heaviest activity in cumberland. there is a flood warning in effect, but the main event is back to the west of us and that rolls through a little later tonight. in fact, we'll be drying out after midnight, but another round of heavy rain rolls in first, some thunderstorms, too time frame 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. the -- time frame 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. we'll come back and talk about how much rain will fall and if today is actually the wettest leap day on record. now back to the violent storm system that ripped through the midwest this morning killing at least nine people. >> six of those deaths were in illinois where trees were toppled and power knocked out to thousands. bigad shaban reports. >> reporter: crews are digging out homes and businesses that remain in harrisburg, illinois. the deadly storm flattened houses and uprooted trees. >> it's just your worst nightmare coming true. >> reporter: the powerful storm leveled a strip mall

before dawn. >> i'm just glad it happened tonight and no one was at work. this would be horrible for people to be in this building when that happened. >> reporter: there were 16 tornado sightings across the midwest. the national weather service confirmed a twister touched down in harveyville, kansas. more than a dozen people were injured there. >> she screamed and we went into the bathtub. >> reporter: the tornado took just three minutes to decimate nearly half the town including a church. >> we split up and went around checking on neighbors and, you know, that was really the first thought, not that the church was gone but making sure that people were okay. >> reporter: this home was split open. the family car is now in the kitchen. it looks like a twister went through the tourist town of branson, missouri. witnesses say they saw funnel clouds ping pong across the city's main strip. it took the roofs off some hotels and damaged some music theaters which could cost the city big. missouri's governor declared a state of emergency emergency and toured the damage.

>> 11 million visitors a year come to this tourism mecca of our country. we want to help them as quickly as we can to get those claims moved to get it stood back up. >> reporter: the governor says branson will be back bigger and better. bigad shaban, cbs news. >> there were three deaths in missouri including one person killed in a trailer park not far from branson. she's not taking any statements. >> she's a public official. >> but she's not saying any more today. >> that's prince george's county council member karen toles confronted by 9news and refusing to answer our questions today about that warning she got on the beltway for allegedly going 105 miles an hour in a car issued by the county. however, the police have something to say and scott broom is with them tonight at the prince george's county police headquarters in palmer park. scott. >> reporter: well, that toles incident and just how she got off with just a warning with the police pursuing her at 105 miles per hour on february 22nd on the beltway near branch avenue, all of this will now be

under review according to police who spoke with us just this afternoon and as you just saw, toles for her part of it is not answering any questions today. >> she's not taking any statements. >> reporter: she's a public official. >> but she's not saying any more today. >> reporter: ma'am, it's 105 miles an hour warning, is that appropriate? >> reporter: county council member karen toles at iverson mall today let security guards do the talking for her. >> she's not taking any statements. >> reporter: she's a council member. ma'am, you're not going spike to us about this? would could -- speak to us about this? could you at least tell us what happened on the roadway. >> reporter: toles left from a side door to be driven away by a staff member. >> i think they let her off easily. >> she should have gotten charged. >> the in car cram speed did indicate 105 miles an hour. >> reporter: assistant chief police kevin dials explained today toles only got a warning because the officer pursuing

her on the inner loop of the beltway at noon on february 22nd did not have rock solid evidence, no radar, no calibrated speedometer and despite the chase he never got on her bumper long enough to pace her. >> because the violator's vehicle exited the beltway at a point in time that was before the officer had that opportunity to establish that good pace, that's why the officer felt that he did not have enough probable cause to issue the violator a ticket for her speed. >> preliminarily we don't believe this police officer afforded anyone any special treatment and he issued a $90 citation to the council member for her lane change. the review process in place will review this incident in its entirety under the direction of our newly elected inspector general and that processunder way. >> reporter: police have all this in car camera. a big internal board bill look at this to see if they can

