>> that's the sound and furry of a tornado -- fury of a tornado touching down in kansas. hello, everybody. i'm bruce johnson. warnings are out for residents across the nation's mid-section to brace for life-threatening

storms. at least three possible tornadoes have already been reported in central oklahoma. dozens more have been spotted across midwest states tonight. from minnesota to texas, a large part of the country could be at risk. here's our coverage. >> we still have a large tornado. >> reporter: the storm prediction center in norman, oklahoma, says it could be a high-end life-threatening event, potentially affecting 5 1/2 million americans this weekend from texas to minnesota. >> this is a multi day event, now underway and potentially a very serious situation. >> it's coming straight for us. >> look at the debris right there. >> reporter: a twister touched down friday near the university of oklahoma. the damage was fairly minimal, and only minor injuries were reported. forecasters are urging people to be vigilant. >> make sure you have your plan, you've talked it over with your family.

monitor the forecast constantly. have the nolo radio handy and be ready to act. >> we have supplies in the closet, so we're ready for it just in case. >> and a prayer book. >> reporter: it has been an unusually active tornado season so far, this march being the fourth deadliest on record. >> severe weather expected to last through tomorrow. a small tornado touched down in southwest oklahoma city overnight, causing damage to several homes and buildings in the area. power was knocked out. no injuries have been reported. several mobile homes also damaged. more dramatic video. this time in northern oklahoma where a family is lucky to be alive tonight. this after a storm leveled two barns on their property. >> this is part of our barn. it's about 300 feet away. the only reason it saved our life is because we have the

gazebo and the fence right there. otherwise it would have went through the house. >> she says all of their farm animals managed to survive. same for the family dog buried in the debris. closer to the washington area tonight, the u.s. forest service says a series of wildfires in western virginia being contained as windy conditions diminish. the fire spread to about 18,000 acres. most of the blazes are in the george washington and national forest. no injuries or property damage but the danger is still not over this weekend. let's go to anny hong in the weather center. that's because we have no rain, i suppose? >> that's right. we'll have warmer conditions. with the lack of rainfall and the warm conditions, we're still concerned about the drought. we're under abnormally dry conditions right now. here's a look at exactly where some of the worst drought conditions are. especially out to the west of us, but also you can see right around in our area, it is still

abnormally dry where that fire was. now, we need the rain. why? we've already had a drought in the east. we had no snow melt. four to five inches below the average in rainfall. use caution when camping and don't throw those cigarettes out the window. bruce, we definitely need the rain. i'll let you know if we get any coming up in our seven-day forecast. back to you. a virginia homeowner is watching his biggest investment slide away before his eyes. michael dowling bought a home in virginia three years ago, but now a landslide inching closer to his backyard is threatening to swallow up the entire house. he said he did research and found his house is built on fill dirt. he took that information to the homeowners association seeking help, but so far he hasn't gotten any. >> the pictures that i have found, the historical pictures, there is a stream that ran directly under this lot. they went so far as to tell me they put it out forbid and work

would start on it immediately. in november of 2011, they called me into a homeowner's association meeting to tell me they would not fix it. >> you can understand that dowling is not the so confident about finding a buyer at any price. the rest of his family has already moved away to florida. not far away, the austin ridge subdivision faces similar erosion problem last year. several of those houses had to be condemned. secret service scandal is overshadowing president obama's diplomatic visit to columbia tonight. nearly a dozen secret service agents have been brought back to the u.s. amid allegations they brought prostitutes to their hotel rooms in columbia. tonight, white house spokesman jay carney says the president retains confidence in the secret service. carney adds the incident is under investigation and have had no impact on presidential security but wouldn't comment beyond that. >> i'm not going to have many answers for you on this matter.

this is a matter for the secret service to look into. that is what they are doing. i don't have any characterization of this beyond my referral to the secret service for more information. >> well, surae chinn has more on what happened. >> it's the biggest scandal in the history of the secret service. >> reporter: ronald cestler, a secret service insider and author of several books says the scandal was exposed after one of the agents allegedly stiffed a prostitute. >> she complained to the police and prostitution is legal in columbia. they told the state department and the state department told secret service. >> reporter: soon after, the secret service removed about a dozen agents before the president arrived. >> our tax dollars are at work i guess. >> clearly, they're not people making good decisions. >> hopefully this is a small example and not common in the

culture. >> reporter: kessler believes this is not just an isolated incident but a pattern that could compromise the president's safety. >> current agents tell me it's a miracle there has not been an assassination given all the corner cutting going on. you saw the example the salihis being allowed in to crash the state dinner, even though they weren't on the guest list. it's the same pattern of winking, nodding, not following rules. >> reporter: a spokesman says the agents have been replaced and are being investigated over misconduct. >> the process could have blackmailed them to get access to the president. there could have been an assassination by a terrorist, by a cartel. >> reporter: in washington, surae chinn, 9 news now. >> the investigation also includes five military servicemen. now, the associated press is

