ramifications, legal ramifications, social ramifications of. >> reporter: bales could be formally charged this week for killing 16 afghan civilians, nine of them children. people who know the 38-year-old father of two are shocked. captain chris alexander served with bales several years. >> no job too menial or too dangerous and he would always get it done and done very well. >> reporter: the killings sparked outrage in afghanistan. president hamid karzai says american and nato forces should pull out of the villages and return to their bases, but the white house says the mission has not changed. >> stablizing afghanistan sufficiently so that we can train up and transfer authority to afghan security forces and withdraw our troops as we do that. >> reporter: bales joined the military after the 9/11 attacks and did four tours in the middle east. he was injured twice. his lawyer says bales lost part of his foot and suffered a concussion. >> everybody that's had three

or four deployments through the middle east is probably going to have some form of ptsd of. >> reporter: experts say even if charges are filed this week, the case may not go to trial for months. >> prosecutors say if bales does stand trial, civilians from afghanistan could be flown to this country to testify. authorities are trying to determine whether a deadly shooting at a jewish school in france is a terrorist act. a gunman on a motorbike opened fire in the city of tuloose today. a rabbi, his two young sons and another child were killed. the gun used in attack is the same one used to kill three soldiers in two separate incidents in the same area last week. both times the gunman escaped on a motorbike. >> the jewish school was the target. this is something that cannot be understood. how can you aim at children from a close range and kill them, innocent civilians? >> french media reports say the soldiers killed last week were

of arab descent. security is now tighter at both jewish and muslim buildings around the city. we've got an update now on the breaking news we told you about at 5:00. more than two dozen students are being treated for injuries they received in a low speed school bus crash in upper marlboro. three buses were involved in the chain reaction accident on croom road up in marlboro. all the students attend frederick douglas high. 34 students were taken to the hospital, but all the injuries are minor. at 6:00 tonight and only on 9 news now, d.c. mayor vincent gray decided not to answer any more questions regarding the u.s. attorney's investigation into alleged corruption in city campaigns. the d.c. council on the other hand will consider emergency legislation to try and fix a major part of the problem. bruce johnson has been on the story from the very beginning and tonight he has that new information. >> we're going in another direction. >> reporter: d.c. mayor vincent gray addressed a  gathering of city athletes

competing in tomorrow's basketball title game, but our camera our mayor said his attorney advised him not to say anything more of the campaign. this is all that's left of the 2010 campaign headquarters. at the center of the investigation is businessman jeff thompson who contributed thousands of dollars to score the d.c. campaigns including vincent gray's successful effort to defeat adrian fenty in 2010. 9news confirmed an earlier report in june of 2010 with the filing deadline approaching mayor vincent gray and his campaign entourage arrived at headquarters late at night with a large amount of checks and money orders raised by jeff thompson. the date is important because the campaign chair lorraine green had been summoned back to headquarters in case her signature was needed for an extension from election officials. turns out it wasn't needed because jeff thompson had raised more than $100,000 for the mayor. privately mayor gray continues

to tell associates he's done nothing wrong and the federal probe will bear that out. all but one d.c. council member also received campaign contributions from thompson, the same council members have gotten subpoenas from investigators. >> so we're going to work with them and give them whatever we have. i did receive contributions of. >> reporter: jeff thompson's home and offices have been raided by the fbi and irs who are trying to determine if thompson used money orders and straw donors to cover up illegal campaign contributions. >> these investigations overhanging everything have put everybody on edge and i think until they get resolved one way or the other they're going to affect our ability to get things done. >> reporter: the d.c. council tomorrow will consider emergency legislation to limit campaign money orders to $25. it's the same limit placed on cash donations. bruce johnson, 9 news now. >> jeff thompson and his attorney are refusing to comment on the federal investigation as well. d.c. police are offering a reward of up to $25,000 to find

a killer in northeast d.c. a man was stabbed in a bar called the library on 12th street near the catholic university campus. he was rushed to the hospital where doctors were unable to save him. the attack happened early sunday morning. the victim's name is not being released until family members are contacted. police say anyone with a tip can remaanonymous. a memo we received here at 9 news now appears to detail a ticket quota system in arlington county. we're talking speeding tickets, arrests, even duis. peggy fox with the story you will only see on 9. >> i've always believed that there was a quota system. >> reporter: arlington resident elizabeth sills says this memo channel 9 obtained from an arlington county police officer confirms what she's thought for years. it's from two police captains to the patrol division. the subject? pro activity expectations. that means the numbers of arrests, traffic summons and parking citations patrol officers are expected to issue

every month. so you any at the end of month the they pick up their enforcements? >> yes, i do. >> i suspected there was a quota. i know i've gotten tickets. i know that there are certain places in arlington where they park looking for people to ticket. >> reporter: the memo says there is not, nor has there ever been a quota for traffic enforcement, but it also says consistently failing to attain these goals could result in disciplinary action. >> it says it's not a quota. >> you have the memo. sure sounds like it to me of. >> reporter: do you think it's okay or not? >> sure. >> reporter: why is that? >> well, gives them something to do so they're not sitting around in the parking lots of. >> reporter: this memo from the deputy chief written last year directs officers to check the county box for violation of to earn sure moneys collected go to -- ensure moneys collect go ahead to arlington county and not the state. >> i do believe police have good intentions, but die

