we want to start talking about setting the clock. we jumped the hour to begin daylight saving thyme overnight. >> expect a cooler day. unfortunately not a repeat of yesterday. live picture now. let's go to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell for the forecast. hey chuck. >> hey richard and angie. good morning to you. as a result the sun came up later and warm up, little warm up, started later as well. more importantly had a cold front come through late last night. did bring sprinkles and clouds as well. clouds are on their way out. cold is on its way in. temperatures continuing to fall the last several hours. back to mid-30s in maryland, mid-40s down. winds gusting in the 20 to 25 miles per hour range. as a result, wind chills -- are

you kidding me? 25 the current hagerstown. we'll get the light windbreaker back out. hovering in 40s now, up to 50 this afternoon. compared to 67 yesterday. anymore of those anymore soon? find out in the upcoming news. one of two afghan vice presidents hamid who was part of the alliance in 2011 and served as karzai's first administration. the president's office says he died from illness. the government is calling for a three day mourning period in the country. he was 57 years old. we're staying on top of dopmentdo developments of the missing malaysia plane. right now they're not ruling out

a hijacking. a radar shows the plane may have turned around before it vanished. it was on a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing. investigators will hold another news conference tomorrow and perhaps more information roadblock released then. we're learning more about the boeing 777-200 series, nearly 12 years old, middle aged for planes n. 2012 it lost the tip of a wing after clipping another plane in shanghai. the wing was fixed. the analyst john cox says everything will be reviewed. >> one of the early things already underway is a thorough review of maintenance records of the airplane. if the airplane has sustained damage as it did in the ground incident, that is something the

investigators will look at. >> this jusz in. no one checked the database for two stolen passports. an austrian and italian reported passports stolen a year ago. two boarded the plane with the stolen passports. >> a team of u.s. federal investigators are on their way to asia to help with the investigation. derrick ward is live outside the ntsb headquarters in downtown d.c. what's new derek? >> reporter: weree're ht the plaza. this is a nexus for agencies involved. ntsb, faa and department of transportation. they're in this same general area. it's not clear which country will lead the investigation into the plane's days appearance. the ntsb go team has been dispatched in route because of the travel time to malaysia, they were dispatched last night. we're learning there are u.s. resources operating near the

straights. u.s. navy aircraft and ships are in international waters near the last known location of the boeing 777. it disappeared march 8th. we have people going along with the ntsb to investigate. these include the faa and boeing as the search continues. it's not clear if the u.s. will be the lead agency. it dpsd if this is found in international waters or waters controlled by the other nations. back to you. >> thanks. stay with nbcwashington.com for continuing coverage. we'll send a push alert to your smart phone when news breaks. now to a situation in laurel. a motorcycle involved in a deadly crash this morning was stolen. route 198 was closed several hours after a motorcycle collided with a suv. a 17-year-old was killed after being thrown from the bike.

he was with another guy on a bike that left the scene. the bike involved in the crash was stolen. speed was a factor. as for the suv driver, that person is in serious but stable condition. this morning, arundel county police are looking for whoever set off fireworks inside the mall movie theater. yesterday afternoon, police were called to the mall on a report of shots being fired. turned out the sound wasn't gunfire but the fireworks going off in the theater. no word on what kind of fireworks were used. no one was hurt. a woman is in serious condition after she was not in the head during a robbery. police are working to identify this man here. police say he went into the fast mart store on brock road yesterday morning and pretended he was ready to buy something. when the clerk turned around, he shot her twice. fellow coworkers were shocked. >> robbery never got my

attention. nobody ever got hurt until now. this is making me have a second look at things. >> police say the robber was out to kill when he shot the clerk they're looking through surveillance video to try and identify him. terry mcauliffe is calling lawmakers back to richmond after they failed to pass the budget. the general assembly regular session wrapped up yesterday. lawmakers could not agree on expanding health coverage for virginians under the health care law. the governor and state senate say medicare must be extended now. house republicans stand firmly against it. >> this is driven by one thing only. it isn't medicaid. it's the hatred of the man in the white house. they'll sit and tell you now, but let me tell you. i didn't just get here from mars. >> lawmakers return march 24th.

