pat downs. >> they have to explain to us why they need to ask an adult woman in her 80s to take an adult diaper off. why do you have to have an eight-month-old take their diaper off. >> reporter: senator paul says unless the passenger raises any suspicions, everyone should be allowed to walk back through the scanners if they go off. >> why does it take so much to get in line and go through the screening again? >> reporter: but not all travelers agree with the senator or with his refusal to be patted down. >> i think he should be like everybody else and wait in line and let the people do their jobs. >> reporter: my opinion is, i want to arrive safely, i don't want to crash into buildings. whatever they have to do to keep us safe. they are right. >> reporter: senator rand paul's father says his son's experience that quote the police state in this country is growing out of control. the white house is defending the

tsa actions, and says look, when passengers refuse to comply with security procedures, they are denied access to the gate. it is as simple as that. peggy fox, reporting live. thanks peg. meantime today, the supreme court ruled unanimously that police have to get a search warrant before using gps technology to try criminal suspects. it is a big setback for the government and police, who have increasingly relied on this type of high-tech surveillance. the decision stems from a case involving dc nightclub owner antoine jones. the gps device in jones's jeep helped to link him to a maryland house used to stash money and drugs. an appeals court reversed his life sentence. bruce is in the satellite center monitoring this year's march for life. bruce? >> reporter: it was 3 years ago yesterday the supreme court came up with the roe vs.

wade historic decision. kristen fisher went to the mall today to check out today's demonstration. what does it look like? >> reporter: you can see things have certainly quieted down here. in fact, now most of the trash cans along the national mall are full of these soggy, prolife signs. but earlier today, there were literally thousands of people. the majority of them under the age of 25. this was a very young group, lots of church youth groups here from all over the country. these youngsters were walking across long side the veterans of the prolife movement. >> reporter: ann marie castro grove isn't just march fog life. >> my child would have been 2 years old this year. >> reporter: she has come all the way from minnesota. she is marching for the child she aborted back in 1983. >> abortion does hurt women. it takes the life of an

innocent child and wounds its parents. we need to get the message out. >> reporter: the prolife message was amplified by house speaker john boehner, who delivered the opening remarks on the national mall. >> when we affirm the dignity of life, we reaffirm our commitment for liberty. >> reporter: from there, thousands marched up to the under the circumstances supreme court, the place where abortion was legalized 3 years ago. >> when you think of the 53 million babies that have died since 1973, it is just horrific. >> reporter: even in the cold, the rain, the mud. >> yes. and our opponents wouldn't be out here. they can't suffer anything. >> reporter: we did find one pro choice advocate, walking across long side the thousands of prolifers. >> i'm not afraid of them, i know i'm right. >> reporter: steve dulaney from falls church said he is prochurch because of his neighbor who was born with

muscular dystrophy. >> they now have a test in the womb for muscular dystrophy and i think we should be pro choice in this world. i don't think we should have a lot of unnecessary suffering. >> reporter: that lone pro choice supporter has just gotten some much needed reinforcements. the national organization for women is now staging their very own counter demonstration in front of the u.s. supreme court. many of the streets along the national mall that was closed throughout this march, you can see it is now back open. but because of this late demonstration, some of the streets around the supreme court could still be closed and continue to tie up traffic on capitol hill. kristen fisher reporting from down on the mall. >> reporter: he has spent most of the last 0 years in a psychiatric hospital. but now john hickenlooperically was to leave for more than just a -- john hinkley was to -- wants to leave for more than

just a visit with the family. >> reporter: prosecutors had someone to testify there is plenty of evidence john hinkley is still a threat. still obsessed with presidential assassinations. they put a guy on the stand today richard rolls, he works in williamsburg, where john hinkley has been getting some time off to spend time with his mother. recalls testified hinkley came in and asked him about books on presidential assassinations. he testified he had never had someone ask about presidential assassinations. he remembered that, everything clicked, in december, and he told the secret service about it. but he was cross examined by hinkley's lawyers. you don't get very many perry mason moments, real life ones in the courtroom. here, we almost did.

