threat came into a tv station, but parents were not told. have you had any information? >> no. not. in. >> reporter: and students who boarded buses were stuck on board for three hours. >> all of a sudden i heard the people saying don't go to the annandale campus. it's dangerous and i was like well -- and the first thing went through my head was actually bomb threat. >> reporter: chris grisham said he was listening to the bus driver's radio and heard mayhem on other buss. >> the children on the bus were actually fighting and stuff. >> reporter: students got all their information from twitter. >> i think they did a better job honestly. we found out through twitter. they should post it on some other place. >> reporter: the school system didn't put out any alerts until 9:40, five hours after the bomb threat came in. during that time police sent a robot to the front of the school to tear apart a suspicious backpack. it found nothing dangerous. it was more than just annandale high school affected. it was at least 12 other schools including braddock elementary because those buses

that were holding the high school students couldn't move on to their next routes and pick up the elementary school students. the school spokesperson john torre says they've learned from thins dent. >> we certainly do apologize -- this incident. >> we certainly do apologize to the parents. we acknowledge there probably could have been a quicker turnaround in relaying information to parents. >> reporter: in the past half hour fairfax county police arrested and put out notice that marco antonio toledo, 19 years old of burke, virginia, has been arrested and charged with felony threats to bomb and criminal trespass. now a of we believe that -- now we believe that wusa9 may have had a role in this arrest because this morning around 5 a.m. about a half hour after that call was made to another tv station a tony toledo called this station and an alert assignment desk person thought the person sounded strange

enough and was making very suspicious type talk and actually mentioned a bomb threat at annandale high school which she had not heard of yet. she called fairfax county police and gave them his name and phone number. so hopefully we helped police in this case. >> let's hope so and again, a lot to talk about in how parents are notified in these situations. thank you. the mega millions mania is sweeping the country and the prize grew another $100 million today to, wow, 640 million bucks. it is really an all time world record for a lottery. people in d.c., maryland and virginia all scrambling around trying to get into the game before the drawing tonight and scott broom is live in oxon hill with more on what's happening. >> reporter: hot time tonight at mike's liquor and restaurant here in oxon hill where i'm watching people not just spend $1, some of them spending $10, $20, even $100 on this mega millions drawing tonight despite the mega long odds of

176 million-1. at $1 a ticket everyone knows this is the ultimate long shot, 176 million- 1. now come with me to an unusual spot for a little lesson on long odds. i want to welcome you to laurel asphalt here in prince george's county. what's this? >> this is stone. this is no. 57 stone. >> reporter: that's manager husain rashad. figure four of those makes about a square inch? >> yes. >> reporter: i calculated how many stones would make a pile 176 million stones high. the solution, an astounding 40,000 tons of gravel. >> this is about 6 to 7,000 tons. >> reporter: i need a 40,000- ton pile. you got one? >> the only pile that would come close would be my big dust pile and that's probably 34, 40,000 tons. >> reporter: yup, that's about a half acre of gravel piled

four stories high. so your chances of winning this lottery are like finding a stone this big in a pile of gravel bigger than this! >> i got one rock right here. can you find this in that pile over there? >> that's like a million to none. >> reporter: no. that it's more like 176 million to one. >> chances are slim to infant. >> reporter: you bought a ticket, didn't you? >> yes, i did. >> trying to scare me out of buying too me m more tickets of. >> reporter: i know you bought a ticket. >> yes, sir, i bought about $30 worth of tickets. >> reporter: good luck finding that. >> that was good. >> all right. mr. level headed math guy. did i buy a ticket today? of course, i bought a ticket because i can afford to at least lose $1 just to have some fun tonight. the drawing tonight 11:00 eastern, again the prize a world record setting $640 million. i'm told at this store tonight

