quick dusting of snow. as we look at a very gloomy rush hours, 43 dlees with light rain. 40 degrees with a rain mix across the area. you i'll break it down for you and len us know, and what this means to the rest of the week. one man is dead after he try to do break into a home in ft. washington last night, only to discover that the home belonged to an off-duty sheriff's deputy. >> it happened on rose ma redrive t darcy spencer is live at police headquarters to explain just what occurred. >> there are break-ins in our area every day. >> this is the house of a police officer, a sheriff's deputy in alexandria. he came home tuesday night,

found a burglar inside, there was a confrontation, then police say the officer pulled his gun and fired. >> this is a quiet neighborhood. i've never seen anything activity going on around here, eye specially when it gets dark. >> please tell me the burglar forced its way into ft. washington. it was around 11:00 tuesday night. after he was shot, he ran out and collapsed on the ground. he was later pronounced dead. did you feel a bit safer knowing an officer lived in the neighborhood? >> yes. um-hmm. yes, we did. >> reporter: for someone to break into his home? >> yes, that's scary. >> reporter: today a silver honda accord was towed from near the house there was an iphone, computer and hammer in the back. police are not saying who the car belongs to, but say the introducer may have had some help. >> detectives have developed some leads that they believe

suggests additional suspect or suspects may have been on scene at the time. >> we don't know if the burglar knew he was hitting the house of a cop, but it's well known here in the neighborhood that a deputy lives here with his wife. she was not home when the burglar broke in. >> unfortunately you get what you get, you know when you break into someone's house. >> reporter: i talked to prince george's county police here just a few minutes ago. they tell me there's no reason to believe this sheriff's deputy was specifically targeted, and that deputy has been placed on administrative leave during this investigates. reporting live from palmer part, darcy spencer. now on a developing story, police are looking for three women. it happened here just a few hours ago along rock creek church road near soldiers home cemetery. police tell us the women walked up to the victim, got into an argument on the sidewalk.

at some point, someone stabbed the victim. we're told the victim's boyfriend reported the attack. no word on that victim's condition. a manhunt appears to be over now. we have more word now on confirmation of the body found could be that of christopher dorner, most likely is the former l.a. police officers who is accused of killing four people after rowing revenge on the lapd. stephanie standing is live in san byrne din no. what is the latest on the latest p. >> jim, i can tell you that residents are being allowsed ban into the area. investigators are searching through what's left of that burned-ous cabin. that is what is believed to be christopher corner's last place that he was alived. this unfolded yesterday

afternoon. authorities say the dorner tied the women up, stole their vehicle, then moments later fish and wildlife wardens spotted that stolen car, chased dorner, he cracked, ran into the woods. that's when an area resident said he came upon dorner who car jacked his pickup truck. dorner didn't get far, though. that's when he bare indicated himself inside that cabin. one of those deputies died. the other was injured. also today funeral services were held for another officer, a riverside police officer who was shod and killed last week. investigators have a lot of work ahead of them. thieves also working to positively identify the charred remains. we're toll there was a wallet and his driver's license there, but that harsh been confirmed.

>> stephanie, thanks so much. some big-name arrest outside the white house. daryl hannah, a political activist robert kennedy jr. clashed with police while they are protesting the keystone pipeline. 50 people about were arecented, charged with civil disobedience. president obama is back at the white house after a quick road trim to promote a major theme in his state of the union address. he vishted asheville, north carolina, talked about manufacturing jobs, the middle class and minimum wage. >> i believe we reward effort and determination with wages that allow working families to raise their kids and get ahead. >> the president also said he enjoying spending time in north carolina. he probably did today -- he was probably glad to land there this

morning, because air force one ran into some pretty severe turbulence on the way to asheville. press secretary jay carney says the ride god to rough they could hear glassware and china breaking in the galley. mayor gray says a unine kitchen will help provide entry jobs. >> reporter: the minimum wage is important, but the mayor today was promoting opportunity. >> while his employees were in the kitchen, sam whittville was telling the mayor how he had quit his job being a lawyer to run a food truck. his mother wasn't impressed until she saw pictures with gray. >> even though two years of running this business successfully, it took a picture of you, mayor gray, to validate

my professional career choice toss my mother. >> reporter: the mayor was touring union kitchen in northeast washington near union station. the kitchen is being promoted as a new culinary incubator for dozens of food startups thattic afford their own equipment and often pay minimum wages. christy whitfield says the kitchen is a big lifeline. >> be able to ability to grow your big, it's good for us, good for the neighborhood and good for the city firchlts the mayor says the proposal to boost the minimum wage to $9, means d.c. minimum wage would jump to $10. >> first of all, it obviously will help workers. >> reporter: at the d.c. chamber of commerce, it is said that most -- where the minimum wage matches the federal rate.

