>> you're very sorry. >> in broken english, town square market owner, richard kim, expressed his remorse for allegedly selling alcohol to minors. a friend from his virginia church helped to translate. >> what does mr. kim say to the parents of the children who bought alcohol from him? >> i think -- i'm sorry. i feel very sorry. i am sorry. >> kim isn't just in trouble with the law. he's aggravated his own family. >> you trouble. why are you minors -- >> i'm just wondering how you're 16 years old and buying for two minors. >> that anger stems from the nearly 40 citations issued to minors who purchased at his store. a business into which he says he sunk his life savings. >> i don't know about the

regulations. it's very hard for me. >> kim regrets buying the store and hopes to sell it as soon as possible. how would mr. kim feel if someone sold his children alcohol? >> it's no good. it is something wrong. >> town square market recently bought on id scanner to help identify fake identification, but it may be too late. kim will be back in court on april 17. he is now at the center of two parallel investigations. this criminal one and derek, of course, the one by d.c.'s control board and as you know, town square market's liquor license is up on april 30. >> andrea, thank you. back to you. an alleged drunk driver is facing aggravated involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with a fatal crash in alexandria. 8-year-old, brian hernandez chavez was killed when he was struck by a car near land mark mall last january. prosecutors say the driver, victor, had been drinking for five hours prior to this crash.

the boy's mother suffered a broken pelvis and two broken legs. he was also indicted on charges of driving under the influence and driving without a license. another story we're covering closely tonight. a killer in kensington. a woman gunned down at a busy intersection as rush hour winds down. police released this photo of the man they're looking for. 51-year-old phillip gilberti. kristen fisher has more. >> he's a powerful guy. and he acts before he thinks. >> reporter: he's been friends with 51-year-old phillip joseph gilberti for 40 years. phil stopped by his mechanic store, so he struck up a conversation that just took place on connecticut avenue. >> i said kensington is shut down. someone just killed a lady and dumped him out. he said tom, i got to go. and i go, give me a ride, i need a ride to the metro real

quick. i go, all right. phil, let me see what's going on. i went into the shop, came back out, and he was gone. >> he was gone, but he left his van parked outside that mechanic shop. police believe just minutes earlier, that same van rolled up to this intersection. inside is believed to be gilberti and a woman. he shot her in the head before dumping her body in the middle of the street and sped off. when we asked tom if he thought his friend was capable of such a thing, he said -- >> i'm afraid so. he's a 260-pound bully. >> he has had nine restraining orders since 2004. he also has two open cases in montgomery county. domestic violence, and an on going divorce case filed in december. tom has this message for his friend. >> calm down and turn himself in. >> kristen fisher, 9news now. >> location of this morning's shooting is not far from another tragedy. it's feet away from where one of the sniper victims, lori ann lewis rivera was killed back in

2002. district police are looking for the carjacker who put a real scare into a mom in southeast d.c. her minivan was stolen and her baby boy was strapped in a car seat in the back. that vehicle was taken from their home this morning right inside the garage on suitland road. luckily it was found banded a mile away. police are looking for that carjacker. >> sentencing was handed down today for the man who set fire to that seriously injured, or i should say, set fire that seriously injured several d.c. firefighters. maurice was ordered to spend the next 25 years behind bars. pleaded guilty to setting multiple fires in the d.c. metro area. half a dozen firefighters were injured bad battling one of those blazes. burns over 30% of his body. 9 news confirmed that beginning today, members of the d.c. council are getting hit

with subpoenas. prosecutors are investigating alleged corruption and they are asking for records the dekale campaign contributions from jeff thompson. bruce johnson has been on this story from the beginning. here's his followup. >> sources say ward 7 council member has gotten a subpoena. ward 2 councilman, jack evans, has been issued a subpoena say sources. and others may be on the way as federal prosecutors seek information on all business dealings and campaign contributions from businessman, jeff thompson, dating back to 2003. thompson's home and offices were raided by the fbi and irs on march 2. >> the money orders were dated march 9 and march 10 of 2011. >> ward 5 councilman says he has not gotten a subpoena yet. but orange was forced to do a lot of explaning today. about his long time relationship with jeff thompson. orange was responding to published reports when he

produced records of 26 money orders that went to his campaigns from thompson contacts. >> what is it about these money orders that arouse suspicion? >> there may be ten in the serial numbers are all running the same sequence. >> meaning they were bought at the same time? >> bought at the same time. however, the name may have been from georgia. so that would raise a suspicion. >> talk about fraud? >> i'm not going to make that determination. >> they were bought in bundles at the exact same few places, like the u.s. post office and western union offices. jeff thompson gave more money to vincent orange than to any other council member, but he did give money to every council member with the exception of tommy wells. they are now re-examining their own campaign contributions from jeff thompson. especially the money orders. >> i mean clearly, we'll look at as we move forward.

