next-door neighbor jean ward heard those cries for help and went next-door. he described the hot smoky conditions he battled av kicking down the door to get inside. -- after kicking down the door to get inside. >> i took my hand and kept pulling his feet and took two steps at time and we got here and got two more people to get his hand and put him in a chair and sat him across the street of. >> reporter: prince george's county county fire officials say the elderly man jim munson and his son suffered cuts and were treated for smoke inhalation. no other injuries were life threatening thanks to fast acting and brave neighbors. >> i'll do it for anybody if i have to, help anybody. >> reporter: to witness what i witnessed last night, restores all faith in neighborly love, humanity and everything. >> reporter: i have to mention there was another man, a second neighbor who did go inside to help get that elderly man out safely. other neighbors also were involved in this, some using their medical backgrounds to help with first aid and

bringing blankets. it really brought this neighborhood a lot closer together. as far as the cause of this fire, that is still being investigated. we are live in temple hills, maryland, anny hong, 9 news now. >> what a great rescue story. thanks for bringing it to us. we have an update on a fire that broke out friday in district heights. today we learned a 2-year-old girl who was rescued from that burning house has died. mariah hood passed away yesterday at children's national medical center. the fire broke now the a two- story house on hil-mar drive early friday -- broke out in a two-story house on hil-mar drive early friday morning. an apartment fire left a won dead in takoma park in the 7600 block of maple avenue. firefighters found a pile of burned clothing and towels. they later found the victim believed to be about 56 years old. investigators say the woman's daughter was with her at the time. the northwest washington

liquor store exposed by 9 news now for allegedly selling alcohol to underage buyers was back open today after the arrest of the owner on saturday night. scott broom is here now after going to the town square market, i believe, today for some reaction. >> i walked in and talked to an unnamed clerk and as you can imagine, she was not happy to see me today as this store was open again. >> you guys are like bombarding us for no reason. >> reporter: actually 9news has a very good reason. town square market on macarthur boulevard in northwest washington has been exposed for underaged alcohol sales. >> reporter: we watched and videotaped dozens of teenagers buying alcohol. >> reporter: first documented by reporter andrea mccarren earlier this month selling to kids as young as 14, but don't take our word for it. montgomery county police have issued at least 38 violations in the last two months to teens who allegedly bought alcohol here and took it across the district line into maryland. >> the whole time we were down think don't think i saw one of

age person go into that place. >> reporter: in january store owner 57-year-old richard dan ki kim of springfield, virginia, denied it all and threw mccarren out of the store. he kept on with business as usual with montgomery county police busting two more 19-year- olds february 11th. finally saturday night metropolitan police arrested kim after district officers busted a 17-year-old virginia high school student who allegedly bought alcohol and was in possession of someone else's id. it happened after police and d.c. alcohol regulators failed earlier in the evening to do a sting with an underage decoy. >> no response, mr. kim? >> reporter: kim was detained and released hours later. today the store was back in business. the angry clerk telling me district police have no problem with town square market 36789 >> if the consequence -- market. >> if the cops had a problem, they would have closed us down. >> reporter: actually a shut down would be up to abra, the

regulators of liquor licenses in d.c. who were not available for comment and have steadfastly refused to answer specific questions from 9 news now because they said an investigation was underway. we think it's also important for you to know that the busted town square market saturday night came just one day after deputy mayor paul quander was asked by mccarren why the 38 alleged violations documented by montgomery county police since december wasn't enough evidence to take more urgent action. >> these are life and death issues and they have to be dealt with seriously, immediately and strongly. >> reporter: kim is facing a misdemeanor charge of selling alcohol to a minor. as for shutting the store down, the ball is in this agency's court. the agency called abra are open for business tomorrow. we will be checking with them. >> just to be clear this, criminal matter that mr. kim is facing and whether or not his store stays open are two totally different things. >> there's criminal court and abra. the ball is in abra's court now