charge toles with something, but they don't think they have the rock solid radar in this case because the supervisor in the car that spotted her on the belt way doing all that did not have radar in his car. meanwhile toles said she will give up her county car while she goes and takes a driver education course. that's her position this afternoon. at palmer park police headquarters, scott broom, 9 news now. >> we wonder what her constituents will say. with all the injured firefighters on the road to recovery, we're now learning a friday night wind driven fire in riverdale was arson. kristin fisher joins us live from the scene with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: this is the home that caught fire on friday and investigators have been working day and night to determine the cause and today they announced something shocking. a few weeks ago there was an unreported fire at this home right next-door. both homes were unoccupied at the time of the fire. both homes are now being

investigated as arson and investigators believe the two are connected. >> this cowardly crime sun conationable to me. >> reporter: aonian -- is unconscionable to me. >> reporter: an angry prince george's county fire chief vowed to find those responsible for sending seven firefighters to the hospital. >> attention all units, 6334 57th avenue, evacuate the building. >> reporter: six have been released from the hospital including 21-year-old ethan sorrell who sustained severe burns to his airways. his charred radio sat front and center at sunday's press conference. 23-year-old kevin o'toole is in critical but stable condition with second and third degree burns over half his body. >> o'toole will likely remain in the hospital for many weeks and have many months of physical therapy. >> reporter: his injuries aren't ab accident. they were caused by a -- an accident. they were caused by a person or perhaps a group of people, maybe peen a serial arsonist. fire officials are already

investigate -- maybe even a serial arsonist. fire officials are already investigating these two arsonistses but could be looking into the possibility the same party could be responsible for starting other fires in the riverdale neighborhood. >> we found if somebody has done it once, it's highly likely they will do it again. >> reporter: it'sing he especially worrisome for people like neighbors living a few doors down. >> i want to say to those responsible that you can be assured you will be apprehended, that you will thereafter be arrested and you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. >> reporter: now investigators are convinced that somebody had to see something. if you know anything about what happened here, you're asked to call crime solvers, 1-866-411- tips. they're asking for the public's help on this one. >> i hope they get that in a speedy way. thank you. meantime a 22-year-old man is in custody accused of

shooting an eastern shore sheriff's deputy. this happened in cambridge during a barricade situation. the good news is the deputy's injuries are not going to be life threatening. investigators say wicomico deputy thomas funk was shot in the arm this morning during a standoff with tayvon dobson. funk is a member of a u.s. marshal task force and was serving a warrant. dobson later surrendered. caught on tape, a robber with a hammer in alexandria. fairfax police say he held up the mobile gas station located on richmond highway twice in three days. during the second robbery last month the suspect tried to hit the clerk in the face with the hammer before demanding money. anyone with information is urged to call fairfax county police. an advertisement at one area metro station is causing some controversy tonight and one local lawmaker wants it taken down now. we have the story live from the clarendon metro station. what's this ad say? >> reporter: bad taste and

offensive or political free speech which we'll see is one of the highest of first amendment protections, those are among the questions surrounding now this billboard in the clarendon metro station on the train level. it says barack obama wants politicians and bureaucrats to control americans' entire medical system. go to hell, barack. it is a poster promoting the documentary movie sick and sicker that uses the canadian healthcare system as evidence that government-regulated medical care sin effective. congressman james moran, a dem -- is in effect sieve. congressman james moran, a democrat from -- ineffective. congressman jim moran, a democrat from virginia, wants it removed immediately. we may not decline ads based on their political content was the

response and the ads do not reflect the position of authority. in the history of commercial attacks on presidents this is hardly the toughest. equal surpassed rather voting clefness and harshness by a famous butch -- cleverness and harshness by a famous bumper sticker in the '70s regarding richard nixon. as they say in the movies and sometimes on tv, back to you. >> thank you. still ahead we've got the legal consequences of underage drinking and for the first time ever our cameras are in the courtroom, teenagers sentencing other teenagers. also ahead the singer who led the 1960s group the monkees has passed away. davy jones is gone. we'll remember him after the break. moustache wars on capitol hill and a maryland congressman

with the bushy stash and frugal reputation, did he really propose a won $50 tax credit for male grooming?

