good afternoon, thanks for joining us. i'm jc hayward. the polls are open now for primary voters in the district of colombia and maryland. in maryland one of the hottest contested races is for the redrawn 6th congressional

district. dealia beganshoff caught up with one of the challengers in potomac this morning. reporter: long-time political contributor john delaney greeted the slow but stud -- steady stream of voters at churchill in potomac. >> we think we'll have a positive campaign. reporter: donna edwards and former president bill clinton is hoping it to win among a field of four other democrats, including state senate majority leader ron gerjiola. >> i think the district is looking for new leadership and new representation. i think i'm the right person. the main concern they have is employment. >> i think john delaney is a member of the 1% so to speak, and garageiola has served us well for a long time. >> i was discouraged by a couple of the endorsements and, you know, i think that people need to look at somebody's record and they need to look at how they're financing a campaign. i think it's unfortunate that the campaign got ugly. reporter: 10-term republican

representative roscoe bartlett is facing seven gop competitors. the stronghold has weakened because of recent redistricting which removed a large republican portion of the state for democratic-leaning montgomery county. >> we had two strong candidates. i think it's important to get some new blood in congress and we have a new district or we've been redistricted, so we have an opportunity to select a new representative. >> i don't think necessarily think fresh blood is always the answer. but what i do think is that we need to have consensus building and we need to be able to work both sides of the aisle. reporter: voting wraps up here in maryland at 8:00 tonight. in potomac, dealia beganshoff, 9 news now. >> polls are open in maryland and the district of colombia until 8:00 p.m. in d.c., republicans, democrats and green party candidates are heading to the polls and the "washington post" is calling for voters to clean house on the d.c. city council, specifically the paper is calling for incumbents evet

alexander, vincent orange and marion berry to lose. one of berry's challengers is responding to a lawsuit. natalie williams says that she has not seen any documents relating to the case. wtop is reporting that williams is is being sued by the parents of a young girl who claims that the girl was sexually assaulted by williams' partner at a modeling business. by the way, natalie williams at one time was a producer here at channel 9. you can learn more about the local races by going to our website, wusa9.com. click on campaign 2012 for your maryland and d.c. voters' guide. well, wisconsin is the only other state with a primary today. with 42 delegates up for grabs, it is being considered the big prize for the republican presidential candidates. danielle nottingham has more. reporter: romney is expected to do well here in washington

d.c. and maryland. santorum didn't campaign hard in either contest and his name isn't even on the ballot in d.c. the former senator is trailing in the delegate count and has less money in the bank. but he's brushing aside calls for him to drop out of the race. >> i think it would be an energizing thing for our party, a candidate emerged who, you know, isn't the blessed candidate of the republican establishment. reporter: he'll watch tonight's returns from his home state of pennsylvania. new poll numbers there have him six points ahead of romney. he'll need to hold on to that for three more weeks to cap capture the must -- capture the must-win state. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. meanwhile, president obama is hoping to grab a little of today's attention with a major speech. the president is scheduled to address the annual associated press luncheon being held here in washington d.c. in about 30 minutes. in the last hour we

learned that former vice president dick cheney is now out of the hospital. cheney had a heart transplant at a nova fairfax hospital 10 days ago. a statement from his office thanks the hospital's physicians and staff for the outstanding care that they provided and the donor's family for that remarkable gift. this afternoon we're learning that the former nursing student accused of shooting and killing seven people in oakland has ties to our area. one im oh actually lived in springfield and hayes, virginia before moving to california. teresa garcia has the latest on the investigation. reporter: oikos university is closed while investigators scour the scene of a deadly rampage. police say the suspect, one goh was a nursing student at the school about two months ago. they believe he was expelled. >> he was upset at the administration for the way he's been treated. he was having -- when he was a student here in prior months he was having behavioral problems,

anger management issues. reporter: the police chief says the 43-year-old suspect was looking for a female administrator. when he couldn't find her, he opened fire on students. witnesses say he entered one classroom and told students get in line, i'm going to kill you all. >> get down! reporter: art richards was driving by when he saw an injured woman hiding in the bushes. he captured some of the shots on his cell phone. >> when them shots rung out, i got down. i wasn't trying to be in no crossfire or none of the above. reporter: police say the suspect was upset because other students teased him about his poor english and that he appears to have planned the attack for several weeks. the suspect surrendered peacefully at a supermarket about three miles away. but police still haven't found the gun used in the shooting. police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide overnight. it happened in the 1,000 block of veryanga avenue in capitol heights. a woman says she came home just

after 1:00 a.m. to find her aunt and uncle dead. police say that they believe the man shot his wife and then himself. their names have not been released. duke ellington made his appearance last week. coming up we're going to have a preview of the new howard theater. and the rescue gone wrong that was caught on tape. we'll explain when we come back.