reporting tonight that most of the secret service agents involved had women in their rooms at the hotel. a.p. quoted new york congressman peter king as saying the women were presumed to be prostitutes, but investigators are interviewing the agents. congressman king was briefed on it because he heads the homeland security committee. a car crashed through the front entrance of a store. the vehicle appeared to be going 50 miles per hour. >> i heard this real loud, like an explosion, like a bomb noise. i turned my head and here came this car come flying in at a good speed. >> two girls pinned between the car and like a potato chip rack. they got the two girls out. they lifted the car, probably 15, 18 guys. got the car lifted up and got the gentleman out from underneath the car. >> you can't plan for a car to come through the door of the store, but i tell you this,

customers have a mental toughness of servitude that they have for each other and helping each other and helping folks in need. >> people received injuries, none of them life threatening. 76-year-old driver hasn't been charged just yet. authorities found no apparent problems with the car's brakes. coming up tonight in sports . >> the capitals have evened the series. >> the caps go overtime again, but this time the washington fans are smiling. i'm ken molestina in southwest d.c. where crowds gathered to commemorate the titanic disaster. the story coming up. it's pretty mild out here, in the 60s at this hour. i'll let you know how much warmer it will get. tomorrow get ready for the mild start and a warm finish. temperatures already in the 70s

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the fateful voi range of the tie -- voyage of the titanic, tonight scores of people came out to remember the lives lost when the ship sank into the atlantic ocean. ken molestina is live in southwest washington where a commemoration ceremony took place tonight. >> reporter: this was the place to be tonight if you wanted to remember history and celebrate this occasion with hundreds of people from across the world. tonight's event was put on by neighbors of this community out in southwest d.c. they did it by themselves with the help of some donations and a lot of volunteers. ♪ [ music ] >> music and crowds lined the southwest waterfront as people gathered to remember the more than 1,500 lives lost aboard the titanic. it was 100 years ago on this date that the ship hit aniceberg and sank. >> it's a sad story, but also a very powerful story. that's why it has such a history even after 100 years.

>> reporter: as part of the festive vis, d.c. fireboats on the river performed a choreographed display of water shooting into the air. for many who came out tonight, the ceremony provided an opportunity to preserve history on this, the centennial anniversary. >> to commemorate the bravery, the courage and unselfishness of the men. >> i was actually an officer in the bridge merchant navy. to be here in washington, d.c. on 100 years after is great. >> reporter: as the night fell upon the ceremony, images of 1912 and the people of the titanic were prominently projected on to the site of this condo building. >> everything from shots of the exterior, the interior, also shots of the passengers, the crew. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: the evening capped off on a somber tune.

♪ [ music ] >> reporter: a trio on the titanic memorial played the hymn nearer my god to thee. as the history books tell it, it was the last song that played before the titanic went down. >> it was one of these disasters that changed marry time maritime war and how ships were built. >> reporter: this is a group of men every year on the anniversary gather to say a couple of words out here and have a stoast for all the men who gave up their lives so others could be safe. that's expected to take place in about an hour. back to you, bruce. >> thanks a lot, ken, nice job. just ahead on 9 news now, fun for everybody at the cherry blossoms parade. >> it's amazing. so colorful and lively. great performances. >> we're going to take you there. [ drums ]

also coming up, can we keep the great weather around through the rest of the weekend? anny has an update when we come back.

there's warm and sunny weather provided a perfect backdrop for the national cherry blossom parade. thousands of people lined constitution avenue to watch performers and marchers in what has become one of the highlights of the entire cherry blossom festival. this is the 100th year and nobody left disappointed today. the parade featured participants from all over the country in a colorful display of floats, marching bands and musical performances. >> we love it, though. it's nice out here. it's very enjoyable, you know, for families and everything. it's fun. >> my favorite part was when they had the horses. >> the parade is outstanding. yes, it is. it's the best one i've seen. >> this year's honorary parade marshal included marie osmond and two others. great here, but this bad wetout in the midwest, you've

been following this. have you got more on it? >> yes, several storms going through. we were watching wichita, kansas, where we have a tornado warning in effect where we're getting reports of a tornado on the ground in the wichita, kansas area. this threat is continuing through the night hours, which is not good news for folks living in kansas, nebraska, oklahoma, because a lot of them, it's harder to see the tornadoes and people can get caught off guard, especially later at night. here's a look as we zoom in. it's showing a line of storms. the good thing about these bow echoes is it's alreadier for tornadoes toform. we're seeing a tornado in kansas. you can see this hail core in kind of the fuchsia, magenta here. this is probably where the tornado is. you can see effecting areas local time shortly within the

hour. look at all those tornado icons of tornado reports we've been getting in the last few hours here. with you can see around the wichita area, we had several tornadoes leading up there. you can see we had according to this report a quarter to half a mile wide tornado in the conway springs area. now, in our neck of the woods, we are not talking about any severe weather. we've got some of this green, the light rain showing up on doppler radar. a lot of it not hitting the ground. a little bit maybe, some sprinkles in the potomac highlands, but we're not going to get a whole lot from this. the air is just too dry. it looks like may be seeing quite a bit of showers out there, but a lot is not hitting the ground. our michael and son weather camera showing we've got cloudy conditions. 64 degrees. it does feel pretty nice out there. the winds have diminished quite a bit. 60 in leesburg. 64, culpeper. temperatures are not cooling down a whole lot. find your summer clothes as the warmth really kicks things up in the next couple of days.

