year-old dean, a former prince william county park ranger said he was sorry for the pain he had caused. but he made no effort to explain what happened the night of the murders. >> it is one of the most horrible tragic cases we have had in this jurisdiction. >> reporter: the reality is there is no explaining killing an innocent woman and two innocent kids. >> i don't think anybody will ever explain it. >> at the end of the day when he was done he should have put the gun in his mouth and eaten a bullet. >> reporter: would you have liked to see him get the death penalty? >> i would. absolutely. >> reporter: but lenot get the death penalty. instead dean will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. anita, lesli, a sad story. >> matt, thank you. the state delegate who called for the removal of a 15- year homeless encampment is explaining his actions tonight. the delegate says he was concerned about safety. but as peggy fox reports some say the people who were moved are now in even more danger.

>> reporter: uprooting more than 100 homeless people from an encampment yesterday they wondered where they would. we found some of them. >> had to go somewhere. >> reporter: bob has been living outside for a year and a half. he just moved to this small patch of woods with others after state police forced them from their tent city along i-95 thursday. the encampment had existed for at least 15 years. >> how in the world do they think we are going to live? we are homeless. where are we going to go. >> reporter: the delegate who represents the district asked vdot which owns the property to close it because of the danger russ nature of the site. >> that's just an unsafe environment. we had a wild fire here recently that was started unfortunately in a homeless camp. i'm sure they didn't do it on purpose. but it happened and it caused millions of dollars in damage. >> reporter: one reason they were living in these woods next to the interstate is because through this gate is a homeless shelter where second they

could eat and next to that is a bus depot. 26 churches in the area have been part of a ministry to the homeless. they said they only had a day's notice of the operation and now the the scattered sites where they moved to have created more dangers for the homeless they say. >> the problem with moving to another place is that you're there at the grace of whoever owns the property and if they decide that you can't stay there then you have to move again and so that's why we advocate for a more permanent solution. >> reporter: the delegate is calling for a joint state, local and safe community task force to learn the scope of the problem and come up with possible solutions. in dale city, peggy fox. >> the delegate sent a letter to prince william county chairman requesting that he set up the task force. stewart says he is open to the idea but adds the state has not provided much help to the homeless. an april fool's storm is no joke in parts of new england

today where they are getting socked with, guess what? more heavy snow. up to a foot predicted for the region. heavy wet snow clung to the road sides and trees giving thousands of children a rare spring snow day. >> here at home things are finally starting to dry out. pretty dismal this week, topper. >> would have been nice to see a couple wet flakes. i know you don't think so. but north of town there were so flakes today. let's start with live doppler. you can access this anytime go to our website wusa9.com. we have a couple more showers we have to get through if you're going up 270. there are showers just south of frederick. if you're going out 66 there are showers really not far from manassas on your way to warrenton. down towards fredericksburg and leonard town there are showers. dryer air will finally move into the metro area. the winds are beginning to howl. wind gusts 28 miles per hour at national. 35-mile-per-hour wind gusts last hour at dulles.

25-mile-an-hour in gaithersburg. 24-mile-an-hour wind gusts down towards fredericksburg. temperatures. upper 40s downtown. mid-40s in gaithersburg. upper 40s in manassas and 46 in leesburg. evening showers tonight. then partly cloudy, breezy and cold. lows in the 30s. winds turn a little bit, become west-southwest at 10 to 15. we will come back and take you in through the weekend next week. we have changes you might actually be happy about. >> all right, welcome news. thank you, topper. dc mayor proposing his plan to close the budget gap. his proposal includes $127 million in tax increases and $187 million in spending cuts. city residents would see their tax rate go up, parking, cigarette and alcohol taxes would also rise and the dc's health and human services program would see the biggest cut. losing about $112 million. >> this is a tough budget. i'm not going to represent it

as anything else. i have said that over and over and over again. >> district officials are required by law to produce a balanced budget which then must win congressional approval. we are going to take a closer look at the mayor's budget plan at 6:00 p.m. once again we are just one week away from a possible government shutdown. democrats accusing the house republicans of being dragged by their extreme tea party allies instead of agreeing on a compromise package. republicans say it is the democrats that want to shut down and talks aren't really that far along. >> it is time to get serious. senate democrats need to get serious about cutting spending because cutting spending will lead to a better environment for job creators to create jobs in america. >> if these budget negotiations break down we could end up having to shut down the government just at a time when the economy is starting to

