unarmed, you should be arrested. >> now we have to turn our attention to trying to get him to stay where he's at. >> reporter: for now zimmerman remains behind bars at the county jail in the criminal justice complex. is he separated from other inmates. prosecutors -- he is rate ised from other inmates. prosecutors -- accept rated from other inmates. -- separated from other inmates. zimmerman says he acted in self- defense under florida's stand your ground law. that law allows the use of deadly force in a fight. zimmerman's defense attorney hinted there is a possibility that this case may not go to trial saying he's not taking anything off the table suggesting a possible plea bargain as the process moves forward. i'm randall pinkston. back to you. >> if convicted of second degree murder, zimmerman could face life in prison. it was an exciting home

opener at nationals park today with washington pulling off a thrilling win in extra innings. >> our derek mcginty is at the stadium in southeast to anchor our live team coverage on opening dane. >> reporter: you always get a special kick on opening day because you know something special's going to happen, as joe dimaggio always said. first of all nats won, not classic or georges, but we'll take it. more than that -- gorgeous, but we'll take it. more than that, this is about opening day, the fans coming to see their team, the hotdogs, food, drinks and let teddy win posters. right now we'll go to dave owens for a little more of that fan flavor. >> reporter: what's going on, derek? i've been here since 9:30 this morning and even then fans were lining up outside the gate to get in this place. kind of hard to believe baseball has been back in d.c. for eight years now and for those fans who got inside the gate today they saw something

special. take a look. the sizzle was everywhere. >> i wait for tall winter long. >> reporter: break out the home jerseys, about time. >> like when you're a kid, you got a brand new glove and it's like i can't wait to use it. >> reporter: after six road games dust off nats park. she looked good. >> 24 hours ago we're out here making some minor adjustments, doing some fine tuning. >> reporter: so did they. >> you all are my team. go nats. >> appreciate your support. >> go nats. >> reporter: speaking of support, come on in reinvigorated fan base. >> yea! >> i'll tell you, what these are the best seats i could find. i they've got a better view of the capitol than the game. how are the seats, guys? [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: it was a sight to behold. worthy of a wounded warrior first pitch. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: first pitch down, bases off to be auctioned. what do you think?

>> i don't think we'll be spending $500 on a base. >> come on, 500. i was going say we go all four. can't have a game without four bases. >> i don't think so. >> reporter: i think we have our answer. the boss wins. >> that's a nice sandbag right there. >> reporter: opening day, it never gets old. >> we are so excited. we are so excited this year. this is the year. i can smell it! >> reporter: yeah, guys, it never gets old and she can smell it. here i've got one of the young fans in the house today who just came up, saw our camera, wanted to jump. in buddy, what's your name? >> alan river. are. >> reporter: did you enjoy the game today -- alan rivera. >> reporter: did you enjoy the game today? >> yeah. >> reporter: give me a big nats win. >> nats win! >> reporter: let me say 40,907 fans were here today. he was one of them. his family who is off camera were a couple hours.

it was a sellout. that's significant because there were only two last year. we'll have much more on these fans coming up a bit later. back to you now, derek, on the field. >> reporter: thank you so much for that very exciting report as you were saying, the nats with all their strengths and weaknesses on display here. kristen berset joins me. great pitching. offense when they needed it wasn't really there. >> not really there, but tended up best for them. let's get to the highlights -- it ended up best for them. let's get to the highlights of today's game. we had another look at j.r. martinez, u.s. army veteran, on dancing with the stars throwing out the first pitch. gio gonzalez, seven scoreless innings, seven strikeouts, giving up just two hits and no walks, big game for him but the nats had a two-run lead and gave it up in the 9th. we're tied bottom of the 10th, bases loaded. the former orioles pitcher alfredo simone with a wild

pitch, bases loaded, ryan zimmerman comes in and scores and the nats win the game 3-2 and their record is now 5-2. derek, they are off to one of the best starts in franchise history. >> reporter: like i said, we'll take the wins as we can get them even if they're a little ugly like the one here today, but 40,000 fans were here to see it, so nothing wrong with that. >> reporter: we talked to gio. i do have the fans listen to what gio had to say after the game. okay. never mind. we don't have gio anymore. let me paraphrase. he was happy. it was a good game. >> reporter: i think you can speak for a lot of fans as well. a great home opening day and a lot more ahead. at 5:15 we take you along for a kid's very first baseball game and around 5:30 you know those guys who show up and you think maybe they came from work? they did. we'll talk to them later and at 5:45 we'll break down the game today with our friend at wjfk

