under review. i now respectfully ask in the interest of all concerned that you reserve judgment and allow the legal process to run its course. i sincerely regret the events that has transpired, which have proven to be a distraction to the business of the county council. i offer my utmost and sincere apologies to my colleagues as well as all county residents. >> reporter: and there goes toles again, refusing to answer questions, walking away from the cameras and this time she got special treatment from her lawyer and her staff who surrounded her and kept the media away. now, the reckless driving charge that police announced yesterday could cost toles her license and hundreds of dollars more in potential fines. toles driving record includes other charges of unsafe lane changes and passing a car on

the shoulder at one point. toles has said in the past that she will voluntarily give up driving her county car until she completed a safe driving course. reporting live in largo, scot broom, 9news now. >> we have some breaking news for you coming out of montgomery county. sky 9 out over, keeping an eye on a deadly shooting in aspen hill. this is the 13,000 block of superior street. and the police tell us the shooting was inside a home and a young man is dead. the armed suspect or suspects are still out there somewhere and investigators are canvassing the area with canine units as well as helicopters like that one you just saw. we'll keep on monitoring this one and bring you more information. anita. george mason university students on edge tonight two. armed men burst into an offcampus townhouse and robbed the students living there at gunpoint. the suspects are still at large. kristin fisher joins us live from the scene with the latest on the police investigation.

kristen. >> anita, this is a neighborhood that is home to many gmu students. in fact, you can actually see the campus from this backyard and this is the same backyard where these students were playing soccer just a few days ago. but when they went inside, they forgot to close the back door. that one mistake could have cost them their lives. >> one of the scariest things that have happened in my life. >> just sitting around studying for midterms when two masked men barged in with guns drawn. >> get on the ground. you know, stuff like that. stuff nobody wants to hear. >> ski masks, face paint, you know, the whole deal. >> at first, they thought it was a joke. >> what is this? i'm in college. is that real? in the long run, when the gun is pointed at your face, you're like, oh. >> the two men did mean business. they took about $3,000 worth of laptops and cell phones.

but pat and anthony say the men were ill prepared. >> that was the goofy thing. they didn't bring a bag or anything. he was carrying a laptop down the street. >> they turned away from the group. people were not separated properly and gave the chance to call 911. >> fairfax county police were on the scene less than 5 minutes later. they brought in a canine unit and helicopter, but the suspects still got away. now police are trying to determine if they had been here before. they are both of college age, around 20, and police had already been called here back in november after a fight broke out on this front porch. >> you have to kick some people out sometimes, and when someone is leaving your house, screaming threatening and cursing, as the cops are on their way because all the commotion. we don't figure something like this is a retaliation. but it's an extreme measure if it wasn't. >> now that is just a theory, but it's a theory police are currently investigating. and keep in mind, these

students still had to get through this school day. pat evans, who you just heard from, he had two midterms today and stayed up all night talking to police. talk about a good excuse. it's a lot better than dog ate my homework. >> hopefully his teachers will give him lee way. kristin fisher, thank you. park police need your help to find two robbery suspects who struck near dupont circle. take a good look at the surveillance photos. this woman used the victim's credit card. they say the other suspect, a man, hit the victim in the head with a replica handgun. this happened on saturday, february 18, at 20th street and connecticut avenue. the woman was last seen in the area of p street, driving what's believed to have been a two-door white mitsubishi eclipse. three suspicious packages containing white powder showed up at locations around town. initial field tests showed no

danger. in one case, the adams campus of the oyster adams bilingual school. now we spoke to the fbi. they tell us they are investigating whether or not these incidents are linked. >> thank you very much from the bottom of my heart. i truly have enjoyed being your quarterback. >> one of profootball's biggest names is now one of the nfl's biggest free agents. today, the indianapolis colts made it official. they released peyton manning and that means the former league mvp and super bowl winning quarterback can sign with anybody, including our own washington redskins. kristen berset is here with me to talk about that and the possibility that loom large. >> large, yes. well this is such an emotional day in indianapolis. such a big day that a lot of the schools reportedly closed down or stopped class and piped in the news conference over