recover. >> they are prepared on capitol hill to shut down the government over federal red ink. right across town in alexandria others in government are about to spend $600,000 on one piece of artwork that may not exactly be a classic. >> wow. derek mcginty is live in the newsroom with this little piece of taxpayer outrage. what's going on, derek? >> anita, we know the pentagon has already got a reputation for spending your money a little wrecklessly. $900 toilet seat and things like that. well, there is not going to help. it is a brand-new $700 million building built for the defense department down in alexandria. there it is. and now that it is almost down somebody down there is thinking about spending 600 grand on this. it is a stat uof a ferry riding a toad. cheryl foster describing her art as this. the interior of the toad is illuminated and the sounds of

nature emanate from his throat. you cannot make this up. now, whether or not this actually your sort of thing. theferly will be riding to work outside the shuttle bus stop which is a tad out of the way they tell me. well democratic congressman already weighing in. he says, quote, in is a very questionable way to spend $600,000. it would seem money could be much more appropriately used to improve transportation infrastructure around the site rather than to depict a children's fairy tale." the toad rider is one of the finalists. they will make the final decision today april fool's day. i'm sure that's just a coincidence. be honest, lesli, i know you're rooting for the toad. >> i'm croaking. >> i'm rooting for the toad to.

>> how about a $6 toad? $6. >> more affordable. >> rather than 600. >> to be sure. thank you, d. we are following a story you first saw here on 9. the testing controversy in dc public schools. questions of alleged cheating on assessment tests were raised and tonight we take a closer look at how school leaders plan to ensure that the tests are more secure as hundreds of students prepare to take exams on monday. delia gonclaves is here now with us to tell us more about what parents can expect. >> reporter: lesli, a week full of doubt for many dcps parents wondering if they can trust the scores their children receive so school leaders hope that beefed up test security will ease some of those concerns. >> can which trust them to tell us where our kids really are. >> reporter: community activist and vice president of the parents' association of school without walls speaking.

>> the parents are finding wanting to find this out. >> reporter: alleged tampering of answers on a dc comprehensive assessment system. in response schooled leaders implemented new ways to keep the tests safe. a spokesperson from the state superintendent office of education says they train school staff, conduct random monitoring and for the first time this year will seal the test booklet. >> so you can't really get to them prior. and we will make sure that tests are shipped as quickly as possible after the exams. >> reporter: dc school's act be chancellor henderson saying staffers from the central office will also be at schools during testing calling on the inspector general to investigate. >> we owe it to them to prove that cheating happened or it didn't happen. >> i don't think there is a confidence in the city's own investigative arms at this point. >> reporter: but lynch believes someone from outside the government should look into the allegations. he is even calling on the city

council to subpoena school counselors and teachers to tell them what they know. >> if they don't do enough, unfortunately i think you will see federal authorities taking steps. >> reporter: we called kwame brown's office. he was considering having school leaders subpoenaed but now has changed his tune just awaiting results of the inspector general's question. we tried to speak to wayne ryan, the principal, former principal and roy was part of the investigation by u.s.a. today. they focused in on him. we were not able to reach him. they didn't get back to us all day, the dps. >> will all students be tested on monday. >> the tests start april 4th, of course, on monday. and they test kids from grades 3 to 8 and then 10th grade. >> all right. delia gonclaves, thank you.

meantime police in annapolis are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a girl on her way to school. it happened early yesterday morning in the 900 block of bayridge avenue. investigators say the man grabbed and groped her as she walked to a bus stop. the child managed to get away. now, that man is believed to be in his late 50s and he was last seen wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and dark colored pants. sky 9 flew over dale city this morning where a car came crashing through the auto zone store at cheshire plaza. the car backed out of the store and left a big hole in the side of the building. no word yet on whether the driver will be charged. an american airlines flight out of reagan national airport made an emergency landing today after some of the passengers on board fainted. flight 547 was headed to chicago at the time. but it made an unscheduled stop at the dayton airport where three passengers were taken to

