kind of leaks, these, you know, well orchestrated leaks that deliver some sort of message or float some kind of idea is obviously a time honored tradition in d.c. all i can say in this case is the way we got our hands on this i have doubts if that was some sort of elaborate scheme to get it out there. >> you feel like the reaction of the white house also sort of goes along with that. >> yeah. they haven't been thrilled. >> the complaint from conservatives is the draft bill in question might move folks who came here illegally ahead in the line for citizenship of those who came here the right way. does it do that? >> it does not. what it does is it lays you can apply to become a legal permanent status in eight years. immediately you can apply for a provisional thing called a lawful prospective immigrant visa. you stay on that. you can live and work, but you don't get the residency benefits or get in line for citizenship until folks who are already in the country legally

have been processed. they laid that out. there's a deadline of eight years before they finally can get into the line it. makes it very clear they got to go to the back of the line as they call it. >> when you hear reaction from senators like marco rubio saying it's dead on arrival and orioles saying you're damaging the -- and others saying you're damaging the ongoing bipartisan work. >> there's bills being worked out in the house and senate and this white house bill. all we've gotten are these general principles, outlines, general ideas of what they want to do and get that it was important that what's in these bills, that these issues are important enough to discuss and have the conversation to get it out there. >> thank you. immigration isn't the only political issue sparking passionate debate. lots of you are weighing in on sequestration, those automatic federal spending cuts that will

kick in march 1st unless congress acts to avoid them and the cuts could mean furlough for federal workers. every democratic lawmaker on capitol hill has spoken out against furloughs including maryland senator ben cardin. >> we don't want furloughs. it is the wrong thing to do. it will cause major disruptions of services. it will impact long on individuals. we need to eliminate the possibility of that type of action. >> but senator cardin and the other democratic lawmakers representing our region stopped short of saying they would agree to take furloughs or pay cuts themselves if sequestration trig earlies those measures for federal workers. this is -- triggers those measures for federal workers. this is one of the hottest topics we have on our facebook page right now. we'd like to know what you think about it. while you're there check out the petition we've created. it's time for a first look at the weather. toner has a yellow alert which means this -- topper has a

yellow alert which means this might change your plans. >> it could be inconvenient tomorrow morning. a lot of folks are off today. you don't need to deal with makes or some rain, but such is life. right now temps are falling pretty fast, not as cold as yesterday but in the 30s, 39 downtown, 37 in gaithersburg, still low 40s back west. 41 in leesburg, 39 in manassas, andrews 37 right now. there are some advisories well to the west of us out in the mountains. so allegany county and down toward tucker county and garrett and preston county you could see a couple inches. nothing is on the other side of the mountains and most of that is on the west side of the divide. in terms of what's coming our way in terms of rain, it's all rain. this chicago it's rain and thunderstorms down in arkansas. we'll come back. some of you will have a dry commute tomorrow morning to work. we'll talk about that and see if anybody can get home without seeing any rain.

the numbers show virginia's background check system works when it comes to keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. background checks have blocked more than 54,000 gun sales since the system was implemented in 1989. more than 16,000 of those individuals denied a gun purchase were convicted felons. tonight a 6-year-old boy who lives at joint base bolling in the district is being called a hero. his quick thinking helped save his family's lives. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan at joint base anacostia bowl, catastrophic damage to two homes -- bolling, catastrophic damage done to two homes but no one hurt. >> i woke up in the morning and i smelled smoke. >> reporter: 6-year-old chase van epps woke to flames just outside his window. >> i was like go back to sleep. >> reporter: but chase refused to be ignored like a lot of 6- year-olds. >> i was just looking right there and i saw everything bursting. >> that's when i jumped up and

saw smoke just rolling from the neighbor's house. >> reporter: two doors down ebony triplet was rushing through her burning home to get her baby and her two toddlers. >> her back window broke out and there's this fire and flames coming in it. >> reporter: the flames ripped right through two homes and damaged three more. >> be happy to be alive and cherish what you've got because it can be gone. >> reporter: what are you going to be when you grow up? >> fireman. >> reporter: you're going to be a fireman. >> i'd like a fire truck. >> reporter: maybe chase will grow up and save even more lives. at joint base anacostia bolling, bruce leshan, wusa9. >> maybe he will. in reston police are looking into an early morning fire, one they call suspicious. firefighters broke down the door to a burning apartment on waterside drive and inside they found the body of a woman. now fairfax county fire investigators are working side by side with the cops. they believe the death is a homicide. police on maryland's

