeper. and just off to the west of frederick right now. so, for your early morning hours. 52 to 50 degrees. fog. chilly. sun up at 6:25. still clouds and again, you are going to need the jack teet toor the morning. rain, pushing out. hagerstown. down towards fredericksburg, virginia. what's left? not any moderate rain.

all light rain moving out. d.c., woodbridge, quauclinton, bowie, annapolis. this moving eastward. because our area of low pressure is moving eastward. we are at 53 degrees. dew point, 47. winds are calm. helping to allow fog to form during the overnight period. there is our old weather front. low pressure. continue tracking eastward off the coast. scattered clouds for the morning. then almost full sunshine for the afternoon. that will allow us s to see temperatures warm up. 75 for friday. mild air, coming in a head of the next weather system a nother slow moving weather system. the big difference between the two. is that that next weather system will be pulling a lot of moisture out of the gulf of mexico. and that means that, not only is it going to be wet here this weekend. especially sunday. but areas down through the

south, atlanta, raleigh, eventually into new england are going to have a soak rain too. that again really for sunday. looks as though showers, storms will start around the area saturday afternoon. 1:00, 2:00. 46 to 53. for your morning. chilly. need the jacket. awfully nice. nice spring day coming our way tomorrow. 67 to 72 degrees. mild, seasonably mild across the area. mid 70s for friday. just gorgeous too. and then, uh-oh. we get that rain. the weekend. 76. salvage the early part of your day saturday. showers and thunderstorms. saturday afternoon. could get a break now. saturday night. rain. cooler conditions for sunday and monday. >> this to get flushed out today with all the pollen. >> yes. >> coming up

>> he had his ipad out. you checked. this is the best start for the nats? >> best start since 1981. that's talking expos as well. obviously the best start since baseball has been back in washington, d.c. i guess you can say, too close for comfort. does an't apply to this year's nationals. half of their hits have come in one-run games. the astros gave the nationals a couple gifts. and the nats gave the stros fits with their pitching. let's go to national park. delivered a strong outing by nationals starter. top of the first. zimmerman had three, he goes

seven innings. gave up one run. and just four hits. meanwhile, the nationals could not score. astros starter, until the bottom of the seventh. comes home into second. we are tied at one. the pitch, lined. check out zimmerman. what a play here. man he is one of the best in the game on defense. and bottom of the eighth. tied at two. wilson ramos. sends one to center field. that is just deep enough, adam laroche comes home to score through third. that would be the final score. they go to win a close one. they will go for the sweep of the astros tomorrow. buck showalter. taking on white sox.

top of the second. andy chavez, ropes one into the right field corner. jones scores. that gives baltimore a 1-0 lead. and first double of the season. bottom of the second now. tommy hunter -- on the mound for baltimore. serves it up to aj pirczinski. this one sneaks over inside the foul poll pole. never relinquish it. win. 8-1 over baltimore. the os, 7-5 on the season. looks like we have seen the last of andre this season. shocker? >> so shocking. >> could be the end for good. he is not going to come back and play this year. chances he may never play for the wizards again. meanwhile, the guys without him, winning a game once again. a rare winning streak for the wizards. good stuff for them. brandy whitman ann the guys.

second quarter. john wahl. hits the bucket. tied at 50. good change of pace move here. well, 14 points. 10 assists. in the third. the man emerged as the wizards main scoring threat. right here. jordan crawford. chucking it up there. hitting it. in the fourth. crawford doing dish. nice pick-and-roll. james singleton. seems like every game singleton has a big dunk. had ten points. one of six wizards in double figures. win 121-112. their next game on saturday in miami. finally, d.c. united. hosting expantion, montreal impact. ben olsen. scoreless. until he crosses to -- bernardo. heads for the goal. didn't take long for united to draw even. four minutes later. santos rips the shot past the goalie. in there for the goal. d.c. united.

extends the unbeaten streak to five games. it ends in a draw. 1-1 is the final. five game unbeaten streak. nationals with ten wins on the year. >> good stuff. >> love it! >> fans turned out tonight are empty seats. >> i think it will take a

ever seen a penny that could be worth at least $1 million. this one in illinois is very

rare. part of a 20 million piece collection of rare coins. they'll go up for auction near chicago. this dates back to 1792. it is one of the original po prototypes. bidding is under way. so far it has reached more than a million dollars. >> wow. >> pay that much for a penny. hard to imagine isn't it? >> lucky cent there. that is going to do the for us. thank you for having us in for news. stay there, "the tonight show" is heading your way.