cancer. now at 6:00, a computer glitch led to ambulance delays in the district. tonight the mayor says that is not the only problem. also there is new evidence in that underground emergency that killed a metro passenger. jo and president obama has shifted course for the u.s. troops in afghanistan. we'll hear his answer when questioned about israel spying on the u.s. first latest on the breaking news we've been following out of france all day. 150 people including two infants killed when a plane crashed in the french alps. >> the surgery at that crash site has been called off for night. it is now 11:00 p.m. there. that flight was an airbus a320 operated by german wink, a low-cost airier own by lufthansa airlines. it was flying from barcelona, spain, to dusseldorf germany. rescue officials say ten police officers will spend the night at that crash site in a mountain to

guard it. the search will resume at daybreak but there's no hope they say of finding any survivor survivors. >> the recovery soerpgs expected to last at least a week. the impact of plaep was so great the biggest piece of debris left is only about the size of a car. jim handly has more with what we learned today. >> nbc news is getting new information tonight from the former head of france's bureau of investigation for aviation. it's their version of the ntsb. he says tonight that the plane was flying very fast at impact, about 435 miles an hour. and he says it's unusual that there was no distress signal sent from the cockpit. the black box that was recovered today has already been sent to paris for analysis. we should have some answers tomorrow morning about that plane's final moments. french president francois hollande and german chancellor angela merkel will visit the

crash site tomorrow. meanwhile, grieving families of the victims are gathering tonight in spain and germany. nbc's barry arent has that part of the toir. >> reporter: the flight was traveling from barcelona to dusseldorf. the head of the airline reported after the plane reached cruising altitude it made a descent that took about eight minutes until the crash. relatives of the passengers gathered at the airport waiting for news. 67 germans were on board including 16 high school students and two teachers from the town of haltern. its mayor was emotional as he discussed the loss. >> translator: i can assure all of you without a doubt that this is the worst day in the history of our city. >> reporter: friends and family of the 45 spaniards believed to be on the flight headed to the barcelona airport to receive updates. >> translator: we will do all

possible to help the families and give them all our support and attention. >> reporter: rescuers at the crash scene said wreckage from the plane was strewn across the mountain. a spokesperson for lufthansa said it's too early to say what caused the crash. >> for now it's an accident. there's nothing more we can say right now. everything else would be speculation. >> reporter: now that a black box has been recovered, investigators will examine it to see if there is any sign of what caused the plane to go down. barry arent, nbc news. >> we hope you'll stay with us for updates out of france throughout the hour on news4 and on your phone with our nbc washington app. on the app right now we have details on the safety record of the airbus a320. and our coverage continues at 7:00 with "nbc nightly news." in the city today mayor muriel bowser acknowledged problems with new tablets that are installed in all the cities fire trucks and ambulances. computer glitches have led to poor response times. but that glitch is not the only

problem contributing to delays. mark segraves has more on that and what the mayor plans to do about a shortage of ambulances. >> reporter: jim, that's right. we have been reporting for some time about the shortage of ambulance and staffing in the d.c. fire department and the firefighters union has been complaining that all of this is what's been contributing to delays in response times. well today the bowser administration their officials said they announced what they're going to do to fix these problems. >> as of today we're deploying every available ambulance, which is typically around 59. >> reporter: that's a 25% increase from the normal deployment of 39 ambulances during peak hours. those ambulances have to be manned by a department that's already short staffed, which will mean more overtime costs. the increases in ambulances on the street is an effort to keep up with the huge spike in calls to 911 for medical help over the

past 18 months. but the number of ambulances isn't the only problem causing delayed response times. new computer tablets installed in every fire truck and ambulance last year aren't 100% reliable. part of the problem -- first responders weren't trained properly and the tablets, which work like a cell phone, sometimes lose their connection to the 911 dispatch center. and when the tablet loses their connection 911 dispatchers don't know they're available. >> for a moment in time that could be an hour it could be five minutes, you'll have the dispatch center not being aware of a particular fire engine or ambulance that is available. >> reporter: the d.c. firefighters union has been warning the tablets were causing problems since last year. "the mayor has recognized what we've been saying for many months that the communications tablets used in our fire trucks and ambulances were rushed on without proper testing and do not work properly." those tablets were also installed in police cars.