radio and at 6:15 we'll show you the nationals park new monster menu item called the strasburger and i got to tell you, one of our reporters tried to eat it. i don't know how well she did. we'll find out. back to you. >> that's a lot of burger. >> kristen took a bite out of that? we want to see that. in maryland they are calling it the doomsday budgets. >> and today as the hangover faded from the failed legislative session earlier this week, the gravity of the situation is shocking a lot of people. starting at the university of maryland where the board of regents may be forced to pass a steep tuition increase as early as tomorrow. scott broom is in college park. >> reporter: 25,000 students woke up this morning here at the university of maryland to the completely unexpected news, that they might face a tuition increase next year of 10 to 13%. >> it really, really sucks. >> reporter: it could be an extra $900 next year for most.

>> i might not be here. >> reporter: the blame is all directed at maryland's legislature which let the clock run out on its legislative session monday night fighting over gambling without passing a tax package needed to fund proposed spending reverting instead to a doomsday budget with steep cuts across government. the university suspect's share is 63 million. >> to hold tuition increase -- >> reporter: today governor martin o'malley fumed about it to mike hydek. >> for crying out loud, there's more important things at stake here than whether or not we have a sixth site for gambling in the state of maryland. five, six, i mean none of that matters as much to me as making sure that our children are given the best education they can. >> reporter: the student government immediately passed a resolution. >> i'd ask him to call back the legislature and ask them to pass the responsible revenue package. >> reporter: so it's doomsday budget time here at the university of maryland and the same thing may be coming to local school districts, police

departments, even dog catchers, a lot quicker than anybody expected thanks to the legislature that couldn't get its act together in the final hours. at the university of maryland scott broom, 9 news now. >> governor o'malley tells 9 news now he wants a special session and is willing to call for one but not until he knows the house and senate leadership have talked with their members and reached a consensus on what they can accomplish. it is a blast from the past beloved by an entire community, but it will soon go the way of free lunches on an airplane. rising gas prices are causing a virginia service station to pull the plug on a type of service you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere anymore. peggy fox has the story from hall and hall automotive in alexandria. >> reporter: when you think of pumping gas, this is what you think of, except here they do it all for you, at least for three more days. after 51 years in business offering full service including

pumping the gas, checking your oil and washing your windshield -- >> we'll never be this clean again. >> reporter: -- it's all coming to an end on monday. >> i think this was the last one that i know of that was full service and -- but everything has to come to an end. >> reporter: the hall and hall automotive service center on fort hunt road in alexandria may be the last totally full service station in the area, but rising gas prices has forced tom harvey whose family has owned it for 51 years to finally do what most of the other service stations did by the 1980s and get rid of full service. >> and it was really difficult, you know, to decide that we're not going to do this any longer and if really came down to pure economics. gas isn't going to be going down in price any time soon. >> reporter: general manager mark bent land says the station has been losing money selling gasoline because with higher prices credit card costs and taxes go up as well. >> i'm sorry to see it go

really. i've known many of the people and just sorry to see that that's going away. >> reporter: do you blame them, though? >> no. don't blame them at all. he's in business. he's got to survive. >> reporter: what do you think of fact they have to stop the service? >> oh, i'm very sorry and i'm sure all my age will be sorry, but we understand. i wish they'd continue it and let us tip them for doing it. >> reporter: the owner says if somebody physically can't do it or needs a little extra help or needs their oil checked, they're willing to do it for free. i'm peggy fox in alexandria, back to you. >> and come monday morning the full service stops at hall and hall, but as peggy just said, if somebody is having trouble pumping gas or needs help, there will be people to help out customers. new details are out tonight about a police-involved shooting in temple hills, maryland. it happened overnight when officers responded to a domestic dispute call at an apartment complex in the 3100