they'll be selling tickets up until about 9:30 this evening. reporting live in oxon hill scott broom, 9 news now despite the odds. >> you know, scott, somebody somewhere has got to win. might as well be you. >> reporter: that's exactly right. got to play to win. i'm in. >> all right. a neat. if you have a visa or mast -- anita. if you have a visa or mastercard, listen closely. we learned what is being described as a massive data breach of both debit and credit cards. card holders are warned to watch statement for signs of fraud. >> reporter: boast mastercard and visa confirmed they're investigating a -- both mastercard and visa confirmed they're investigating a possible security breach that may have put account information of thousands of card holders at risk. >> maybe if it was a few hundred people, i would blow it off for the day, but now i'm like actually wanting to learn more about it and see if my account might be at risk. >> reporter: the breach was at a company that acts as a middle man between banks and merchants

handling payments for both credit and debit cards. the wall street journal identified the company as global payments based in atlanta. the company couldn't be reached for comment, but a notice on its website says we are aware that individuals attempting to perpetrate fraud via the internet and otherwise may be into the global payments name. the first alerts about the breach began last week. both mastercard and visa began notifying banks that some of their cards may have been compromised. those notices said the stolen information could be used to make counterfeit cards. the blogger who first broke the story said investigators think street gangs in new york city may have something to do with the breach and that it happened between january 21st and february 25th. both visa and mastercard rushed to reassure customers they won't be held responsible for fraudulent charges. alexis

>> card holders are being told to contact banks that issue their cards. the fda says it will not ban a controversial chemical widely used in food packaging and plastics. we're talking about bisphenol- a. the natural resources defense council has pushed for this kind of ban after some research has indicated it can be harmful to the reproductive and nervous systems and potentially even cause cancer, but today the fda said there's not enough scientific compelling evidence to issue bain on bpa. in as little -- a ban on bpa. in as little as a month from now a half dozen companies may be legally growing marijuana here in washington d.c. the health department named six winning bidders for marijuana cultivation cooperations all in d.c. northeast. bruce leshan joins us now. not everybody is happy about this one. >> reporter: yeah. there are some neighbors that are pretty unhappy about these. now most of them are actually in industrial areas, but not

the one here on ebard street right back about where the carwash. is that is right next-door to this house over here and it's actually right across the street from a youth center. on queens chapel road the potential pot growing operation is next-door to a waste transfer station and down the street from a gentlemen's club, but even in this industrial area some business owners are suspicious. >> if the government approve it, i don't have nothing to say for it. hopefully it's a benefit for people. i hope it's not going to create a more drug or more high people on the street. >> reporter: and the director of a youth center on ebard street is even more angry. >> growing marijuana clinics right across the street from my community center for kids. where is the fabric of our community going? >> so this is a big year for the medical marijuana industry. >> reporter: on rhode island avenue media crowded the grand

opening of the first dope cultivation supply store in d.c. and even the chamber of commerce is welcoming we grow which bills itself as the wal- mart of hydroponics. >> a business opening here employing city residents and bringing tax revenue is a great thing and we support that. >> reporter: we grow hopes to support the licensed pot growing operations. >> essentially we want to create the outside environment indoors of. >> reporter: but there is nothing to prevent it from selling this stuff to anyone it. has everything but the marijuana plants and seeds. tomatoes and cucumber plants stand in for dope. what's the deal with the skittles and the air heads and the snickers? they even have candy for weed growers with the munchies. >> around the clock. >> reporter: not for people with munchies? one of the co-owners of the cultivation center on queens chapel road is the famous talk

show host montel williams who suffers from ms and has really been an outspoken advocate for medical marijuana. coming up at 6:00 we'll talk to another patient who says this is a very big day for her, but it could be even bigger. derek. >> bruce leshan in northeast d.c., thank you. virginia tech will not have to pay a $55,000 federal fine after all. today a u.s. department of education judge overturned the penalty that had been boseed on the school. the judge ruled virginia tech did not violate the law in responding to the campus massacre in 2007. 33 people were killed in the rampage. earlier this month a jury awarded $4 million in damages to the families of two victims who filed wrongful death hawes against the state. in sanford -- lawsuits against the state. in sanford, florida, the community is preparing for another protest in support of trayvon martin taking place tomorrow in front of police headquarters. meanwhile the family of the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot the teen is speaking

