defense. the martin family has been calling on prosecutors to charge zimmerman with murder. martin's parents spoke in washington d.c. where civil rights leaders met with u.s. attorney general eric holder. he says the justice department is looking into possible federal civil rights charges. police here in sanford are taking steps to keep the peace once the prosecutor makes her announcement. zimmerman is going to have to figure out his legal defense. the two attorneys representing him quit yesterday after he stopped talking to them. we don't know what charges zimmerman will face. we do know that it will not be capital murder. that went away when the special prosecutor opted not to take the case to a grand jury. in sanford, florida, randall pinkston. back to you. >> we are expecting to hear once again from trayvon's parents after the special prosecutor's announcement. they're right here in washington d.c. >> bruce leshan continues team coverage from the d.c. convention center. they had a lot to say earlier today, bruce.

>> reporter: yeah, they had a lot to say earlier and have actually spoken somewhat since then to the a.p. and told the associated press that these charges will help with the healing process, but they say they will not stop fighting until george zimmerman is convicted. we are expecting to hear from trayvon martin's parents right up here at about 6:15, sometime after that 6:00 news conference in florida, but they already have told us on camera that they are fully confident that justice will be served for trayvon. 44 days since their son died and trayvon martin's parents are hoping that this is the day that they will finally see charges. >> i'm hoping that i can get on my bending knees and speak to him through christ and let him know that justice was served, job well done, my son. >> reporter: trayvon's parents have been pushing for criminal counts against george zimmerman

in their son's death since february. >> for the last 44 days it has been a nightmare and this is coming from a mother's perspective. i have been up and down as if i office a roller coaster. -- i was on a roller coaster, but i know beyond a shadow of a doubt that justice will be served. >> reporter: the reverend al sharpton and his national action network have helped push trayvon's case. the network is holding its annual convention in d.c. and sharpton pushed back against criticism that he rushed to judgment against zimmerman. >> we are not seeking to convict anybody. we are seeking to stop them from acquitting someone without a trial. >> reporter: the martin family watched in shock tuesday as zimmerman's lawyers with drew from the case saying they had not heard from their client in days, even as zimmerman launched his own website and reached out on his own to fox

news and special prosecutor angela corey. >> the killer of trayvon martin is unaccounted for. we are concerned that he's a flight risk. >> reporter: now the new black panther party has reportedly placed a $10,000 bounty on george zimmerman's head and as you heard from randall pinkston, police down in sanford are preparing for possible civil disturbances or possible riots, but here trayvon martin's parents repeatedly urged people to show calm and the lawyers for the family said that people should take their cues from those parents and the calm that they have shown even as they grieve their son's death. lesli? >> they said they hope the way they're grieving can be a model for this country and the world. we'll have live coverage of the special prosecutor's expected

announcement of the charges against george zimmerman in the trayvon martin shooting case coming up at 6:00 on 9 news now. the search for an apartment takes a violent turn for two women in alexandria. the pair was attacked by a man after arriving at the building near eisenhower avenue and mill road. it happened yesterday evening after they answered an internet ad. peggy fox has the latest on the search for their attacker. >> reporter: well, alexandria police are hoping they're getting closer to catching the suspect. right now they're back inside the building searching for evidence and clues. it's been vacant for years, the odd building with an angled roof and square glass design sits and the next to i-495 on mill road. >> i've always seen the building abandon, but i would have never thought something like that would happen over here. >> reporter: after the american truckers association left the building's originals used to allow alexandria police officers to train inside.

now even though the sheriff's department and jail is right down the street it's become the scene of a crime. >> that's pretty bold. >> reporter: last night around 6:00 two women answered an ad for an apartment to rent. >> when they got there, they encountered a man who had told them to come on into the building. when they got to the front, it's an abandoned building and it kind of seemed odd to them. at that point the man grabbed them, pulled them into the building and started physically assaulting them. >> reporter: police say he hit them and grabbed them, but the women fought back and got away. they called police who spent three hours searching the building and the ground as long with the nearby eisenhower metro station but couldn't find the suspects. not only is the vacant building down the street from the jail, but up the street from that is the police department and the federal jail. >> you're not going to think a place this close to the police department that anyone would try to do anything along those lines because who would have