on that count. tonight we're learning the controversial alcohol spiked energy drink four loko may have led to a heartbreaking tragedy. a teenager fell out of a car and was struck by oncoming traffic saturday night on hartford road. in parkville. michael trulux's stepfather was driving them home when the 13- year-old became sick to his stomach. the boy is 13. his mother says she believes the four loko her son drank earlier is what made him sick. ben digging was in the car and saw what happened. >> he didn't want to make a mess and he opened the door and went around the turn and fell out and he like fell on the ground and a car hit him. we stopped as fast as possible. we just tried to help him out and he was trying to get up and a car just like hit him like ran him over. >> a makeshift memorial has been set up near where michael

died. grief counselors will be at parkville middle school tomorrow. they never even knew what hit them. imagine driving down the road and all of a sudden a deer flies through the air and crashes right through your windshield. this freak accident happened saturday night in loudoun county just west of leesburg when a car struck a deer. the impact sent the animal flying landing on the top of another car headed in the opposite direction instantly killing one of the unsuspecting passengers. only on 9 tonight peggy fox talks with the man behind the wheel when that deer came crashing through his car window. >> reporter: the young man was killed in this exterra. what's remarkable is there's no front damage. a prius going this way hit deter and sent the deer flying through the air like -- hit the deer and sent the deer flying through the air like may of and it crashed of. >> reporter: juan delgado had

no idea what hit him as he drove this xterra saturday night. all he knew immediately was he was in a lot of pain. the blood was coming from a huge gash on his forehead split open by the deer's leg. it took 50 stitches to close, but juan is the lucky one. his best friend and wife's cousin, 26-year-old rodolfo villatoro who had been sitting in the passenger seat was not moving. >> they pulled him out of the car and they start cpr. >> reporter: because rodolfo showed no signs of life no helicopter was sent juan says. >> he was such a nice friend to have. i used to go anywhere wee go with me of. >> reporter: rodolfo immigrated from guatemala five years ago and has lived with them since in. addition to working two maintenance jobs, he helped take care of juan's two

children. >> i couldn't do anything. >> reporter: the accident happened on route 9 just west of leesburg on their way to the charlestown rates track. juan, a bus driver for alexandria dash, says he was going only 40 miles per hour when the deer hit them. the top of the xterra looks like a bomb hit it and the seats are covered with long white hair from animal which died on the scene. there was a third man in the back seat. the three of them were headed to the charlestown races. i was injured more severe -- he was injured more severely than juan and was in intensive care at fairfax hospital at last check. i'm peggy fox. we got off lucky, but just to our south this weekend's winter weather was still causing problems. look at this minivan that lost control and then slides off i- 295 outside of richmond this morning. virginia state police say the slick conditions caused at least six vehicles to do the

very same thing. while the rush hour was lighter than normal because of the presidents day holiday, troopers responded to more accidents than usual because of yesterday's snowfall. you don't see it around here. topper is out on the weather terrace. i know you missed having that winter storm around our parts and i guess if we're all honest with each ocean we would have liked to see a little snow, too. >> the viewers have been very kind and sent me pictures from southern fauquier county. they had some snow but north of town nothing. let's take you further south because it's hard to believe that yes, this is raleigh and you remember it was 60 degrees here and pretty much everywhere in the southeast and the mid- atlantic on saturday and it snowed on sunday anywhere from 1 to 2 inches fell in the raleigh area about, 2 or 3 inches fell in greensboro and about 3 inches fell in danville just over the line. now we're looking at temperatures chilly but tell you what, for late february pretty nice, 49 downtown, 46

gaithersburg and also in frederick, 45 leesburg and 48 that n manassas, clear skies, winds -- in manassas, clear skies, winds diminishing, clear to partly cloudy and cold, light winds. we'll come back and show ask you some of those pictures viewers just sent in, didn't miss us by 20 miles or so and we'll talk about maybe some spring-like when before the end of the week. did you know the federal holiday we're observing today isn't officially called presidents day but rather washington's birthday? still ahead we put people's knowledge of presidential trivia to the test. police have used dogs to sniff out bombs for years but never like this, the elite canine unit fighting terrorism in d.c. jurors in yeardley love murder trial have three full dales to considerate evidence before deliberations -- days

days to consider the evidence before deliberations.

