that amounts to more than $120 million and almost 200 million in spending cuts. we are joined live now from the wilson building. bottom line, gray says these have to be done. these moves have to be made to maintain the city's credit rating and to pretty much avoid interference by congress, right. >> reporter: absolutely. what that means is if you live or do business in the district you're going to probably be paying more and getting less. >> i wish i could count the times when i said to people that this is going to be an incredibly difficult budget. >> reporter: mayor gray wants to raise $127 million from extra taxes and fees. dc residents making $200,000 or more per year can see their tax rates going up. parking garage and cigarette taxes go up. and if you buy alcohol you'll pay more taxes too. motor vehicle service fees will go up and so would riding the circulator. $2 instead of $1.

franchise fees increased. and some tax loopholes are closed. >> >> no matter what choices are put on the table they are very difficult choices. >> reporter: the mayor briefed council members on the budget earlier today. most were surprised by the income tax increase. >> the income tax increase. clearly that's something i'm not supportive of. i have already articulated that in the future and i look forward to working through that situation to see how we can eliminate that. >> reporter: now as far as budget cuts are concerned, here is where it is happening. department of health and human services the biggest loser. they are getting $112 million slashed out of their budget. biggest winner dc public school system. no cuts there. no reduction in the workforce. in fact, a slight increase in their budget as far as public safety concerned, police and fire, they will keep the same budget levels as last year. all of this still has to be revised by the council over the next 56 days and there will be public hearings and, of course, the last word the folks down

the street in congress. reporting live at the wilson. back to you. >> thank you. with the april 9th deadline quickly approaching house republicans are not ruling out another short term resolution to buying negotiators more time. they are trying to stave off a government shutdown. today the house gop sucker punched democrats. they voted to declare their budget cuts law of the land if they don't act before the shutdown date. their bill would have no practical effect unless the senate passed it too which probably won't happen. in landover, maryland, today, the president said democrats and republicans are close to a compromise. >> so given the encouraging news we received today on jobs it would be the height of irresponsibility to halt our economic momentum because of the same old washington politics. that's not what we need. >> the president went on so say that neither democrats or republicans should get 100% of

what they want. all right now to the crisis in libya. moammar gadhafi hasn't been seen in nearly two weeks but he apparently is getting weapons to his followers. >> we are ready. they are coming to attack my country, you know. >> where did you get this gun? >> gadaffi gave to everybody guns. >> there were some mixed messages from libyan rebels making plan to sell oil to earn cash to buy more weapons and cut a deal with a tiny arab nation kutar. gadaffi may end up staying in fire. >> gadaffi should not leave libya and that the libyan people should decide their future. >> the pentagon is preparing to pull u.s. war planes out of the mission over libya starting on sunday. japanese and u.s. military ships sent helicopters to patrol japan's tsunami ravaged coastline to look for more bodies.

more than 16,000 people are still missing after that 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. also today test results came in on the groundwater beneath the crippled nuclear power plant that dominated headlines and tests show not surprisingly unsafe radiation levels. but experts believe drinking water supplies will not become contaminated. life in prison without the possibility of parole. that was the sentence today for the former prince william county park ranger who pleaded guilty to killing his wife and his two step-children. this happened back in february of 2009. dean said he got tired of his wife nagging so he shot her to death and then murdered his step-children. in court today family members of the three victims said dean was pure evil. >> i just think he was very selfish. he just took so much away from us. >> before he was sentenced dean spoke briefly saying he was sorry for all the pain he caused. a woman helped metro

transit police catch a groper and the officer who made the arrest says she prevented countless more assaults. britany morehouse spoke with the plain clothed policeman about the incident. >> reporter: a plain clothed metro transit policeman described the blogger he wrote two days ago on dc metro. >> i immediately called my partner and said we should try to work this out. >> reporter: it was where the female rider said a man rubbed against him with his hips. she wrote she saw him do it to another woman so she watched him. he followed women always riding in the last car and she even described the jump suit he wore. >> the thing that stood out was the lime green on the shoulders of the jump suit. ralph lauren glasses. >> reporter: it happened to the woman not just once but twice. >> the suspect stood right next to me. >> he boarded the train. we observed exactly what the

first victim had said that happened. >> he got off the train at pentagon. we arrested him and placed charges on him. assault and battery. >> reporter: the officer says he is very impressed with the victim because even though this happens all the time. >> it is a very unreported crime. >> reporter: women we talk to say it is easy to misunderstand when it happens to you. at least she says she has been groped more than once. >> the first time it happened to me i thought it was an accident. >> reporter: she smiled hearing that one woman took a stand. britany morehouse, 9news now. >> the man arrested is being held on a $10,000 bond in arlington. it is still an active case. so any more women who think that they were groped should report those incidents should report it to the dc metro police. changes coming just days after an investigation by our gannett partners into alleged cheating. a seal will be placed on booklets that can only be

