we'll bring you more as we learn more. so is it a dog poop or dog attack, two totally different stories emerging following the stabbing death of a man in d.c.'s penn branch neighborhood. >> some witnesses say a neighbor was killed over dog waste in a yard, but late this afternoon colbert's lawyer told a judge that story is totally wrong. our bruce leshan just got out of d.c. superior court. what can you tell us? >> reporter: this is an awfully strange story. ellsworth colbert, 57-year-old navy vet shuffled into the courtroom here head down in leg irons and handcuffs. he pleaded not guilty to second degree murder. he is accusinged of killing his neighbor -- accused of killing his neighbor robert wright because the dog that wright was walking had either left feces or was about to leave feces in colbert's front yard.

macho the pitbull tied up on the back porch of his home in d.c.'s penn branch neighborhood. no sign that he could have been intimidating enough to push a man to murder, but ellsworth colbert's lawyer says that is the real story here. >> your client attacked this man over dog poop. >> anybody who is telling you that this case has anything to do with dog poop doesn't know what they're talking about. this is much more complicated than dog poop. >> reporter: neighbors have a different version, suggested colbert was furious after macho left dog waste in colbert's tidy front yard. a witness says colbert confronted macho's owner in his driveway up the street and then when robert wright walked up with the dog, the witness says colbert stabbed him. wright got a shovel, hit colbert in the head, more fighting and stabbing and wright finally ended up dead.

>> it's outrageous. it's really the world is coming to a bad thing. >> reporter: colbert is a volunteer for kevin chavis jr.'s city council campaign and chavi -- chavous said he's shocked this could happen. >> i want to express my condolences. it's shaken our community. >> reporter: someone has left flowers next to robert wright's front door, but ellsworth colbert has his defenders, too. >> mr. colbert is a very nice giving person. i've never known him to do anything wrong. i've known him since the 7th grade and he's a very nice guy and he loves this community. >> reporter: he may love his community, but the judge ordered him held as a throat that community. turns out colbert has -- threat to that community. turns out colbert has a long list of assaults and convictions in prince george's county and montgomery county. so is this a guy who could kill a neighbor over dog poop (the

courts will have to sort that one out -- dog poop? the courts will have to sort that one out. >> we have not had much of a winter, but what winter we have had may have just had its last gasp. >> parts of northern virginia got several inches of snow today. this is video from this morning in thornburg, virginia. it wasn't enough to stick on the roads, but it's certainly more than some people in our region have seen all season. we have team coverage tonight beginning with meteorologist topper shutt in the weather center and i looked out the window. i got a little giddy seeing some snow. >> it was kind of nice, didn't cause any problems around here, but i think this may be the last gasp as you mentioned. let's start with radar. there's still snow showers in parts of the area. in fact, 10 minutes ago we had a pretty good snow shower here in northwest, most of which are west of i-81 and near on their way. one more gasp as we go through the evening hours. so if you're driving down south

95 towards fredericksburg you'll probably see a couple more snow showers before we begin to clear out. live doppler 9000 is pinpointing some of the activity mainly down south 66 right now. they were up 70, but everything is pushing off to the southeast, even into southern maryland and southern prince george's county snow showers possible during the evening hours. temps, 41 downtown, 39 gaithersburg and upper 30s in manassas and also as you go west out toward winchester. factor in the winds, it feels like it's 30 outside. dress like it's winter. it feels like it's 30 downtown, 33 gaithersburg and 32 in manassas. we'll come back and tell you how fast we can snap back with spring temperatures. we in the immediate d.c. area saw just a few snow showers, but you didn't have to go too far south to see something you could actually measure. kristin fisher shows us what it looked like. >> reporter: we got between 2 to 3 inches here in spots vein why and this stuff is great -- spotsylvania and this stuff is

