>> reporter: some fear the law could lead to mass arrests of illegal immigrants in arizona. >> if they're breaking the law, there's that possibility. i would assume. >> reporter: the justices appeared skeptical about the obama administration's argument that the government not state, should enforce immigration law. >> the burden of course on the federal government in this case is to show that there's a conflict between what the federal government has done in us congressional approach and what arizona has done in its own approach. >> reporter: justice elena kagan is not taking part in the case because she worked on the issue at the justice department. they could reach a 4-4 tie. >> that means the lower court decision would stand and this law would not take effect. >> they are expected to issue the ruling at the end of june. >> reporter: other provisions of the law make it a state crime for an immigrant not to have a registration card and also would make it a state crime for an illegal immigrant to look for a job or to have work. at the supreme court, danielle

nottingham, now back to you lesli. >> all right, five other states including virginia have passed similar laws. the justice department has sued those states as well. and as the justices were hearing the arguments inside the courtroom, the protestors were arguing their side of the case outside. our team coverage continues with our own delia goncalves who is there. >> reporter: after a 48 hour prayer vigil outside a u.s. supreme court, hundreds of protestors rally against the arizona immigration law. [ people chanting ] >> reporter: advocates from around the country say this fight is not only for immigrants, it's for everyone. >> this law really just challenges our basic constitutional values that someone can be judged by the way that they speak or they look. >> reporter: jim a long time arizona resident doesn't feel as safe in his hometown anymore ever since he was pulled over by police. >> when i asked him why he pulled me over, he said it was because i looked suspicious. like most americans, i've never

carried my passport around but now my wife and i always carry our passports when we leave the house. >> arizona in every single law like it which is only a handful. 31 states have decided to not go in this direction. by the way. have been sued. [ people chanting ] >> we have so many members of our -- of our communities that are immigrants. and this is -- this kind of law sb 1070 from arizona is creating really a terrible climate of fear and it breaks up families. >> reporter: regardless of the decision protestors say their fight is not over and includes a civil rights class action lawsuit currently in federal district court. outside the u.s. supreme court, delia goncalves, 9news now. >> and we'll have more on how the impending supreme court decision could impact the current immigration laws in virginia coming your wayen

9news now at 6:00. lesli? some new information on last frill's brutal dog attack in northeast d.c.. police in cheverly, maryland say the dog seen in is this surveillance video have been euthanized. they were reportedly in a car stopped by police a few hours after the attack friday night. a cheverly police officer says he shot one of the dogs when it came after him. both of them were eventually captured and destroyed by animal control. it is not clear why authorities in the district were under the impression the dogs were still on the loose. for things went door to -- firefighters went door to door today in oxon hill warn neighbors about the dangers of carbon monoxide. this campaign comes a day after five people died when gas from a leaky furnace overwhelmed their home. bruce leshan has been following the story, what a loss. >> reporter: really, really sad. >> unnecessary. >> reporter: totally unnecessary if they'd just checked out that furnace or if they'd had a carbon monoxide detector but you know you think

about it. your stove, your furnace. the gas logs there your fireplace -- in your fireplace, this is really a wakeup call that everything you burn creates carbon monoxide. and if you fail to vent it properly, the risk of death. >> this year's -- what we call is for gas meter. >> reporter: firefighters say they get a whole lot of calls for suspected carbon monoxide. >> squeeze a little bit of that gas into there. give it a second or two to get through. >> reporter: we asked fairfax county's hazmat support team to show us how they handle them. first is a check with the monitor to give them a read on deadly gases instantly. >> in ten parts per million that's the action level. >> reporter: the trouble with c. o. gas is that humans cannot detect it. even at fatal concentrations. >> the challenge with carbon monoxide is that you can't see it. you can't taste it. you can't smell it. >> this is what we call a rad

