>> we made a decision at our kitchen table and against all the odds. and we made a decision over the weekend that, while this presidential race for us is over for me and we will suspend our campaign effective today, we are not done fighting. >> rubbing santorum made the announcement in his home state of pennsylvania just two weeks before the republican presidential primary there. some polls showed him slipping in the keystone state. >> miracle after miracle, this race was as improbable as any race that do you will ever see for president. i want to thank god for that and thank all of you. >> this past week, santorum took time off from the campaign trail to be with his youngest daughter, bella. the three-year-old suffers from a serious chromosome disorder. santorum said the good friday weekend had been a time of prayer and soul searching for his family. he said they had to make the

right decision as parents. >> she is a fighter and she is doing exceptionally well and back with us and the family and we are looking forward to spending a lot of great time with her. >> santorum's decision clears the path for mitt romney to become the nominee. throughout this primary season, there were wins, losses, and big upsets for santorum, including a surprise win at the iowa caucuses. he called romney to offer his help. >> we are going to continue to go out there and fight to make sure that we defeat president barack obama. that we win the house back and that we take the united states senate. >> mitt romney released a statement congratulating santorum on the campaign he ran. newt gingrich called santorum's campaign a testament to his tenacity and the power of conservative principles. he is committed to staying in the race as did ron paul who added he's the real conservative alternative to mitt romney. >> now that genetic disorder,

is similar to down syndrome. but far more severe. half of babies born with it don't survive past the first week of life and only 10% make it past age one. a person with it has a defect involving chromosome 18 and interferes with all kinds of normal development. children often have clinched hands and feet with rounded bottoms or soles, heart defects are very common. as are severe developmental delays. many tend to be girls. you can learn more about it and the remaining campaign 2012 at wusa9.com. new at 6:00, metro says train operator is considered innocent until proven guilty. in this case, the charge is murder and the victim's family is upset with metro officials who recently allowed picket to return to work pending the

outcome of that trial. bruce johnson has been working the story. >> my daughter -- >> 36-year-old vanessa was shot and fatally wounded in march of 2011 in her home on b street in southeast. >> is my daughter gone? i had peace of mind. >> gerald ronald pinkett was arrested in their home and charged with second-degree murder. since 2007, pinkett had been a train operator for metro in good standing. he was placed on leave with pay, that was until last week when metro allowed him to return to work despite the murder charge. >> metro's spokesman wouldn't do an on camera interview, but pinkett was released by the court. he says his case was reviewed. he was evaluated by metro officials and decided that pinkett could return to work, but couldn't come in any contact with the public. he worked at one of the rail

yards. >> vanessa mcgee's stepfather, he is livid with metro. >> i want metro to back down. do not support. you are supporting a murder. >> the victim's mother, cheryl clark, wants picket off the job. >> he needs to be locked up. >> metro says picket is considered innocent pending outcome of trial and the washington examiner points out that metro allowed a station manager to work for ten months while he was facing a negligent homicide charge for deadly metro bus crash. the newspaper says that employee was fired just last week after pleading guilty two weeks ago. bruce johnson, 9news now. >> the murder trial for ronald pinkett is set for june 18. fairfax county is giving the silver line a green light. today the board of supervisors confirmed the county's participation in phase two of the project that will bring metro to dulles international airport. the county board of supervisors approved its list of eight proposed names for its

silver line stations. they are mcclane, tyson's corner, spring hill, reston town center, herndon, and innovation center. the transit authority will review those names for final approval and adoption. you saw the story first on 9news now and tonight, we have uncovered more possible evidence of a possible quota system in the arlington county police department. we first broke the story last month after a police officer slipped an internal memo our way. >> i'm peggy fox in arlington county. 9news now has uncovered more memos giving the appearance of quotas in the arlington county police department. we obtained the memos from a freedom of information act request. four contain goals and requirements for police officers to write a certain number of tickets for various violations. here's one that requires officers running radar to write five speeding tickets an hour. >> i didn't see it before then. >> you never saw this either? >> douglas scott says he was

only made aware of the problem 9news brought it to their attention with this memo leaked to us by an officer. failing to attain these goals could result in disciplinary action. >> that a problem statement. >> chief scott is directing his commanders to never list any numeric expectation when it comes to tickets. >> the worst thing we could have is the perception that our officers are taking enforcement actions simply to hit an arbitrary number. >> peggy fox, 9news now. violent smart phone robberies are on the rise. the wireless industry just promised to create a data base in the next year and a half. if you report your smart phone stolen, its identifier number will go on the data base, blocking that device from ever being used again. the commitment came under pressure from the fcc and police chief like d.c.'s kathy lanier. they were out to protect

victims like michelle jackson. >> i love my phone. i can't live without it. when it got, young boy tried to grab my phone. i had a big fight with him. but it wouldn't wouldn't take my phone. >> one thief broke the jaw of a young mom pushing her baby's stroller on capitol hill, but if a call to police can render your priceless iphone a useless brick, experts hope that will go a long way toward closing the market for those stolen smart phones. new to a different consumer alert. the federal government proposed new rules aimed at giving homeowners more ways to avoiding foreclosure. mortgage companies would have to give you standardized monthly statements, have to warn you about changes to your interest rates or insurance. and they'd have to make good faith efforts to contact you if you are at risk of foreclosure and give you options to avoid you losing your home.