by the time they get to their deliberations on wednesday the jury in the yeardley love murder trial will have had more than three days to consider the rivetting testimony over the days of trial. our own bruce lochan was in that courtroom every day for -- bruce leshan was in that courtroom every day for all that testimony. i have never heard of or seen a statement like the one you describe. >> he was actually crying, the prosecutor dave chapman, crying while he spoke to the jurors about this terror that yardly love must have felt when she -- yeardley love must have felt when she saw first the foot and then the whole body of this giant 6' 2 219-pound lacrosse player come into her bedroom where she was sleeping and the defense was a little bit rambling and destroying it on closing. he said at one point george huguely killed yeardley love,

but he didn't kill yeardley love which didn't make a lot of sense to me. he said that george huguely contributed to yeardley love's death, but he didn't actually kill yeardley love, the question of intent is a big deal here. >> what about the defense overall strategy of trying to cast some doubt as to intent. did he mean to kill? >> reporter: >> in the course of his direct case he did show some doubt and perhaps some reasonable doubt, but i also think the jurors are going to look at those pictures of the bruised and battered yeardley love and they're going to want to have somebody pay for it and george huguely put himself in the bedroom. >> talk about that jury. they've had three days to think about this. the time is coming when they are going to begin to hash this thing out. >> right. we know they went and had some kind of discussion because they got together and decided not to deliberate on saturday night. they decided to put it off until wednesday. we suspect they took a vote on waiting till wednesday.

we don't know if they voted on how do we feel about these six charges. >> they do have the right to make differentiations between first, second and manslaughter. explain how that works. >> he's charged under two different theories, first degree murder with premeditation. the prosecutor actually backed off slightly on that and suggested that a reasonable verdict might be second degree murder. he said clearly, you know, put your foot through the door shows some kind of malice. if there's malice and you kill them, that's at least second degree murder. then there's another theory. if the jurors believe that this was one sequence of events where he killed her and he took her laptop, that can be first degree felony murder in and of itself without any kind of intent. >> wow, bruce leshan great job. we look forward to the beginning of deliberations on wednesday. thank you. the skiing community in washington state is grieving tonight after the deaths of three skiers in an avalanche.

the three men were killed yesterday when they were swept down a canyon near a popular backcountry ski resort. a fourth skier, a woman, was saved by an air bag safety device she was wearing. the fatalities were part of a deadly day on the ski slopes out west. a snowboarder was killed in another avalanche just east of seattle. . >> in flew over the manassas battlefield park where there is -- sky 9 flew over the manassas battlefield park where there is a new push to build a controversial bypass. if approved that, road would take traffic around the battlefield. the plan would also shutting down parts of route 34 and 29. those routes run through the battlefield. some environmental groups say it could be a first step toward linking prince william, loudoun and fairfax county. friends out to the weather terrace where it is glorious this evening. >> you know, it's so hard -- what's going on?

>> where did he go? >> we're enjoying this. >> just in case you need it. >> just in case something happens top got us ready because i hurt my back over the weekend. how about you? >> no. snow did not hit. >> you did say friday night. >> friday night you did, but that does not stop us from teasing you. >> that's true. look at this. this is serious stuff down in richmond. they had 1 to 5 inches in richmond and pretty serious accident in parts of richmond. the city itself they had 1 to 3 1/2 inches measured, but you can see things got slick really fast. sometimes when you have a snow that falls with temperatures are 32 or 33, it gets slick. well, right now let's talk about the picture because they've been sending pictures and i love our viewers. they hook me up. this is in morrisville, virginia, in southern fauquier

