tonight, a dominating win for mit romney taking the republican primary in florida by double digits. >> now years ago romney lost florida and it ended his chances then. will his victory tonight separate him from the gop field and turn the race for president into a two men contest between romney and president obama or is newt gingrich still part of the equation? let's go live joining us from tampa with more on the primary there. >> reporter: this is a huge win for mit romney after he left

south carolina limping. he was the favorite going in and walked away the front runner once again. >> [applause]. >> a triumphant mit romney thanked his supporters for a big victory in florida's republican primary. >> a primary does not divide us. it prepares us. >> it is romney's second win and the largest delegate held so far in the 2012 come pain but it was an expensive campaign. romney and his supporters spent more than $14 million on tv ads to secure florida. it was a tough loss for newt gingrich who lead in the polls here just last week and he says he's not giving up. >> we are going to contest every place and we are going to win and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> voters said the economy was by far the most important, use in this race. according to exit polls half who responded said foreclosures were a major problem in their area. recent debates were also a factor in their decisions.

2/3 said they helped to make up their minds and about a third of voters faulted romney and about a third faulted gingrich for running the most unfair campaign. rick santorum is already campaigning in nevada. he urged his opponents to stop attacking each other. >> what we saw in the last few weeks in the state of florida is not something to help us win this election. >> if enthusiasm wins this election we win hands down. >> ron paul bypassed florida to concentrate on nevada and other caucas states. gingrich acknowledged he couldn't overcome being outspent by romney. he said his and his supporters will let the peoples power defeat money power. live in tampa, florida, cbs news, now back to you. >> thanks. well claim your cash is back on 9 news now. take a look at the bottom of your screen and if you see your name or the name of somebody

you know, that means you or they have got money or valuables coming so log on to wusa9.com and see how much the government owes you. plus coming up at 11:17 we'll have a list of more names. two of the nations most prominent women's health organizations are engaged in a war of words. this after it was announced that susan g. komen, the countries leading breast cancer charity is ending its partnership with planned parenthood, a story burning up the internet since it broke just a few hours ago. new at 11, matt jablo joins us from the web isn'ter with more. >> reporter: a this a, the susan g. komen organization as you well know the host of races for the cure all across country gave about $700,000 last year to 19 planned parenthood affiliates for breast cancer screenings and related services. they gave about 600,000 the year before. however, a few hours ago it was made public that susan g. komen will not be giving any money to planned parenthood for the

foreseeable future. the breast cancer charity says it made the decision in the way congress is investigating the way planned parenthood spends the federal dollars received. the vents it gaze was launched a few months ago. a spokeswoman said the organization recently adopted a policy not to give money to groups under local, state or federal investigation. for their part, however, planned parenthood directors furious about the cutback in funding say susan g. komen is giving into pressure from anti- abortion groups. our calls to planned parent hood and susan g. komen were not answered. we hope to have a lot more on the story tomorrow. derek? >> thank you, matt. also new at 11 right now prince georges county police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened in the 1800 block of delphi and police say the vick tip was an adult male and they found him outside just lying on the ground. officers have not released anymore information but if you know anything about the crime the cops would like to hear

from you. providing those kind of crime tips and improving communication between the police and public is exactly what one smartphone application inventer is out to do. our ken molestina each plains why reporting crimes is becoming easier and a bit more discrete. >> reporter: let's face it living in a major metropolitan area like washington there's going to be a lot of street level crimes but now there's an app out making it easier for us to report it. >> we're not looking to replace 911. >> app inventor is talking about crime push. >> a very fast and efficient and discrete method of alerting police and a crime that may be occurring. >> he invented the app after being robbed twice. the tool is simple to use. click on the icon that corresponds to the incident, type a description and send it into whatever public safety agency you registered with. you can even provide pictures and video. >> because the police aren't always around when these crimes are happening, the app allows you to get evidence that other wise police wouldn't have. take for example, a fight. it opened up the app, hit the

