romney the nomination. he has to earn it. mitt romney is reaching out for every last vote in wisconsin. >> thank you, please. >> reporter: he's hoping to get a boost from popular congressman paul ryan. >> who would make the best president? that man is this man governor mitt romney. >> reporter: rick santorum enjoyed some famous wisconsin cheddar and he worked to get the cheesehead vote in appleton. >> if we can get a good vote out of wisconsin, a loud confident vote from conservatives, then we can go into this race and win this. >> i'm rick santorum and a prove this message. >> reporter: santorum launch -- and i approve this message. >> reporter: santorum launched a new ad that tried to criticize president obama on healthcare but is actually an attack on romney. >> what if i told you the man i'm talking about isn't him, it's him. >> reporter: santorum insists he is the best candidate to challenge president obama in america's heartland. the contest in wisconsin tuesday is shaping up to be his

last chance to prove it. president obama's team is already getting ready to take on mitt romney. on face the nation sunday vice president joe biden called romney out of touch with the average american. monday romney responded. >> well, my guess is i get a chance to be with a lot more average americans every day than he does. >> reporter: romney's counting on wins in all three of tuesday's contests to bring him closer to the magic number of delegates needed to lock in the republican nomination. even though newt gingrich trimmed down his campaign staff and cut back on travel to save money, he campaigned monday in maryland ahead of tuesday's round of primaries. at the white house danielle nottingham, now back to you. in an editorial the washington post is urging d.c. voters to clean house beginning with tomorrow's d.c. council democratic primary. the powe says in couple -- post

says marion barry and yvette alexander and vincent orange should be sent home. their challengers face an uphill battle in part because of the crowded field, name recognition and campaign war chests of the incumbents. the ongoing federal probe into alleged corruption in d.c. government may work against the incumbents, although none of the council members seeking reelection has been named in the investigation. >> the no. 1 issues, of course, public safety and jobs, employment are one of the no. 1 issues and we've been delivering on that. >> we picked up obvious momentum in the last few weeks and i think the ward 7 voters are making a decision right now that's going to change the direction of ward 7. >> councilman marion barry by telephone predicted he will win tomorrow's ward 8 democratic primary. at large councilman vincent orange did not return our phone calls. his office said he had no schedule for the day. tonight d.c. police are trying to figure out what caused a deadly accident after a dump truck hit and killed a pedestrian.

it happened near 14th street and columbia road in northwest this afternoon. >> reporter: in columbia heights a d.c. police major crash unit is investigating a deadly accident. the deadly encounter happened shortly after 3 p.m. on this side alley off columbia road. >> waiting here in the alley as the trash was being picked up. >> reporter: witnesses tell 9 news now that it involved this garbage truck and someone walking behind it. >> after the trash was picked up the van -- the trash truck started going in reverse. >> reporter: the silver gray sedan was next to the garbage truck. its driver told police that he saw the victim tangled underneath the wheels. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: his wife says her husband then got out of his car and waved the garbage truck down. >> after a minute or two everyone got out of their cars. people came out of the building and recognized that there was a man had been struck lying there

in the alleyway. an update on the deadly shooting in culpeper by a police officer. a prosecutor wants a special grand jury to investigate the death of 54-year-old patricia cook. back in february a police officer was responding to a report of a suspicious person when he approached cook in her car. state police say the cop opened fire killing her after she drove off with his arm trapped in her car window and refused to stop. an eyewitness told 9 news now that the officer's arm was never caught. that officer in the shooting has not been publicly identified. coming up tonight at 7:00 on 9 news now march madness, we'll preview tonight's championship and let you know about a new way you ken joy the game. that's tonight -- can enjoy the game. that's tonight 9 news now at 7:00. words of caution today about people claiming to be mega millions winners. lottery officials say they don't believe a thing until they see the ticket in hand.

the buzz today in maryland started with an article in the new york post quoting a baltimore woman who said she's the maryland winner worth 218 million, but she was a no show at lottery headquarters today when pressed by the newspapers later saying, "i don't know if i won. some of the numbers were familiar." >> april fool's day was yesterday. we get claims all the time of somebody who has won. it doesn't matter until they come in, show proof, show that ticket and that ticket has to be the real deal. >> so far no one has stepped forward in maryland to collect that world record prize of $649 million drawn friday night. co-winners in kansas and illinois also remain a mystery. it's been almost one year since the georgetown water front was flooded out by water from the potomac river. restaurants like tony and joe's and nick's riverside grill have been closed ever since except for an outdoor patio, budget as kristin fisher reports, they're racing -- but as kristin fisher

reports, they're racing to be back open next month. >> we are going to be nick" riverside grill. >> reporter: he's used to running restaurants, but now he's running a construction site. >> the electrical and mechanical are run being at the same time. basically it's -- running at the same time. basically it's the guts of the place. >> reporter: he's hoping to be ready in five weeks. this is like extreme makeover. >> well, we have a really hard working crew. honestly it's been a struggle, but we've always been of the sort that something good always comes out of something horrible. >> reporter: the something good is that the entire washington harbor complex is also getting a $20 million upgrade. a new state of the art fountain will be there in the summer and an ice skating rink in the winter. >> there hasn't been much reason before to come down in the winter. >> we're going to have what might be the largest rink in the city. >> reporter: the georgetown business improvement district james bracca admits it's been a