, it was all caught on tape, a rescue operation that went wrong. this truck became stuck in the snow on a mountainside in norway. a tow truck managed to free it, but as they were driving away, the truck started sliding, pulling the tow truck with it. the tow truck driver was able to jump out just seconds before the truck plunged over the edge. and there were some minor injuries. we do have some good news on gasoline prices because according to aaa, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is actually down one penny. it's the first drop in three weeks and that brings the national average to $3.92 a gallon. but in the greater washington area, our average price for gasoline is still $4.03 a

gallon. you can always find the lowest prices in your area by going to our website, wusa9.com. click on pump patrol. coming up ahead, fighting for a piece of the pie. we'll take a look at the lawsuit over student athletes. that's coming up next. howard. >> jc, it is a perfect afternoon, light winds, lots of sunshine, dry air and some baseball up ahead. actually, the allergy counts come in today a little bit better than yesterday. pollen count, while the trees are still high, they're lower, grass is low and the mold has come down to the low category of 1394. i'll have that full seven-day forecast looking ahead toward easter, some ups and downs. 9 news now returns in just a moment. every day potentially harmful germs

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a familiar face came out on top at this year's ncaa men's championship. >> the kentucky coreoination, champions 2012. >> the wildcats beat the kansas jayhawks 67-59 and they won this year's title. in the four weeks of march madness really are worth billions of dollars to universities, to the ncaa and

to athletic companies. derek mcginty reports that now a small group of lawyers, activists and former players are going to court for what they say is their fair share. reporter: the intoxicating passion of march madness all boils down to billions in cold hard cash for the networks, universities and the ncaa. everyone it seems but the students who play the game. let's go! >> they are a partner to this thing. it's the only enterprise in the world where the employee has no vested interest. reporter: we caught up with 71- year-old sonny vacarro in new orleans for the final four. but nowadays his real passion lies in criss crossing the country, telling anyone who will listen about what he calls the plantation mentality behind major college sports. ironic since vacarro made his fortunate marketing big money sneaker deals to those very universities. >> it took me a while to

understand that the only people that were being used here were the individual players. reporter: vacarro's message caught the ear of d.c.-based human rights attorney michael haasfeld who investigated. >> they're selling the athletes' work, their name, their image and their likeness, taking all of that money and keeping it themselves. reporter: but what about that free college education? >> a division i men's basketball and football, the highest producing revenue sports for the ncaa have the lowest graduation rates in the classes with the least career- oriented curricula. reporter: enlisting former ucla larry obanon, haasfeld filed a lawsuit saying the players deserved a percentage of whatever money their sport brings in, including things like jersey sales and video games around former greats like bill russell and oscar robinson have jumped on board. now, the ncaa would not provide

an on-camera interview, but did issue a statement saturday saying in part student athletes often get full scholarships that pay their tuition, room and board, books and fees. beyond this, the ncaa currently provides more than $60 million annually to help student athletes with true financial need pay for other personal expenses. but it's not just about the money. it's about power. housefeld argues the ncaa currently controls pretty much every aspect of a player's career, even how much they can make on a summer job. and if the player gets hurt or a coach leaves, that precious scholarship could be gone. he says the very definition -- this is the very definition of an uneven playing field. not every ex-player agrees. tamire goodman played at talson state. >> i think if the students get money it'll take away from college sports. it'll take away from the beauty and the competitiveness of college sports. reporter: but housefeld says wake up, that rubbed off a long time ago.

>> you're trying to pull back the curtain on them. >> yes. >> derek says that the lawsuit is due to go to trial in the summer of next year. beautiful weather. it is. we're going to switch from basketball to baseball. season opens thursday in chicago. but today the red sox are in town for an exhibition game and if you happen to be going to that, this is probably one of the best days of the year weather wise. you nailed it, you lucked out. our baseball forecast, the red sox and the nationals, first pitch 3:00, sunshine, west winds maybe seven miles an hour. temperatures range from the mid- 60s to possibly 70, 72 before the game is out. i suggest go, enjoy yourself and grab some sunscreen. you're going to get a burn if you're not careful out there this afternoon. the day planner for those of us who aren't going to the ball game, it's still going to be gorgeous as temperatures climb through the low 60s to the mid- 60s here at 3:00. winds will be fairly light, variable, turning from the northwest and west to the

southwest later on. our temperatures are going to make a run toward 70, maybe the low 70 new zealand a few spots with a 7:00 reading of 65 and a 9:00 p.m. reading of 65 degrees. kids home for spring break, get out and enjoy it. it is a gorgeous, gorgeous day. temperatures this morning really dipped to the cold side of life. culpepper, fredricksburg, gaithersburg down to 30. remember, we had frost and freeze warnings out. only 36 in hagerstown. there were pockets into the upper 20s. national got down to 22. in cambridge on the eastern shore 32 degrees was the low. the air was dry. one thing about dry air is it heats up pretty quickly. we're already up 20 here in town, up to 62. manassas and fredrick have raised 31 degrees from the morning low. we could go another 10 in those areas. martinsburg, winchester, the pax air navel station 57. looking outside at our michael and son weather camera, lots of sunshine out there.