believe they're pushed to make money. -- i do believe they're pushed to make money. >> reporter: we asked for an interview by the chief but were turned down. these stippleses are written we're told by the entire department and are supposed to be a guideline and not a quota for enforcement. >> turns out quota systems are not only frowned upon, they're illegal in some states including maryland. a local fraternal order of police official calls the practice highly unethical because it takes away police discretion which he says is the only thing separating policing in america with missing in some other less free countries. coming up tonight at 7:00 classroom controversy, a school district pleiomery okays a plan to hand out free -- preliminarily okays a man to hand out free condoms and -- a man to hand out free condoms and some parents say not so fast. >> voters in illinois getting

last minute appeals from gop presidential hopefuls. we'll update you on campaign 2012. >> 76 in dulles, good enough for a record high, their third this month. we'll show you the numbers at national. 76 also, 56 the low. averages are 58 and 39. we've lost sight of that. record high 85, record low 12 about, 2 inches behind for rainfall for the year. we'll come back and check done lore, got a couple showers and -- done lore, got a couple showers and storms -- doppler, got a couple showers and storms on the radar screen. >> we'll tell you also about a surprise storm in the southwest.

frightening moments today for a zookeeper and some visitors in buffalo. an attendant suffered some superficial bite wounds when a 24-year-old silverback gorilla escaped. the zookeeper feared for her safety and locked herself in a

cage with a mother gorilla and her baby that she knew well. the zoo was evacuated before the veterinary team immobilized that escaped gorilla and returned it back to its cage. the public was allowed back in this afternoon and the zookeeper was treated for minor injuries. spring officially arrives tomorrow, but try telling that to some folks living in arizona. people in flagstaff woke up to more than a foot of the white stuff. a cnn reporter pointed a camera out his backdoor and took these time lapse pictures. schools in the city are closed today because of the snowstorm and there's talk of more falling there tonight. but up next can you imagine looking at your bank account and seeing $5,000 withdrawn for your water bill? oh, and wait until you hear how long they told one area woman it would take her to get her money back.

i'm anita brikman with this health alert. scientists have uncovered another breast cancer gene in the gene called abraxis prevents cells from fixing damaged dna. it interacts with the well known cancer gene crca1. >> to learn more visit cancercenter.com.

you think your water bill is high? a bethesda woman got a bill

totaling oh 5 grand for her house. then -- over five grand for her house. then the water company said it might take over six weeks to get you a refund. >> $5,366, that's a lot of money. >> reporter: single mother of four ann macintyre neely planning from now on to keep a much closer eye on her water bill. >> they need to put that money back into my account right away. >> reporter: they had failed to check her statement for the three winter months. she's on automatic bill pay, but then she noticed her bank account had evaporated. >> it really upset me. they just said it was a misread meter and this happens. >> reporter: even more than the missing thousands, the response by call takers infuriated her. >> when do i get my money back? oh, four to six weeks. they said the larger amount they owe me, the longer time it would take. they owed me $50, i could get it back right away of. >> reporter: the wssc insists these kind of mistakes are

extremely rare, that they only mess up about 1/4 of 1% of meter readings. after our call the water company announced it would get macintyre neely her refund by tuesday. bruce leshan, 9 news now. >> macintyre neely can't figure out why it didn't set off alarm bills at the water company when her consumption went from 70 gallons a day to 4,120. let's move on to campaign 2012 and the race for president, on the republican side the next prize for the fight in the nomination sill ill. its primary is tomorrow and -- is illinois. its primary is tomorrow and polls show mitt romney is in the lead. >> i'm running for president in part because i have the experience and vision to get us out of this mess. >> you hear him talk about oh, i created jobs in the private sector, but he didn't do anything in massachusetts to create an environment for jobs. why? because he exploded the size and scale of government. >> illinois is essentially a

two-man race between santorum and romney. ron paul and newt gingrich chose to skip campaigning there. first lady michelle obama is set to appear on tonight's late showed with david letterman talking about a project called joining forces which supports military personnel and their families. this will be the first lady's first appearance late with dave. or if you want to stick around here, actually let me change this up a little. if you're going to stay around here the next couple weeks, you might want to check out the cherry blossoms. tomorrow marks the beginning of the cherry blossom festival and because of all of our warm weather the trees are already blooming. the national park service says this will be the peak week for the cherry blossoms. we caught up with some people taking in the beauty this morning. >> it's unbelievable. every time it's even better. it gets more and more magnificent. i love it. >> the cherry blossom festival kicks off tomorrow. it lasts until april 27th.