their loud speakers. understandably so. i mean, payton changed the face of football in indianapolis. he brought them a super bowl and he took the team to the playoffs for nine consecutive seasons. but now that era is over. the colts that are in a rebuilding phase of sorts. after several long talks, the owner decided it was in the best interest of the team to part ways. you could tell just watching today's press conference, both men who got choked up numerous times have deep respect for each other. >> i have been a coach for almost all of my adult life. but i guess in life and in sports, we all know that nothing lasts for ever. >> it's been very difficult and just tearing at our hearts to try to look at the situation and find the best solution. >> now as manning moves on, he doesn't have to wait until the free agency market opens next

tuesday. sources close to the redskins says the team is willing to deal with the risk health wise and pursue manning. but manning isn't sure where he wants to go. this is fresh. but also unchartered territory. he's only ever played for the colts. he did stress, he does not want to retire. >> we have to see if that arm regenerates. all right, thank you, kristen. back to you. >> thanks derek. republican presidential candidate, mitt romney, sured up his front runner status. by winning six of yesterday's ten supertuesday contests. but many of the races were very close, including the key one ohio. and romney didn't do well in the south where he lost to santorum in tennessee and oklahoma. newt gingrich won only the state of georgia. the state he represented in congress, but says he is going to stick it out in this race. still, more and more key republicans like house majority leader, eric cantor, are getting behind romney as the

only candidate with the money and organization to take on president obama in the general election. >> mitt romney and the reason why the voters are going to elect him is because he's the only candidate in the race that has a plan to turn this economy around. if you look at all the information coming out of the election, the primary elections last night, it is that issue, the economy and how we're going to get our economy and the deficit straight in washington and get jobs going again is what matters to people. mitt is a good conservative. i think he telegraphs a general election between results and things that matter to people. stopping the crazy debt. versus a lot of talk and empathy. that's a good general election for him. he doesn't have to win a popularity contest. he has to win a results contest. >> let's take a look at the current delegate count for the gop. romney still has a healthy lead with 415 delegates. santorum in second with 176. newt gingrich at 105.

ron paul trails with 47. 1144 delegates are needed to win the gop presidential no , nomination. apple took the wraps off the latest generation of its computer tablet. the new ceo took to the stage to introduce what's new in the new ipad and we are in san francisco with more on the big reveal. >> lesli, there's now nine more days before the new ipad hits the market. the announcement came here today from san francisco and it's the first major unveiling for apple without steve jobs showcasing the new gadget. apple calls it simply the new ipad. it's the third generation of the company's wildly popular tablet computer. >> everyone has been wondering, who will come out with a product that is more amazing than the ipad 2 will stop wondering? we are. this new version has a sharper,

higher resolution screen. 3.1million pixels worth and weighs just under 1.5-pounds, comes in black and white and has a faster processor. also a more advanced 5 megapixel camera and operates on the 4g america. like the older ipad, the price starts at $499. unveiling the new product, ceo, tim cook, stuck closely to the trademark style of steve jobs, who died last year. pacing the stage in a casual button down, he talked about the tablet revolution. >> we think the ipad is the poster child of the post pc world. >> as with all apple announcements, this one drew a giant crowd of media from around the world. apple created the tablet market, but the competition is scrambling to catch up. introducing 100 different tablets in the last year. >> people have been buying up these alternatives that have

been inexpensive. hopefully apple can recapture their enthusiasm. >> you can bet apple fans will be waiting at the door. while the new ipad starting price will be the same as the ipad 2 at $499. it could cost you as much as $829 depending on how much additional memory you want. and lesli, also today, they announced they are dropping the price of the ipad 2 by $100 t. will now be $399. >> let the rush and the crush begin. thank you. still ahead, preventing teenagers from using alcohol. the northern virginia county launches a new effort to reduce under age drinking, binge drinking, and of course, drinking and driving. topper. >> yeah, temperatures in the 60s to around 70. windy, but it's a warm wind. we'll come back and let you know when the wind changes and when the cooler air returns. >> it's been one of the warmest winters on record so far. and it could mean a very buzzy

problem in the next few months. i'm anny hong in virginia with that story.

a norwegian man has been

formally indicted. it was norway's worst peacetime massacre. he faces terror and murder charges and confessed to them. still, prosecutors say most likely he will not go to prison. that's because the 33-year-old is what they call an extremist psychotic and he'll be committed most likely for the rest of his life. the chief of virginia tech's police department took the stand today in the civil trial dealing with the 2007 massacre. the parents of two of those shooting victims filed a lawsuit. in it, they claim the police and university just waited too long to alert students about the possibility of a gunman on campus. today, corporal stephanie testified that that initial call was for a possible suicide or somebody falling out of a dorm room bed. she said and we quote, i did not believe others were in danger. >> people in charles county, maryland, are being urged to come to the rescue of a food bank that has shut down.