the hospital. the pilots say the plane's circulation system had problems. let's get a check on the evening rush hour. it is friday and that typically means busyy on the roads. >> you're right. i have given it the yellow light because of how busy it is. we have got a couple of incidents. i will start out first with public transportation. here is what it looks like downtown. an accident on the outbound side of the rock creek parkway. it is sitting at the exit for k street. i know authorities have been there for a while and they should be clearing that up shortly. let's take a look outside now. on the inner loop of the beltway, very slow and heavy now from old georgetown road headed all the way around to hampshire avenue. almost a 30-minute ride. on the outer loop 270 down to the dulles toll road. starting tonight at 8:00 p.m. the outer loop in alexandria

will go down to two lanes and will be one lane open in the local lanes and expressways between eisenhower connector. should wrap up by tomorrow morning. >> thank you. the market moving in the right direction ever so slowly. coming up the march unemployment report shows americans are getting back to work. but up next, a story you will only see on 9. an alleged driver busted and his supposed erratic driving is all caught on tape by a 9news now photographer.

a virginia man is facing drunk and driving charges. this alleged incident was all caught on tape. >> the video instrumental in the case. in a story you'll only see on 9 our andrea mccarren shows us what happened on a recent friday night.

>> reporter: our colleague photographer kirk brooks was driving home after the 11:00 p.m. newscast when he found himself behind an erratic driver. his video offers us all a rare glimpse of what happens when someone who ends up charged with dui gets behind the wheel. >> he was acting a little erratic so i decided the best defense is a good offense get around him, get away from him. >> reporter: he was headed south on i-95 driving a 9news track. >> i tried to pass him. at that point he nearly drove me into the guardrail. >> reporter: when the driver suddenly caught him off he hit the brakes so hard he set off the truck's emergency warning alarm. kurt called police and tried to direct them to the location of the driver. the driver appeared to be speeding and repeatedly hit his brakes while weaving between

lanes. we sped up the video so you can see a good portion of his journey. stratleing the shoulder. he followed the driver more than 25 miles from prince william county to stafford county. >> he is almost in a head-on collision. >> i had been working so hard to try to get this guy pulled over and here we are after all this time and he is going to go ahead and kill somebody right in front of me. i was really regretting watching what i was watching. >> reporter: no one was injured thankfully and police arrested the driver who stopped his car right in the middle of the road. >> it is sad that he endangered himself and others. just not a great way to spend a friday night. >> we did give the virginia state police a copy of the tape. we know the driver's name but are not reporting it now pending developing developments

in the case. we found several court records that show he has been found guilty of wreckless driving, speeding and other traffic offenses before and has simply paid a fine. his license we have learned has now been revoked. >> virginia and maryland state police say if you spot a drunk driver on the road, use your hand free device on your cell phone, called pound 77. to see more from our video of this story go to our website wusa9.com. a drop in the unemployment rate set off a rally on wall street. the dow finished the day up 57 points to close at 12,376. nasdaq climbing 8 points. s&p 500 rose 6 points. today's gains come as a new report released by the labor department shows the unemployment rate dipped to 8.8%. private employers added 216,000 jobs last month. it is a two-year low and

fastest job growth. speaking in landover earlier today, president obama says the positive report is progress but not enough. >> despite that goodness, everybody here knows we have got a lot more work to do. there are still millions of americans out there that are looking for a job that pays the bills. >> there are more than 6 million people who still struggle to find work and economists predict employers will continue to add jobs for the rest of this year. president obama and first lady michelle obama stopped by their daughter's school today. the motorcade wound its way there. the obamas were there to attend a school event this morning. kids on the playground got pretty excited when the president arrived. some waved and ran to the fence to get a close-up view of the president and first lady. >> that's exciting for a kid if your parent comes to your

event, it is only the president. >> a little extra excitement. >> great to see you, mom, but did you see that the president is here too. >> exactly. >> thank you. we had a blustery day. more like march. new hampshire. frederick to dc. about an hour drive north. they had 3 to 4 inches of snow. it did come down pretty fast and furious. and i know for a fact that if you were trying to do your visiting acceptance day in new hampshire was cancelled because of the snow. >> canceled? >> yes. go to the satellite picture. we will zoom into what will be our weather maker on saturday. clipper-like system. right now located essentially over madison, wisconsin. it will really dive southeastward tonight. giving us kind of a similar day. some sun, some clouds, and some showers. showers are still working their way through the metro area and

rather windy. if you haven't been outside get ready for some pretty strong winds. 45 in gaithersburg. 48 downtown. 48 in manassas and also in leesburg. 51. if you go far enough south to fredericksburg. 1 to 2 inches of snow overnight into tomorrow. windchill. feels like it is 42 downtown. feels like it is in the 30s in the suburbs. bundle up if you're headed out tonight. live doppler 9000. nothing heavy. light showers up 270 towards frederick. towards warrenton. st. mary's county and calvert county. chilly saturday ahead. a better sunday. cold. breezy with some showers on saturday. dry saturday night. and milder sunday. although a few clouds will come in late sunday as that clipper approaches. in the meantime, here is our futurecast. by this evening walk the dog, no real problems. but then high tomorrow morning.