>> we're still taking a look at mpd's tablets. >> reporter: so far there have been no reports of any problems with the tablets in d.c. police cars. as for firefighters and ambulances they'll continue to use the tablets but they'll back up using a radio system to call in and alert the call center of their location and their availability. reporting live in northwest, back to you. we have some new video in that shows two people to kwhom the whom the police want to talk in connection with a series of robberies along the metropolitan branch trail in northeast d.c. the robberies happened last sunday. the victims were all women. in each case the suspects ran up behind the victims and showed a knife. if you know anything about the two seen in this video, you're asked to call the police. new evidence tonight suggests what could have gone wrong in the smoke incident that killed a passenger near the l'enphant plaza metro station in january. it comes amid new questions

about tunnel evacuation plans at some of metro's older stations. news4's transportation reporter adam tuss is in rockville with metro's response. adam? >> reporter: that's right, doreen. this new report points to problems with water. water leaking onto power cables that created so much smoke. we know there was smoke, lots of smoke, that day at l'enphant plaza. now a possible reason as to why. this report from d.c.'s homeland security and emergency management agency clearly states the investigation has determined that water leaking on electrical equipment led to the heavy smoke condition. this report was obtained by the news4 i-team's scott mcfarlane through a freedom of information request. keep in mind the ntsb still has not talked about a probable cause for the incident. today the montgomery county council talking about water on tracks in the entire metro system. >> but i do worry about the water because if -- if you don't address the underlying problem you're going to keep replacing

equipment. >> reporter: also questions today about how long it would take to evacuate certain stations like bethesda. metro acknowledged that bethesda was built before new fire codes were put in place and therefore would not meet current standards for evacuation. and back here now live metro isn't saying much about the possibility of water leaking onto power cables only saying that we'll have to wait for the ntsb's final report to tell the facts. jim, back to you. >> thanks adam. an important change in policy today. the u.s. slowing down the pullout of troops from afghanistan. president obama says the u.s. will keep its current level of 9,800 troops in afghanistan through the end of the year. earlier plans had that number being cut to 5,500 troops. the decision comes from a direct plea from afghan president ashraf ghani. he's been visiting the u.s. recently and says the troop presence would help the afghan government. >> we're determined to preserve the gains our troops have won.

president ghani has requested some flexibility on our drawdown time lines, and i've decided that we will maintain our current posture of 9,800 troops through the end of this year. >> the white house says this is not a return to a u.s. combat role in afghanistan. and both presidents hope to have virtually all u.s. forces out of that country by january as the president said january of 2017. asked about allegations of israel spying on the u.s. today, the president said he never discusses intelligence with reporters. but he says his administration does brief congress and israel on the talks. the"the wall street journal" reports that israel shared information with congress information that it collected from spying on u.s. nuclear talks with iran in an effort to derail the deal. house speaker john boehner denied the report today and israel's foreign minister said spying on the united states is strictly forbidden. 15 months 12 bank robbery, and coming up at 6:00 we'll

tell you how much money was taken and how you can help the fbi find their man. debris falling onto rock creek parkway. the impact it could have beyond the evening rush. and i'm scott mcfarlane. he lost both his legs but says he's the lucky one.

a contractor hit a water main in the district sending water shooting into the sky.tweets about this geyser on our nbc washington app. this happened along

massachusetts avenue and 2nd streets in west. the break sent water pouring onto the northbound lanes of i- 395 at the mass avenue overpass. the water has been shut off and no mercustomers were affected. no word on when it will be fixed. avoid rock creek parkway this evening and maybe beyond. some lanes are still closed after debris fell from the pennsylvania avenue overpass onto the roadway. that's right near p street. we're told after the evening commute one lane will be closed in either direction. engineers are still trying to determine what if any repairs are going to be needed here. 1,400 people have been hit by trains while illegally walking along or near the tracks in the past year. that is according to federal transportation safety officials. it is a problem in our area as well first reported by the news4 i-team. as scott mcfarlane shows now, the feds are debating whether new safety rules are necessary.