the defense attorney really took this guy apart. he had to admit that he had the wrong date, the wrong time. hinkley wasn't even in williamsburg, then, we are going to have much more on this at 6:00. >> we'll look forward to it bruce, thank you. meantime a former cia age from arlington is being accused of leaking classified information to the media. he is accused of sharing classified information with a new york times reporter about al qaeda interrogations. the 47-year-old has been ordered released on a $250,000 unsecured bond. if convicted, he could face decades in prison and a fine of up to a million dollars. leslie? >> reporter: plans are taking shape tonight to honor joe paterno. the former head of the penn state football program died sunday morning after battling lung cancer. our scott broom joins us now live. scott? >> reporter: the outpouring of

grief continues here today. so does that bitter ernesto toward the university's board of regents. the challenge right now is how to put that bitterness aside during this period of mourning, which has just been announced. >> i'm thinking this man loved the community. >> reporter: the parade of faithful continues their pilgrimage to the paterno statute outside beaver stadium today. >> i'm still crying. >> reporter: meanwhile, some students wore white to memorialize paterno whose face remains on the jumbotrons overlooking 100,000 empty seats in the stadium. this after a candlelight vigil that drew thousands last night. now plans are made. two days of viewings for paterno. and a huge public service at the 17,000 seat rice jordan center thursday. >> let's, for this moment, think of the positive. >> reporter: meanwhile broadcaster fran fisher age 91,

is among those now calling on the same university administration that fired joe paterno for not doing enough to stop the child sex abuse scandal to follow his example, during public mourning. >> i think they owe that to the community, and to the football letterman. and to joe and sue. it is predictable he would put bitterness aside. it is almost certain he didn't put disappointment and sadness aside. i think he's got a broken heart. i think he's hurt. >> reporter: back live now at beaver stadium and looking at the joe paterno stap statue, which has become a defacto shrine. a lot of comments for the university regents and the acting president. would badly taint memorial services. the university has not said yet how exactly it is going to handle that. but here is the out line for the services to begin tomorrow.

there will be a viewing at the center between 11:00 and 1:00 p.m. a huge public event is going to occur here for the final memorial service. scott broom, 9news now. rescuers are searching the rubble for survivors after powerful storms ripped through the state of alabama overnight. at least two people were killed, dozens others injured. alexis christopherous reports tonight most residents think it was a tornado. >> reporter: the violent weather pounded the south, spawning possible tornadoes that ripped apart homes near center point, alabama. trees and power lines litter the streets as firefighters spent the day going house to house, checking for victims. andrew watley ran from his home

when it started shake jog what did you see when you got down there? >> pretty much all the house is gone. people out there trying to dig through stuff. took one guy out of the house on a door. he was all bloodied up. he went to the hospital. >> reporter: emergency officials say the deadly storms hit overnight, and injured at least 100 people in the birmingham area. >> the whole house was tilted and couldn't stand up in the house. >> reporter: stan leo's house was severely damaged. he feels lucky to be alive. >> they always say the basement's a safe place. this time i'm glad i wasn't there. we would have been killed the house collapsed onto the basement. >> reporter: more than 50,000 people began the day without power. crews are setting up shelters for victims, and towns are adding more security to keep looters away. at least seven alabama counties are looking for disaster relief after the storms left

neighborhoods in ruins. -e topper in the weather center right now, about alabama? >> >> reporter: it is crazy. we don't see that many tornadoes. we average 20 as a nation. >> some people woke up to ice this morning. >> reporter: you were walking hopefully very carefully to your mailbox this morning. let's start with temperatures, bruce. no problems tonight with refreezing whatsoever. what is really cool about this map. we always talk about our friends west of the divide and how cold they are. this is a classic case of cold air temperatures here 38 at national, 37 in gate ners. hard to scour this cold air out though. we still have some fog. visibility three miles in manassas, down to a quarter mile at dulles and three quarters of a mile at gate ners. we'll talk about the -- at gate

they aresburg. still ahead, one nation's attempt to compensate workers for being connected 24/7. a woman is dead after being run over by a van in the parking lot of an elementary school. in prince george's county, that story is coming up. turning to the sunshine state, we are going to show you how the republican presidential candidates are gearing up for florida. that is next.