great snowball making snow, but it's only sticking to the ground and the trees. it stayed warm enough that this stuff isn't sticking on the roadway. it's the perfect kind of snowfall, just enough to feel like it's still winter but without the inconvenience. >> no bad roads or anything, that's the good snow. >> reporter: most locals love it. >> it was real pretty. >> i like it when it don't stick and when it comes and goes. >> it was just nice and cute. >> reporter: this is one of the top two, if not the biggest snowfall, this season in spotsylvania county. >> this is about the worst we've had. >> this is the most we've seen so far this year and i hope it stays like this really. >> reporter: but most spotsylvania county students wanted more snow. they wanted enough for a snow day. >> my grandson was a little upset about that. >> reporter: many sounded off on twitter. one student wrote sarcastically congrats to spotsylvania and stafford county to getting everyone in school before the snow started. another wrote 4 to 6 inches,

why aren't we out? the roads were clear is why. spotsylvania county schools canceled all afternoon activities today, but things should be back to normal tomorrow. a contrast from what's going on around here, the snow is hampering efforts for the folks trying desperately to recover from those deadly tornadoes over the weekend. nearly 100 twisters struck the midwest in the south and killed 39 people in five states. susan mcbegin necessary is in henryville -- mcanyone mcguinness is in henryville, indiana. >> reporter: this is day three in the aftermath of these horrible tornado and people of henryville are in recovery mode. they did not let the snowstorm complicate their recovery efforts and made very good progress here today. utility crews are working to restore power. downed power lines and gas leaks are the biggest concerns.

at henryville high schoolworkers use heavy equipment to scoop up the wreckage. courtney cummings is a freshman. >> i want to be there and i want to be in my classes. i want to see my teachers and i want to see my friends. >> reporter: school has been canceled for at least the rest of the week. work cruise, residents and businesses are wasting -- work crews, residents and businesses are wasting no time cleaning up henryville and insurance adjusters are all around town getting the claims process started. >> it's going to take a long time to rebuild, but this is a great community. there's a lot of hope and we'll get through it. >> reporter: 15-month-old angel babcock is the storm's latest victim. she was found alone in a field but she died two days later. her mother, mother and two siblings also died. in north carolina a tornado sucked 7-year-old jamaal stevens out of his home and threw him hundreds of feet toward a nearby interstate. >> the top half of the house, what it came off, it took him with it and he was actually over the top of the back fence

here that separates the house from 405th. >> reporter: stevens is now back with -- from 45. >> reporter: stevens is now back with his family from the hospital. >> the people are holding up amazingly well. >> reporter: he calls the. destruction here unbelievable. what was -- the amount of destruction here unbelievable. what was really notable is how hard people were working and up and down the streets you could actually see the difference. also the outpouring of support from community and volunteers from food to water to clothing is something the people really need here right now. >> yes, they do. thank you. those deadly tornadoes had us wondering about the warning systems that you have in place here in our part of the world. we'll take a closer look at that side of the story coming up at 5:30. today president obama met face to face with israel's prime minister benjamin in benjamin netanyahu. the president said he feels

diplomacy could still work and made the remark before he and the prime minister met behind closed doors in oval office. >> the united states will always have israel's back when it comes to their security. >> israel must have the ability always to defend itself by itself against any threat. >> netanyahu made it clear israel would use military action, necessary, in order to defend itself. jury selection started today in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of two virginia tech students. those two students, julia pride and aaron peterson, were killed in the april, 2007 massacre. peterson lived in chantilly. pride was from blacksburg and now their parents want school administrators to be held accountable. virginia tech's president charles steger is expected to be a witness. the parents claim the school waited too long before alerting students to the first shootings on campus. the washington redskins will soon be here in the nfl's

investigation in what some have called bounty gate. gregg williams met with nfl investigators up in new york city. williams admitted and apologized for running a bounty program when he was with the new orleans saints. he rewarded players with $1,000 playoffs for knocking targeted opponents out of game and dave owens joins us to talk more about this. is it an exaggeration to say the integrity of the whole league is at stake here? >> no, it's not because i think there's a tendency to believe that everybody does it, so it's not a big deal, but make no mistake about it. this is serious business. it's illegal and the redskins are smack dab in the middle of it. the stains left by the accusations that gregg williams ran a bounty system in washington isn't going away. today tone dungy stoked the fire saying he -- tony dungy stoked the fire saying he

