offset the budget cuts with targeting spending cuts and increases in revenue. republican can say, no deal. they won't sign off on any deal that includes tax hikes. >> he is far more interested in holding a campaign rally than senate democrats pass a plan. >> and if congress can't find a compromise to stop the cuts, lawmakers could find a way to delay them. setting up another fiscal deadline, taking the can down the road. speaking of delays, it could create big ones at the airport. that according to the u.s. travel association. some republicans argue, that's all exaggerated. let's have our own bruce leshan sort it all out. >> nearly 2/3 of us already think flying is too much of a hassle. the u.s. travel association says the sequester is likely to smack us with even more headaches. >> completely unacceptable.

we have to get it together. >> they are saying we can't prosecute them for a job not well done. >> travel experts say if the sequestered cuts go through, you could just see a sea of red on these airport messaging boards. delay, delay, delay. it could take you an hour to get through the tsa check points, two to three hours if you have to get through customs. >> is there any hope you'll solve this by friday? >> there's hope, there's optimism. people who say we can't do it. >> the transportation secretary says $689 million in faa cuts will force him to furlough employees, including air traffic controllers and safety inspectors. tsa workers will face seven days of furloughs. the travel association wants you to text your member of congress while you are waiting in line. >> they can text delay to 877- 877 and let members of congress

know how they feel about this process. >> some republicans say they are exaggerating the impact. >> the american people will never feel. >> but the airline pilot's association says travelers will feel it. >> make no mistake. we will maintain our current level of safety. and the only way is if we turn down the volume of air traffic. >> might be wise to avoid flying in the coming weeks. in hopes congress finally straightens this out. at reagan national, bruce leshan, wusa9. >> as if flying wasn't enough trouble. federal workers don't know a lot about the specifics, but a lot told us they are expecting to get those furlough notices on friday and of course with the furlough, comes a pay cut. >> i started 529 plans for my children and i would have to significantly cut back on that. and i guess we'll have to see. >> the white house has

released a state by state breakdown of how they say the cuts would affect workers and you can find it on our website, wusa9.com. the list of programs that these budget cuts could affect is staggering. everything from head start to schools to vaccinations for kids to the military. they could extend to deployments in afghanistan. joining me now is paul singer, the congress and political editor for u.s.a. today. good to see you again. if you were a betting man wharks is the odds sequestration happens on friday? >> if i was a betting man? 95%. >> wow, okay. >> i don't see them coming to any kind of agreement in the next four or five days. in fact, i don't see any agreement likely until some of the pain begins to be felt and people start to see the impact and start to complain loudly. >> let's talk about that impact. the president painting a dismal pictures, long waits at airports, we just heard about that. not to mention those furloughs. he is exaggerating.

who is lying here? >> well, there's no doubt about the amount of the budget cuts. the question will be sort of how it is implemented. in a washington area, i'm not sure it matters who is right. what i mean is this, you could argue that you wouldn't have to shut down government services if you took those expenses or costs out of some other part of government. the problem in washington is, if you basically protect government employees, then you have to save your money by laying off contractors. that all that does is shift the pain from your house to your neighbor's house in this area. >> let's talk about the exact numbers here. $109billion in cuts is coming your way for fiscal 2013. that sounds a lot of money until you realize a $3.5 trillion budget. so why then is this such a big deal? >> part of the reason it's a big deal is because it is crunched into the back end of the fiscal year. instead of being a full year cut, they have to make up this entire budget cut in about 8

months of the fiscal year. so that means it has to be done between now and september. that crunches that budget cut into a smaller portion and it cuts up a larger chunk of the budget. could be as much as 8 or 9 percent of the budget. >> it's interesting to me to note as well, this is a ten- year situation. i mean, it's supposed to be $1.2 trillion in cuts over ten years. does that mean if there's no deal, we'll be going through this over and over again? >> yes. that's the whole point. and one of the reasons that this was implemented is because it was such an unpleasant and frankly, dumb way to make governing decisions that nobody would let it happen. and my suspicion is, over the long-term, it will be replaced by other kinds of cuts or revenue increases. this is not a strategic way to make decisions. everything from, you new york faa tower, they get the same cut no matter how we rank them

in importance. it's silly. >> paul singer, thank you so much. you have to believe when the pain starts, as you noted, congress will have to act and do something. just don't know what. >> thanks, paul. appreciate it. >> now on our website, we are asking, should congress face penalties if federal workers end up having to pay the price in terms of furloughs and pay cuts? weigh in at wusa9.com. while you're there, check the petition we created with our partners at pop box. so far, more than 1800 folks have weighed in and this is sent letters to their congress members on capitol hill. and you can share your thoughts with me as well. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. moving on to other news, police in virginia looking for a person of interest in connection with the murders of an elderly couple in fauquier county. they want to question 60-year- old john wesley jeffries about those crimes. he was last seen near fredericksburg. officers say he got a violent criminal history and listed as a sexually violent offender.