some legislators are bracing for a long, drawn out show down. that could threaten state services in not involved by july 1st. pope francis will celebrate his first year leading the 1.2 million catholics in the world. the pontiff will celebrate this historic moment thursday. he has turned from certain traditions already. this week he said the catholic church could tolerate civil union to guarantee property rights and health care for same sex couples. however, he maintains marriage is between man and woman. coming up on meet the press, david gregory will sit down with the cardinal from new york and look ahead to the pope's second year. 9:07 now. unbelievable images from overnight. a small plane hit a sky diver. we'll tell you what we're

learning about those involved. the cell phone video that shows the fast moving fire, destruction in montgomery county once firefighters put out smoke and flames. this morning wikileaks founder miking new claims. his message that could cause a stir and put those in the intelligence field on edge. you've got one day left to sign up for the white house easter egg roll lottery. we

fire officials in montgomery county working to find out what sparked this massive fire out in montgomery village. one family is homeless this morning after this fire destroyed their condo there. itself happened on club lake road in montgomery county. the fire we are told started many the empty condo and spread to two other units.

in chevy chase, a group of neighbors banding together to protect a 100-year-old house from being torn down. >> neighbors like the character of the old house and don't want a modern eyesore to be in its place. holman bought the house in november and wants to tear down the house and build a new one twice as big in the same spot. the community gathered outside with signs asking him to reconsider. >> this is one of the modern monday trosties that has no character, no soul. let's rebuild it to original character. >> holman has torn down a number of older homes in d.c. this is the first time thabs are protesting the demolition. a catholic school welcomed students the last time. st. ann's will not reopen the middle or elementary school next year. officials can't support the

school anymore. enrollment dropped drastically. fundraising efforts weren't able to bring in enough money to sustain the school. new this morning, images of a plane flying in the path of a sky diver. hear from the man that had the camera when it happened. >> let's go to chuck. we have dramatic changes outside today for the first day of daylight saving time.

new this morning, a plane and sky diver collide in midair. it's caught on camera. the sky diver was coming back to the ground as the private plane was taking off. the 87-year-old pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings at the airfield. the plane hit the man and started to nose dive. the photographer who captured the crash couldn't believe his eyes. >> as soon as i heard the thump of the airplane catching the canopy, it went all blank there. i stared through the lenses like is this happening? the sky driver was thrown before he crashed to the ground. the pilot and sky diver went to the hospital, but they're going to be okay. >> incredibly lucky there. a south carolina woman is s

held on a $1.2 billion bond for trying to kill her three children. you may remember this scene this week. a woman driving her van into the surf. the woman ebony wilkerson was sentence theed yesterday. her three children survived thanks to people that ran out onto the beach and into the water to save them from the van. the founder of wikileaks says material will be released. he spoke from london via skype from the southwest festival in austin. he says the u.s. government is involved in unprecedented surveillance and theft of data. he says he is fearful but feels led to act. >> only a fool has no fear. seei ining fear and developing

factors in your environment and steering ahead any way. >> he is holding out in the ek doer embassy. edward snowden will also speak out. this is welcome news to thousands living without power. the ice storm has 4300 crews working to turn electricity on for residents there. the storm made for falling branches weighting down the lines. schools open to give kids as warm safe place to go. >> took the dog out for a six mile run yesterday. she was excited pulling the leash all the way. i should be faster by the end of the year. if you didn't get the chance to go out and run yesterday, you missed it. 67 and sunny yesterday.

that will not been the case today. at least 15 degrees colder this afternoon. a blustery northwest wind on top of. that march arguably one of the cruellest month if not the cruellest. march give eth and take eth away. yesterday, bonus sunshine and warmth. that's gone now. a cold front came through and brought the clouds, even an amount of passing sprinkles. those are gone now. this is the right now view from our city camera. lots of sunshine starting to go through. clouds are outbound at this point. 45 at national airport. that's colder now than it was at 2:00 a.m. when i got up this morning. this is not a good sign at all. north westerly winds continuing to drive the colder air down into the region. noticeably different today than yesterday. storm team 4 radar to set your mind at ease, all rain drops

