a carbon monoxide detector. family members now trying to understand how their loved ones could be laughing and playing with grandchildren last night and then just as suddenly gone. >> jacquelyn has been trying to get through to her sister and her nieces in el salvador to tell them that their father and husband, nelson verde is dead. >> i can't. >> chavez had come to the house mid-morning to check on his father, oscar. he found two bodies in the doorway and firefighters found three further inside. >> we had a heating system that had a very old piping system and obviously had not been maintained. >> the fire chief says investigators found a break between sections of exhaust pipe from the furnace and they found colorless, odorless

carbon monoxide at concentrations well beyond deadly. >> we can all stand here today and think about what we would do or could have or should have. the reality is, these people were affected very quickly by a large quantity of carbon monoxide. >> word spread quickly, but for more than an hour, they had to wait for details. >> i don't know what happened. i just know that some people dead in my mom's house and i can't get inside. >> the cdc says these kinds of deaths are shockingly common. nearly 500 people every year die from carbon monoxide poisoning. and the fire chief says a couple of things could have saved these lives and probably many more. regular checkups of your home heating system and one of these. a carbon monoxide detector. fire chief says these are just as important as smoke alarms.

derek. >> thank you, bruce. well, what would drive a mother to stab her own child? baltimore police are questioning a woman after she allegedly stabbed her 8 week old daughter in the neck. this happened this morning inside the department of social services building. the child is in the hospital and in serious condition. the mom is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. four days after a vicious dog attack in northeast d.c., investigators still have not identified the two dogs involved or the owner. neighbors are frightened of another attack and furious that investigators aren't doing more. so today, kristin fisher tried to get some answers. >> i honestly feel like the police not doing their job. >> i want somebody to come forward. >> the dogs should be euthanized and the owner should be arrested. >> these people saw it happen. two huge dogs attacking three children. almost every person on this street says they know where the

dogs live and who the owners are. there's even bloody paw prints inside the front door. but so far, d.c. police and animal control have made no arrests, filed no charges, and they say they have no idea where the dogs are. >> they aren't doing nothing, it's like they don't care about us nor our children. >> today, i have come to the d.c. department of health. the agency that oversees animal control to find out what is taking so long and why so little progress has been made. >> we don't have any indication that those dogs are inside the building at this time and the people that we spoke to inside the building, which is not every resident, but the residents that we have spoken to, we don't have reason to believe that they are the owner of the dog. >> neighbors say the owners, maybe even the dogs are held up inside. it would take a search warrant to get them out. >> could a warrant be a next step? >> it's possible at some point in the investigation, but at this time, it doesn't appear to be a possibility. >> but neighbors say their

eyewitness accounts, the bloody paw prints and this footage should be enough. the man that was mauled, his wounds are getting more infected by the day and the kids that were almost attacked can't sleep, knowing the dogs have not been caught. >> still could be on the loose. never know. >> in washington, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> an moll control is paroling that neighborhood twice a day. they have also issued an order for the dogs to be impounded, but first, they have to find them. the army private at the center of a wikileaks case is asking a military judge to dismiss the charges against him. bradley manning made the request today at a military court. manning says prosecutors failed to hand over the potential evidence as required by law. the army intelligence analyst is accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents while serving in iraq. tonight, we want you to hear for yourself the word for word excerpts of a decision in montgomery county to reduce the sentence of a drunk driver that

was released today. >> i'm scott broom in montgomery county where word for word transcripts were released today of a judicial panel's controversial decision to reduce the sentence of drunk driver, kevin coffee, a decision that left the parents of his three victims seething with anger. >> what the judge did and the way he did it was so cruel. >> judge terrance mcgan acknowledged the grief of the families, but the three victims were drunk, too. and said, quote, their ability to make good decisions was compromised. when it came to getting in coffee's car after attending two underage parties. then mcgann led some blame to a culture of underage drinking. an immature 20-year-old didn't produce this culture, isn't responsible for it, and shouldn't bear the burden of remedying it. why should he pay a price for a

society tall malitol. >> this sentence sends a message that the lives of our three children meaningless. >> scott broom, 9news now. >> britain's phone hacking scandal is putting murdoch's family empire back in the spotlight again. this is the third time the younger murdock has been interrogated about what he no knew. he stepped down as the head last year. murdoch blames so blames others. >> given repeated assurances that these practices, that the newsroom had been investigated. that there was no evidence. >> the phone hacking scandal led to three police investigations and more than 100 lawsuits. all right, i'm getting ready to head out to our party tonight. anita, you're going to be joining us, raising money and we hope you'll come out and

