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center court. attorneys general from 26 states have sued. they say that the government cannot do that. >> the relationship between the individual and the federal government is changed forever. >> attorneys for the obama administration told the justices health insurance is not like any other product or service because everyone needs health care. and democrats say if the justices strike down this part of the law, that will not stop the fight. it is because of that mandate that many who are before and against the proposal have gone to the steps of the supreme court. they're hoping to get a front row seat to history. delia goncalves joins us live with more information. delia? >> reporter: jc, another busy

day inside and outside the supreme court. folks who are lined up caverning outside the -- camping outside the courthouse early this morning have already received their tickets and are inside watching the proceedings right now. here on the street a whole lot of noise, a whole lot of activity. dozens of protesters trying to get their messages out. scores of those demonstrators around the country descended on capitol hill to fight for their beliefs they say. challengers of the law including the 26 states represented in court say the government is overstepping their boundaries but the administration says it's simply addressing a national crisis. proponents say striking the mandate defeats the whole purpose of the law which is not only to provide insurance for all moarns but lower health care -- all americans but lower health care costs. opponents many of them from organizations say they should not be forced into buying into a system that goes against their fundamentally beliefs. for instance, like buying birth control. >> two years ago when president obama signed into so-called

patient protection and affordable care act known as obama care, he led the greatest government overreach in the 236- year history of america. >> reporter: if you are luck-- >> if you are lucky enough to still be employed and have insurance through your employers, you may feel safe from the pain and fear of people like me, but let me warn you, things can change abruptly. >> reporter: speaking of change, that is one thing that folks on both sides of this issue can agree upon, no matter what is the outcome of this case and what the decision may be. it will certainly change the course of this nation. however, we are still several months away from that decision and opinions from the justices is expected to come down in june. that is right before the democratic and republican convention. jc, back to you. >> delia goncalves, thank you very much. police are investigating a murder-suicide that occurred in annandale. it involves a man and his 13- year-old daughter. the bodies were found inside an

suv this morning in a driveway on forest grove drive near radioswood street. it appear -- rosewood street. it appears both victims died from gunshot wounds. right now authorities are not releasing the identity of the victims. we're continuing to follow this story. we'll have the latest information for you coming up on 9news now beginning at 5:00 p.m. anger continues to grow over the shooting death of trayvon martin. he's the teenager who was shot in florida by a neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman. there are new reports about exactly what happened that night. as martin's parents travel to washington, d.c. to meet with federal officials. randall pinkston has the latest. >> reporter: police in sanford, florida are once again on the defensive after new details were leaked about trayvon martin's death. george zimmerman told officers he fired at martin in self-

defense. he says the teen approached him from behind, punched him, and bashed his head against the sidewalk. sanford police say the report was consistent with their evidence and authorities are investigating the leak. the attorney for martin's parents says they are outraged. >> they can't keep having niece leaks in the sanford police department, but notice all these leaks are beneficial to george zimmerman. >> reporter: today trayvon's parents plan to attend a hearing in washington on racial profiling. they believe the sanford police are trying to smear their son's name as new details have emerged about the teenager's suspensions from school. >> they've killed my son and now they're trying to kill his reputation. >> reporter: at least two million people have signed a petition demanding the arrest of george zimmerman. demonstrations have spread across the nation. on monday demonstrations and vigils for trayvon were held in florida, missouri. >> we want justice for trayvon. >> reporter: and los angeles. >> there's a trayvon in every neighborhood, in every city. >> reporter: state and federal

authorities are continuing their investigation. >> what we do know is a 17-year- old boy was walking home and now he's dead. and when you have questions like that, they need to be answered. >> reporter: officials say their review will take time and they are asking for patience. randall pinkston, cbs news, sanford, florida. the woman askewsed of shooting a gay -- accused of shooting a gay man at an i hop restaurant in northwest washington will be going to court on thursday. the 27-year-old shawn carson has been charged with the crime. police say an argument broke out and anti-gay slurs were used. a 31-year-old gay man was shot. he is now recovering. the march 11 incident is being reviewed as a possible hate crime. >> in the beginning of this whole incident, before this incident happened, there was some epitaphs that were used by people involved in this group. all of those things will be considered going forward as to whether they fall under the enhanced penalty for the

