on and on and on with all kinds of stuff, just blacked out as you go. and i literally went through this page by page, really trying to read between the lines to try and see if we could get some kind of details about who this witness is, what the problems is, and he comes up with very little, although we do know that the defense are absolutely hopping mad about this and they are saying this prosecution was predicated on a lie. that this witness was lying, that the prosecutors knew for as long as a year that he was lying, and that they didn't bring that forward to them until just recently. so they are arguing about it and we're going to have to wait to find out what's going on. >> any idea why the secrecy? why can't we be in that courtroom as surrogates? why can't folks know what's going on? >> the prosecution argues there is a safety issue.

that there's a safety issue with the witness, who they are talking about, whose credibility is in question. they say that name has to be kept secret. possibly for months longer, before we find out. >> the time line is still months away before we may get this resolved. bruce leshan, thank you so much. anita. >> there's new information on those across the board budget cuts set to hit march 1, unless congress takes action. it's known as sequestration. $85billion in cuts that will impact virtually every federal agency. president obama surrounded himself with first responders. one key group that will lose jobs, if those cuts take effect. >> these cuts are not smart. they are not fair. they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment roles. people will lose their jobs. >> the president called on congress to move fast, to avoid these cuts, asking republicans to support a plan put together by senate democrats that would

offset the suquester. but gop lawmakers say raising taxes is a deal breaker. >> the stalemate on capitol hill has a lot of local officials concerned. county leaders in maryland held a news conference to talk about how it will affect the region. prince georges county executive says the sequester fight is uniting democrats and republicans on the local side. >> we'll have to figure out what is happening with contractors, federal contractors, schools decisions. we are reaching out to our colleges saying we need everybody flooding capitol hill, calling there and asking. >> baker went on to say the biggest hurdle facing county leaders and local businesses is this uncertainty created by lawmakers on the hill. and the so quester also spelled trouble for public schools, too. maryland gets $486 million every year in federal funding for special education programs.

sequestration would lead to a 5% cut. maryland school officials say that would cut services for more than 10,000 students and cause more than 250 teachers to lose their jobs. there is some new information tonight on that suspicious fire we told you about yesterday. in reston. investigators are saying the woman that firefighters found dead, turns out she was pregnant. no word on her identity or what started the fire. four juveniles are back in custody tonight after running away from a detention facility, stealing a truck, and crashing it into a house. investigators tried to make a traffic stop on cardinal drive, but the suspect took off, driving the stolen truck up the front steps of the house and right through the front door. authorities say one of the fourteens who got out of the detention center was the one behind the wheel. >> the vehicle was driving in an extremely wreckless manner. the vehicle did pass the school bus as it was fleeing.

>> the family inside the home was not hurt. the house is boarded up. a 15-year-old from prince georges county was dead, he was found be a gun shot wound two blocks from his home. family and neighbors say he was killed over a pair of shoes. >> i'm scott broom at prince georges county police headquarters where today, police and prosecutors reacted to the killing of a fifth prince georges county school student this school year. 15-year-old suitland high school freshman was shot in the back yesterday in the 4100 block of 28th avenue and hill crest heights. >> the motive is robbery, involving a pair of shoes that were being carry ied in a shopping bag. >> can't walk with a pair of shoes without being shot in the back. that is something that should be of concern. we need our parents to wrap their arms around the children. to teach them the proper

values. go to school, work hard, and buy tennis shoes. we don't kill individuals for tennis shoes. >> earlier today, walker's brother visited the scene of the shooting. police chief appealed for tips and said detectives are on the verge of solving four of the five student murders that have occurred this school year. in palmer park, maryland, scott broom, wusa9. a high school sophomore pleads guilty to an attempted murder and using a firearm in connection with a shooting with one of his classmates. 15-year-old robert gladden, jr., entered a plea. part of the plea deal, the judge agreed to sentence him to no more than 40 years behind bars. and a new trial began today for a man who has been sentenced to 100 years in prison. jason scott accused of murdering dewitt and her daughter. defendants serving time for a series of burglaries in '08 and