it seems to be something that is out of control. >> council chairman, kwame brown and ten others have not yet gotten subpoenas. bruce johnson, 9news now. >> and some candidates are expecting subpoenas, because they got the contributions from jeff thompson. turning now to campaign 2012 and its southern exposure. voters in alabama and mississippi are casting ballots for gop hopefuls looking to challenge president obama. susan has the latest on the campaign trail from birmingham. susan. >> lesli, the polls are open for several more hours here in alabama and in mississippi. we are at the winfrey hotel where newt gingrich plans to hold a rally and what he is hoping is a victory party. but if you're looking at the polls and if they are correct, three out of the four candidates are now in a dead heat. newt gingrich is making one final push for support in alabama. >> i'd love to have your votes if you haven't already voted.

i e-mail all your friends or tweet them. >> gingrich is putting his focus on the south and needs a good showing in alabama and mississippi to keep his campaign alive. the former house speaker trails mitt romney and rick santorum in the delegate count. santorum says gingrich should step aside no matter what happens today. >> whether he pulls it out or not, where does he go from here? we go next to illinois and he is sitting at 10% in the state of illinois. >> gingrich says he has no plans to drop out and is vowing to continue to the convention. there is no clear favorite in today's primary, making every vote critical. polls show a tight three-way race between gingrich, romney, and santorum. the majority of voters in alabama identify themselves as evangelical. >> i'm looking for somebody with experience. i'm looking for somebody with tenacity and honesty and somebody who is a christian. >> romney had trouble making end roads with christian conservatives. >> if i become president of

the united states, my job is going to make sure that you get great jobs. we have good incomes again and gas prices down. >> he is already in missouri where voters head to the polls on saturday. but, he is hoping to pull off a victory today to show he can win in the south. >> and between alabama and mississippi, 90 delegates are at stake and many believe even if gingrich wins both states, he still faces too many states that are too tough for him to win enough delegates to take this any further. although gingrich and santorum are both vowing it take this to the convention. lesli. >> all right susan. there's a primary contest in hawaii today where republicans are holding a caucus. ron paul did not campaign in any of the states voting today. he is looking ahead to illinois, which holds a primary next week. and coming up tonight at 7:00 on 9news now debate delayed. the head of maryland senate wants to put off any talk of raising the state gasoline tax. we'll tell you why the timing is just not quite right. >> we'll see you later.

still ahead on 9news now. in this half hour, the critics laughed at her, but a reviewer whose take on a small town restaurant gets the last laugh. we'll explain. top. >> well, temperatures today were like late may. here's what goes in the books. 81 at national. low 56. the low is our average high. average is 56 and 37. we'll be back. track a couple storms on live doppler. plus, hoop dreams, british prime minister arrives in the u.s. where he'll be introduced to march madness tonight. those stories and more just ahead on 9news now.

back on 9news now, that is british prime minister, david cameron arriving at edwards air force base. turns out it will be pleasure before business. the two men have hopped aboard air force one to fly to dayton, ohio. they'll catch some of tonight's

kickoff to the basketball tournament. not the usual agenda for two world leaders. but the white house says in this case, it worked. >> the fact that we are hosting the prime minister in the manner that we are, demonstrates the nature of the relationship between our two countries. the fact that it is a special relationship. >> tomorrow, all business. talks on several issues, including syria and iran, and then president obama will host a state dinner to honor prime minister cameron. coming up on 9news now. it may be early, but you know it looks like spring is sprung and what does that mean for those precious cherry blossoms? experts weigh in when we come back.

: we're learning more about the chaos aboard an american airlines flight in texas last week. this is video from a passenger's cell phone. a flight attendant had to be restrained. she went on the pa and told the

travelers she wasn't responsible if the flight crashed. we're now hearing some of the passengers 911 calls to emergency dispatchers. >> talking on the radio about crashing our plane. >> okay, who is talking about crashing your plane? >> the attendant over the pa. >> okay, you are on board a flight? >> yes. >> okay, what flight? american airlines? >> yes, please help us. >> it looks like they are physically restraining a flight attendant. >> they are physically restraining a flight attendant? >> yeah, she's lost it. >> so in its first statement, american airlines says that flight attendant has bipolar disorder and not taking her medication. celebrity chefs are rushing to the defense of an 85-year- old north carolina food critic. you know the internet meanies have been piling on maryland's rave review of the olive

garden. we got a taste of some fine pasta with d.c. italian master chef, and he told our bruce leshan that the olive garden food isn't bad for the price. and he told those to back off marilyn. >> guys, come on. give the woman a break. >> well, guess what? marilyn is taking manhattan. king of snark and celebrity chef, anthony bordane, secured her a table in new york. and her paper has sprung for the plane ticket. who is laughing now? we'll have to wait for her review. >> the unusually warm weather we're having is prompting the national park service to change its cherry blossom forecast. topper said this was going to happen. the park service predicts peek bloom is when 70% of the blossoms are open. the blooming starts several days before that and can last two weeks. this year's festival runs for a