57-meter. >> reporter: medics have a couple of devices to check you for c. o. poisoning. >> so you just want me to put my finger right in here. >> reporter: one gives them a read on carbon monoxide in your blood. >> blow the balloon up. >> reporter: another detects carbon monoxide in your lungs. >> c. o. is measured a lot of expose your time. so the longer you're exposed to c. o., the more chance -- that you have of becoming ill or even death. >> reporter: in the fire house, they hook up the truck's exhaust to special ventilators. and position carbon monoxide detectors next to their sleeping quarters. they say every home should have one of these detectors and if yours goes off, call 911. the cdc estimates that almost 500 americans every year die from carbon monoxide poisoning. so this is something that you really, really need to take

very seriously. and here's one other interesting fact -- that hazmat support team that we went out and talked to in fairfax county? they were on the chopping block this morning, the board of supervisors decided to fund them. >> makes sense. it really does. and the other thing that's important know if people start feeling really disorients and they don't know what's happening. >> that's the scary thing is that your decision making can be affected and you i -- and you might think it's something else and you might not realize that what you really need to do is get out of the house and call 911. a warning tonight to runners and cyclists you better stay alert on a popular trail. takoma park police have a composite sketch for a man they believe to be responsible for three sex assaults in hyattsville. people say this man forced the victim into the woods last friday afternoon and then ran off. it happened on the northwest blanch of the trail -- branch

of the trail near the community park. two other assaults last month also took place near the same part of the trail. the case against army private bradley manning will proceed as scheduled. a military judge today refused to dismiss the charges. now mooning's accused of turning over military documents and secrets to the wikileaks website. the trial has been tentatively set for september the 21st. the man charged in the murder of a georgetown socialite remains incontinue tempt to stand trial. 47-year-old albrecht muth appeared in court today accused of killing his wife viola drath. she was found strangled and beaten inside the couple's home last august. doctors say muth should continue to be treated for his disorders. is it vandalism or a valiant public service? that's the question we are asking tonight about whoever is using spray paint to mark warnings to drivers about hidden speed cameras in the district. scott broom is live tonight at the latest location to be

painted at missouri avenue and sixth street northwest to show us what's been going on and scott, people are not happy about the cameras. >> reporter: just take a look at the marks, big orange bs that turned up here on missouri avenue last night. one of two places in the district where these turned up last night in locations where cameras are cleverly hidden. it's a crime of lot of people seem to sympathize with. it's a camera motorist do not see until it's too late. just and laurie soon. >> i come up missouri avenue and it is hiding behind that tree. >> reporter: well, not anymore. the big x now marks the spot. in fact, two big xs. xs you can see from a good long distance away. as you approach the notorious hidden missouri avenue speed trap. >> is he a vandal or providing a public service? >> he's robin hood. he's stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. >> it might be a little bit of

a public service in my opinion. >> reporter: it's not the only spot where the vandal or robin hood depending on your point of view has apparently struck. here's another set of xs at south dakota avenue and taylor avenue northeast that have just appeared. this time on utility poles which in similar fashion hide a drivers' view of a speed enforcement camera that lurks behind. more power to the painter? >> i definitely appreciate the warning but you know i mean the district is just crazy with these speed cameras. >> reporter: police considered tagging trees, poles and speed cameras a clear case of vandalism and now quote looking into the incident. contrast this with the entirely legal strategy adopted by jeff tracy, a chef, who hired a sign spinner in january to warn motorists in the fox hole road corridor of a camera there. who is the mysterious man with the spray can or perhaps men or women with spray cans? it is a complete mystery

tonight. but police would certainly like to know. police spokesman crumb crump told us -- crump told us late this afternoon we want people to slow down not vandalize government property. reporting live in northwest washington, scott broom, 9news now. >> that's a tough question though. bad or good. a commuter alert now for drivers in the area around george washington university. 22nd and 23rd streets are shut down between h and i streets because of a broken water main. and there was a sinkhole about the size of a bathtub over there. d.c. water crews have been out there for hours making repairs. in the meantime you will need to find another way around the problem area. it's the ultimate in stanley cup playoff hockey, the caps and bruins square off tonight in game seven of the first round series. kristen berset is here with a preview and both the teams no stranger to game seven. a do or die. >> exactly. that's right anita. unfortunately for the capitals the bruins have fared better in the games.