believes a bounty may have been put out on peyton manning and say that play may have been the beginning of his neck problems. mic wise who co-hosts the radio show on 106-7 the fan covered williams. >> some players thought he went a little too far of. >> reporter: and lavar harrington played for williams. >> did you see it or hear it when you there were? >> i did not. first year i was injured and the second year they benched me. >> i think it's the dumbest thing ever. >> reporter: but will that stupidity cost the redskins? the commissioner is looking into possible punishments for new orleans, fines, maybe even taking away draft picks, but will that apply also to washington or other places that williams has coached? time will tell. as for what should happen to williams? >> i have no idea. i'm not the judge, nor the jury. i just, you know, i'm just here to report on it. >> gregg williams right now should be suspended

indefinitely pending further investigation. >> reached out to the redskins and some current redskins players and no comment now. here's one interesting point. greg blache replaced gregg williams. he came in and immediately got rid of the system. this thing is snowballing and we will yet to see what happens. >> it's hard to believe there are guys on that team that didn't know about it. >> yeah. that's hard to believe. a shoplifting leads to a chase and a crash outside a local safeway. we'll take you to the scene. >> reporter: i'm danielle nottingham in steubenville ohio. coming up the gop front runners scramble for the edge in super tuesday's most hotly contested state.

the four remaining candidates in the republican presidential race are trying to win over hearts and minds before tomorrow's super tuesday. 1/3 of the delegates needed to clinch the nomination are up for grabs when voters in 10 states get to the polls tomorrow. >> but, of course, lots of eyes will be on ohio tomorrow where mitt romney and rick santorum are virtually tied. danielle nottingham reports

from steubenville, ohio. >> reporter: lesli, ohio is at the center of tomorrow's 10 state battle. it's gault rich and a chance for the front runners to prove they have -- delegate rich and a chance for the front runners to prove what they have for president obama. mitt romney fired up supporters in canton ohio. he took the stage to make the case why they should vote for him on super tuesday. >> if you think this campaign against president obama is going to be about the economy and jobs and government being too big, then i'm the guy you need to nominate of. >> reporter: romney will spend the entire day campaigning in ohio and so will rick santorum. polls show the two neck and neck here heading into super tuesday's most critical contest. >> i come to the people of ohio as a candidate who shouldn't be here, shouldn't be here if you looked at any political expert and you look at the money that's been spent. >> reporter: santorum will

watch the returns in steubenville, but if he wins here, he won't capture the area delegates. his campaign failed to submit the required paperwork in some required districts. jim emmerling will still support santorum, a small business owner in steubenville. >> he stands for a lot of causes that i believe in and he's from pennsylvania which is right across the river. >> reporter: newt gingrich is making his push in super tuesday's southern states, georgia and tennessee. >> we're not just against obama. we are for drakeically better america, an america you cannot a -- a dramatically better america, an america you cannot achieve with his left wing values. >> reporter: ron paul campaigned in idaho looking for his first win in caucuses there. 419 delegates are up for grabs on super tuesday. georgia has the most delegates. ohio comes in second. in steubenville, ohio, danielle nottingham. now back to you. three new polls out today

surveying ohio voters are split. two show romney is up. one has santorum hanging onto the lead. the hospital cafeteria worker in arlington under arrest tonight accused of tying up a manager and threatening her with knife. now police say albert murray tried to leave the scene in a waiting cab with the cafeteria safe stashed in the truck. this all went down saturday night at virginia hospital center. investigators say the cab driver got mad when murray tried to load the safe into its trunk. there was a confrontation and murray was arrested after a short chase. kind of wild. >> yeah. >> this is what you think as march, sunshine, snow shower, then sunshine and kind of blustery. that's what it. is another snow went south of us. two weeks we had a snow if south of us and not that far south. south of culpeper they had 5 inches of snow. let's take you out to buchanan, virginia, which is west, northwest of lynchburg, a little northeast of roanoke.