the guts to do that, but last night proved that are people out there, people that are that desperate for things. >> i think you just got to have more awareness, know where you're going, look at the location and the address before you go there and that's about the best thing you can do when replying to ads. >> reporter: make sure it's not an abandoned building first. >> absolutely. >> reporter: the suspect is a white man, between 20 and 30 years old, tall, thin wearing black pants accident long black coat, dark hair -- pants, long black coat, dark hair in a ponytail. somebody matching that description talked to news reporters this morning telling them that he had a key to that building. police have interviewed him and they have called him a person of interest, though no charges have been filed at this point. i'm peggy fox. a bank robbery in prince george's county took a bizarre turn today. it began with a holdup of the m m&t bank on campus way and largo this morning. one of the systems was arrested

during a traffic stop in new carrollton. a second suspect entered a nearby condo where he tied a bed sheet around his neck and attempted to hang himself. a new carrollton officer used a knife to cut the man down and officers on the ground caught him. the local police chief described it as an unbelievable and scary incident. it wasn't a dream. it wasn't your imagination. those were snowflakes, maybe even a little sleet in parts of your neighborhood today. topper, is our winter that wasn't turning into a regular old crazy d.c. spring? >> you know what's ironic? we had snow in october. now we have snow in april and nothing to show for it, which is i know is your kind of winter, derek. i wanted to show you this carefree rose. i've never seen one bloom this early. this is at least a month in advance. our azaleas are waning now. they've already peaked. let's talk about the wind because that's one ingredient that made it feel indeed like march today. 25 mile-per-hour wind gusts in

manassas, 28 downtown and 20 mile-per-hour wind gust in gaithersburg and a 30 mile-per- hour wind gust in andrews. there are showers left on live doppler 9000, especially up near frederick headed up 270. you might have some wet roads heading down 95 into fredericksburg. these showers will diminish as soon as the sun sets. 54 downtown, still 48 gaithersburg, 50 leesburg, 54 manassas, indeed much more marchlike than april, but tomorrow will be nice for the home opener, first pitch 1:10 and game time temperature around 1:50. you will need a jacket or sweat shirt as the nats host the reds. for tonight you need a jacket or coat, showers ending early, clearing breezy and cold, lows 34 to 42, winds northwest 10 to 15. we'll come back and talk about when aprillike weather returns and if maylike weather returns for the weekend. a massive earthquake hit

off the coast of indonesia today triggering widespread panic, worries about a tsunami. the 8.6 magnitude quake struck this morning, but fortunately there was nothing like the natural disaster of 7 1/2 years ago. the powerful earthquake led to massive evacuations all across southeast asia. civilians directed traffic as people ran for higher ground close to the strep and there was panic, women fainting, crowds emerying at mosques to pray. many feared the -- gathering at mosques to pray. many feared the worst because in 2004 a devastating quake and tsunami hit the same area and killed 230,000 people across the region. this man said felt the ground shake for nearly six minutes. >> lots of people screaming and running. everybody screaming that some earthquake is happening. >> reporter: warning alarms sounded across the indian ocean. in thailand schools interrupted classes. hospitals moved patients

outside and tourist areas near the coast were immediately place under a tsunami warning after a second 8.2 quake hit hours after the first one. >> aftershocks will go on for weeks or months, maybe as long as years. you wouldn't expect any more aftershocks this big. >> reporter: indonesia remains on alert, but as of now the president says there are no reports of death or serious damage. indonesian officials say the waves hitting the coast so far are small. the biggest is only a few feet high. we have breaking news in new jersey where a large brushfire is burning near the metlife stadium in the meadowlands. this is a live picture. look at that smoke. it can be seen all the way from the new jersey turnpike to parts of manhattan. local fire crews are asking for assistance from neighboring towns. so far no reports of injuries or evacuations. what sparked it? nobody is quite sure yet. prince william county

executive corey stewart launched his campaign today to become virginia's next lieutenant governor. he has made head lines in his crackdowns against illegal immigration in the country. in woodbridge he outlined why he deserves to go to richmond. >> i think we've done a great job in prince william county and i want to take that same leadership, fiscal conservatism and the same rule of law and apply that to the entire commonwealth of virginia. >> stuart is currently running -- stewart is currently running for office that is occupied by lieutenant governor bill bolling who is expected to seek the gubernatorial nomination along with ken cuccinelli. coming up we'll reveal some of the most common questionable deductions. >> and also ahead marion barry has lunch with asian business leaders, the d.c. councilman trying to smooth relations following his racially insensitive comments. >> but up next virginia

governor bob mcdonnell weighs in on whether he could be the choice for the republican vp nominee.