here come the clouds again. showers south of fredericksburg and some snow out in oakland. we will put this into motion. by 12:00 p.m. showers across the metro area. snow showers in the mountains. and again, not enough to cancel any of your little league games. soccer games or such. they will be played. just bundle up. scattered showers again. another round of showers in manassas. up into martinsburg. finally through the night we will see dryer air move in saturday night. tonight, evening showers. partly cloudy, breezy, cold. lows tonight right around freezing in leesburg, 33. mid to upper 30s arlington to downtown. tomorrow morning variable clouds, cold or rain showers. 30s and 40s. and then by afternoon, again, variable clouds. there will be some sun but patches of showers and some snow showers too. high temperatures around 50. winds northwest 10 to 20 and gusty. next seven days.

sunday much better. upper 50s. look what happens? 20 degrees warmer on monday. morning showers maybe even a thunderstorm to contend with early monday. we are in the upper 70s or mid- 70s. showers, thunderstorms and rain tuesday near 60. then not bad. low 60s on wednesday. low 70s on thursday. some thunderstorms friday. highs around 70. and we will be happy. >> temperatures moving in the right direction. >> absolutely. finally. three weeks after the earthquake and tsunami a dog is rescued that survived three weeks at sea. ??

rebels in libya say they are open to a cease-fire if moammar gadhafi's regime meets their demands. but the libyan supporters are showing no signs of backing down. gadaffi troops are passing out weapons to the people in the capitol of tripoli who say they will use them. the pentagon is planning to pull planes out of the mission starting sunday leaving no strikes and no fly zones up to nato. and the u.s. and its coalition partners continue to stress the only acceptable outcome is for gadaffi to step down. exactly three weeks since

the disaster in japan rescue teams are intensifying their search for bodies. an estimated 16,000 people still missing following the earthquake and tsunami that devastated that country and for the next three days 120 aircraft and 65 ships will scour the hardest hit areas for remains. near the crippled nuclear plant search teams are wearing protective gear to guard against radiation. the plant's owner released this video taken eight days ago shown significant damage inside one of the reactors. you can still see smoke coming out of the complex. even japan's prime minister doesn't know if the plant is stabilized. search crews did fine one possible survivor of the disaster today's. the japanese coastguard rescued this dog floating on debris off the northern coast. planning to buy a toyota anytime soon? well, you may get some sticker shot. the company is raising prices for nearly every lexus and toyota model. but a spokesperson says it is not tied to the parts and

vehicle shortages from the earthquake in tsunami. blame it on the dollar. honda says they have no immediate plans to adjust their prices. there will be no more buy backs for hyundai customers putting an end to the program it started two years ago. the company would buy back your new vehicle if you lost your job within the first year it was purchased. hyundai says more than 300 customers took advantage of the plan. a small minnesota-based airline is hoping to make a big splash at reagan national airport. sun country airlines made its inaugural flight from washington to lansing, michigan, and to minneapolis today. sun country also plans service to boston and london in may. the airline flies primarily to vacation destinations in the u.s., mexico and the caribbean. anita? lesli, coming up next new at 5:30 p.m. >> break a code.

catch a killer. can you crack the riddle that has the fbi stumped? what the heck is written on two mysterious notes found in a dead man's pocket.