we have some new information on that shocking finding that the unidentifiable remains of some 9/11 victims were dumped in a landfill. the air force's top general says steps taken by the mortuary at dover air force base appear to have followed instructions from a top pentagon official, david chu. he of the personnel chief under defense secretary donald rumsfeld. general norton schwartz's remarks called after an independent pen say mortuaries burned remains and dumped them in landfill. maryland congressman roscoe bartlett denies reports tonight he is spearheading the drive to give men a $250 tax credit for moustache grooming. i can't imagine what would be wrong with that. bruce leshan probably has some information about it. >> this is the kind of story that reporters just perk up about. any time we can kind of make fun of a congressman we want to, but it's called the stash act. the stimulus for critical hair

expenses and it really sounds like one of congressman roscoe bartlett's staffers may be in a bit of trouble on this one. it may have been congressman bartlett's bushy gray moustache that made him a target for the jokers at the american moustache institute. the institute is lobbying for a tax break to cover the expensive grooming habits of those who sport hair on their upper lip. >> moustached americans are earning about 4.3% more on average. >> costs are such as beard and moustache trimmers, moustache wax, facial hair coloring implements such as just for men hair dye. >> reporter: bartlett's primary opponents are fuming that the deficit hot congressman would fund this for the tea party might be pushing a tax loophole for the folliclely overearring. >> honestly with people in district 6 probably about 15% unemployed i think we have some

other issues that are a little more important than facial hair. >> reporter: bartlett's press secretary may have started this whole controversy, but when i asked her to interview the congressman, she declined and said nothing to discuss. his chief of staff put out a statement saying, "for the record, roscoe is pro moustache but does not believe that americans should pay for people's personal grooming habits." >> although i was not aware of it. i would fully support that. i would double it. >> reporter: people who support the tax break and the million moustache march planned for april fool's day argue that better looking men are good for the american economy. >> the government does not do enough for those with moustaches. >> reporter: but plenty of people think this is anything but funny. >> we spend so much time talking about trivia that we don't get down to the meat and potatoes of what we have to do. >> reporter: now bartlett chiefs of staff says that there never was a -- chief of staff says that there never was a

bill, just a white paper that was forwarded to the staff of the ways and means committee of a press secretary without bartlett's knowledge or permission. now i'm not sure how serious the american moustache institute is about this, but they have convinced h&r block to donate up to 10,000 bucks to charity for everybody who signs on and, derek, if you want to sign on, i can do a little grooming for you. >> if you touch the stash, you die. >> somebody's got to do it. >> back to you. >> you better watch him. i've seen him with that moustache cutter. ears fierce. >> he could take off a little -- he's fierce. >> he could take off a little too much. work is scheduled to resume later tonight in bladensburg on a pretty large sinkhole. >> the sinkhole is the result of a water main break that a contractor failed to repair. crews will come back to the scene around 9:00 tonight. the high water is gone and traffic is finally moving again

on route 1 in alexandria. flooding from today's persistent rains had the road under quarter much of the day. pumping equipment was -- under water for much of the day. pumping equipment was called in and after the water was removed, traffic was allowed back on the roadway late this afternoon. >> we have a second round of rain coming now, some flooding in the mountains as we speak and a flood watch to the west, so a busy end to february, leap day, happy leap day. >> happy leap day. >> could be one of our wettest, our second wettest leap day on record. this is our live weather cam looking west from wisconsin avenue broadcast house brought to you by michael and son. not going to see the sun tonight. temperatures are going up a bit, 51 downtown, calm winds, pressure falling 29.85 inches of mercury and the dew point is 48. any time you see the dew point temperature that close to the real temperature, you really can't fall much tonight.

we're looking at a very mild night. to the radar, we took off the satellite, look at all the heavy thunderstorms in west virginia, flood watch along the i-81 corridor in the green. indeed a busy evening until about the midnight hour. we'll zoom in, light activity around germantown and down around the spur and the beltway that will increase as we go through the night, though. so the quicker you get home, the better actually. some heavier activity towards hagerstown and cumberland, a flood warning in effect for hampshire county, mineral county west virginia and garrett county in maryland. that means flooding is occurring. take that seriously. this is the watch. so essentially the i-81 score dow until 3 a.m. doesn't mean we won't -- corridor until 3 a.m., doesn't mean we won't see heavy rains in manassas, fauquier county, fairfax county and downtown, but that doesn't mean we're under a watch per say. allow a little extra time to --