we continue to monitor breaking news in the trayvon martin shooting. these are live pictures now from jacksonville where a special prosecutor in florida has scheduled a 6 p.m. news conference where she is

expected to announce charges against george zimmerman. zimmerman is the neighborhood watch captain who shot and killed the unarmed teenager during a violent confrontation six weeks ago. we'll carry that news conference coming up at 6:00. with the republican presidential nomination virtually sealed up, mitt romney toured connecticut and rhode island. now talk is turning to who the vice presidential candidate would be for romney. >> one name that's been widely bandied about is virginia's governor bob mcdonnell on. cbs this morning mcdonnell was asked what does the potential vp nominee need to bring to the ticket. >> i think it's got to be someone with the same vision as mitt romney that's going to focus on jobs and deficit reduction and a comprehensive vision for energy and can bring people together. i think we've got a president that's been dividing the country on everything from men versus women to rich versus the

middle class. that we don't need. we need people that are going to say we're all americans. we can do better than we've done and let's find a way to get together and work as americans to make the greatest country on earth even better. >> governor mcdom did say he is not looking to be -- mcdonnell did say he is the looking to be p nominee and says he's very -- to be the vp nominee and says he's very happy being governor of virginia. for the second straight day the president called on congress to pass what he says is a more balanced tax cody, the one proposed by -- code, the one proposed by billionaire warren buffett. >> next week members of congress will have a chance to vote on the buffett rule and it's simple. you make more than $1 million a year, if not you have $1 million, but if you make more than $1 million a year, you should pay at least the same percentage of your income in taxes as middle class families do. >> as he was making his remarks, the president was surrounded by millionaire and

billionaire business originals who agree with him. the rich should pay more taxes. well, tax time looms on the 17th and so do the temptations to fudge a little or a lot. if you're self-employed, you know what i'm talking about. scott broom man talking to some accountants about some -- has been talking to some accountants about some really whacky taxes. people really try to push the envelope, don't they? >> reporter: >> yeah. i talked to a tax advisor today who learns more than she needs to know about a lot of people and spends time counseling people when they go too far. >> we have so much fun here. every client is a challenge. >> reporter: she's got so much energy rockville cpa linda demalore stands up to work and taxes are what winds her watch. >> there's no such thing as the average tax return. >> reporter: linda has seen it all like clients who have deducted everything like

certain lady's unmentionables to vet bills for the dogs. do people really try to deduct things like throngs and veterinary bills? >> yes, but in some cases they may be deductible. >> reporter: like the client with the underwear. >> we could call her an entertainer, however, it's usually at very private parties. >> reporter: linda says if the apparel is not suitable for common street wear and is used for work, it's deductible. in the case of the dogs, if the family pet is also a guard dog at your small business, you are good to go. >> we have a client. he owns several garages, body shops, where they fix cars and he has dogs that live on the premises. >> reporter: according to planet money, the most common questionable deep duckses are gym anybodyships, kun -- deductions are gym memberships, country club dues and cosmetic surgery. lynn da says a lot of people need help. >> like -- linda says a lot of people need help. >> like having a child in college, there are several

deductions you may claim. you're self-employed, you need professional help. >> the irs estimates it collects onliest 6% of what it's -- only 86% of what it's owed. >> did you keep a straight face when she was detailing the unmentionables you could deduct for the unmentionable? >> she said they are deductible if you use it for a small business or work and it's not something you'd wear on the street. these clothes are not deductible because we're wearing them on tv. >> you know what? and i'm glad we're both keeping our clothes on. we'll send it back to you guys in the studio fully clothed, too. thank you. breaking news in montgomery county, right now sky 9 on the scene of an overturned tractor trailer. this is in darnestown, route 28, darnestown road, will be closed an extended period of time. hazmat is trying to clean up a