out. robert zimmerman jr. told cnn that his older brother george was acting in self-defense. >> pulled out a gun and shot him, that's absolutely not fact. no, it is not what happened. >> he did pull out a gun and shoot him, right? >> well, he stopped someone from disarming him and shooting him. >> robert zimmerman jr. said martin confronted his older brother punching him in the face knocking him to the ground, but in surveillance video taken 40 minutes after the attack zimmerman has no obvious facial or head injuries. police let zimmerman go after they determined there wasn't enough evidence to charge him. a special prosecutor is now on the case. still ahead the unbelievable video of a school bus driver with a busful of kids outrunning a tornado just before the twister strikes. >> the clouds are hanging tough. the question is will they hang tough all weekend? we'll have an updated weekend forecast coming up. >> but up next supreme court justices meet privately to vote on the fate of president

obama's controversial healthcare law. we'll talk about the possible decision with face the nation host bob schieffer when we come back.

the u.s. supreme court took a big step today in the battle

over healthcare. the nine justices took a vote on the fate of president obama's controversial healthcare law. today's private meeting comes after the high court reviewed thousands of pages of legal paper and heard three days of arguments, but there is still time for the justices to change their minds before that decision actually becomes public. that will be in june. in an exclusive interview cbs chief washington correspondent bob schieffer asked vice president joe bide within this case. >> first i think we should bring the temperature down. you and i have watched the supreme court for a lot of years. no one has made any money betting an outcome of cases based on oral arguments and the questions asked. we think the mandate in the law is constitutional. we think the court will rule that way. >> what would happen, though, i mean if this whole thing was thrown out and you had to start over? >> i'm not going to speculate about something i don't believe will happen. i don't believe it will happen and so i just think we should focus on what is the law doing

for people now and what would happen if, in fact, the republicans were able to repeal it? >> you can see the whole interview on the new expanded hour long face the nation this sunday here on channel 9. in fact, there's bob schieffer up in new york talking with us or should i say right here in washington. what's your gut say, bob, about the fate of the healthcare bill? >> well, i kind of go along with joe biden. i don't think you can take from the oral arguments, make really a good judgment on what they're going to do because oftentimes they will play the devil's advocate, but having said that, it was hard to come way from those oral arguments believing -- come away from those oral arguments believing that the conservatives on the court are going to go along with the key part of the plan which is to require people to buy health insurance. i will be surprised frankly if they don't throw it out, but we'll see what happens. >> we will indeed. maryland, d.c., wisconsin all hold primaries next tuesday.

george h.w. bush endorses mitt romney this past week. isn't it over? shouldn't santorum and gingrich probably think about calling it? >> i don't think they will. i think they're going to hang around at least until pretty close to the convention because there is still the possibility that romney cannot get the required number of delegates to claim the nomination before he goes into this convention. there are a lot of republicans he still hasn't closed the deal with and i think probably both gingrich and especially santorum are just going to hang around to see what happens, but i think frankly, you know, seeing all these endorsements, what that really means is that people think he's going to get the nomination, prominent people in his party, and i'll tell you something else. the fall campaign has already begun because the white house believes that romney is going to get the nomination and that's why joe biden has opened up on mitt romney.

he doesn't talk much about any of the others and we'll have a lot of what he has to say sunday in our broadcast when he's our guest. >> bob schieffer at face the nation, thank you, sir, as always, a good conversation. >> thank you very up. >> scattered showers today off and on. >> a little chilly. >> it reminds us we are in march. temperatures struggled to get in the low 50s. some areas held in the low 40s. it's been mild and warm and i would say when it's warm here it's cold somewhere else. we'll take you out to snoqualmie pass in washington state. >> oh. >> here's the deal. not rain here. listen up. mount rainier has had 13 feet of snow in the month of march. whistler had 12.5 feet of snow in the month of march. so while it's been spring here it's been like record setting winter-like in british columbia area and also in the pacific northwest. >> but think of the skiing. think of the skiing. >> i hear you. it would be fantastic.