county just down 17. so it's not too far away and they had about 3 inches. bob and glenda anderson, i appreciate that. a live look outside with our weather cam brought to you by michael and son, pure sunshine now, temps okay, 49 downtown, pretty good, do dew point 20. the air mass is pretty dry. that tells us a couple things. when the wind dies down and the sun goes down with clear skies, temps will qualm quickly, pressure rising 30.20 -- will fall quickly, pressure rising 30.27 inches of mercury. if you're going out, grab a coat. we're okay with this on, but we came back in. 45 in gaithersburg and reston, fort belvoir checking in at 48 along with college park. here's the deal, returning milder, winds diminishing tonight, sunglasses tomorrow, milder on wednesday and just quite frankly warm on thursday. it's warm as it's been for a while of tonight clear to partly cloudy, cold, one to two

blanket night, 26 to 36 and light winds. another night in town probably remaining above freezing. in the burbs 20s, gaithersburg and rockville upper 20s, 30 in college park, 29 in bowie, herndon and sterling, 27 leesburg, 27 in manassas. tomorrow morning mostly sunny, cold start, need a coat, 20s and 30s. by afternoon pretty nice day, partly cloudy, breezy and milder. it's a warm breeze, some clouds coming in late, highs 50 to 55 and winds out of the southwest at about 10 to 15. we'll break it down. cold to start, 27 to 37 at 6:00, but by noon upper 40s, low 50s and by evening breezy with clouds, temperatures between 50 and 55. next seven days, check these temperatures out. they keep going up. upper 50s on wednesday, could see a sprinkle wednesday night, could see an early shower thursday and partly cloudy on thursday, highs around 60. friday some rain and showers,

need your umbrella for friday. then it's going to get cold for a day, low 40s saturday, back in the mid-50s sunday and back to 60 next monday. so all in all that's a pretty good looking seven day, don't you think? >> yeah. >> unless you're a snow lover. >> any time you got 60s in there and it's february, we're giving it the thumbs up. >> yeah, you are. how well do you know your white house history? coming up bruce johnson's presidents day pop quiz. but up next why complications during pregnancy may foreshadow heart problems for women later in life.

tonight a health alert aimed at women, those experiencing some scary complications when they're pregnant need to keep tabs on their heart health later in life. here's why. >> reporter: lauralee davidson delivered her son oliver earlier than expected. >> i was like high blood pressure, pry eclampsia toward the very end. -- preeclampsia toward the very end. >> reporter: the doctors were worried about how it could affect her health. so she had a c section. >> it was very scary because

everything is out of your hands of. >> reporter: now a new study finds the complications developed during her pregnancy could be a predictor of cardiovascular disease down the line. >> if you've had a medical complication, specifically preeclampsia, which is high blood pressure in pregnancy, or diabetes, it may mean that you could develop problems later on in life. >> reporter: british researchers tracked 3,400 women with pregnancy complications and found preeclampsia was associated with a 31% increased risk for later heart disease and diabetes during pregnancy carried a 26% increased risk in the future. >> view what happened in pregnancy is a dip stick that you know you're at higher risk for? and you may be able to prevent it. >> reporter: laura is planning to eat right and exercise to keep her heart as healthy as possible. >> it just makes me think very carefully about the decisions that i have to make for my own health so that i can be around for him. >> cute little guy.

gestational diabetes affect nearly 1/5 of pregnancies while preeclampsia happens in only about 3% of pregnant women, but both can be dangerous. that is why regular prenatal visits are so important to catch these conditions right away. at 11:00 join me for a health alert on foods that can help keep you young from the inside out, anti-aging foods on 9 news now tonight at 11:00. >> why do i think hostess cupcake departments make the list? >> it's that stuff in the middle. still ahead we take an inside look at the ultimate canine defense. >> we'll show you how these super dogs are tracking terrorists on the move. plus the supermarket owners asking where's the beef after this crook makes off with packages of his meat. >> reporter: this is bruce leshan. who is the only president to have the state named after him? >> washington. >> reporter: you want presidential trivia? go to alexandria for the presidential day parade.

i'll have that story coming up.

