>> jeffries lost her only child in the south capital street massacre. 16-year-old jones planned to be a chef some day. instead, she was being remembered from the day of the d.c. council. by a tearful legislator. >> i'm honored and humbled and grateful for having had the opportunity to work alongside her. >> they succeeded in getting final approval on a bill that will greatly expand mental health and truancy indivisible better detect youth heading for trouble and violent outcomes like the one on south capital street. >> the young men charged with killing miss jeffries daughter were in and out of the system and never had the kind of behavioral health. >> i think it will make a difference in not just my community, but a community as a whole, because so many young people that are slipping through the cracks. >> it's time for the violence. >> brown was shot and wounded

on those south capital street steps. >> lives are being stolen for no reason. i wish it would be over. >> now freshman in college, jones had been her best friend. bruce johnson, 9news now. as bruce mentioned, five men currently on trial in superior court for their alleged roles in the south capital street drive by, sixth defendant took the plea deal. he's the key witness against the others. arlington county police chief was on damage control today after our exclusive report showing evidence of a possible quota system. he said the memo detailing the information could damage the department's reputation. as peggy fox reports, today he rescinded that memo and issued a new one. >> there is no day-to-day numeric quota system. >> arlington county police chief rescinded this march 1 memo 9news obtained from a police officer. it lists the number of arrests,

traffic summons, parking citations, and du is. officers could be disciplined if they don't meet those goals. it looks like a a quota system. >> i don't want there to be any confusion with our officers, with the public that we have knewer inic expectations. because we simply do not. >> memo was issued by two commanders were trying to put out guidelines for performance expectations. but he says it should not have listed numeric expectation or connected them with discipline. >> giving tickets to make money? >> absolutely not. >> the chief says he was unaware of the memo until we brought it to his attention. i asked him if he was unaware, an officer might have faced

disciplinary actions for not meeting the numbers. >> no, because the discipline ultimately rolls across my desk. >> peggy fox, 9news now. he has since issued a new memo detailing the department's policy and he says that first memo was not intended to set quote. a new poll showing just how much of a battleground virginia may be in campaign 2012. that poll out by the university put president obama 8 points ahead of mitt romney, that's if republican get the nomination. if rick santorum is the nomination, he leads by 9 points. but, as danielle tells us today, the republican candidates are focused directly on the state of illinois. >> mitt romney and rick santorum spent the past few days pounding the pavement in illinois. romney continues to make the case that he is the best candidate to win back the white

house. >> we're going to get this job done. we are going to defeat barack obama. >> santorum had to do some damage control after saying he didn't, quote, care about the unemployment rate. >> casually you say some things you wish you had a do over. >> mitt romney is expected to do well in suburban chicago districts like this one while rick santorum is counting on a big turnout from conservatives in the southern part of the state. even with a strong turnout, santorum faces an uphill battle for illinois delegates. his campaign did not file the appropriate paperwork in a handful of districts. and some counties have run into their own problem at the polls. newly redesigned ballots are too big to fit into the computers that read them. all of them will have to be recounted. danielle nottingham, cbs news, illinois. and a change in wyoming's delegates is putting another in mitt romney's delegate. successfully challenged the

delegate that had been awarded to rick santorum, saying the vote was improperly held. that leads santorum with 2. >> the probe into campaign corruption in the district may be sent into maryland. governor martin o'malley's campaign may have received contributions that exceeded the limits in 2010. those contributions come from thompson and associates whose ceo is at the centre of a federal corruption probe. so far, no comments from the maryland governor's office. >> states cannot be sued under the family medical leave act for refusing to give time off. daniel coleman for damages for firing him after he asked for sick leave. coleman asked for a ten-day medical leave to deal with hypertension and diabetes. he was wrongly fired after his request was denied.

fairfax county police want to know if attacks on two women were related. happened yesterday afternoon on a pass in the woods. a 16-year-old girl says she was walking home from woodson sr. high when a man grabbed her and assaulted her. that's just three miles away from where a 24-year-old woman was grabbed in the 9700 block of commonwealth boulevard last wednesday. >> a half dozen schoolteachers are suing their principal and the school board tonight alleging bullying, gross negligence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. >> i'm bruce leshan in rockville. usually it is kids accusing other kids of bullying them, but in this case, it is six teachers at kemp mill elementary who are accusing their principal of bullying them. they say the school board has ignored their complaints so they have filed suit here at circuit court. the lawsuit alleges male teachers doll, honey, sweety, and babe.

