with them. it will be a very busy morning here for police in prince george's county as they continue to update us on this story and give us some more detail. coming up in my next live report, why did the school let a noncuss toadial parent check this -- noncustodial parent check this boy out of the school in the first place. we'll have much more coming up. for now live with breaking news in palmer park, i'm delia goncalves. the mother of heather mcguire speaks out since the first time -- out for the first time since her daughter's murder. >> philip gel bertie shot her in the head before dumping her body in the middle of connecticut avenue. he later turned the gun on himself. kristen fisher spoke with mcguire's mother outside the

montgomery crisis center. >> i wish i could have been there for me. i can't imagine the terror and the pain that she went through by herself. >> reporter: she showed sadness and anger after she learned how her daughter had been murdered. >> the police said they were going to meet me at my work. i had the feeling that it was going to be really bad. >> reporter: it wasn't just bad. it was the very thing that joanne and her entire family feared would happen for eight years. ever since they met the man they now call a monster philip gilberti, an ex-boxer with a long history of abuse and violence. >> it's just unbelievable. this person had threatened her life so many times. he had threatened my family. >> reporter: in one protective order, heather said he told her, i don't need a gun. i can just snap your neck. the family says he stalked her, physically abused her, probably

tracked her whereabouts with a gps device on her van. >> she was terrifed. she was terrifed. >> reporter: the same van where he shot and killed her. this mother of six would have been 38 on sunday. now her family is preparing for her funeral. >> for what she had been through, she was the most courageous person that i've ever known. plus, she loved her children more than anything in the whole world. she had a lot to offer in her life. it shouldn't have been cut short like that. >> reporter: kristen fisher, 9news now. >> jo anne says she believes the judicial system failed her daughter. if you would like to help all six of the children, go to our website wusa9.com for information about the heather mcguire memorial fun. afghan president karzai is calling for nato forces to pull back to their main bases. he wants them to leave all

villages in rural areas. he released a statement saying afghan forces should take the lead across the country in 2013 one year ahead of schedule. a defense department spokesman says the pentagon doesn't expect to change its current plan. it calls for gradually handing over authority to afghan forces and to u.s. troop withdrawal in 2014. karzai's push to step up the timetable followed sunday morning's shooting rampage in a southern afghan village. the attorney representing the u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians is still not revealing his client's name. john henry brown says he's worried about the safety of the soldier's family. the staff sergeant is suspected of going on a shooting rampage in villages near his afghan base. he says his client is mild mannered and has two young children. tens of thousands packed syria's capital city waving

flags and photos to support president assad. the demonstrations happened on the one-year anniversary of the uprising in that country and government activists say it was orchestrated to make assad look good on the first-year anniversary of the revolt. the syrian army shelled neighborhoods to keep people off the streets. the uprising began last march when a few dozen protesters took to the streets of damascus demanding freedom. it sparked a massive anti- government revolt which led to a deadly government crackdown which has killed an estimated 8,000 people so far. speed cameras in prince george's county are proving to be more profitable, even more than lawmakers had expected. the county is expected to make between $8 million and $9 million in revenue from the cameras by the end of the 2012 fiscal year which ends in july. when the cameras were originally approved, officials expected to only make $4.3 million in revenue. more cameras are already being

added to the county. they expect to have 72 working speed cameras. a local priest who denied communion to a woman at her mother's funeral says he did it because she openly introduced another woman to him as her lover. the priest says barbara johnson openly confessed her sin so he withheld communion. he says she forced the issue on him just moments before the funeral. he-- he has since been placed on administrative leave. today a judge is expected to set a trial date in the wikileaks case of private bradley manning. he's due to appear at a hearing in fort meade. he leaked nearly half a million sensitive documents to the website. the defense, however, says manning is a troubled soldier and should have never had access to material in the first place and the material did