just last season they won three game sevens en route to becoming the stanley cup champs. the caps on the other hand are 1-3 in game sevens since 2008. but if there's anywhere they can play a game seven, boston would be the place. you know usually we say home ice is an advantage but during this season the capitals have dominated at td garden and now of course they would have liked to have closed it out earlier and not have to face game seven but this is that kinds of game that players look forward to. >> game seven is game seven. and you know they're extremely fun. they're very nerve-wracking, at the same time, and that means so much. >> as a player i always -- i enjoyed them. it was fun. one game takes all so it's like you know you don't have another game against these guys, this is going to end. as a player and coach i look forward to it. >> coming up later in the newscast, half beat reporter will join me live from td garden to talk about the game. anita? >> all right, thank you. still ahead on 9news now, more graphic testimony in the

trial of the northern virginia father accused of sexually abusing girls at his daughter's sleepovers. topper? yeah, we got showers and clouds on the way. we'll let you know when they're going to roll and look ahead to the weekend. made some drastic changes to the forecast. >> but up next the head of homeland security in the hot seat on capitol hill. answering questions about the secret service scandal.

turning now to campaign 2012 where it appears to be the

beginning of the end for newt gingrich's presidential campaign. the former house speaker is expected to suspend his race for the white house next week. gingrich told the crowd in north carolina today he expects mitt romney to be the republican party's presidential nominee. gingrich had vowed to stay in the contest until august but he's expected to officially withdraw from the race next tuesday here in washington. well, the head of homeland security testified on capitol hill today for the first time since that secret service scandal broke. >> janet napolitano called the allegations quote unexcusable and said the secret service has moved quickly to deal with all 12 agents implicated in the scandal. ines ferre reports. >> reporter: homeland security secretary janet napolitano told a panel that investigators will get to the bottom of the secret service prostitution scandal. leaving no stone unturned. >> let me be clear, we will not

allow the actions of a few to tarnish the proud legacy of the secret service. >> reporter: her office is overseeing the investigation into the embarrassing incident in colombia earlier in -- this month. agents who were preparing for the president's trip to the summit of the americas are accused of bringing prostitutes back to their hotel rooms. >> to your knowledge is this the first time something like this has happened? >> over the past two i can't have nears the secret -- and a half years the secret service office of professional responsibility has not received any such complaint. >> reporter: nine are being forced out. three others have been cleared of serious wrongdoing. republicans are following the investigation closely to make sure everyone involved is held accountable. >> the scandal is -- is a real black mark on the secret service and frankly on our country. >> reporter: president obama addressed the scandal on nbc's "late night with jimmy fallon." the president said the vast majority of secret service agents do a great job protecting him and his family.

>> a couple of knuckle heads shouldn't detract from -- you know what they do. but what these guys were thinking i don't know. that's why -- they're not there anymore. >> reporter: and napolitano says the secret service training guidelines will be reviewed to make sure something like this doesn't happen again. ines ferre, cbs news, new york. >> thanks, and we should note that a dozen military personnel have also been implicated in the scandal. they've had their security clearnesses suspended while the defense department investigates them. anita? madeleine mccann the young british girl who vanished on a family vacation in portugal five years ago could still be alive. that's the word coming out of london. police today, they say there is new evidence that shows she may still be living. police also released an age progression image of what maddy would look like now. she would be 9 years old and police are asking authorities in portugal to reopen the case that was closed in 2008. billionaire businessman and media baron rupert murdoch took

the stand today at a government hearing in london about the scandal. the 81-year-old head of the news corporation defended his reputation and he said phone hacking is quote a lazy way for reporters to do their jobs. murdoch took to twitter to bash the government after he first came under investigation and today, he played down those tweets. >> who were you referring to? >> don't take my tweets too seriously. >> murdoch is facing tough questions about the close ties between the media and politicians and some say that might have led to the scandal. well, believe it or not, he is running for governor? you remember him. he's the guy known better as a white house gate crasher but now salahi identifies himself as a republican and as a virginia native for 42 years he says he's a big believer in limited government and keeping tax low. he and his now estranged wife had made headlines back in '09 when they allegedly crashed the white house state dinner.