that he touched, slapped, pinched, at least one of those teachers in a sexually suggestive way. >> i got to the point where i cried all the way to work in my car and i cried all the way home. >> there have been at least two investigations of this principal and a school spokesman is just out with this statement saying, it is unfortunate that these teachers are using the media to make accusations that have thus far proven to be overwelmingly false and erroneous. in rockville, bruce leshan, 9news now. >> coming up tonight, blossoming business. d.c.'s restaurants, hotels, and shops hoping to turn the cherry blossoms into big bucks. we'll tell you how they plan to do that at 7:00. but first, derek, did you get a rude awakening this morning? >> i did. >> well, look at some of the damage from our overnight storm. topper? >> we have a couple storms south and west of town.

we'll check that out in a minute. first, 72 and 62 go in the books. .11 fell in dulles. record high is 83. record low 12. when we come back, we'll talk about warmer air and fog tomorrow morning. >> but first, the justice department joins the investigation into the shooting that left a 17-year-old dead in florida. we'll have the latest on the case up next.

justice must be served. no more racial profiling. >> today, the department of justice did just what congresswoman called for and opened an investigation into the death of an unarmed black teenager in florida. 17-year-old trayvon martin was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch captain last month. george zimmerman claims he fired in self-defense, but today, an attorney disputes

that claim with support from another teenager who says she was on the phone with martin that night and he thought he was being followed. >> she hears trayvon say why you following me? that's when she hears another boy say, what are you doing around here? >> there are also reports out tonight, zimmerman can be heard making a slur. zimmerman's family says the his man is not a racist. >> . >> amazingly, that's anything but the case in mexico tonight. the quake hit central and southern parts of the country earlier this afternoon. people poured into the streets of mexico city, but tonight, we can report no major damage or injuries. a pedestrian bridge did collapse on to a bus, but again, no one was hurt. >> still to come, six seconds you won't see anywhere else. a look at what went wrong when

four friends hit the town. that's coming up next.

it is a horror all too often. a violent car crash that ends with the sudden death of promising young lives. tonight, we'll bring you something none of us has ever seen. video tape of the final seconds before a fatal car crash involving alcohol and speed. andrea mccarren got ahold of this tape. she's here tonight to preview a powerful, amazing story. >> video tape is just chilling and to be honest, we didn't know what we were going to do with it. it is impossible for any of us to imagine what happens in the last few seconds before a drunk driver loses control of a car. here's an excerpt from tonight's report. >> 18-year-old james was the

only survivor. >> i don't know. maybe i'm here to save somebody else. buckled into the front passenger seat, video taping her night out with two friends. the police investigation revealed their car was traveling at 94 miles per hour in a 40-mile per hour zone. and of course, we had a very serious newsroom discussion about whether to air this tape at all. we were encouraged to do so by the young woman behind the video camera. she wanted to share something that might make an impact on teenagers like her and hopefully this will do that. tonight at 11:00, you'll see the crash as it happens in real time and you'll hear portions of the desperate 21 minute rescue effort that followed. lesli. >> it's a story that will take your breath away. this crash happened about three months ago.

you're just getting ahold of this tape. tell our viewers about the time lapse between then and now. >> what happened, lesli, is wrote us a kind and heartbreaking e-mail after we started our series on under age drinking. she said she was grateful for the work we were doing and thought her story might make a difference and we believe it will. we also think she is a very brave woman for telling it. >> that's coming up tonight at 11:00. again, we hope that we'll get a lot of people to watch it and rethink their decision as a result of your story. >> and people may be having their teenagers watch it with them. >> absolutely. andrea, we'll look forward to that. a lightning strike this morning shook residents awake and started a fire at a home in montgomery county. the charge traveled through the roof 20 feet to a house in silver spring. look. within seconds, the back part of the house was on fire. >> back part was burned where i

have thousands of books. a lot of those were destroyed. >> the couple rushed outside to safety, but many of their belongings have been destroyed by the lightning. the thunderstorms this morning could have spelled disaster on the very first day of the annual cherry blossom festival. but don't worry, we can tell you tonight, all is well. about a million visitors are expected to visit the district over the next five weeks and that means lots of parking tickets for the city. last year, there were more parking tickets issued in the district during this festival than during any other time of the year. >> just a warning. 68,000, 68,000 parking tickets issued over the last cherry blossom festival period. please, tourists, beware. be warned. >> metro is your friend. to avoid the parking ticket pitfall, take public transportation or try to ride a