whole month and kicks off one week from today. it is the sen tan centennial. >> march 15, 1990, that's when all these records were set in 1990. i think it's going to be closer to the 24th. and maybe even a couple days before. >> you're saying think early? >> get them in here early. and again, they can bloom and stay on the trees for 14 or 17 days as long as we don't get wind. let's start with the graph. it's mid march. these are more like late may. they are almost like june. all right, 72 yesterday. actually 81 officially today at national. 78 tomorrow. mid 70s on thursday and friday. our average high is 56. so the bars should be ending right in here as opposed to going up here and they'll stay warm really, it's going to be warm through the week and into the weekend. here's a live look outside.

there's the capital brought to you by michael and son. clouds rolled in. wind out of the southwest at 13. and the pressure is rising now 29.97 inches of mercury. all right, here's a look at the radar. a couple sprinkles. a couple showers. we had one thunderstorm move across the bay and that's now pretty much history. we have a little shower just south of town. but this is live doppler 9,000. just north of laplata. and west of 95. but that is about it. they are few and far between and they'll be gone in the next couple of hours. 80 in rockville. 78 in arlington. 80 in springfield. 80 in college park. upper 70s in beltsville. 77 in manassas. so, it's going to stay warm. early thunderstorm possible tonight. but isolated. just spectacular tomorrow. you'll need your shades. no jacket required tomorrow. and even warmer on thursday. looks like temperatures will flirt with 80 on thursday. so for tonight, partly cloudy,

mild. lows in the 50s and we're talking upper 50s downtown. winds will become northwest at 10 after midnight when dryer air moves in. the disturbance goes through. mostly sunny and mild tomorrow morning. grab your sunglasses. 50s and 60s. and then by afternoon, sunny and just spectacular. take a walk. get outside. high temperatures around 75 with light wind. doesn't get much better than that. we'll break it down for you. 52 to 60 to start. 70 to 74. that's by lunchtime and 72 to 76 by evening. just spectacular and full sun. all right, next seven days, it stays warm. we run the risk of showers and thunderstorms on friday. maybe a shower late saturday for st. patty's day. the marathon will be fine in the morning. if you are running that marathon, temperatures in the 60s. but temperatures hold in the mid to upper 70s. so who cares that we are dodging a couple showers. >> talking about a marathon coming up saturday.

it's a frenzy to the free agency at this point. >> we are just trying to get the latest information. definitely in a frenzy over free agency. we have the latest news on what new faces will be putting on a redskins uniform. sports is next.

now, 9sports with kristen berset. the best sports in town. >> the redskins have secured their shot at getting a franchise quarterback and wasting no time filling his cast. one of the skins biggest needs is that wide receiver and that's where they went first today. they nabbed pier, the former colt has spent all four proyears in indianapolis, starting off 16 games last season and despite not having peyton manning, he recorded career highs and catches, receiving yards, and touchdowns. reportedly signed for four years, $42.5 million with 21 guaranteed. he first made the announcement on his facebook page. saying i wanted you to hear it from me. i will be signing with the washington redskins and excited about the opportunity in front of me. he went on to thank colts fans

for their support. >> this is a 5-11 team. we aren't going to plug every hole today and we aren't going to plug every hole in april during the draft. it's going to take some time. i think the building blocks are in place. i like what they are doing. >> all of the receivers are in the same. 5'11" to 6'1". still don't have that, but i like the move. >> now as for their own free agents, the redskins no word yet on what they are doing with london fletcher or where those negotiations are. they did resign adam who posted on his twitter page, i'm back. last season, he had a career high 5 1/2 sacks. his contract is four year deal worth $20 million. and the redskins have agreed to terms with receiver, eddie roil from the broncos. he is a hometown boy, born in alexandria. despite hearing they'll have to lose $36 million in cap space over the next two years, the redskins have been quick to

lock up their offensive weapons. the deduction means the skins started with around $17 million in cap space. that is still in the upper half of the league. now pierre has been near the top of the redskins list for weeks, but one guy that is punishment, prohibited the redskins from getting was vincent jackson who was asking for a lot more money. the redskins deny that they did anything wrong. and this, of course, march madness is in full swing. the georgetown hoyas play at 3:00 this friday in columbus. that game will be on true tv. you can go to wusa9.com to see what station that is in your cable provider. and dave owens will be live from columbus thursday and friday. we'll have complete coverage. >> brackets all over the place. on the floor, on the desk. on the ceiling. oh, they are everywhere. >> that's it for us. the cbs everyoning news is next. >> and derek is back at 7:00.

good night, everybody.