>> you just can't make this stuff up. >> you just can't. i was going to tell you i'm a little winded not -- because -- it's windy. >> it's windy yeah. >> can you tell? >> it's nice as it is now in about eight hours it's going to be a different story. >> really? >> big different story. another live look outside at weather cam. brought to you by michael & son. and temperatures a little bit below average. but certainly better than they've been earlier in the week. now we started out the week like march. 70 right now. winds are westerly at 13. the dew point's still in the upper 20s. thankfully the dew points came up last night or it could have been even colder, and holding steady with the pressure. so we are looking at -- clouds and showers on the increase. pretty good showers and storms now pushing through ohio. back in through west virginia. these are the clouds that will roll in here after midnight and these are the showers that will roll in here probably just in time for the morning commute. it does appear it's going to be a wet commute for most of us. temperature-wise, 66 in gaithersburg, 70 in rockville.

68 in great falls. you knock down the winds and it feels pretty darn comfortable outside. we are looking at upper 60s in manassas and even 66 out towards leesburg and middleburg. so here's the deal. we're looking at -- well, keep the umbrella handy. there's two batches of showers and two storms heading our way in the next three days. mild tonight and a wet commute for most of us in the morning and possibly some of us going home tomorrow. warmer thursday but we pay a price with some showers and then nice on friday but on the cool side and on the breezy side as well. so for tonight, increasing cloudiness and milder. showers possible by dawn. but everything gets in here after midnight. lows 46 to 54 so you can enjoy the nice evening. in terms of lows, inside the beltway downtown low to mid- 50s. not that chilly. but upper 40s in gaithersburg and 48. maybe 49 in reston and also in fairfax. and we're looking at 50 in college park and around 49 in bow wee. now tomorrow morning grab the

umbrella. mostly cloudy, breezy and mild. showers maybe a thunderstorm especially south of town for the thunderstorm. 40s and 50s. winds southwest at about 102015. and then by afternoon, partly sunny, breezy and warmer. i think the showers and storms will end mid to late afternoon. high temperatures throe mid 70s. and winds pick up northwest 10 to 20. that's how you know the cold front is gone through. all right, next seven days, behind it again a nice on friday. mid 6s and then on saturday, for maryland day we change the forecast a little bit. we've always had showers in and knocked the temperatures down considerably. howard talked about this at noon. only about 60 or so on saturday but lots of things to do. almost 400 things you can do on maryland day from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. howard will be there in the morning. 62 on sunday. nice, low 60s on monday and tuesday. back in the mid 70s on wednesday. so very nice right now. but by tomorrow morning, grab the umbrella. >> okay. >> oh boy. >> we've been warned.

coming up firefighter second time in less than a week, a passenger jet had to make an emergency landing after striking some birds. >> but up next baltimore police arrest the final suspect in a downtown beating caught on tape.

in baltimore, a fourth person under arrest after being linked to the beating of a virginia man caught on tape. the beating on st. patrick's day was captured by a phone on video and it went viral. a crowd is actually seen laughing as the victim is punched in the face. the crowd strips the victim and takes the belongs. he woke up in his hotel the morning after the attack with a black eye. he was missing his watch, phone and car keys. police do not believe it was a hate related crime. a very solemn ceremony will take place tomorrow at the national law enforcement officers' memorial right here in washington. that is when the name of a virginia tech police officer who was shot to death will be engraved. officer derrick gross and duoothers were killed last december, a radford university student ambushed him and shot him as he was working a traffic stop on the blacksburg campus. people living arnold dupont circle are keeping a close eye on the home deliveries after a rash of package thefts in the area.

and now police are using surveillance video to help capture the thieves. they say several buildings in the north dupont u street area have been targeted. in one case on 16th street they say the thief has stolen dozens of packages worth thousands of dollars. it could be a game changer in the fast food business. still ahead, how animal rights' activists are having it their way at burger king. >> i'm kristin fisher at 495 and tysons corner where local law enforcement says the number one cause of crashes in construction zones is now cell phone use. we'll break down the data coming up. >> no wavering, no hesitation. the 1-year-old girl who took the stand yesterday -- 11-year- old girl who took the stand today in the trial says she knows exactly who she saw and what she felt. i'm peggy fox, what she cade coming -- said coming up.

