completely unexplained she collapsed on this track field behind me and died. >> this is my baby, man. >> reporter: katia's -- takia's father grasped the poster from her dance. >> i slept in her bed and i asked her why did she cross over, you know? and afterly gone through my little battery of questions of the great spirit like, you know, why would you snatch my daughter at such a young age? >> reporter: her classmates released pink balloons, her favorite color into a crystal blue sky. they remembered her spirit, joy for life, her dedication to the school rotc and then on the track field where she collapsed and died they wept. >> so hard for adults to understand this. how do teenagers understand this? >> it's very difficult and that's why we just have to say we never know what's going to

happen. so we have to just live our lives the best we can, treat each other with love and respect and dignity because that's what tekau did. >> reporter: the 17-year-old was in excellent shape. she played volleyball in addition to her rotc training. >> she loved it, man. she used to come in the house, do the little drills and say are you motivated and with the steps and, you know. >> reporter: her dad is struggling to come up with some meaning, some message that her death can offer to the young friends who miss her so much. >> you may have your youth, but longevity on the plan set not promised. so be wise to try and be a productive person as you can. >> reporter: tekau's dad is a neuroscientist and he is hoping that the autopsy by the office of the chief state -- the state's chief medical examiner, that the autopsy will offer some kind of explanation of what happened here, but her dad fears that tekau was simply working too hard and worked

herself into exhaustion trying to squeeze into that catillion dress. >> such a beautiful sight those balloons on such a sad day. thank you. there is new video leading to more questions about what really happened the night trayvon martin was killed. randall pinkston is in sanford, florida, where the teenager was shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer. >> reporter: one local resident told me one of the most surprising things for her in the new video was knowing that george zimmerman had actually been in police custody. we now know that there had been an attempt by some members of the sanford police department to place him under arrest, but that effort was overruled. one of the key questions for investigators is whether the images in that video support zimmerman's claim that he was in a fight for his life that justified the use of deadly force in self-defense. this video shows george zimmerman the night he shot trayvon martin. zimmerman's lawyer says his client acted in self-defense because he was attacked by the

teenager and had his nose broken, but the martin family's attorney says the video shows no evidence of that. >> thank god for surveillance video because obviously there was a conspiracy to cover up the truth and sweep trayvon martin's death under the rug. >> reporter: in the police report officers did write that zimmerman's nose was bloody. after interviewing the neighborhood watch volunteer authorities let him go. >> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: that decision continues to stir protest around the country and the national media are now camped out in sanford covering the story around the clock. sanford police are warning reporters they could be arrested for stalking if they contact city employees outside of working hours. george zimmerman has gone into hiding since the shooting, but his father is talking for the first time. former judge robert zimmerman told fox 35 in orlando that his son acted in self-defense after he was attacked by martin. he said the teenager "continued

to beat george and at some point george pulled his pistol and did what he did." a shot can be heard when neighbors called 911. >> there's gunshots of. >> reporter: state authorities are now listening to those calls and examining this video, but they say the investigation could take weeks. george zimmerman's father was also asked why is it that you could hear the calls for help? you could hear the gunfire, but no one could hear the threat that he says was made on his son's life by trayvon martin? the elder zimmerman responded he didn't know. in sanford i'm randall pinkston, back to you, derek. >> just for the record, zimmerman is a neighborhood watch. so he said he was following martin because he look -- he said he was following martin because he looked suspicious. meantime the woman charged with shooting a gay man at a northwest d.c. ihop earlier this month was in court today. lawyers for 27-year-old lashawn carson filed a hardship because

she's pregnant. she was arrested monday. the victim survived. right now carson is charged with aggravate ad assault but she could face hate crime -- aggravated assault, but she could face hate crime charges. a former prince george's county jail guard who allegedly ignored an inmate's apparent need for medical care was arraigned today. anthony mcintosh pleaded not guilty in federal court in greenbelt charged with civil rights violations in the 2008 death of inmate ronnie white. white was in jail accused of killing a police officer. mcintosh is free pending trial next january. the number of children with autism is skyrocketing, a new report out today from the cdc estimating one in 88 american kids is somewhere on the autism spectrum. that's more than a 20% jump in a few years' time. the question is why? samantha remmy is learning to read. >> beautiful. >> reporter: the 7-year-old has autism. she was diagnosed at age 22