opened by the student. >> 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. >> there is also a tip line to report any violations during test taking. anyone with concerns can call 202-654-6100. coming up, the quaran burning back lash. a deadly response to a florida pastor putting the muslim holy brook on title and sentencing it to burn. later, topper's weekend forecast. >> grab a moderate coat if you're headed out tonight. we will show you the numbers. we finally made it out of the 40s. averages are now 62 and 42. record high 88. record low 15. we will come back and talk about some rain and snow showers tomorrow and the rest of the weekend. first, after virginia state police shut down a homeless camp along i-95 the state

delegate who caused the reaction explains why.

a protest in northern afghanistan turns deadly. gathering outside a united nation's office. jones recently supervised a burning. quaran. that's the islamic holy book. today's protest was peaceful until a handful of demonstrators grabbed weapons from the u.n. guards and opened fire. eight u.n. staff members were killed as well as four protestors. top pentagon leaders were on capitol hill to give a status report on the repeal of the ban of gays serving in the military. the military services have spent the past month training how to implement the new policy and that the training should be

finished by summer's end. the cost training of the will only be about $10,000 total. small camps have been set up in various parts of woods in dale city after state police uprooted a very large homeless camp along i-95 thursday. the homeless people say they have no way to go and they preferred living in the larger camp because it was near a shelter where they could take a shower and get food. state police moved them at the request of vdot which owns the property. it was a delegate that made the call to vdot about concerns about safety. ministers that helped the homeless say they are now in more danger. >> there is a greater safety concern now because now they are going to have to walk farther in order to get to the services that they need. >> why didn't you think about this before calling the police on them and uprooting them. >> you should check with the police department. my understanding is there have been several, several days of prewarning, if you will.

>> the delegate is requesting prince william county chairman stewart to organize a state and local task force to learn the scope of the problem and find a solution. he sacrificessed everything for our country and made it out of a war zone alive. tonight one group says thank you in an extraordinary way. ♪

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with a 2% pay increase. well, monika samtani, you've got good news on the friday rush. >> i do. you know it is not too bad out there. the only reason i have the yellow light is because we still have a lot of slow traffic and one bit of news if you're planning to use the trains this afternoon. rockville station, the elevator is out of service. otherwise metro an vre are running on time. southbound i-95. heading south from dale city into triangle a half hour drive. 270 on the northbound side looking okay except here in clarksburg where it is still slow. by the way, maryland drivers, today is the six-month anniversary of putting your cell dense. >> thank you. a local marine who gave a great deal for his country is now getting pay back he never expected. a brand-new house. and it is all paid for thanks to a group known as homes for our troops. the young soldier got to watch

them build it today and we caught up with him at the construction site. here is derek mcginty. >> reporter: 25-year-old marine sergeant kenny lyon will move into this single family home in fredericksburg next week. >> it means so much the entire community steps up and come together to build this home. this is what america is and this is why we are great. >> reporter: kenny got the house after applying to homes for our troops. a nonprofit that builds houses for severely wounded vets. inside the 2600 square foot home the doors are a bit wider and the sinks and cabinets have been lowered. >> it will make it really easy for me to get around if i'm in my wheelchair that day. >> reporter: kenny survived a mortar attack in iraq back in 2006 on his second tour of duty. that attack cost him his left leg. he has also got nerve damage in his left arm and a shattered jaw. >> it becomes a barrier to them and we want to take that away.

>> reporter: right now kenny is rooming with his best friend and another iraq vet, a sergeant who already lives in a house built by homes for our troops. >> when we were up at our apartment, the apartment wasn't designed to be -- wasn't handicapped accessible. everything was all bunched together. >> reporter: hundreds of volunteers and tradesmen come together to build the house. >> build them a home to come home to. >> reporter: this is home build number 100. kenny says he will be moving in with his sister. >> visit www.homesforourtroops.org. great organization. absolutely. >> are we going to improve things a bit? >> slowly. sunday will be the better of the two days. i will put that on the table right now. tomorrow will not be a rainout. soccer games to go to. bundle up. they will not be canceled. let's start with the satellite picture and radar combined and we will zoom in a little bit.