a new poll finds newt gingrich is the leader of the pack in from. according to the conservative polling company. it finds the former house speaker leads mitt romney 41% to 32%. rick santorum gets 11% and ron paul is at 8%. the survey was down after gingrich's win in south carolina. tonight the republican hopefuls will be in tampa for their next debate. and the new front runner says voters like what they are hearing from him. >> i have flaws, i have weaknesses. i have had a long career. but the fact is what you see really is what you get and i'm prepared to stand toe to toe with brohm and debate him suck -- with barack obama and debate

him successfully this fall. >> ron paul's campaign has said he is skipping florida to focus on nevada. we'll look at the fight for florida tonight at 6:00. bruce? >> reporter: members of the senate back on the hill today after the holiday recess. on the agenda the payroll tax cut extension and the political appointment barack obama made while lawmakers were away. last year was the least productive on the hill since the congressional record started keeping score back in 1947. get this, just 80 laws were completed in all of 2011. both houses of congress will be present tomorrow night when the president delivers his state of the union address. the president is expected to focus on the economy, housing market, manufacturing and helping people go to college. this is how the president is previewing the speech in a webcast. >> rebuilding an economy where hard work pays off. and responsibility is rewarded.

and an america where everyone gets their fair shot, everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same set of rules. >> reporter: we'll be there live on capitol hill tomorrow night for the speech starting at 5:00, right here on 9news now. if you need to be anywhere near capitol hill tomorrow night, all the streets you see highlighted will be closed starting at 7:00 in the evening. they will reopen once the state of the union events are all over. doctors now say the prognosis is good for senator mark kirk. the 52-year-old illinois republican had surgery this morning to relieve some of the swelling on his brain after he suffered a major stroke over the weekend. the stroke was on his right side and has affected his left arm and leg and some facial movement. but doctors are confident kirk can make a full mental recovery and make a lot of physical progress as well with the help of rehab. in one of her last acts as a congress woman, today gabrielle giffords met with the other survivors of last year's deadly

shooting. congresswoman giffords is stepping down to focus on her own long-term recovery. >> reporter: representative gab gabrielle giffords walked slowly into her office to finish the neighborhood meet and greet cut short in a spray of bullets. giffords shook hands with susie hileman. nine-year-old christina taylor green was there and danielle hernandez. the 21-year-old is credited with saving her life. >> supporters applauded the three term democrat when she arrived at a family center recently opened in her name. the tour of the facility marks gifford's last official act in her district. it is a one stop shop if needy families looking for everything from legal assistants for food. 1-year-old avery christie receives free meals here.

>> it is a sign of no matter what happens, no matter what you are going through right now, you can get by whatever it is. >> reporter: giffords was shot in the head and is slowly recovering. before leaving office, giffords will attend tuesday's state of the union address, and fill her seat that sat empty last year. days after her attempted assassination. there are new concerns tonight about security at the smithsonian museum. the washington examiner reports the guards don't routinely monitor metal detectors. that means visitors enter the museum largely unscreened. but a smithsonian spokeswoman says there are security measures in place. but no one just walks through they trigger and are stopped and e-- empty their pockets. guards at five museums with melt tal detectors are not on full-time. they want to do a thorough

check, but they also want to get people inside the building quickly. i don't know about you, but i see six inches of snow. >> reporter: four wheel drive. >> easier to walk, easier to drive. >> reporter: the good news is, no refreezing tonight. don't have to worry about that. may have to worry about dense fog. this is our weather cam. brought to you by michael and son. notice the capital. the winds aren't that strong. flags aren't going crazy today. the winds are generally going to be light. that is going to diminish overnight. temperatures 38, that is the high so far today. dew point 36 and the wind light out of the south at 6. with edu.of 36, we are not going to really fall at all tonight. in fact temperatures may go up as we get through late night showers.