the southern maryland food bank in hughesville closed temporarily due to a severe shortage in food donations. the plan is to reopen on monday, march 19. that is if the food bank gets enough donations. the food bank says it needs at least 15 to 18,000 pounds of food each week. anita. >> we all know it's been a border line balmy winter here in the d.c. area. in fact, the national weather service says this has been the third warmest winter on record. but with the good news comes the bad. you don't have those sub freezing temperatures and you get an early return of bugs. what kind of bugs are we talking about? >> we are talking all kinds of bugs. good and bad, which includes mosquitoes and also those fleas, which affect our pets. >> it's a huge increase in pest activity is making our business very good right now. >> the creepy crawly critters are coming if they are not already here. pest control experts warn get

ready for what could be a pest filled spring and summer. >> paul hoffman with the pest control says ants are showing up earlier than usual, and mosquitoes which can contain the west nile virus may not be far behind. in fact, in his 16 years in the pest control business, this past winter was his busiest ever. but not all of this bug news is bad news. that's because nature likes to balance itself out. so the idea is, if there are more bugs, there should be more predators eating them. antnologists, or bug lady, says don't start trying to kill all the bugs. some are actually good for your flowers and plants. >> for example, my peony's. i caught her outside spraying them. it's the ants that make them so beautiful. >> experts add homeowners

should focus on prevention, like hiring a pest control company to conduct treatments, which can cost $300 to $4 00 a year. it's much cheaper than dealing with the damage pests can cause when they take over. >> prevention is the key because you're going to have a pest problem. it's either now or later. >> okay, so the reason why we need that good, cold winter is we need a good freeze to kill off a lot of those bugs. and farmers call that the reset button. once that happens and they can really start all over for planting, that's also mentioned that those flees, a huge problem now, so do your work. be preventative and take care of your dogs and cats. >> i put front line on my dog in january. so they are not gone. >> my dogs got it, too. >> thank you. what a gorgeous day. a little windy. the winds are gusting to 33 miles per hour, but it's a warm

wind. we'll take you down to hawaii. the islands are getting hammered with heavy rain. some flooding, some flash flood warnings in effect and actually some evacuations because of the heavy rain down there. different story, of course here. we're in fine shape. we don't have to worry about anything for a little while. cold front comes through on thursday, not a big deal. here's the weather cam brought to you by michael and son. there's the white house. temperature 66 downtown. dew point 41. winds south, southwest at 20. that's a sustained wind. pressure is steady. 30.38 inches of mercury. temperatures primarily in the 60s. 68 in rockville. looking at 66 in great falls, 65 in reston. 64 in leesburg. out in manassas, 66. temperatures pretty uniform. 68 in college park and mid 60s in beltsville. look at the wind. good news is, thankfully it's a warm wind. winds gusting to 33 at national. winds gusting to 26 in leesburg and 23-mile per hour wind gusts

in manassas. essentially south, southwest winds and that's going to keep us warm tonight and warmer tomorrow. now that said, warmer and cooler. can't last for ever either. breezy and milder tonight. windy and warmer on thursday. need an umbrella thursday night. good news is, we clear out nicely, all of friday looks fine. lose about 10 degrees, but starting the 70-degree range, not bad. there is the future cast. maybe a few clouds north and west of town, but dry for the morning commute. we'll put this back into motion. you can watch to lunch no worries. some showers in the mountains and toward oakland and cumberland. we get into the evening hours, 7:00, some clouds start returning tomorrow night, but still a dry commute home. then the showers roll through here. this is 1:30 in the morning on friday. and roll through very, very quickly. in fact, by the predawn hours. you may have a wet commute to

start, but looking at a dry commute on friday morning. it's going to get windy and dried out pretty quickly. partly cloudy, breezy and milder. maybe a one blanket night. 45 to 50. winds out of the southwest at 10 to 20. everybody holds in the 40s to around 50 tonight and temperatures pretty uniform. 48 in rockville. 49 downtown and 48 in college park. now tomorrow morning, we'll say partly cloudy, breezy and mild. a light jacket. good idea. 40s and 50s and then by afternoon, some clouds come in late. high 65 to 70 and winds out of the southwest at 15 to 25 and rather gusty. next seven days. we're looking at a little cooler air on friday. but 58 isn't too bad. and then we're looking at 50 on saturday. bright, but brisk. temperatures on sunday a little bit warmer. we go back up to 60. and yes, move your clocks ahead one hour as we return today

