can help, go to our website, wusa9.com. turning to our weather, we heard it, we felt it, the winds are blowing through our area tonight and meteorologist, anny hong is outside on the weather terrace, anny, how is it going? >> it's cold out here and yes, it is windy. in fact, we saw pretty impressive wind gusts go through earlier today and this evening. monterey, virginia, getting highest wind gusts. even alexandria, virginia, tonight, 51-mile an hour wind gusts. hagerstown 53. bwi getting 54-mile an hour wind gusts. it's been a blustery day and evening. right now, the wind gusts not as bad. around 28 in downtown. 24 in gaithersburg and 23 in winchester. we'll see the winds start to diminish slowly over night into early tomorrow. when you factor in the windchill, the air temperature, it feels like in the 20s. 28 in downtown. 23 in frederick.

21 in hagerstown. even manassas feels like 27 degrees. overnight, becoming clear, breezy, and cold. a 1 to 2 blanket night. if you are waking up tomorrow night, bundle up. lots of shine. you will want your sunglasses. temperatures in the 40s by 11:00. andrea will talk about your weekend forecast and a mild warmup coming this way. >> thanks very much. left to die, montgomery county police say a 24-year-old man was hit by a driver who never stopped. and tonight, police need your help in finding whoever killed that pedestrian. it happened near norbec and westberry roads. ken reports from the site of the deadly tragedy. >> unfortunately, we hear of deadly hit-and-run wrecks taking place way too often. now it happened again. the victim, 24-year-old rodriguez of bethesda. he was hit along this road, killed by an on coming car. according to montgomery county police, the 24-year-old had been riding in a car with

friends when he got out of the car along norboc road. according to police, it happened at 2:20 this morning. calls came into 911 for a man lying motionless on the road. when emergency responders got here, rodriguez was already dead. it's believed the hit-and-run driver killed the 24-year-old sometime between 2:20 and 3:24 a.m. on the eastbound lanes. tonight, police need your help in trying to find this hit-and- run driver. asking folks who may have been in this area. they are asking folks if anybody saw anything, they want to talk to you. they need a tip to try and figure out what killed alonzo rodriguez. ken, 9news now. and turning to news overseas a gunman killed two american servicemen inside a government building in cobble. and tonight, pentagon officials say the afghan defense minister called our defense secretary,

leon panetta to apologize for the shooting. the dead are believed to be a colonel and major. violence gripped the country for a fifth day over the burning of the muslim holy book at a nato air base. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack inside the interior ministry. >> what we confirm so far is that in the inner city of kab o u, they opened fire on members of the international security assistance source. we can confirm that two personnel were killed in this incident. >> tonight, u.s. officials say a man hunt is underway for that gunman. also, the commander of u.s. and nato forces has recalled coalition military personnel working in afghan ministries. meantime, 22-year-old corporal, p.j. conradt is among the dozens

killed since tuesday when it was first reported that koran's and other religious materials had been thrown into a fire pit used to burn garbage at the airfield. a local marine is among those killed in a deadliest military training aviation incident in years. captain quinn was among seven marines who died in wednesday's crash near the california, arizona border. it happened when two helicopters collided in midair during a training exercise. the 28-year-old marine was the pilot of a chopper that collided with a cobra helicopter. quinn joined the marines in 2006. he twice received the navy and marine corps achievement medal as well as the national service defense and global war on terrorism service medals. >> the man at the center of a 9news now investigation back in march of 2010 has now been sentenced to six years in prison for child molestation. tom my shelton jr -- that's

when a defendant does not admit guilt, but acknowledges there is enough evidence for a conviction. shelton was the pastor of a community church from 1995 to 2000. 9news now interviewed two of his alleged victims who were 8 and 12 years old at the time of the alleged abuse. his arrest raised troubling questions, including why the church brought them to virginia from a congregation in frankfurt, illinois, after multiple allegations of sexual abuse involving boys surfaced there. cleaning crews are giving willow springs elementary school in fairfax county a big scrubdown this weekend. more than 100 students and teachers called in sick on friday after an outbreak of the norovirus. all weekend activities at the school were canceled. crews used a bleak solution to scrub down walls and other surfaces. turning to politics, just