80s on sunday. 80s again for monday. maybe a couple close to 90. will feel more like june starting tomorrow and into your monday. your futurecast a slight chance for a shower, maybe a sprinkle overnight, early in the morning. the clouds will stick around in the early hours but then will clear out and make way for more sunshine by the end of the day. we will make the subpoena make an appearance by the afternoon. overnight, mostly cloudy and milder. a slight chance for a shower. lows in the 50s. tomorrow morning, cloudy conditions. for the afternoon, becoming partly to mostly sunny. still breezy but warmer 80 to 85 degrees. so most of us should make it into the 80s on your subpoenaed, well above the average high of lower 60s. so here's a look at your next seven days. you like tomorrow? monday is even warmer. mid-80s, then tuesday we'll cool down a little bit into the mid-70s. under partly cloudy conditions. bruce, we've been talking about needing the rain. maybe a chance for showers on

wednesday. a better chance maybe next weekend, but it will still be mild and dry the next several days here. come people are thinking the caps will surprise people in the playoffs. >> they could. no one is expecting much out of them. so far, so good. another thriller in boston, in double overtime. this time the good guys won. reaction from the caps in this fantastic finish next in sports.

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it's hard to imagine braden topping his game performance when he had 29 saves in his playoff debut, but the capitals rookie goalie today showed he was better. he turned aside 43 shots as the caps win a thriller in double overtime evening up their series with the bruins. game two, the caps striking first. second period, caps lead 1-0. with under 8 minutes to play, the shot deflected in front. ties it up at 1, forcing overtime. they went to double o.t. less than a minute in, the puck goes airborne. a minute and a half later shall

off the faceoff, nick does the trick. that's your game winner in double overtime, the caps beat the bruins 2-1, evening the series at one acin piece. >> you're battling in playoff hockey. that's what you have to do is battle. i thought tonight was definitely a playoff hockey- type game. >> we knew what was on the table. we bounced back in the groove. >> so now the series shifts to verizon center for game 3, that will take place monday night at 7:30. the wizards hosting the cavaliers tonight. john wall played well. the same cannot be said for the rest of the team. in the fourth, wall to james singleton for the slam. six cleveland players scored in double figures. the cavs beat the wizards 98- 89.

in the nationals, 7 years of existence, they've never had a start like this. a 7-2 record including five straight wins. the latest victory came today against the reds. activated off the d.l. and starting in center field. bottom of the third, adam laroche who has been clutching the cleanup spot does it again. two-run score. nats take a 3-1 lead. jayson werth flies one to right. it falls. danny he's pie espinosa scores. the nats win their fifth straight game, 4-1 to go to 7-2 on the season. it's also again a good weekend so far for the orioles facing the jays in toronto. hit to right, this solo shot

ties them up at 4. in the 9th, a runner on. this pitched crushed. a go ahead two-run homer. orioles win 6-4. they're 5-3 on the season. d.c. united looking for their first win on the road. that ties it up at one. 80 second minute, a guy trying to fight his way back into the lineup. this will help his cause. let's get this. he scores the game-winner. united beats new england, the final 3-2. the re skips holding offseason workouts. doesn't sound terribly exciting. but with the drafting of rg3 in 12 days, there will be a buzz at redskins park next week. skins conditioning workouts begin on monday. it's the first time the team will be together since last season. having fletcher back in the pole will lighten the mood. the team will also be welcoming a few new faces in pierre

garcon, josh morgan, williams. here's the redskins offseason schedule. ota's begin saturday and run through the first week in june. it will hold its mini-camp june 11-14. college lacrosse's greatest rivalry in baltimore tonight facing john hopkins. owen fly with the story in the fourth request. bligh scores bliffing the terps -- give the terps a lead. terps win 9-6. the 108th meeting between the two schools. finally tonight, red sox hosting the braves. kelly on first. he goes into second with his first career stolen base, but it wasn't that graceful, as you can see. he had a little problem getting there. starting his flight about eight feet too soon. before the game, he had gone 464 games without attempting a stolen base, and now you know

why. >> how about the mavs. >> how about them? looking good. michael morse, huge out of the lineup. they're getting it done. hopefully they can continue until morse gets back. good baseball weather the next few days here. temperatures will be even warmer into the 80s. monday, 85. tuesday, wednesday, we're cooling down. only chance for a shower maybe mid-week. better chances for showers and storms next weekend. fire danger still remains high next several days. >> okay, thank you. and thank you for watching, everybody. remember you get your updates any time online, wusa9.com. we'll see you back here tomorrow. bye.