light saving time. and next week, we have showers and thunderstorms in the forecast with temperatures in the 60s on monday and tuesday and back in the low 70s on wednesday. so a pretty nice stretch. again, we talked about this last week. those cherry blossoms are going to be way closer to the 24th than the 31st, trust me. >> you are the man, top, thank you, sir. >> on your mark, get set, go. coming up, the race is on to sign up for the marine corps marathon. up next, are you a nomophobe? this video may give you a hint. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began.

a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories...

♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪

if you start getting anxious, even panic a little bit when you don't have your mobile phone, you may have something dubbed nomophobia. 66% of people actually get stressed out when their phone is out of reach.

when they forgotten it. that's 11% higher than four years ago. women 18 to 24-year-olds, they are the most prone to this extreme emotional reaction and one adolescent psychologist says he has seen people have panic attacks over mobile phone separation. all right, we're going to need a reality check here. experts say there are ways to nip nomopobia in the butt. separate yourself. that could help loosen the hold the smart phone has on your life. >> did you hear that? >> yes. >> the american red cross is using social media to aid in disaster responses. the organization launched a digital operation center today at its offices in northwest. >> operation centers billed as the first of it kind to be devoted to humanitarian efforts. it will help empower communities during and after major disasters. all right, forget the coupons. american express is using twitter to offer customers

discounts. card holders can get the deals by tweeting a twitter hash tag or search term that is unique to the offer. the savings are then automatically credited to the customer's credit card statement. among the retailers offering up discounts, best buy, dell, ticket master, and whole foods. >> and when it comes to the social media tool known as twitter, lady gaga rules. according to a website, the pop singer recently topped the 20 million follower barrier. at lady gaga is the first twitter to get that many followers. justin bieber is next. >> millions of people. wow. okay. >> from running to dancing to bob marchly. entertains the locals to his trip to jamaica. where do teens in virginia

buy their booze? it might be the same place where their parents buy groceries. i'm peggy fox. coming up, the latest efforts in virginia to stop underage drinking. a man is charged with trying to hire a hitman to kill his wife. i'm matt jablow. a live report straight ahead.

right now, a rockville man is behind bars after montgomery county police say they foiled a murder for hire plot involving

his estranged wife. >> prosecutors say daniel mendoza had every intention of going through with this plan. matt jablow joins us with this. >> reporter: prosecutors layed out daniel mendoza's plan. prosecutors say daniel mendoza was in the process of being deported for living in the united states illegally. >> the police executed a flawless investigation. >> but now, he could spend the rest of his life in the u.s., behind bars. >> mr. mendoza had been seeking someone to kill his wife. >> the 48-year-old mendoza offered a hitman money and his car to kill his estranged wife and boyfriend. mendoza went as far as going to the twin brook metro station in rockville and as his wife was

getting on a train, pointed her out and showed the exact route his wife walked on the way home. >> he said, i want her dead. >> turn outs that the hitman was an undercover officer with the montgomery county police department and mendoza was arrested yesterday. >> there's been multiple people in that house. >> debra lives right next door to mendoza's estranged wife on lamay road in rockville. >> that's unbelievable. i mean, totally. i'm surprised. >> daniel mendoza is being held without bond. he's due back in court on april 6. anita. >> quite a story. matt jablow, thank you. lesli. >> you have heard a lot about under age drinking in maryland. virginia is stepping up efforts. peggy fox is here with surprising numbers. peg. >> listen to this number, every year in fairfax county

alone, there are 350 alcohol related crashes involving 15 to 24-year-olds. there's a new effort underway to bring down those numbers and save lives. >> here's pictures of my son taken a few days before his death in 1997. he was in college. >> john was a student at radford. this is the car he was riding in, killing him, the driver, and the driver of the other car. the only survivor still struggles. >> since then, jeff has been working to stop underage drinking. he is helping the united prevention coalition with its new campaign to increase awareness. >> his parents do not take under age drinking to be as serious as it is. parents take drugs to be terribly serious, but the fact of the matter is, under age drinking causes more deaths, more injuries than all drugs combined. >> captain bruce ferguson says