showers pushed through. for the most part the showers were over. i'll keep the chance of a shower in until about 8:00 or 9:00. temperatures 37 in bethesda. 37 in rockville. in some instances, this is as warm as it has been all day. 35 in reston. 37 in college park. it is 35 up in laurel. so everybody is above freezing and will stay above freezing. good news, a terrific tuesday is on the way. let's get through dense fog tonight. we remain above freezing. some fog for the morning commute. especially early. light jacket for tuesday is all you are going to need as temperatures go back into the 50s. now late tonight, want to walk the dog? it is quiet. cloudy, yes, all the showers are east of us or in the mountains. we'll put this into motion by 6:00 a.m. mainly clouds early. fog early. by lunch time, we clear out very, very nicely and we stay clear right through tuesday

afternoon. tuesday night and wednesday morning. chilly showers. fog possible. low 4 to 40. winds will be light. so here's the deal. with fog, you know a couple of things, you probably know this. in case you don't. use your low beams. keep more distance between you and the car in front of you. by morning, returning mostly sunny and cool. by afternoon, what a day, mostly sunny and mild. just gorgeous. a light jacket maybe. high temperatures near 55, winds southwest at 10. next seven days, looks like this. gets a little cooler. actually cold front goes through tomorrow. drops temp a little bit for january. this is nothing. mid to upper 40s on wednesday. upper 40s on thursday with late rain and showers. we are back in the mid-50s on friday it will turn colder over the weekend. good news for skiers, they are going to get snow in the mountains. and be able to make snow.

we go down in the 30s for high on sunday and monday. coming up on 9news now, you have to pony up a bit more the next time you want to pull up to the pump. kia recalls thousands of their vehicles. we'll tell you more about that. up next. as we head to break. here's a new list of america's best bars when it comes to grabbing a beer. according to draft magazine. the beer baron and lion hall in arlington are among the best. only bars in maryland to make the cut, they are all in baltimore.

if you drive a kia optima or rondo, listen up. the car maker is recalling about 146,000 of them. the 2006 through 2008 models. a spring system wears out and can cause a driver's side ar bag not to deploy properly in a crash. kia is going to fix this problem-free of charge. the recall begins in march. tonight the fbi is issuing a new warning about a fishing scheme that appears to use e-mails that look like they are from the federal reserve or federal insurance deposit incorporation.

the scam e-mail claims there is a problem with your bank account, and to click on a link to fix it. the fbi says don't do it. the phony website down loads a mal- ware virus that will steal your personal banking information. between cell phones and tablets we can be connected all the time. brazil's president is trying to help draw the line. she has signed a bill that makes people who answer work e-mails, once share shifts are over, eligible for overtime and more than a cell phone ring or an e-mail alert is music to some employee's ears. but employers are taking steps to make sure this new law doesn't get abused and from what i hear from friends in other offices, is that there is an attempt to shut down the servers so people who work will not have access to their e-mail after

hours. >> experts say they are curious to see how brazil actually tries to enforce that law. the labor court is expected to take up the issue next month. still to come, you may have heard the government is phasing out 100-watt bulbs. so we are going to show you some alternatives. searchers use explosives to try to search for those missing inside that grounded cruise ship. a deadly accident in the parking lot of a local elementary school. we'll have the latest in the investigation into what went wrong.

a tragic accident on an elementary school parking lot. one woman was dead. police believe she was run over by a school maintenance van. it happened this morning at samuel chase elementary in maryland. just a tragedy. >> children were off school today and the parking lot was virtually empty. but here on this foggy day, a woman lost her life. police say the woman got pinned under this yellow school maintenance man. >> from the preliminary investigation we believe it was backing up. >> reporter: the fire chief says the woman was not breathing and she had no pulse. the only way emergency crews could get her out from underneath the van was to use an air bag-like device and lift the van up. the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. the driver was talking with investigators. >> the driver had been

cooperative and just provided details. police say the woman has no ties to the school and may have just been passing through. neighbors are upset, trying to grasp how this happened. >> it is a sad thing to know how somebody got killed like this. >> a couple of guys come to work, trying to make a living every day and you know a tragic accident happens that i'm sure they feel responsible for, and you know, there is a person that's dead. and tragic all the way around. police know the victim's identity. they are not yet prepared to release that nameton. they are cooperating with police in trying to determine how this accident happened. virginia public schoolteachers could soon be required to note if i parents when a kid gets into trouble. the general sa assembly is consider fourth bills, they differ in their details. but all revolve around parental