join us. >> big grand opening party. and coming up tonight at 7:00, a first and fourth grader scolded in the principal's office over t-shirts they wore to support their dad who had been paralyzed in iraq. we'll tell you why the school says those girls violated school policy. and still to come, you can call it a big bad attack as a customer goes crazy inside a mcdonald's and the manager is on the receiving end. topper. >> well, a little nicer day. temperatures manage to make it into the mid 60s. here are the numbers for you. 464 and 42 goes in the books. averages are 69 and 49. records are 94 and 34. we'll come back and talk about more april-like weather headed our way and if that means more april-like showers as well. i'm dave owens in manhattan. rg3 was here today. is he ready for the draft? is he ready to become a redskin?

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a new and disturbing trend from california. teenagers getting drunk on hand sanitizer. really. a half dozen young people have been treated for alcohol poisoning after drinking the liquid. now liquid hand sanitizer is 62% proof ethel alcohol and easy for teens to purchase. parents should buy foam sanitizer because it's harder to distill the alcohol. can't imagine having to think about that when you go to the drugstore. next, when 9news continues. he took the money and ran, but he didn't get far. police took a dog on a fleeing robber and the crazy chase. caught on tape. a new case of the deadly mad cow disease has been revealed today. it's only the fourth ever in this country. we're going to have a look at where it was and whether the public was in any danger.

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five states hold their primaries today. mitt romney could take a big step toward locking up the nomination. romney is looking ahead to a showdown with president obama in november. voters are casting their ballots in five states where more than 200 delegates are at stake. mitt romney is expected to win all five. >> many people in the republican ranks have decided that they should line up behind him. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> mitt romney may be in the lead to win his party's nomination, but he is still working to win their support. >> you can always express your opinion with the others running, but there's more on that ballot than romney. >> newt gingrich will be reevaluating his campaign after the counts are counted in delaware. but governor romney is no longer talking about his

republican rivals. he has his sight set on the white house. >> i would like you to go out and vote in your primary and show that we are ready and willing to take on president obama. >> the former governor is going to kick off his general election campaign this evening with a speech called a better america begins tonight. >> what's up tar heels? >> president obama is visiting college campuses in the battleground states of north carolina and colorado. he is pushing for an extension of low interest rates for school loans. >> at this make or break moment for the middle class, we have to make sure that you're not bombarded with debt before you get started. >> danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >> romney needs 1,144 delegates to win his party's nomination. police in l.a. unleash their jaws of justice on a robbery subject and it began with a woman waking a

daredevil dive into a speeding van. that's during a bank robbery yesterday. her boyfriend was behind the wheel. she eventually gave up, but police had to send out their police dog to get the driver to turn himself in. watch as it poured from the van as the dog tried to subdue the suspect. a man and his girlfriend now face quite a few charges. talk about one tough customer. police in lakeland, florida, looking for the guy jumping a counter at a mcdonald's. he attacked the manager with the baseball bat. that manager suffered minor injuries. he had gone in before and had complained about the service. also caught on tape, a smoldering manhole explodes, blowing several firefighters off their feet. the blast happened as crews were investigating a fire near los angeles. fire captain thought the fire was nearly autowhen the explosion literally shook the neighborhood. >> tried to roll away from it and the next thing i know,

that's when the fireman was dragging me and i found out later it was my fireman. someone picked me up from the back of my coat and drug me. >> oh my goodness. wolf and several firefighters suffered minor injuries. they never know what they are going to face. >> incredible. >> we are almost average. better than sunday and monday. >> it's inching its way back up. >> exactly. and also inching its way back to average rain fall amounts. we were never in a drought, but they were along the bay and we had some good news. let's talk about how much rain fell. we got 1 to 3 inches from that storm. that puts us up to 7.28 for the year. that's down 4 inches, but we put a good dent in that. we're okay. for the monthly rain fall, we're in great shape. we're only down .7. we are 1 3/4 for the month of april. that rain helped us out and cleared out the pollen for a

couple of days. live look outside. it's our weather cam. clouds are coming back in a little bit. we are brought back in. temperatures will barely in the low 60s downtown. dew point is now 18. that's really troublesome. winds are calm and the pressure is rising 29.61. there are freeze warnings in effect west of town. but so far, in the immediate metro area, temps above freezing so far. here's the big picture. look at all the showers and snow showers in new york state. it's the same system, just sitting and spinning, slowly working its way in. as far as we are concerned, some of the showers, as the sun goes down, the showers will dispate and the clouds will dispate as well. don't anticipate showers getting much closer to us. so that's where the showers are going to be for the next few hours. temperatures, plenty of 50s. 57 in gaithersburg.