a state grant of $200,000 will help police crack down on people who sell alcohol to minors. >> if they do a shoulder tap operation, where they touch someone on the shoulder and say will you buy alcohol for me? and the more people get charged and the word spreads, the more we raised awareness, hopefully we can change the culture. >> i have gotten four stores in one night. >> a 19-year-old cadet with the police department. he conduct add number of alcohol stings as an under age buyer. >> cadets are usually unsuccessful at 711 stores. so who sold the alcohol the most? your neighborhood grocery stores. >> tyler bought alcohol at three fairfax county giant stores. >> do they ask for id? >> sometimes they do, sometimes they just ring it up and we give them the cash and good to go. >> steven is a 20-year-old cadet who also conducts stings. >> deep down you know you are hoping it's someone else. >> the united prevention

coalition spearheaded the campaign, parents who host lose the most. you might have heard about it. in virginia, it is illegal for parents to host a party with alcohol for underage teenagers. >> andrea mccarren, the dangers of what can happen when that happens. peggy. >> thanks. back into the studio. >> thank you, lesli, this has been voted the best marathon in the mid atlantic and the best marathon for families. registration opening today for the 37th marine corps marathon. there was a launch party that took place in virginia. you want to sign up, you better act fast. last year's race filled up in 28 hours. this year's marine corps marathon takes place october 28. the course winding through d.c. and northern virginia. don't forget, we are a lilt more little more than a week away from the marathon of the long name. the marathon and the half marathon take place saturday, march 17. the race gets going at 8:00 a.m. and we'll have live coverage

from 8:00 to 11:00 right here on wusa9. >> prince harry is spreading good will in the caribbean, marking his grandmother's 60 years on the british thrown. last night he attended a dinner. the prince made a joking reference to his meeting, holder of the world record for 100 meters. >> really an exciting place to be. jamaicans are exciting people to be around. >> he is hilarious. prince harry is trying to generate a positive vibe as possible in jamaica since that island nation's prime minister wants to remove the queen as head of state. the prince showed off his dancing shoes, joining with a group of teens dancing to bob marchly's one love. >> coming up, when birds attack. up next, why a nice old lady is not giving thanks for this

turkey. up next, a brush fire breaks out near a shopping mall and highway outside detroit. and don't forget, we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us, we'll be right back.

firefighters have spent hours today fighting a wind fueled brush fire in michigan. it broke out this afternoon in auburn hills. that's near the great lakes crossing mall in oakland county. no one has been hurt and so far, there are no plans to evacuate any businesses. but you can see the damage there. investigators believe this all started in a compost dumping area. >> in buckeye, arizona, a massive wild fire continues to send smoke and flames into the area there. firefighters there are having a tough time because the high winds are really making it difficult. so they are letting it burn, since at this point, it doesn't pose a threat to any home. investigators say that one started as a controlled burn by a farmer that quickly grew out of control. >> lava consumed one man's home over the weekend. >> jack thompson went to see the damage on saturday. his was the last remaining home in this area and he said it

looked like the surface of the moon. fortunately for him, he will d have time to escape with some of his things. >> there's a certain amount of stuff you have to take. i'm leaving almost everything, you know, because i figured a long time ago, it was already donated to the mountains. whatever happens, i'm just taking not much. >> over the past 30 years, the lava swallowed all the homes in the subdivision. >> an unwelcomed guest. every time edna leaves her home, this is big 35-pound turkey out there, a male, who takes great offense and he comes around 7:00 in the morning. he stays until 7:00 at night. it's his job. six days a week. she has to drive to the post office to get her mail and her walk to the car has become perilous, she has an umbrella

to defend him off. >> and then when he comes around, i just keep it by me like this and then try to get to the car. >> edna lived in that house since the 60s, but she will not call animal control. she is willing to coexist with nature until the turkey take as hike. >> you cannot make this stuff up. i would have called long ago. >> he was delicious. >> oh, of course you would. all right, still ahead tonight, gas prices were up in 27 of the last 29 days. we'll tell you what happened on capitol hill about this very thing today. >> but first, kids may threaten to hold their breath if they don't get their way. have you seen one of those tan thumbs, what it means if it really happens and they pass out. we'll talk about this in a health alert.

