right off the top tonight, ted cruz grabbing another primary win. nbc news projecting that cruz will win the kansas caucuses while front-runner donald trump came in second place. primaries are also being held today in kentucky, louisiana, maine, and nebraska. we're standing by for those results and we'll have more on all of these contests in just a few minutes. developing right now, the search is on for a missing man who sexually assaulted a woman while she slept. the attack was early this morning near the university of maryland's campus. news 4's darcy spencer is live in college park with details on a possiblepe

darcy? >> reporter: well, megan, we are just blocks away from the university of maryland campus but police are telling me that the victim is not a university of maryland student. let's show you where we are. we're here on fordham lane and this woman was attacked inside one of these apartment buildings here early this morning. we want to show you some video that we shot just this afternoon, prince georges county police detectives going door to door in this neighborhood, they are asking did anyone see anyone suspicious in the neighborhood early this morning because this sexual assault suspect remains at large. the victim was asleep in her own bed in her own apartment here 5:30 this morning when she awoke to this man sexually assaulting her. he was able to get away. the neighbors tell me this has shaken their sense of security. >> scary and, well, you feel

unsafe. we'd like the police to be around here more. >> it's great to live here. but when things like this happen it -- we put up barriers and we put up walls, we're more cautious now. >> reporter: the university of maryland did send out an alert about this incident. even though it didn't happen on campus, it was near campus. that alert said this person was able to get in through an unlocked door to the building as well as to the apartment. police are telling people, reminding them to make their doors and windows are secure. we don't have a good description of the suspect and he remains at large. we are live in college park, darcy spencer. news 4. >> darcy, thank you. we're following breaking news right now. hundreds of delegates up for grabs as voters in five states hit the polls on super saturday. donald trump and hillary clinton poised to continue their momentum. and today's contests are the first races since mitt romney and

urged voters to reject trump. nbc news's chris pollone has a closer look at whether voters are listening. >> reporter: on the first saturday in march, voters are going to the polls in louisiana, kansas, kentucky, maine and nebraska. for republicans, it's the first chance to gauge the mitt romney effect, whether the former nominee's broadside against donald trump convinces voters to abandon the party's front-runner. in kansas trump fired back. >> they made a tremendous mistake when they chose mitt romney, he was a disaster as a candidate, no energy, no life, no nothing, he was a stiff. >> reporter: florida senator marco rubio criticized donald trump for skipping an annual gathering with conservatives in washington, implying trump isn't one. >> this is the american conservative union. it's usually reserved for conservatives. >> reporter: ohio john kasich still refuses to engage in the gop's war of insults. >>

not going to the dark side. >> reporter: focussing on the one prize that could breathe new life in his bid for the nomination. >> we'll win in ohio and that will create a whole new ball game. >> reporter: democrats try to draw distinction between the tone of their nomination fight and the republicans. >> what we are seeing in the republican presidential process is like a sixth grade food fight you see in a cafeteria. and i would hope most sixth graders understand we don't behave like that. >> reporter: former president bill clinton, campaigning for his wife hillary in michigan compared the last republican debate to a sixth grade schoolyard fight. the presidential campaign unlike any other, rolling uncensored towards the conventions. chris pollone, nbc news, new york. we'll have much more on the elections tonight at 11:00, plus mitt romney and actor kevin spacey join chuck todd for "meet the press" tomorrow morning at 10:30 and don't forget, for the latest on decision

open your nbc washington app. here is the latest on radar. i'm tracking rain and snow showers to our west. this system moves through the area overnight tonight into the early morning hours tomorrow. having a pretty low impact on the region. if you are going to be out and about late tonight, early tomorrow morning be cautious, there's the potential for slick spots north and west of town. i want to show you the timing with future weather. 8:00 still back around the i-81 corridor. notice at 10:00 p.m. it starts moving to loudon, potentially frederick counties. it moves into the metro area around midnight. 2:00 a.m. notice snow showers to the north, rain in washington and areas to the south. by 7:00 a.m. most of this activity is out of here. the majority of your sunday is dry. it will be chilly, though, tomorrow. a touch warmer than today. more on temperatures and a big warmup is in the forecast for the work week. more on that in 10 minutes. >> thank you,

officially back in d.c. politics. gray kipped off his campaign for the ward seven council seat. derek ward talks to gray and the woman he's challenging. >> reporter: former d.c. mayor vincent gray made it official and stepped back into the crucible of city politics. >> i've always been a public servant and i love doing things for and with people. obviously i wanted to continue doing it previously. >> reporter: after losing to current d.c. mayor muriel bowser, he could have sought a city wide seat. >> when you run at large you don't have a constituency. here you have a real constituency. >> reporter: kicking off his campaign at the ward's eastern border, he touched on the allegations of a so-called shadow campaign and the investigation into financial malfeasance during his mayoral bid. he acknowledged it was not the kind of campaign he intended to