gone. 100% dry today. tomorrow and tuesday. next chance of rain wednesday. the temperatures continuing to trend downward. that's a blustery wind out there. these are your current wind chill values. near 70 yesterday. talk aing wind chills in the 20 and 30s today. wind chills stay upper 30s to near 40. briefly cooler. that's the nice thing for this time of year. cool downs only last a day or so. today's high temperatures will get up back a couple of degrees near 50 degrees. the milder air here yesterday was blown to the south by the cold front. coming back in our direction tomorrow. milder air comes back into play for your back to work day tomorrow. partly to at times mostly cloudy, but nice up near 60. 66 tuesday, the nicest day of the week busy far. eventually this active pattern

will turn cold once again. it brings a solid chance of rain wednesday. behind the wednesday rain drops, a bottoming out of temperatures. highs thursday only in the 30s. yeah, it's going to be cold and miserable. so get out the medium weight windbreaker today. breezy and chilly for sure. high temperatures today generally around 50 degrees. that's all i think we can muster. mid-30s around town. a lot of areas down to freezing tomorrow morning. the recovery starts tomorrow. tuesday looks great. wednesday looks like a washout. highs in the 50s. cold air rushing in at the back end of that. could have wet snowflakes mixed in. bonus warmth wednesday. less and less of a snow threat. really cold thursday and friday. >> still early to jump the gun to spring. >> no pool time yet. >> day light saving time begins today. if you haven't yet, turn your clocks ahead one hour.

your kids may put up a fuss when time for bed tonight. there are things you can help them to get to bed while the sun is out or starting to go down. a sleep specialist says treat the situation like jet lag. move bedtime back 10 to 15 minutes earlier next few days. get the day started earlier. this spelling bee lasted 100 rounds. how it forced organizers to change the rules. the stumble that left one kid standing. the break through for police after we showed you surveillance pictures around this time yesterday.

welcome to first read minute. we're all watching the special election in the 13th congressional district in florida. why should we care about a congressional district race in tampa, florida? >> it's important to note special elections don't often have predictable value. this one does have national stakes. it involves the democrat allen sink and republican jolly. if republicans are able to win

this debate where attacking president barack obama 's health care law. they can say in the last two election democrats have been able to win. >> that's where we start. this is a swing district. president barack obama won it 50/49. if we're looking for signs that might happen this coming election, this could be it. >> if republicans win it, big victory for them. it took two weeks and 9 rounds, but a winner was elected in the spelling bee. >> we sat down with the two that went word for word to be the best speller in the region. >> in missouri, it took 95 rounds and 261 words to finally spell winner. this spelling bee became a heavy

weight show down. >> the two battled back and forth word for word 26 letter, their only weapons. the dual started two weeks ago, went 66 rounds. had to be postponed because officials ran out of word. >> this is way more than we anticipated. >> they breezed through increasingly harder words. then came a stumble. s-t-e-i -- >> she misspelled the word stifling. >> the 13-year-old kush sized up the test and aced it. >> i was getting pretty sad when she got that word incorrect.

you know, it's sort of messed up you know that it came to that. it was going to come to that either way. >> i'm just really excited i've gotten this far. every kid that is participating in the bee has done an amazing job. >> a fierce competition where victory was earned and defeat accepted. nbc news. >> i bet those two will be practicing together now. >> it would be great. i mean, they came so far. we talked about it, they both got the cool hat. how thieves are using mail to steal from one particular > nightclub. what people are saying about the establishment after someone was stabbed. he w

our top stories now. investigators say there is no sign of a missing malaysia airlines plane. earlier the police chief said the boeing 777 may have turned back before it disappeared. the plane vanished on a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing.