months. >> sam didn't have words, but the few sounds that she did have she started getting really quiet. she could not follow directions. she had no eye contact. she was extremely behavioral. >> reporter: new figures from the cdc now estimate one in 88 children in the united states has an autism spectrum disorder, a 25% increase from 2006. experts say a number of factors may contribute to the jump. >> better recognition, greater awareness, inclusion of milder cases and, of course, there's always a possibility that there's an incident and if there is, that has to be investigated. >> reporter: autism is almost five times more common in boys than girls affecting one in 54 boys compared to one in 252 girls. with both her daughter and 5- year-old son on the autism spectrum, florence remmy says early intervention made all the difference. >> i have my daughter speaking to me.

she understands. she plays. she still throws tantrums and she's a little bit different than the rest of. >> reporter: she encourages parents to act quickly if they have any concerns and she says being your child's advocate is their best hope for the future. as you heard, the earlier the better. to the why question. autism advocates say they don't think it is just greater diagnosis of kids with a variety of orders. they do believe there's some kind of environmental or other trigger bringing those numbers up and they want more research immediately. in just two days the mega millions jackpot has grown from $363 million to 540 million bucks, a half billion dollar plus jackpot, a new world record. by tomorrow night's drawing it could get even bigger. if you're thinking of joining an office pool to strike it rich, matt jablow has the story of one such pool that really paid off. >> anybody want to do desserts, coffees or anything else?

all right. >> reporter: william alvarez has been a waiter at bobby van's steakhouse in downtown washington the past five years. he says working here has always been enjoyable. >> it's a cool place to work. >> reporter: but never more so than the past six days. >> we joke around. we're a little more jovial. >> reporter: you see, william and 13 co-workers including the restaurant general manager john simki ns pooled their resources, bought a few lottery tickets and won $10,000 in last friday's drawing. >> they called me from the restaurant and i thought they were joking. i looked up the numbers myself and sure enough, we won. >> reporter: at the risk of seeming greedy, they're now hoping for an even bigger prize, in fact, the largest prize in american lottery history. >> i hope lightning strikes twice of. >> reporter: $540 million counting. >> i think we have a better chance because last time we put $5 in and this time we put in

$20. >> reporter: simkins and his co-workers aren't the only ones fantasizing today about becoming multi-millionaire when the mega millions numbers are called out tomorrow night. retail stores across the country including val can either's on river road in bethesda -- calvert's on river road in bethesda have been churning out large numbers of lottery tickets for several days and no doubt will churn out a lot more right up till the deadline tomorrow night. >> of course, people i haven't seen come in and get one. coming up a father drives through smoke and flames to get to kids his and get them out of a wildfire burning in colorado. >> pretty nice for late march, especially if you're out of the winds. we'll tell you when the winds diminish. there are some freeze and frost advisories. we'll tell you about that and a look ahead to the weekend. >> but up next the jetblue captain's midair meltdown prompts calls for a new look at way we screen our pilots. 9 news now will be right back.

the fbi is leading the investigation into a jetblue pilot now charged with interfering with his own flight crew. passengers had to pin down captain clayton osbon on a tuesday flight from new york to las vegas. a federal affidavit states osbon became incoherent while at the controls and turned off the plane's radios. according to documents, the 49- year-old then told his co-pilot we need to take a leap of faith and we're not going to vegas. a former ntsb chairman said the incident may mean more scrutiny of pilot screening. >> there are questions that need to be answered. how do we better screen these people to make sure that they