>> reporter: he still managed to smile even in the hospital room. >> using the train tracks as a short cut almost ended my life. i wish i'd taken another route. >> reporter: caught beneath a train on the tracks while walking home in 2012 an illegal and dangerous decision he says. >> looking back on that moment, i don't know what i was thinking. >> reporter: we saw mark in the front row in the hearing room of the national transportation safety board today as the agency discussed whether new safety rules or recommendations should be issued to reduce the risk of train track trespassers. the agency says it's seen our recent news4 i-team investigation into local track trespassers as it prepared for today's hearing, an investigation that showed more than 100 people hurt or killed while walking along tracks in the d.c. area in the past three years. and also showed local hotspots for trespassers. north of the mark station in riverdale. along rhode island 1/2 hyattsville. and here on the tracks along route 1 in beltsville where

i-team cameras saw a parade of trespassers. you saw the images of people crossing one after another in beltsville. what does the ntsb recommend about that? >> i think if anything were to come out of this forum it's just that -- we want people to understand that railroad tracks they're not playgrounds, they should not be used as a short cut. >> reporter: the agency today said government investigators report there's no group, old or young, male or female more likely to trespass on the tracks than others. a minority of the victims are suicide cases, but so many are people simply looking for a short cut, like mark kelenna. >> it's illegal to be on train tracks for a reason and, you know although i did lose both of my legs this is a lucky outcome. >> some type of new recommendation for new rules could surface from the national transportation safety board in the coming weeks. but one agency leader tells me he doesn't recommend requiring additional fencing along the tracks. in his word people tear those down as soon as the train companies put them up.

doreen and jim. >> sad situation. thanks scott. you can watch the i-team's full report on the so-called hotspot hotspots. see the most activity from people trying to illegally cross train tracks on nbcwashington.com. when you get there, click on "investigations." i don't know about your house, but i didn't see any snow flurries at my house today. but still not feeling like spring. >> temperatures 10 15 degrees below average. that's what we're looking at right now. >> that's not good. >> not at all! it gets a heck of a lot better as far as temperatures are concerned, but then it gets a heck of a lot worse! this is what happens during the month of march. we see those ups and downs. unfortunately we've been down a lot more. we've seen cloud cover all day. this is our reston camera. reston town center not much in the way of cloudiness lots of sunshine but still on the cold side. here's a better picture. here's the marina right down here. not long before the boats are going to be out there in the

next couple weeks. take look. show you the numbers. 46 degrees, yeah on the cold side for sure. it has been a very chilly day even with the sunshine across our region. temperatures only 41 degrees in gaithersburg only 38 in annapolis right now and 44 towards martinsburg, 48 towards the fredericksburg region. temperatures are going to be going up and the rain will be coming down but not right now. we'll see a chance for showers starting tomorrow all because of a system coming west. we have our cold front that continues to drift on down to the south here. as it does we're going to start to see chose numbers cool joef night overnight but the front lifts back up as a warm front, and that's where we'll see the showers back to the west. we will see some of these showers overnight tonight and through the day tomorrow. look at the temperatures. to the north of the front, cold to the south, the numbers we like 81 in dallas, 71 in jackson, atlanta at 71 degrees. it's been beautiful in atlanta the last couple days.

we would like to see that warmth come here and it is going to come for a very short time. chilly weather overnight tonight into early tomorrow. here comes the chance of showers with that warm front. early tomorrow morning. and really through about noon. you can expect to see shower activity. that's all it's going to be. you may have to get the windshield wipers going just a bit. i don't think you'll need the umbrella during the day tomorrow. it will be tomorrow night. we have the cloud cover and a better chance of shower activity back to the west. that's what the actual front that will try to move through. another chance of showers on thursday morning. i do think a better chance on thursday morning than what we have tomorrow. then pretty much right on through the morning hours we'll see that chance. when do we see the warm weather? it comes during the afternoon. ahead of the next front. that's the cold front. we get nice and warm. temperatures in the 70s, but that will allow a chance for heavy rain maybe a couple thunderstorms to develop between around 8:00 and midnight on thursday night. that's something we'll watch too. nothing strong nothing severe. just something to keep an eye on. high temperatures tomorrow warmer but still not real warm. 55 in d.c.