attention csi fans. code breaker's amateur criptologist. the fbi wants your help. they have been trying for years but investigators have been unable to break the mystery of some letters found in a dead man's pocket. but bruce leshan is here. you figured it out, right, bruce? >> i wish. here are the notes. >> okay. >> here are the notes that were found in his pockets. so if you can figure it out. i don't know. >> oh, wow. >> and all you in t.v. land. can you provide some answers? this is totally stumping the fbi. they just cannot figure out what was written in this kind of secret language found in these two notes in a dead man's pockets. >> reporter: fbi code breakers in virginia have cracked all kinds of things. they need some help on this one. a hot summer day a dozen years

ago a farmer found ricky mccormics decomposing body dumped in a corn field near st. louis, missouri. >> extremely difficult to ascertain what damage he had or may not have had to his body. it is extremely difficult. >> reporter: no weapons, no witnesses, no wounds. but investigators are pretty sure mccormic, who spend his whole life in the city, didn't dump himself in the remote field. in his pockets sheriff deputies found two mysterious notes which could reveal where he spent his final hours. there are more than 30 lines of coded printed. a maddening variety of letters. numbers. dashes. occasionally set off in parenthe parenthesis. mccormic was a high school drop- out who lived on and off with his elderly mom.

she says he started writing in a secret language as a child but no one in the family ever understood it. even if the writing is just a grocery list or a love letter, the fbi still wants to solve the code. analysts admit it is a cyber system completely outside their formidable data base. >> the fbi has been deluged with e-mails and phone calls from people who thought that they have cracked mccormic's code. what they really want is not those e-mails and phone calls. they want you to go on our website, their website, take a look at them if you can crack the code, if you have some ideas send them an old fashioned snail mail to the fbi laboratory. anita? >> you look at this, bruce, it is so hard to comprehend. >> they believe this is some kind of language. and you heard that his mom said he had this kind of secret language. >> all along?

>> yes. >> what about a reward? not to be craft. that usually gets people motivated? >> no reward, just the satisfaction of answering a riddle and perhaps, really, solving a murder. >> wouldn't it be cool if it was you. thank you, bruce. lesli, back to you. >> thank you. redskins owner dan snyder and washington city paper are at it again. this time it is over a blog post from reporter accusing dan snyder failing to replant trees that he cut down for his view in his mansion in potomac. dan demanded they fire mckenna. scott broom is looking into this today. >> reporter: this is dan's hill top mansion overlooking the potomac river where he cut down more than 130 trees to improve the view. dan snyder pledged to replant the trees. now five years later the washington city paper reports that dan snyder never replanted

trees. well, not exactly according to what you can see below the house. >> that's the area. >> reporter: on the hillside are dozens and dozens of plastic sleeves marking the spots where trees have been replanted. >> those tubes are trees. they were trees but they just haven't taken and why i don't know. >> reporter: park visitors find the results less than spectacular. >> if they cut trees then they should be replaced. >> reporter: but the park service does confirm the plantings have been done. what has not been done are repairs to a retaining wall there high on the will. dan snyder and park officials are still wrangling over approvals. there are some trees that will need to go here but to say dan snyder has reneged on trees is not accurate because he can't plant until the wall is done according to park officials. here is the deal. when you cut trees to improve your view it goes both ways especially this time of year when there aren't a lot of leaves on the trees i can see up there great. >> i have been waving at him.

nobody is waving back though. whatever the view, the discrepancy between what's in the paper and what's on the hill has opened the door for dan snyder's lawyer david dono onovan. >> unfortunately for the city paper, it is utterly and totally inaccurate and no regard for truth. >> late today the city's managing editor said mr. donovon is wrong. we never publish anything without regard to the truth. tonight carlstrum told me the blog is somewhat misleading. bottom line, dan snyder has planted some trees but as you saw from the shots the results are not spectacular and the divide between the city paper and dan snyder is now as bitter as ever. scott broom.

back to you. >> thank you. the navy is offering the blub a chance to stroll on their river walk in southeast dc. the plan is to provide what the navy calls limited public access to the gates in the east and west end of the promenade at the navy yard. you can check out the navy museum. the river walk will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. monday through friday. tony jones becoming the city's new superintendent come july 1st. jones was an educator and technology coordinator in oklahoma. she succeeds lewis berlin who is retiring -- lois berlin. my mistake. taking part in the competition. the finals taking place in washington on may 24th and 25th. students in grade 4 through 8

can be eligible for this competition. listen to this, the first placed prize is a $25,000 college scholarship. is it too late to sign up my kids for this? >> you've got three. they need to get spelling. coming up next a pair of robber steal a box from a store. this isn't any kind of store. it sold surveillance equipment. coming up new at 6:00 p.m. >> a female rider helps transit police catch a groper. >> it was a good description. >> we talked to the police officer who made the arrest. coming up. don't forget we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. we will be right back. g

