put two inches on the map, about two inches on the ground out there. heavier bands south of town. very heavy bands right now, starteding to move through la plate ta, and headed toward route 4. now live, we are talking about the snow ending here shortly, across the immediate metro area. we'll go back and grab it for just a minute. temperature-wise, still above freezing. 34 downtown and 32 in manassas. could be a few slick spots tomorrow morning. tonight though snow and rain, lows 28 to 34. we'll talk about the possibility of slick spots tomorrow morning. all right. tonight police believe a 1-year-old district man lost his life over a pair of shoes. our bruce johnson has been working this story and reports of this senseless slaying and this is what everybody is calling it. is all over some expensive gym shoes? >> his family said he has turned his life around. come off the streets, he had a job at the home depot and a son

on the way. >> reporter: the shooting occurred in the 5700 block of foot street northeasterly sunday morning. the victim, 19-year-old david lee robinson, lived across town on sixth street northwest. himself and another person were the victims of a robbery. the other person escaped unharmed. mr. robinson's shoes were take submarine the identical shoe that he had on. >> reporter: this is what the shoes look like. nike foams that cost over $200. >> every time a sneaker come out, jordan or nikes for 200 some dollars, some young person was getting killed. some of lived lee robinson's friends agreed to talk with us about the senseless robbery. >> trying to get a job whatever, they want to take it and put it on they feet or sell it.

>> reporter: robinson leaves a girlfriend who is carrying his unborn child. >> just help us please. >> reporter: robinson and/or his associates were also armed out there on foot street. a lot of shots were exchanged, they say. tonight they are looking for a car with a lot of bullet holes in it. >> dc mayor vincent gray recently cited the shooting during a public address. >> come on, ladies and gentlemen, it is time for us to end this tragic violence in our society. >> reporter: now they are offering a $25,000 reward leslie for any information in this case. this isn't the first time. >> no. >> reporter: parents are helping their kids acquire these expensive shoes. they should be aware when you send them out the door, you may be putting a target on their chest. it is a troubling value statement, isn't it? when you buy these things and all of a sudden they are so in demand people are willing to take a life for it. >> it is a tragedy.

tonight a former soldier from maryland is accused of helping out a terrorist group. craig back tram tried to join the group in somalia. he is due back in court wednesday. federal agents in florida have arrested a man in an alleged plot to attack sites around tampa. investigators allege he gave an undercover federal agent a $500 down payment for an ak 47, homemade grenades and an explosives belt. >> when a person got an ak 47, which he believes is operable, and he believes he is going to utilize against americans, that makes it a crime. >> the justice department says he is a naturalalized u.s. sits

ten. it was september 2010 on the streets of silver spring were cordoned off for a terror attack. the man stormed the lobby of the discovery channel building threatening to detonate a bomb. in the end his three hostages were freed and that gunman was killed and today one montgomery county police officer who helped to take down the suspect was honored for his courage. officer edward peyton had just finished a swim. he was training for a triathlon. even though he had been stung by a jellyfish, he rushed in to help. to serve the community at large. my colleagues are blessed none of us got hurt. officer peyton was one of 19 officers around the country awarded the congressional badge of bravery and this is the first time it has been handed out since that medal was created back in the year 2008. new at 6:00 tonight. metro says it is finished inspecting the brakes on its 2, 3 and 4 through series rail cars.

those inspections came after a friction ring fell off at orange line near the armory station friday. tonight metro said it has replaced more than 290 of the rings on others where the brake assembly shows some signs of wear. but the transit agency says it was only done as a precaution. a new poll by cbs news shows rick santorum picking up steam, heading into new hampshire in a sample of voters nationwide. 19% say they would pick mitt romney as the republican candidate. newt gingrich is second with 15% and santorum comes in a close third at 14%. emily schmidt has a preview of the primary. >> reporter: polls show him in the same spot, he has held all along, first. >> i'm not trying to fix the republican party. i'm trying to fix america. >> reporter: even as a new daily tracking poll showed romney's

lead shrinking, days when romney was the target in two debates, he is still 13 points ahead of ron paul and 20 points ahead of john huntsman. others polls show forcing the other candidates to play the games. >> reporter: i think this is a very wide open primary. >> they continue to underestimate and that is a beautiful thing. our strategy is we have to prove the point of elect built here. >> reporter: it is hard work, getting to the voters in these final hours. >> there is a lot of congestion. >> reporter: ron paul did not get to everyone at one cafe, and it angered one woman he missed. >> all of a sudden i see him getting in the car and he is leaving. >> reporter: one candidate passed over the granite state. >> i'm glad to be in south carolina. >> reporter: rick perry spent monday in south carolina, hoping the strategy will deliver more southern votes his way. soon the surviving republicans will join him, trying to make