block of good hope avenue. police say an officer opened fire when a person came out of the apartment and appeared to be reaching for a weapon. neither the officer nor that suspect was hit. that suspect was taken into custody. when officers searched the apartment, they found someone had been stab several times. the stabbing victim was taken to -- stabbed several times. the stabbing victim was taken to the hospital. police made a quick arrest in the assault case in alexandria. james click a s accused of grabbing two -- is accused of grabbing two women and pulling them into a vacant building tuesday evening. click is charged with abduction and felonious assault. the victims were treated for nonlife threatening injuries. coming up a new study finds buckling your child up for safety is a real struggle. we'll tell you why. >> we'll talk about the winds diminishing, but that means frost is possible. we'll tell you where the frost and freeze warnings have been

posted. >> but first jury selection underway in the john edwards trial. did campaign donors make nearly $1 million in secret payments to hide the former presidential candidate's pregnant mistress? all of this during the 2008 campaign.

a pennsylvania judge today refused to throw out the charges against jerry sandusky. a lawyer for the former penn state assistant coach had argued that the statute of limitations might have run out for eight of the 10 alleged victims, but the judge rejected that argument. he also rejected another argument, that the child sex abuse charges were not specific enough. sandusky faces more than 50 counts of abusing boys. he denies the allegations. jury selection began today in the unprecedented criminal trial against former presidential candidate john edwards. >> federal prosecutors say he used campaign donations to cover up an extramarital affair. dick brennan reports. >> reporter: john edwards

arrived at greensboro north carolina court with his daughter kate and his parents to begin the process of jury selection. inside u.s. district judge katherine eagles introduced the former presidential candidate to about 200 potential jurors. she told them this is not a case about whether mr. edwards was a good husband or politician. it's about whether he violated campaign finance laws. federal prosecutors say edwards funneled nearly a million dollars in campaign funds to keep his mistress riyal hunter quiet during his 2008 bid for the white house and later admitted the affair with hunter. the public knew edwards as a husband devoted to his wife elizabeth as she fought breast cancer. she died in 2010. >> the prosecution has a tough row to hoe. they have to get into john edwards' mind. did he know the law? did he intend to break the law? >> reporter: the prosecution's star witness? edwards' farmer aide andrew young. young initially said he was the

father of edwards' and hunter's love child but later renounced the claim. edwards denied the child was his until 2010. the defense team will have its own challenges. edwards helped shape campaign finance law as a senator and had a career as a trial lawyer. >> so he can't claim gee, didn't know what the law was. >> reporter: edwards denies knowledge of the money. prosecutors want to prove edwards sought the funds to cover up his affair and keep his campaign alive. dick brennan for cbs news, new york. >> lawyers will call their first witnesses april 23rd. the trial is expected to last six weeks. if convicted, edwards faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and as much as $1.5 million in fines. washington nationals fans are going cold happy after a walkoff win during this afternoon's home opener, but some are going home maybe a little happier than others. dirk mcginty is live at -- derek mcginty is live at

nationals park to tell us more. >> reporter: i've got a bit of a confession to make this evening. this is my first opener and it's pretty darn exciting out here. a few decades from this experience it becomes a whole other world. it's got to be immensely fascinating. that's when we turned to our own kristin fisher who talked to some very young fans today. >> reporter: i don't have any kids, but i would imagine as a parent there are few things more exciting than taking your little girl or boy to the ballpark for the very first time. so today we tried to talk to a few of these first timers with mixed success. you'll see. >> have you been wanting to go to a baseball game for a long time? >> yech. >> reporter: you finally talked him into taking you? >> yeah. >> reporter: how excited are you? >> very excited. >> we didn't tell him till this morning and he's been nonstop since then. >> he's pen very excited to see them in person. -- been very excited to see them in person.

he's been watching them on tv and couldn't wait. >> he's been all day about going to the baseball game, baseball game. >> i like the baseball games and pretzels. >> reporter: baseball and pretzels, i like those, too. what about the baseball players? who is your favorite? >> i don't know. >> reporter: you want to be a baseball player when you grow up? >> yeah. >> that's what baseball is all about is family, so it's going to be a lot of fun. >> it is, it is, it is. >> reporter: are you excited? can you tell them how excited you are? no? how excited are you for the game? >> tell her. say awesome. >> but i don't want to. >> reporter: i tell you the only thing more difficult than getting a 3-year-old to talk to you on camera is trying to get somebody who is playing hooky from work to talk to you on camera, but did i my best with that as well and -- i did my best with that as well and we'll hear from some of those folks who skipped work or maybe