are fit to fly which not only includes a good heart, good blood pressure, but a good healthy psychological profile as well. >> now what caused this captain's erratic behavior is not known. friends say osbon's outburst is really out of character. investigators are seeking to subpoena medical and prescription drug records. they're also retracing osbon's steps from what he ate to what he said, how he slept, all in the days before this midair meltdown. a 29-year-old faces federal charges after police say he tried to carry a plastic bottle full of explosives onto a plane in philadelphia. that flight was bound for san francisco. authorities say they discovered the bottle containing explosive powder and three m-80 type fireworks. in joseph piccolo's backpack at a check point. a federal background check revealed no initial ties to terrorism and the man reportedly told police he has a professional interest in the

explosives and forgot he had them. authorities in colorado and u.s. forest service are apologizing for allowing a planned control burn to get out of control. that fire outside denver has now burned 27 homes and 900 more evacuated. an elderly couple found dead inside their home and one woman is still out there missing. colorado's governor toured the fire today and is meeting with the families affected. firefighters are racing to contain the blaze before the weekend when the winds are expected to pick up. as the colorado wildfire engulfed their jefferson county neighborhood, one family captured their dramatic escape on video. two of their neighbors did not survive. one is still missing and as will ripley reports, the gulicks feel fortunate to be alive. >> that is very ominous looking out there. >> reporter: as danger burned closer, neighbors had a hard time getting answers. >> when i smelled smoke, i called. i called and i called again 911

and emergency dispatch said there was nothing. >> reporter: kim olson and her husband knew something was wrong. >> we told the kids to get a bag together and started getting ourselves red different. >> reporter: by the time the emergency call came they found themselves driving through a tunnel of flames. >> you're going to be fine. >> where's mom? what are you stopping for? >> reporter: the voice on the video calming his sister is caleb, their oldest. >> didn't know if i was going to live and was just thinking about all the possibilities how things could have gone wrong. >> reporter: but the 13-year- old held it together. >> i just knew chaos wouldn't solve anything, so i just tried to stay calm. >> it's okay. we're out of. >> reporter: though the half mile felt like forever the family was safe in a matter of seconds. >> it's been an emotional roller coaster. we got out with our lives and, you know, some people have not. >> reporter: their neighbors sam and linda lucas died in the fire, their home reduced to

ashes. >> by the time we had a 911 call it wouldn't surprise me if their house was already on fire. >> those people were planning on leaving. it was a matter of not having enough time. >> reporter: olson said they and the others should have been warned much sooner before the fire came this close. >> i don't think they took it seriously. it was right downhill from us. there's no way they shouldn't have evacuated us. this habit happen again. >> that family is still waiting -- can't happen again. >> that family is still waiting to find out the condition of their home and aren't allowed back until sometime next week. crews rescued a whale in trouble today in southern california. the 1-year-old was first spotted yesterday with a fishing rope wrapped around its tail. rescuers tied buoys to the rope to help keep track of the mail who had apparently been swim ago long -- male who had apparently been swimming alongside its mother. today they found the animal and were finally able to set it

free. >> they freed willy. >> been waiting all day to say that. >> very nice today, windy, but it's march which is known for wind and temps in the 60s, so, by golly, we had an average day. actually we're looking at a little colder night and we'll talk about the weekend. let's start with a live look outside through our live weather cam brought to you michael and son and temperatures are about average this time of year, 62 downtown. the dew point is in the 30s but not crazy low like earlier in the week when we were worried about the frost and freeze, winds north, northwest at 16, but dew point is in the mid- 30s. that's really not a problem. that said there are some advisories out. we'll get to that in a second. 61 arlington, 60 bethesda, 60 also in rockville up 270, 57 in gaithersburg you go far enough up 270, 60 in reston, 64 manassas and springfield, 62 college park. so really pretty nice. here's the deal.

marchlike but okay, colder tonight, no frost or freeze in the metro, nice tomorrow, although a few clouds come in late and cool and unsettled saturday. that's kind of our way of saying not so nice. it won't rain continuously. for tonight clear skies, colder, winds diminish, a one to two blanket night maybe, 34 to 44 and wind become northwest at 10. there are some frost advisories, fred county, maryland north along the board -- frederick county maryland north along the border and frederick county in virginia. you jump the divide and you're under a freeze warning for oakland, petersburg and i'm not even that concerned with that because temperatures there should stay in the upper 20s and not for long. now tomorrow morning mostly sunny and a chilly start. you'll need a jacket, 30s and 40s but light winds, so a little different day than today. for afternoon partly cloudy and pleasant, a few clouds coming in late, but highs low to mid-