on this presidents day some rousing birthday cheers for george washington at his mount vernon estate. thousands of people gathered there this morning for a wreath laying ceremony and what was billed as a surprise 280th birthday party. surprise! characters from the 18th century mingled with the public. visitors got a behind the scenes look at the washington's

kitchen through a new exhibit called cooking with martha washington. the city of alexandria celebrated washington's birthday in a big way with a traditional presidents day parade. it started at south fairfax streets and ended at wilkes and south royal streets in oldtown. among those taking part u.s. senate candidate george allen and his wife susan. the event is the largest parade in the nation which celebrates george washington's birthday and that is because alexandria was one the home to our country's first president. >> so we figured it made that a perfect place to dispatch our bruce johnson looking for answers to a lot of presidential trivia. >> a parade has begun! >> reporter: this is the place to take in a presidents day parade. alexandria, virginia, founded back in 1749, presidents mug

graces the $100,000 bill. >> there is not such a bill of. >> reporter: woodrow wilson. how many states are named after a u.s. president? >> washington state. >> reporter: wait a minute. you're giving him the answer? >> reporter: the tallest president? >> abraham lincoln. >> reporter: thank you. too easy. the heaviest president was howard taft. who was the first president? >> george washington. >> reporter: who's the first african american president? >> barack obama. >> reporter: how many future u.s. presidents signed the declaration of independence? was it two, four, six or none? >> oh, my. >> we should know this because we're teachers. >> reporter: okay. answer is two. four presidents have been assassinated while in office, lincoln, garfield, mckinley and kennedy. six presidents survived

assassination attempts. what u.s. president won a pulitzer prize for his book profiles in courage? was it roosevelt, grant, kennedy or eisenhower? >> kennedy of. >> reporter: what president had a pet mockingbird named dick? was it jefferson, fillmore, eisenhower or nixon? >> has to be nixon. >> reporter: virginia is the birthplace of the most presidents at eight. 31 states in the district of columbia have never claimed native son as president. who was the best looking president? >> the best looking? probably kennedy, obama. it's a tie. >> reporter: bruce johnson, 9 news now. >> in 1940 try franklin roosevelt made the first presidential flight -- 1943 franklin roosevelt made the first presidential flight and richard nixon was the first president to visit every state. we've got new information on that nor rock an man charged

-- moroccan man charged with plotting to blow up the u.s. capitol. he was arrested friday at a d.c. parking garage as prosecutors say he was headed to the capitol intending to blow himself up inside it. authorities say el khalifi thought he was meeting with al- qaeda operatives, but it was actually all part of a year long fbi undercover investigation and prosecutors say the weapons he got were duds. if those explosives had been real, khalifi might still have been stopped by a new generation of super dogs trained to deal with this sort of threat. old line explosive sniffing dogs can deal with bombs sitting in place, but these new vapor wake dogs can catch a bomber on the move. >> reporter: rush hour on capitol hill. a couple of friendly labs circle the commuters sniffing. >> go ahead boy. get your sniff on. >> reporter: across the street capitol police officer medina straps on a backpack loaded

with explosives. he joins the hordes of pedestrians headed toward the capitol. the black lab is named quick for a reason. as soon as the explosive passes, he is on it. his super sharp nose can pick out even the fleeting scent of danger. >> this is no backpack. >> reporter: more explosives, this time strapped to trainer melvin small's ankles and ranger picks out the scent just as quickly eagerly scratching the sidewalk to get at it. >> they're superstars of. >> reporter: this is a standard explosive detection dog reicher. he can detect explosives in a truck, bag or car, but if the explosive was on a suicide bomber on the move through a crowd, he wouldn't know what to do. that is oakley's job. >> the dogs will trail that moving target to a source for as long as it's moving.