an 11-year-old girl gave the prosecution its strongest witness so far in the child molestation trial of community activist and businessman michael gardner. >> the husband of a falls church city council member is charged with molesting three little girls at his daughter's sleepover. peggy fox broke the story. she skins us live with latest. >> reporter: the dna expert who apparently identified michael gardner's dna on one of little girl's pajama hasn'ts has been

on the witness stand but earlier today an 11-year-old girl's testimony was riveting and very disturbing. a woman who was dismissed by the jury pool on monday watched today's testimony of that child and found her extremely believable. >> i felt she was very articulate and bright and credible. >> reporter: the 11-year-old girl who took the stand today was at the gardner's daughter's slumber party on the 17th. someone was messing with my comforter. who was it the prosecutor asked? mr. gardner, how do you know? i saw his face. the girl said mr. gardner then went upstairs but that quote he came back down stairs and started touching me on my vagina. he was touching her under the comforter but over the pants. rubbing and tapping. she remembered seeing the time on the cable tv box was 4:10 a.m. she said gardner went up stairs

and came back again and touched her again on her vagina. she said he went upstairs and came back a third time touching her again in the same way. she said quote -- i didn't know what to do. i was nervous and scared. the prosecutor asked her if she knew who it was and she said i'm sure it was michael gardner, i saw his face. the girl said he got up and went over to another girl meanwhile she rolled over on to her side and she said michael gardner came over again rolled me back over and he started to lift my waistband. i didn't want him touching me under my clothes. i didn't want him touching me at all. so i pretended to wake up. i stretched my arms. he said are you okay? who was it the prosecutor asked? -michael gardner, the girl's father who talked to us earlier said the daughter told him immediately before they even left the gardner's driveway that michael gardner had touched her on her private parts. he said she was distraught but

not as upset as he was. a strange thing about the trial is that three sperm heads from that father were found on his daughter's pajama pants. the prosecution will argue that it cam from the family laundry and that it was transferred in the family wash. the prosecution however is likely to use that information and it is to begin its case tomorrow morning. i'm peggy fox reporting live in arlington, back to you. >> all right, peggy. thank you. metro is back to normal today following what's called a minor derailment. it was nothing minor to passengers though on the orange and blue lines last night who had to deal somewhere some pretty may snore -- with some pretty major headaches. one pair of wheels came off the tracks. that train was going to the franconia springfield station at the time. the crews worked through the night to fix the problem and test the equipment in the area. no one was hurt and that service is now back to normal. a jet blue flight made a safe emergency landing after

two geese hit its windshield. this happened last night just moments after takeoff from west chester county airport in new york. the florida bound flight then declared an emergency. nobody was hurt in that emergency landing. the jet blue spokeswoman said the captain decided to go back to the gate out of an abundance of caution. that plane landed safely that night later that night and some of the passengers had this description of the experience -- >> plane started swerving immediately. right after the two hit. so he was rocking the plane back and forth and we knew something was going on. i'm going to die. i'm not going to see my family and i'm not going to get home. but i'm okay and i'm very thankful that everything turned out very well. >> we're thankful too. a similar incident happened last thursday when at least one bird actually got sucked into the engine of a delta flight. that plane also returned to the airport. distracted driving is always age but distracted driving in a work zone is just

asking for an accident. and it turns out 40% of drivers in northern virginia use a cell phone when they drive through a construction zone. kristin fisher has more from tysons corner. >> pay attention and drive. >> reporter: aaa is all fired up over this report. it's a survey of more than 400 law enforcement officers in northern virginia about drivers who pass through one of the largest work zones in the dmv. the 495 express lanes project in tysons corner. >> this is the most congested area in the united states and then you add this work zone on top of the worst congestion. it is a formula for crashes. >> reporter: local law enforcement officers say the number one cause of crashes that they respond to is cell phone use. it accounts for 34% of all accidents and construction zones. that's more than aggressive driving and speed combined. the most dangerous type of cell phone use by far is texting. >> this work zone, it's not