eastern shore are hunting down the person who stabbed and killed a 21-year-old college student. edmond st. clair was in a car start knight with three friend driving across the -- saturday night with three friends driving across the eastern shore campus going to get a bite to eat. they were approached by three people. an argument broke out and st. clair was stabbed in the chest. her girl friend is eight months pregnant with his child. >> you know what it's like to have to tell your child their father is gone. >> investigators think st. clair was targeted by the suspects. his friends say he recorded music and others were jealous of his popularity on the eastern shore. for months our undercover cabbie investigation has showndown fair treatment of african americans, drivers not picking up black customers. tonight at 11:00 our investigative reporter russ ptacek and his team documents new problems showing a taxi

system out of control. >> the problems we found go beyond racism and could prevent you from getting home. you may be surprised it wasn't just d.c. taxis. in some cases it was the popular new car service uber. hey, who are you? >> how you doing, man? >> reporter: are you an uber driver? >> yes, sir. >> why was i passed up, sir? i'm looking for my own list right now. >> tonight at 11:00 we'll show you more video proof and why uber has now dismissed two drivers and why the city has detailed undercover agents to follow me and my team as we continue our undercover investigation into d.c. taxis. >> this thing just keeps growing russ. we'll see you tonight at 11:00. coming up at 7:00 on wusa9 if the white house and congress

can't make a deal to avoid sequestration, you are the ones who will feel the big impact. montgomery county executive ike leggette will be in studio to -- leggett will be in studio to talk about what he wants to do about testimony. we'll tell you what's in the future for hillary clinton coming up. >> and how far would you go to quiet down a screaming child on your flight? up next we'll tell you what one man did that caused him to lose his job. you're watching wusa9.

so what would you do to quiet down a crying child on board your flight? well, the parents of this 19- month-old boy say the passenger sitting next to them used a racial slur when asking them to quiet him down as their flight landed in atlanta. then joe hundley allegedly reached over and slapped the child hitting him below his eye causing him to bleed and cry even louder. >> i could not believe that he would say something like that and to a baby or about a baby and then to hit him was just -- i felt like i was in another world. i was shaking. >> hundley lost his job as an aerospace and defense executive in idaho over these allegations. his attorney says he will plead not guilty to the charges of simple assault. next tonight on wusa9 new

information on hillary's next chapter, what the secretary of state has decided about her future. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in good council high school in olney, maryland, coming up how a young, promising, incredibly talented high school whistler refuses to let a bunch of international -- wrestler refuses to let a bunch of international olympic committee bereaucrats to

we are pretty pumped up by a local high school athlete and hope you will be, too. he's a wrestler who dreams to become an olympic champion, but the international olympic committee shocked the world when they decided to remove the sport from the olympic games starting in 2020. tonight scott broom introduces you and to us kyle snyder of good council high school in olney, maryland, and maybe just maybe he'll inspire you to join us in trying to get the olympics to reconsider. >> reporter: 17-year-old kyle snyder there in red is undefeated in his high school career and the top ranked prep wrestler at 215 pounds in the entire nation. >> i just loved everything about it. >> reporter: and he's been

doing this since elementary school. >> when i started winning, it even became more than just love. i had a passion. >> reporter: since age 12 snyder has had a dream he shared with coach skyler zar. >> he's always had this goal since he was in 60 grade. that's what he wanted to do. he want -- 6th grade. that's what he wanted to do. he wanted to be an olympic champion. >> it's every little kid's dream to be in the olympic game. every four years it comes around and you see america's heroes, other countries' heroes are made from the olympic games. >> reporter: but mysteriously and completely by surprise last week the executives of the international olympic committee voted to eliminate wrestling from the olympics. that's wrestling, a sport that's been around since the ancient greeks invented the olympics and has been a mainstay since the modern olympics were founded in 1896.

among the alternate sports being considered a chinese martial arts discipline called wushu and speed competition on roller-skates. snyder's response has been to work harder. he knows there will be appeals and politicking and he aims to be ready for a reversal. >> i love all sports. i'm not going to say wrestling is a better sport than any other. those people work hard, too and i think they also should be able to compete in the olympics, but no sport should be taken out, especially wrestling. >> reporter: an olympic dream shattered for a 17-year-old local kid with a real chance to make it? well, not yes, not here anyhow, although kyle sneered knows he's going to need the help -- snyder knows he's going to need the help of tens of thousands of people to influence olympic bereaucrats to change their minds. at good council high school in olney, maryland, scott broom, wusa9. >> so if you are so moved to

support kyle snyder in his cause to get wrestling back, we've made it easy. go to www.wusa9.com. click on the story. fill out the petition and let the international olympic committee know how you feel. hillary clinton says she is ready to hit the road. the former secretary of state is expected to hit the lecture circuit starting in spring and insiders say she could get about a six figure fee for a speech. she's going to work on a book covering her years as the head of the state department, but there is still no definitive word on whether or not she'll toss her hat into the ring for the 2016 election. it's presidents day and there's an app for that. the smithsonian launched a new application for ipads focused on its collection of presidential portraits and gives users access to copies of historical documents, games, videos, audio recordings and facts sheets for each