little or no harm to national security. a search is under way for a sexual predator in the burke area of fairfax county. police say a 24-year-old woman was dragged into a wooded area in the 9700 block of commonwealth boulevard wednesday. the suspect reportedly threatened the victim with a knife or some other kind of sharp object and then sexually assaulted her. more police officers, more money for libraries and a one- time $2,000 bonus for most county workers. that's what montgomery county executive ike leggett proposed yesterday as part of his fiscal 2013 budget. that's the wrong video you're seeing. the proposal could close a $135 million budget gap primarily by extending the county energy tax. he is also asking the school funding increase. prince george's county executive rushern baker laid out his plan. the budget plan shifts money around and in an effort to increase spending for schools, public a safety and health

care. county workers are also expected to face a salary freeze. talks are under way with labor unions over a one-time bonus which could total about $2 hu per worker over two years. time right now 4:37. coming up at 4:41, apple stock surges to a record high as it prepares to sell the new ipod. at 4:48, a documentary everybody has been talking about about bullying intended for children is slapped with an r rating. we're back with your weather first in two minutes. the weekend is almost here. what you need to know. we'll be right back. we believe keeping kids healthy can start with healthy hands.

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daffodils blooming in d.c. today won't be as nearly pretty as the sky. more clouds moving n. we'll have some showers in spots at times. temperatures will recover to the low 70s by 1:00 and mid-70s with a chance for even a couple of thunderstorms this afternoon. i'll be back in a few minutes and look at the weekend forecast. right now beverly farmer in for monika this morning with your time saver traffic. picking up all the road work in springfield as you make your way on the inner loop out of alexandria. should be able to access 95 south but continue up the inner loop of the beltway. here's northbound traffic coming to the beltway in springfield on to 395 heading for the 14th street bridge. looking good. just a power outage to deal with fairfax along the corridor of 29 it germantown road and west ox road. back to you. time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> it's friday so let's be happy no matter what. good morning, jessica. >> good morning to both of you. we're hoping to see green on

this pre-st. paddy's day. wall street is watching europe. the monetary fund has approved more than $36 billion for greece the next four years but standard and poors says the country is still vulnerable to default. the dow winning streak continuing, 13,252. nasdaq rose by more than 15 points and the s&p 500 was up by 8. fewer americans applied for unemployment benefits last week. analysts say it's another sign the job market is gaining momentum. applications for unemployment aid dropped. a four-year low. when applications consistently drop below 375,000, that's usually a signal that hiring is strong enough to lower the unemployment rate. apple's new ipad goes on sale in the u.s. and nine other countries today. it comes with a faster processor, sharper screen and better camera. ipad sales have helped fuel the company's success on wall street and the stock hit $600

for the first time yesterday. apple is the world's most valuable company now. its market cap nearly $550 billion. how would you feel if you were the person who got apple for $601 a share yesterday. >> oh, man. that's just amazing. when it hit $300, $400, it's probably going to peter out. apparently not. >> it's on a momentum ride right now. >> still going. there's a new anti-smoking campaign from the federal government and it's intended to shock smokers into giving up the habit. >> we'll take a look at the ads which begin airing across the nation on monday. howard is back with your weather in for -- two minutes.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now. we're all very excited to hear what your taft hold -- your forecast holds in store for the weekend. we'll be starting off the morning with the sun trust rock 'n' roll u.s.a. marathon tomorrow morning. >> tomorrow morning probably still in the 50s to near 60. >> we were the -- we were in the 30s last year. >> i was cold. i was standing out there. it was cold but bright sun. tomorrow maybe a few clouds but maybe about 25 degrees warmer. maybe 30. let's get you started here this friday finally. i don't know about you, this was a really long week and i think due to the time change last saturday night. i'm still trying to recover. our bus stop forecast this morning, it's cloudy. it's cooler, patchy fog, isolated showers and with the dampness around, you're feeling the 50s. even though we had 80s yesterday, maybe that's why it

feels so chilly this morning. but you definitely need the jackets out there and grab the rain gear. the day planner lots of clouds. some peaks of sunshine. we could see a couple of showers between 9:00 and noon. we should see winds turn to the southwest. that will allow the warmer air to return so this afternoon we'll be in the low to mid-70s but still a threat for a couple of showers and a couple of thunderstorms at times. not going to be a total washout but you see the showers this morning from rochester approaching syracuse back towards williamsport and pittsburgh down along and west of i-79 although there's a few showers now that have snuck out ahead of the main batch approaching the winchester area up through areas in west virginia and northern virginia. here we are on live doppler 9000hd west of martinsburg now as you head out toward route 50, cross junction, down toward capon bridge and back toward