altercation button to report it and once you have this page open, you can even add video and record what's happening and let police see exactly what you're looking at. >> the app is gaining support quickly with police departments and the district and throughout washington as well as universities and schools. its inventer says gallaudet university whose student body is primarily deaf jumped on board with the idea. >> deaf students it would be a great tool for them to use an app to type in the incident and they can capture the evidence and push it along. >> the app will also aim to make it safer for metro riders. >> sometimes you can't call 911 within the metro but the app uses the internet techno o o gay to send the data over. >> or push it over to the right authorities. 9 news now. >> that app will go live in less than an hour and be available to the public for free and head to our website wusa9.com and click on the link. anita? tonight prince georges county police looking to make even more arrests in the murder

of an alexandria activist. officers arrested 49 year old lynnwood johnson in the death of lenny harris. detectives say johnson knew harris but they aren't saying how. harris disappeared september 21. the next day someone was call on surveillance video using his atm card at a bank. his cell phone and car were discovered in the following weeks. police say johnson's motive was robbery but aren't giving out details in the case. >> we have recovered what we believe the murder weapon, the murder weapon is a firearm. mr. lynnwood johnson gave a full written and verbal concession to prince georges county police department homicide detectives just a few hours ago. >> police say johnson also gave us full written and verbal concessions during that questioning as you just heard the officers say. a hate crime or a mindless act of vandalism? either way police are trying to track down the group that

targeted a local moss being under construction. a muslim community in virginia was just weeks away from opening this when vandals hit it over the weekend. they tossed beer bottles and bricks at the building and they shattered each and every custom made window. damage estimates $80,000. >> there are always going to be people who don't like this but the majority of the people within this area are very accepting and are very loving people. >> the project manager said police collected forensic evidence including what looked like blood, perhaps from one of the vandals cut by broken glass. well it is not often that a maryland governor testified before general assembly committee but today, governor martin o' mally did just that hoping to build saw fort for his bill to legalize same sex marriage. he held the focus on aspects of the bill to offer legal protection to the children of gay couples, protections they are currently denying. >> it's not right and it is not

just that the children of gay couples should have lesser protections than the children of other families in our state. >> last night, religious leaders lead a rally against the gay marriage bill but the governor does have some support in the religious community because his bill differs from the one defeated last year by spelling out the no church would be forced to perform or to recognize same sex marriage. well, occupy protesters one d.c. government zero. today a federal judge ruled the government must notify the protesters if it's planning to shut down their camp at mcphearson square. the protesters may also be given an opportunity to appeal any eviction plan. the group had been given a deadline to pick up their camping gear and go by noon yesterday but they never moved out and the cops never moved in. their eyes blindfolded. their mouths taped shut all while la county police say an elementary teacher took twisted and disgusting photos of kids

in his class. tonight, mark burnt is behind bars charged with committing lewd acts on nearly two dozen kids between the ages of six and 10. police say the alleged abuse took place in his classroom from 2008-2010. some of the photos show the children with large crckroaches on their faces. others were much worse. >> there was any indication the kids were being fed something through a plastic spoon and the spoon was later sent to a lab and that revealed it was bodily fluids. >> the pure innocence of the child comes to play where they weren't aware they were being victimized in this matter. >> the investigation began last year after somebody processing film gave the disturbing photos to police. the 61 year old is now being held on $2.3 million bond. a severe cold snap has killed dozens of people in europe. officials say at least 58 have died over the last week, many from hypothermia and many victims hopeless people on the streets.

in the use crane for example,, temperatures plunged close to minus 30, the coldest in six years. forecasters say the extreme weather will keep battering europe through the end of the week. topper? yeah, no cold air here. in fact the coldest air we can find in alaska, some areas in alaska, the coldest january on record. not here, closing january on a mild note. we'll take you out with your wake up weather. you might want to grab an umbrella. not a lot of activity in the morning, but by 9:00, we'll be back into the 50s. we'll come back and see if the beginning of february can be as warm as the end of january. still ahead tonight-- >> its been nothing but a nightmare. >> when the movie company picked up his stuff and payment he figured everything would arrive safely in a few days. >> two months later he was still waiting and now our investigation turns up the heat on a trouble some company. >> the anchor bowl continues. >> i'm dave owens, tiger woods,