'09. investigators say scott yewsed a data base to pick home invasion targets. >> no doubt you've noticed the price at the gas pump just keeps climbing. according to aaa, the price has climbed every day for the last 29 days. right now, you're paying 12 cents a gallon more. making the prices you are seeing the most expensive ever for this time of year. have you found a deal on gas in your neighborhood? we would love to hear about it. head to our facebook page and tell us where you find the cheapest price per gallon. and growing support for an online petition to keep wrestling as an olympic support. last night, we introduced you to schneider, a wrestler, he was hoping to make it to the olympics one day, but the international olympic committee shocked the world by announcing it will end wrestling as an olympic sport starting in 2010. if you'd like to add your name to the growing list, to keep wrestling in the olympics, we

made it easy for you. fill out the petition to let the international olympic committee know how you feel. and training teachers and young students to stop a gunman who might be in a school, in a shooting. we'll take a look at the action plan being proposed by some law enforcement officials coming your way at 7:00. i'll see you then. it's no easy task to find an affordable apartment and that search could be getting harder. we'll be getting that story coming up. >> pretty much ready to put this away and keep the heavy coat. most of the showers are now east of town. crossing i-95. we had a rumble of thunder earlier this afternoon. we'll come back and talk about low windchills and the next storm slated for friday. and up next, a story of an international jewel heist that seems like it could have come from a hollywood script.

was this an inside job? that's one question police are asking about a huge diamond heist. gems worth $50 million. it happened last night at an airport in belgium. a crew loaded the diamonds into the cargo hold of a passenger plane. two cars drove up, lights

flashing carrying men armed with machine guns. they held the crew, took the diamonds and left the airport the way they came in, through a hole in the security fence. >> the operation at the airport has taken exactly three minutes. so it was a very quick hit-and- run. very well organized. >> thieves never fired a shot, no one was hurt. the plane was scheduled to fly from belgium to switzerland. he was as vulnerable and depressed. then holly met a man at a shopping mall who took an interest in her. >> i just felt special that he was calling me out of the crowd and he was connecting with me. what kind of movies do i like? what do i like to do? >> after weeks of showering her, the man convinced holly to run away, but she found herself working the streets. tonight at 11:00, the gripping story of child sex trafficking,

how young girls are being exploited and manipulated into this dark world. still to come on wusa9 at 6:00, the sky high price of downtown living and how new construction could bring new headaches for apartment hunters. the new town shooter to kill those children at sandy hook elementary? we'll have the latest clues on his motive tonight on

returning to money news tonight and the prospects are not good for a mortgage refinancing bill. the president wants to make it easier for homeowners to refinance mortgages back by freddie and fanny. it could run into trouble in the republican controlled house. >> a new report out tonight from the national association of home builders shows some confidence among builders is at its lowest point in more than six years. many builders are reporting lower numbers of prospective customers ahead of the usually busy spring home buying season. d.c.'s tough law keeps working and moderate income people in their apartments. but for how long? bruce johnson reports that new

apartments are not subject to rent controls. it's the same for existing vacant units. the owners can charge whatever the market will bear. >> jose was one of the few tenants left in this huge apartment building that sits in the middle of the city's thriving adam's mortgage neighborhood. >> 35 years. >> okay. this year his rent cannot be raised by more than roughly 4%. that is a consumer price index, plus another 2%. but once the units are vacant, the rent controls are lifted. >> how much do you pay in rent? >> i pay close to $800. >> should you vacate, the landlord could charge what for the same place? >> they start at 3,163. >> he lives in columbia plaza in foggy bottom where george washington university students and long-time tenants buy for rent control apartments. >> around $2400. >> one bedroom? >> yup. >> rent control is not in

danger of disappearing. but the rent control units is on a decline. >> this is 14th street in northwest washington and some of us have been here long enough to remember when homeowners and renters had to share this space with prostitutes and drug addicts. a one bedroom apartment could cost you $2 to $6,000 rent per month. >> none of the construction workers could consider a move here. the new units are not under rent control. >> prices all around the board. everything is high. even the grocery store. >> d.c. is far ahead of most cities, roughly 2/3 of the district's existing rental units are still under rent control. but for how long? >> what it really was, is work force and moderate income housing in adam's morgan. >> wusa9. >> accepted the landlord's

buyout package to leave, bring the units of rent control. the building is undergoing renovations. >> $2,000, $4,000, $6,000, you could have a house for that. >> a big house. >> wow. 46 was the high so far today and it hit 46 a minute ago, but it's going to tumble. winds are going to pick up and we can't e emphasize this enough, dress for the 20s tomorrow. let's start with a live look outside. we are beginning to see breaks in the clouds actually. now 47. now 47 is the high so far. winds are turning. winds out of the west at 11. they will really pick up in the next couple of hours. here's a look at the radar. last little batch of showers moving through. we had heavier showers early this morning and the last batch of showers. we'll have snow showers in the mountains, but as far as we're concerned, once these showers clear montgomery county and over toward columbia, that is going to be it. so still some wet roads