notification, especially if a student could be expelled. it is an action that steve steuben said could have saved his son's life. >> nick had been questioned multiple times over multiple days. it was only after a verdict rendered the school officials thought it relevant to inform his nothing and i. >> reporter: steuben's son nick committed suicide after he was caught at school buying synthetic marijuana. virginia delegate bob marshall is telling the virginia government it is none of your business, when it comes to regular lighting light bulbs. the republican questions the right of the government to dictate new energy standards for bulbs. those standards would effectively taken can des scent, take, incan des scent

light bulbs off the market. >> brad says let people make their own choices. terra maxwell writes that is about the most ignorant. the commonwealth is still part of the u.s. and is considered a state of the union. well if you are still debating over the phase out of the bulb and not quite sold on the new ones yet, tonight we shed light on allatives that are energy efficient and will save you money. people are snatching up the dwindling supply of 100-watt light bulbs. consumer reports tested c fl, and halogen replacement options, as well as this ge combination bulb. the bulb had trouble in the rapid cycle test when turned on and off every two minutes. >> with the six we tested, the part burned out after only about 3000 cycles. that is much faster than any

other bulb. >> reporter: seven regular c fls were also evaluated. they promised to last 10 to 12,000 hours. the brightness was also measured after burning for 3000 juries with all the ones we tested the brightness dropped. down to between 1280 and 1400. >> reporter: you can see the brand new bulb on the left is a little brighter than the one that burned for 3000 hours. your best 100-watt c fl, alternative, the eco bulb plus for around $25. for even less the soft lie from lowes and the smart soft light from home depot. they did keep their fulbrightness. >> a good halogen bulb replacement? this 100-watt phillips energy saver for $5.50. another plus, those

halogens can be dimmed, unlike many c fls, and they reach their fulbrightness immediately. experts calculate they can save $100 or more over the the lifetime of the bulb. the halogens will only save you about $3. crude oil prices have dropped. prices at the pump are going up. according to the lundburg survey, the average price dropped to $3.3. more than 32 cents this time last year. aaa fuel gauge report has a gallon of regular gas. it goes to $3.42 in maryland. and in the district, the gallon of regular costs $3.53. today nations agreed on an oil embargo as part of iran's nuke clear program. it includes an immediate embargo

on crude products. they have the right to shutter the strait of hormuz they say. the strait is the passage for one fifth of all the world's oil supply. there is a movement in progress to change the dc memorial on the mall. >> this bill seeks to literally command deer a memorial paid for. by the sacrifice of the city's world war one veterans and its war dead from that war. >> the memorial was built in 1931. it is located on the mall in southwest. washington might be a great family get away, brings a lot of tourists in, that is for sure. >> travel and leisure magazine

ranked it as the third rudest city in all of the country. >> new york city gets the award for being the rudest. miami comes in second. so if you are wondering about the friendliest cities, travel and leisure says new orleans, savannah and charleston. and i must respectfully disagree with this assessment. i find those in washington to be quite warm. >> i think so, too. especially compared to other big cities. >> i read the article they said the bigger the city the bigger the attitude. the three cities are in the south and closer to the water. that makes a difference. and beignets too, down in new orleans. as more than a billion people celebrate chinese new year, it is an extra special day for this couple. another celebrity couple bites the dust. and don't forget, we are always on at wusa 9.com. stay with us, we'll be right

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dragons took over our studio this morning, all part of the chinese new year's celebration.

it is also the year of the dragon and there are a lot of local celebrations being planned. the year of the dragon is a mad dash for parents incline. >> the time is considered one of the luckiest in the chinese zodiac. >> one new father in hong kong said we never thought it would happen like this. he and his wife welcomed into the world one of hong kong's first born on the chinese new year. what a cutety. shows that 70% of couples there wanted children born under the sign of the drag don. on the opposite side of the spectrum, heidi columbia and seal confirm they are separating. the two have been married for seven years. the super model and british singer say they still love each other, they say quote the well-being of their four children remains their top priority. coming up, where we parents are falling down when it comes

to the future health of our kids. the health alert for all moms and dads. >> reporter: it is not the most pleasant evening but the good news is, it is not going to go below freezing. in some cases this is as warm as it's been. 38 downtown, 38 in gaithersburg, 37 in frederick. we'll come back and talk about a different problem for your morning commute. first crews say the crippled cruise liner off the coast of italy, but their work is still not easy. their efforts to find the missing, next.