the most of their new hampshire showings. on the political front, a federal judge has temporarily blocked distribution of absentee ballots for the primary in march. the judge doesn't want the ballots made available until he rules this friday on a lawsuit concerning the primary. texas governor rick perry filed that lawsuit after he failed to qualify for the ballot. perry said the rules are too strict. newt gingrich, rick santorum and john huntsman have joined the lawsuit. >> a plan to make social studies causing major controversy. why parents are outraged over the word problems. that story coming your way on 9news now at 7:00. we'll see you then, but still to come in this half hour, lots of need but not a lot of money as our local legislatures prepare to meet for the first time this year. we are looking at some of the transportation issues on the agenda. and up next, metro wants

riders to have plenty of notice before closing stations for

a three day weekend for the means two stations on the blue and orange lines will be closed. federal center, southwest and capital south will close friday night at 10:00. they will reopen tuesday morning after some rehab work. at the detroit auto show today, chrysler unveiled a new version of the dodge dart. the new dart has sleek lines way short hood, long roof and flaired tenders and we are told it is based on the frame of an alpha romeo. chrysler hopes the dart will give them a breakthrough in the small market. a comfortable car can help

make your commuteesier. but if you live in parts of our area there may not be much you can do to make that a smoother right. people live in dale city has one of the worst commutes in the nation. bowie, silver spring and aspen hill maryland. wheaton glenmont is eight. nothing compared to what happened in

governor bob mcdonald today outlined his plans for new schools in virginia. he is going to push for the repeal of a state law that makes schools only after labor day. he wants to expand charter school programs, establish dual enrollment tracks for high school and community college, tighten teacher contract rules and invest more in science, technology, engineering and math. so would you be willing to pay $30 a year to help improve

local roads? that is what a nickel increase in the gas tax would add up to in virginia. peggy fox is live along richmond highway in alexandria with more on this proposal. peg? >> reporter: a little farther down the road, richmond highway narrows and congestion gets really bad during rush hour. and it is growing because of the influx of workers. the deal gat who represents this area says what is needed is a widening project here on richmond highway. like he is not hopeful there is any money for projects like that. >> in my area of the county, the transportation nightmare has become an economic development problem, because we can't attract new developments, new jobs, now houses. >> because of a $500 million maintenance shortfall every

year, money gets siphoned from construction just to upkeep the roads. democrats have argued for years that the gas tax needs to be raised. it's been 17 and a half cents for 26 years. 30% of the miles on our highways comes from out of state users. to the extent we don't tax that usage, we don't charge that when they buy gas in virginia, we are allowing them a free ride. >> if you are driving a car that gets 25 miles a gallon, a anything el gas tax would cost you 30 bucks a year. >> reporter: 17 and a half cents only has the purchasing power of 7 cents these days. democrats will be fighting governor bob mcdonald's proposals to carve the transportation budget from the general fund. delegate tom russ supports that idea. i consider transportation particularly in virginia, where basically we own, operate and maintain essentially, not totally, but essentially, the entire transportation structure infrastructure in virginia, so

i think it is a core service and i think money needs to come out of the general fund. if you ask republicans about a gas tax, most of them say dead on arrival, no chance at all. and the governor, in fact, has said he would not support a gas tax. however, there is talk in both parties about indexing the gas tax. to make it go along with inflation. so, which seems to be something like a gas tax. it would be some kind of an increase. we'll definitely keep our eyes on that when the legislation session kicks off this wednesday. the national weather service is investigating whether a tornado touched down near houston today. it would have been part of a strong line of storms that swept through town this morning, bringing heavy rain and hail. there were reports this morning about damage at reline stadium and minute maid park, but it looks like those reports were unfounded. again the national weather service looking at whether a

tornado hits houston. not severe weather here, but certainly an s-word, snow. we have had reports on our storm reports, thank you, that went on our website. wusa 9.com. two inches in northern calvert county most of the activity was south of town. an inch in springfield. live in bethesda, snow is just about tapering off. but it did accumulate a little bit on the streets and on the cars and i believe our own bruce shannon is still there hey maybe one or two snowflakes. if you take a look at the roads, they are wet. but no snowflakes down there. take a lookout here on the grass. actually, maybe an inch or snow on the grass actually accumulating. we wanted to know if this was good snowball snow. so we have recruited