per se. allow a little extra time to get home. 50 in arlington and springfield and we're looking at 50 in reston and 54 in manassas and 53 in college park. so it's getting there. drying out after midnight, another round of heavy rains and some thunderstorms, too 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. the critical time frame. thursday comes in like a lamb. check this out. by 8:30 tonight look at all the orange and yellow, moderate to heavy rain south and north of town. it's not going to get better. it will get worse before it gets better. by 10:15 most of the activity i- 95 eastward into southern maryland and the bay area and then finally we see partially clearing skies after midnight and set the stage nor a very nice thursday. in fact -- for a very nice thursday. in fact, we're lack -- looking at clouds lingering in the mountains. tonight breezy and milder

showers and storms ending by midnight. next seven days, great tomorrow, 65, maybe a few clouds early, clouds come back on friday, another system quickly on its heels, maybe some light rain late, but the main event will be saturday, showers, main and thunderstorms, looking to temperatures in the mid-60s and yes, colder over part of the weekend, sunday and monday. we are looking at temperatures in the 40s both days for highs and a good chance for snow showers on sunday night. we'll keep you posted on that, but back to the mid-50s tuesday and back to 60 wednesday. so again what these storms have done in the midwest, we're not looking at that, but we're looking at some heavy rain in the next, three, four hours it's critical. some sad news in the world of music tonight. singer davy jones, perhaps on the last train to clarksville, has passed away. we'll take a look back at the monkees lead singer when we come back.

he gained fame with the '60s group the monkees. >> tonight the music world is remembering davy jones. >> the 66-year-old singer died today of a heart attack. ed lawrence reports from hollywood. ♪ here we come walking down the street ♪ >> reporter: davy jones was already a seasoned performers when producers picked him and three other unknowns to be the monkees. it was 1955 and the beatles were invading america. hollywood wanted to create its own american version. the monkees tv show featured the comedy antics and music of the group with jones as the heartthrob lead singer born in england in 1945, the only british monkee. micky dolenz, and two other bandmates. the band churned out daydream believer, last train to clarksville. most of the hits were written by well known songwriters like carol king and neil diamond and

most of their records featured studio musicians. they were dubbed the prefab four. >> like anything you make arrangements to do stuff. >> reporter: the show aired from 1966 to 1968 and turned jones into a teen idol. after the show was canceled jones continued acting. the monkees got their own star on the hollywood walk of fame in 1989. fans say they will never forget the theme song. >> i think everybody remembers that song jc hayward we're the monkees. >> i'm -- that song hey, hey we're the monkees. >> daydream believer. all that. >> reporter: jones periodically reunited with some of his former bandmates and toured. >> i've heard people say why do you keep singing daydream pleaser and i say no because this is the first time for a lot of people hearing me sing the song. >> reporter: davy jones died in florida of a heart attack

where he owned a home. >> everybody in the studio was singing. all of the first seven singles of the monkees rose to the top three spots on the billboard charts. coming up for the first time ever we're allowed to bring our cameras into a juvenile courtroom where sentences were learned from their peers. kidnappings, killings and now cooking people in ovens, you wouldn't think those would be stories to teach mathematics to 3rd graders. i'll tell you why parents are in an uproar at this school coming up. ♪

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does this make my tuches look big? some violent images are being used to teach math in a d.c. charter school and as you can imagine, parents are not happy about it. peggy fox joins us from the trinidad central city public charter school in northeast with the story. peg? >> reporter: well, lesli, a concerned person gave us these work sheets that were completed by a 3rd grader here at trinidad center city public charter school. she completed every single one of them despite the violent and shocking imagery in many of them. >> the blood thirsty aliens then sucked the blood of 828 teachers and left them for dead. shocking. >> reporter: parents are shocked over these math problems that were sent home with 3rd graders at the trinidad center city public

charter school. here's one about cooking africans, americans and indians. >> she then put the people equally into nine enormous ovens to bake. how many desperate people were in each oven? i mean it's the holocaust. it's too horrific to reasonably that this is the kind of learn -- to even think about that this is the kind of learning problem we're giving to children. >> reporter: this came under 3rd grade multiplication and division, but many questions seemed to come from violent video games. >> i look at everything that he brings home and huh-uh, that wouldn't work for me. so it would probably be put in the trash and i would bring it to the administrator, the teacher, the principals. >> reporter: there are killings, kid namings and deaths. here on his birth -- kidnappings and deaths. here on his birthday a boy named john swallowed 985 marbles and died. only nine friends came to his funeral. >> the 3rd grade teacher here.