60s, pretty nice. winds will turn southeasterly at about 10. so again tomorrow's highs just about where we were today really, right around 60, 61 in gaithersburg, maybe 63 in arlington and springfield, 62 downtown, 63 in college park. you're lucky, maybe 64 down into waldorf and charles county and low 60s out to the west, 62 in reston, 61 in sterling, 60 in leesburg and 60 also down toward manassas and middleburg. so here's the deal. a chilly start, 36 to 44, then 57 to 62 by noon and then 59 to 64 by evening, just a few clouds coming in late, but it will be dry friday. next seven days, saturday not so much, we're looking at temperatures around 60 with some drizzle, some light rain, even a thunderstorm possible. sunday looks better, warmer anyway, temps in the low 70s, but clouds come back in late, maybe a shower toward evening, still nice on monday and tuesday, back up temps a bit, low 70s monday, upper 70s on

tuesday and more storms wednesday and much colder on thursday, upper 50s for highs. ier best shot, we love get -- another best shot, we love getting these in this time of year, a gorgeous shot of the tidal basin and the jefferson, pretty nice, did everything right. had some great pictures we had to kick out again. some were of the tidal basin and some were sunrise. please put your name in there. go to our website. click on the weather tab and include your name, location and a description. so again wish i could share some of those with you, but i can't. back to you guys. it looks like basketball, but it's played by robots. coming up we'll go to the rebound rumble tournament underway at the washington convention center. >> yeah, but can they dance? up next why you may want to think twice before you ask the irs to put your tax refund on one of those prepaid debit cards, bad idea. ♪

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a sizable tax refund sounds great, but experts say not really pause you are actually giving one -- because you are actually giving uncle sam an interest free loan.

bankrate.com suggests adjusting so you don't overpay your taxes. even the irs says it's a better way to go because you'll have more money in your paycheck to work with. high panic fees helped a new plastic gain ground. we're talking about those prepaid debit cards that do not require a bank account and tax time is when they're heavily touted as a way to get your refund, but money experts say buyer beware. prepaid debit card promotions sure sound enticing. >> there's no credit check, no bank account required and if you're 18 or over you can't be turned down. >> with 100% approval and no credit check, you can get your card now. >> you can buy them in stores or online and they have familiar logos like mastercard or visa and like a regular debit card you can make purchases, even get cash at atms, but after examining the extensive terms and conditions of 16 prepaid debit cards, consumer experts say that's where the similarity ends. >> if your prepaid card is lost

or stolen or there are errors on your account, you don't have the same legal protections with a traditional debit or credit card and there can be lots of fees. >> take the account now. gold visa prepaid card has a monthly fee of $9.95 unless you load it with $2,500 a month. it will cost $2.50 for an atm withdrawal plus 15.95 to close the account and get a check for the remaining balance and some cards even imply that they can improve your credit history, but don't you believe it. >> these are a type of debit card. so the big three credit agencies don't use any of the activity on them to determine your credit score. >> tv personality susie orman wants to change that in a pilot program with transunion, one of the three big credit agencies, but experts are uncertain if that will work. consumer report advocates say prepaid debit cards should have the same protections as

traditional debit and credit cards and say fees should be clearly disclosed to make a good comparison. coming up a statue of a d.c. legend gets a prominent spot in one of the city's historic neighborhoods. >> also ahead we answer the question what weighs 2,500 pounds, measures 48 feet in length and lived 60 million years ago? not only will we tell you what it is, but where you can find it. >> it's not topper? >> i'm scott broom, coming up the latest effect of our incredibly warm late winter and spring it. is weeds growing like crazy and when i come back, i'll tell you something about what you can do about it. >> mitt romney inches closer to the republican nomination for the white house. i'm danielle nottingham. i'll have the story coming up.