a wreck killed one teen and sent one other to the hospital. two motorcycles were likely speeding down 98 near the laurel racetrack. the the 17-year-old driver of the motorcycle was killed. the suv driver was taken to the hospital in serious condition. further investigations proved the motorcycle involved in the crash was previously reported stolen to howard county police. arundel police are looking for whoever is responsible for setting off fireworks inside a mall movie theater. yesterday afternoon police were called to the mall on reports of shots being fired. turns out it was fireworks going off in the building. the entire building was evacuated. >> if you ditched the jacket you'll want to dig it out today. >> we want to get your forecast with meteorologist chuck bell on the weather deck. sun is shining. looks like we'll finish the

weekend on a nice note chuck. last week the lawn was covered in snow, enough to make a snow ball. 67 yesterday. poof gone, instant snow removal. with the snow gone, feels much colder outside. our view looking southbound down the po tommic plenty of sunshine getting through. wind blown sunshine to say the least. this is the view in restin. blue skies overhead. temperatures continue to slide backwards in the upper 30s and low 40s. a brisk north westerly wind gusting between 15 and 25 miles per hour will keep it feeling much, much more like early march than yesterday's hint of april. there's your hour by hour planner. 43 at 11:00. back up to 50 for a brief time. back to mid-40s by 8:00. your words of the week breezy and cooler today. nice and mild coming back by

tuesday. then wet and cold. you're going to want to know more about the wet and especially cold when i see you next. >> chuck, thanks. members are heading to asia to help in the investigation of the missing plane. the team includes technical experts from faa and boeing. the flight vanished on a flight from kuala lumpur and beijing. once the wreck is found, the organization will determine will lead the investigation. >> the boeing 777 vanished with 239 on board including three americans. one of the americans is identified as this man, 50-year-old phillip wood. he works for ibm in asia and from keller, texas. he was there last week visiting with his family. his brother now considers that visit incredibly special. >> we had a good meal together. it was just good quality time,

you know? so i'll always keep that in my heart and memory you know, as a good-bye dinner. >> he says his brother was his hero and friend. >> we're staying on top of every development in this story. stay with news 4 and nbcwashington.com for continuing coverage. there are calls to shut down a popular d.c. nightclub after someone was stabbed inside. d.c. council member tommy wells says club 12 should be shut down temporarily until security is beefed up. early saturday morning a fight broke out inside of the club on h and 12th streets northeast. one man was stabbed and expected to be okay. one of the men in these pictures is behind barred charged with attempted second degree murder and reckless endangerment. police arrested daniels yesterday. they say he attacked a 46-year-old on the green line leaving a man unconscious. officials rushed the man to the hospital where he's in critical condition. a growing number of fraud

cases that may catch your family off guard. police are investigating a spike in mail fraud. thieves are targeting the elderly. some scammers in some cases have become violent. it's a story only on news 4. >> there have been killings over lottery fraud. >> frank investigates mail fraud and says the con artists have become sophisticated and dangerous even killing one another in the effort to keep other scammers away from victims. >> they never come face to face with victims, but tactics go beyond phone calls. >> sherry knows about their tactics. her mother lost more than $200,000. >> she was running out of money. they talked her into borrowing money. >> experts estimate phony

sweepstakes cost elders hundreds of thousands of each year. >> citizens are targeted to tend $20 or so to enter a sweepstakes. >> once they get you hooked through the mail they start calling your house asking for larger amounts. >> here's $1300, $900, money being transferred in hopes of winning a large prize. >> it's hard to stop for two reasons. victims don't believe loved ones when they tell them they're being scammed. >> you're talking to them once a week you know, once a month, visiting occasionally. the scammers call every 15 minutes. >> most frauds are outside the

u.s. >> that makes it challenging stopping them. >> originally from canada but jamaicans and other countries have ramped up to levels we haven't seen before. >> it's devastating to familyif. votes are in. who might make a run for the white house. how politicians put a spin on

for this week's "wednesday's child" we want to reintroduce you to darren, a wonderful young man with a lot of talent, good at basketball, also still waiting for a forever family. barbara harrison recently spent time with him at basketball

camp. >> the basketball camp is in session and no one more excited about being there than darren. >> hello coach. >> hi. how are you? >> this is darren. nice to see you. >> welcome to the basketball camp. >> he loves basketball. >> at 15 now, darren loved the wall of basketball greats the coach coached in high school. he was ten when he got to meet wizards star brandon hayward. coach had tips for darren. he listened carefully to the coach's instructions and proved to have real skill at the game. those that know darren say he's a good kid who's had a difficult way to go having moved from foster home to foster home since he was only two years old. >> it's been a rough unstable life for him. >> on the court he's got good footing rarely missing a shot. he'd love to play professionally