the government plans to finalize these changes by next january. a virginia man has pleaded guilty to running a fraudulent mortgage rescue business. he is 68-year-old howard. prosecutors say he had more than 1,000 clients while operating a business call, out of offices in vienna, virginia. he collected fees from his clients, but rarely did any actual work on modifying their mortgages. he will be sentenced in june. lesli, coming up tonight at , gsa, is it now go spend again? things are starting to heat up. congress getting into the investigation and the agency's new chief is running damage control with a video. all that tonight on 9news now at 7:00. >> oh boy, still ahead this hour, the national transportation safety board puts out new recommendations after this deadly hair show crash in nevada last fall. >> the winds are with us, we'll take you out with the

numbers. above average. 68 and 45 go in the books. the record high 89. record low 28. don't plant flowers just yet. we'll talk about freeze warnings off to the west and talk about wednesday being more like march. and up next, after a week of madness, the real winners of that record setting lottery jackpot come forward in maryland. we'll be back.

three colleagues with $60 and a dream. now they are collecting more than $218 million in that record breaking megamillions jackpot. >> i'm scott broom in baltimore. besides wanting to be identified by their professions. the three winners of maryland's megamillions want to remain unanimous, but each will walk with nearly $35 million and not one of them intends to quit their jobs, according to maryland's lottery director. the mystery millionaires that call themselves the three amigos holding the check in front of their faces in a photo

released by the maryland lottery. >> if it can't be you, these are the people you would want to see win the lottery. >> two woman and a man, aged from their 20s to their 50s. an elementary schoolteacher, a special education teacher, and a school administrative staffer who work in an unnamed maryland public school system. >> all of them indicated they would continue and the teachers said they all plan at this point in time to remain public schoolteachers. not just to complete this school year, but going forward. >> so somewhere in maryland today, there are two tens of millionaires standing in front of little kids? >> yes. >> and nobody knows it's them. >> that's exactly right. that's exactly the way they want it. >> in baltimore, scott broom, 9news now. wow. still ahead tonight, that's a canine crime fighter and he cracked a major local case.

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a vigil is just getting underway in reston tonight. calling for justice in the trayvon martin case. an hour ago, george zimmerman's lawyers are withdrawing from the case. the client admitted he shot and killed the unarmed teenager, but he contacted the special prosecutor in the case against their advice. last month, montgomery county police officers were able to nab three suspects who allegedly stole a gun and brought that weapon to wheaten high school. and as anny hong reports, they are crediting those arrests to their newest canine addition. >> police officers were running through this neighborhood chasing after a teen suspect they say broke into a home and stole a gun. the problem is, that gun was in this neighborhood in pieces. that's where lila comes in to help solve the crime. >> she knows she has one job to do and she's very good at it. and she loves to work. >> lila is the newest crime fighter for the montgomery county police department.

the two-year-old german shepherd is one of two firearm detection dogs that can do what officers can't do. >> her high drive, her wanting to please and just her strong work ethic. it's just, she's a great dog to work with. >> lila went through an intensive three month training course last fall with canine unit head trainer, mary davis, after arriving from europe. her only job is to defect firearms by zeroing in on one cent. >> signature odor we trained for is the post blast event of a firearm being shot. every firearm has to be fired. it cannot leave the factory without one round going through it. >> in this training exercise, lila shows us she's good at her job. she lets her handler know without touching it that the evidence isn't contaminated. that's exactly what she did on march 22 when she found a stolen gun that was disassembled and toss in the

wheaten neighborhood by a burglary suspect. >> the probability of success can be very low, but they are dedicated and the dogs are good. so when they get a chance to work a call like this, it's gratifying. >> in montgomery county, anny hong, 9news now. >> four pieces of the gun that lila found in all those locations helped police bring a solid case against three teenage students. the 17-year-olds were all charged as adults and face several burglary and gun related charges. a p51 mustang flies out of control into a crowd at last year's reno national championship air races. 11 people on the ground were killed and today, almost seven months to the day of the crash, the national transportation safety board is taking steps to make sure nothing like that ever happens again. >> our investigation found that this pilot in this airplane had never flown this fast on this course.

