temperatures soaring to around 80 degrees. now temperatures not too bad coming in around 48 degrees in to arlington, washington 49 degrees. and great falls looking at 42, westin 40. fairfax 47. the good news this morning is the fact we aren't dealing with windy conditions. yes, what you see is what you get, what you feel is what you get for today as well. make sure you enjoy yourselves. angie, tell us about the traffic. it is going to be a fabulous day. right now still watching tied up from early on on the inner loop at van doren. the construction at 9 5- 395 is out of here. 395, outside, drivers are moving at speed from the beltway to the 14th street

bridge. 66 eastbound, nice and quiet commute, centerville to inside the beltway. great drive from 95 to georgia avenue. here is a look at pennsylvania, branch avenue, 301, no icon os p the map. that's a good thing. we are incident and accident free. over to you. the search is on for a 4th suspect in tuesday night. ts drive by shooting that left four people dead and five injured. kristin fisher joins us live from southeast washington with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. police have made a lot of progress over the past 48 hours, three suspects have been arrested they've been charged with first degree murder. their names are 26-year-old nathaniel sims, 20-year-old orlando carter and a 14 gerald boy. the 14-year-old boy is accused of driving the get away car. police say the search is on for

a fourth suspect . these suspects are accused of opening fire on a crowd of people standing by an apartment building on south capital street tuesday night. four dead, five more injured. it was the deadliest single outbreak of vie violence in dc in 16 years. it stem frostm a bracelet on the day of the drive by, many returned from a funeral of a friend who according to court documents was murdered over a missing bracelet. the bracelet allegedly belonged to the brother of orlando carter. carter was charged with second degree murder in that case. now he is behind bars for tuesday's drive by as well. police believe tuesday's drive by may have been a brutal act of retaliation. there was a press conference last night condemning the recent violence. >> we have to bring people to justice when retaliations occur there is no more egregious kind

of retaliation than to shoot 9 people and kill 4 people, innocent as they stand on the street corner because you're ticked off about something. it's inexcusable in the community. >> reporter: we know the names of the victims killed in tuesday's shooting. 17-year-old nelson, 19-year-old jones the third, 16-year-old jones, and 18-year-old boyd. 4 teenagers. when you factor in the fact that the driver of the get away vehicle was a 14 14 year old it paints a dark picture. a large crowd attended a vigil for the shooting victims last night. people lit candles in honor of the murdered people. many called for peace.

>> she was a beautiful young lady. inside and out. very positive. always wanted to help any and everybody. always the peacemaker. as sweet and peaceful as she was, she was shot down by an animal. it's unfortunate. the only child i had. i thought i would be planning a wedding in a few years. not a funeral. i will never have grandchildren. it's a huge loss. some of the crowd became angry shouting they want to see more done to prevent violence. police in montgomery are investigating a death near the howard county line. a man walking in ashton found a body in a wooded area. it appears the male victim was shot. investigators have not been able to identify him. if you have information about the case, call montgomery county police.

two prince georges county paramedics who mistakenly declared a man dead are back on the job. they were called to george waters home last week. they thought he was dead and called the medical examiner. that is when waters began showing signs of life and taken to the hospital. he died the next day. sources say waters suffered from a flesh eating disease which caused the skin to look and smell like a decomposing body. head of department of juvenile services did not appear at a hearing yesterday. lawmakers called the hearing in a aftermath of a murder. a teacher at the prince georges county facility, hanna wheeling was found dead there in february. a detainee is suspected in her death which led to two dismissals and three other disciplinary actions against the staff. . time for another living smart report.

jessica doyle is here with a preview of the day ahead on wall street. >> investors make waking up saying it's a new day, new month, new quarter for wall street and would like more of the same. wall street put the finishing touches on best first quarter performance in 12 years. over the past 3 months stocks climbed 4.9%. rallies today. asian stocks higher on new signs of economic growth there here we will get key economic reportsed the including construction spending and unemployment claims. dow stands this morning at 10,856 after falling 50 points yesterday. nasdaq took a hit falling 12 points s and p lost 4 points. owner of the green briar luxury resort is adding exclusive west virginia property to the holdings resort at glade springs. jim justice won't say how much he paid in the deal he describes as a bailout. they sufferd with the economy.