they had anywhere from 5 to 9 inches and look how fast and furious it came down. it was really a wet snow, pretty, didn't do that much on the roads. it snowed faster than it could melt, but most of it was on the grass and it was very picturesque. for us right now we're looking at breaks in the clouds and temperatures are still kind of on the chilly side, quite frankly, 39 downtown, winds out of the north at 10, pressure beginning to rise 30.23 inches of mercury. the dew point is 28. so fairly dry air mass. most of us will be in the 20s tonight for low temps. here's a look at our waning notice showers, most of them south of town in d.c. and down fredericksburg 95 south, a couple of them east of us into prince george's county and down into charles county. even st. mary's county had about an inch of snow today, kind of cool. live doppler 9000, a couple

snow showers around front royal, essentially everything south of 66 right now and/or east of i-95. 39s 39 bethesda, gaithersburg, rockville. out to the west 39 manassas, 37 leesburg. these temperatures are a little below average. so colder but then warmer. it can't stay cold long this time of year. colder tonight, still chilly tomorrow, milder wednesday and then just simply warmer on thursday. you'll like thursday. for tonight an evening flurry, clearing, colder, two blanket night, 22 to 32 for lows. winds will die down, breezy through the evening hours and become northwest at 10. so 24 tonight for a low in gaithersburg, even 29 downtown, 26 college park, 24 sterling and maybe down to 23 out towards leesburg and middleburg. now tomorrow morning mostly sunny with a cold start. so grab a coat, 20s and 30s, winds northwesterly at 10.

by afternoon stillly, but the winds turn and become south, southwest. that's a harbinger of milder air that will roll in wednesday and of even warmer air to roll in on thursday. afternoon sunshine, temperatures still 46 to 50, need a coat and some sunglasses as well. next seven days, look how fast it warms up, 61 wednesday, 67 on thursday, a very weak system rolling through here friday, maybe some light rain or showers late. the weekend looks nice, although the weekend is north 7 hours long because we fall forward. we'll lose an -- is 47 hours long because we fall forward. we'll lose an hour. >> liking those weekend temperatures. >> we're stuck on 61 and 67, too. that's pretty good. still ahead tonight why a new study just may have parents taking their children's sleep problems a bit more seriously. up next a countdown on to

this week's anticipated ipad announcement from apple.

apple fans are excitedly anticipating the company's announcement of the next generation of its tablet. you know by now apple doesn't really release capabilities of the next version, but it's believed it will be released this coming wednesday and some retailers have already cut prices on the ipad 2. whether you have an ipad or plan to buy the latest version, one thing is for sure. you could find it frustrating to type on that virtual keyboard. to try to solve the problem companies are coming out with keyboards for the ipad. consumer reports have tested some and have the pros and cons of some of these keyboards that be priced from $70 to $100. >> the rocking fish and belkin keyboards have convenient keys like home and short screen. >> but the rocket keyboard is pretty heavy at more than 2 pounds. as for the belkin keyboard, the

case is so snug it's kind of hard to get the thinner ipad 2 in and out of it. the minitek is lightweight and you can roll it up. the small soft keys are hard to use and it's easy to make mistakes. you want the full size keys, the apple wireless keyboard is really the way to. go it's $70. it is less than other keyboards tested, but you have to pay extra for a stand and a case. now you're ready. britain's prince harrious a caribbean tour to celebrate -- harrious a caribbean tour to celebrate -- harry is on a caribbean tour to celebrate his grand mom's birthday. the bahamas is where prince harry's parents spent their honeymoon way back in 1982. >> the bahamas hold a very

special place in her majesty's heart. >> this is prince harry's first occasion overseas representing his family, but his boat broke down. he also climbed ancient mayan pyramids in belize. tonight the prince heads to jamaica and will finish his tour up in brazil on thursday. >> apparently he doesn't need much sleep. coming up on 9news. girl scouts robbed while selling cookies outside a wal- mart, but these young scouts didn't give up the money without a fight. wait until you hear their story. >> reporter: with those deadly tornadoes in the midwest we're going to find out how would you be notified if there's a twister in your neighborhood? i'm anny hong at the national weather service in sterling with answers how to keep you and your family safe.

>> reporter: i'm scott broom in northeast washington where coming up i'll have the surprising story behind how a crime fighting truck drive ended up smashing into this safeway to stop a fleeing suspect. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began.