several campaign operatives were. >> i have moved forward. and while i'm moving forward i won't forget what happened because i don't want that to happen to somebody else. >> reporter: yvette alexander is a current representative running for reelection. >> i'd be lying if i said i wasn't shocked about it but, you know, it is what it is. >> reporter: we caught up with one campaigner out doing the door to door thing in his election bid. >> they clump both together and it's just an opportunity to hear folks like myself, another voice in the race. >> reporter: gray's last term in the ward seven seat led to a council chairmanship and his election as mayor. any chance of history repeating itself? he didn't say yes nor did he say no? >> i'm a public servant. >> reporter: derek ward, news 4. two prince william county police officers are still recovering after last weekend's deadly shooting. find out how the community is showing its support. and local groups teaming up to push more affordable housing in the district. tonight, hear from mayor bowser.

there was a big push to increase the amount of affordable housing in the district. the coalition for nonprofit housing and economic development organized an event today. the group wants more than a hundred million dollars to be put into a trust fund to help homeless people secure affordable housing. the mayor says she believes that can happen in the next budget. she reiterated her support for housing subsidies. >>

government that can tell you they can reverse housing prices but what we can do is make sure that the city is involved there supporting subsidized units and preserving housing and ending homelessness. that's what our focus is. >> advocates say strengthening rent control and expanding rent supplements programs is critical to reducing homelessness across the district. in fairfax county, three animal attacks in less than a week. we're learning the raccoon tested positive for rabies. on thursday, a man named clifton was bit after he fought off and killed a raccoon in hiss home. he took it to animal control where it was tested and tested positive for rabies. the day before, foxes attacked two women in great falls. all three people were treated for exposure to the virus. ahate to say it, folks, bt we could get scattered rain and, yes, snow showers tonight, b

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court. a federal appeals court will reconsider the legality of assault weapon bans. that's according to the "washington post." now the court will rehear a case involving the state's 2013 ban. it was passed after the newtown school shooting. the law bans the possession and the sale of 45 types of assault weapons. fallen prince william county plaintiff ashley guindon will be buried in her hometown of west springfield, massachusetts, on monday. meanwhile a fund-raiser is being held in manassas for the two other officers after last week's shooting the. manassas police association is organizing the event at the old town sports club. they're raising money for officers david mckeon and jesse hempen and showing appreciation for all first responders. >> we just wanted to put something together for first

come and get a good meal out of it. then also have a -- the opportunity for the public to come and show their support. >> the pub owner will match the money raised today. donations go to the prince william county police department's officers fund. a new study shows strong evidence that the zika virus could be the cause of several different birth defects and it shows that fetuses could be affected at any stage of pregnancy. the study was published in 2 "new england journal of medicine." today dr. anthony fauci, the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases appeared on the "today" show. he says that we're on the fast track for a possible vaccine. new details on a man who landed his gyrocopter outside the capitol last spring. prosecutors say now douglas hughes was seconds away from potentially colliding with a

reagan airport. hughes agreed to plead -- to a plea deal in november. he'll be sentenced in april. prosecutors are asking for ten months in prison. they say hughes could have killed countless people if he collided with the jet. imagine getting a warning about a tornado weeks in advance. well, researchers say it's possible and they're getting closeer to making that happen. an illinois meteorology professor found a link between tornadic activity in the u.s. and complicated atmospheric wave patterns. he used the link to predict tornado activity. the system could help forecasters predict the likelihood of a twister two or even three weeks in advance. pretty interesting study there. here are your weather headlines. as we move into the evening, especially the overnight hours we'll track scattered rain and

around until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, maybe longer if you are south of washington. with great night to download our nbc washington app and you can check the radar as you head out tomorrow morning. still some isolated slick spots if you're north and west of washington. temps tomorrow warmer than today. high 45 degrees. as we head into the work week tuesday, wednesday, thursday feeling more like may than march. wait until you see the numbers on the seven-day. this evening we're 42 degrees. we're dropped down to 41 by 9:00, there's the chance of rain and snow showers. loudon, prince williams fauquier frederick counties will track rain and snow showers, inincluding inside of the beltway. now little or no accumulation with this event. you can see here by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning we're talking about anywhere from nothing in the district and annapolis to a half inch in