called in sick, took a half day off just to come to the season opener coming up in about 15 minutes. >> reporter: we call that playing hooky. that's what that's all about. you know what they say about seeing something anew through your children's eyes and i think that's exactly what you're talking about up there with regard to the youngest fans. meantime the fans had some great weather out here. it was a little cool but it wasn't cold at all. top? >> just a little chilly, but compared to last year's home opener weather, it was pretty nice. the good news, bad news, winds i do down tonight, but that's going to -- die down tonight, but that's going to make it colder. let's have a live look outside by our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. right now 58 downtown, winds out of the north at 13 sustained, but they'll settle down. dew points upper 20s. that's troubling because if the winds die down, which they should after midnight, some areas could be in the low 30s tonight and we have frost

advisories north and west of town. 59 college park, bethesda, 58 rockville, 57 gaithersburg and reston, 55 in leesburg, 57 manassas and we're looking at 60 in fort belvoir and over toward andrews. here's the deal. cold tonight but milder, winds diminish tonight, just gorgeous on friday with light winds finally, not as cold friday night fewer headed out and warming up over the weekend, a touch of may on saturday, a touch of june sunday. for tonight then clear skies and cold, winds diminishing. bring in the plants. i'm going to say don't cover the plans because you shouldn't have planted anything yet, but bring them in, hoe temperature 32 to 42 -- low temperature 32 to 40 work winds out of the north 5 to 10. we have a frost advisory montgomery county north and west and loudoun county and fauquier county north and west into virginia and freeze warnings in the mountains and i think this these with the winds diminishing those freeze warnings could cause some problems. on this map everybody should stay above freezing, but that

said even in gaithersburg you may have frost on your windshield and may want to allow extra time in the morning tomorrow. 36 rockville tonight, 40 in arlington and downtown. to the west mid-30s in reston and mayor fax and mid-40s in sterling. -- fairfax and mid-40s in sterling. tomorrow sunny start, 30s and 40s, winds out of the north at about 10. by afternoon what can we say? sunny, light winds, high temperatures around 65 which is average for this time of year. next seven days looks like this. we're talking low 70s as we get into saturday, low 80s sunday, low to mid-80s on monday. we've got a sprinkle on saturday, don't need to worry about it. the next really good chance of showers and thunderstorms would be tuesday into wednesday, a little cooler with highs around 69 by next thursday. this guy is cute i think. >> very. >> got a cute little fox, nice healthy coat. >> a cute little fox. >> this is actually next-door

to wendy's neighbor's house in burke, virginia. she sees them all the time. wendy did a great job. by the way, i had pictures of the forest fires in virginia, no name, couldn't use it, had pictures of snow yesterday, no name, couldn't use it. so go to our website www.wusa9.com. click on weather and i'll say it again, please include your name, location and description. >> that's right. that's the only way it's going to make it on here. >> i'm not a mind reader. up next more evidence that poor sleep patterns can increase the risk of different diseases including diabetes.

a new study finds people who get short disrupted amounts of sleep have an increased risk of diabetes and obesity. researchers at brigham and women's hospital found chaotic sleep schedules altered insulin levels and sent some study's volunteers into a prediabetic state and those getting irregular or restricted sleep had a slower metabolism, also not good. the study suggests people who endured such sleeping patterns for a whole year without changes in routine or diet could gain as much as 12 pounds tied to the sleep. happy birthday botox.

it was 10 years ago this week the food and drug administration approved botox for cosmetic uses. botulism toxin was first used to treat people with facial muscle spasms until doctors discovered it could take away frown lines. now people spend millions to look younger with the injectable. it recently received fda approval to treat chronic migraines and urinary incontinence. in fact, the botox business is expected to bring in $1.8 billion by the end of this year. we've got a happy update to report on our own colleague this afternoon, jc hayward. she's resting at home recovering from breast cancer surgery on wednesday and our andrea called and said her peeps told her that jc is the old jc. she's feeling no pain. she's raring to come back to work and they literally had to stop her from getting dressed to come back and be with us today. >> you are? oh, you.