significant fuel spill with some of the material that truck was carrying which clearly is a bit of a mess there on route 28. >> top, i think we thought because it was so warm over the winter we would just roll into keeping the warm thing going on for march and april and it's not working out. >> we knew there would be a little payback. >> i'm driving out to virginia and i see what looks like snow hitting my windshield. >> i think it was snow. in fact, we have some pictures. if it weren't snow, it was grapple, which is frozen pellets of ice. this is by smithburg, 1,500 feet in the elevation from our french bill and patsy wolfe. they -- friend bill and patsy wolfe. they had 6 inches of snow in the winter. that was it. thank you, bill. you can see it's sort of the snow accumulating on the roof of the well there. you can see the reduced

visibility. there were reports of this actually in some of our suburbs even downtown. here's a live look outside, what a gorgeous picture, live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. we have sunshine here. there are still some showers we'll show you in a minute, 54 downtown, winds north, northwest at 16. pressure began to rise now 29.95 inches of mercury. here's the radar. you can see all the showers moving from northwest to southeast. a lot of it was snow, especially up around i-70 and down into the panhandle of maryland around garrett county and down into the canadian valley. these showers will be with us until the sun goes down. then they'll kind of lose energy. 52 now in bethesda and rockville, 48 gaithersburg, 51 reston. this is more like march no, doubt, 54 downtown, 55 college park and 53 down in andrews. so here's the deal. we'll return to aprillike weather. it's going take a while. breezy and cold tonight, more sun tomorrow but breezy and

cool thursday, spectacular on friday. mine just spectacular on friday. -- i mean just spectacular friday. for tonight showers ending early, clearing, breezy cold, 34 to 42, winds northwest at 10 to 15 and the winds because they stir up the atmosphere will keep temperatures up a bit. 36 tonight in gaithersburg, 37 rockville, 40 downtown, 38 college park and bowie, 35 in leesburg and manassas and middleburg, but you're above freezing and all the freeze warnings are out in the mountains. mostly sunny in the morning, breezy and chilly, grab a jacket, 30s and 40s, winds northwest 10 to 15. by afternoon mostly sunny, breezy, cool, nice, highs around 60, wind northwest 10 to 15. next seven days temps will go up, be in the mid-60s getting to friday, gorgeous, around 70 on saturday. yeah, we got a sprinkle possible. don't change your plaps. we got temperatures around 80 -- plans. we got temperatures around yard of 80 sunday, maybe a shower.

don't change your tee times. 80 on monday and tuesday and the best chance for showers and thunderstorms wednesday with temps around 70, but no organized rain coming our way and still we have the winds and the low humidity, fire danger remaining high. please keep that in mind. >> spectacular friday. thanks, topper. coming up a golden girl who seems to be getting younger bill the minute, how betty white has gone all digital on us. >> but after the break dorothy's ruby slipper goes back on display as part of the new exhibit at the national american history museum. we love gardening...

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a display of some red shoes expected to attract some big crowds to the national museum of american history. it's dorothy's ruby red slippers from the wizard of oz and they are the featured items in a new smithsonian exhibit called american story. the display is a new chronology

of u.s. history from the first encounters of europeans and native americans up to the 2008 presidential election. >> we want to first of all, be inclusive so that we tell many stories known and unknown, the powerful, the everyday americans and to find objects that really do tell their stories. that's our way of telling stories. you tell it on television another way, the movies, books. we tell it through stuff. >> through stuff. the exhibit features a lot of iconic stuff from pop culture along with objects dating back to the pilgrims' arrival in the year 1620 including kermit the frog, muhammad ali's boxing job's, bob dylan's leather jacket, derek mcginty's first bike. okay, i made that up. >> i think they found some of his hair there, too. >> oh, derek. >> she's on a roll today. >> that was fun. coming up fighting back.