okay, let's have a live look outside. we actually had some breaks in the clouds to the west, see a little sun on the dome of the capitol. this is our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. temperature 52. you know why? darn easterly wind at 9. we had clouds come in this afternoon. i did not think the clouds would be here in the morning, dew point 39 and the pressure is steady, 29.98 inches of mercury. here is the radar, kind of opened it up. some big thunderstorms in ohio. don't have to worry about that. there are some thunderstorms in parts of west virginia and also in kentucky. some of these could get into western maryland tonight. i think we're okay at least east of i-91. some of these storms may get into the metro area tomorrow morning. that's our best chance for showers and a few thunderstorms, saturday morning. saturday afternoon looks okay. 48 bethesda, 49 rockville, 52 arlington. it isn't crazy cold, but compared to what we've had it felt chilly today, 55 reston,

54 fort belvoir, 49 college park, 48 in beltsville. here's the deal. more bark than bite really. the clouds are just more bark than bite. they don't have a lot of activity. tonight cloudy, maybe a shower, not much goes on. mostly cloudy in the morning. i think you're okay to play golf or do some yard work in the morning and afternoon, probably a later tee time would be better and some sun will occur late in the afternoon saturday. here's our futurecast. we'll put this into motion. by 7:00 in the morning already some breaks in the clouds across parts of the metro area, some showers back in the mountains and back towards martinsburg. about 1:00 some breaks in the clouds and showers confined up near baltimore. so kind of a hit or miss deal on saturday, not a washout. mostly cloudy tonight, milder, keep the chance of a shower in, 45 to 50, winds southeasterly at about 10. next seven days weekend will be okay, more sun on sunday than actually saturday, but okay.

upper 60s on sunday, maybe a shower late. nice on monday. it's scaled back temps, though, upper 60s and a little warmer air rolls in here. we're in the mid-70s tuesday, around 70 wednesday with showers and storms and back in the 60ors thursday and friday. i scaled down -- 60s on thursday and friday. i scaled down monday. still ahead the story behind amazing video of a furniture warehouse going up in flames. >> up next montgomery county police release the dashcam video from the day the cops pulled over the batman.

a commuter alert for beltway drivers near tysons corner tonight. starting tonight at 9:30vdot will close three right lanes of southbound i-495 with the old exit ramp from i-66 onto the capital beltway. the southbound beltway will also be closed friday night at braddock road. the closures will take place so

crews can open a new ramp from westbound i-66 to south i-495. all lanes should reopen by 7 a.m. tomorrow. last week we showed you pictures of montgomery county police pulling over batman. >> but it wasn't actually the real batman surprise, surprise, just a good samaritan in a costume driving what kind of looked like a bat mobile. now we've got the dashcam video of officers and their run-in with the caped crusader. >> got batman on it and he's dressed like batman, got no tags. >> he's got to get his registration. >> how are you? >> good. >> we thought we had a gotham moment there. >> he's negative. no restrictions. >> do you mind if we take a

picture of you? >> batman, da da da da da da. >> all right. thanks, robin. all right. you take care. >> sure. >> you like that. >> i couldn't believe it. it was like okay, i saw the tag and then i started seeing ears. i said this guy is not dressed up as batman. >> you're just lucky batman wasn't grabbing for his utility belt. that batterang can cause pain. the guy's real name is lenny robinson, a self-made businessman on his way to visit sick kids at the hospital. turns out that's what he does and he's been doing that at hospitals in the d.c. and baltimore area for almost a decade now. buzz lightyear, remember him from toy story? he is headed to the smithsonian. the 12-inch toy story action figure is the longest serving

toy in space. it was launched in may, 2008 at space shuttle discovery. we're serious. it came back 15 months plight on discovery 15. now buzz -- later on discovery 15. now buzz will go on display starting this summer at the national aerospace museum. coming up the recording of a school bus driver's race to save her school bus children from a tornado. >> also ahead a canadian highway paveed with gold after a trash involving an armored truckloaded with coins. >> but up next friends and family of a murder victim outraged by what they call a lack of protection for the corpse. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began.