caught on tape. a car bursts into flames on a

texas. rescuing a woman inside that car that slammed into the cement barrier and burst into flames. >> i grabbed the partially open window on the passenger side and broke in enough that i could reach in and grab hold of the lady. pulled her out pretty much on top of me as i fell backwards. pretty much she came out through the window that way. >> and another person help the driver escape. both the man and woman were taken to the hospital where they are expected to be okay. >> here is one from the dumb criminal file. a man and woman on the run in winnipeg after stealing a charity box that had $3000 inside. but the store they took it from specializes in surveillance equipment. so guess what? yes, the cameras were rolling and the robbery was caught on tape. the money was meant for a local children's hospital. that tore is starting the fund- raiser from scratch. coming up on 9news now. a special day for a very

special boy. coming up, i'll tell you about his wish come true. winds are picking up. it is like march even though we moved onto april. we will show you the radar. lots of showers left in parts of the metro area and another round of showers tomorrow. we will tell what you that means in your evening forecast. but first, see how some environmentally conscious children are taking things like used chip bags and turning them into something really cool and profitable.

switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. we have all heard of benefits of recycling when it comes to the environment but have you heard of up cycle? these students have. we go to maryland for this week's cool school. >> reporter: collect it. sort it. bag it. then zip it. the trash at cedar grove elementary in germantown is constantly on the move.

students are doing something called up cycling. >> chip bags are always thrown away and they are never used for anything but now they are. >> we try to sort everything in different ways. potato chip packages and boxes for milk. >> reporter: the wrappers are not melted down to make a new product, they are cleaned and reused as is. the new jersey called terra cycle processes everything and pays the schools for their efforts. >> we have up cycled juice pouches. >> reporter: the money goes back into green education. this is not the last time they get to see the fruits of their labor. >> so their hard work actually ends up in the store. this is a paper folder. you can buy at a local target or wal-mart. it used to be a potato chip bag. this pencil holder used to be a sun chips case.

>> reporter: pretty cool, huh? seeing the new product helps drive the point home. >> here they are buying a backpack or pencil case that looks just like that. >> reporter: another benefit of up cycling? kindness. >> green means what again? >> it means taking care of the world and helping other people. >> that's exactly what it means. if you've got a cool school, send mike an e-mail at coolschools@wusa9.com and maybe we will profile your school next week. tonight's health alert. a new report from the national cancer institute shows lung cancer deaths in particular are on their way down for women. between 2003 and '07 lung cancer death rates dropped by almost 1% every year. now health officials have been waiting and hoping for that as more women kick the smoking habit. other cancers are also on the

decline. brain, breast, stomach, colon and ovary. just how healthy are the counties here? an annual checkup giving us a snapshot on how local residents are doing and how much income, education and environment play a role in health. so does access to healthier foods and air pollution levels and smoking rates. in virginia, fairfax county's overall health rate ranked number 1 followed by arlington at number 2 and loudoun in 3rd place. alexandria in sixth. howard county topping the list. you know those new handsfree faucets that use sensors to turn on. they are all over public restrooms these days. while they use less water than manual taps with hot and cold fixtures they can harbor more bacteria. a study in baltimore finds the handsfree faucets are more likely to be contaminated with

water-borne bacteria. now, the germ doesn't hurt most people but it can be dangerous for those with weakened immune systems. hoola hooping not just for kids. it improves heart health, muscle tone and flexibility. the study also found it can burn an average of 420- calories. people are starting to realize it is a better workout than they thought. >> i have lost 70 pounds holla hooping. >> fitness experts say there is a strong correlation between interest and commitment to an exercise program so basically if it is fun you will do it more and lose more weight. >> get your move going there. >> that is kind of cool. >> i'm never able to do it very well. into >> give it a try.

>> it felt like march today and eventually it will feel like the month we are in. may take until monday but it will get here. let's start with the windchill. crazy to start with this. feels like it is 42 outside. feels like it is in the mid- 30s in gaithersburg. low 40s in manassas an leesburg. the winds have really kicked up. feels like 24 in oakland. feels like 38 in cumberland. left overshowers. on their way out of here though moving off to the east-east moving into leonard town and eventually across the bay and some on the north side of 270 working their way into upper montgomery county and howard county. chilly saturday, better sunday. drying out and cold. breezy with some showers on saturday. dry saturday night. milder finally on sunday. clouds come in late sunday. here is our futurecast. tonight, partly cloudy skies. we will advance it until the morning and guess what happens? clouds come back in here by the morning with some showers just to our south. snow is in the mountains.