she's a minister and if she did this, she had to have followed the curriculum. i don't know who makes the curriculum, no. 1. no. 2, i taught 3rd grade here for four years and while i was teaching nothing like this was there. >> reporter: now sources tell 9news that the teacher did not want to give her students these work sheets but was ordered to do so. nobody at the school here would talk to us, but the center city public charter school also wouldn't give us anybody to interview but did provide this statement. take a look. first they thanked us for letting them know about it and they said that they don't condone violence and they were trying to find out looking into how these math problems might have gone home with these students. they were not happy about it. so they're trying to get to the bottom of it and find out why it happened. back to you. >> certainly understand why parents and some teachers were concerned.

thanks. some montgomery county teenagers are facing the consequences of being caught drinking underage or doing drugs. 9 want you to know in an interesting twist their fate is not being determined by adults, but by their fellow teens. >> andrea mccarren was granted unprecedented access to the court system and she tells us about teen court, which is now in its 15th year. >> all rise, the montgomery county maryland teen court is now in session. honorable judge savage presiding. >> all right, ladies and gentlemen, please have a seat. >> reporter: in a rare glimpse behind the scenes of a maryland court proceeding, we meet 17- year-old michaela, a high school senior. >> this is a possession of alcohol case and also a furnishing alcohol. >> reporter: what began as a small alcohol free gathering of friends at michaela's house quickly exploded via facebook, twitter and texts. >> i got a text message from a friend that said hey, can i come over? i said sure. he walked in with six other guys.

five minutes after that there are about 10 more people that showed up. >> reporter: did you put it on facebook yourself, this party? >> no. >> reporter: mckayla is the first teenager of the evening to face a jury of her peers. >> i think that the biggest thing for me is to see the way they react and how sad it is to see some kids who really don't care. >> if anything like this happened with me, i would probably have to go grab my shovel and start digging my own grave. >> 90% of the people that came were not invited, took over my house, disrespected me and then left me to deal with it. >> reporter: you invite six, 10 friends and then the whole world comes? did you not think that that was a possibility? >> reporter: with no adults in the house mckay laughs helpless. only later did -- michaela was helpless. only later did she wish she called police. >> it grew out of control. i tried to get people to leave, but, of course, they're not going to listen. within 10 minutes after that there were cop cars in my neighborhood. 30 seconds after that everyone

just disbursing and i'm left alone in my house with the remains of a party. >> reporter: the jury asked michaela why she drinks at all. >> because everyone does it. >> reporter: michaela appears to be garnering sympathy of the jury. she's a good student, does volunteer work and holds down a job, but then she admits her behavior during a college visit the weekend before. >> i was staying with a friend who took me to a frat party and just to blend in i just had one drink. >> reporter: a juror asks how she'd feel if any of the colleges to which she'd already been accept wood rescind her admission. >> i would be -- would rescind her admission. >> i would be devastated. >> you would be devastated if any of the colleges that accepted you would find out and you went down to one of the colleges that accepted you to a frat party and drank. >> reporter: the jury goes off to deliberate and returns with an unusual sentence, 55 hours of community service, an evening of jury duty and a 500

word eulogy for a hypothetical scenario in which a friend leaves michaela's house and dies in a drunk driving crash. >> there has to be some severity of the punishment that will help them finally realize what they're doing is wrong and they have to stop. >> handing out the punishments makes it very hard to do the act yourself. you're seeing what these kids have to do directly like you're seeing how these punish. s aren't fun. >> everybody -- punishments aren't fun. >> everybody just does it. they think they're supposed to. they think they have to and so here we are drinking, drinking, drinking. this is the tip of thing aberg. >> reporter: in closing judge katherine savage describes an underage drinking party in which a young man died of alcohol poisoning. as he lay on the floor, everyone continued to party around his lifeless body. >> most of the time nothing terrible happens at many of these parties. when it turns bad, it is really