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it's been nearly three weeks now since the mother of six was brutally killed by her estranged husband. now her family is fighting to protect other victims of domestic violence. here is their story. >> she was so scared and she asked the police officers am i doing the right thing and they said yes, you are. >> reporter: despite that reassurance heather mcguire was viciously attacked and killed just days later. police say her soon to be ex- husband phillip gilberti woke her from her sleeping bed, beat her and drove her van down connecticut avenue in kensington. it was 9:30 in the morning when she tried to escape. he shot her in the head leaving her to die in the middle of the

street. >> the last text she sent me she said mom, i think he's going away for a long time now. >> reporter: gilberti has a long violent criminal past with several restraining orders filed against him. when police finally cornered him later that night, he took his own life. >> i just feel that the judicial system absolutely let her down. >> if they don't change everything, then everything is going to stay the same and how many more people are going to die? >> reporter: today mcguire's friends and family members including two of her children rallied outside a montgomery county courthouse where they say the judge made a deadly mistake when he let the repeat offender back on the streets. >> he is a good judge. unfortunately it's come to my attention that apparently the computers in the courtroom were down. some of the criminal history of this guy was not available to the judge. >> reporter: mcguire's family and friends have started a petition on change.org to strengthen maryland's stalking laws. they're also hoping for judicial review in the next two

weeks. in rockville delia goncalves, 9 news now. >> mcguire said she and gilberti had three children together. none of those children have been harmed police say. an old virginia furniture plant being demolished has now burned to the ground. investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fair at the bassett superior lines plant. flames shooting 20 feet in the air last night spreading across the roadway into the woods sparked a brushfire. one firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion. firefighters in colorado are racing to contain a 6 square mile wildfire before the weather changes this weekend. residents of about 180 homes who fled the wildfire earlier this week are waiting to hear when they can come back. the jefferson county sheriff's office says the challenge for the coming weekend will be the forecast for higher winds, record heat and low humidity. not good. the fire has already killed two people and one person is

missing. at least 27 homes have been destroyed. caught on tape a school bus driver in henryville, indiana, outruns this month's devastating ef4 tornado with nearly a dozen kids on board. she got them to safety just minutes before the bus was tossed around by that twister. mike columbo with more on this heart pounding race against mother nature. >> reporter: it's 3:15 p.m., march 2nd, storm sirens are wailing. the 36,000-pound school bus is no match for the tornado. debris flying, lightning flashing, watch how the bus moves across the parking lot, slams into a car. and then is lifted and carried across the road crashing into a diner. the bus microphones even picking up the sound of glass break inside the restaurant. inside-- glass breaking inside the restaurant. on this bus just 13 minutes

earlier 11 children heading home dismissed earlier because of the threat of severe weather. the driver reassures them. angel perry, the bus driver scrambling to find a place to take cover. >> we're going into the back. >> reporter: as the skies darken the chatter increases on the bus and the radio. >> i know you're busy. it's 3:18. i -- >> reporter: the bus now nearly 3 miles from school. >> and i stopped the bus for a second, put my hands down and i said dear lord, what do i do? >> reporter: you can hear perry as she makes her decision to turn the bus around. >> count how many kids we have, please, 11? thank you so much. anybody needs to call their parents we're going back to the school. >> i have to call my parents. >> we'll call them when we get to school, okay? >> tornado on the ground. >> tornado on the ground. be quiet. >> i see the tornado on the

ground going towards the school. >> you got a book to put over your head, do it. get in the middle. >> reporter: the bus now a minute and and a half from the school. >> there's a tornado right there, guys. look, the funnel cloud. >> reporter: perry is anxious but has calm instructions for her precious cargo. >> don't block me through traffic. don't block me. guys, we're just going to go as fast as we can into the school. >> reporter: the bus pulls up to the school. >> everybody stay together. all our group together right now, go, go, go, go, go! one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, come on! 10, 11, go, go, go! >> reporter: just three minutes later perry's cell phone still in the driver's seat the bus is blown away. >> talk about reality tv. that was something. okay. well, now check out this

rare tornado in monterrey, mexico. two women shot this dramatic video as rocks and hail remember pounding their car. -- were pounding their car. the women say they'd never heard about a tornado in that area ever before then. a first here at home for the national zoo. the zoo's two male gorillas kwame and kojo are the first to take part in a heart disease study. it is part of the great ape heart project. the goal is to help veterinarians better detect and treat heart disease in these animals. vets inserted a device beneath kojo's skin and between his shoulders in february. kwame's surgery took place a couple weeks ago. >> the technology that we're using, the ilr system is, something that was developed for use in human medicines, but one of the things we do is great ape medicine, gorillas in particular is, we work with our human apparentlies closely and we try and adapt technologies for our use to best help our endangered species. >> zookeepers will continue to look for any physical changes