and by lunchtime some pretty good showers across most of the metro area. may even see a wet snowflake. you certainly will see some wet snowflakes west of the divide. by evening on saturday still some showers to the west in manassas up to the north in frederick. finally we get some dryer air as we get into sunday morning and we will be in pretty good shape. for tonight then, well, evening showers then partly cloudy, breezy and cold. lows in the 30s. winds at 10 to 15. they will calm down a little bit. 37 downtown. 34 in fairfax. 34 in rockville. tomorrow morning, variable clouds, cold or rain shower. 30s and 40s. and by afternoon again variable clouds which means there will be some sun and patches of showers. highs only around 50. winds northwest 10 to 20 and gusty. upper 50s sunday. nats in town on the weekend both days. it will feel like april. mid-70s on monday with morning showers. maybe a thunderstorm then partly cloudy. showers and storms on tuesday. we are still near 60. and even the wake of the storm we are in the low 60s wednesday

and low 70s thursday. still 70 next friday. >> very nice. >> yes. >> thank you. >> took awhile. >> brett has come in from the cold and the rain. that was a long day. good day. looks good. >> my feet were still cold at 11:00 p.m. last night and i blame you as always. >> oh, boy. >> the caps are showing some class. >> they usually show class. i said this a million times. hockey players for as rough and tumble as they are on the ice are generally the most easy going and nicest guys in professional sports. they beat the blue jackets the caps did last night in overtime but in the big picture that would be the second most impressive thing they have done over the past 24 hours. this team that is already known for having tons of heart showed a little extra. >> reporter: 5-year-old william shannon has gone through more trials in his short life than most kids. diagnosed with leukemia in 2009

william is in the fight of his life but through it all he kept his sense of humor. >> he is like there with two good things i get a lot of attention and i get a good wish because of cancer. >> reporter: his one wishes to to be a washington capital and thanks to make a wish foundation william and his family got to spend some time with his favorite team. >> thank you. >> reporter: meet his favorite players. >> he said the one thing that helped him get through his cancer treatments was hockey. it is his favorite sport. even if he could get on the ice for 5 minutes it would help him forget about the cancer and just be a happy boy. >> he was determined to be out there. he was sad to miss all the weeks he missed and it kept him going no matter how bad he felt. >> all eyes were on william as he took to the ice and faced off against his idols. >> it is great. just to see the smile on his face is awesome. to come here and have some fun.

it is just as much fun for me as it is for him that's for sure. >> reporter: a super star in the making. a future capital perhaps. a special day for a very special boy. from arlington, virginia, 9sports now. >> all right, now. i told you the caps are classy. do you see how the goalie went down? >> i love that. >> williams family is going to be at the caps game tomorrow night against the sabres after which alexander semin will skate off the ice and give his jersey to williams to keep. >> talk about dreams come true. >> gives you chills. >> the kid was good. just ahead on 9news now. prince william saying he is so nervous about his upcoming wedding. i will have the story coming up.

britain's prince william saying he is getting the jitters. he is training as a search and rescue pilot as the countdown to the big day keeps ticking.

>> reporter: prince william took his grandmother the queen on a tour of the royal air force base in wales. he looks confident as a pilot but his upcoming role as groom is giving him some sleepless nights. >> my knees starting going. it is a daunting prospect. still a lot of planning to be in the last few weeks. >> reporter: the military is planning to line the wedding route with soldiers, combat jets will fly overbuckingham palace in the couple's honor. >> reporter: prince william will put a wedding band on kate middleton's finger. the prince has decided against wearing a ring. it was also williams' choice to keep his bachelor party last weekend. his brother threw the bash and there is much speculation what happened. >> my brother and i are very proud how it went.

>> reporter: william is accustomed to military missions. he and indicate will make their home in wales. the prince says his crew has been teasing him a bit about the big day buying up as much cheesey wedding memorabilia they can find. cbs news, london. >> the future king says his air force buddies have been kind to bring in big and fluffy pillows with him and his is soon to be bride on it. thank you for joining us at on 9news now at five. 9news now at six starts now. >> this is a tough budget. i have said that over and over and over again. $322 million. that's the amount that the district government is in the red. and today mayor gray presented his 2012 budget and too close to the deep hole, you guessed it, ta