three days now before the michigan and arizona primaries and mitt romney is challenging rick santorum's conservative principals as he campaigns. santorum calls romney's claims, quote, laughable. as danielle nottingham reports from lansing, the current front runners are battling hard in michigan while newt gingrich and ron paul are focused on other states this weekend. >> for mitt romney, michigan is personal. it's where he was born and raised and now looking for another primary win. >> this is a critical time. i think i'm the only guy in this race that will be able to beat barack obama. >> romney also attacked his chief rival, rick santorum, trying to portray as a washington insider with an iffy record. >> is it not time for lifelong policy to explain why they voted for this or that based on what they were asked to do by their fellow colleagues. >> santorum fired back.

he thinks he can win michigan as the only consistent conservative in the race. >> if you are going to vote for someone that says one thing one day and anything else that is necessary to win the next, are you going to vote someone that you trust? >> for many michigan voters, the economy is the number one issue on their mind, helping them narrow down their choice at the polls. >> nicholas is a junior at michigan state. he is already thinking about his job prospects and the candidate he says can improve them. >> governor romney is the candidate with the private sector experience necessary to turn our country around. >> linda of lancing lost her job with gm. she likes both santorum and romney, but thinks romney has what it takes to turn around the economy. >> he's demonstrated that he can go in and solve issues. >> romney won the michigan primary in 2008. a victory he is looking to repeat on tuesday. danielle nottingham, cbs news,

lansing, michigan. and again, arizona voters also head to the polls on tuesday. in pakistan, bulldozers began to demolish the compound where osama bin laden was tracked down and killed by u.s. special forces last year. so far, the upper portion of the house has been destroyed. it delayed demolition of the compound until its investigation of the u.s. raid was completed. bin laden was killed when special forces stormed that compound last may. coming up on 9news now, a couple fifth graders are in trouble for allegedly trying to poison their teacher. we'll have details. and d.c. residents come out in force to get help making an upcoming deadline a

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centerville this morning. at this time, police are not releasing the baby's name or whether it was a boy or girl. an autopsy is being conducted to determine how that infant died. three california elementary school students are in trouble tonight for allegedly trying to poison their teacher. it happened at phoenix elementary school in fresno, california. authorities say the three fifth graders put rat poison in their teacher's coffee. one of the students reportedly had a change of heart and knocked the coffee cup out of the teacher's hand before she could drink it. the same students later allegedly brought the teacher a cup cake laced with rat poisoning. she never ate it. school officials transferred those three students to a school for troubled children, but some say that isn't enough. >> find out that you can hatch

a plan to kill a teacher and the worst is going to happen to you is you'll get expelled. what is that saying? >> they are fully aware if you look at this rat poison, mouse poison, whatever you want to call it, it will kill. it's listed on there. i mean, that's why intentionally the students brought it. >> meantime, fresno police are looking into the situation. they do say because the incidents happen last december, no physical evidence exists making their investigation a little more difficult. >> some d.c. residents got a bit of help in filing their tax returns today. congresswoman, eleanor holmes norton hosted her tax fair today at the washington convention center. tax professionals were on hand from the irs and d.c. office of tax and revenue to help residents prepare their basic tax return. the free event featured representatives from a variety of financial service institutions to provide

information on low cost, college tuition planning, and assistance, mortgage help, and credit counseling. metro transit police helped rescue an injured bald eagle in alexandria. the eagle was discovered next to a blue line metro track this afternoon. police and animal control officers rescued the eagle and took it to the rap tear conservancy of virginia. that's where the bird is being treated for a broken wing tonight. coming up, a tornado ripped through virginia not far from virginia beach. we'll show you what happened. also ahead, a blustery saturday night. what should we expect sunday

residents of matthew's, virginia, are spending this weekend cleaning up from a tornado that ripped through the area last night. that area is not far from the norfolk, virginia, beach area. tonight friday night's tornado destroyed a boat house. several downed trees and property damage were also