awful. so don't ever assume that you're going to be on the good side of that line. >> reporter: andrea mccarren, 9 news now. >> for more info on that teen court including how to become a volunteer juror, go to our website, www.wusa9.com. some maryland realtors rallied in annapolis today to voice concern about a bill that could impact how much of your mortgage interest you could deduct. now a new proposal being considered by maryland state legislators would essentially cap your deductions depending on your income. if you're single or married with an adjusted gross income of more than $100,000 but no more than $200,000, the proposal would reduce your itemized deduction by 10% and for those who make over $200,000 your itemized deduction would be cut by 20%. the maryland association of realtors is campaigning to stop all this. the trade association says it understands the state has to find a way to balance the budget but say this is bad public and economic policy and

they argue the bill would not entice someone to buy a home if the mortgage interest deduction is limited. hearings continue tomorrow in annapolis on this bill. still ahead a judge rules on a plan to add graphic warning labels to packs of cigarettes. top? >> and a high speed chase ends in a massive crash all caught on a deputy's dashboard camera. we'll show you. don't forget we're always on at www.wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be back. that does it for us.

caught on tape a fast and furious police chase caught on a dashcam. the pursuit reached speeds up to 90 miles an hour over ice and snow covered roads in marshalltown, iowa. it all ended when both vehicles crashed 20 feet down an embankment. both people in a fleeing car attempted to run from the scene. they captured quickly. the officer was not hurt. also caught on tape a cab crashes into a house. this is in the bronx. the vehicle took out a brand- new car before slamming into the garage of the corner home. the original says this is not the first time this has happened. he says another out of control car ran straight through his house into an adjoining apartment. >> the second time this has happened, so i don't know. maybe i should move to the middle of the block.

>> there were no injuries of that accident. city engineers say the garage appears structurally sound. finally to the big easy and a world record. >> people gathered in new orleans to take part in a human mattress dominoes event. check it out, no sleeping on the job for these guys of one after another the people and their mattresses flopping on the floor. multiply what you're seeing there by 850 and you've got a new world record. that crushed the 2011 record of 550 people from belgium. a guinness representative was on hand to take a look and present the new world record certificate. the mattresses were donated and now they go to various charities hopefully after a bit of a wash this from jumping on them. >> that looks like so much fun. lots of attention on a slew of bills in virginia's general assembly session. we got a lot to tackle, but we'll take on that up next. deal chicken is making hump day a happy day.

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virginia governor bob mcdonnell has been mentioned as a potential vice president candidate and if that were to happen his action during this year's general assembly will give both republicans and

democrats plenty to talk about. armstrong williams from the washington post once called one of the most recognizable conservative voices in america and brian moran, chair of the virginia democratic party, welcome. armstrong, i'll start with you because governor mcdonnell has just signed a bill that repeals the one gun a month law. he signed that bill on abortions and the ultrasound we've heard so much about, yet there are polls saying the majority of virginians don't like either one of those ideas. , conserving overreaching in virginia? >> no 679 -- are conservatives overreaching in virginia? >> no. people must go through the background check and drug clearance and once they get it cleared it should be treated as they are adults. they should decide whether they want to buy 1, two, three guns. it is not for people to decide if they're adolescents or not. it's just like my state of south carolina. it's left up to the people. if they meet the background check that is required, then they should be able to buy

whatever they want to. >> regardless of how you feel, my question is are republicans in virginia overreaching passing laws that the majority seems to say they don't like? >> you say the majority doesn't like. >> the polls. >> anybody could get a poll to support whatever position they want. that is not the majority of the virginians that we talk to and speak to which are conservatives that are in contact with like exactly what the governor is doing even what he says about invasive procedure of a woman's vagina. the governor was right not to support that. >> moran, he says no way. >> absolutely every absolutely. it is an overreach. i would encourage the governor to govern the way in which he campaigned. he campaigned as though he was going to be a pragmatic problem solver. instead we see this emphasis on socially guess sieve issues. it wasn't too long -- divisive issues. it wasn't too long ago we were known as the best state to do business, best state for the child's lifetime success. today we're the butt of subject