statute. >> shawn carson has been charged with aggravated assault while armed. the virginia senate as approved a new budget to fund operations for the next two years. that's something it failed to do during its regular session. the vote came after the senate on a party line vote rejected a democratic amendment. it would have compelled either insurance companies or the state to pay for ultrasound examinations now required for women seeking abortions. now senate and house negotiators will have to reconcile their rival versions of that budget. the prince george's county council woman accused of driving 105 miles an hour on the beltway is pleading guilty. but not for reckless driving. court records show that karen toles pleaded guilty to an unsafe lane change violation. that's the citation she got when she was pulled over last month. a few weeks later she got a citation for reckless driving

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the latest gasoline price numbers have been released, and we could be paying $4 a gallon by friday. we just checked in with aaa's fuel gauge report. here in the washington, d.c. metropolitan area, regular grade gasoline is now averaging $3.99 a gallon. that's up 6 cents in the last week. 27 cents in the last month. nationwide the average price for a gallon of gasoline stands at $3.90 a gallon. we use gasbuddy.com to find a few of the cheaper places to buy gasoline. in bowie, maryland regular

grade is selling for $3.79 a gallon there. and if you head to the xtra mart on route 301 at route 197 you can get cheap gas. let's take a look at the district of columbia. regular grade gasoline selling for $3.92 a gallon. at the w express gas station located on 18th street and f street northwest. let's check with virginia. the shell gas station in dranesville is selling regular at $3.99. it's located at route 7 at dranesville road. to check on gas prices around your area, just go to our website wusa9.com. and click on pump patrol. rising gasoline prices may be the reason that more people are taking the marc train. the commuter rail system is

afternooning 35,000 riders on weekdays. that was what was reported in february and that's an all-time record. ridership is up 6% over the same time last year. with the biggest increase on the camden line. coming up next, howard with the forecast. >> jc, is looks warm out here but the thermometers are only reading in the mid-40s. a rare day with low averages. right now it's 46 in arlington and reston and also bwi. crofton is 48 and columbia 49. could have a big warm-up tomorrow. i'll tell you all about it when 9news now returns.

we have more information about our top story that supreme court battle over the president's health care plan. our bruce leshan is at the court. he just came out of the chambers with the latest information. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, jc. i just walked out. remarkable dramatic testimony. if yesterday was arcane legal details, today really got to the heart of this question, the issue of the individual mandate and whether it is constitutional. and three of the justices, alito, roberts, and kennedy each appointed by republicans actually asked tough questions of the bill's opponents.

the solicitor general really was slightly nervous when he came out. one of the more interesting things, one of the things that really struck me here was justice briar's comment about this question about whether somebody could be forced by the government to participate in commerce in some way. and justice briar suggested a situation in which a disease was sweeping the country and the question is if you had some percentage, a population that was vulnerable to this disease, could the government force them to go get inoculated? could the government form them to go out and buy an inoculation. justice briar went back to this repeatedly and actually the bill's opponents were forced to say the government would not have that power. it's interesting. we'll have much more coming up

in the afternoon. >> thank you very much. bruce leshan reporting live. you can go to our website wu usa -- on our web site wusa9.com. maryland is closer towards legalizing gambling. it would allow prince george's county to open a casino with table games. of course that move would first have to be approved by voters in a statewide referendum. you can strike it rich tonight if you can beat the odds. the megamillions jackpot is up to $363 million. no one has won the lottery since january 24. tickets are selling for $2 each. your chances of winning one in 175 million. i want to tell but a once in a lifetime opportunity if you are an art lover because scroll paintings from japan are being seen in our country for

the first time. it's being held at the national galleria of art. the u.s. and japan have been working to bring this exhibit to the u.s. for two years. jessica met with the president of toyota north america, the official sponsor of the event to get his impression after seeing the works. >> people in japan won't be able to see this in one shot. i think it's widely known and now there's some tour planned. and i hear that a lot of people are coming over to see this from japan. >> the set of 30 scrolls will be on display here for four

weeks, okay. and they are so delicate. you couldn't have them any longer. the display is entitled colorful realm of living beings and marks the centennial of japan's gift of cherry trees to us as a symbol of friendship at the national gallery of art. fabulous display. >> we saw that this morning during 9news now. that stuff is amazing. they have to keep low lights. it's so delicate. they don't want to damage it. i want to talk about you for a minute. jc was celebrating the arts. at the arena stage, you're a board member of. proceeds from this event will support the arena stage's programs. it helps is underserved