tough season for the restaurants on the waterfront but admits the upgrades will ultimately pay off. >> it had to come, came in a difficult way, but it's going to get there and it's going to be great. >> reporter: another major upgrade involves the very flood walls that caused this whole mess. the property managers here at washington harbour purchased new equipment that will get these flood walls up in just one hour. a year ago it took seven hours. in washington fish fish, 9 news now. in washington kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> it's going to be a frosty night tonight. details on our frost advisory and the warm-up coming this way. i've got your forecast coming up. >> firefighting robots and an indoor rainforest, we'll take you inside the navy's newest laboratory. >> but first police are trying to figure out what sparked a deadly school shooting out west, the latest on their investigation at that university after the break. stay with us.

we've been following the latest developments in a story out of oakland, california. eddiedly shooting on the campus of a small nursing and theology school called oikos university. police now firm seven people shot to death and three others wounded. >> a gunman came into the college and fired multiple shots. we do have fatalities. we additionally have victims who have suffered from gunshot wounds. >> officers say they do have someone in custody. they picked him up several miles away at a shopping center in alameda. the man who founded the university says the suspect is a former nursing student at the school. the latest developments in the shooting of trayvon martin focus on the 911 tapes from that night. analysts are trying to determine whether screams heard on the tapes are those of george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed the unarmed teenager. zimmerman said he fired in self- defense. according to the police report,

he told police that night he yelled for help during the incident, but audio engineers who analyzed the 911 recordings for a florida newspaper say they don't believe that voice on the tape is zimmerman's. >> after 28 years of doing this i would put my reputation on the line and say this is not george zimmerman screaming. >> meanwhile a gun rights group started a legal defense fund for zimmerman. just ahead a local university remembers two students killed over the weekend, details after the break. >> there's been a mass shooting at a california medical school and the jetblue pilot who had a meltdown appeared in court, these stories and the world's top news tonight on the cbs evening news.

tonight baltimore is mourning the loss of two students. the body of ken coyer was found inside his office saturday

afternoon. the national guardsman served two tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan before enrolling in school and joining the cappa sigma fraternity. >> everybody is in shock. >> he was like the older brother we didn't have. you could go to him with anything. we really miss him. >> police say his death does not appear suspicious. just hours after his body was found a car hit and killed ryan bailey while he was crossing york road near washington avenue. the driver left the scene. so far no arrests have been made. police are investigating a suspected meth lab in a dorm room at christopher newport university in newport news, virginia. the wilson residence hall was reportedly evacuated friday night after police found a suspicious substance in one of the rooms. the university says items recovered from that room are now being analyzed by a lab in norfolk. they invented the joystick and the gps. it's not apple. it's the u.s. navy and today the military opened its doors to give us a rare look into one

of its research labs. the 50,000 square foot facility includes environmental test areas that replicate a desert, a jungle, a highland forest and coastal waters. sounds like fun. they even test their latest robotic inventions. photojournalist greg geist takes us inside. >> reporter: behind each door is a different environment. >> you have desert. you have tropical. >> reporter: each is tailored for scientists testing the next generation of artificial intelligence. >> this robotic arm system is able to dig through the sand and dig out any ieds that it finds of. >> reporter: this is the new autonomous research center at the naval research lab in southwest. >> the computer takes the information from the sonar range finders and attempts to detect and avoid obstacles such as the walls in this room. >> reporter: where rooms of specialized equipment -- >> you can basically bring a video game technology into the real world. >> reporter: -- allow

researchers to simulate many real world scenarios. >> this is a great lab to test this type of technology because it allows to us have sand of any type that we may want to bring in. it allows us to generate winds and dust storms. >> reporter: without leaving the building. >> now we have our scientists can be working on a lab bench and literally a few hours later if they had a problem can go into that environment and test it immediately of. >> reporter: here the emphasis is on machines that think for themselves, a reasoning process called autonomous. >> the fire is out in compartment 3. >> reporter: lucas, a 6-foot tall robot, is instructed to extinguish a fire. >> there's a secondary class b fire in apartment 56789. >> reporter: then hits the blaze with water, a laboratory where devices are so smart they're sometimes a bit suspicious of the very scientists who created them. >> there must be a misunderstanding. >> reporter: at the naval research lab in southwest greg geist, 9 news now. >> look how it narrowed its

eyes like really? >> kind of scary. >> going to be chilly. >> you can already feel it. we have the breeze picking up out there and temperatures will be falling to the 30s and 40s overnight. so we're worried about some areas of frost developing. bring in nose sensitive plants or at least -- those sensitive plants or at least cover them overnight. right now lots of sunshine, definitely looks pretty. there's a live shot of our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. 61 degrees, clear blue skies, winds north, northwest 10 miles. it will still be breezy tonight. if you're walking the dog, put on the jacket if you want. we've got that frost advisory in the perrywinkle purple for loudoun, montgomery and howard counties basically overnight till tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. farther north at the mason dixon line we've got a freeze warning in effect. hagerstown, martinsburg will see temperatures around freezing. bundle up tomorrow morning because it will be cold.