almost like a clip their will roll through tomorrow and that will give us a chance for another rounds of showers and more snow showers in the mountains. again, clippers are fast movers. don't have a lot of moisture with them. will reinforce our chilly air throughout most of saturday. we already had some pretty chilly air in place. had showers pushing through. they are finally beginning to push south of us and winds are really kicked up. wind gusts at 37 miles an hour at dulles today. right now temps in the 40s across the board. 46 in manassas. 46 in leesburg. upper 40s downtown. after a high of 50. 45 in gaithersburg and 48 up in frederick. feels like the low 30s and upper 40s because of the wind. 30s all night with the wind. they will be with us most of the night and when the winds die down the temperatures will be in the 30s anyway. live doppler. more showers up near hagerstown up around northern sections of i-81. a few showers pushing across the bay and few showers leaving southern maryland so they are on their way out and skies

already turned partly cloudy in some areas. now, tonight, chilly tomorrow, better on sunday. we are going to dry out and be cold tonight. breezy with showers tomorrow. we will be dry saturday night and then milder sunday. not quite average. milder. no 60s. 50s. afternoon clouds come back in ahead of the next system. tonight will be partly cloudy. then we will advance this and look what happens by tomorrow morning, clouds come back. snow returns to the mountains at least west of cumberland and showers return to the northern neck and points south of fredericksburg. 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon. showers across parts of the metro area. keep that in mind. won't be around long. you'll return to partly cloudy skies. another round of showers rolling in by evening. dryer air winning out finally. a nice saturday night under partly cloudy skies. for tonight, evening showers then partly cloudy, breezy and cold. lows in the 30s. winds west-southwest at 10 to 15. downtown lows well above

freezing. 37 downtown. 37 in arlington. 34 in arlington. 34 in college park and also in rockville. tomorrow morning, variable clouds. cold. rain and snow showers. 30s and 40s. winds west-southwest at 10. by afternoon again, variable clouds. clouds, sun, brisk, rain and snow showers. highs only around 50. wind north westerly 10 to 20. 30s to start. dry in the early morning. then rain or snow showers at noon. then breezy. about 48 to 53 by evening tomorrow. next seven days. better on sunday. temperatures at least back in the upper 50s. rain and thunderstorms possible early on monday but we will take that because we will salvage a nice afternoon in the mid-70s. and then rain and thunderstorms possible on tuesday. we are around 60. and in the wake of that storm we don't get cold. we stay nice. low 60s wednesday. low 70s on thursday. >> final 4. the dream continues for vcu and their coach. >> becoming a super star around the country. this is right where the dream ended five years ago for george

mason as an 11 seed. so who says vcu's dream has to end here. on the eve of the final 4 coach smart and the rams talk about finishing the job. plus, the nats regroup after their opening day power outage. and why this fight may cost the caps dearly. 9sports is next.

it is time for 9sports with brett haber. vcu wasn't thinking of winning a national title in february they were thinking about winning a game. they lost four straight in their conference. and it looked like their tournament bubble had burst. and then the magic began. a five-game fairy tale that puts the rams in the final 4 tomorrow against butler. final practice for them in houston today. and the question is as they move into the reliant stadium can they continue their shooting clinic. the rams have hit 53 three

pointers in their first five games of the tournament. >> we are hoping the same thing continues but i don't know exactly how it will affect us. i think if you're a great shooter you make shots. if you're a bad shooter you can be in the best shooter's gym in the country that thing is not going in. >> it is fun to listen to. meanwhile, high honors for a local son as notre dame head coach mike bray has been named the ac college coach of the year. bray is a bethesda native. he led the irish to a 27-7 mark this year. a rare treat for the wizards tonight as they get to welcome an eastern conference opponent that is worse than them. the cleveland cavaliers are the only team in the eastern conference that is worse than the wizards and last time they met the wizards snapped their 27 game road winning streak. nick young out with a knee. john wall suspended after that

little mishap. >> i'm comfortable. >> very competitive. fighter. real digs down deep. so i think that's a character that we are looking for. >> i believe the coach got an e- mail during that sound byte. caps off tonight beating columbus in overtime last night. defenseman john irskin got hurt as he beat the snot out of jarret bowl. he is likely out tomorrow against the sabres. big national spotlight on a school on our high school highlights. playing brooklyn's boys and girls high school in the espn ride tournament today. gary williams is going to like this highlight. he is getting this guy next year. justin anderson throws down two of his 18.

a winner today by 22. just because jayson werth is getting paid like he is four people we cannot expect him to produce like he is four people. so after yesterday's opening game fizzle let us remain calm. he did have a base hit in his first at bat as a national. the team only managed four other hits all day but between them and the rest of this more than solid lineup nobody seems to be worried about long-term offensive issues. >> i'm not worried about it. we have such good clutch hitters it will come. >> not every day we will face pitchers that will be on like that. we will be all right. we will be good this year. >> os open in tampa tonight. san diego soccer. if you're a kid it is very cool to be a ball boy like this right up until the moment that the star player beans you right in the head as you're walking behind the goal. >> look at the kid. is he a gamer he gets up and chases the ball and he says in the game. >> that a boy.

>> good thing it didn't hit him too hard. >> that's it for us. have a great weekend. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com