mitt romney inched closer to wrapping up the republican presidential nomination today. the gop frontrunner is being endorsed by former president george w. bush at a campaign event this hour in houston. >> but his rival rick santorum is not ready to give up, not yet. danielle nottingham with the latest on the campaign trail from the white house. >> reporter: the republican primary season is dragging on and mitt romney is picking up more high profile supporters as the pressure mounts to unite behind one candidate. mitt romney is picking up an

endorsement from former president george h.w. bush. it's the latest sign that gop leaders are eager to wrap up the primary race and begin the head to head battle with president obama. on wednesday tea party favorite florida senator marco rubio threw his support behind romney saying republicans don't need a floor fight at this summer's convention. romney's closest rival rick santorum seemed to acknowledge publicly for the first time he may not win this contest, but he is still campaigning hard in wisconsin ahead of next week's primary. >> i think the american people are tired of politicians who will tell you whatever you want to hear when they're in front of you. >> reporter: santorum stopping at bowling alleys around the state to convince voters he's the conservative candidate who can relate to them. santorum needs a win tuesday to stay competitive in the race for the white house, but the latest polls show romney up by

eight points in wisconsin. his supporters have already spent more than $2 million on television ads there. newt gingrich lags way behind in the polls and delegate count. the former speaker is trimming his staff and travel plans, but his campaign insists it's reworking its strategy and gingrich is not dropping his presidential bid. washington d.c. and maryland will also hold primaries on tuesday. santorum is not on the ballot in d.c. at the white house danielle nottingham, now back to you, derek. >> thank you. so far president obama's campaign has spent $135 million on his reelection bid and that is more than romney and santorum have spent combined. a 20-year-old and two teenagers, yes, talking teenagers, running for the prince george's county board of education in next tuesday's maryland primary features. scott broom reports it's adding up to a very serious youth movement to change the way the

county manages its $1.6 billion budget. >> reporter: if you think this isn't serious, let me remind you that one of these young candidates is already an incumbent. they are three very impressive young people. they are diverse, smart and all products of the prince george's county public school system. sheila ahmed, an 18-year-old at university of maryland who graduated roosevelt high in greenbelt last year. david murray, 20, a sophomore at the university of maryland baltimore county also from roosevelt high. >> my name is edward burrows. >> reporter: and 19,ed ward burrotk who has already served -- burrows who has already served.

>> increased class sizes, cut reduced programs like reading recovery. >> we have a $1.6 billion budget and i don't think too many people have a good grasp of where it's going. i want to see that money is going where it can be most effective. i want to see an external audit of the school system budget, something that the current school board has been very opposed to. >> my no. 1 thing is communication. i personally feel like as a board member it would be my responsibility to go out and communicate with the different groups and organizations in the community. >> reporter: they are all campaigning hard in their respective districts. >> i'm running for the board of education district. >> reporter: and they routinely surprise voters. >> i turned 20 a couple days ago. >> well, congratulations. >> thank you. >> reporter: each of these young candidates represents a different district, so they're not running against each other and it's possible they could all win. if that happened, three of the eight board of education members here in prince george's county would still be students themselves. in oxon hill scott broom, 9 news now.

>> that would be historic. early primary voting is already underway. the polls will be open in maryland next tuesday april 3rd from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. a statue of local jazz legend duke ellington now stands in the heart of d.c.'s historic shaw neighborhood. the 20-foot stainless steel and granite sculpture was installed today in ellington plaza next to the soon to be reopened howard theater titled encore. the statue is the work of d.c. native zachary oxman and it shows duke sitting on a monumental treble clef while playing a piano. a monster snake goes on display at the smithsonian, a life size replica called a titan boa is the centerpiece that opens friday at the national museum of natural science. when it was alive more than 60 million years ago, it weighed 2,500 pounds, 48 feet long.