right now temperatures in the lower 60s in downtown, 57 in gaithersburg, 63 in martinsburg, culpeper also 63, andrews air force base down to 59 degrees. our satellite and radar house us it's been a quiet weather pat -- radar shows us it's been a quiet weather pattern today. tomorrow we'll have a shift to the south giving us warmer conditions and then changes coming this way. so tonight cold, then warmer. the frost advisory is north and west of town overnight. tomorrow sunny and warmer for your tuesday. now showers possible for wednesday afternoon. then it's cooler for thursday and friday. the futurecast shows us these possible changes. wednesday morning i because this. we're still okay looking dry for ha commute, but then wednesday afternoon -- that commute, but then wednesday afternoon we'll see clouds roll in, better chance of showers south of town. that will stick around through the evening and it's out of here quickly, so not a big weathermaker at all. tonight clear, breezy, colder,

a one to two blanket night, lows 34 to 42 degrees in, downtown down to 40 degrees, frederick mid-30s, hagerstown at the freezing mark, so definitely a cold start to tomorrow morning. in the morning hours there will be lots of sunshine out there, cold. grab a jacket and scarf. it won't be as windy. so tomorrow will feel pretty nice. in fact, you'll want your sunglasses as highs will be in the mid-60s to lower 70s. let's check out the forecast for cumberland and western maryland, 63, warrensburg 66, winchester 67 with lots of sun. downtown 69 degrees, gaithersburg 68 and annapolis in the lower 70s. here is how your tuesday breaks down, a cold start, nice for the afternoon. temperatures will be around lower 70s in a lot of locations. here's a look at your seven-day forecast. so warmer also on wednesday, chance for afternoon showers, thursday and friday cooler but dry in the 60s. everyone is looking forward to easter sunday and that weekend

it looks pretty good, temperatures in the lower 70s easter sunday, good news for those folks going out for brunch, easter egg hunt. i have a little raindrop for a chance of showers, but now the timing is to be in the evening, so good news there. >> very good. >> we're counting on that. tell you about an amazing 12-year-old from malibu who apparently pulled off a skateboarding maneuver that the best in the biz have not been able to perform. tom schaar has pulled off the first 1080, that's three complete revolutions in the air and landing with the skateboard still under you. it happened last week at a giant skateboarding ramp in southern california and tom did that 1080 on just his fifth try. >> i landed the first ever 1080 on a skateboard, so i'm pretty stoked, best day of my life. >> your 12-year-old life, best day. guess what? tom grabbed his skateboard and did another 1080 the very next

day. tony haas, john white, you've been served. a lot of people are stoked about a basketball game tonight, two of the best programs in the country going head to head tonight, the national championship kentucky, kansas. we'll look at the excitement surrounding the finale of march madness. >> plus the caps in action tonight with a chance to clinch a playoff spot. find out how. sports is next.

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now 9 sports with kristen berset, the best sports in town. >> tonight is all about uk and ku, the two winningest programs in ncaa history. between them kentucky and kansas have racked up 29 final four appearances and 10 national titles. kentucky is going for title no. 8. they have looked good all tournament long. kentucky starts two sophomores and three freshmen including anthony davis. if they're able to pull off the win, not only will they finally give john calipari his first career championship, the wildcats will be the youngest team to win a national championship. >> they're a great team, very capable of beating us. they have a great inside post presence. >> they have one of the best players in the country, so we know it's going to be a tough game. it's probably going to be the hardest game that we played all

season. >> the jayhawks started the season surrounded by low expectations, but they were still able to nab a two seed in the tournament. they had a few scares throughout having to fight back and rally against purdue, nc state and ohio state, but they know it all comes down to what they can do on the court tonight in 40 minutes. >> i'm confident in my team, you know, and i think we realized a long time ago we could play with anybody. >> in 40 minutes anybody can get beat. there's no superplans over there. so we can come out -- superplans over there. so we can come out -- supermans over there. so we can come out and play. >> the bracket challenge, sad to say neither derek, dave or i are in the top five. lavar arrington right now holds the lead. you check out the latest standings at www.wusa9.com. former cavalier ralph samson can now add half famer

to his list of honors. samson was the overall no. 1 pick in 1983, went on to win rookie of the year and was a three time college player of the year at uva. we're in the homestretch of the nhl season with just three games left the caps controlling their own post season destiny. michal neuvirth gets to start in net tonight in another crucial game. the caps are sitting in the eighth and final playoff spot, two points ahead of buffalo. if the caps win tonight and the sabres lose tomorrow to toronto, the caps will clinch a playoff spot. we'll have full highlights tonight at 11:00. former redskins draft pick and free agent roger mcintosh was visiting with the dolphins. he fell out of favor and didn't start the last eight games of the season. here are your choices for high school game of the week. because of the good friday holiday weekend voting will end a day earlier wednesday and winning highlights will air thursday night. tomorrow is the wounded

warrior softball game that i will be playing in. that's exciting. >> big game tonight. see you after that. >> that's it for us.