>> i'm not sure it would be a huge issue for d.c., i think suburban businesses may have more concern. >> the play faces a stuff fight in congress. we're poised to find out what went wrong last month that led to chaos. about 2,000 riders sat in the dark for about a half hour january 30th. power was cut off to trains in tunnels. about 150 of them hopped on the tracks to leave the trains. metro has conceded proper protocol was not followed. tomorrow the metro board gets a full report on the cause. pope benedict celebrated ash wednesday, likely his final public mav. it was moved to st. peter's basilica because of the larger than usual crowd. he said -- he told the audience he was resigning for the good of

the church. the vatican sis he succeeder will likely be picked between march 15th and march 20th. here in the district, ashes were placed on the foreheads of the faithful the cardinal encouraged listeners to dig deeper and take time out. >> a chance to reconnect with family, with christ and do more than what you do during the year. >> not just fast, but maybe doing something more, which is part of his gospel. >> i think it's important to phone cuss on god and make your transition into something that's different. >> about 1,000 people attended each of cat they'd real's seven masses today. a taxi chased through the streets of d.c., a customer stuck in the backseat, and it ends with a crash. a lot of accusations about why this taxi was being chased in

the first place tonight. a mardy listen student police say was shot by his own roommate survives tonight. he family speaks out tonight. plus some of the holewood's biggest starts are on vegan diets, losing a ton of weight. but we're separating fact from fiction tonight before you change your eating happens. "news4 at 5" is just getting

former president bill clinton does it, so does natalie portman, ellen degeneres and carey underwood. >> that means no animal products, including dairy, meat, eggs, even honey. advocates say it's an easy way to get healthy a lose weight, but it's not a cure-all. what some people are calling the vegan myth. >> i recently started a new job where i was going to be sitting all the time at the computer, didn't have a lot of time to exercise. >> reporter: so 22-year-old monica coleman decided to start a vegan diet, avoiding many foods. >> realized it seemed to be the best diet for my health. >> reporter: instead of meals filled with nutrient-packed

legumes and veggies she was leaned towards stuff -- >> i started making vegan brownies, which i felt good about, but i ended up eating a whole huge batch. >> reporter: eating like that caused coleman to cully gain weight. >> vegan doesn't necessarily mean healthy. >> holistic health coach melissa farley says vegan diets have been trending as more celebrities say they're skipping out on animal products, but eating vegan doesn't automatically help you lose weight and improve your well-being. >> i think the vegan molest is simply if i'm going to take on this diet, i'm going to be this glowing celebrity look alike, slim person, which is wonderful, but that's not necessarily going to work if you don't apply it the right way. >> reporter: farley says a healthy diet means going to the groceries quite often for

vegetables and plant-based proteins. all of that requires people to cook, which can be tough for those on the go. farley says that can lead newer vegans to lean toward carbohydrates as an easy way to stay on the diet. >> it's carb carb carb, so it's added sugar, so you're transforming into a carb oholik, which before ed lean proteins, which was helping increase the metabolism and drop the weight. >> for monica, she's now trying to stay vegan one day a week so she can slowly ease her way into the plant-based world. >> be compassionate with yourself, know you are trying to do the best thing for yourself, it takes time and practice. doug is here, we already have some sleet out there? >> and that's going to be the case right through the rest of the evening hours. once again not expected to cause too many problems tonight, but as the snow continues we could

see some of the roadways get a coating there. what's happening outside, the fog has moved in, the rain is moving in. they're here, too. we're going to continue to see it light to moderate rain. as we look toward the radar, what we are seeing is that rain around much of the i-95 corridor, but snow mixing in along the blue ridge, especially at some of the higher elevations and over to today mass curl andm airie, you notice that area starts to see some sleet and snow mixing in. last report i saw all snow, and we are continuing to watch this around the rest of the area. you know this yellow area here. this in the atmosphere is known as the freezing level. it's becoming rain. that's very close to the surface, so we are going to see