reported, but fortunately, no one was injured. anny hong, you have cool stuff to show us. >> windy conditions, now skies are clearing out, that means unique chance to look at something really cool in the sky tonight. let's go straight to the computer. i have two pictures to show you. this is moon, jupiter, and venus. i'll show you the second picture to give you a closer look. you can see, there it is, where venus, jupiter, and the earth's crescent moons converge in triple conjunction. this is pretty cool stuff, thanks to clear skies. if you want to take the kids, show them that tonight. right now, here's a look at northwest d.c. along wisconsin. it is cold out there. temperatures are around 37 in downtown. partly cloudy conditions, winds west, northwest. west, northwest at 15 miles an hour. the gusts still at 28 here in downtown.

22 in frederick. still breezy out there. right now, 34 arlington. 33 in bethesda. great falls 34 degrees. but it feels like we're in the 20s in a lot of locations. where temperatures are in the 30s, but you factor in that windchill and it is cold. our satellite radar showing us, we saw some snow earlier this morning from the lake effect snow, kind of trickling down into our area. it didn't amount to a whole lot. a trace at airport. both at reagan national and dulles. sunny and milder for monday. you want your sunglasses, pleasant tuesday. then our next chance for rain, maybe a couple thunderstorms will be middle of the week on wednesday. you will want to locate your umbrellas by then. our future cast, high pressure is in control. maybe a few snow showers out to the far north and west, but overall, lots of sunshine tomorrow. hey, it's not going to be as windy. temperatures will feel better and it looks like monday, we'll be milder into the 60s. so, for your sunday morning, lots of shine.

you will want your jacket and sunglasses after a clear and cold night. lows in the 27 to 32 degrees. then for the morning, mostly sunny and cold, afternoon temperatures close to 50 degrees and you will want your sunglasses. but still be chilly. here's a look at your next seven days. 60 degrees. tuesday, 57. partly cloudy with clouds increasing for wednesday. you'll need your umbrella for wednesday. 65, but we got that mild air again and the showers and a chance for some thunderstorms in the middle of the week and windy again for thursday. >> we will take it, thanks a lot, anny. and cool pictures. all this week, we are trying to reunit people with money and valuables that are being held in city and state. the money and items could be from old safe deposit boxes, forgotten bank accounts, all sorts of places, if you see your name strolling at the bottom of the tv screen, under claim your cash. this means you have something coming to you. we will be running these names

throughout our newscast. and you can also go to our website, wusa9.com and look under our consumer section to learn how to file a claim. >> well, very good stuff. you have a lot going on, too. >> talk about basketball earlier, but the caps playing in toronto and i'll tell you what, for those of you who thought the caps might be in trouble, the red rockers have news for you. we aren't dead yet. maple leaf is no match for the caps. good ball game. surprising news involving a redskins player, too, and it involves surgery. and he imposed a deadline, did

and now, 9sports with dave owen. the best sports in town.

>> creeping, that's what the caps are trying to do to florida who both are currently above them in the southeast conference. but a win tonight would close the gap with 19 games to go until the playoffs. caps in toronto. hey, before you can sit down with popcorn and sip on a coke, marcus johansson circles the net and scores, 32 seconds into the game. it's 1-0 washington. his 12th of the season. a little later, it's a russian robbery. alex simmons scores. second period, watch this stick work, ladies. one, two, three caps score. first goal of the season, caps win 4-2. washington now one point out of first place. good win today. redskins news, leanard hankerson announced on his twitter account today that he had surgery tuesday to repair his injured hip. hanker son had a break out game against miami. in that same game, he tore his

labrom. he was hoping surgery wouldn't be necessary, but it was. he fully expects to be ready for training camp. georgetown began the day in the big east. why do you care about that? get a double bye in the upcoming big east tournament and an easier road to the title game. it's important. nova, georgetown, always an intense game. less than 30 seconds into the game. georgetown, porter takes a haymaker by marcus, giving him a bloody mouth. porter would later say it fired him up. i would say so. how about that? getting the members only bounce at the verison center. second half, there are sharks in the water and it's called defense. hoyas roll and take the win 67- 46. afterwards, talking about staying together and rallying for the win today. >> from our perspective, i thought we were, you know, 180