the exhibit will be here through january 6th when it begins a tour of museums across the nation. hundreds of high school students from our area are competing in the regional first robotics competition. this happens this weekend at the washington convention center and this year's fast pace tournament is called the rebound rumble. it's a basketball sort of game, has four hoops at each end of the playing field and during the matches six robots take the field trying to score as many baskets as possible into their hoops. now the higher the hoop, the more points each team receives. winners advance to the world championship in st. louis next month. [ trumpets playing ] >> some of the best trumpet players in the country are here in virginia. see who is giving them some instruction. >> if you've been out working in the yard and sneezing, here's the reason why. the pollen count is not only

high for try, it's very high for tree pollen, low for grasses, weeds and mold spores. we'll come back and talk about another cold front on the map and what it means to our weekend. >> but up next caught on tape an elephant called baby makes a run for it because somebody tried to give him a bath and he said i don't like baths. >> is that what he said? >> don't forget. we're always on www.wusa9.com. >> we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] for the dreamers...

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caught on tape a 2 1/2 ton elephant rampaging through the parking lot. the 40-year-old asian elephant named baby, ironic name, escaped this week from circus workers in black pool, ireland outside a busy shopping center.

surveillance video shows it running out of the parking lot into the street. the elephant apparently just did not want a bath. they captured the animal in front of a nearby coffee shop. fortunately nobody hurt and somehow nothing damaged. >> he just wanted a latte, no. bad joke. no such luck at bethel college in indiana where they're having trouble catching larry bird. what else would you call a bird on the loose inside a gymnasium. the bird somehow escaped over a the weekend on a bird fair and has avoided capture. nothing they've tried to do seems to work to catch it. >> we tried to give him what he would like, a hotdog up about. he didn't seem to want that. popcorn scraps seemed to be kind of more his style. i think he feels the pressure after being chased for three days by college kids who could get him to a pet store to put

some change in their pockets. >> very colorful feathers there on larry bird. he has been squawking from the rafters during basketball games swooping toward the fans and some of the kids seem to be more entertained by the bird than the game. you can understand that. in rockford ohio police are investigating a bizarre accident that has an entire neighborhood buzzing last night. >> police say the driver of this truck of the speeding down the road, missed the turn, hit the curb, went airborne, hit the front porch of a house, landed on a car and came to rest inside somebody else's home. the woman living inside that particular home, it was a close call. >> i had just gotten home from work and went upstairs and the house just started to shake and the power started to flicker and i ran downstairs and i ran out the front door and looked over and saw the truck on my front porch. >> well, now this when it really gets weird. after the driver crashed, he got out of truck, stripped naked and started chasing

somebody, a woman, around the neighborhood. an ex-marine who lives there was able to restrain him until officers arrived. nobody was hurt. the driver taken into custody. still ahead barbie gets a new look to help sick kids. we talked about this before. >> up next a popular local museum is becoming its own exhibit. we'll explain.

screen on the green doesn't start until summer, but this video set to music has been playing around one of the museums on the mall literally for the past six nights. so what the heck is going on? we sent matt jablow down to find out. ♪are the stars out tonight >> i love it. >> reporter: there's a new exhibit at the hershorn museum and sculpture garden. >> fascinating. >> reporter: actually the museum is the exhibit. >> it's beautiful. >> reporter: at least a big round part of it. >> many of the images move and float around the building.

>> reporter: it's called song one, an audio visual composition by multimedia artist doug aiken who married a wide variety of images to various version of the classic 1930s ballad i only have eyes for you. ♪ i only have eyes for you >> can't get enough of the song. >> reporter: aiken then combined it all into a 35 minute presentation that is continuously projected by 11 high definition projectors all around the outside of the hershorn from sunset to midnight seven days a week. >> what it's really about is turning the museum into liquid architecture. >> reporter: carrie brower is the museum curator and clearly one of the biggest fans. >> i think it's really wonderful because it's really animated our national mall at nighttime. >> reporter: if you can imagine the exhibit which the museum calls the first of its kind in washington is getting a