we'll take it. 60 in fredericksburg. 48 martinsburg. 56 in manassas. what do we really want? we want the 70s. 72 on thursday. a chance of rain, but it won't be a washout of a day. best chance of an umbrella will be early and then again late with the temperatures getting that 72 in the afternoon. then 54 on friday and, t it is vance, 44 on the cool side once again for the weekend, windchills in the 30s all day and pretty big weekend for that cherry blossom festival. the kitest festival on saturday. you can fly those kites with that 30-mile-an-hour wind. >> in your coat. >> in your coat. the city known for banning big gulps is setting new rules for kids at daycare. putting limits on juice in the big apple. i'm tom sherwood in far northeast washington, an area that desperately needs housing

travelers in the d.c. area enjoy the highest percentage of those take advantage of the screening program. it allows them to go through

security with their shoes and belts on and you can leave you laptop in your case. the ep rollment center at dulles airport has the third number of applications in the country. national airport is 13th. toddlers at new york city daycare centers are going to have to get moving and put down the juice. new board of health rules forbid children under the age of 2 from drinking any amount of juice at new york city licensed daycares. kids over the age of 2 can have four ounces per day. the new guidelines also cut sedentary time from an hour to 30 minutes per day. that doesn't include naps or reading time. the rules are an effort to reduce childhood obesity. a neighborhood left out during d.c.'s recent years of economic and real estate growth is about to see some change among them, a new walmart supercenter. tom sherwood gives us a taste of things to come in far northeast. >> reporter: mary gaffney, a longtime community activist in the east capitol street neighborhood. how long have you lived out

here? >> 50 years. >> reporter: so you're a newcomer. newcomer. miss fwafgaffney and her neighbors were in a good move today as the city developers and walmart broke ceremonial ground for more than 300 new affordable homes and a new walmart among other retail opportunities. the land has been vacant since public housing was torn down back in 2003. >> did i look excited? >> reporter: yes. >> i was excited. long time coming. >> mayor muriel bowser. >> thank you. thank you. >> reporter: mayor bowser said every part of the city should enjoy its economic rebound. >> that myanyplace any quadrant, any street i pass in the district of columbia we want to be proud of the outcome. >> reporter: two years ago protesters fought walmart's decision to form in the city saying they don't pay well and

hurt other stores. >> 700 people working at those stores. >> reporter: and residents here welcome coming changes. >> more housing, more job, all the good thing wes need to bring to this neighborhood. so i'm really excited about it. it will definitely raise property value. we all love that. >> reporter: in the district tom sherwood news4. next, a major crackdown on passengers hopping gates and skipping fares. >> reporter: an unlike hi scene. a serial bank robbery suspect arrested by the fbi. at a senior citizens apartment. i'm pat collins. the story coming up. sp

. now at 6:30 a bicycle bandit robbing banks in northern virginia. now behind bars because of something he had in his hand during the robberies. now investigators used it to track him down. >> reporter: the husband's violent rampage led one county to call for help in fighting domestic violence. and a new strategy to chase the geese away from the reflecting pool on the national mall. first new details about the takedown of a man wanted for robbing a dozen banks. >> they call him the bicycle bandit and we're learning how

the fbi tracked him down. pat collins joins us live from arlington. hi, pat. >> reporter: how you doing? when the bicycle bandit struck in alexandraia they came here to arlington. how did they know who he was? here's how. the bicycle bandit. the fbi says he's responsible for 12 bank robberies in the last 15 months. he robs with a cell phone in one hand and a gun in the other. and when it comes time to escape he makes his getaway by bike. friday he hit the apple credit union in alexandria. he robbed it before lunch. but before dinner the feds had him in cuffs at the carlin a senior citizens home in arlington. so how did the fbi track down the bicycle bandit? painstaking investigative work. now, remember, when he walked into the banks he had his cell phone up to his ear.