students. >> it was a fabulous -- it's a fabulous program. the community arts program because we go into schools and give kids that extra something that they don't get in schools nowadays. so thank you for all the support. >> thank you. let's talk about the weather. it's cold but that's just today. we have temps in the 40s. we'll get into the 50s. plenty of sunshine and we've got winds that are going to be lighter this afternoon. only about 5 miles an hour or so. so not too much of a windchill as you make it into the mid, possibly upper 50s. but that may be a stretch to get toward 57 like i was thinking earlier. i think 54, 55, still attainable. upper 20s to low 30s. thankfully we didn't get any colder. we can tolerate this, even a lot of the fruit trees can tolerate 28, 29. 27 gets a little iffy but i don't think we were there long enough to cause too many problems. we're in the mid-40s. it's 49 in fredricksburg. hagerstown 42. even to the east mid-40s down

to southern maryland. on our michael & son weather camera, nothing but sunshine. blue skies. nice looking day out there but it is a chilly one. only 45 at noon at reagan national. feels like 41 with the north wind at 7 miles an hour. the air really dried out a lot. dew point only 15 right now. so the weather headlines not as cold tonight. up 36 to 44. warmer tomorrow. we're going till about 75. however, there's going to be a front coming through so ahead of that some showers, maybe a thunderstorm or two in the afternoon. then cooler again thursday. we'll be looking at highs thursday around 60. you can see the cold air in the northeast. 24 in caribou. out west. but the warn t here, -- warmth here, 56 national. this is tomorrow's weather before a front comes through and knocks us back down for thursday and friday into the 60s. you can see it coming in toward iowa right now and into northern missouri. see this line of showers right here? a couple of thunderstorms? that's going to be marching off to the east and southeast. we're going to see it late

tomorrow. as far as the front. the showers and storms, well, they're not going to get here till probably early to mid afternoon from northwest and then taking the afternoon to move south and east. here's our future cast. quiet tonight. overnight fairly quiet. tomorrow morning we start quiet. but here's the front i'm talking about. by noon it's in central pennsylvania. comes toward us in the middle of the afternoon up toward frederick and hagerstown and then toward evening hours, late afternoon evening it will be coming through here and then we'll clear out and cool off behind that. so the forecast today 57, maybe 55. that might be a little optimistic but tonight 30s and 40s, not as cold. 75 tomorrow with the afternoon showers and storms possible. thursday about 60. as we head toward friday, not bad but showers saturday, drier sunday and warm on sunday. stick around. we're going to the kitchen. 9news now at noon returns in just a moment. [ older brother ] hey, that's the last crescent.

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have you made reservations for easter? if you have not, go to one of my favorite restaurants wildfire on the third floor in tysons corner of the they're having an easter brunch from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. my favorite chef is eddie and today he is preparing prime rib hash. how do you do that? >> it's like corn beef hash but using prime rib. bumps it up a little bit. i'm taking some prime rib chunks, grinding it a little bit. i cubed them marinated in a little ran carry row sauce which is -- a little ran cheer

row -- ranchero which -- just to give it that mexican kick. we get our eggs fresh from bay haven farms every saturday morning. >> they're good? >> they're great. >> organic? >> organic. no antibiotics. beautiful eggs. >> when you eat an organic egg, you'll never go back to those other eggs because the flavor just pops in your mouth. >> they're so bright and orange. it's beautiful. >> these are simple. you've given me the recipe on jchayward.com for prime rib hash. 's got it together. we're going to put it on the plate. it's very easy as you can see. oh, wow. >> potatoes, green peppers, red peppers, a little thyme, sage. going to grab the poached eggs. >> look at that salad. they're known for that chopped salad. he even brought me a pie and that's not an apple pie. that's a cherry pie.

>> the cherry pie from wisconsin. >> go to wildfire, tysons galleria, third floor. ask for eddie. he's my favorite. he's so good. the food is so good there of the i'm coming there for brunch on easter sunday right after church. thanks for being with me. thank you. come back and visit us at 5:00.