justice says it's been profitable more than the green briar. a european airline installing vending machines on planes to cut cost. passengers on ripe will be able to buy drinks sandwiches and snacks reducing the number of night attendants. >> you have to wait until you get at cruising altitude. we are safing quarters for the vending machine. tell us how to save more money. >> we are getting secrets from those coupon shoppers galore. we will make coupons work for you this morning. michelle obama welcomes spring with the help of legal elementary school students. replanted the white house garden assisted by students from bancroft elementally and holland elementary. one thousand pounds of food

harvested was used at the white house and area homeless shelters. happy ending for puppies, three rottweiler puppies were found near death in northwest washington. they had collars too tight and one had a rubber band embedded in its leg. two of the puppies have new homes and the third is almost ready for adoption. police are investigating two abused the dogs. area airport hit a new multimillion dollars method to move your bags coming up.

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much of rhode island declared a disaster area by president obama. the rising flood waters are expected to begin reseeding. the yesterday the rising waters made a stop at a shopping mall. it standed a night security gad. >> the water started coming in to the jc penney area where the jewelry department was in to the store. they said we won't be in work for a couple of days. >> tomorrow homeland security secretary janet naploitano is scheduled to travel to rhode island to get a look at flooding there. we don't have those kind of worries your heart goes out to those people. >> lucky the rain is stopped. good news for that. it's good news for us. we will see plenty of sunshine for today.

if you can't make it out today you will have a stretch of days where you can do it. let me show you what i'm talking about on the three day forecast, see 80 degrees, plenty of sunshine, that will continue as we go in to tomorrow. even on saturday around 84 degrees. it's going to be spectacular time. as we check out the bus stop forecast. things are looking good for the kids as well. they don't have to be cumbersome with the umbrella. 4 5- 50 degrees for this morning. going to be sunny and cool. the winds today, they are dying down. as we go to the afternoon, sunny and it's going to be warm. check out the highs around 7 5- 80. winds will switch up a bit out of the south at 5-10 miles per hour as well. that's going to helptous get warming up. clear and comfortable, the lows will be at 52-57 for this evening. the winds south at 5-10 miles per hour. as we jump to tomorrow, yes what a jump we are going to

take. sunny and warmer with the highs coming in at 76-82. winds south at 5-10 miles per hour. temperatures not too bad at all now, 49 degrees in to washington. east 46 degrees. as we look towards the west, chillier, coming in at 39 in to winchester and also in to culpepper w. redealing with not a whole lot. a few clouds streaming in to area. high clouds as high pressure really does its thing and gets its act together and brings us sunshine. yesterday the low pushing out to sea working its way away as we are going to deal with the warm temperatures moving in, ample sunshine in the forecast. make sure you do your thing enjoe it -- enjoy it. 78 in to arlington, lows around 57 degrees and we will be seeing more of the same in terms of more sunshine as we go through the seven-day forecast. nice and warm, for the next three days. then we have a little bit of a

break for easter. chance for a shower. in the upper 70s and by monday, tuesday, wednesday, of next week, what can i say, 80, 81, 82, take it away. enjoying the wonderful weather. live shot of 95 northbound in virginia. now no problems to report up towards the mixing bowl. onto the capital beltway, here at route 50, you can see that there are no issues to report by arlington boulevard. it's like that pretty much on both. 270, southbound, we are looking at a clear commute from 121, down towards the split. as we move it to the maps i-95 and the dw parkway, i like what i see, nice and green towards the capital beltway. and finally checking on 15th and new york avenue. the drive in the district now, looking nice and quiet.