bike. if you want to see the cherry blossoms while they are in peek bloom, you need to go this week. peek bloom is set to end friday. >> let's say this. >> they will be beautiful, right? >> yes. not windy, they can stay on the trees for 14 days. we did say, get them in early. how nice is it out here? low 70s, clear skies. is this brought you by michael and son. we're looking at temperatures still right around 70. in fact, 70 officially at national. the relative humidity only 68%. dew point 59. and the winds light out of the east. that's kept temperatures down a little bit. pressure steady at 30.20 inches of mercury. here's a look at the radar. the showers and storms have been here consistently all afternoon and evening. still some big storms arrest harrissonburg, right now there are no warnings out. right now, no warnings, but

still heavy storms going on. in fact, this is a live look at where the storms are. hail in it. wouldn't be surprise first- degree a warning popped up just north of harrisonburg. a couple showers trying to develop in northern frederick county. watch that for you, but i suspect when the sun goes down, they will go down, too. 70 right now in arlington. 71 in great falls. 71 in reston. 70 in rockville. one of the cooler readings and 72 in college park and 69 in beltsville. so, we're looking at mild air and then even warmer air to finish the week. early thunderstorm possible tonight. but again, primarily west. some morning fog possible tomorrow, primarily around the water and warmer on thursday, maybe a thunderstorm. and even warmer on friday with a better chance of a thunderstorm. so, 9:00 tonight, want to take a walk, you can probably do it. we won't see many showers. showers possible west of town. by 8:30 in the morning, i think most of us will have a dry

commute. some wet roads possible west of leesburg, out toward culpeper and in the mountains will be the best chance for showers. by afternoon, you might want to grab an umbrella. not so much thunderstorms. just showers. nothing heavy tomorrow. about this time tomorrow night, some scattered showers possible around the immediate metro area and thursday morning, scattered showers possible. for tonight, partly to mostly cloudy. maybe an early storm. otherwise just really pretty mild. lows in the 50s. fog late. winds easterly. now tomorrow morning, some fog early, maybe a shower. temperatures in the 50s and 60s and by afternoon, we'll see some breaks. partly sunny and warm. shower possible. high temperature between 70 and 75. winds south, southeast at 10. next seven days. it just gets warmer. 76 on thursday and afternoon storm possible. 80 on friday and afternoon thunderstorm possible. we delayed the cooler air a little bit. weekend not that bad. some storms possible on

saturday, 70 on sunday and cooler next week. my goodness, it's in the mid to upper 60s and we stay cooler. we are so spoiled, we have no idea. this would be nice for may. >> absolutely. we thought the redskins offered a big payday. the broncos, they are digging deep for peyton manning. >> that's what you want with a four-time mvp that you don't know that can play or not. the payton watch officially over. he is now a denver bronco. just how big a gamble was denver willing to take? plus, from team captain, why andre won't play any time soon. sports is next.

now, 9sports with kristen berset. the best sports in town. >> it appears the denver broncos are willing to take a $96 million gamble. the four-time mvp had four neck surgeries, but watching him work out, they were satisfied with what they saw. the broncos introduced manning this afternoon in front of a jam packed room. his five-year deal, 18 of that guaranteed this season. team president, john elway, played a big role in manning's decision. >> everybody knows what kind

of competitor he is. i can tell he is just as competitive in this new role. that got me excited. he's going to do everything he can do to help this franchise win. i'm looking forward to being a part of it. >> all right, here's a look at some of manning's career stats. in 14 seasons, he never missed a start. having to sit out all of last season. he racked up 55,000 passing yards and one touchdown shy of 400. he is a four-time nfl mvp. >> former wizards coach tagged andre black to be a team captain. that lasted one game. his maturity level and work ethic were always questioned. now he's been benched because he is out of shape. coach randy whitman sped up with his play announced today he will sit black until he is better conditioned. also gives them time to make sure he is fully recovered from an earlier groin injury. >> we're going to probably not play him for a while.

get him on a program here where he can really go after it from a conditioning standpoint. we thought we could maybe try to play him into shape once he got back. after looking at it, it's unfair for me to put him in that position. >> now the georgetown men may be done, but the ladies are dancing. the lady hoyas take on georgia tech tonight in round two of the tournament. the only other time these two teams met was november of 2010 and the hoyas host that one. time to vote for our high school game of the week poll. wide range of sports to choose from. we have boys and girls lacrosse and boys soccer. that's your choices. go to d.c..highschoolsports.net. we'll highlight from the boys and girls city title game. some of those are in progress right now. >> good stuff. >> that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. >> and derek is back with your area's only local newscast at 7:00. have a good night.