just dangerous, it's stupid. and our message here today is to hang up and drive. >> reporter: the results were revealed at the annual campaign. >> meaning no cell phone use traveling through a construction zone. >> reporter: tim is the general manager of the 495 express lanes project. >> we do experience a few times a month people running into our barriers. >> reporter: more than 1,000 workers are on the road in this construction zone every day. for now, they're protected by concrete barriers but that's about to change. >> as we complete the construction this year, we're going to be slowly removing the concrete barriers. many times they'll just be a row of barrels. o it's more important than ever that drivers pay attention to the road and put down their cell phones. >> reporter: in tysons corner, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> nationwide, nearly 15 people die every day due to distracted driving. words of praise for a bold 12-year-old hero in california. his name is conner kroger, he

was a passenger in his grand mom's car when she suddenly passed out. conner acted quickly and may have saved two lives in the pros. >> he grabbed the steering wheel. >> i pulled the emergency brake. the car jolted this way. and went -- right into the ditch. the car -- i was at the top. my grandma was at the bottom. when i first got out of the car my legs were all shaky. >> you can imagine why. conner and his grandmother were shaken but didn't have a scratch. coming up. no matter what the new york farmer is doing, you can be sure that goose you see there is going to be right behind him. we'll tell you why. >> but up next, groupon is going to give you some clearer explanations about what you're getting for the money. and don't forget, we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back.

a daily deal can turn into a dud if it expires before you get to use it. so now discount leader groupon is changing its voucher disclosures to help you understand how much time you have to use that deal.

groupon did this after connecticut's attorney general went after the site over some growing complaints. the vouchers are now going to spell out the sale value of your voucher can be used at any time without exbra ration even after the voucher ends. it works with regulators to make sure the vouchers clear for merchants and con sometimes. it's going cage free. burger king announced today it will only use cage free hen eggs and pork products from uncaged pigs. the chain says it's part of an agreement reached with the humane society. now bk is the first fast food chain to switch to cage free eggs but mcduendes' wendy's and other competitors already put policies in place pertaining to humane treatment of pigs. the world's largest chocolate bar has been used now to teach students about the importance of eating right. >> the 12,190 pounds bar was on display at melwood elementary school. it is part of the think big,'s

smart campaign visiting more than 60 schools across the use. look at this thing. now the giant bar is supposedly designed to educate young people about portion control. counterintuitive as derek side. the importance of healthy and active lifestyle. you only eat a little bit of that thing kids. >> far more accessible campaign than the eat big, eat big campaign. this is some big time circus fun on display at the dulles town center. it features the largest herds of performing camels, of genteel talents balancing itself and -- giant elephants balancing itself and also a motorcycle show. riders on the backs of thundering horses. the circus under a big top that soars 80 feet into the air runs through sunday. talk about your silly goose. a farmer in buffalo, new york, has one he just can't seem to

shake. his name is charles grier, the farmer's name that is and he says he's never seeing in like that. step for step this goose just follows him everywhere. mimicking his every move. >> i back up a little ways and stop and that goose would stop. when i'd move a little further that goose would go. i've never seen a goose that way and i've talked to a lot of people about how long they live and nobody knows. >> it's that goose koa loan. that is what it is. -- cologne. that's what it is. ever since it lost its mate to a coyote a year ago. it's a sad story at the end there. >> what about when it goes inside? >> the goose hangs at the door i guess. coming up tonight at 6:00, oil probably not on the top of the list of most pizza places but this one may not have had a chase when an unexpected -- choice when an unexpected customer comes inside. >> but first a prosecution's star witness comes to the stand for the third day at the john edwards' trial. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began.

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the fate of five men charged in the series of shootings in the district two years ago are in the hands or is in the hands of a jury tonight. orlando carter, carter, jeffrey best, robert both and lamar williams went on a ram pain that ended -- rampage that ended with a deadly shooting. in all five people were killed and nine others hurt over eight days. a former aide to john edwards was pack on the -- back on the stand today and as dick brennan reports the prosecution's star witness went into detail about the former senator's relationship with his mistress. >> reporter: the prosecution's star witness andrew young spent a third day on the stand working hard to avoid eye contact with his former boss. prosecutors are counting on him to make the case that john edwards used illegal campaign contributions to cover up his extramarital affair. young described how his relationship with edwards collapsed while he lived a so-