>> investigators believe 74- year-old jimmy was flying that plane at 530 miles an hour. they believe he passed out right before the crash. made seven recommendations about the crash, including pilot testing plane modifications and wearing flight suits to counterpotentially dangerous g forces. we have a commuter alert. if you are looking for a parking spot in bethesda, just got more tricky. after months of delays, those parking lots at the corner of bethesda are set to close today and they will stay that way for about 30 months while a new parking garage is built. the two existing lots have almost 280 spaces. the new garage, though, will have almost 1,000. better put your walking shoes on. because it's going to take a minute to find a spot. >> very nice. very busy. >> here's the deal. winds tonight, winds tomorrow. winds pretty much through the

week, which is kind of good. it will make tomorrow feel cooler than it is, but it should keep us from having a frost or freeze. let's take a live look outside to our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. this is at wisconsin avenue looking northeast. this is from broadcast house. and temperatures still mild. 64 downtown. winds are still a factor. north, northwest at 17. pressure rising now 29.72 inches of mercury. look how dry the air is. 22%. that's why we have a red flag warning until 8:00 a.m. i'm concerned about the fire danger for the next several days because of dry air and winds. we do find sprinkles, but not much. essentially confined to the panhandle of maryland and a little bit of the panhandle of west virginia. the dividing line seems to be the maryland, pa border. and we are looking at a fire danger, a red flag warning for a good chunk of the mid atlantic and into the southeast. i mentioned this on radio a

minute ago. we tend to have dry summers. we don't want to go into the summer dry and we are having a dry spring. we can turn it around, but right now we don't see any significant rain for the next six or seven days. 61 in bethesda. 61 in reston. 63 in manassas and 66 down towards fort belvoir. more like march tomorrow. high fire danger continues. windy and cooler on wednesday and breezy and cool on thursday. but a pretty nice day on thursday. for tonight, early sprinkle possible. and partly cloudy, breezy, and cold. and no frost or freeze in the metro area. even there, i think the winds are going to keep from having any major damage. lows tonight, above freezing. 37 in gaithersburg. 41 arlington. 38 in fairfax and 39 in college park. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, breezy, and chilly.

grab a jacket. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. windchills in the 30s and 40s. by afternoon, partly cloudy. highs 54 to about 59. next seven days, warmer on thursday for the home opener. 60. 63 on friday. 80 by sunday. a couple sprinkles pbl over the weekend, but the best chance of any significant showers tuesday of next week with highs in the 70s. >> thanks a lot, topper. >> caps are rocking something. >> they'll be rocking the red on thursday night. we know who wins, where the capitals go furs in the playoffs, but we don't know who will be their net minder. the latest. plus, rg3 and the dmv. the latest on the qb visits next in sports.

now, 9sports with kristen berset. the best sports in town. >> as the capitals prepare for thursday's playoff game against boston. we're starting to get a clearer picture on who we could see. thomas says he is most likely out. michael practiced with his team for the first time today since getting hurt in the home finale, but he wasn't able to stay out there the whole time. with game one just one game away, the new newbie will be out. >> that's a big step, getting on the ice. he feels better he is out here

and he'll get better every day now. >> the bruins are set, but the capitals own their series winning three out of four games. >> over the past month, redskins have met with bailor quarterback. and most recently, kyle shanahan took a trip out to texas. now rg3 has come to d.c. to meet with his new team. we got word that rg3 was in town and spotted at tyson's corner, meeting with shanahan and dan schneider. the team is just getting prepared. >> i think they want to hit the ground running. they saw what happened last year without the minicamps and without being able to deal with rookies 101. they are desperate that this guy gets with the program. >> and 9 sports learned from our sources that dan schneider is meeting with andrew luck right now. we'll keep you updated.

the skins agreed to a contract with free agent safety. the former maryland terrapin played in 15 games last season. now nationals closer, drew met with dr. james andrews today about that elbow. it doesn't look like he'll need tommy johns surgery, but he'll miss half the season. time now to vote in our high school game of the week poll. we have a wide variety of games for you to choose from. boys and girls lacrosse, soccer, baseball, and softball. go to dc.highschoolsports.net. we'll announce the winner on thursday night. >> good stuff. >> i love spring sports. >> redskins keep wanting to be in the news. we got it for you. >> all right. thanks, kristen. >> that's it for us, the cbs evening news is next. >> and derek is back at 7:00 and don't forget to join andrea, mike, howard, and monica tomorrow morning starting at 4:25 a.m. >> and as always, wusa9.com is

always on. have a great night.