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good morning i'm brett haber with your wake up sports. over the course of a month most teams will win a game or two by accident. it takes real effort to go entire calendar month without whipping at all and the wizards were on the verge last night. in new orleans, trying to avoid going 0 for march, whiz up five. miller and his one -- they did their best to give it away. they turn it over, james lays it in. it's a two point game. hornets get one last look to send to it overtime. rims out. and nobody, i mean nobody beats the wizards 17 times in a row, 96-191 final. team releasing preseason schedule. three of of the four opponents

will be from a year ago. jets and cardinals on the road exact dates still to come. w wf has a rich basketball history it happens to be distant history. 19529 last time they went to final four. that half sepry ordeal ended yesterday. bob huggins and the squad departed morgantown for indi. it marked huggins first trip to the final four in 18 years. he does it with his alma mater in his hometown. lair nay ga extended through 2016. led mason to 12 straight

winning seasons. at the yankees twins greatford game, that's span, fouls a line drive in to the seats. the reason he is concerned he just hit his own mother. who had come to town the watch him play. she was helped from the stadium. he anywhered his at bat and left the game to be with his mom. she is just fine we hear this morning. local sheriff dawn as different kind of uniform for a hospital visit, details coming up. today is the deadline to mail back census forms. if you buy a car in the latter half of the decade it should be a lot more fuel efficient than most of the models we are driving now. traveling the dw parkway, southbound, no problems to report from the beltway down to 123, i'm going to have more

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two sheriffs traded in uniforms for a costume at a hospital. alexandria sheriff and winchester sheriff greeted hospital staff and presented stuffed bunnies to patients. welcome back to 9 news now i'm andrea roane. april fools. >> a fabulous forecast. no fooling. it's going to be absolutely gorgeous, guys t get out and enjoy it. i'm excited about the forecast. temperatures close to 80 degrees, 80s in some spots as

well. the temperatures now, we are really not too bad. we are above average. should be 41-42 degrees for this time of the year. 49 in to dc. arlington 48. bethesda 46 degrees. rockville 47. as we go through your day at a glance, we are looking good. plenty of sunshine in the forecast. currently right around 49 degrees with a few clouds in the forecast. we will get better, i promise. angie, talk about the roads. from the bright sunny forecast to this. a trouble spot an accident alert in maryland. now maryland 212 remains closed in both directions. this is at mmezrot road. this is coalsville and georgia avenue. no incidents, no accidents to worry about. virginia 66 eastbound, looks like everyone is moving well

from centerville all the way past the capital beltway. 395 northbound, that is open and clear. 95 to shirlington to the 14th street bridge. back to you. . looking for a fourth suspect in the city's worst mass shooting in more than 15 years. leaders are saying the violence won't be tolerated. kristin fisher joins us live from southeast washington with more on the story. >> reporter: good morning. we now know the driver in this drive by shooting the believed to be a 14-year-old boy. yesterday he was charged with first degree murder along with two other suspects. 26-year-old sims and 20-year- old orlando carter. we learned the identitys of the four victims. they too are all disturbingly young. ages range from 19, 18, 17, and 16. we are dealing with very young suspects and victims here.

those victims were standing outside an apartment building on south capital street around 7:30 tuesday night. police say the suspect drove up, stopped fired several shots and took off leaving police on a trace in to prince georges county where they rr taken in to custody. nine people were shot, four dead, five injured. the deadliest single outbreak of violence in 16 years. now police believe the motive is likely retaliation for a murder in the area on march 23rd. many of the victims of tuesday's drive by just come from the funeral of their murdered friend when they were gunned down. last night leaders and police held a press conference to talk about the outbreak of violence. here is what the mayor had to say. everybody knows what a tragedy is in this city. everybody grieves for the families who have lost their loved ones. >> reporter: as of now as for the suspects, excuse me, simmss

and carter with held without bond. as for the 14-year-old driver in the shooting, he is held in a secured juvenile facility this morning. back to you. community organizers from across the region rallied in columbia heights residents and activists joined together to call for peace. this was held in memory of a 9- year-old, and a 14-year-old, who were murdered in the community. the rally ended with the planting of two peace trees. former residents of dc general family shelter say certain staff members would use their positions to have sex with residents. one woman described the experience. >> the staff got hired to look over us but they had sex with

thees are glepts she claims he reported it. families forward turned down our request for an interview. dc council member, wells, says it's doubtful the group's contract will be renewed. the american university campus paperler hold a substitution over a controversial article. the editor and chief of the eagle says they found an article contesting date rape. the paper has sense apologized for publishing it. the sophomore author is no longer writing for the paper. his column questioned whether men and women are held to ditch standards of responsibility when they get drunk at a party and have sex. the paper will run a special edition today. tonight metro will hole final public hearings on the budget.