called life on the run hiding rielle hunter. he says he even had a shouting match about it with edwards that almost became physical. legal experts say young could be the prosecution's strongest weapon but that he is not always been the best witness. >> he was searching for words at times. this was no -- he never looked at the jury. and that even in the -- what appeared to be basic questions he was -- thinking and rethinking oh what he was going to sigh. >> reporter: in a book he wrote about the case, young acknowledged he described secret contributions from donors as gifts entirely proper and not subject to campaign finance laws. on the stand, young says quote -- >> reporter: the prosecution has to prove that edwards not only knew about the payments but also that he knew they were illegal. in a scathing cross- examination, edwards' defense attorney accused young of repeatedly making up stories and getting his facts wrong both in his testimony and in his book. >> they're going to try and

paint andrew young as a guy who was blindly ambitious. he was in it for himself and his family. >> reporter: edwards' attorneys claim young and his wife used the secret donations do build a house. young is testifying with immunity from prosecution. dick brennan for cbs news, north carolina. >> john edwards faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted on all the charges against him. a federal judge in new orleans this afternoon was scheduled to preeved over a hearing on a proposed class action settlement involving the 2010 oil spill in the gulf of mexico. that hearing could resolve billions of dollars in claims against the oil company bp. bp estimates it will pay about $7.8 billion to resolve all of the claims. but the proprosed settlement doesn't have an actual limit. the plan was announced march 2nd. guys? know this is one of the weeks where -- if you like nice weather i hope you enjoyed it because i don't think it's going to be hanging around the long. >> in this case it will be nice weather today and showers come

back tomorrow and then a nice day on friday and showers come back on saturday. exactly. we're looking at temperatures at least going up tomorrow. that's good news, let's take a life look outside, this is -- a live weather cam brought to you by michael & son and temperature downtown still hovering around 70. mainly in the upper 630s in the suburbs. winds out of the west at 13. the pressure is rising just little bit. satellite picture radar combine here come the showers and the rain. this is our weather maker for later on tonight and tomorrow. pretty good thunderstorms too. just crossing 70 and central ohio. and back into southern sections of west virginia. we're fine tonight. if you want to get outside and walk the dog, take a bike ride, no problem. showers will not get in here until well after midnight and really before dawn. temperatures 69 in rockville. 64 in gaithersburg. 68 in great falls. 70s still in college park. 69 in beltsville. out to the west, 68 in sterling, 64 already in leesburg and still 68 in manassas. so keep the umbrella handy.

no doubt about that. milder tonight, wet morning commute for most of us especially south of i-66 and south of 50. warmer on thursday. that's a good news. but with showers. and nice on friday. but a little bit on the cool side and a little breezy too on friday. all right, here's our futurecast. 11:00 font, clouds on the doorstep. but dry still. we're put this into motion. well, by 6:00, 7:00 in the morning we see scattered showers across most to have metro area. by far and away the heaviest activity is south and west of us. down to culpeper and that's indicated in the yellow and orange there. we'll put this into motion, the heavy activity kinds of skirts essentially due east. around fredericksburg and woodbridge and into southern charles county as opposed to north of town. but still some showers are possible north of town. this is around 11:00 a.m. or so. we get a break and then another batch of showers tries to develop into the 24 hours from now from cumberland back to luray and some of the showers

could come into parts of the metro area for making the evening commute tomorrow wet. but i think for the most part the morning commute is going to be the problem. some showers by dawn. lows 346 to about 54. now tomorrow morning, we'll grab the umbrella. with showers and maybe a thunderstorm. especially south of town. 40s and 50s. winds increase a little bit now southwest 10 to 15. by afternoon, partly sunny breezy and warmer. hit the showers and storms will end by evening. high temperatures 70 to 75 and wind out of the northwest and gusty. the winds kick northwest, the drier cooler air moves in. so we'll break it down, 46 to 54 to start with some showers, by noon maybe a shower and 68 to 73 and 69 to 74 by evening. with some showers ending. now the next seven days, well, it's going to be bright and brisk on friday. cool, 64. for maryland day, cool, temps are around 60 with some showers but like a zillion things you can do inside. go to the wind tunnel and get