thank you. >> of course, that was jc the day of her surgery. as you know, the news was excellent after her lumpectomy. doctors removed the breast tumor, a node and tissue around the site of the benign tumor which doctors had removed on monday. the breast surgeon told jc the margins around the cancerous tumor were good. the sentinel node was clear which means there's no cancer in the lymph node and they didn't find any surprises around the benign mass where it had been, so this is all really great news, all of it connected to jc detecting her cancer early and jk, if you're watching, expect a big welcome -- jc, if you're watching, expect a big welcome when you return to work monday. you can continue to send jc your best wishes at jchayward.com. coming up a new study says a lot of parents have trouble installing those child safety seats, but i'm here to tell you it's not your fault. >> reporter: i'm live here at the nats home opener and if

your office was a tad empty today, i think we found your work colleagues. we'll show them to you coming up.

there it is! ball gets away! here comes zimmerman, nationals win! >> reporter: call it the definition of winning ugly, the nats come from behind on a wild pitch to win their home opener

3-2 against the cincinnati reds here at nationals park. i'm derek mcginty and we are live on opening day. it is the home opener and it was sold out. 40,000 people showed up to watch the nats on a thursday afternoon at 1:00. i know what you're thinking. don't those folks have to work? well, our own kristin fisher asked around and she found out the answer is yes and no. >> reporter: one of the things that you can't help but notice here at opening day at nats park is the number of people that have either come here on their lunch break or taken the day off work entirely and i have found some of the people right here, how far in advance did you all plan to take today off work? >> it's been about a month. >> yeah. about a month ago. we planned it about a month, month and a half ago. >> we've been looking forward to this for a while. >> baseball, beer and no work, it's the perfect combination. >> reporter: you're still in a suit. why? >> i know, i know. i had some vacation time and i thought what better way to use it than cheer on the nats, bring this little lady,

stephanie, here. she's been giving me a hard time. >> reporter: stephanie, what do you think of the suit? >> i tell him he needs to change it up a little just because you have enough time to change for the game. you got to look relaxed. chill out. >> this is our lunch break. we bought a couple of side room only tickets and decided to hang out a couple innings before we go back to work. >> reporter: you got to work close by? >> right across the street here. we are eating our lunch, hanging out, watch a couple innings and probably go back. >> reporter: not a bad lunch break. kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> reporter: thank you. now we all know the nationals from big things this year and the fans are expecting big things. so before the game we talked with one of the team owners, mark lerner, about all the excitement out here today. >> there's nothing like opening day, new hope, new excitement. i've been to a lot of them. my first one i was 7 years old and every one of them is

special. great excitement, sellout crowd, standing room only and a great buzz around town about the team and we're excited for the season. >> reporter: we're excited about the season, too. by the way, for all you food lovers, there's something brand- new at nats park this year. it's called the strasburger and yeah, it's named after stephen strasburger, the mighty righty as kristin likes to call him and while it's something special in terms of the size, coming up at 6:15 we'll tell you what it takes to eat one of those bad boys and let me tell you, it's not easy. >> thanks, derek. can't wait to see that one. see you in a bit. we've got a recall now, general motors is calling back about 50,000 large suvs to fix a windshield wiper problem. now this impacts 2011 and 2012 chevy traverse, buick enclaves and gmc acadia vehicles. 28 cold weather states and the

district are included. gm will start that recall later this month. remember those reports of toyota drivers and run-away cars? they led the government to step in and conduct its own research into the problem. new safety standards have been proposed that the government says could reduce the risk of unintended acceleration. research by the government and nasa engineers suggests a brake throttle override standard should be standard on all vehicles. that feature would allow you to maintain control of your car by using your brakes normally even if your accelerator pedal is stuck or trapped. this issue is now open for public comment. toyota started installing its version of a brake override on several models in 2010 and is now standard in their new vehicles. most parents would never leave home without their child safely buckled into a car seat, but installing them is not always easy and a new study finds some parents may have

more struggles than others. a new study finds parents can struggle with the hardware used to secure child safety seats inside a vehicle. the insurance institute for highway safety and the university of michigan evaluated the anchors and tethers used to attach those safety seats in nearly 100 models. volunteers were also observed installing them. only 21 vehicles met the study's criteria for being easy to use. others experienced issues like these. >> this lower anchor is buried in between the seatbelt so that just finding the anchor is challenging and then being able to maneuver the hook to actually get it in there and connect it tightly is extremely difficult. it requires a lot of force. >> reporter: volunteers were more likely to install the seats correctly when the hardware was easier to use. the study also found less than half the volunteers used the