all right, in this health alert, we are talking about parenting toddlers. you have to expect the un expected, but it's hard to prepare with the breath holding spell. a young child stops breathing and passes out. although these episodes pass quickly, a parent's fear can

linger for years. >> that seven-year-old alexander settling in for a chapter of harry potter. >> before harry could answer. >> his mom remembers every terrifying detail of the time he went limp in his dad's arms. >> i immediately went and called 911 because my husband said he's not breathing. >> alexander was a year and a half old and had just taken a fall, he let out a huge cry. as his parents called for an ambulance, he was starting to revive. >> the doctor said, oh i know exactly what this is. it's a breath holding spell. >> 5% of children will have at least one breath holding spell. most often between the ages of 1 and 3. a palette spell, starts with a minor injury. the heart rate flows and the child passes out. happen when a child becomes angry or upset, like having a tantrum. >> they often start crying very hard and then all of a sudden, there is silence and they stop breathing.

they can turn purple or blue and may pass out. >> there's nothing you can do to prevent breath holding, but if it happens, try to cushion the child's fall and make sure his or her tongue isn't blocking the air way. alexander had a couple more episodes before he grew out of it. >> it happened maybe three or four times and i knew what to look for. >> thank goodness they do grow out of it. these breath holding episodes pass in less than a minute. most kids don't need treatment, it is a good idea to talk to your pediatrician if they keep happening. the u.s. food and drug administration is turning to a new tool to spread the word about food recalls. it's going to start using twitter to issue states specific safety alerts. for maryland, you would fall the alert feed. in virginia, it would be the va ssis alert and in d.c.. i may need to put an alert to

my boss to put one of these in the newsroom. this is not your standard atm. this hands out cup cakes instead of cash. that's what i'm talking about. a beverly hills bakery installed it this week. the owners plan to stock it with fresh cup cakes before they leave each night so people like me can get their fix 24/7. >> and of course, women who spend too much time at the cup cake atm can get support from that panty hose that flattens certain areas. we all know what you're talking about, now guys, there's one for us, too. let me introduce you to the manty hose. they are coming out of an italian fashion house just for topper shut. men in europe are snatching them up. right now the hose for bros, they come in more masculine patterns, like stars, skulls, or checks. $27 a pair. topper shutt just left the set to order more. >> did you read hose for bros

with a straight face? >> this is manty hose. >> i thought the spanx for men pushed the envelope. you could put on one of those and it would make it look as though you had a six pack or 5 1/2 pack. >> topper and i don't know about that because we are so buff already. >> oh yes. yes. >> no manty hose needed. >> okay. 67 today. i can't even go there, i mean, it's not happening. 67 today and even warmer air on the way tomorrow.  let's take a live look outside. this is the white house. we're looking at temperatures still in the 60s. winds are really howling. the good news is, it's a warm wind. 66 downtown. winds south, southwest at 20. that's the sustained wind. we'll show you the gusts in a minute. pressure steady, 30.38 inches of mercury. the weather cam brought to you by michael and son.

temperatures in the 60s. 64 in manassas. down to the south, 65 for belle belvoir. check out the winds. 33-mile per hour wind gusts downtown. winds are howling out of the south. that's a warm wind and continue tonight and tomorrow. then the winds are going to change, so warmer than cooler. breezy and milder tonight. windy and warmer on thursday. you will need your umbrella thursday night. that's the bad news. good news is, just until thursday night, we should be in good shape on friday, returning partly cloudy, breezy and cooler. but most of the showers will be out of here by the predawn hours on friday. 8:00 in the morning tomorrow. a dry commute. some clouds to the north and west. maybe some showers out in the mountains by lunchtime. but in the immediate metro area, very nice. we get into 7:45, 8:00 tomorrow night, still showers, cumberland west, but still nothing in the immediate metro area.

a dry commute home as well. the showers roll through. it's generally light activity denoted by the greens. a little bit of yellow showing up in southern maryland and the northern neck. good news is, they roll out of here very quickly and by 5:45, most of the showers confined to the south and east and rolling out quickly. so here's the deal. for tonight, looking at partly cloudy skies. breezy and milder. maybe a one blanket night. low temperatures 45 to 50. and gusty. next seven days. a little cooler behind the front on friday. nothing crazy. upper 50s. and 50 on saturday. bright, but brisk on saturday. remember yesterday? that's what saturday will be like. set your clocks ahead one hour. we return today light savings time and 60 on sunday. we'll keep it dry. maybe a thunderstorm monday and tuesday. next wednesday, sunshine, we are back into the low 70s. derek, does this suit make me look fat? >> no. >> you're okay without the