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>> it happened at the east river park safeway off benning road in northeast and scott broom has spoken to several eyewitnesses. they paint a picture straight out of a hollywood action movie. >> reporter: what happened out here this morning was crazy and it was dangerous and it started right that the door where the suspected shoplifter ran outside with a police officer who happened to be in the store in hot pursuit there was a dodge durango truck parked here. the suspect jumps in the car. the police officer is trying to smash the windows out. while all that's happening the driver of this ryder rental truck sees it and thinks the police officer is in trouble. he takes his ryder truck and smashes it into the durango right here, pushes the durango up onto the sidewalk. the ryder truck ends up smashing into this pole. the durango man squeezed into the spot, nearly hits a lady on the sidewalk.

the truck is so badly dammed he only makes it about another 100 -- damaged he only makes it about another 100 yards down into the far end of the parking lot and that's where the police catch up with him and he's locked up. the store security guard inside the safeway started the pursuit. >> the ryder truck coming this way, i guess he tried to pin the car up against the wall because he seen what the police was doing. >> reporter: it so happens the driver of the ryder truck was on business, for get this, an armored car company and by coincidence there was also an armored car from another company parked down there. the driver thought an armored car was just robbed. that's why he took such dramatic action even though in the end the suspect was just a shoplifter with a black bagful of meat. in northeast washington scott broom, 9 news now. >> did you catch all that? the man arrested is alfred jerome reeves jr. of washington who apparently has a record including convictions for robbery and carjacking. he's now charged with theft, unauthorized use of a vehicle

and leaving the scene of an accident. as the clean upcontinues in the midwest after that string of deadly tornadoes, the national weather service is reviewing its decision on tornado warnings. in fact, the ones that hit harveyville kansas formed so quickly meteorologists there didn't even have time to issue a tornado warning. our own meteorologist anny hong joins us now with more information why tornadoes are so hard to forecast and how local counties will alert you if there is a tornado warning out there. you got your radar, your satellites. it's still tough. >> they sure are, derek. in fact, in the case of what are reiville, kansas, where an ef2 hit -- harveyville kansas where an ef2 hit, radar did not show the rotation until the tornado was directly over the town. we do get our share of severe weather including tornadoes, so we went to find out how you'd be alerted if a twister is in your neighborhood. as we head into spring, sights like this, a tornado full of

violent rotation and oftentimes leaving a path of destruction, are more likely, even for the d.c. area. >> things can happen very quickly in the atmosphere in a matter of a few minutes and a tornado can spin up rapidly within a minute or two some rapidly growing updraft. >> reporter: with new upgrades to its radar in sterling, virginia, meteorologists will be able to better analyze the returns like rain, snow and severe thunderstorms that could form into tornadoes. >> this radar will allow the meteorologists to go in and see where there are areas of high winds or rotation. >> reporter: once the national weather service issues a tornado warning emergency managers with the affectedcounties are contacted and within minutes alerts go out. officers of emergency management officials of montgomery, loudoun, fairfax and arlington counties have systems set up to send out text alerts to cell phones and e- mails, but that's only if you sign up through their websites.

>> we also rely on social media. all of our text messages are hooked into twitter and facebook. we have accounts on both those sites. we push out information to the broadest audience that we can. >> reporter: arlington county, la plata and university of maryland college park are the only places in the region that have tornado warning sirens. that's where emergency managers can transmit a prerecorded message or speak into a microphone to tell people exactly what's going on. experts that we spoke with say relying on alerts through your cell phone isn't always reliable because tornadoes can take down cell towers. that has happened before. now the best way to get alerted is even while you're sleeping is with one of these, a weather radio which you can program to turn on if a tornado warning is issued for where you live and these cost only about $25 up. so definitely can save many lives. >> even though you don't have many tornadoes, all it takes is one. >> for sure. >> thank you so much.