>> and police say the bodies of 80-year-old nelson and his 74-year-old wife, ethel, were found early sunday morning inside their home in the plains in virginia. investigators are looking into the cause of the death and the possibility of a motive. >> good people in the neighborhood, i never heard a bad word about them and every time i'd see them, make an effort to wave and say hi and they are pleasant people. >> i would advise anyone that comes into contact with mr. jeffries to use extreme caution. report his location immediately. >> fauquier county sheriff deputies found jeffries car sunday about a half mile away from the victim's house. he is currently wanted in spotsylvania county for three felony abductions and malicious wounding. we have new information tonight in the string of teenage killings in prince georges county. police have made an arrest in connection with the murder of 18-year-old markell ross. he was a student at central high, murdered on his way to school. >> i'm scott broom in capital

heights where today police announced it was ballistics evidence that led them to solve the murder of student, markell ross. the alleged killer, trayvon bennett, the gun of 38 caliber revolver, like this one. recovered when police arrested bennett and two others after a halloween night robbery in capital heights. followup tests prove the gun is the same one that killed central high school junior, markell ross, while walking to school nearly two months before. turns out, bennett and his buddies have been terrorizing people in this community since may 31. according to detective, michael straw. >> there's at least four citizen robbery cases that he is involved in at this point. the may 31 case includes a shooting where he is accused of shooting another citizen and a robbery attempt. we believe at the time markell was murdered, trayvon bennett acted alone, was alone, and we believe the motive to be a temp robbery. it we do not have any property

taken. in capital heights, wusa9. >> and parents in prince georges county are sounding off about the streak of violence targeting young people, where they live and hanging out. they'll be talking about that at a town hall meeting later tonight. a full report tonight on wusa9 news at 11:00. police still investigating a late night crash that sent a car off the memorial bridge into the potomac bridge. the drive is expected to recover. his suv smashed through a barrier on the v side and landed in the shallow water, right near the bank on the river. police say he got himself out of the car and the water and taken to the hospital. exactly how that all happened. >> lawyers for the man who shot and killed president reagan are back in court, fighting to get him more time at his mother's home. right now, john hinckley allowed to spend up to ten days at a time at mom's house. he earned longer periods of

time away from st. elizabeth. that's where he has been since 1981. hollywood stars in the red carpet, but police managed to stop a crasher from taking his turn in the limelight. it was all caught on tape. we'll have it for you in a minute or two. and up next, council controversy. more on the future of a d.c. council member reprimanded by his colleagues for ethi

d.c. council member was reprimanded today following actions he offered to vote in support of a local developer if that developer dropped out of another project. we have more from bruce johnson. >> chairman mendelson. >> vote was 11-2 in favor of the reprimand for jim graham. >> i don't know -- he was trying to wheel and deal in a place where the people don't expect us to be. this is not a place for council

members to pick winners and losers. we have a bidding process. >> the chairman led the move, saying graham broke new ethics rules when he offered it trade his vote on the $38 million lottery contract if a company dropped its bid to develop a property owned by metro. >> there's no question, more than two years of controversy and three investigations that the public has been honed. >> ward one could be sillmen did not fight his reprimand today. yesterday told wusa9 that no crime was committed and no financial gain from a conversation that he doesn't recall. >> to my constituents, i think we are in much better shape. we can move ahead, people know my dedication. >> it's not clear jim graham will be heard by all of this today, but he is in his fourth term. he won his last general election with more than 80% of the vote. he won't say if he'll seek

another term, but we can't find anyone that is willing to bet against him. marion barry came to graham's defense today. barry was the first council member to be disciplined without a hearing. >> so i'm voting that jim graham not be given due process. >> council took away jim graham's oversight authority over the alcohol industry. jim graham called that move punishment. bruce johnson, wusa9. >> council member, vincent orange, will take over. but graham will keep his chairmanship over the services committee. >> still ahead, the red carpet crasher. we'll show you the guy who almost made it to hollywood's big party. he wanted to mingle with the stars. mingled with cops, instead. >> we made it up to 48 today. current temperature, if you're headed out, 40s downtown, 30s showing up.