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the for sale sign is up, you're all packed up and ready to go but before you call in the moving company, you might want to make sure it won't take your possessions on a very long disturbing ride. lesli foster reports on one mans month long ordeal. >> reporter: welcome to the ever so humble abode. 780 square feet of empty bliss. >> a new job opportunity brought jay allen to this alexandria apartment. he hired all united van lines which is not affiliated with united van lines to move his possessions here from california. >> they were great up until the time they come to pick up the stuff and from that point on, its been nothing but a nightmare. >> jay says his nightmare started in july of last year. all united van lines promise to deliver its good the by early

august. but by the end of september his apartment still looked like this. >> you start calling them every day and going, hello, have you left yet? do you have our stuff? >> jay says all united van lines offered the cheapest estimate over the phones a binding quote for a little over $1200 to move him across the country. >> this is 1284 and this is-- >> 4099.81. >> he received this new invoice on his moving day, which included all of these extra charges. >> talk about jacking up the price. >> yeah, i was a little sticker shocked. >> even more shocking? the fact that for months he couldn't get a clear answer as to what happened to all his stuff. >> so you took our stuff to utah and then back to california and then new mexico and the truck broke down and now you took it back? >> they're a problematic mover to begin with. >> the better business bureau's ed johnson says if jay had done

a little homework before he got that estimate he might have made a different decision. >> they have an f rating with the better business bureau. they've had 31 complaints and 80% of the complaints the company didn't respond to. >> but the company will have to answer to the federal motor carrier safety administration at the department of transportation and the agency is investigating complaints against all united van lines. they could even fine them but victims won't see any of that money. it goes into a general fund and that's why it's so important to protect yourself before the movers load up the truck starting with checking into a companies record. by mid fall, nearly 80 days after his ordeal began, the truck arrived, but all united van lines employees would not even begin to unload his belongings until he paid them an additional $1800 in cash. >> i feel like i just had to pay ransom to get my stuff back. >> in all, more than double the

original binding quote. >> i would like to see the company shut down. >> lesli foster, 9 news now. >> i guess it wasn't all that binding a quote. now, we tried to call all unite van lines again, not related to united van lines, it's a whole different company. all those numbers we were able to track down are disconnected. jay hopes you at least can learn from his mistakes so before you turnover your possessions and money, plan ahead. don't wait until the last minute to find a mover. get three estimates to compare and please make sure that estimate is on site. not just over the phone. we've got resources on our website to help you pick a legitimate mover and review the companies complaint record. just go to our consumer section at wusa9.com. how would you like an extra thousand dollars in your pocket? on average one in 10 people in our area had that amount of money coming to them. it's money sitting in state and city treasuries that comes from dormant bank accounts and countless other spots so let's start naming a few names.

michael laws, elvira garcia, mary reynolds, steven graham. all of you could have money or valuables that is coming your way. to learn how to get to it go to our website wusa9.com and look under our claim your cash section on the consumer page. there is a link. so, i didn't wear my hat today and apparently not needed. >> not needed. 66 today. >> oh, nice. >> at national and dulles, it was a record high and temperatures still in the 50s. if you walk outside it feels like april. >> won't need the hat on the way home either. >> no, unless you stick your head out the window it might get a little cold. here is a live look at our weather cam. we have really another nice evening and clouds are on the way coming in pretty fast right now. 56 at national officially, dew point 31, winds south southwest at 11 and gusting a little bit over that. pressure at 30.10 inches of mercury and beginning to fall.

satellite picture radar combined. it's not much of a system but it is producing rain through kentucky and tennessee and the ohio valley. clouds already moving in, a lot of precipitation in western maryland is not reaching the ground just yet because it's so dry but we do run the risk of sprinkles around the beginning of rush hour. most of us won't have a wet commute but some of the west and north will so keep your umbrella handy although we aren't looking at anything very heavy and it appears most of the showers will be out of here shortly after lunch time. still like april, not like february, no doubt about that. these are almost mid april temperatures and cooler and maybe wet thursday, especially south of town and we'll finish the week strong, not as warm on friday, my goodness, you can't keep going into the 60s but i think we will make it into the 50s on friday with sunshine, so overnight, we'll say increasing cloudiness, breezy and mild, one blanket, maybe no blankets. low temperatures in the 40s, winds out of the southwest at 10-15. now by tomorrow morning variable clouds, breezy and mild. a few showers are possible, 40s and 50s, nothing heavy.