lot of looks and comments. >> it's very romantic and it draws you in. it's a wonderful way to use the building in a different way of presenting art. >> reporter: matt jablow, 9 news now. >> that exhibit runs through may the 13th. positive news tonight from the centers for disease control in the war on cancer, according to the cdc's annual report deaths from all cancers keep going down, better screening, advances in treatment and changing in healthy behaviors like smoking leading to the decline. the report also notes this is the second straight year of decline in lung cancer deaths among women. death rates among men in that category have been going down for decades. now women are following suit. good news. some kids with cancer can look forward to playing with a barbie doll with whom they can better relate. the mattel toy company says next year it will start making a bad barbie and provide the doll to children in hospitals and kids in cancer treatment or

due to other medical conditions. heavy breathing on the end of the line is not a phone call you want to stay on typically, but an operator with britain's equivalent of 911 did just that and it paid off. turns out george, a 2-year-old bassett hound, somehow became tangled up in a phone cord and started choking. somehow the dog managed to dial 999, the british 911, and the alert dispatcher sent an emergency crew. we're pleased to report tonight george is doing just fine, but his phone bill is a little steeper than what he had expected. >> he dialed it? >> he could have hit 999. it's the same number. >> it's not like you had to aim. >> george is alive today thanks to his dialing ability. i'll thank you not to make fun of him. >> okay, george, glad to have you with us. we're looking at an average day and tomorrow will be very nice, not as windy. we'll feel a bit more comfortable. weekend looks better actually. let's start with live look outside. we'll start with our live

weather cam brought to you by michael and son. here we go, 60s, about where we've been all day, winds out of the north, northwest at 16. they will settle down after midnight and dew point is in the 30s. i'm not concerned about -- certainly nothing in our area in terms of frost or freeze, not concerned about the fruit trees either north and west of us. 60 in bethesda and rockville, go far enough north on 270 and do find under 50s in gaithersburg, 59 in great falls, reston and leesburg, 63 in springfield and 62 in college park. so here's the deal. marchlike but that's okay. it's late march, colder tonight no, frost or freeze in the metro, nice on friday. a few clouds are coming in late, cool and unsettled on the weekend at least saturday, although i think we'll have bits of sun and periods of clouds and showers on saturday, not a washout. clear and colder tonight, winds diminish, one to two blanket night, 34 to 44, winds northwest at 10 after midnight.

frost advisories for frederick county, maryland, washington county and in the i-81 corridor and parts of the shenandoah and a freeze warning essentially west of the divide including oakland and the valley. lows, well, in the 30s, well above freezing in gaithersburg, 37, 42 arlington, 43 downtown, 38 in college park and 38 in reston, 39 in fairfax. tomorrow morning mostly sunny skies, a chilly start. you'll need a light jacket, 30s and 40s. by afternoon looking at partly cloudy skies, pleasant, some clouds coming in late, but highs in the low to mid-60s and winds southeast at about 10, so not windy tomorrow at all. next seven days looks like this. we're looking at temperatures in the low 60s as we get into saturday, some showers, maybe a thunderstorm, not a washout. sunday is nicer, low 70s, maybe a sprinkle late and low 70s on monday, gorgeous, upper 70s

tuesday, more storms wednesday and cooler next thursday. so in a couple weeks we'll have a shot of cool weather for a little bit. >> thanks, top. news team assemble. that's just one of the many memorable lines from the 2004 film anchorman and while it tended to poke fun at us, it was a big hit. >> now star will ferrell says there will be a sequel, not offering up detail as side from the fact that steve carell and paul rudd are expected to resume their roams on the anchor desk in -- roles on the anchor desk in san diego. >> i am ron burgundy. >> stay class yes, san diego. >> all of us have seen -- classy, san diego. >> all of have us seen the movie. there's a lot more to the professional athletes than we see. they have aspirations and hobbies. they are musicians, actors, whatever they 2 the to do. for chris -- 2 the to do. for -- whatever they want to do.