president. good for the kids. it's the america's president's app available for five bucks in apple's app store. visitors to mount vernon had the chance to review the troops toward the mansion where george wash lived and watched battle reenactments and as is the custom, admission to the grounds free in honor of the holiday. it was a gorgeous day. i was trying to go to the library of congress. they had this free open house where you get to actually see the main reading room, but the line was so long, it was beyond line. we didn't get to go in there. >> still a good day, though. >> it wasn't warm, but it wasn't like yesterday which was frigid. let's start with a look live outside, our michael and son weather cam. we're looking at a high of 42. the low this morning was 22. that was a downtown temp, 18 at

did, right now 39, a clouds -- 18 at dulles, right now 39, a few clouds. indoor humidity is up to 21%. temperatures upper 30s, low 40s, 39 rockville, 37 bethesda, 36 germantown, 38 fairfax, 35 spring field, 37 andrews, 35 college park and 37 for our friends in waldorf and toward la plata. here's the big picture of radar and it's mainly rain. you'd think in mid- to late february this would be snow in chicago, nope. rain and thunderstorms south of st. louis, big thunderstorm into arkansas, a severe thunderstorm watch covering western sections of arkansas that might be moved to cover west sections of tennessee. so not as cold tonight. we might get through the morning rush hour dry. tomorrow there's a mix possible mainly north and west and the mountain have all the advisories. milder with showers in the

afternoon. the wilder air will win out. by 8:00 in the morning some clouds, yes, but no green blobs around the immediate metro area. you'll be dry, but up toward cumberland and oakland you've got rain and a mix. 9:30 in the morning we have showers frederick, leesburg and manassas. we advance it to 11:00, close to return time you're going to get some showers essentially all up and down i-95 down to fredericksburg up through frederick and it's still green. it's rain showers in the metro. by noon pay lot of showers across the board, nothing heavy. it's just green. we get a little heavier yellow over toward the bay and we clear out quickly behind it. increasing cloudiness late tonight, not as coal, lows 30 to 35, winds -- cold, lows 30 to 35, winds out of the southwest at 10. tomorrow a yellow alert day, wet commute coming home, 49. 32 tomorrow night, blustery wednesday 38, chilly on

thursday, brisk, temperatures in the mid-40s. next seven days, a little rain or showers possible late friday, better chance of it becoming cold rain on saturday in the mid-40s, nice on sunday, low 50s

now here's kristen berset

at the wusa9 cadillac sports desk. >> at the end this every week we'll get our first look at the 2013 version of stephen strasburg. the nationals open up spring training play gets the mets saturday and today davey johnson said his ace will get the start. the almighty righty will probably pitch two, at the least three innings. we don't get to see too much. this marks a big turning point in strasburg's career. 2013 will be his first full season in the bigs, no distracting innings limits. despite all that went down last season the coaches still stick by their decision to shut their ace down early. >> it's my philosophy as well as rizzo you worry about today, but you keep an eye on tomorrow and we were more concerned about tomorrow not being there. >> last year we did what we had to do to get him to this point. it's not like steve carlton is going to go out and give us 320 innings. that doesn't happen anymore. he's going to be out there

pitching. >> catcher wilson ramos back with the team this spring catching back to back bullpen sessions today, ramos still recovering from a torn acl and right knee meniscus. nationals are hopeful ramos will be ready opening day. the fight continues for the university of maryland as they prepare to lead the acc. -- leave the acc. a north carolina judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the university to pay the $52 million exit fee. neither side have commented on the decision. while the lawyers prepare to battle it out in court the terps have another court battle looming. mark turgeon and his team have just six conference games left. their final push to make the ncaa tournament, but the terps are being too careful not to look too far ahead. >> i know we have six games left. i know who we play, but it's not like we got to win this one. we got to try to figure out how to beat boston college. >> we try to take it game by game, try to get every win we can. we want to go to the tournament but we're just going to focus

game by game and let whatever happens happens. >> reporter: sad news out of the nba, jerry buss has died after a long battle with cancer. buss bought the lakers in 1979, turned them into a championship machine with 10 overall. he was elected into the nba hall of fame in 2010. buss of 80 years old. time to review this high school game of the week poll. we have four games to choose from. you can always vote at usatodayhighschoolsports.com/dc but now you can text in your vote. text the key word for the game you want to 25543. winners will be announced thursday night. go on the website to see those codes as well. >> you all are some sports social media geeks. >> moving it ahead. >> that's it for us. >> the cbs evening news is next and derek is back at 7:00. good night, everybody.