of jokes on late night television because of the extreme agenda by this governor. >> it's really the legislature that seems to be sending him these bills saying look, we won the election. the gop has taken over the house and senate in virginia. we're conservative. these are the bills we want. so how can you say he's not governing the way virginians want? >> it's not how they campaigned. they're elected on an economic message. they were going to talk about jobs, fixing transportation. we have an overburdened transportation system that the governor has not put forward any plan to solve. we have -- obviously we want to strengthen our economy in virginia and make sure we are indeed strong for business and creating jobs and preparing our workforce for these jobs. those issues have gone wanting, the issues that i just mentioned are very divisive and overreaching. >> when you look at the situations that are happening in this country with out of wedlock birth, the government doesn't have the money that it once had, listen, if the

government goes too far to the right, it might energize the moderates who vote for president obama in '08 to vote for him? >> that's a lot of energizing. >> the republicans are promoting a personhood bill that would recognize a fetus at conception as a person. that was rejected by the voters of mississippi, the most conservative state in this country. >> our time has run out, gentlemen. i appreciate yours. thanks for being here. >> topper is here. you've got so many flood warnings you can't keep up with them. >> they're in the mountains west of i-81. if you don't have to go out there, don't until tomorrow. the wettest leap day on record at dulles and right now probably the second wettest at national or downtown. let's start with a live look outside our weather cam brought to you by mike and son. we're looking at decent showers in the immediate metro area, but the heaviest activity is still west of us. we'll show that to you in a

minute on doppler. 51 downtown, calm winds, pressure still falling 29.85 inches of mercury and will continue to fall for a while. you see the red underneath the radar echo. that is a tornado watch covering much of ohio and west virginia, a big time thunderstorm approaching the virginia/west virginia border and some pretty big thunderstorms now northwest of town up near hagerstown and cumberland dropping down to win chest. we'll zoom in. light activity a -- winchester. we'll zoom in. light activity across most of the metro contemporary and a nasty commute north of frederick to hagerstown and east on 68 towards cumberland, really slow going with the heavy rain. don't think these will produce anything severe like in the midwest, but some heavy rain, ponding and flooding is still possible in the metro area. we have a flood watch in effect essentially along either side of i-81 until 3 a.m. you see the filled in areas. those are actually flood warnings at this hour.

hampshire county and mineral county and garrett county under a flood warning. live doppler 9000, it's really beginning to fill in. you see the reds and oranges more like a springtime map really. heavy activity around brunswick up toward middletown. once you get fast frederick, you'll get some pretty heavy activity and up into williamsport past 40 some big time rain. nothing severe, but heavy rain, so it will slow you down. we'll move south and kind of centered on culpeper, heavy activity back toward orange approaching 29, all this activity pushing off towards the east towards warrenton and woodbridge. we'll back out the radar and put this into motion over the next hour. it's going to get pretty hefty across most of the metro area as we put this into motion. we'll see everything move essentially eastward and you'll see heavy rain move into places like leesburg and loudoun county and fairfax and montgomery county as we go through the night. we'll keep you posted, no warnings or watches in the immediate metro area. drying out after midnight, another round of heavy rain,

thunderstorms, too, time frame 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. the good news, thursday still comes in like a lamb. next seven days this is a payoff, no doubt. mid-60s tomorrow and then friday clouds return, maybe some light rain late, upper 50s. most of the activity will be saturday, rain showers, maybe a thunderstorm, 64 and then colder over the weekend, snow shower still a good bet sunday night, in the 40s sunday and monday, back in the 50s tuesday and back to near 60 next wednesday with sunshine. so we'll keep you posted, heavy rain about to move in in the next hour, hour and a half. >> all right, top. spring is officially in the air, which means baseball is just around the corner. >> to get us prepared and sixed up for spring training we brought in a couple of experts. >> yup. kristen berset is here now with the lowdown on the nationals. >> thank you, guys. the nats kick off their spring games this weekend. joining me to talk about the development of this team, we've