>> a local screening of the new movie bully helps kick off the city's new anti-bullying campaign. >> also police use fancy moves to end a high speed chase, but that still wasn't enough to get an armed suspect to back down. >> coming up at 6:00 marion barry has upset a lot of the asian community with his comments about dirty businesses. coming up in an exclusive report a one on one meeting that marion barry had with one of the area's most prominent asian business leaders.

we are following breaking news this afternoon in the trayvon martin shooting. right now we are standing by for a 6 p.m. news conference where the special prosecutor in florida is expected to announce charges against george zimmerman. zimmerman is the neighborhood watch captain who shot and killed the unarmed teenager during a violent confrontation six weeks ago. again, we're going to have live coverage of that news conference at 6:00. one of the area's best known and most successful asian business leaders invited d.c. council member marion barry for a sitdown today. the purpose was to try to smooth over relations after barry's unfortunate comments regarding the asian business leaders in his own ward 8 neighborhood. this is a story you'll only see on news 9. bruce johnson was there. calm, collected, what kind of mood was it? >> tony chang, he owns the famous restaurant in the mid of chinatown.

he of hoping to -- middle of twine chinatown. he was hoping to build -- chinatown. he was hoping to build some bridges today. ward 8, there are only 197 food establishments here including liquor stores, gas stations and school cafeterias. across the river in affluent ward 2 there are 1,960 places that sell or serve food. d.c. councilman marion barry created a firestorm last week when he singled out asian carry- outs calling them dirty places and declaring they had to go. what were they saying in the beginning after his words? >> we say why mayor barry say that? >> reporter: tony chang, one of the the best known asian business leaders, has had numerous cell phone conversations with barry since those remarks. >> he always liked asian people. >> reporter: the two have been friends over 40 years. chang credits barry with the thriving chinatown that we know today, for the arts, to the apartments to the thriving

gallery place metro corridor. it all started with barry as mayor. >> 20 years ago nobody wanted to come to chinatown. he make it happen. >> reporter: i called chang for reaction to barry's criticism of the asian mom and pop stores. chang in turn invited barry to join him for the interview and talk of how to mend fences with asian businesses. chang said he'll soon put together a meeting of all the prominent asian businessmen in the district with the ward 8 councilman. barry said he'll be there but don't look for a second apology. >> i want the mayor and me and all the community in a meeting together. i want him in that. he not mean that. >> reporter: does that make sense? >> there's another aspect of that. >> reporter: do you go along with that? >> move already apologized. >> reporter: barry said he'll unveil some profiles of his own to the business leaders. >> it's a beautiful restaurant, better food, more respect on both sides.

>> derek, marion barry left open the door and he's probably going to apologize in private. he wasn't going to apologize in front of the camera and give us that. the over thing he had to acknowledge is these mom and pop stores, asian, black, whatever are incredibly undercapitalized in ward 8 and will need some help probably from the d.c. government to make the front of these stores look better. >> wasn't one of the big arguments was that the asian leaders didn't want to be singled out. >> absolutely right. the other thing, when marion barry came out of prison, it was the asian community that stepped up, gave him a dinner right at tony chang's place and gave him cash money. they would not abandon him when a lot of marion barry's friends were long gone. district mayor vincent gray is launching a new campaign to prevent bullying citywide. he'll announce details at a showing of the new film bully tonight. the film was shown last night for members of the national education association. the president of nea joined us on the 6 a.m. newscast where he talked about

the movie's powerful message. >> i don't think anyone can watch this movie and come away unchanged. you're going to see and view the whole concept of bullying in a very different light and i think it will encourage people to take action. >> bully premiers this friday in washington. mayor gray says he intends to appoint a task forcing as part of a four-step plan designed to prevent intimidation and harassment in d.c. schools. two maryland high school lacrosse players suspended last year won their appeal. the easton high school students were suspended for having a pen knife and lighter in their lacrosse bags saying they used those items to repair their lacrosse sticks, but the school board said the items were dangerous. now the state board ruled county officials did not use proper discretion in suspending these students. the boobies bracelet case is now being argued in front of a federal appeals court. the easton, pennsylvania school district suspended two students

back in 2010 for wearing the breast cancer fundraising bracelets that say i heart boobies. a federal judge ruled in favor of the students saying the district cannot ban the rubber bracelets because it's not lewd or vulgar or distracting to the school day. during opening statements attorneys for the district and the american civil liberties union sparred over whether the phrase has a sexual connotation. coming up golden girl betty white joins twitter and her first tweet? let's just say it's a little racy. >> but up next a convenience store clerk begs for lives and then risks it all and fights back an armed robber. >> don't forget we are always on at www.wusa9.com. stick around. we'll be back.