in the animals' health and say detection is a major step in combating heart disease in apes just like in humans. apple's antenna-gate, the settlement that may have iphone 4 users getting a little cash back. >> we have sunshine on the weather terrace in northwest. we'll show you the allergy and pollen count, not as high as yesterday but high for tree pollen as opposed to very high yesterday. low for grasses, low for mold spores. we'll come back, let you know if any shower activity could knock that followen count down over the weekend. >> -- pollen count down over the weekend. >> but up next a nighttime ride turns into a hair rising experience when a car spins out of control and almost -- well, makes a bit of a mess on the highway. we'll show you. >> don't forget we're always on www.wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back.

caught on tape, a biker who came within inches of perhaps finding himself part of pavement. check out the sedan on the right side of your screen. a driver losing control sliding across and oh, my goodness, just misses that motorcyclist. let's take another look at this. when you see the driver begin

to slide and spin out, maybe 6 inches? that's how much he misses that motorcyclist by. this happened a few nights ago on a pretty busy highway in san antonio. fortunately i guess everything worked out okay. a narrow escape for firefighters in dearborn, michigan, three firefighters trying to ventilate the roof of a burning building on thursday. they tried chopping a hole in the roof when it suddenly gave way underneath them forcing them to scramble for their lives to safety. the last guy had to be pulled up. all three escaped serious injury and the cause of the fire is under investigation. a tractor trailer crash left a snowy stretch of highway in ontario literally covered in silver and gold. >> it was a brinks truck carrying from 3 to 5 million bucks worth of canadian coins and triggered a chain reaction crash yesterday. four vehicles slammed into each other including a truckful of candy. after attending to the injured, the next challenge for the authorities, how to clean up

all those komens on the road. that's when the guy with the crane magnet proved -- coins on the road. that's when the guy with the crane magnet proved to be invaluable. >> it looks like it's doing really good right now. so if we'd be picking these up one at a time, we'd be here for months. i don't know if the magnet will find it all. there's some crammed every corner inside the truck, outside the truck, inside the tires. there's some all over the place. >> for hours road crews picked and scooped and piled up the coins and candy. the truck's driver and passenger hospitalized with some pretty serious injuries. what caused all the crashes? we don't know yet. coming up honda recalls hundreds of thousands of vehicles. >> still ahead tonight. >> the parents looked at me and say can't you make it better and the answer is i can. >> his job is to put broken bodies back together. >> now this trauma surgeon describes the pain of seeing children's lives shattered by drinking and drugs. that's coming up.

as the battle against the spread of hiv and hepatitis c continues, there is a new convenient screening option for

both of these sexually transmitted diseases. what i'm holding here are two new testing kits, a local pharmacy is the first in the nation to offer tests using both of these kits. bioscript pharmacy on 14th street northwest offers the test from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day. no appointment is needed and the results come back in 20 minutes. hiv and hep-c are growing concerns in the district. according to the cdc, 3% of all residents in d.c. have already been diagnosed with hiv and many are infected and don't know it. >> there are 4.1 million americans that have hepatitis c with four out of five undiagnosed. unlike hiv with hepatitis c there is a cure and new medicines coming down the pipeline every day. we can actually eradicate part of the hepatitis c depending on what genotype you have. >> the fda is quickly reviewing

these test kits possibly to allow it over the counter. this next man may save another loved one's life if he or she drives and drinks or engages in other destructive behavior. as andrea mccarren reports, for the parents of teenagers, he's the guy who brings both heartbreak and hope. >> do you have vital signs? can you hear me? >> reporter: dr. thomas scalia can often put broken bodies and shattered lives back together, but sometimes he just can't. >> the parents look at me and they say well, can't you make it better and the answer is i can't. i can't make this go away. >> reporter: what is especially heartbreaking is that most of the traumatic injuries that bring a parent here are prevent -- a patient here are preventable. >> if you look at the patients that we see, over half the people admitted here have some toxin on board, be it alcohol or some illegal drug.