the beautiful trees surrounding the tidal basin were a gift from the japanese government 100 years ago and it never gets old. >> no, it doesn't. >> that's awesome. >> if derek were here, the redskins playing in fall never gets old. a couple housekeeping note. there is a statewide tornado drill tomorrow for virginia. so don't forget if you get some messages on your pdas. it's 8:45 -- excuse me 9:45 in the morning we'll send out the fake alarm, make sure everything is working. if you're in the city or municipality, you might hear the siren go off. we are looking at essentially a warm week, a little unsettled. let's start first with what happens tomorrow morning at 1:14, the vernal equinox, sun directly overhead of the equator, essentially equal day and night in both hemispheres. we, of course, go into spring and our friends in the southern hemisphere go into fall. we're looking at essentially equal day and equal night, not

quite the sunrise and sunset times do not match. you can check out my blog tomorrow on our website as to why they don't match exactly on this day. it starts officially tomorrow at 1:14 a.m. it feels like spring now. here's a live look outside with our weather cam by michael and son. it is really nice. temperatures are in the mid- 70s. yeah, we got some cloud cover, but nice downtown, wind south, southeast at 10, pressure falling at 30.13 inches of mercury. a live doppler 9000, showers and a few storms are hanging out north of town all afternoon and evening he is is north of frederick over toward -- especially north of frederick over toward carroll county into hagerstown. we'll zoom in and these become a little stronger over the past hour. pretty good storm towards martinsburg and win chester producing very heavy rain on the west side of i-81. where are these going in the next hour? essentially they'll traverse southeastward right through winchester. you're looking at a pretty big storm the next hour.

this is over an hour period. this storm weakens a bit as it heads towards charlestown and light activity as it gets to fairmont and frederick. you frac storms, worried about summer and spring activities go, to your app store and download our weather app. it's pretty cool. search wusa9 weather. 74 bethesda, 73 arlington, 75 great falls, 74 reston, 73 college park and beltsville. so here's the deal. a mild to warm week. it's going to stay that way pretty much the entire week. however, some showers are possible tonight. our evening commute mainly dry unless you're north and west of town, some fog tomorrow morning and some showers possible for the morning commute. we'll kind of trade some showers for the warm temperatures. we get into the early morning hours, 3:15, maybe some showers south of town, maybe some showers on your way to work tomorrow morning, but it's all light activity and it's scattered. it won't rain everywhere, just generally showers and a few

thunderstorms going through today, tomorrow and into tomorrow night and even wednesday morning some showers possible. all right. for tonight partly to mostly cloudy, mild, shower or storm possible, lows 50 to 56 and winds southeast at 5 to 10. next seven days again a little unsettled but still in the blow 70s as we get into wednesday -- low 70s as we get into wednesday, back in the mid-70s thursday and friday, shower possible saturday, cooler, upper 60s and maybe light rain or drizzle sunday, back in the mid-60s and the same on monday. even mid-60s is a victory. that's okay. >> oh, yeah. speaking of victories, the broncos hope they get some victories thanks to their new qb. >> it's a big investment. topper is like just get rid of him. manning has landed , the latest. >> plus another redskin says good-bye to washington. >> and a look back at the hoyas season that defied expectations.

sports is next.

now 9 sports with kristen berset, the best sports in town. >> the peyton manning launch didn't lost nearly as long as

the brett favre sawing as, but font -- sauga, but nonetheless it appears to be over now and it appears the broncos won the big prize. manning has chosen to play in the high high city for phase two of his career essentially asking his agent to finalize negotiations. his contract could be worth up to $90 million over five years. laron landry officially no longer a redskin, his impending departure probably the worst kept secret. landry agreed to a one year deal worth 4 million with the new york jets. one of the newest wizards debuted on the practice court today, nene from denver in a three-team trade last week. the 10 year vet spent his entire career with the nuggets. nene says he is excited to play his first game for the wizards on wednesday. one by one local teams fell in the ncaa tournament. georgetown was the area's

remaining hope at a championship, but they just couldn't outlast nc state. dave owens takes a closer look at the season that was. >> reporter: georgetown didn't spend a lot of time lamenting in columbus. they flew back last night, all quiet on campus today. john thompson, iii isn't even on campus. the hoya program is far beyond moral victories, but there was a silver lining yesterday. the young players stepped up and gave a glimpse into the future. >> i've never been a part of something where the younger guys like semi leaders. >> with jason's last year, we told him we're coming back next year for him. we're going to work our butts off this summer and next season and hopefully be back here again. >> for the guys returning i think we won't forget this. >> they work as hard as they did this year, do the same thing, this group is going to be dangerous and very special of. >> reporter: that young core group will try to create something special. otto porter, greg whittington,

hollis thompson return next season with markel starks. dave owens, 9 sports now. time to reveal our high school game of the week poll. wide range of sports to choose from this week. gonzaga at wooten for boys la crass and ironton and paul the 6th and baseball edison at yorktown and boys soccer, herndon at madison. go to d.c.highschoolsports.net to vote. >> the weather is cooperating. >> it is fortunately. >> that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. >> derek is back at 6:00 and don't forget to join us every morning at 4:25 a.m. >> and as always www.wusa9.com is always on. have a great night.