inbetween d.c. and baltimore if you are not home yet. temperature wise, 41 in germantown. 43 in fairfax. 44 in springfield. 46 downtown, but 45 in college park and 45 at andrews. down to 44 in waldorf. so, clearing and colder tonight. windchills late tonight. we'll be between 12 and 22. tomorrow, as we mentioned, dress for the 20s, it's going to look pretty bright and nice and inviting, but it's going to be a very cold winter's day. cold on thursday. for tonight, clear, windy, windchills in the 20s. low temperatures 26 to about 32. now tomorrow morning, again, plenty of sunshine, but windy and cold. windchills teens and 20s. keep that in mind. air temperatures in the 20s and 30s, but what we feel is the teens and twenties. by afternoon, mostly sunny, windy, colder.

windchills inch up to the 20s. temperatures themselves, 36 to 40. so, tomorrow, mountains to the coast, plenty of sunshine. only in the 20s in oakland. 32 in cumberland. mid 30s for martinsburg and martinsburg and winchester. warren ton, manassas, culpeper you'll make 40. fairfax, you won't make 40. around 40 into southern maryland and yes, with the winds, all kinds of advisories for the bay and title potomac. 38 in gaithersburg and 37 up in frederick. so the next three days, just cold tomorrow. windy and cold. upper 30s, that's it. cold on thursday, 41. and then showers will develop on friday and more information i look at, i think it will be all liquid rain with highs in the mid 40s. next seven days, that temperature started going up a little bit. rain into saturday. temperatures will try to get to 50 and then, sunday looks pretty nice. low 50s for sunshine.

mid 50s on monday. tuesday a little bit colder. could see some rain ending as snow tuesday night. testimonies back into the 40s. >> it's not your kind of february, but we liked it. >> there has been so many instances of snow, but they haven't amounted to anything. >> but you have something. >> okay. >> that's the bright side. >> sure thing. thanks. >> there you go. we got a little something from rg3 today. >> we haven't gotten much this season, but i don't know if you saw what he put on twitter. but he sent twitter into a frenzy this afternoon. we'll tell you what he did and give you the latest injure update from the redskins. plus, the wizards ended the first half of the season on a high note. can they keep it

we have breaking news. a four-year-old girl injured in a fire in southeast d.c. this weekend has died. the fire began sunday morning around 3:00 at a home in the 2600 block of 33rd street. everybody in that home got out except the little four-year- old. she was rescued, sadly she succumbed to her injuries. the owner of the home was arrested and charged with assault. police say he got into a fight with one of the tenants and threatened to kill her. the cause of the fire remains unknown. now, here's kristen berset at the wusa9 cadillac sports

desk. over the course of the last month, we have only gotten minor updates on rg3 and all we heard are things are going well. i talked to alfred and he said griffin was in high spirits. we didn't see him limping at the nfl honors. today, the hope that rg3 will be ready at the start of the season got kicked up when he tweeted a link to his new commercial. the ad ends with the words, all in, for week one. now however, griffin immediately followed that up with a cautionary tweet he wrote, quote, feel like i need to say this, although my goal is to start week one. it doesn't mean i will compromise my career to do so. wise words from the young qb. the washington wizards are on the up and up. they hoped to head into the all- star break. now detroit squashed that goal, but there is plenty of positives to take into the second half of the season. the wizards won ten of 18 since

john wall returns from a knee injury and tonight they open the second half against toronto. a team they have beaten four straight times at the verison center. randy won't put a number on what he considers a successful season. he just wants his team to finish strong. go down the schedule and say win, loss, win, win, win. you know, so i think we can put a good half or 31 games together. >> we had a great stretch coming in and we have to keep it going. >> nationals bryce harper joins rg3 and stephen strasburg in elite class. it is his first appearance as a pro. the headline reads, what does bryce harper have in mind for his encore? be sure a soft mother shrimp is not in his plan. >> time to reveal this game's high school game of the week poll. four games for you to choose

from. you can vote, like always, at u.s.todaysports.com/dc. text the keyword to the game you want to 25543. we'll announce the winners thursday night. so juicy. this social stuff is so -- >> it is. one little thing. >> ahead of the curb. >> a lot of them are getting on adi adidas. >> the cbs evening news is next. >> and derek is back with our area's only local newscast at 7:00. good night.