plans to impose a five cent fee on plastic and paper bags are bag on track tonight in prince george's county. just a few weeks ago the proposal seemed dead, but now a key house delegates committee approved the plan meaning the measure will soon go before the full house. the prince george's county council and executive rushern baker support the bill. a fire aboard a school bus sent 28 middle school students to the hospital today on maryland's eastern shore. it happened in chestertown. police say a student lit a marine-type flare this morning and of this the result. the student who committed the crime is in custody. seven students were treated for smoke inhalation. the bus driver acted quickly, got all the kids out of there as quickly as possible, but the bus as you can see was destroyed. still ahead in tonight's hero central report a state of the art medical van providing critical services to those who really need them. >> we have sunshine here, but a

few snow flurries south of town. we'll show you the radar, looking at snow showers south down towards fredericksburg headed into the northern neck. we'll come back and track those for you live and tell you how cold it's going to get tonight and how warm it's going to be by the weekend. up next caught on tape, a man jumps into a freezing river to rescue a drowning man. don't forget we are always on at www.wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be back.

drake rescue caught on tape in the pacific north -- a dramatic rescue caught on tape in the pacific northwest, a good samaritan strips down to his underwear into freezing water to rescue a drowning man along the williamette river in portland, oregon. the eyewitness who shot the video describes what he saw. >> a by-pass other a bike stopped, took off his clothes and dove in and tried to pull him out. when started pulling him it, looked like the guy drowning actually grabbed him and they both went under for a second and by the time he got back up, the guy looked like he was already out of it. so he just pulled him to the shore. >> the rescuer literally dragged the man by his jacket. bystanders performed cpr on the man until paramedics arrived and took him to the hospital. a group of girl scouts are

fighting mad about some thieves who made off with their cookie money. >> this happened saturday outside the wal-mart in ft. bend, texas. the girl scouts are selling their cookies in front of the store. a car pulls up, the passenger gets out, pry tends he wants to buy cookies, but -- pretends he wants to buy cookies, but instead he grabbed the cash box and jumped back in the car, but these little girls did not let him go bout a fight. >> i -- go without a fight. >> i started hitting the boy in the passenger seat, so i think he learned his lesson a little bit and then they dragged my friend rachel across the street driving off with that. >> i hope your face hurt from when she punched you, jerk. i'm serious. so i hope your face hurts and i hope it leaves a scar. >> i hope his face hurts, too. the girls were not seriously hurt. the cookie crooks got away with 200 bucks. police are still looking for them. >> don't mess with the girl scouts. up next standoff with s.w.a.t., still ahead tonight reaction to dozens of arrests

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not such good news when it comes to prices at the pump. according to aaa, the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is up to $3.77 tonight. that is up seven cents from last monday if you're counting. you can always find the best prices on gas in your area at www.wusa9.com. go to our pump sticker. coin collectors, you can now buy special coins honoring key moments in u.s. history. the upper mint is offering two new star spangled banner commemorative coins 'one is a $5 gold coin, the other a $1 silver coin. they mark the biosyn 10 yell of the -- the bicentennial of the

war of 1812 and the writing of the star spangled banner by francis scott key. in tonight's health alert a new study finds young children who have problems breathing while sleeping are at increased risk for behavioral difficulties later in their childhood. anita brikman introduces us to one kid who got some help. >> reporter: 2-year-old unique harper was almost always in a bad mood. >> he would be so cranky he would always want to hit his brothers. >> reporter: his aggressiveness and irritability prompted his mother to take him to a specialist. doctors did a sleep study and found he had severe sleep apnea. >> they said he stopped breathing 25.5 times an hour, which was very shocking to me. >> reporter: unique also snored and breathed through his mouth. doctors call these symptoms sleep disorder breathing or sdb. a new study finds children with sdb are significantly more likely to develop behavioral problems by the time they're

age 7. >> inattentiveness, aggressiveness. >> reporter: they're likely to have emotional issues including depression and anxiety. >> if someone is not breathing correctly, it will either cause them to have disruptions in their sleep. it will make them more restless. >> reporter: unique had his tonsils and adenoids removed in december. now he sleeps through the night and mom says he's a totally different kid. >> he's happy. he's talkative. he runs and hugs everyone. he just is a very happy child. >> reporter: anita brikman, 9 news now. >> a lot of us would be in a better mood if we get a good night sleep. unique's breathing troubles were because of his enlarged tonsils and adenoids. doctors say obesity is another common cause of sleep disordered breathing. one man's need to exercise is having stunning results on some snow covered hills in france. take a moment to look at simon beck's work. yes, the artest used to be a runner -- the artist used to be a runner, but foot problems caused him to stop. he said walking around on level