winchester. slanesville, these showers are heading towards you. charlestown, this is probably 30, 40 minutes away. eventually headed toward maybe south of hagerstown. berryville you may see this also in about another 30 minutes. that's about it locally on the rain. as far as the visibilities, it's off to the east where we've got some fog, especially in delaware but with the easterly, northeasterly winds, the marine layer has pushed in. visibilities less than a mile. everybody else doing pretty well despite of the low clouds. temperatures have dipped in the upper 40s in easton and over parts of delaware. we still have 62 in tappahannock. there's the warm stuff. we're looking at 52 here in d.c. look at this shot on the michael & son weather camera. clouds low but above the capital dome with 52 degrees. winds out of the northeast at 10 miles an hour so there's a little bit of a chill this morning. kind of an interesting satellite and radar composite. little clusters of thunderstorms.

a backdoor front. all of this is drifting off toward the east. we will at times see some showers, see an occasional thunderstorm, but we should get temperatures back into the 70s today. 75. a shower or storm tonight. we're dipping back into the 50s. tomorrow partly sunny, 74. south of town in the mountains you might see a shower and then a cooler sunday with winds out of the east. i think we're going to stay in the mid-60s. look at rest of the seven-day. in the 70s here. spring begins tuesday at 1:14 in the morning so still above normal. let's go to beverly farmer and check on time saver traffic. flipping ought the construction barrels out of your way on the beltway south of 50 near 202. workers have been on the outer loop of the beltway. moving freely now. the utter loop of the beltway on the right side of your screen. montgomery county they're checking along the 270 spur near democracy boulevard between that point and the beltway for the report of a crash. virginia drivers northbound on

95 and 395 three lanes open. they picked up the work in springfield so it's no longer a detour as you make your way toward 95 and beyond. outer loop of the belt wie heading south towards springfield pulling all the barrels out of your way there as well. building volume east of man fan sas but everything is -- manassas but everything is open. mike, back to you. >> thanks, beverly. we'll see you in a little bit. the campaign to change the rating of the movie "bully" is ramping up fast. the documentary has a rate of an r. advocates want to change it to pg-13. people from hollywood to pennsylvania avenue are getting involved. there's a big take television on the internet too. the movie is brutally honest. it's a documentary about kids bullying kids and it's meant to be viewed by kids in an effort to help stop that but the r rating could get in the way. the movie got the r because of the f word that's used by the bullies that were caught on camera. >> the f word conveys the

brutality of the bullying. it's important. it's not over the top. the film isn't laden with profanity. there have been many films with far more uses of the f word than this that have been given a pg-13. >> the online petition to get the rating change has already drawn hundreds of thousands of supporters. what you're about to see may shock you and that's what the federal government intended. the centers for disease control and prevention announce add new media campaign to get smokers to stop and to keep youngsters from starting. >> we want to warn you some of the images you're about to see are very disturbing. teresa garcia has more. >> reporter: terry was not always toothless or bald. a lifetime of smoking left her with cancer of the larynx and she wants would-be smokers to know it. she's one of the toe pack company -- tobacco users who appear in a new campaign. the graphic images will appear on tv, in print and social

media. >> my fingers started to go piece by piece. >> reporter: the government wants to shock viewers with painful true stories about the effects of tobacco and show that smoking not only kills, it also cripples. >> smokers may commonly think that they're just going to die a few years younger and while it's true that smokers die younger, it's also true that they live sicker. >> reporter: the three-month campaign costs $54 million, a small amount compared to the $27 million a day that tobacco companies spend promoting their products. the cdc says much of that promotion is aimed at children. >> for every person who dies from smoking, at least two new young smokers take their place. >> reporter: the cdc is hoping to persuade as many as 50,000 smokers to quit but that is going to be a challenge. about 20% of american adults smoke and in recent years, that number hasn't budged. smokers say the ads will make them think about smoking, even