>> reporter: vapor wake dogs like zeta have only been around a few years hunting bombers with a handful of agencies like the amtrak police, but from spain to india to britain experts say they could have saved lives. >> i've been to mumbai. i've been to madrid. i've been to london. i don't want to have to visit sites like that here in the united states of. >> reporter: zeta quietly follows a trainer with two pounds of plastic explosive strapped to her ankles. in real life zeta's alert might have been just enough warning to give a separate police team a chance to take her down before she explodes. at union station bruce leshan, 9 news now. >> amazing animals and, in fact, the trainers of these vapor wake dogs say those animals can enter a room and pick up a scent as much as 15 minutes after the explosives have passed through.

coming up a look at whether to spend or save your money on id theft protection. top? >> it's getting a little bit chilly but not crazy cold. we'll show you temperatures, primarily in the 40s, 46 andrews, 49 downtown, mid-40s in gaithersburg and frederick and leesburg, upper 40s manassas. we'll come back and talk about milder air and tell you when the next cold snap rolls in. up next this picture has been shown around the country, where police finally caught with the rolex bandit. don't forget we're always online at www.wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back.

a man police say was caught on tape stealing a rolex watch in an airport security checkpoint, he's now under arrest. we first showed you this video last week. investigators say that man there is 27-year-old igor ramos caught on surveillance video casually pocketing a rolex that some poor soul mistakenly left behind at the baggage screening area at the ft. lauderdale hollywood international airport. deputies tracked him down at his sunny isle beach condo and he was wearing the evidence. >> i opened the door and

surprisingly he was wearing the victim's watch. so clearly i don't think he could explain himself out of that. he said when he was going into his building at sunny isle even the security guard was coming up to him saying hey, you're all over tv and he thought everyone was joking with him. >> they were not joking. so many people saw the video the broad county sheriff's office says tips came in from -- the broward county sheriff's office says tips came in from all over the country. the victim who lives in el salvador is happy to get her watch back. now to orlando where a beef burglar is caught on tape. surveillance video shows the man jumped through a hole in the roof of the family food supermarket. then he grabbed packages of meat and tosses them into the hole that he created to break into the store. the thief got away with about $75 worth of food and caused about $500 in damage. that's it for all that work? i don't know it.

just seems like it's completely not worth it. the store manager believes he recognizes the crook as someone from the neighborhood. over in waltham, massachusetts, a surveillance camera outside a funeral home captures a good samaritan rescuing two people from the house fire. >> the video shows the man sprint through the parking lot and run right inside the burning home with no hesitation. with his help the two men inside made it out okay. >> we are very grateful for what he did to risk his own life and save our family. >> he's the one that came in and i believed save his life and mingle's life. >> the man who made that daring -- my uncle's life. >> the man who made that daring run is the owner of a convenience store across the street. look at this fiery scene in dorchester, massachusetts. flames came shooting from the roof of a house this morning. investigators say the fire started on the second floor and spread to the third floor. that house is a total loss.

a 13-year-old boy was burned on his face. two firefighters were also hurt and there is still no word on what caused this fire. still ahead four men, one nomination. we'll show you how the republican presidential candidates spent this presidents day. up next offers to protect your identity may sound like a no brainer, but we'll tell you why you might want to think twice. ♪

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it could be quite a situation when someone steals your financial information and goes on a shopping spree. this kind of fear helped drive the estimated $3.5 billion in sales for identity theft protection services. money experts say you should save your money. lauren mirski considers herself lucky. thieves were stopped on two separate occasions when they tried to use her credit card. >> the first time it happened the credit card company called me when they thought there was suspicious activity on the

card. the second time it was actually an airline that called me when they thought someone was purchasing a ticket using my card. >> reporter: she's among the 8 million people who fell victim to id theft in 2010. lots of financial institutions market id theft protection services. >> identity theft, the fastest growing white collar crime in america. >> reporter: but money experts say the rate of id theft is actually declining. >> we found the companies often overstate the risk and puff up the power of their services. >> reporter: companies promise to alert you to suspicious activity with services like daily credit monitoring and protecting personal information including your social security number. consumer reports money advisor is debunking id theft hype after looking at nearly two dozen plans that cost 120 to $300 a year. >> it turns out you can do much of this monitoring yourself for little or no cost. >> reporter: you can get your credit report free once a year from the three major reporting agencies, experian, equifax and

transunion. look for anything suspicious. >> next put a security freeze on your file with the same credit agencies. that blocks access to your credit report and makes it more difficult for a crook to get new credit in your name. >> reporter: another reason to skip the id theft coverage, financial institutions are required by law to have safeguards in place. there are other safeguards worth taking, too. you should sign up for free alerts for your card issuer. they will red flag higher than usual charges on your accounts. also routinely check your credit card statements for anything that was not authorized by you. hey, my kids had their fingers crossed, snow, snow. >> although some kids would have complained because it was a local day today. >> it would have been like why am i getting the day off, i was going to be off anyway? >> exactly. we'll take you to west virginia, a pretty good snow in southern west virginia, 5 to 9 inches tell. good news for snowshoe.