is caught on tape some dramatic and chilling video showing a washington state convenience store clerk pegging for his life and then strag -- begging for his life and then struggling with an armed robber. the clerk wearing a black baseball cap at first begs the robber not to shoot but then decides to risk it all and get the gun. the robber made off with a small amount of cash and police say it was the second time in a week the same clerk was held up apparently by the same gunman. another store employee says the

clerk quit his job after the second robbery. >> not surprising. police are trying to identify more than a dozen teenages are caught on tape swarming a portland, oregon gas station stealing whatever they could. surveillance cameras captured the 16 teens grabbing things off store shelves, stuffing things in their purses and pockets. the clerk called 911 and the teens run out, but a handful come back and start throwing things at him and another worker. eventually the clerk grabbed a bat and scared the group off. let's get out to the land of high speed chases and news choppers known as los angeles. after speeds reached more than 100 miles an hour, police cornered a suspect on the 101 last night but it didn't end. police were forced to fire nonlethal beanbags at the guy because he got combative and it took more than four officers to get him in a cruiser and haul him off. looks like more than four out there. she was once a golden girl. now she's the star of hot in cleveland, 90-year-old comedic

actress betty white joined twitter. >> she has nearly 100,000 followers. white is only following 40 other accounts including lady gaga, rihanna and president barack obama. one of her first few tweets was a little saucy. white refers to her new prank show off their rockers being in the same time slot as american idol. she tweeted hey, ryan seacrest, i've always dreamed of sharing a night with you. the creator of the simpsons is talking about his real life inspiration for the town of springfield. matt groehne says the town is actually springfield oregon. the show has now been on the air for 23 years. groehne noted when he of young father knows best was set in a -- when he was young father knows best was set in a town named springfield. it is, in fact, next to eugene, oregon there. you go. there's a lot of springfields

all over the country, a lot of people wondering which springfield it was. >> we thought it was virginia. the washington ballet offering up a wild ride down the rabbit hole. this is a dress rehearsal held this afternoon for tonight's soldout world premier of also in wonderland. this -- a bit of a different twist on the original classic. -- has a bit of a different twist on the original classic. the stage is overtaken by a 24- foot jabberwocky puppet and there are some amazing costumes designed by the cirque du soleil designer. >> reporter: i'm danielle nottingham at the white house. coming up the obama campaign takes its first swipe in the showdown against mitt romney.

right now we are waiting for a press conference to begin with the charges in the trayvon martin shooting. once the special prosecutor in the case makes her announcement, then we are expecting to hear from martin's parents who are here in the district of columbia. we'll bring it to you live at the top of the hour. mitt romney now turning his focus to president obama even though technically he's still got two challenges for the republican nomination, but even the president's reelection

campaign shifted its focus to the presumptive nominee. danielle nottingham has more on the white house. >> reporter: mitt romney takes a graphics company owned by a woman to kick off his campaign swing through the northeast. with his biggest threat rick santorum now out of the race, he's taking aim at president obama's record and trying to shore up support from female voters. pops show women have been slow to back the republican frontrunner. >> 92.3% of all the jobs lost during the obama years have been lost by women, 92.3%. >> reporter: and the obama campaign is sharpening its attacks on romney. they released a new web video wednesday going after the former governor's record on the campaign trail. >> i was a severely conservative republican governor. >> reporter: president obama and romney's likely match-up isn't stopping newt gingrich

and ron paul. both rivals are way behind in the delegate count say they're hanging in the white house race. gingrich says he's received thousands of donations in the hours after santorum dropped out of the contest. he's asking the former senator's supporters to consider backing him. >> and i'm prepared to hang in there and talk about big ideas and big solutions and american energy policy, getting gasoline below 2.50 a gallon, issues like that and see what happens. >> reporter: gingrich and paul will now go after santorum's delegates in the next round of primaries april 24th. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >> newt gingrich says his campaign has worked out an issue about a bounced check in utah. that was the money used for the candidate's filing fee. gingrich said the check was drawn from an old account that's now closed and the problem is taken care of. >> it was one of those kind of interesting days outside where you had a mix of stuff going on. >> you definitely needed a