more sleet and snow. once again right along i-70. and then back towards the west, in through portions of west virginia. down to the south, fairfax right around the city, seeing pretty good sleet and rain associated with that. all rain down towards woodbridge, waldorf and clinton. as the storm system itself does the same. we have is it right along the blue ridge. it will continue to move off toward the east. i think just about everybody will see some snow here, especially west of i-95. southern maryland, you may be the only exception to that rule. let's show you what's happening out on 66 right now, a very slow go for the commute. we talked about this yesterday, whether it is rain or snow, it still will be slow on the roadways the this is i-66 at the

rest area, as we look toward what will be happening toward the rest of the night. temperatures will fall. look at winchester, though, already down to 34. that's a key. if we get near the freezing mark, all bets are off. the good news is roads have been in the 40s and 50s during the day today as far as the surface temperatures. here we go. you have the rain across the area, and then here comes the snow around gaithersburg and leesburg, in through the washington area. at 11:00, starting to see that. as i mentioned, southern maryland, you may be the only ones stuck with rain, but what to expect? mostly rain for most of us. only accumulation will be mainly to the north and west. as i mentioned, the road temperatures are on the watcher side. tomorrow any snow that does fall will melt very quickly.

then on saturday, another chance for light snow. maible a few snow showers, a high of 39. look at sunday. 35 with a windchill in the mid 20s all day long. some cold air will move in just in time for the weekend. >> thank you, doug. fresh off his win, banana joe will be hitting the stage. the best in show affenpinscher will appear tube on broadway, it's a very brief role, one night only, but that show is only one of two to feature live animals. he's been a champion for weeks now. next up for the pint-sized pooch, retirement. >> and he's little. another dog, speaking of little dogs, he looks like a little lamb. he got high marks last night. his nailing is rigby.

he's from centreville, virginia. she didn't compete in the final seven, but she did get the award for best in breed. rigby has been competing since she was a puppy. >> do you think she's confused? she looks like a lamb. >> she does. thousands delayed for hours, now a renewed pitch to make sure it doesn't happen against. >> new pictures emerge today of the duchess of cambridge. a new role for the nats' reliever. dan hellie is live at spring training with the details. it's the biggest step forward in years for transportation funding, both the senate and house have approved plans. the question now is,

on this dploomy wednesday, spring training is well under way in florida, no less, for major league baseball. >> our pitchers and catchers reported yesterday. dan hellie reported today. how is the weather down there? >> reporter: well, it is a little windy, and it's dropped off to about a -- you know, who am i to complain?

the catchers had their physicals, first full workout will be tomorrow for the pitchers and catcher, and nobody more anxious to get started that is drew. -- but it is -- >> i think that's one of those things that davey does really well, and our guys taught us last year stay in the lane and don't ride that emotional roller coaster. you can't feel sorry for yourself, so i think it's a matter of staying on an even keel, and like you said, you stay off that roller coaster and you'll be okay. >> how long did you look back at game 5. >> i did at the beginning of the off-season. i looked back and learned from it. i'm here now, i'm excited for

that opportunity hopefully gun. >> everybody who was in there, did it take a couple days, a week for you to move on, your vacation to london? when did you start thinking about next year? >> i think immediately you star thinking about it. you look at me after any game, that's what i do in my locker, i sit there and process it. you know, for me i take a lot of pride and just get as upset about a game as i do when i was 12. it's ha big game, you but i look at it like any our bad outing. i can't have that in my head now. >> did you have an idea they were going to get something? >> no, i want no idea. it doesn't change what i have to do. it's just part of the off-season

for me. you never have too many bull pen guys. i just had no idea, and didn't know -- i called cliff, and we both didn't know, but we talked about it. it's a great addition for us in the bull pen. >> it's amazing how strong it does make the bull pen, but to not be the guy going in, does it sting a bit? >> not really. the game isn't always won or lost in the ninth. what i learned last year, it's fun to pitch for a winning team. so closing for the team and 43 saves for a that i am that doesn't necessarily win a whole lot, that's okay, but setting up cliff last year for a

first-place team, that's a lot of fun. >> reporter: the son of a sports broadcaster in indianapolis has a remarkably sunny outlook on this season. i referenced a trip to london. he went abroad with his good friend, another nationals reliever. they hung out in london for about ten days, didn't do much than anything, so that might have helped his recovery. so to speak. >> and you're flying back home tonight, right? we have some rain on the way tomorrow, dan. yeah? yeah? >> reporter: are you crazy? i'm going to soak this up for another six or seven days. >> have fun. >> enjoy. one of an exclusive video. how our crew captured a dramatic crash. university of maryland students ambushed by a roommate. one student's family is speaking out how he survived a murder/suicide. imagine this, all of virginia high school students being required to know how to do