new video, out tonight, shows what investigators are calling the first point of impact in the costa concordia crash. the cruise ship ran aground off the coast of italy a week and a half ago. and as anna reports, so far 15 people are dead, and another 23 are still missing. >> reporter: divers searching the costa concordia found the bodies of more victims monday.

two women were found near the ship's internet cafe. earlier, crews set off more explosions to remove debris and give rescuers better access. divers must pick their way through obstacles as they search deep within the ship. >> we are facing a lot of things floating, claire's tables and so on. >> reporter: italian officials say the damaged cruise liner is stable, so they won't need to stop the search operation in order to begin pumping about half a million gallons of fuel from the vessel. >> we are ready to go and we are ready to start working. >> reporter: booms have been placed around the ship to contain the fuel in case of a spill. an oil tanker with emergency response equipment is on standby. workers say they expect it will take about four weeks to extract all the fuel. >> reporter: the owners of the costa concordia are facing questions about their responsibility for the shipwreck.

costa cruises has placed the blame squarely on its captain for sailing too close to the shore. documents leaked to italian media say the captain told prosecutors the owners encouraged him to perform the maneuver for publicity purposes. >> meanwhile, ten days after the ship ran aground, family members of the missing are still on the island, waiting for news about their loved ones. cbs news, italy. >> reporter: survivors from the costa concordia planned to file a class action lawsuit against carnival cruise lines later this week and are seeking half a billion dollars in damages. a controversial stem cell treatment shown to work in bringing back vision. the human embryonic stem cells were injected into the eyes of two patients of macular degeneration. the report out this week says the patients, considered

legally blind before the treatment, performed better on standardized eye tests only four months later. the use of these stem cells is controversial, because harvesting them usually involves destruction of a human embryo. even with all the public health messages out there about using sunscreen, too many kids are still getting burned. a study of 360 youngsters growing up in massachusetts showed only 25% had sunscreen applied regularly. nearly 50% of the teenagers reported to have at least one episode of sunburn. >> doctors say that is alarming because children who suffer sun burns at an early age have almost doubled the risk of melanoma later in life. melanoma is one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer and one of the most common in young adults. tomorrow is going to be a great pay off day.

we are talking 50s and sunshine. pretty nice for late january. let's start with a live shot of the capital. this is our live weather cam, brought to you by michael and son. you can see visibility obscured a little bit. fog could be a problem tonight. not refreezing. 38 now at national. dew point 36. and the winds are out of the south at 6. that will finally bring in milder air. satellite picture radar combined. there is our little system going through. the showers went through us, now they are going into new england. we have a slight chance of a shower later on tonight. for the most part showers are peeling off to the north. in some cases thunderstorms rolling in to western pennsylvania. we have low clouds in place and the cold air, denser than warmer air. snuggles up against the

mountains. 37 in gaithersburg. 37 in rockville. upper 30s in bethesda and college park, 35 in laurel and 39 toward andrews and almost 40 in waldorf. so a terrific tuesday awaits us. dense fog tonight. we will remain before freezing tonight. little bit of fog for the early morning commute and then a light jacket for tuesday. as temperatures go back into the 50s. tonight 11:00, 11:45, clouds are still in place. a couple of showers in the mountains. by morning, clouds will still be in place. we are looking at low level cloudiness with some fog. that is why we are concerned about the early morning commuters. we are looking at maybe a sprinkle south of town. for the most part fog is our problem overnight. by lunch time it clears up very, very nicely and as we have clear skies by afternoon, stems