jacket. >> for sure. >> i tweeted out the snow picture, a different snow picture actually, and it felt like march and it will feel like march, but april returns and may returns over the weekend. it's all good. >> that's how it's supposed to go. >> let's have a live look outside. it's our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. we have had mixes of sun and clouds. that's the deal till the sun goes down. we'll have some showers around. temperatures are in the 50s, 54 downtown, wind north, northwest 16, pressure steady over the past hour, 29.95 inches of mercury, dew point in the 20s. if these winds weren't with this, we'd fall into the 20s. sometimes the winds do us a favor, so not pleasant during the day, do us a favor at night. look at the showers across most of the mid-atlantic region through pennsylvania, maryland, west virginia, virginia and some of those did, in fact, contain little frozen balls of ice and some wet snowflakes. temperatures are chilly, 50 bethesda. if you headed out, get a coat.

in the 40s in great falls and gaithersburg only 48, 49 in reston, 54 downtown, 53 college park, 51 in beltsville. temperatures are going to fall quickly when the sun goes down, but it will return aprillike, breezy and cold tonight, more sun tomorrow, breezy and cool thursday, spectacular friday. average this time of year is pick 5. we'll be about average it looks -- 65. we'll be about average it looks like friday. tonight showers end early, clearing, breezy and cold, 34 to 42, wind northwest 10 to 15. that keeps temperatures up at night. we won't see temperatures around freezing on this map. 40 downtown and 38 in college park and also in bowie. even down into waldorf about 39. you go far enough west, maybe 35 in leesburg, 36 sterling, 35 in manassas. tomorrow morning bright, but brisk, mostly sunny, breezy and chilly. grab a jacket. 30s and 40s, winds northwest 10

to 15, a little wind chill in the morning. some areas will be in the 20s with wind chill. by afternoon mostly sunny, breezy, cool, nice, high temps around 60 and winds northwesterly 10 to 15 but not as strong. we had wind gusts today 30 miles per hour. 39 tomorrow in oakland, a little bit of an improvement. 52 in cumberland, mid-50s hagerstown, 58 winchester and not quite 60 in warrenton, leesburg and manassas. downtown we should make 60, looking at 60 downtown, around 60 in southern maryland, very close to 60 in gaithersburg and frederick. with the winds we have shale craft advisory for much -- a small craft advisory for much of the bay and tidal potomac tomorrow. not great day to be on the water tomorrow but better than today. tomorrow 57 by evening to about 62 and i recommend a jacket. next seven days temps go up. looking at 65 friday with sunshine, maybe a shower saturday and sunday.

don't change your plans. 71 saturday, 80 sunday. that's your maylike weather and mid-70s monday, better chance for showers, 80 tuesday, more showers and thunderstorms on wednesday, but you know what? no showers tomorrow, home opener, grab a sweat shirt, first pitch 1:10, temperature either side of 60. for more on that here's kristen berset. over their first six games the nationals have struggled for offense. today all four main scorers went without a hit. stephen strasburg with his second start of the season was in a jam in the 1st inning but got out scathed and dominated after that. six shutout innings today for the almighty right grieving up just two hits striking out nine -- giving up just two heights striking out nine batters. the mets pitching deteriorated and the nats took advantage. nats took 10 walks today and

beat new york 4-0. so the nats come home 4-2 winning their first two road series of the season. joining me now in studio is frank hanrehan. want to talk about stephen strasburg first, good told and not showing any ill effects from that surgery. >> that's great to see. you're watching that arm if you're a fan, how is it responding? so far, so good. remember just two years ago the buzz surrounding him in that opening night game against the pirates in pittsburgh? it's back this year. he's got it going. i'm excited to see him pitch. >> he obviously won't pitch tomorrow for the home opener, but he will pitch monday for a third start. jayson werth, after last season, rough season for him, he went his first three games this year without a hit, but now he has six in the last three. are we starting to see him turn a corner? >> i hope so and there's not a lot of criticism because of his