so last january the fbi began downloading cell phone activity from each of the bank robbery scenes on the day and time of the robbery. the sterling washington first bank, the elkton bb&t bank the alexandria suntrust bank the reston presidents bank and on and on and on. and one cell phone number kept popping up at each one of the scenes. guess who that cell phone belonged to? according to court documents, that phone belongs to the suspect known as the bicycle bandit. a man now identifyiedidentified. the fbi says he has access to his father's apartment at the carlin. and so when the feds heard the bicycle bandit had struck again, this time they knew where to look. >> i think it's a blessing they got him. it's a blessing. and not only that this is a senior citizens building and

we're here for safety and security. >> reporter: now the suspect is being held in jail pending further court action in the case. now back to you. >> pat collins, thank you. a maryland state senator says he's running for congress. democrat jamie kas rinn announced today he'll run for the seat now held by congressman chris van hollen. he joins kumar barve in the race. van hollen's seat will be up in 2016 because he's running to replace outgoing senator barbara mikulski. in prince george's county there's a new push from prosecutors. they're looking for help in dealing with the issue of domestic violence. our county bureau chief tracee wilkins is in upper marlboro where they're beginning a new program to engage the community. tracee? >> reporter: they say this case that was just convicted of a few weeks ago is a prime example of the kind of information they need before it blows up into something this big. they're hoping that the

community and specifically the clergy can help them to do that. >> i was the very last person to speak to him before he closed the door. >> reporter: first there were gunshots then there was fire inside this glendale home was a husband holed up. >> he said to me mike this is not right. i'm being evicted for what reason? >> reporter: michael blunt says he never expected what happened at his neighbor's home last may. >> great guy. absolutely great guy. him and his wife in fact. >> when the deputies came to evict him, he told them he was not going to come out, that he had a gun, and that he wasn't afraid to die. >> reporter: david coley is now waiting sentencing after he was convicted of arson, first-degree assault, and the use of a handgun in the commission of a crime. this all started when his wife tried selling their home after their divorce last may. >> i just don't know what came

over him. he didn't have to get this -- to the point where he think he needed to burn the house down. >> reporter: the spokesperson for the prince george's county state's attorney's office says this is wry whooi they're turning to the clergy. >> we're not becoming ware of the issues and challenges that lead to situations like the until something like this happens or until someone is killed. >> reporter: coley surrendered to police and no one ruz injured in this case but the state's attorney's office is alarmed after other cases similar to this one led to an increase in domestic homicides the last year in prince george's. >> waiting for it to come to the courthouse and dealing with it that way, that's how we've always done it and that's not solving the problem. >> reporter: coley is expected to be sentenced in may. tracee wilkins reporting live. back to you in the studio. >> thanks, triceacee. the cost of matriculateing at

the university of virginia might soon be going up. there is a new proposal that calls for an increase of more than 3% for in-state undergrads. that would increase their tuition by at least $375 to nearly $11,000 a year. for out-of-state students that would add up to an extra $1,500 which would put tuition at about $40,000 a year. the board of visitors at that school will vote on the proposal this week. officials with the department at the center of controversy in virginia stopped at a university of fairfax today. the department of alcoholic beverage control has been under fire since a student at uva was left bloodied during an arrest by abc agents. but at george mason university today the focus was on intervention not enforcement. students who serve as peer health educators learn how to get involved to speak up and to help if someone is dangerously drunk. the intervention program is calledup. >> students are, you know, raise

their hands saying i've seen this before and, you know, i felt uncomfortable and now i know more ways on how to intervene. >> this is the last of five stop ace cross the commonwealth for the abc college tour. meanwhile, the uva student who was bloodied at charlottesville will meet with state police investigators thursday. martese johnson will also appear in court thursday to face charges of obstruction of justice and being drunk in public. his attorney says he's going to plead not guilty. new video tonight showing metro riders jumping the gates and cheating fares. we'll report why metro says it is a safety risk and tell you how they plan to crack down. new rules from the faa when it comes to recreational drones where you will and will not be able to fly them. we're talking act temperatures going way up over the next couple days.

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the police have identified a man hit and killed in montgomery county this morning. his name is ernest rounds. he was 81 years old. we're told he was walking on university boulevard near arcola avenue in wheaton when he was hit by a pickup truck. police say rounds lived just about a block away. the driver did stay at the saep. he has not been charged. a new report says traffic deaths are actually down in maryland lately. transportation officials announced today 4,200 people

died in traffic crashes across . that's still more than one person dead on the roads every day. but believe it or not it's the lowest number since 1948. the state credits targeted police enforcement of things like drunk and distracted driving and advances in medical care too. metro says it is seeing a spike in the number of riders who are refusing to pay their fares on trains and buses. metro says there's a crackdown on the way. police issued about 3,500 citations for fare evasion last year. it's a big increase for metro. it's also leading to more confrontations between metro riders and workers. metro says assaults against its employees are up in the coming weeks and increased focus on fare enforcement will begin throughout the system. it will include a lot of plain clothes officers. new guidelines out tonight should speed up permits for commercial drones. under the new rules, the federal