top tether to secure forward facing seats. many parents did not realize it is essential. >> they think it's optional, but attaching the tether for a forward facing restraint is an essential part of making the child restraint protect their child best. >> reporter: the top tether can insure that the seat stays in its proper place and can also minimize how much that seat moves around in the event of an accident. now the iihs found that only seven of the 98 vehicles they surveyed have dedicated latch anchors in the center and second row seat which, of course, are the safest places for children to travel. for more on this study you can go to our website, www.wusa9.com. a theater that used to be known as the crown jewel on black broadway springs back to life tonight. that's when the newly renovated howard theater in the shaw neighborhood officially lifts its curtain for a special reopening gala. among those scheduled to perform? smokey robinson, chaka khan and

boys 2 men. the howard theater launched the careers of duke ellington and marvin gaye among many others. attention shoppers, this is your last call to shop at the old giant food store on wisconsin avenue near the national cathedral. the store one of the city's oldest closes tonight at 6 p.m. another larger giant is expected to open on the site in 2014 as part of the cathedral commons project. the supermarket chain says it will provide free shuttle bus service to the giant store for customers. coming up in tonight's cool school some budding scientists learn how what is flushed down the drain affects the quality of water coming out of the faucet. >> up next firefighters come to the aid of a woman who got her hair stuck in a massage machine, so much for relaxation. >> and don't forget we are always on at www.wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back.

caught on tape a massage machine that was supposed to relieve a woman's pain causes some great distress. that's because the 64-year-old woman got her hair caught inside. first her family tried to get her hair out of that machine by cutting it. that didn't work. that's when firefighters in china came to the rescue. they lifted the machine over the woman's head and took the machine apart. she suffered some swelling to the scalp but should be okay. it looked like a scene from the wild west, but it was actually in downtown paterson, new jersey, where a cow was literally running for its life. the 750-pounder escaped from a slaughterhouse. animal control officers tried to corral the cow, but it broke loose. >> the cow was unbelievable, weighed about 800 pounds running back and forth up and

down river street. went across presidential boulevard and stopped at the new basketball court. i guess he wanted to shoot a couple hoops. >> so they finally tranquilized and captured the animal. derek was in the studio with us. this is the point in the story where he would say and he was delicious, but the slaughterhouse owner promised to spare this cow. so he was taken to an upstate new york farm. probably good he escaped. still to come, a final report in that deadly stage collapse at last year's indiana state fair. derek? >> reporter: we'll be back at nationals park to break down the big win with our friends from 106.7, the fan.

there it is, ball gets away, zimmerman, nationals win! >> reporter: washington nationals win a wild home opener, 10th inning. ryan zimmerman comes home on a while pitch, what a game. they had a lot of chances here. >> reporter: they did. gio gonzalez had a great start today making up for his poor showing in chicago. he threw seven scoreless innings giving up just two hit, struck out seven batters and the nats took a 2-0 lead into

the top of the 9th, but the reds tied it up and that led to that wild pitch from alfredo simone. a win is a win when you look at it. joining us now at nats park, we've got danny ruis along with cakes from 107 the fan. guys, the atmosphere here today, a soldout crowd, how would you describe the atmosphere to those of you at home? >> it's fun. it's finally time when there's an excitement here at nats park and it's going to spill over. this town has been dying for a winner and i think this is the year this club will do it. they'll be in it for a long haul and there's nothing like a pennant race for a town. nationals are going to do that. >> reporter: an exciting showing by gio. >> for him to go seven innings in front of a home crowd, it got dicey towards the end, but you have to love what you see from the starting pitch so far from the nats. >> reporter: but you got to love what you did not see from