-- and there's been a lot of criticism because of his contract he has. maybe he's heard the criticism. peens solid since last night. sometimes that pressure of that -- he's been solid since last night. sometimes that pressure of that contract causes problems. >> starts to mess with his head a bit. okay. so they started hot on the road and now come home. what are you feeling about the team moving forward? >> i think it goes with strasburg. a couple years ago there was that buzz around him and now with the start of 4-works hey, this town likes a winner -- 4- 2, hey, this town hikes a winner. the more they win, the big -- likes a winner. the more they win, the bigger the buzz will be. >> i think the weather will be a lot better than last year. last year was a little cold and rainy. a lot of excitement and buzz. of course, we will be live all day long tomorrow from nationals park. thank you so much, frank, for coming in.

still ahead tonight get ready to pay more for a cab in the district. we'll tell you about today's fare hike. >> we are standing by for a press conference from that special prosecutor in the case of trayvon martin. we'll bring it to you live at the top of the hour. >> but first oral cancer hitting more people at younger ages, we'll tell you what doctors think is going on next.

in tonight's health alert april, oral cancer awareness

month and local doctors want you to know new cases are being detected in younger patients more than ever before and the numbers are expected to keep going up. that's why screening early and often is key. >> i have never considered thinking that somebody my age could be diagnosed with oral cancer. >> 23-year-old kiley briden is a d.c. resident being screened for oral cancer. for decades doctors and dentists thought only older people were at high risk, especially heavy drinkers and smokers. >> the majority of oral cancers we're seeing are in patients who are younger and don't smoke or drink directly caused by hpv virus. >> reporter: this doctor says the same hpv virus that causes serve cal cancer is responsible for manufacture the new -- kevin cal cancer is responsible for many of the new cases. -- cervical cancer is responsible for manufacture the new cases. >> 1 -- many of the new cases.

>> one product we use shines a fluorescent blue light onto the tissues and the tissues will generally absorb that blue light. >> reporter: healthy tissues will produce a green glow while unhealthy tissue will absorb the light and not shine back. >> we can detect oral cancer and irregularity basis year oar two earlier. >> reporter: with oral cancer early diagnosis is key. if it's caught early, survival rates are well above 80%. >> if it's caught in the late stage where it's spread, the survival rate drops to 30%. >> reporter: this prompts younger patients to screen on every visit. >> there is good news. she did not have oral cancer. she's just a concerned patient. studies show by 2020 there will be more oral cancer cases linked to hpv than cervical cancer cases this. month dental clinics across our area are offering free oral cancer screenings to anybody.

for more details check out our website www.wusa9.com. >> we got to talk about the next three days because temps are going up. things are getting pretty nice and the nats home opener tomorrow, around 60 at game time, first pitch at 1:10 as we host the reds, but we'll still have a northwest wind 10 to 15, 20 to 20 miles per hour. wear a jacket. you'll need that covering really. milder friday, sunshine, 65. that's average for this time of year, pir effect. then saturday, warmer, high -- perfect, then saturday warmer, high temps around 70, slight chance of an isolated shower saturday. don't change your plans, just an isolated shower primarily north of town along the maryland/p.a. border or out in the mountains. the next three days will be nice. tomorrow will be 60 during the day, tomorrow night may be the coldest night inside the beltway as we have clear skies and the winds pretty much go calm tomorrow. we may see temperatures downtown tomorrow in the 30s. we'll let you know if a freeze watch or warning will be

issued, but the weekend getting warmer. that's 9 news now now at 5:00. 9 news now now at 6:00 begins right now. this is 9 news now. >> we are standing by for a press conference out of florida where we expect a special prosecutor in the trayvon martin shooting case to file charges against george zimmerman. right now the associated press is reporting that zimmerman is in custody in florida and that he will be charged with second degree murder in the fatal shooting of trayvon martin. >> martin's parents are here in d.c. today taking part in the national action network convention. u.s. attorney general eric holder also spoke about the case earlier today. we've got team coverage of this breaking news tonight. bruce leshan at the convention center with martin's parents. our legal analyst jim shallick is in the studio but we begin with matt jablow. >> charges are expected against george zimmerman any minute now expected to be