snow is the least painful exercise. so he's been spending hours walking in the snow creating these geometric patterns with nothing but his feet and some snowshoes. he thinks he needs to buy a better camera. i'd have to say those are some pretty good designs, top. >> obviously no shortage of time. >> no shortage. >> or snow for that matter. they were pretty cool and if he's not measuring them, they were geometric, pretty good. >> couldn't quite do that with what we got today. >> south of town maybe, but not here. we'll show you a snow shower that went through. we'll show you on our live weather cam by michael and son. this is looking west sort of from wisconsin avenue looking west over toward tysons and it was a cute little snowstorm that went through here about 45 minutes ago over the last hour. you can see the clouds darken up and whoosh, a little snow and boom, sun comes back out. so we're looking at a pretty

nice evening. i tell you if you're headed out, it's going to be cold, 39 downtown, winds out of the north at 10, pressure rising 30.23 inches of mercury. here's the deal. we'll zoom in here. most of the snow showers are south and east of town, could see a couple leftover snow showers up near cumberland and west of the divide in garrett county, but for the most part they're south of town. this shows up very well on live doppler 9000. down towards fredericksburg we had snow and down into southern maryland you also had snow today. the rest of us are left with clearing skies and a cold night. 38 in bethesda, that's right -- 39 rockville, 37 in gaithersburg, 39 reston, 37 leesburg, 39 in manassas. a little breeze makes it feel a little colder. colder but then warmer. it can't stay cold very long this time of year. still chilly tomorrow and milder wednesday and warmer still on thursday. that's the golf day. evening flurry, clearing and

colder tonight, a two blanket night, lows 22 to 32, winds becoming northwest at 10 after midnight. we're talking temps well below freezing in the burbs, 24 gaithersburg, 26 college park, 25 bowie, 29 downtown, 24 sterling, 23 leesburg and manassas. tomorrow morning plenty of sunshine, but a cold start, 20s and 30s, winds light northwest at 10. by afternoon plenty of sunshine, chilly. you'll need your shades, high temperatures 46 to 50, winds south, southwest at about 10. next seven days look how fast it warms up. 61 wednesday. it will become breezy to windy wednesday and of thursday, but that will drive up the warmer aircrafts 67 thursday, perhaps a shower or light rain friday, temperatures going back a bit in the upper 50s. the weekend looks nice, sunshine saturday and sunday, probably back into the 50s saturday, back to low 60s sunday. we lose an hour this weekend. so move your clocks ahead one

hour and replace the batteries in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, very important. >> lots of detectors. >> all right. were nfl coaches paying players to injure opponents? >> that is a hot topic everywhere across the league today. kristen berset joins us with a closer look at how some call bounty gauging could affect the redskins. >> greg williams meeting with nfl officials to discuss the allegations about bounty gate before they open a formal investigation. joining me to discuss the developments, danny ria from 106.7 the fan. reports the last couple days have said peyton manning's neck injuries started from this big hit in 2006, the redskins/colts game. andre carter and philip daniels kind of sandwiched him, tony dungy coming out saying that was an illegal hit today. how deep do you think the redskins involvement in this bounty system was when gregg

williams was here? >> it's fascinating to me. i guarantee you on that play andre carter and philip daniels were not thinking maybe i won 500 more dollars. they're trying to tackle. it's their job. what these guys do to get themselves hyped up and get ready or maybe after the fact to celebrate, that's where your bounty comes. i think people are hung up on the word bounty and understandably freaking out because of that, but we use more analogies with these guys all the time. they're gladiators, whatever you want to call it. they're involved without a doubt. this is part of their culture, but for us on the outside it's very easy for us to hear, oh, my god, a bounty, but in the locker room whatever it takes to get these guys to put their body on the line i think is okay. >> of course, line backers will focus in on the big playmakers on the opponent. that's their job. that's part of the game, but do you think a bounty system like this where the players actually