manty hose. okay, pittsburgh's favorite son is getting a permanent place on the landscape. the penguins unveiled a statue outside the hockey arena. led the penguins to two stanley cup championships before being inducted into the hall of fame and eventually buying the team himself. now you could argue he is to pittsburgh as peyton manning is to indianapolis. >> after today, i guess we should say as manning was to indianapolis. >> yeah, kristen kristen berset has more. >> it has been an emotional day in indianapolis. a press conference attended by peyton manning and jim talking about payton's release. joining me on the phone is bob. thanks so much. i know it's crazy up there. you were at the press conference today. we saw payton and jim get a little choked up. what was the atmosphere like today? >> oh, very sad, sad day

really for jim, for payton, for the indianapolis colts and the whole city. the whole city, i think, is mourning today. this guy is -- what he has done for the city is incalculable and it's going to be a great loss. people are excited that andrew luck is coming in, but peyton manning has been the face of this city for 14 years and it's hard to imagine it without him. >> of course, attention now is going to turn to where he ends up next. reports saying the redskins will pursue peyton manning. what are your thoughts on that situation and the likelihood that he may end up in washington? >> well, i mean, i think washington is definitely one of the places he would consider, even though it's in the same division that the new york giants play, that his brother plays in, but with washington, you're talking about mike shanahan and i was in denver in the 90s when mike shanahan took

john elway, also at the age of 36, to two straight super bowl championships. so, you know, mike i think and his presence would be appealing if it's the right set up and the right money and dan schneider has never shown any hesitation about spending money. so, you know, i think miami is in the mix. i think arizona. i think the jets and i certainly think the redskins would have to be a consideration. >> mow payton today in the press conference is very vague about his health. he said he has been throwing and he is making progress, but didn't come out and say i'm 100% ready to play. what knowledge do you have of that situation? >> well, he's making a lot of progress. he's made rapid progress from what i'm told in the last couple of weeks. with an injury like this, once the nerve regeneration is complete, the strength in the arm and the shoulder can come back pretty rapidly. you see major improvement in a short time. so you know, if you ask them to play nfl football tomorrow, the

answer would probably be no, but a couple months from now, i would say there's a good chance payton is going to be back. now will he ever be 100% like he was before? no. these kinds of surgeries are serious. he may not be 80% of what he used to be, but 80% of peyton manning is probably significantly better than 100% of any of the quarterbacks you have in washington currently. >> the era of peyton manning coming to an end. bob from the indianapolis star. thanks for taking a few moments with us. >> sure thing. >> back to you guys in the studio. >> kristen, thank you. still ahead on 9news now. >> this is bruce johnson. coming up, the latest on the federal investigation into alleged corruption in d.c. government. there have been plea deal offers. i'll have the latest. then later on, this solar storm grabbed headlines back in january, but now there's another one brewing and this one puts that one to shame.

>> but first, jeep decides to recall thousands of vehicles. we'll tell you what you need to know about the liberty up next.

consumer alert as jeep recalls more than 200,000 of its liberty models and the rear wheels could fall off. the recall covers liberty's

made for the 2004 and 2005 model years. the traffic safety administration says there's some registered in maryland and the district, but none registered currently in virginia. all right, let's talk about prices at the pump. they are down for the second day in a row. according to aaa, the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is hovering at $3.76 a gallon. but that is still up 3 cents from last week and 28 cents from last month. today, the debate over keeping prices down came to capitol hill and one of the witnesses here at the house hearing said there are other options out there. >> this morning in north carolina, president obama is announcing a race to the top challenge, to encouraging communities to adopt advanced vehicles. holding infrastructure, and creating local incentives. what is most exciting is it embraces choice. communities are free to decide

if electric vehicles, or alternative fuels are the best for them. >> you can find the best fit for you and your car at wusa9.com. just click on pump patrol to see local gas prices. an early head's up for weekend work coming your way. starting friday night, the woodly park and cleveland park stations on the red line are going to be shut down. between dupont circle to get you through. and tonight is the last of metro's public hearings on that proposal to raise fares. it gets going at 7:00 at the first united methodist church on belle crest road. you still have until monday, march 21, to take metro's online survey on those proposed fare hikes. this is 9news now. >> tonight, d.c. mayor refonding to an exclusive report you saw right here earlier this week. we reported his campaign staff hid cash contributions by purchasing large numbers of money orders from