likes frederick and gaithersburg and that will melt during the morning hours. so the weather having a low impact on your sunday as the early morning rain and snow showers quickly wind down. we'll notice more sunshine throughout the day than we had today and temperatures feeling warmer. so here's your hourly planner tomorrow. 7:00 a.m. still tracking scattered light rain and snow showers, temperatures around 36 so you can see here in the metro area we're above freezing so good news there for the road conditions. by noon cool, temperature around 47, partly to mostly cloudy skies throughout the day. 4:00 p.m. we'll hit the high temperature of 51 degrees. 7:00 in the evening if you want to walk the dog, probably a fleece or sweatshirt with temperatures in the mid-40s. so your weather outlook tomorrow if you're hitting the slopes, a good day to do so as the season starts to come to an end. by the midday and afternoon hours, also good idea to get the car wash. we're looking at dry weather for days, outdoor exercise, it's chilly, you probably want at as

bike ride or jog tomorrow but for the most part the weather cooperating. on monday a mix of clouds and sunshine, we warm up by a good ten degrees, a high of 62. tuesday we're in the low 70s. plenty of sunshine in the forecast. look at wednesday. mid-70s. 74 for a high on wednesday. our average high now 53 degrees. thursday mid-70s once again, chance of rain moves into the area thursday night and there's the chance of showers at times on friday and saturday. a lot of uncertainty with the forecast. computer models all over the place with intensity and timing so we'll continue to update the forecast. temperatures friday and saturday in the low to mid-60s, megan. >> love it. thank you, amelia. next in sports, the caps and the wiz back in action tonight. wizards trying to bounce back after an embarrassing loss to lebron james. check out the fresh new look on mcdonald's mcpick 2 menu! try a flaky filet-o-fish made with sustainably sourced fish, a big mac made with 100% beef, chicken mcnuggets made with white meat,

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directions. they meet in the viz center. washington needs to take advantage. with a win they can lock themselves to a three-way tie to the last playoff spot in the east. the wizards had the same opportunity last night, though, against cavs. wizards got blown out without cleveland star forward kevin love suiting up. pacers star paul george will play tonight for indiana. he's averaging 30 against the wizards. a better effort is needed tonight with a lot of the line. >> bad game effort wise for us. just overall this play from top to bottom players, coaches, everyone, it was a bad overall. >> sloppy start to the game turnovers and careless play and got them going, out in the open floor to the other team. given the advantages we did in the first quarter, we fought back to get it to 27-23 but they beat us. >> the co

short last night. after overcoming a 2-0 deficit to tie things up at two apiece at the end of the second, the caps gave up a go-ahead and eventual game-winning goal at the start of the third. while the loss might be deflating to some teams, the caps are focused on bouncing back against the bruins tonight. >> it's going to be a tough game going into boston. but i think when you finish strong like we did in the second and third you know you keep building on that so you can come in and you almost feel better because we're coming off that strong play in the second and third and you keep rolling off and that and we have to come out hard in the first. >> the hoyas had one last stand this afternoon. after losing eight of their last nine, georgetown could get some redemption by upsetting

john thompson, iii, trying to get positive momentum for his team heading into the big east tournament. well, georgetown down 14 in the first, steph curry and pistol pete on the hoyas, then no look to josh hart. georgetown down 21 just nine minutes into the game. one hoya who showed up to play, well, peak performance time, lj peake scored 31, but a one-man offense isn't going to get the job done against the wildcats. chris jenkins gets the and one. georgetown falls 84-71. they'll enter the big east tournament as the eighth seed. >> we got some open looks that didn't go in. and then our defense became course and i think we were a little frustrated with, oh, my shot didn't go in. there was negative carry over to the other end

suddenly you look up and you're down, whatever it was, 12-2, 14-2, and they're too good to dig out of that hole. caa, william & mary taking on james madison in baltimore. much like flacco, omar pruitt is an elite passer. tarpy with the hops, william & mary down 6-3. pay attention to that score because ten minutes later william & mary cast a 20-0 run with this hook shot. the tribe advance to the semis, 79-64 victory. they'll play hofstra tomorrow. megan, you can catch the cavs and wizards live on csn tonight. i'll be back here at 11:00 with a recap. see you then. >> looking for a win tonight. nothing like last night. >> two of them. caps and wizards. two of them. >> yes, exactly, there we go. thank you, chris. all righty, we're talking about warmer temps. >> after tomorrow we start

of 51 degrees, 61 on monday and mid-70s wednesday and thursday. now before we see the warmer temperatures we'll be tracking scattered rain and snow showers overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. i'll have the latest impacts on that with news 4 at 11:00. >> i'll take the rain and snow. 57 degree weather ahead. it will be a great week, folks. that's it for us, "nightly news" is next. see you tonight at news 4 at 11:00. have a great night. ♪ trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling

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