should make it into the low to mid- 50s. not exactly record setting but nice for january. tonight mostly cloudy and chilly. dense fog is possible. winds will be light. you probably should know this. maybe some your younger drivers in the family don't. dense fog, use your low beams, keep distance between yourself and the car in front of you. and it could affect the early morning commute. the 5:00, 6:00 a.m. group. returning mostly sunny and cool in the morning. grab your shades. 50s and 40s. by afternoon, mostly sunny and mild. just gorgeous. a light jacket will be all you need. highs near 55 and winds out of the southwest at 10. let's break it down for you. fog early, 33 to 40. by noon 46 to 50. what with sunshine and by evening, 52 to 56 with sunshine. as dreary as it is now. 2 hours from now it is going to be that nice. next three days, it will be a

little bit cooler. a weak cold front goes through tomorrow. temperatures in the mid-40s on wednesday and light rain or showers thursday. when a cold front goes through and you end up in the 40s, that is not much a cold front. after the showers and light rain on thursday, we are mild again friday, temperatures also in the mid-50s, it will get colder over the weekend, mid- 40s other saturday. maybe in the upper 30s to near 40 monday dry here but snow showers in the mountains saturday and sunday. did you guys see the games this weekend? >> unbelievable. poor ravens fans. >> i know. they are kicking themselves. kristen, i know you were pulling for baltimore. >> i was. for the first time both championship games were decided by three points or less. that shows you the excitement from the weekend, whether you rooted for the patriots the giants the niners or the

ravens, we all saw two great games on sunday. now the dust has settled the giants and the patriots will square off in super bowl xlvi. a rematch. the giants touched down at med tow lands just hours ago. ironically the patriots in 2008 derailed the pats 19-0. perfect season. up in baltimore, here's a look at the ravens locker room. it was cleaning did i. a rather somber mood as players reflected on what could have been. >> i can either go ahead and roll over or i can pick myself back up. but i'm going to get back to work. >> this kind of is needing to get away from it. >> so a sad day for ravens fans. we have more on that. the day after, coming up. plus new coaching changes for the redskins.

and the update on whether alex will be suspended. all coming up at 6:00. brows, back over you lawyers resume their quest today for more freedom for would-be presidential assassin john hinckley. the friendly skies are going to be a little more friendly. but first, we profiled the men and women behind one of washington's biggest, most giving charities. the central kitchen. we'll talk about how it works.

32 years ago on martin luther king's birthday, the largest nonprofit food bank in the entire dc metro area opened its doors. the food bank has been named

one of the best charities in the city. j. c. hayward has more on hero central on why. >> i say commemorating. these are tough times. one in two americans are either low income or poor. 50% of the children that live in the district of columbia don't get an adequate diet. one in four children in prince george's county don't get a decent diet. >> reporter: lynn brantley is known as the mother of the food bank. her co-founder, reverend clark lowenstein is the food bank president. >> we thought the food bank was on board to end hunger. and instead the need has just grown and grown and grown. >> reporter: the food bank distribute 30 million pounds of food annually to youth programs, nursing homes, shelters and

churches. more than 700 agencies are supplied food by the bank. >> we have a core of people in our own community. they help to save us more than a million dollars a year. it is the sorting of food and putting everything together to make it happen. >> the capital area food bank couldn't operate without the help of its volunteers. they sort food, teach classes, provide a variety of festivities. at least 20,000 volunteers a year come here and the volunteers that are here today are 20 students from the university of illinois. >> i decided i wanted to take a trip with people who needed help. and to hang out with cool people. >> reporter: in june the capital area food bank will move to a new building. three times as large. just a quarter mile away. organizers say they will be able to do to do a better job in

their new location. the new food bank warehouse will be over 123,000 square feet. to see the story again, share it with friends. check out j. c. hayward.com and click on hero central. mitt romney looks if a rebound in florida, following his decisive loss in the south carolina primary, and the massachusetts governor is waving little time, attacking the former house speaker. >> that's right. the steaks are even higher now as the four remaining candidates prepare for their first debate here in florida. randall pinkston has the story. >> reporter: mitt romney is stepping up to the mike with a new line after tack against newt gingrich. romney is taking aim at the former house speaker on the campaign trail and on the air waves. romney release this had commercial attacking gingrich after his big win in south