both have open houses starting at 6:30, the meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. this afternoon advocates with the fair share for metro campaign will pass out fliers at the courthouse metro station trying to get local golfs to chip in funding for metro. read more about metro budget cutting ideas and the details on wusa 9 doict. president obama hearing objections from environmentals and conservetists for plans on coastal drilling. he announced the shift yesterday at andrew's air force base. the end -- will allow drilling platforms 50 miles off of virginia coast. president obama hopes the move will lead to less dependance on foreign oil. drill willing be banned on the west coast and planned drilling in alaska will be canceled. time for another look at

the report, change for detroit. >> this is a big change not just for the automakers but consumers automakers will have to abide by tough new fuel efficiency standards. president obama signing new rules for the industry. car companies will be required by 2016 model year vehicles to meet targets of 35 inform miles per gallon for trucks and cars combined. increase of 10 miles per gallon over consider standards. the new rules aimed at pushing companys to develop fuel efficient vehicles. automakers are out with sales figures todaym one recall plagued toyota. executive speak act the auto show says sales rose 40% in march. they were providing deepest discounts ever to cope with the fallout from millions of recalls going back too last fall. do you think or savvy saver

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today is it at the deadline for mailing your 2010 census forms back to the census bureau. the information from the 10 question survey is used to determine federal funding and elected representation, what if the form isn't the real thing? >> reporter: the phones have been ringing nonstop at this oklahoma census office, many fear they are the victims of the latest census scam sphwhrits a mim ig, a mockive oh mock of or form. >> reporter: bonus forms have

been distributed across the nation in hopes of stealing personal information. in many cases they switched the real form with the fake one so no one realizes the crime until it's too late. how can you tell if your census form isn't the real deal? >> the biggest absolutely the s the social security number. that's the biggest red flag. >> reporter: the official paper work will never ask you for your social security number, bank account information or signature. the real forms have a color background and ten questions. the bonus has been black and white with five to nine questions. >> officials are worried this and other scams may scare people away from signing the all important forms the u.s. census comes out once every decade. >> the more people are accurately counted by the census, the greater the likelihood that they and their neighbors will get benefits out of it. >> reporter: benefits like new roads and schools. the sep sus helps the courtroom

which states get federal aid and how much. if you already filled out the form but think you have been scammed officials say to treat it like my other case of identity theft. contact your bank, credit bureaus and local authorities. the census bureau director is headed to a landmark to spread the word. gross will answer questions about the census and collect completed forms at ben's chilly bowl from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. people in rhode island have never seen this much flooding. authorities believe this is the worst flooding in nation's smallest state in 200 years, thousands have been evacuated. numerous roads are covered by flood waters and impassible when the water reseeds because portions are washed out. janet naploitano is expected to visit the state tomorrow.

you think of rhode island, this the worst they've after seen, it's called the ocean state but not because the ocean comes in and overwhelms it. >> you get the conditions especially during spring. it's a changing time. we got rain and we did have flooding a couple of days ago. all in all things are over for us, we are out of the woods. they will have clean up time for today because it will be sunny across the northeast, new england area. this is good news for us. let's show you what is going on. our 3-day forecast looks tremendous. plenty of sunshine in the forecast. that will continue as we in to tomorrow. also saturday. temperature coming in at 84 degrees. saturday, the national exhibition game, hint, hint, take advantage of that. get your tickets. it's going to be absolutely gorgeous. today sunny and cool. temperature 4553 tonight.