if they don't stop. >> the pictures and all the disgusting graphics just turns me off. i change the channel immediately. i know it's coming. >> reporter: the campaign which begins monday will also give smokers advice on how to quit. teresa garcia, cbs news, new york. >> two of the largest tobacco companies issued statements neither addressing this campaign but both acknowledging that health dangers there are for smokers. there's new evidence that eating white rice increases the risk of type 2 diabetes. researchers at the harvard school of public health say the process of refining white rice leaves it with less fiber, vitamins and other minerals which may be protective factors for diabetes risk. they recommend replacing white rice and other refined grains with brown rice. depression can increase the risk of death for people with a coronary extent implant -- stents implant. depressed patients were one and a half times more likely to die

than nondepressed patients. one reason is depressed patients may have a less likely health style which includes little exercise, possibly smoking or drinking alcohol. it's 4:53 now. it is time for the question of the morning. >> the question is more than 25% of married people say they don't know this about their spouse. a, what gets them mad, b, their favorite food, or c, their income. what do you think it is? log on to wusa9's facebook fan page and leave your response. we'll have the answer in our 6:00 hour.

we've got the clouds, fog to the east. temperatures have cooled into the low 50s.

upper 50s by 9:00. by noon upper 60s. still a shower or two possible. then this afternoon showers. could even see a couple rumbles of thunder. temperatures around 75. let's find out about traffic as we approach the 5:00 a.m. hour. here's beverly farmer. pulling the construction barrels out of the way but there was a potential obstacle. they were checking for a crash along the 270 spur. the pace here looks good. they are checking both directions on the spur between the link between the 270 main line and the capital beltway. back to you, mike, andrea? >> thanks, beverly. all this warm weather is bringing out good and bad. by the bad we mean stink bugs and plenty of them. the annual exodus of the pesky insects started earlier than normal because of the summer- like temperatures. now the best way to get rid of them -- actually not exodus, the entrance. they're all coming. the best way to get rid of them is suck them up with your bathroom and toss them in a

bucket of soapy water or at our house we just crush them. we're just one day away from the sun trust rock 'n' roll u.s.a. marathon. two rock 'n' roll marathon runners are making their living by imagining things. they're using that imagination to help some sick children smile every day. >> they're actors and athletes and part of a new extraordinary children's theater in d.c. called "only make believe." >> reporter: this woman helps children believe she's someone else. >> yes. >> every day i will always win. >> reporter: alyssa and her fiance get paid to play. they're professional actors at the kennedy center, the shakespeare theater but this is their labor of love. they make sick children smile at hospitals across the city. >> the people that love to do it, they want to do it because they want to change somebody's

life. even if that just means for the two hours someone is in the theater or the hour we get to take these kids away if their hospital rooms. >> our goal is to better the world around us and to leave it a better place than when we found it. hopefully through what we're doing and giving of ourselves by running, we're inspiring other people to say i can give a few dollars here, there if this person is willing to give so much of their time. >> reporter: alyssa and thomas are veteran runners but this is their first marathon in d.c. in part because it's their theater group "only make believe" first time in d.c. >> it was a public way to get the name out there. you can learn all about the organization, how to donate, how to get involved, how to volunteer. we have a buddy program where you can come in and volunteer in the hospitals. >> reporter: a new york actor and playwright created only make believe and enlists actors in each city to help sick children imagine getting better, giving them the same

inspiration the actors need when they run the marathon. >> i believe in make believe. >> you get to a point where you hit a wall and you feel like i can't go anymore and you see this group of women running for breast cancer and they're a cancer survivor. my gosh, they're passing me by. if they can run, i can definitely keep running. >> don't forget wusa is your home for this year's suntrust rock 'n' roll u.s.a. marathon. the race is tomorrow and takes runners through all four quadrants of the district. we're anchoring our live coverage from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. for more information on the race, go to wusa9.com. we look forward to seeing you there. we're glad we can see you or you can see us this morning watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. happy friday. i'm andrea roane. we have a new kind of tv technology. we can see you, too. just kidding. i'm mike hydeck. we're glad you're here. beverly farmer is in for monika santami today. she'll with us in just a