the hitters today. you're in the bottom of the 9th, bases loaded and one out and you can't get a score? >> i think that's what you're going to look at this year with mike morse shut down the next six weeks. these are the types of games the nats have to win, the gutty 3-1 type games. >> reporter: and you count on the other team to make a mistake. >> you got to put pressure on people. cakes is absolutely right. not about our old weaver ball or 3-run home runs. it's little things, moving runners up, sack fly, well placed ball on a ground run is what this team has to do. >> reporter: last year they only had two sellout games. do you think with the buzz behind the team we might see a few more sellouts with a mostly pro nat crowd? >> it's going to happen. this team will be in every game, more exciting, maybe more cardiac issues than you'd want, but it will be exciting. >> reporter: last year it had to be stephen strasburg pitching before people showed up this. year? >> you've got gio gonzalez,

zimmerman, detwiler had a nice performance in new york. you've got one of the top pitching staffs in the major leagues here right here in washington d.c. it's very exciting. >> reporter: thanks for staying with us, guys, afterwards, cakes and danny here to enjoy this wild ending to the nationals home opener, but they got the win. >> reporter: they got the win and we'll send it back to you. >> thanks. weather cooperated. >> that's the key they got the win. last year they might not have found a way to win, so that's good. >> it could be ugly, just want the w. >> doesn't matter. the weather cooperated, a little bit chilly. the wind is gusting to 30 miles per hour at national, but the bad news, winds die down tonight making it colder. let's take a live look outside, still very nice, just a few clouds, temperatures 61. the dew point in the 20s is troubling because these winds are starting to die down, winds west, northwest 16 and pressure on the rise 30.11 inches of

mercury. now we're looking at temps upper 50s, in some cases midst 50s. go up 270 far enough, 55 gaithersburg, 55 leesburg, 58 sterling, 57 manassas and still 58 ins about dark but 60 in college park and 58 -- 58 in bethesda, 60 in college park and 58 in cumberland. gorgeous on friday. you may have to scrape your windshield in the morning, but payback will be great, a gorgeous friday, not as cold tomorrow night and warming up over the weekend, more like may saturday, more like june sunday. for tonight clear, cold, winds diminishing, bring in your plants. you shouldn't have planted anything yet in the ground. if you have, water and cover them and remember to uncover them because if you cover them tonight and don't uncover them tomorrow, you'll do just as much damage. 32 to 42 for lows, winds out of the north at 5 to 10. frost advisories montgomery county north and west and loudoun and fauquier county north and west and freeze

warnings in effect for the mountains. for tonight some areas will be above freezing, but you can still get frost when you're 34, 35, 35 gaithersburg, 36 rockville, 40 arlington, 40 downtown, upper 30s college park, mid-30s reston, fairfax, 34 leesburg and manassas. tomorrow morning it's a chilly start but a gorgeous morning, sunshine, grab a jacket, 30s and 40s, winds light out of the north at 10. by afternoon sunny, spectacular, winds light, highs about 65, winds turn a little out of the west at about 10, a spectacular day. zone forecast, we'll get oakland out of the 30s and 40s, 52 tomorrow in oakland with sunshine, 58 cumberland, should make it to 60 in hagerstown, martinsburg and winchester, full sun for the mountains and coast, mid-60s leesburg, warrenton, manassas with light winds. it's going to feel 65 tomorrow. downtown 65, maybe 64 in frederick, mid-60s in through southern maryland, 63 by the

water and no wind to speak of. so no small craft advisory for change for the bay. we'll break it down, 32 to 42 to start, clear and 58 to 63 by noon and then 61 to 66 by evening, sunshine across the board. all right. let's take you through the next three days. look at temps, 72 saturday, got to keep a chance of a shower, going to be few and far between, don't change your plans and 81 sunday. we look to drop out on sunday. next seven days look like this. temperatures are even warmer monday. temperatures in the low 80s on monday. frontal system will approach tuesday and wednesday, showers and thunderstorms possible late tuesday. showers could linger into wednesday. it will knock temps down a bit but nothing crazy, 70 wednesday, 69 on thursday. >> can't complain when you see the word great right there. >> and warmer, we like those, too. thanks, top. a stage that collapsed and killed seven people was not

built strong enough to meet state building codes. that is a finding today of an engineering firm that was asked to review last summer's incident at the indiana state fair. a storm blew in while the band sugarland prepared to play. the stage rigging fell and that killed seven people in the audience and injured dozens of others. today a separate independent review also found fault with the way state fair organizers prepared for such an emergency. >> although the indiana state fair commission had taken some steps to prepare for an emergency on the fairgrounds, the overall state of preparedness was not adequate for an event of the size and scope of the indiana state fair. >> the indiana state fair commission says those reviews were not meant to place blame but to help prevent future tragedies. guns n roses will be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame this weekend in cleveland, but front man axl rose says he won't attend and is declining his induction.