so yeah, it's our everyday business. >> reporter: once a patient has made it through the doors of a shock trauma center, their options are slim. >> one is that you die. you are not there to see the effects that that has on your mom, your dad, the rest of your family and that rip ams on for years and years and years -- rip ams on for years and years and -- ripples on for years and years and years. the second is you have terrible injury, end up with quadriplegic trauma, a spinal cord injury and now you are disabled forever. >> reporter: although more than 8,000 patients are rushed into the shock trauma unit every year, it's the 3% who couldn't be saved that are hardest to forget. >> as mump as i would like to, i can't and that's -- much as i would like to, i can't and that's just fall when the kid lying in the bed is 18 years old. >> reporter: andrea mccarren, 9 news now. >> the shock trauma center has a high risk adolescent trauma

prevention program. it is aimed at high school students. it includes a tour center of along with some very graphic education about the consequences of drinking and drug use. if you want more information on that, go to our website, www.wusa9.com. if you own a 2002 to 2004 honda crv or a 2003 honda pilot, your vehicle is being recalled. there's a problem with the wiring in the suv's headlight. they can get loose and cut off the low beams. honda will notify owners about that recall starting late next month. iphone 4 owners may have some money coming their way. apple recently settled that class action lawsuit to claim the phone was defective because of reception issues. the pay comes out to about 375 million bucks and it covers an estimated 25 million people who maybe eligible for $15. i guess that's something. >> sure. is. you've been adjusting things as we go toward the weekend. >> we have. it's not going to be a washout.

may not be chamber of commerce. little league games will probably be played. >> lacrosse, we'll get that in. >> play golf. >> maybe even some cyclists get out. >> yes indeed. the best time to do that would be late morning, afternoon. let's take a live look outside. the sun has returned. these easterly flows are just maddening if you're a forecaster. this is our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. temperature 52, high 54 today because of that easterly wind, but clouds have thinned out a little. i think they'll come back in tonight. you're headed out, i don't think you'll need an umbrella. radar, we widened this out. we do see showers and thunderstorms pushing into western maryland, but by and large, the heaviest activity is down into eastern kentucky and up into ohio. so we don't have to really worry about anything in the immediate metro area in terms of the thunderstorm until tomorrow morning. if we don't get a thunderstorm tomorrow morning, we're pretty much in the clear by afternoon, maybe a shower saturday afternoon but not that big of deal. temperatures, still 49 in

rockville, 48 gaithersburg, kind of a reminder we are indeed in the month of march. arlington 51, 56 springfield, 50 college park. some areas climbed a little with this bit of sun in the evening. more bark than bite with these clouds. cloudy tonight, maybe a shower, mostly cloudy tomorrow morning, a shower or thunderstorm possible, but i think you can play golf or get your yard work done and some sunshine will return late tomorrow afternoon. so again not a perfect weekend but doable. futurecast, 7:45 a.m., breaks in the cloud right around town with showers in the mountains, kind of a hit or miss deal in the morning, some showers by and large west of i-81, certainly a better chance of showers tomorrow morning in hagerstown and winchester as opposed to gaithersburg and d.c. and manassas. by 2:00 in the afternoon some showers south in fredericksburg south of culpeper and some breaks in the clouds already appearing around the immediate metro area and maybe a shower by evening across southern

maryland. so nothing heavy and nothing really very organized. for tonight mostly cloudy, milder, shower possible, 45 to 50. winds out of the southeast at about 10. so we're talking about lows tonight downtown right around 50, about 5 to 10 degrees warmer than last night, maybe 46 in gaithersburg, maybe 47 in reston. tomorrow morning, well, mostly cloudy and cool, showers, maybe a thunderstorm, 40s and 50s and then by afternoon kind of okay becoming partly sunny and cool but a shower still possible, highs between 60 and 65. next seven days looks like this. we're looking at ofs going up on sunday, upper -- temperatures going up on sunday, maybe upper 60s. the bulk of the day is fine. riding a bike sunday morning is probably a better idea. monday great, upper 60s, low 70s tuesday, more storms on wednesday and a little cooler thursday and friday. >> we've got a lot of kids in our area with spring break if they're sticking around, won't to an bad. in this week's high school