cpr. it could soon become

hello, everybody. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer. we're watching to make sure rain and snow across the area with some sleet mixed in, too. back down towards waldorf and fredericksburg, but to the west,

this is snow now. frederick all reporting some snow. leesburg a mixture of rain and snow. mt. airie, and tom kierein lives in part of montgomery county, reporting all snow. we'll continue to see this rain, as we move on through the rest of the evening hours. rik here from storm center 4. breakings in, d.c. police are on the scene of a shooting just a few blocks north of the mt. vernon square metro station. >> jackie, what are you hearing? >> reporter: we can tell you police have giving us very little information. the victim appears to be in his teens, possibly early 20s. his mother was mountain glance with him, so she must have been near him or very close by at some point. to give us a feeling where we are, the kennedy rec center is

just a half block down the street. the o street market construction is right across the street. the young man fell in front of the ground in front of the bread for the charity. they have the area cordened off right now. there's also a barbershop next door. police kept the people inside that barber shot, talked to them and let some of the people out a short time ago. again a young man described as being in his late teens, possibly early 20s. shot here this afternoon. we have no information on his condition and what circumstances led to the shooting. reporting live in northwest washington, jackie bensen, news4. all right. thank you. we have some exclusive video tonight after a scary ride for a passengers who hailed an unlistened cab.

>> a taxi inspector saw it. >> he put his hands on her. >> who? me? >> the inspector says the driver physically assaulted her and took off with the passengers in the backseat. while taxi inspectors and police gave chase, the cab hit another car before stopping at 14th and constitution. inspectors impounded the taxi, configures indicated the tags, the drivers charged with assault on a police officers. tonight at 11ic, rogue taxis, how the taxi commission is trying to stop them, and how people who ghent into one put their wall either and safety at risk. that's rogue taxis, tonight on news4 at 11:00. we've just learned that something came in contact with a kerosene heater, and that's what started a deadly fire at this house in indian head. this is dash-cam video of what

firefights saul when they arrived at stuckey road last night. 66-year-old geraldine key did not make it out. a fire fight also sunday a burn injury. firefighters say their job was especially hard, because there were no fire hydrants near many did by. in about a half hour, a memorial service for the 7-month-old girl who was found dead last weeks in her home. police say shy was murdered by her 14-year-old brother. according to court documents, the brother beat the baby and then suffocated her when she would not stop crying. he's being chargesed as an adult. tonight a student is home safe with his family after a frightening ordeal. neal oa managed to get out and get away after police say his roommate lured him outside and shot him.

news4's pat collins is outside the house in college park where it all unfolded. pat? >> dayvon green's roommate knew he had a gun, but they didn't know he had a mental illness. police back at the scene today, this time with a metal detector, working over the backyards, looking for more evidence. this as thenary of one of the victims speaking out. >> it's just awful. i mean, it doesn't seem real, to be honest with you, that my son was shot. >> that's chris merz, the stepfather of neal oa. he's a 20-year-old matter lchbd junior, the survivors roommate in that incident close by the college park campus. neal shot and wounded, he's home recovering. >> things do happen in life, but you don't expect happen to

crier family. >> reporter: the shooter is identified at day von green, a grad student who police say had a mental illness. he set fires to flush his roommates outside. when they came out, he opened fire. neal oa's instincts could have saved him life. he went to get water to put out the fires. something caused him to look back over his shoulderivities he saw a gun coming out of his roommate's pocket, and he started to turn to run. i don't think he got very far before he got shot. >> reporter: dayvon groan shot and killed his other roommate before turning the gun on himself. the murder victim identified as stephen rane. he's from silver spring. flowers delivered to his home there today. richard ibel is a neighbor.

>> the most tragic thing, of course, to lose a young person to sudden death. >> reporter: roommates knew he had a gun. >> they knew he had a gun originally. they all talked about it and had seen it. so i don't want to say they were uncomfortable, but they knew it was there and they were fine with it. >> reporter: now, two other roommates live in this house. they weren't home when all of this happened. the investigation, that continues on. live in college park, pat collins, news4. a young hollywood star joins the first lady for a black history event. they both have already made history on their own. >> do you have a nickname? >> i do. >> none you're willing to share with me? >> q. >> can i call you q? >> sure.