this band broke up in the '90s and in the letter to the hall of fame rose says he has no intention of reuniting with his former bandmates even for the ceremonies this weekend. still ahead tonight students across the country stage protests against their mounting debt. we'll tell you about a new tool to figure out those costs before you head to college. >> then later a petite reporter with a big mission, see what happens when our kristin fisher takes on the strasburger. >> but first some hands on experience is giving local students a way to sum up sludge.

the cool school bus is up and running to take us out of the classroom this week to head to germantown where students learn the science behind sludge. >> as mike hydek reports, they're capping into a whole new career opportunity at the same time. >> reporter: clean water, something many of us take for granted until you see this. >> oh, gosh. i almost threw up. >> reporter: really? >> it was disgusting. >> reporter: showing students what happens after you flush is what marty johnson does. >> everybody pay attention. you should have a slide and a pipette. >> reporter: these budding scientists spent the day at washington suburban sanitary

commission plant to learn what it takes. >> that's actually called a rotor. >> reporter: to keep the tap running clear. >> the dark stuff goes to the bottom and the clean stuff goes to the top. >> bacteria is actually the worker bees in the process. they're doing the job, the things that are in that sludge. >> reporter: the science behind the sludge is important not only for public health, but for inspiring future scientists in the classroom and in the real world. >> it also gives them enough information so when they go into biology next year, they'll have a better understanding of what does it mean as a bioindicator meaning a living thing that we can use to sort of tell us what the bacteria levels are. >> they get to a point they see the process, they like hands on, they like learning. >> reporter: for some of these gaithersburg high school studentings that's not that far fetched. kia howard says by yo chemistry is her calling.

>> at first i didn't -- biochemistry is her calling. >> at first i didn't know what it was. >> reporter: for others they sure won't take bacteria for granted. >> to know that they're living inside us is creepy. >> reporter: which is exactly why we need to find more students that share marty johnson's point of view. >> ain't this great? this is good stuff. >> it's really cool like to feel this thing and it's really cool. >> reporter: mike hydek, 9 news now. >> if you have a cool school, send mike an e-mail at mhydeck at wusa9.com. maybe we'll highlight your program next week. a tweet from a major league pitcher led to the ultimate game of catch for a denver man. earlier this week rockies pitcher jeremy guthrie took to twitter to find a partner to play catch. the person who answered has quite a story to tell. here's vick lombardi. >> i live downtown.

i have my glove and so i said let's do this. >> reporter: woody roseland's quick reply paid on. next thing you know he was at coors field hanging out with the newly acquired ace of the rockies staff. >> i was like how do you like pitching at coors? he was like this is the first day i've even been at coors, so he was as new to the facility as i was pretty much. i just walked out onto the field and tried the gloves and ball, found a good spot in the outfield and played catch. >> reporter: woody and jeremy tossed the ball around and talked about half an hour, but it wasn't all about baseball. as you can see, woody is an amputee. the 21-year-old lost his leg to cancer, a fight he's been waging five years. >> you expect it to be the worst thing in the world, but when you actually just have to deal with it on a daily basis and use a prosthetic, it hasn't been as bad as i expected. >> reporter: that positive attitude is exactly why woody took a chance answering a tweet. he got day and a souvenir he'll

never forget. oh, but playing catch with jeremy guthrie was actually just the second best part of a very good day. >> this morning i went to my doctor. they checked my counts and they're back up, which means i'm like officially done with cancer and chemotherapy once and for all. so i found that out this morning and got to hang out with jeremy this afternoon. >> that's great for him. again, that was vick lombardi reporting. the next day guthrie tweeted this. cool, how in an attempt to make someone's day that someone made my day and touched my life. this is 9 news now. george zimmerman stood solemnly in gray jumpsuit as he made his first court appearance today. the neighborhood watch captain faces second degree murder charges for the shooting of trayvon martin. zimmerman said he shot that 17- year-old in self-defense and legal experts say it may be hard for prosecutors to make their case. >> we felt it was the appropriate charge. as ms. corey stat