get paid, let's clarify that, where they get paid for big hit, do you think this is more widespread than we're aware of? >> i'm sure this is a huge part of it. now timing i think is the biggest deal with. this we were talking earlier. if this was the 1970s and somebody clotheslines a guy through the hole or deacon jones head slaps a guy, everybody high fives afterwards, but now the nfl has a very specific policy with what they're trying to do with concussions and player health. so i think the timing of this coming out is unfortunately, but i'm sure this is a huge part of the culture because guys aren't stupid. you see yourself on espn enough times, you become a household name and be make those highlight films enough, guys know. >> i agree with you on the timing aspect, but with gregg williams, if they prove this bounty system was real, what kind of repercussionings might we see? >> the statute of limitations, this was happening probably when he was an assistant coach under buddy ryan. it was happening in buffalo. it was definitely happening here in washington and we know

it was happening in new orleans. i think because new orleans is maybe the most recent you slap him with a draft pick, fine him. i'm hoping it doesn't go beyond that with the redskins, a terrible time for them to get cost the a draft pin. >> obviously this is going to be an -- draft pick. >> obviously this is going to be an ongoing discussion. we'll have a little bit more on bounty gate at sports at 6:00. still ahead tonight 49 delegates up for grabs in the commonwealth tomorrow, a preview coming your way of that virginia primary. >> reporter: this is bruce johnson, a federal investigation into alleged corruption in d.c. government has been expanded and now centers on a local businessman who has given big bucks to just about every elected city official. i'll have that story coming up at 6:00. next a state of the art medical van is stepping in to provide some critical services to those in need.

each week mobile health vans service patients in low income areas of washington d.c. stacy hayward takes us to the medical location in ward 8 in today's hero central. >> good, good. take a listen to your tummy. >> reporter: this mobile medical unit has offered physicals and checkups, dental care and the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses for almost 20 years. southeast residents like michelle holds say they can't imagine being without the van. >> my middle daughter, she had

asthma real bad. i came to the mobile and they prescribed medicine for her and voila, she's doing wonderful now. >> reporter: the van visits 11 sites weekly. most are near public housing. the staff also provides care and referrals for children with special needs, but most importantly families without insurance are not turned away. >> we provide services to families where moehlerly there's been a barrier to access of -- where historically there's been a barrier to access of care where there weren't doctors or doctors in the neighborhoods. our vans would. go we provide not just a medical home, but a health home for our families. >> reporter: this state of the art medical unit is providing high quality services to approximately 1,600 youngsters each year and it's also giving them a brighter future. >> when you leave here today, you make your dental appointment, okay?

>> we've think the services are great for our families because we're making sure the family as a whole is getting the best been 50 healthcare. >> once the children's mobile pulled up, it was on. i love them. they greeted us. they're wonderful. my kids health is up to date. they're all just fine. i have my grandson going on the mobile. what more could you ask for? >> reporter: i'm jc hayward, 9 news now. >> great to see that. children's hospital is adding more routes so that the mobile van will reach families in prince george's county. for a link to the current locations, go to jc hayward.com. this is 9 news now. tonight the d.c. political establishment is reeling from an fbi raid over the weekend. the target is one of the biggest contributors to elected leaders' campaigns. our bruce johnson is following the story and is here with me now to tell us more about it. >> this is big. friday night fbi and irs agent

raided the home and offices of jeffrey thompson. he's a local businessman with big government contracts and big political contacts. now according to published reports, thompson has given more than $700,000 to d.c. political figures past and present. >> i've been a recipient of contributions from mr. thompson like the president of the united states. >> he did a long time ago, not recently. >> reporter: the d.c. businessman jeffrey thompson, he's made major campaign contributions to all but one member of the d.c. council. >> he gave me a contribution. i didn't know who he was. >> those are all legal donations. >> clearly concerned and waiting for it to see what information comes off from that. >> reporter: d.c. mayor gray's campaign was given $90,000. >> i'll hold my comment until we learn more about it, okay? >> reporter: mayor gray remains mum about the raid friday at geoff thompson's home and offices. documents that might explain where the fbi and irs were there