aviation administration will grant permits for flights under 200 feet in altitude. that's a change from previous rule where is permits were granted only on a case-by-case basis creating a backlog of hundreds of applications. the faa will grant blanket flying permission for drones that weigh less than 55 pounds and the operator must agree to fly only in the daytime and to stay away from airports and restricted air space. that includes almost all of the district. the national park service is trying to figure out what to do about all those geese and what they leave behind on the national mall. so they've come up with a proposal to use border collies to chase the geese away. border collies have a natural instinct to round up flocks of geese and they could use the dogs to chase them to other parts of the mall. the geese are a public hazard because of their droppings. they can damage pipes and

filters in the reflecting pool. they're some of the most striking buildings you'll see in the district and around the world, and they were all designed by a woman who works right here in d.c. wendy rieger introduces us to an architect with a vision for a

we have some new video in from urine ver sal studios in orlando. just a short time ago about a dozen riders were rescued off the roller coaster called -- what was it doug? >> the hulk right there. >> the incredible hulk. he loves those things. the ride stopped earlier this evening looefgeaving the riders stranded for about 40 minutes. nobody was injured. investigators are now trying to figure out just what went wrong. she's an award-winninging local architect who brings a healthy dose of zen to her designs. she created one of the largest woman-owned architectural firms in the country. it's now housed in an old dance hall on u street. wendy rieger introduces us to the architect who is changing

the way we see and use buildings. >> reporter: this is not what most people would see when they imagine a place for homeless veterans but this is her vision being built on north capitol street. she believes buildings can make statements visually and socially. >> here is a building that serves basically homeless veterans and low-income residents. we're going to serve them to the fullest extent possible and didn't want to hold back anything. they deserve a view of the capitol as much as anybody else. >> reporter: sorg creates out of her vast offices on u street in what was once murray's casino and dance hall during the black renaissance of the '30s. she redesigned this interior keeping the historic old trusses and the wide-open spaces that she believes inspire. >> it lets your mind float out and away and lets you imagine things. >> reporter: and, boy, can she imagine things.

her iconic designs tower over cities in her native india and add to the sizzle of miami. but design also has to create a sense of place as we see in the u.s. embassy in barbados and the consulate in indonesia. >> you know, you don't just go for the big bang for the sake of a big bang. i'm attracted to triangles or circles or squares and rectangles that are definable and easy to recognize. >> reporter: sorg has turned those shapes into award-winning designs throughout our area. like the southern regional technology and recreation complex in ft. washington. condominiums in downtown and the u street corridor. the shapes eve appear in her art, floating up in the mist of the saturated pigments that echo the garments and sunsets of her native india. >> there's no way you can deny the kind of cultural cues you grew up with. >> reporter: sorg came to washington from india at 17 to

study at howard university in a field that has always been dominated by men. she has created the largest woman-owned architectural firm in the country. and after 30 years, she says she's just getting started. >> actually architects don't move until they're 80. >> if we could only all peak when we turn 80. that residence sorg designed for the homeless veterans on north capitol street that could be finished by the end of this year. back to you. >> i'm looking forward to that. >> 80? >> peaking in the 80s. >> i love it. just in tonight, the governor of massachusetts plans to ask president obama for federal disaster relief to help ten counties and about 250 cities recover from unprecedented snow this winter. they're trying to get back some of the $400 million they spent on removing all that snow since last january. >> puts a lot of perspective on our winter that we've complained

about. >> yeah. >> nothing like what they've been dealing with. >> no. we were above average, our average about 15 inches -- or 18 inches of snow. big deal. 3 inches more. they saw the record snowfall i believe it was 165 inches in boston. >> cannot imagine what that was like. >> amazing. let's take a look and show you what we're dealing with now. no snow. that's for sure. you mentioned doreen you did not see a flurry in your neighborhood. >> i didn't. >> i saw one flur iry coming through downtown. >> i must have blinked. >> don't blink at this. sunset beautiful tonight. this is our national harbor camera. looks quite nice. sun going down at 7:24 so about the next half hour. 46 now, dropping into the 40s by 9:00 down to the 39-degree mark by 11:00. 43 no-in rockville, 43 in gaithersburg, camp springs and a cold 38 in annapolis.