profile 9 sports covers d.c. public schools and their efforts to address a pretty serious subject, but dave owens is here to tell us how they're doing it in a fun sort of way. >> when current athletic director stephanie evans took over last year, one of her top priorities involving more females in sports. currently there are nearly 500 more boys than girls participating. while this next story hasn't completely solved the problem, it's helping. truthfully not many of them saw this coming. >> i didn't know what i was going to expect. >> reporter: not at coolidge or woodson, dunbar or any other d.c. public school, for that matter. >> i'm actually good at it now of. >> reporter: yup, bowling and for the first time ever it's being offered as the district attempts to close a gender gap in its sports programs. >> in the next two years i'd like for to us have about 2 to 300 more females of. >> reporter: patricia briscoe former assistant athletic director who is an avid bowler

had been thinking of the idea for years and when student surveys revealed interest, she sprung into action. >> we have so many scholarships out there for girls for bowling of. >> reporter: wait a second, scholarships? >> it's been going on for some time now. especially in the meac and the c yacht. >> reporter: this is what d.c. public schools had in mind. look at these lanes behind me, kids playing a sport they might not normally try. the inaugural season has been mostly about teaching basics and less about crowning a champion, although some like tamika harrington seem to have it mastered already. >> my average is a 1505, i believe. >> reporter: for most of the lung -- a 155. >> reporter: for most of the young ladies it's simply an opportunity to provide them an to compete in something. >> i love it. >> reporter: weldon, district, weldon. -- well done district, well done. >> eight of the districts schools fielded teams this

year. they didn't crown a champion this season, but next season they will. the district is also applying for a grant which will allow them to purchase equipment to drill holes in bowling balls, so the kids can have bowling balls which better fit their hands. coming up on 9 news now at 6:00 standardized tests and an unusual reward. we'll tell you about one school's controversial payout policy. >> a welcoming sight, we'll tell you what had man's best friend going paws over heels. >> plus the countdown is on for the country music awards, the stars hoping to make their mark this weekend.

psychedelic. that's sir paul mccartney playing london's royal albert hall last night. the concert was a fundraiser for the teenage cancer trust. country music is getting ready for its biggest star studded night of the year. the 47th annual academy of country music awards are held this sunday in las vegas. theresa garcia has a preview. >> reporter: blake shelton is one of the big names rehearsing for the 47th annual academy of country music awards this sunday. ♪i think you and i should just drink on it ♪ >> reporter: it's a big night for shelton. he's performing. he's up for two awards including entertainer of the

year and he's cohosting the show with country legend reba mcentire. >> nobody is paying attention to what i have to say. it's all about reba. >> blake is a hoot. you never know what he's going to say ever, but he's usually on his best behavior around me because i threaten him with his life. >> reporter: give him a little nun, a little kick? >> a big -- nudge, a little kick? >> a big kick. >> reporter: also kenny chesney needs the pack with nine nominations, brad paisley, taylor swift and jason aldine round out the category and jason said i can't believe the year he's having. >> to show up and actually be up for six is kind of crazy, but obviously very exciting. >> reporter: there's a lot more music this year. 24 acts will hit the stage sunday night, the most ever in the awards show history. nominee dirks bentley said he can't wait to perform. >> really excited to get a chance to sing here for all

these country fans filling up these seats as well as our friends in the crowd and what happens in vegas winds up on cbs. >> reporter: his no. 1 billboard country single home is up for song of the year. theresa garcia, bcs news, las vegas. >> you can catch the country music awards here on wusa9 sunday night beginning at 8 p.m. >> this is 9 news now. legal pot in washington d.c., now it could be just a month away. the health department just announced today that who can grow marijuana in the city and where they can. a half dozen companies including one co-owned by talk show host montel williams can all grow at locations in northeast. bruce leshan reports some patients are excited while other residents are furious. >> this is a big year for the medical marijuana industry. >> reporter: on rhode island avenue media crowded the grand opening of the first dope cultivation supply store in d.c. and even the chamber of coer