got danny reya and liz raybeck from the fan. what's the buzz around this year's squad? is this team that much more improved? are you kind of buying into the hype? >> i think they violation are, not just because bryce harper is in the fold and stephen strasburg will be healthy, we're waiting adam laroche and jayson werth and they have the most solid rotation of pitching they ever have had. >> they tweeted the picture of the fantastic four yesterday. >> i worry folks are get ago head of their expectations at this stage. a -- getting ahead of their expectations at this stage. last year they went 15-5 down the stretch against a pretty good awful schedule. they can be appreciably better than last year and still only win 82 or 83 games. that's okay. this group has never really competed at that high of level, we've got to be a little more patient. i think 2013 is really the target year. >> i think davey johnson grows into his role as the full on

manager and the fact they're always going to be in that impossible to deal with division. save for the mets being a dumpster fire, the phillies and essentially we're philly north sometimes or south rather. so you're always competing with the climate and their fans that come along with. >> it's fine for david to have those expectations internally because this group needs to turn the corner. it's fine to say let's let the kids develop and be patient. at a certain point you've got to put up enough ws. i like the attitude david johnson has brought in. they expect to win. i'm in favor of it. >> this is the time of year where optimism runs really high. once they start playing and we get to see everything. i do want to talk about the wizards last night losing in that buzzer beater to milwaukee, but they made a good push in the 2nd half. randy whitman benched javale mcgee and nick young to start the 2nd half. is this team kind of losing structure, kind of imploding? >> here's the thing. what's the down stied of him

benching these young guys -- side of him benching these young guys? are they going to start to lose? there needs to be some accountable. it's found and good to say let's build with the youngsters. if you never teach them the appropriate behavior, if you never give them consequences to their actions and that's what's been missing in the last several years with this organization. good nor randy whitman for doing that. -- for randy whitman for doing that. maybe that gets through. >> there was no structure to behind with. it's not like flip saunders this bed checks and et cetera. randy whitman i don't think will do a lot more. we've seen him doing things like this before, but it's not going to change anything. >> the only good thing we want to see are ws coming out of them. back to you guys in the studio. thanks. coming up the potential solution to identifying and prosecuting people who falsely claim to have received medals of honors. plus details of a

controversial court victory for the tobacco industry. up next is happy birthday for one area leap year baby, oh.

say hello to the first baby born on this leap day at shady grove adventist hospital. yes, this is little juan lucas fuentes born this morning at five minutes past 7:00. juan's mother says her newborn

pretty much insisted he was coming on leap day. >> technically he was actually a week overdue. so he was supposed to be the 23rd and then we did have it scheduled for an inducement for tomorrow, but he wanted today. that's great. we're really excited. >> it is great, mom. baby, dad and everybody doing well. this is the couple's first child. one couple in their 80s are celebrating their 20th birthday this leap year. >> they ageless apparently. you see, bill and doll sheridan were both born on february 29th, leap day, 1932, officially it's only the 20th anniversary of that day. when they met, the sheridans say they had a hard time believing the co incidents every dense. >> one of -- coincidence. >> i said to you so was i or the other way around.

>> at first he didn't believe me. >> the leap year found each other in their hometown of live pool living just streets apart and three generations helped them celebrate today. this is 9 news now. tractor trailers toss around like toys and an entire strip mall wiped out. tonight at least nine people were dead in illinois and missouri after a string of tornadoes ripped through the region. at least 16 twisters were reported in the last 24 hours from nebraska to kentucky. casey joyce begins our coverage from one of the hardest hit areas in harrisburg, illinois. >> reporter: the tornado came through just before 5 a.m. this morning when most of the town was still asleep. you can see its path. it touched down on the southwest part of town completely destroyed that strip mall that you can see in the distance and then follow me. this is the path it came through and destroyed this neighborhood. now the mayor here in harrisburg says this