some day. coach invited him to come back for a week of training at camp. >> sound good? >> sounds good. >> big smile? okay great. >> and if you have room in your home and heart for darren or another child who's waiting, call our special adoption hotline. 188 to adopt me. or search "wednesday's child" on nbcwashington.com. why a top white house official is calling it quits after a decade of working with the president. the creative approach sarah palin using a children's book to take aim at the obama administration

well y'all probably have seen this selfie that broke a record from the oscars. it became the most retweeted picture ever. cpac had its own idea for selfie. the photo shopped picture as you can tell -- this is not real -- features right wlace of hollywood stars. sarah palin, ted cruz and allen west, a few that made the cut. this is circulating online a lot

now. that's pretty funny. rand paul holding it. all right. this year cpac was filled with more than selfies. republicans pushed the issues with base on change from capitol hill. >> speakers made it clear it's time for conservatives to take back control. chris has the wrap up. >> former lass lass governor sarah palin closed out cpac 2014 taking a nod from ted cruz's reading of dr. seuss over the recent filibuster. >> i do not like this spying man. i do not like oh yes we can. >> the speech serving as the grand finale to the annual gathering of conservative leaders and supporters plotting the take over of the senate this year and white house in 2016. this year's cpac has shown potential battle for the

party. some like chris christie are urging conservatives to broaden their message to draw more voters. >> not only stand for principles but let's come out resolved to win elections again. >> hard line conservatives like tea party favorite ted cruz say that strategy led republicans to lose the last two elections. >> all of us remember president dole. >> cruz urging those to fight harder on issues that deem important. >> when you don't stand for principle, democrats celebrate. >> paul ryan down plays the rift calling it creative tension the. ryan is expected to be among the early front runners for the go nomination along with rand paul. paul topped the cpac poll the second straight year leading 25 other conservatives that might throw their hats into the 2016 race. nbc news. >> it is still early in the game

for the 2016 presidential race n. that same poll, senator ted cruz second, ben carson third, chris christie and rick santorum tied for fifth and sixth spots. the maid of president barack obama is stepping down as deputy chief of operations. she's woirked for the president. she's resigning in may to work for the private sector. the promise to preserve more lands for preservation, the president will expand the monument along the coastline about 1600 acres of river banks and coastal prairies will be federally protected habitats. weather around here warmer than we thought? >> yesterday was delightful. if you're going to bust the forecast, make sure everybody likes better than what you told them. i went with upper 50s yesterday and we made mid-60s. i did not hear a single

complaint. i wasn't hiding in my bunker all afternoon. i was outside all day yesterday afternoon. everybody that was nice enough to come up and say held low was grateful for the warm weather on a weekend. today, i may stay in the bunker. it's chilly. clouds and late night sprinkles are now gone. nonetheless the damage is done. temperatures will not be in the 60s again today. i hope you enjoyed it yesterday, got everything you wanted to do outside. as advertised today will be thele cooer half of the weekend. it's 54 now. winds northwest at 14 lowering the the wind chill. 67 degrees yesterday. now a wind chill back down to 20s and 30s across the region. huge feels like swing yesterday compared to today. rain showers gone off the shore, good riddance to them. as they pull out, colder air

pulls in. 34 hagerstown, 46 fredericksburg, 45 culpepper, winchester, stanton, harrisburg, 30s and 40s. current wind chills back down to mostly in the 30s. you're going to need the extra layer of warmth today. your hometown forecast in leesburg, virginia. lunchtime temperature 42. mid afternoon temperature 47. about a 20 degrees drop from yesterday. again when you add in the wind, going to feel more dramatic thank that. upper 30s by 9:30 tonight. start off temperatures tomorrow morning back down near freezing in many neighborhoods. highs around the area today. i think we'll get back up to 50 in town. upper 40s and much of montgomery county. mid-40s maryland and upper 40s along the western shore of the chesapeake bay. another changeable week of weather comings our way. always ahead of the weather by following us on facebook,