still 63 in manassas. but 60 in springfield. and 62 in college park and 60 in beltsville. temperatures are going to fall quickly after the sun goes down with that dry air mass. warming up though gradually. cold tonight. you'll need a jacket for the kids tomorrow at the bus stop. milder on wednesday. and then warmer on thursday, but we'll pay a price. showers and storms possible. for tonight, partly cloudy. lower temperatures again. winds westerly at 10. right around inside the beltway and around downtown, you'll be in the mid to low 60s. 38 in reston and 38 in fairfax. plenty of 30s. and 39 nor andrews. now by morning, partly cloudy. a cold start, jacket and shades. good idea. 30s and 40s. not much wind. by afternoon, partly cloudy and milder. keep a light jacket. if you duck out of the sun, it will feel cool. winds out of the west.

we'll break it down. 36 to 46 to start. kind of cold in the morning, but nice by noon. low to mid 60s. milder by evening. 65 to 70. the next three days. even warmer on thursday, but again, showers and storms are possible. the warm front, 73. and friday we're nice. temperatures back in the upper 60s. next seven days, saturday for maryland day, we're in the mid 7 0áz. scattered storms possible. 400 events to choose from. the campus is open at 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. why not do that? we're looking at 62 on sunday and then low 60s on monday. i'll be in middleburg. >> in maryland, they get advice from pro, right? >> i think someone will be there. >> very good. okay, so earlier, we're watching video out of new york city and rg3 whispering in the ear of a subway sandwich made to look like him. i'm thinking, how has this guy's life changed? craziness.

>> ever since winning the heisman and then being involved and connected with the second pick of the draft, his name is just exploded. and you hear so much more about him and maybe because we are in d.c., than andrew luck. he was on the cover of sports illustrated and in new york for that promotional event. while he was there, of course we had to ask him about his new team. how does he feel about the possibility of becoming a redskin? plus, how are the caps feeling before their big game tomorrow night? sports is next.

now, 9sports with kristen berset. the best sports in town. >> if all goes as expected thursday night, robert griffin iii will be headed to d.c. as the redskins next quarterback. he'll be wearing the number 10 10 with griffin and the roman numeral 3 on the back of his jersey. >> 48 hours until draft night. rg3 takes a subway. food, that is. football is on his mind. >> everything that i have done personally to get to where i am. all the coaches that worked with me, it will finally hit me that all that hard work has paid off. >> and he's about to become the king of d.c. >> expectations will be high, but you want that kind of

pressure. you want those expectations, because it's not height. they really believe in you. >> he believes in himself, still humble. >> you can't go in thinking you're a big dog. i might be the fans quarterback and the coaches one of the quarterback, but i have to beat out rex grossman,. >> which most will feel he can do. but first he has to coexist with coach mike shanahan. some question that, but not him. >> every meeting that i met with any kind of redskin, affiliated with the redskins, it lets me know that he wants me there. >> it will be official. crank up the pressure. >> if there's no pressure, there's no diamond. >> d.c. is hoping this guy is major quality. in manhattan, dave owens, 9sports now. >> thank you, dave. 9news will have complete draft coverage. as well as redskins park in ashburn before and after the redskins selection.

now before they have their big night, it's the capitals turn. game seven wednesday night in boston. it's win or go home. after a much needed day off to rest, the caps back on the ice this morning. confidence high and nerves surprisingly low. most of them very familiar with games as important as tomorrow night. >> last time we were the big dogs. now we are the underdogs and hopefully we can do the same thing that happened to us. play game seven there. >> i think they are prepared. >> and despite protests from wizards fans and several consecutive learning seasons, he will remain president and continue his plan to build through the draft. time now to reveal the latest high school game of the week poll. among your choices, we've got westfield at oakton and boys lacrosse. hilton on the diamond, go to

dc.highschoolsports.net. and the nationals open up a six- game road trip out west tonight in san diego. geo gonzalez on the mound. at 12-4, the nats are tied for the best record in the national league. the attitude is in full force. >> got to love that. >> some people don't like that, but that's the feeling the fans have gotten. >> he embraces this. >> and thursday, big night. the nfl draft. so full coverage. derek will be in new york, i'll be at redskins park. >> that's all for 9news now at 6:00, stay with wusa9. of course, derek, topper back at 7:00 with our area's only local newscast and you can always find our morning team, andrea, mike, howard, and monica at such an early hour, 4:25 a.m. and we are always on at wusa9.com. i'm anita brikman. see you later, everybody.