autographed signed by the favorite terrapin or come to the haul and we'll burn -- hall and we'll burn you a confidence of the dart -- dvd of the weather cast. 62 on sunday with sunshine and back into the mid 70s by next week. derek you're right, nothing hangs around for long a time. all right, cams fans tonight is -- caps fans tonight is the night. game seven, boston got to win it. >> it's been tight so far and why should game seven be any different? >> kristen berset is here with more on the showdown in beantown. >> guys, game seven is considered a pressure cooker because of what is at stake. you win you move on, you lose and your season is over. both teams well aware of what's at stake. tonight could be anyone's game. now the caps and bruins have matched each other goal for goal this series. the bruins will become the second straight defending champ to be knocked out in the first round if they lose. joining me now live from td

garden is sky kirsting for 106.7 the fan. sky, please tell me you've seen fans rocking the red so far today. >> oh, yeah. i haven't seen that many. i've seen a lot of bruins' fans, the cab driver actually on the way over was teaching me what a back check was. and why the bruins are going to beat the capitals tonight. so -- this is a tough place to play as you can see. they're getting ready behind me right now. and they're ready to go here. i saw tons of bruins coming in. or brew fans fans i should say. not many caps fans up here today. >> you know they'll all be watching tonight on the television seeing if they can pull out game seven. does that go out the window because of a game seven situation? >> oh, yeah. and as you said they have that success here. they're 4-1 including the regular season. so they know how to win up here but it's game seven. of the nhl playoffs. throw all that out the window.

the road team? they've won four games out of six in the series. throw that out the windway. the boston bruins know how to win in a game seven. they had to win three, two here one on the road when they clinched the cup last year, they who they're doing. the caps the core of this team is 1-3 in game sevens. so it's going to be tough and very tough for the caps to pull this one out tonight but they're playing great defense and they have that pretty good goaltender to keep them in the game tonight. >> you said of course the core players have played this before but braden holtby has never played a game seven. how do you think may believe he'll perform tonight? -- maybe he'll perform tonight? >> he's been so calm and just chill is this entire playoff -- this entire playoffs i think he'll be fine. he doesn't really know what he's into right now. just going game by game and he's been terrific as we've seen. but he's going to need a little

help from the teammates tonight. block shots and they're going to have to clear out the crease. the four goals that he gave up last game? two were off deflections, one was off rebounds. and the other was a breakaway. the caps cannot let that happen tonight. if they want to win. up here in boston. >> and real quick, sky, we've heard all week that the playoffs have seemed pretty loose in practice, kind of confidence, why do you think that is? >> i tell i, it's a 180 from under the bruce boudreau era. always very tight in these playoff games. dale's out here on the ice joking around with the guys, they had music blasting in the locker room. it's completely different team. i think just a quiet confidence in them. >> we like -- we like the quiet confidence. >> that's -- a good thing. >> all right, sky, we like that quiet confidence. they seem to be loose and confident. we like that. sky, 106.7 the fan. of course tip-off is tonight at 7:30. what the supreme court decides could affect the rest of the country and what it

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in tonight's health alert, the air we breathe every day.

the american lung association is out with its annual state of the air report and it finds some good news when it comes to air pollution in the u.s.. but experts say more needs to be done to make our environment cleaner. almost every day in los angeles, the pollution is visible in the air. >> you look over and you see the smog blanketing the city and you realize it's really disgusting. >> reporter: but the new state of the air report finds air quality has actually improved in l. a. and in most polluted cities in the nation. in fact, the air is the cleanest since the report began 13 years ago. >> we have definitely made a lot of progress since the cleaner act was enacted in the '70s. and that's very encouraging but the report today highlights we have a long way to go. >> reporter: for example, the report shows more than 1 hunt 27 million people are still -- 127 million people are still living in places with dangerous levels of pollution that can cause -- pollution can be especially

harmful for kids. the elderly and people can asthma, heart disease and diabetes. it's a good idea for them to limit outdoor activities when pollution levels are high. >> these chemicals cause an excess of inflammation and stress that can affect the body including the lungs and heart. >> here's more information. santa few, new mexico is the charlie sheenest city in the country. -- cleanest city in the country. what about us? our area ranks 13th with o zone level rankings. what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> hundreds protest outside the u.s. supreme court today as the nine justices take up one of the toughest immigration laws in the country. arizona's controversial sb 1070 requires police officers to check the im