he has dreams of one day performing surgery, but before that, he's hoping a loving family will adopt him. >> in tonight's wednesday's child, barbara harrison introduces us to terry. >> this is a human simulator. >> professor howard stricker welcomes 16-year-old terry to experience firsthand the kinds of things he'll do if he gets to go to medical school. >> you know what an i.v. is? >> yeah, something to pump fluids into a person's arm. >> very good. >> reporter: perry proved to

know quite a few things, and was ready to don a white coat after watching this procedure just once. >> you're a natural. look at that. >> right in the right spot. >> are you sure this is the first time doing this? >> yeah. >> reporter: what are you studying. >> chemistry. >> reporter: you like it? >> yes, because you get to test and experiment. >> reporter: he enjoyed trying all the apparatus here at the medical simulation lab. his social workers says he's overcome a lot in his young life. >> he's very respectful. he's very focused and dedicated. he just is committed to being a good guy all around. >> reporter: terry says he's hoping for a supportive family to adopt him as their son. >> i would like to have a special family, love -- a family that's not afraid to go have fun on the weekends. >> a little of his dream came true when he was invited by

sharia thompson to come back this summer and attend a medical camp with other kids who aspire to medical professions as well. >> i promise not to cry until later on. >> barbara harrison, news4 for wednesday's child. >> if you have room in your home and your heart for terry or another child waiting, call our special adoption hotline, or you can visit or website, nbcwashington.com and just search wednesday's child. the skies are starting to mix it up. >> some people could be seeing snow tonight. >> especially just to the north and west of us. and in for us, we're just seeing the rain, but starting to see a bit of a changeover. i'll let you know what you can expect in just a minute. plus how some people are going to super-sized valentine's day. a metro rider decides to

jump in front of a train, but is there anything the

he was on a bike, he had a gun, and police say he rode up to a woman on the street and sexually assaulted her. this happened in northeast d.c. yesterday. she was forced behind an empty house where she was attacked. derrick ward, investigators just spoke about this incident. derrick?

>> reporter: yes, indeed. this happened before dawn yesterday in the northeast d.c. neighborhood that had seen some rough times, but seemed to be on the meant. now folks there and people here at police headquarters hope this isn't the beginning of a setback. >> it happened here in the 4400 block of golf place northeast, a woman sexually assaulted as she walked near this empty house. it's the kind of community you'll find homes well kept with residents that care about their surroundings, but next door a building that's been neglected. and this apparently is where the attacker took advantage of that discrepancy. right back here. and the unusual aspect of this crime, the attacker, who was armed, was on a bicycle. >> described as a young black male, about 5'6", 140, a cut under his eye i think dirty blue jeans and a sweatshirt with

something red on the front of it. >> people who live in the area say they're somewhat shocked by the crime and how close it was at home. normally i sleep with my window open. that occasion, it was right there by my window. >> nothing ever happens around here. >> reporter: thinking about moving now? >> i already was planning on moving. >> we made a conscious decision, and the church agreed, we would stay in the city and stay in the community. >> reporter: pastor george gilbert of holy trinity united baptist church said things here were much, much worse, but it holds promise for this block. >> we are anticipating things to get better because of attention being given. >> reporter: police say the investigation continues. >> we're hoping that somebody saw something, made heard something about this, if they saw anyone riding a bicycle and

recognize, let us know. >> reporter: now, back on january 31st, a juvenile female was accosted and attempted assault, she had an attempted assault in a neighborhood not too far away. police say they don't see a connection right now, but are not ruling it out and looking at similar attacks. boy, you can hear it coming down on derrick's umbrella. >> doug, what's the latest? >> it continues to move in. they continue to mention what they're saying in the area. there you can see the rain slowing down traffic. you notice back towards the west, this is where we're seeing the snow, and this is where we're seeing the rain. i got a record from ann in alexandria, saying she's seeing some heavy rain, back to the west, greta and keith just to the south of winchester and steven city reporting all snow.

carrie told me she's seeing a rain/snow mix, and that's what we continue to see in and around northern portions. damascus and mt. airie, talking about all snow. seeing a bit of a mix there, back toward the west, it is all snow around clark county, winchester up towards gainsborough, and into the panhandle, and down toward the south, around our region, we are seeing rain mixing in with sleet from time to time, but this is mostly just still rain. we'll continue to see that, as we travel down to the south, around quantico and fredericksburg, this is all rain. it should most likely stay all rain for you. you can see what's happening here. the storm system continues to move to the east. that will make its way through. and we'll go ahead and time this out for you. right now, that's about where you see things. notice the rain/snow line very

close to the corridor, mostly to the west, maybe around sterling and herndon, and everybody to the west see snow, rain down toward the south and east. by 11:00, 11:45, that's where we see the snow enter, could actually okur around 10:00, but over the next couple days, what will we be seeing? tomorrow any snow that's oregon will be melting. 52 on friday, 39 on saturday with a chance for light snow, or even some snow showers on saturday, maybe even on sunday, highs this weekend only in the 30s. this weekend will be quite cold. with more rain coming up next tuesday. major delays on metro after a man jumped in front of a train here. tonight metro officials tell us it's a scene all too familiar. adam tuss is live with more on the investment metro is now making to prevent sue sides on the tracks. adam? >> hey, jim.