winds southwest at 10-15 and then by afternoon, variable cloudiness which means there will be some sun, breezy and warm, a few showers but highs between 60th 65, southwest winds 10-15 become northwest at 10-15 toward the evening so we'll break it down for you. 6:00 in the morning, maybe a sprinkle of 40s, at noon 57-62 little sun and by evening 59-64 a sprinkle also a little sun, but one heck of a warm start to february. next three days, we'll watch the second system on thursday. most activity stays to our south keeping a chance for light rain and showers in in the morning, 51 thursday, gorgeous friday, sunshine and 52. next seven days a little unsettled over the weekend and cooler too. temperatures in the 40s, rain may develop late saturday and saturday night and lingering showers in the 40s and we pop back into the low 50s on tuesday. if you thought january was super super warm, well go to our website wusa9.com and check

out my blog. not as warm as you think historically. let's talk capitals. >> in a heart break tonight. it was a rough one. up to this point, the caps won eight road games this season, starting tonight they played back to back away games and both without alex who is suspended. dale hunter and the caps visiting tampa an exciting game overall, third period caps down 3-2 and tampa turns the piceance over and brower makes him pay and go into ot. they just made a great save but a minute later, steven somko gets his rebound scoring the 33 goal and winning 4-3 in overtime. >> the circus that is super bowl media day taking place in indianapolis, even tom brady taking some pictures, just tons of people, look it's media day brings out all sorts of characters. that's a reporter dressed up as superman. and very interesting. not very serious obviously as we can see.

>> it does look like fun. coming up next round two of the wusa anchor bowl and dave and i take it to the driving range at top golf, see if he's [ male announcer ] if you like action movies... ♪ ...romance...

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it's round two of anchor bowl, before i show you how this one goes, let me recap the score real quick. kristen burset one, dave owens zero. tonight we hit the link. >> we are here at top golf in alexandria, justin, our instructor knows a little bit about how top golf works. >> well top golf is an automated golf range and each golf ball has its own microchip, and when you knock the golf ball into our target, it scans the golf ball, tells you how many points you get. >> i'm ready to get going. of course, dave statter late. >> i'm sorry. >> all i've got to say is eight great golfing champion right here. >> you're pulling out gloves? >> oh, eye never golfed before.

>> [laughter]. >> is this a stroke right here, man? >> a regulation team. >> oh, what a shot! >> i like it, i like it. >> that thing is almost taller than me. >> oh, that's a good one right there. >> i'm coming to get you. i'm not worried. >> [laughter]. point, point, point. >> that's what you really need to do, to close your eyes. >> there we go. >> keep your hands a little higher and bring them back. >> wow. he is getting hit. that's a good word there, top. i am on a role 2-0, topper

you're the golf expert. how did my stroke look? >> your swing had fantastic potential. >> thank you, thank you. >> more importantly, what was the man wearing? what was going on? >> i guess he's trying to distract from the fact he can't play golf. >> yes. >> call and say a universe called and wants its outfit. >> okay, tomorrow night, round three, a little itching powder on the bowling lane and lucky strike and a comeback? we'll see. i'm kind of beating him now pretty bad. remember you can see it all

one more day? >> oh, yeah, one more day in the 60s believe it or not and even after that it doesn't get crazy cold. okay the only cold air as we said is locked up in alaska. 64 tomorrow despite clouds and a few showers. not that much in terms of heavy rain tomorrow and we will see peaks of the sun. groundhog day, light rain possible in the morning and 51. if that were the case he would not see his shadow and declare

winter over but winter hasn't begun so low 50s on friday, rain and cooler over the weekend. >> you're trying to say he will be very confused. >> what's happening. well that is 9 news now. we want to thank you for staying up with us. >> don't forget we're always on at wusa9.com and join our morning team at 4:25:00 a.m. they get up. earlier than that actually. le