that's in that area. they had about 7 inches there and it was pretty. there's no doubt about it. it was a very pretty snowfall. all right. right now, well, it's pretty out. it's just different, just sunny and clear, temperatures primarily in the 40s. this is our live weather camby michael and son. 49 downtown, 2.20, so relatively dry air mass. once the sun goes down shortly temperatures will fall quickly. right now mid-40s in bethesda and arlington, 46 rockville and gaithersburg, low 40s in leesburg and laytonsville, but upper 40s down 95 to for the belvoir, 46 college park, 47 beltsville. winds diminish tonight which in some sense works against us. we'll have clear skies and temps will fall quickly. sunglasses tomorrow, milder on wednesday and almost warm thursday. we're talking like 60 on thursday. for tonight clear to partly cloudy, cold, a one to two

blanket night, 26 to 36. winds become light. another night with temperatures above freezing downtown it's been like this, well, most of january and most of february. 35 downtown, but 30 in college park, upper 20s in rockville and gaithersburg and 30 in reston, 29 sterling, 27 also in leesburg. so for tomorrow morning mostly sunny, a cold start. you'll definitely need a coat. the kids will need a coat at the bus stop, 20s and 30s. by afternoon partly cloudy, breezy, milder. some clouds come in late, highs between 50 and 55. winds southwest 10 to 15. remember that's a mild warmer wind. it's going to pay benefits as we get into the latter part of the week. here's your day planner, cold start, 27 to 37 and then 48 to 53 by noon, breezy, warm breeze and breezy by evening, a few clouds coming in, high temperatures 50 to 55, very weak system approaches from the west tomorrow. the next three days breezy on wednesday, look at that.

we're in the upper 50s. thursday we could see a shower in the morning and then we'll have sunshine, 60 degrees on thursday. next seven days. friday we do kind of have to pay the piper, get your umbrellas ready. rain and showers, fairly mild, mid-50s, colder saturday. good news for the ski resorts. we'll see some snow in the mountains saturday, just cold here and 41. then we bounce back, mid-50s, sunshine sunday and 60 again next monday with a few clouds coming in late. all in all much as has been the case this week and this month, this kind of looks like a march seven-day, but it's in february. >> sure does. we've got breaking news coming out of anne arundel county. right now sky 9 is over the scene of a crash being investigated as an incident of road rage. this is on route 3. anne arundel fire investigators say three people have been injured from a crash and a stabbing. they're calling this a probable road rage incident. two of the three victims have been transmitted to the

hospital. we'll keep watching this breaking news story and bring you information as it comes in out of anne arundel county. let's take you to florida now where the national spring training has officially started. >> it's that time of year where every team starts with a clean slate. >> the nats' offseason moves have a lot of us feeling optimistic. kristen berset is here with a special guest to talk about just why that is. >> thanks, guys. pitchers and catchers, their first practice today. steve gardner, baseball writer for usa today. thanks so much for joining me. lots of buzz surrounding this time especially with stephen strasburg poised to make his -- team especially with stephen strasburg poised to make his first start, but the nats are saying they're going to limit him to 160 innings. >> it worked last year well for tommy jordan last year. he was healthy, stayed healthy and was effective when he