neighborhood kids. you get a sense of it. can you hit topper right in the lens? these guys have been going like this for hours. back to you. thank you, bruce. it has been a tough season for snowball battles. let me tell what you. maybe this is a harbinger of more snow to come. here is our live weather cam, brought to you by michael and son. temperature down to 34 at national. dew point 32678 winds are light out of the south southeast at 5. humidity up to 93%. the good news is, we don't expect flash freezing tonight. no arctic air following this storm. that is as we are concerned about some slick spots tomorrow morning. we'll talk more about that at 7:00 and 11:00 tonight. good band of snow pushing through eastern charles county. all the snow about to cross the bay. i think everything will be out of here by 7:00 in some cases, and certainly west of 95 hasn't been snowing in about an hour and a half. temperatures well 33 bethesda. 33 in rockville.

so temperatures just before freezing. remember the atmosphere can support snow. what it does is atmosphere below freezing and above it. the question is well okay, how warm is the ground. can it support snow? well if it snows faster, it can melt, we get some accumulations. road for the most part just wet. 34 reston. 34 bring field. looking at 34 again in downtown and college park. roads just wet this evening. milder tuesday. bigger storm comes at us on wednesday. thankfully that his going to be a rainstorm. winter returns friday. then it may return in airbag way friday. may actually return and stay around for awhile. snow and rain ending early tonight, clearing late. chilly. a 28 to 346789 those temperatures in the 20s in some of the bur bes. some of the overpasses could have what appears to be wet roads tomorrow morning, could be black ice. if you are a commuter between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. 29 for a low tonight in

gaithersburg. 33 downtown. 30 in reston and fairfax. 29 in sterling and upper 20s in leesburg and over toward manassas and middleburg. tem in the 30s and 40s to start. still need sunglasses. then by afternoon, mostly sunny, milder. probably only a light jacket required. high temperatures in the low 50s and winds out of the northwest at 10. let's break it down. 30s to start. chilly. 46 to 51 by noon. very nice. 4 to 54 by evening. milder. a great tuesday. 488 and breezy still mild one more day on thursday. morning showers possible, temperatures still around 506789 look what happened after that with a 7-day. friday notice thursday's low matches the high. temperatures in the mid to upper 30s for highs both friday and saturday. sunday brisk but sunny. we may have to deal with this

again next monday, with some rain or snow temperatures around 38. looks like it kids will be off from school. they are going to like that. it sounds like the wizards need a lesson in teamwork. is that what's going on? >> i think that is one of the problems. one guy i think can do it all and it just doesn't seem to be working. that may not be the only problem with the wizards. rashard lewis sat out because of an apparent sore knee, but alex beam said that wasn't the case at all. did he get in a fight with the coach. will

reporters close to the team say lewis refused to play after getting into an argument with assistant coach sam cassel. the two did seem friendly at practice today, and when asked about the incident, lewis said it simply wasn't true. >> it wasn't at all. i don't know what is going on. maybe because we haven't won a game yet, somebody is trying to point the finger. the wizards have a myriad of problems. losers of eight straight to

open the season. something has to change. but it doesn't sound like it will be at the top. the players came out to say the coaches go above and beyond to get them ready for the game and then blame falls to the players. >> it shouldn't be happy with them. no one should be happy. >> it is really our fault. we have to look ourselves in the mirror and have a reality check. georgetown looking to get back in the win column. they have been quite hot lately. saturday's loss to west virginia was their first loss in 12 games. a national title showdown in the big easy. lsu, alabama face off at the superdome. a rematch of the proclaimed game of the century. held back on november 5th when lsu edged out alabama in overtime an exciting 96 defensive battle. we can expect much of the same tonight. two of the nation's top defenses going head to head for the right

to say they are the best in the nation. we are here not national championship and a trophy. that is what we agreed on and that is what we worked hard for all year. that is what we are here for. >> it brings out a lot for everybody in this room because we know the type of game it will be. you have to be your a game. redskins linebacker linda fletcher will get to play in the pro bowl in hawaii. chosen as an alternate, despite leading the league in tackles, this will be the third straight pro bowl. we took to fa facebook and asked you our viewers what games you wanted to see and here's the choices you came up with. boy's basketball, einstein fair flax and mcclain. garfield at hilton. for the girls good counsel at archbishop. up next to vote. roads are wet now. we'll come back at 7:00 and let you know if they are going to freeze overnight. the cbs evening