degrees from where we were the other day. >> kept running our offense and open shots happen. so i mean, everybody was aggressive on offense. >> maryland fresh off win of their biggest wins of the year. let's set this up. i like to call him mr. ankle breaker. watch him take it to the 10 like it's never been. maryland's first lead in ten minutes. 28 seconds to go, going to step back and knock down the twine. the jackets go up five. still time though, coming back the other way. no need to ask. he's a smooth operator. he had 18, but tech was up by 4. last second to shot by nick. no good. georgia tech rallies to beat maryland 63-61. george mason finishing up the season at vcu. the rams had it going on offense and defense. watch troy daniels on the kickout. vcu scored 12 unanswered in the first half. up 16 at the break. patriots trying to come back.

it's the bearded man. 24 points, nine rebounds. too tough. watch him while he tips the sky here. rams roll 89-77 over george mason. patriots finished third in the colonial. virginia tech needs a win badly at duke. we are going straight to overtime. one of the nine currie brothers, this isset with a little reverse lay in. hudson of virginia tech ties it right here, but his foot was on the chalk. they call it a 2, not a 3, and duke survives 70-65. tough loss. drama in charlottesville. carolina, 17 seconds to go. zeller, and yeah, he can flush. 54-51. virginia looking to tie. misses carolina. 54-51. baseball now, give ryan zimmerman a lot of credit.

the nationals third baseman has been resolute about his contract negotiations. not becoming a distraction to the team. not so much he wanted to get an extension. so he and his teammates could avoid the nonbaseball questions. did not work. it did not get done before that deadline today. nats gm continue to hammer through the details. most notably, the subject of a no trade clause. zimmerman who went through the university of virginia says he wants to stay in the area. and that's going to do it in sports. big sports sunday coming up tomorrow. talk about some danika patrick stuff. we'll talk about that tomorrow. >> look forward to, thanks a lot. >> and the weather in a word. >> lots of sunshine, but not as windy tomorrow. >> thank you for being with us tonight. have a great night and we'll see you back here tomorrow. news on wlt wht after the

haunting photo emerged of the star in her casket. >> who sold the private picture to the tabloids? i'm brooke anderson. >> and i'm kevin frazier. ♪ who would take those photos and especially of her? >> her casket pictured on the front page. >> he nickname nippy inscribed inside. did a family member sell this for money? >> most likely the photographer got about half a million. >> she looked beautiful. >> they say, don't take photographs and you take a photograph, you could be in some kind of trouble. >> could whoever took the image be arrested? >> cops address a report grave robbers are planning to invade houston's final resting place, plus candid photos with bobbi kristina and oprah. secret meetings with whitney in her closet. >> doing large amounts of crack co-caine.

>> the past allegations that have her worried about bobbi kristina. >> whitney had her daughter with her and take hits of the crack pipe. >> whitney's modeling career before super stardom. >> modeling i put aside because of my singing career. >> and star jones returns to the "view." >> the truth about the depasture. >> do we care? >> and hitting the set after being fired. >> and, the 24-year-old who topped 600 pounds, slimming down just to walk without dire consequences. >> my whole body would start shaking, lips turn purple. >> now, from hollywood, the "weekend insider" son. the latest on the whitney houston death investigation including pictures that sent shock waves around the world. welcome to the weekend edition of the "insider" i'm kevin frazier. >> i'm brooke anderson. thanks for spending time with us. whitney houston photographed in her open casket and splashedy cross publication races disturbs questions who would sell such a

picture and how is her family feeling with this controversy? tonight the "inside story" is on. >> tox ogs toxicologists found combination of drugs and alcohol before she passed. >> reportedly it was valium, xanax and alcohol. do not take that sleeping pill before you're in the bathtub, that tranquilizer before you take a bath. >> reporter: "the view" wednesday as a controversial new photo hits newsstand. ♪ bittersweet memories >> reporter: just days after the superstar was laid to rest, the "national enquirer" releasing the last photo apparently snapped inside whitney's showing. >> this is going to be worth millions of dollars to the magazine. >> reporter: we've blurred the image. houston appears to be wearing