pitched. so naturally you'd want to have strasburg follow that same formula and hopefully have the same results. >> even if they are in the playoff front will they reconsider or keep him out? >> everything you say at the beginning of spring training has to be taken with grain of salt because you don't know how things are going to work. strasburg could go on the disabled list at some point on minor injury during the season which will push his innings to later in the year. i think the real thing is if he's going to have high stress innings, if his pitch count is up in those innings, yeah, they'll probably stick with it that 160, but if he has easy innings -- stick with that 160, but if he has easy innings and the pitch counts are low, they'll extend that. maybe he'll be pitching in september, maybe in the playoffs. >> they also added gio gonzalez and edwin jackson to the rotation. how does that stack up? >> i think really well. obviously the philadelphia phillies with their three aces have to be considered the favorite in the division and best rotation in the division, but the fact they have edwin

jackson who can pitch a lot of innings and he's gotten better with age. they're getting him at the right time. gio gonzalez is possibly a breakout star. we could come to love him here in the d.c. area for his strikeouts and ability to pitch big games and i think the depth they have with john lannan, ross detwiler and wong will give them the depth they need. >> bryce harper, he said it's his goal to make the big league roster out of spring training, nats obviously going to evaluate him with his performance on the field, but i kind of ruffled feathers -- he kind of ruffled feathers with his tweeting this offseason saying he didn't like the redskins, getting some nats fans up in arms. is he mature enough to start in the big league? >> at this point i would say no. he only had a handful of games

at double a last year. he has to prove he can hit pitching. he did fine with the arizona fall league which was filled with a lot of prospects, so that's a good sign, but to be up in the big leagues, the nationals want him up when he's ready and can contribute regularly and i think it's going to take some seasoning in the minor leagues for him to be fully ready so that when they bring him up, i can succeed and continue to suck -- he can succeed and continue to succeed. >> we'll see bryce harper and the rest of the players later as they continue to keep reporting. back over to you guys. still to come police are thinking more than 1,000 people surrounded virginia's capitol building today. >> reporter: i'm outside the old home of nasa astronaut john glenn. this is where his family watched his first launch into space 50 years ago today. i'll take you on a tour coming up. but first creating the place where kids can feel the love next in hero central.

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in northeast washington there is a place where kids can go after school and find complete joy. >> they have sports, tutors, games food and most of all a caring atmosphere. j.c. hayward salutes the beacon house today. >> reporter: every afternoon

youngsters flock to the beacon house. after signing in they can take part in a myriad of activities. >> there's a place for me to do my homework, get tutoring, go to football games, like everything. >> reporter: 16-year-old angel gray has been coming here for seven years. now she mentors other youth. >> how are you today? good to see you. >> reporter: the program is the dream of reverend donald robinson. 20 years ago when he started the beacon house, crime was high in the neighborhood. drugs were rampant and youngsters were on the wrong path. >> so after just seeing the condition and things that these children lived in i just decided that i would try to find a program that i could be a part of or either start one of my own to try to help these children and lift them out of the situation they were in, you know. >> reporter: his dream worked.

educational programs improved reading and math skills. athletic programs taught discipline and leadership principles and the youngsters came because beacon house was fun. for over 21 years beacon house has been nurturing young people and changing lives. although most of the young kids that come here are from the edgewood terrace neighborhood, no one is turned away and by the way, beacon house has been named one of the best small charities in the washington d.c. area. during the school year staff focus on homework assistance, a nutrition meal is offered and music and art are included. through the years the hard work has paid off. more than 63 young people have left the program to go to college. what kind of grades do you get? >> all as of. >> reporter: i'm jc hayward, 9 news now. >> all as, that's what we like to hear. today most of the kids in this community finished high school and teenage pregnancy and crime are down. for contact information for the

beacon house program go to jaycee hayward.com. this is 9 news now. >> help us! help us! >> a couple's cries for help captured by a 911 call as neighbors race to their aid. it happened early sunday morning in temple hills and as annie long reports, neighbors did not waste any -- as anny hong reports, neighbors did not waste any time trying to rescue a man trapped on the second floor of the house. >> my upstairs is on fire. help me! >> reporter: frantic calls of panic describe the urgent need to rescue an elderly man in a wheelchair trapped inside a burning home on beaumont street in temple hills maryland. the first call came from the man's wife. >> help! help! help us! >> reporter: during that call you can hear the mas