been on the cold side there all day. here's our storm system. we had our cold front come through the region. that's why we're on the colder side. this back to the west is a warm front and that will bring us shower activity tomorrow and thursday. overcast tomorrow isolated light showers. temperatures 48 to 58 degrees. i doubt you'll need the umbrella during the day. thursday however, a little bit of a different story here as we get to the next couple days high temperature of 72 degrees. it will be raining on thursday but not all day, most likely early then a break in the afternoon. that will help temperatures get into the low 70s and then we get into the -- better chance of some thunderstorms late thursday night. you'll need the umbrella maybe twice on thursday. high of 54 on friday and we go right back down, only 44 on saturday. windchills on saturday only around the 30 to 35-degree mark. saturday a really chilly afternoon. >> oh boy. okay. we've got sports coming up. rg3 has already been named the starter but that doesn't mean the guys who run this team

aren't minding the draft. diana will tell us about that.

it has nothing to do with offense. i don't know why you would even bring that up. all right? it's all about our focus from a

defensive standpoint. >> don't you get that? i get that. >> sunday night, that was wizards head coach randy wittman. said the defense was the root of the wizards problems. we hate to point this out to you, coach, it actually has a lot to do with the offense. last night against the warriors the wizards put up a season-low 76 points. the team only shot 33%. the third quarter, well the wiz missed their first shot attempt of the quarter. the bigger problem, they missed again and again and again. the wizards failed to connect on the first 15 shots of the second half. 1 for 18 in the third quarter. that's 5.6%. they went from trailing by three at half to trail big 24 going into the fourth quarter. obviously the third quarter a problem. the big moment came with just over minute to go in the third. the wizards finally make a shot. wasn't ease spip nothing was easy last night. the wid fall 107-76.

randy wittman not pleased. >> it's a troubling trend that we've had for the last 20 25 games. you play one good half and just the exact opposite awful one half or the other. you stop playing instead of playing through it. and that's troubling. >> four losses in a row for the wizards. let's talk about some women that are winning. that's the maryland women headed to the sweet 16 this saturday. in spokane, washington, to face former conference rival duke. brenda frese got her troops going after a very slow first half. maryland came out with the 17-2 run against princeton. the terps dealing the previously undefeated tigers their first loss of the season beating princeton by 15 points and despite president obama's picking his niece's tighters to move on, it's maryland heading to their fourth straight sweet 16. coach brenda frese glad her

terps took care of all the business. >> we wanted, you know our play to kind of do our talking, to come out and, you know, just be who we were and i love how this team takes a business-like approach. >> they were calling them america's team and people saying we were going to be the first number-one seed to go down, but they came out with a lot of fight and heart and i respected that but we wanted to drill them. that was our mentality, to drill them. winning by, you know double digits felt really good to us. >> i need her to take care of my twitter trolls for me. on the men's side we have confirmed that melo suffered a concussion on sunday. he'll continue to be monitored by the team physicians. our carol maloney has talked to head coach mark turgeon and he is meeting with trimble to determine his future later in the week. there's currently a report saying he's planning to return to maryland but we'll keep you updated. finally, the redskins have not ruled out using their

first-round draft pick on a quarterback. yep. the new gm says it doesn't mean they're pulling the plug on rg3 yet. >> i'm going forward with the standpoint of what i've seen from rob national terror alert college and what i saw, you know his rookie year we had come from seattle and play in the playoffs is tremendous upside. you know he's still a young guy. but i need to see him around the other guys and see who steps up and takes leadership. >> scot has to see wit his own eyes. >> if they're hurting like they are on defense and the "o" line and you're going to use your first-round draft pick on quarterback and you're telling me rg3 is still your man? who are they kidding? >> they improved the defense in the free agency. they need a quarterback. >> they need some more defense. and, yeah they do need a quarterback. >> they can defend all they want. got to score some points, jim. >> there you go. >> offense again. stop the other guy from scoring too. >> i'm trying to make a point.

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