service is back to normal tonight at the gallery place station. something that for is hard to imagine, just what would make someone want to jump in front of a metro train. we're learning this sort of thing unfortunately is nothing nut for metro. >> 8:00 at gallery place this morning. the heart of rush hour, and a rider decides to jump in front of the yellow line train. throwing the system into chaos. the 44-year-old man is killed, riders here stunned. >> man, i look at that like, wow, you know. >> what can you say? it's miserable. think of the state of mind you would have to be in to do that. >> reporter: in fact metro knows this situation all too well. this is the second suicide on the system already this year, the first one a month ago at the boston station. last year there were 11 suicide attempts on metro, five fatal, in 2011 there were nine suicide

attempts on metro, seven fatal. metro spent about a quarter of a million on a suicide prevention program. >> it's a campaign where we have posters and signs, some diorammas up in our stations. you will see one of these signs. the whole point is to draw attention to our crisis hotline. >> reporter: some have asked metro to go further. one of the ideas being floated is to get barriers that would go on the platform to prevent people from going onto the tracks, but metro says it has no plans to put of any barriers at this time. instead employees been being trained to spot signs of suicidal behavior in riders. now metro often makes the point that train operators oftentimes have to go through extensive therapy afterwards. adam tuss, news4. the oscar nominated film"

beast of the southern wild" has received a ringing endorsement from first lady michelle obama. it was the focus of a workshop at the white house this morning hosted by the first lady. about 80 middle and high school students from d.c. and new orleans attended. the movie was set in louisiana. students saw the film, then got to question the crew and its 9-year-old star quvenzhane wallis, who is the youngest oscar nominee ever. mrs. obama said the message of survival is one that youngsters can apply to their own lives. >> it shows us the strength of our communities, no matter what they look like. it shows us that those communities can give us the power to overcome any kind of obstacles. little quvenzhane wallis plays the role of a girl struggling to survive in the southern delta as a storm is approaching. the film is up for four oscar nominations, including best pictures, best actress, and best

dire director. let's check out what stories are trending, the royal family is said to be irate over paparazzi photos of the duchess of cambridge. it shows her pregnant weighing a bikini on a private vacation with prince william. the royal family sued over is the photos last year. no word if they will take legal action again. twitter blew up last night when senator marco rubio paused to grab that swig from a bottle of poland spring. there it is in slow-mo. there were about 9200 tweets per minute right after that untimely gulp. some tweeters went with the hashtag watergate. poland spring got trending action, too. you can super-size just about anything today. several web sites, including ftd, the ultimate rose and 50flowers.com are offering roses three to four times, sometimes

even five feet tall. apparently the roses are grown 10 240uz feet above sea level in volcanic soil in ecuador, and according to ftd's website, the prices start at about $70. a technique that could save lives could soon become mandatory in virginia schools. find out who is behind the fight for cpr laws. >> officials are working even harter to get the fbi to call this county home. there'

virginia students may have another class added to their students. a bill to make cpr mandatory for high school students passed the house and senate. >> david culver explains what started all of this and why it's being called gwyneth's law. >> gwyneth loved to dance. her parents displayer her shoes and medals in their living room. but she was born with a congenital heart defect, then collapsed on the school track. >> from the time she collapsed to the time someone could get there to deliver cpr, she had suffered an aknocksic brain injury. >> seven weeks later she died. they're behind gwyneth's law, a

bill, if signed by the governor, would required all teachers and school staff to become cpr certified and eventually required the high schoolers to be trained, too. among the -- the american red cross, last year alone, they trained 60,000 people in our area. the organization says training large groups is feasible depending on the time frame. the average prize, about $90. >> there is always a cost, the cost to the human life, because somebody didn't know what to do. >> some question whether the students could handle it. >> you can't rely on a 16, 17 or 18-year-old to really know what to do in that emergency situation. >> i think parents would play a part in determining whether or not their child was mature enough to do that. >> for the griffins, the reward is bittersweet. >> i'm glad would you have made the progress, but a