sunrise 6:53. an hour before we see the sunshine. through the rest of the morning, it's going be a little bit on the cool side. we will warm up nicely. highs in at 7 5- 80 degrees. the winds not a big factor. they die down. we h be dealing with a sunny and warm afternoon. highs 7 5- 80. the winds switching to the south at 5-10 miles per hour. tonight, we will be clear and we will be comfortable. lows coming in around 52-57. the winds south at 5 to 10 miles per hour. tomorrow, if you like the warm temperatures, it will be a little bit warmer 76-82, winds south at 5 to 10 miles per hour still. satellite and radar picking up on clouds streaming to the area. high clouds, we will be seeing sunshine in the forecast. don't let this fool you what you are seeing now. as we check out what happened yesterday we had the area of low pressure. it's out of here. high pressure if the wake and warming temperatures as well. that's going to be the trend as

we go through next several days. if you can't get out today you will be able to enjoy yourself tomorrow in the seven-day forecast, the seven-day forecast proves that. in to tomorrow, temperature coming in at 82. by saturday 84. 78 as we go easter. for easter there is a chance for a shower to pop up. weak front coming in. more cloud cover across the area. in to monday we warm things up, back in to the 80s. it will stay that way until next hump day. can it stay that way forever. that's the question. it is thursday, it is early. glad to have you join us for 9 news now. keep you updated on the crash activity. 212, all lanes blocked. take northbound adel fi, new hampshire. off couple of options there. on 2 70, going southbound,

things are moving well. little bit of volume building between the split. take a look although the capital beltway in virginia. the outer loop, inner loop checking out okay. inner loop volume around the area near the little river turnpike area. a slow down on this is 395 from duke, overall building not so bad yet. we are delayed on 95 from 123. now to another commuter alert for virginia drivers. later this morning learning more about the biggest transportation projects in northern virginia. hot lanes construction, on both 95 and 395 in the beltway and wilson bridge and metro. d-dot crews fixed the lines on the chain bridge.

workers put down lane lines after closing the bridge. the temporary lines got moved all over the place. the spokesman says it happened because of the weather. >> for one, there was a lot of rain. second of all, it requires a certain temperature, i believe above 45 degrees for the adhesive that's on the back of the temporary line to actually adhere to the roadway. for >> crews replaced the lines wednesday and used a roller with heavy weights to make sure the lines stay straight this time. lady gaga would gaga could be headed to the big screen. this morning in the examiner, a former dc firefighter cadet and her boyfriend have been sentenced for shooting the woman's former boyfriend and trying to cover it up. a maryland delegate tries

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day. erika caught hundreds dressed this comfort for the capital area food bank 7th annual blue jeans ball held at the marriott. the party shed light on existing hunger in the area. something new this year, she says local pastry oh shots. enjoying the sights and sound along with team u.s.a. one on one with a designer known for el grant but current suit and dress creation. her runway came with rewards. elain says she appeared in the galleria to support charity alternative house. the charity helps at risk children and teens. coming up a chance to go to the races. 2010 virginia geld cup.

becky's fop invites you to joip them for a fund raiseer in vesting in hope. may 1st at the cup. ticket is $110 ip includes a ticket, transportation to and from the field and open bar and food ticket all day. visit beckys fund.org. nationals lost 103 games last year. new season starts monday. president obama tossing out the first pitch. team making changes off the field in an effort to improve the game day experience. sara walsh went to samel sample the new offerings. >> reporter: you are looking at one of two new areas were ticketholders will enter in to

the stadium. part of the plan to enhance the fan experience. players spent a month and a half preparing for the season. behind the scenes plans are all year long. >> as you go around the park there are so many entertainment venues. >> reporter: among the changes this season, seats removed to add tables for outdoor dining in the red porch area, it's not the only place to kick back. the miller light score board walk inchiewdz outdoor bar and lounge furniture for a miami feel. another area feeling the change at the park? your stomach. >> this is a grilled vegetable wrap. the salad, yogurt parfait.

>> reporter: the first 20,000 will get a hat. before you get in to the stadium and put your feet up the nationals want you to be forewarned, traffic will be heavy. expect standing room only on the green line. nationals added two new economy parking lots, 6 blocks from the stadium. costing you five or $10 because there is no shuttle from rfk anymore. you've been warned. sara walsh, 9 sports now. can't wait to get to the ball game. welcome you are watching 9 news now at 6:00 a.m.