twitter and downloading the storm team 4 weather app. winds down tonight and come back south and southwest tomorrow. that spells a warm up. for today, breezy and cooler. highs today generally upper 40s and low 50s. here's your all important seven-day forecast. cool today near 50. better tomorrow near 60 once again. tuesday clearly the nicest day of the week. clouds around but temperatures mid-60s. wednesday likely to be a washout. mostly rain. might actually end as a little wet snowflake or two in the early morning hours of thursday morning. it should be gone so early i didn't post a rain drop or snowflake thursday morning. thursday afternoon ugly. temperatures in the 30s, wind chills teens and 20s. >> we don't want to think about

that. >> thanks. paying the price for snow

this is doug gansler. i'm running for governor - but this campaign is about you more than me. it's about brianna, who will breathe cleaner air because as attorney general i forced polluters to put in place $4.6 billion dollars in pollution controls. for caren, i fought big banks, winning $1.6 billion in mortgage relief for her and thousands of marylanders. for myra and her kids, they're safer because i brought the beltway snipers to justice, and fought child pornography and internet predators. for eric and mickey, i went to court to fight for marriage equality. for hundreds of baltimore kids, i started an inner city lacrosse league. and when a judge blamed an 11 year old girl for being sexually abused by saying "it takes two to tango," i took that judge on. i don't put up with things like that, it's not who i am. i take on tough fights and get things done for the people of maryland.

do you think red light cameras make you safe senator some across the country say they don't. we looked at recent statistics and have more on the red light

camera debate. >> running a red light, nobody argues it isn't dangerous. there is now a huge debate about whether cameras that catch offenders have a place in america's intersections. >> i want to get them out as quick as possible. >> in new jersey, one of the first places to get the cameras, just banned them. police told the mayor they weren't making intersections safer. >> t bone increases have been 400%. >> another area pulled the plug on cameras saying they didn't make fiscal since. >> in missouri they terminated the contract after public outcry. critics say they're unconstitutional and create a driving hazard. >> it puts people in a tough spot. >> nationwide the number of communities using the red light cameras is down 6% since 2012.

24 states and washington d.c. allow them, nine states have banned them. >> coming up to the first one now. the police chief sam dotson says he's noticed no increase in crashes. his officers sort through 500 violations a day. he says without the cameras the force would be stretched too thin. >> it would take over 200 police officers to do what cameras are today. he agrees with statistics that say cameras are working. >> 90% of people that run red lights don't get another ticket and do it again. driver reaction is mixed. >> they're there for public safety. >> it's a simple honest to god money grab. >> the debate like drivers isn't likely to stop. nbc, st. louis, missouri. right now it's 9:55 this morning. what we learned overnight about

a scare in a maryland movie theater. plus virginia's general assembly wrapped up this weekend. why lawmakers must come b

clear and crisp are the weather headlines for this

morning. you're going to feel quite the difference when you step outside. feels nothing like yesterday. >> sure is a beautiful morning. you're going to want to grab the jacket. it is chilly outside. >> yes, it is. we want to see how long this is going to last. let's check with chuck. >> chilly weather this time of year luckily doesn't last all that long. this is a one day shot of cold air. yesterday was great. today awfully chilly outside. milder air is set to come back as a early as tomorrow. this is the view from sky watcher cam. looking westbound,tyson's corner in the distance. beautiful weather, bright and sunny. clouds this morning are mostly gone. we're left with a decent amount of sunshine today. won't be 67 again today. we're in the upper 30s to low and mid-40s now with winds gusting up over 20 miles per hour. bit of a wind chill out there. 40s for the remainder of the morning climbing only to near 50

for a brief time this afternoon. best news of the day, sun down at 7:09 tonight. enjoy that extra hour of daylight at the tail end of the day. see you in a few. >> thank you chuck. new this morning, the death of one afghan president is confirmed. he ousted the 2011 president. he served in karzai's first administration. the president's office says he died from illness. the government is calling for a three day mourning period in the country. he was 57 years old. we are staying on top of new developments this the search for the missing malaysia airlines plane. there's no sign of the missing plane. right now they're not ruling out possible hijacking. earlier the radar showed the boeing 777 jet may have turned back before it disappeared. no one checked the worldwide