for chris singleton, he's hoping to make a splash in the fashion world. he's always cooking up something dope. >> we're always stinking. >> he's 1/3 the brainchild behind a unique clothing line called dope clothing. >> it just means like that's cool basically, but in a slang to urban language. >> this venture started in early 2011 sidelined with a broken foot during his final year at florida state, singleton starting to brain storage ways to have fun and make some money with a couple -- brainstorming ways to have fun and make some money with a couple friends. >> i was hurt and what i did in my spare tape, i decided to get shirts made for the team -- time, i decided to get shirts made for the team and it turned into a business. >> after the release party last summer in tallahassee business started to boom. >> i wanted the people to decide how big they want it to be. >> now as a wizards first round draft pick and nba rookie, singleton wants to bring his line to d.c. >> totally innovative and

trying to move forward. >> when he's not on the court or in the gym, he's brainstorming new ideas. >> this basically represents me from all these people saying always chill. >> and still plays a big part in the design process. >> that's my name behind it. people know me more than they know them, but eventually they're going to know all of us. >> chris says dope clothing is coming out with a new line this summer, but he plans on making sweat shirts for his wizards teammates, so great pr for him. >> when basketball is over he can sell some dope clothing. >> thanks a lot. still to come tonight wouldn't you like to be a pepper, too? a look at the vice presidential slip-up that's getting a little attention tonight. >> reporter: you'll soon be able to avoid traffic like this and get to work on time by riding in the express lane, but it's going to cost you. i'm peggy fox. coming up we'll look at the price. >> peggy is making me nervous on that highway there. >> but first some of the best

trumpet players in the country are here in our own backyard. i'll get some high profile pointers in who's teaching them next.

you don't normally think big yellow school bus and college, but that's where ours is taking us this thursday. >> george mason university in fairfax, in fact, where students from elementary to graduate school are taking part

in a national trumpet competition and as mike hydek tells us, they're getting some tips from world famous jazz and big band greats. account. [ trumpet playing ] >> reporter: three times a day seven days a week forrest johnson fills the air with music. he practices like it's his job. 11 years old from vienna, virginia, he is the youngest competitor in the 20th annual national trumpet competition at george mason university and it's pretty special to him. >> this is one of the very few times i get to perform in the competitions. and also to also at the same time see all these great players performing. >> reporter: long time tonight

show band leader doc severnson is one of the many professionals willing to teach and inspire during this year's competition. >> give me the kid that's enthusiastic about it and he will practice because he wants to. >> reporter: to get in players from across the country submitted youtube videos as their first round performance. then if accepted, it's on to a live performance with a piano player in front of a panel of judges. >> the talent here is amazing. it's nice to be able to give them a little feedback. >> reporter: at stake, thousands of dollars in prize money or an all expenses paid course at the prestigeous interlochen music academy. but that's not the real value says event creator denny edhebrach. >> it's more important for them to hear students at their own age group than for me to tell them. >> reporter: and so do the

parents, rich johnson, before his father was his only trumpet teacher until now and said the national trumpet competition is something to aim high. >> it's easy for a 6, 7, 8-year- old kid to say i'm only 8, i can't do it, but when you see his here doing it, you know it's possible. >> reporter: forrest johnson can now say he is one of the best in the country after winning the junior division. all that practice proved to be worth it. now that's cool. mike hydek, 9 news now. >> if you've got a cool school, send mike an e-mail. >> this is 9 news now. tonight our top story, we are learning of an alleged prostitution ring targeting high school girls all across northern virginia. >> federal prosecutors say five members of a street gang based in fairfax county were running this prostitution business and according to authorities, they'd recruit the teens either through facebook or by approaching them on the street and the girls were threatened

if they refused to participate. kristin fisher has been working this story for us. >> reporter: so far investigators have identified 10 victims in this case between the ages of 16 and 18. two of the girls were even beaten or cut with a knife when they tried to quit or refused to participate. these girls were recruited in school at metro stations and especially on facebook. take a good look at this facebook page. it claims to be the profile of a girl rain smith, but fairfax county police say it's full of fake photographs and that it really belongs to the mastermind of this prostitution ring. >> basically say to them hey, you're pretty. do you want to make some money? and through flattery and coercion and threats of violence they would lure these young women into acts of prostitution. >> reporter: u.s. attorney neil macbride said the men relied on other women in their organization to lure em