a beautiful, beautiful tuesday afternoon. just a couple of high clouds here and there with calm winds reported at reagan national. see our flags flopping a little bit out there, but winds are nice and light and the air very dry humidity, only 25%. this is some sweet stuff we've got going on. unfortunately tomorrow is going to change a little bit. we are looking at a storm system across the rockies, heavy snow here, one to two neat in the mountains and higher elevations, colorado down into new mexico. storms to severe storms across parts of texas, oklahoma, back into parts of the midwest here. but for us high pressure is in control today. gotta worry about whether or not any of this stuff is going to hold together, so we've got a slight chance of a shower overnight during the overnight period. tomorrow we'll start out all right. here he -- here we are at midnight tonight. tomorrow morning a couple of clouds. and then in the afternoon if you're south or going south of washington, best chance of showers developing will be down past culpepper, towards i-64 even and that's going to sink off to the south. wednesday night some cooler air

moves in for thursday and friday. as we look at the forecast then for the next three days, 69 today. tonight a few more clouds. not nearly as cold, 48 to 54. tomorrow 72, a few more clouds, the showers south. and then thursday and friday we'll be cooler, only about 60. average highs about 62 or so. by saturday 64. easter sunday our bunny is hopping because he's happy, 68. monday a slight chance of a shower then. stick around, 9 news now returns in just a moment.

i am onin' one today with the reverend -- i am one on one today with the reverend sondra butler truesdale. i am so excited. let me tell you why. a newly renovated historic treasure is getting ready for a grand reopening in the shawn neighborhood. i am talking about the howard theater and reverend trusdale is in charge of that press conference and opening of it. and we are -- i mean, residents are just -- i mean, there are no words to describe how we feel because this is a treasure. >> we're just elated. it's taken a long time. it has. >> for us to get to this point, but thank god for the ellis brothers and we are here. so on april the 9th will be the ribbon cutting with everything involved. we're going to have all the dignitaries there, the unveiling of the duke-ellington statue, we're going to have the jazz man statue and we're even going to have some of the

members of the ellington family there. >> wonderful. >> however, we were focused on the howard theater itself. it's going to be very different from what we know as a howard theater. there's going to be -- eventually there's going to be a museum, there's going to be an education park, there's going to be a place where you can record, there are just going to be wonderful things going on at the theater. so we are looking forward to april the 9th and on april the 9th at the ribbon cutting, we're going to focus and feature local entertainment. these are young men -- or they were young men who have played with people like james brown, they have played with the manhattans, they've played with several different people. so we are going to have those people there entertaining and we are focusing on bringing in our senior citizens. >> wonderful. for people who do not know the rich history of the howard theater, anybody that was anyone in the entertainment

field performed on the stage of the howard theater. that's where they cut their teeth. >> exactly. >> so we're talking about martha and the vandellas, we're talking about smokey robinson, the list goes on and on and some of them will actually be here for the gala. >> absolutely. don't forget about dionne warwick. dionne warwick is one of hose people who came to the howard company early on. her guitar player, greg gaskins who happens to be from washington d.c. and don't forget about james brown and malcolm towson was his drummer, a native of washington d.c. it's just going to bring all kinds of wonderful memories and we're going to enjoy the ribbon cutting. >> i understand that this howard theater will see approximately 700 patrons. >> that's right. and it's really going to be more like a supper club. >> that's right. >> so they're going to be serving.

>> it's going to be serving, and when you get inside, girl, you're going to be just amazed at what they have done. there's a bar downstairs and then there's little conversational sections where you can sit, and then, of course, there's the main floor. also you'll be able to do lecture style, you'll be able to do caberet style, you'll be able to do the standup. it's going to be just wonderful. >> the howard theater is near 7th and t streets northwest. it's on t street. >> yes, 7th and t street northwest. and if you want information to come to the gala which is going to be thursday, april 12th, it's a little expensive, i have to warn you, like $1,000, but at any rate, go to jchayward.com because i have the link and you can get tickets because a lot of people will want to be there for this historic event. >> absolutely. >> that is the opening gala and tribute concert on thursday, april 12th and, of course, the ribbon cutting is going to be

on april 9th. congratulations. it's been a long time coming. it has been. >> residents of the shore area -- >> we've worked so hard. >> -- are so excited. >> the whole city because it's a citywide event. >> of course it is. >> and we want to thank jim graham also because his input was very important. >> i'm sure it was. thank you for being with us. come back and visit us at 5:00.