47 in gaithersburg, 49 in leesburg and 36 in manassas. we'll talk about where there's be a wintery mix

check him out. he's only a year old, or should i say, she. she's a big fan of big snow. check out little grace, she is from oregon. she is shredding the powder

with impressive snow boarding skills. her parents say she has grown up on the slopes. they took her for her first trip when she was six weeks old. >> now, she's on the mountains. >> there are one-year-olds who cannot walk. i think we're looking at a future olympian. remember that name. >> she has been on the slopes by some eight-year-old. >> i'm jealous now. because denver got hit so hard and i'm not there. >> the good news is, they are going to have more snow in the rocky mountains. the big storm pulling out of the rockies and that storm is going to be a big rain for us. let's start with a live look outside. it's our live michael and son weather cam and looking at temperatures. the rest of the temperatures in a minute, most of the suburbs in the 30s. that's a good thing. not unexpected, quite frankly. winds out of the southeast.

the dew points come up. that means we're looking at rain in the area. yes, a mix is possible along i- 81 and points west. quite frankly, it's not going to be a big deal. west of the divide, oakland, down to the valley. okay, you could see some problems. an ice storm warning south of that. i think in the i-81 corridor, it will start as a mix and go to rain by afternoon. here's the storm. it's a big storm. i mean, blizzard conditions still occurring back into texas, oklahoma panhandle and severe weather heading. the spring storms have all of it. they have energy, moisture, and they can produce severe weather. we'll see tornadoes overnight in through mississippi and into abby dawn. in the meantime, high pressure. these clouds will roll through later on tonight and tomorrow. the good news is, the storm

won't get here. temperatures, 35 and 7 in reston. 39 in fairfax and college park. even waldorf. dry morning commute, okay, a wintery mix, i-81 and west in the morning. metro concerned, heavy rain in the afternoon and a flood watch is posted. tomorrow evening. increasing clouds. southeast at 10, by morning, a lot of clouds, mountain mix will continue. winds easterly and by afternoon, here comes the rain for us. windy and chilly. heavy at times and winds could gust to 30 miles an hour. next three days, yellow alert tomorrow. heavy rain in the afternoon. breezy and milder on wednesday. breezy and colder on thursday. now what about march? will it come in like a lamb or

lion? we'll get into saturday, mid 40s. around 40. it does appear march is going to come in and stay cold for a while. i don't see a snowstorm, i'm looking. don't see one here. some flakes. >> march can happen. >> it's possible. >> you already know this, there's a lot of spirited debate over which hollywood actress has the best looking outfit on the red carpet, but this guy will not be making anybody's best dressed list. here's an entertainment reporter from the ukraine. he showed up in a swan costume. he tried to walk the red carpet. you remember him, he's a guy on the stage. trying to see adele and get out of here. yeah, the cops didn't waste any time at the oscars last night. they took him. >> it's not a subtle costume. >> word of who this fellow is. there he is again.

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in the mail bag tonight, an unusual situation on the wusa9 facebook page. reaction to a story that hasn't aired yet. it is andrea mccarren's story on a town where the government says you have to own a gun. that is at 11:00 tonight on wusa9 news. and debra says, she already knows what to expect. i've heard about this place. i have also heard it has a low crime rate. and margaret says, it's only common sense. if you know that i might have a gun on my person, you might reconsider shooting your gun around me. criminals know we cannot have guns, they will be able to use their guns to cheat, rob, and steal, or even kill. nancy brings a different attitude. i would not live there. i would sue if it violated my rights. i should be at liberty to

pursue happiness without a gun and yes, folks, if i'm confronted by an armed individual, i would rather not have a gun to counter the attack. better i die than live with the guilt of taking another life. nancy, i was with you until the i'd rather die than take a life, business. would you rather be killed yourself? really? i bet your family would disagree. that's our broadcast. we'll be back tonight at 11:00 with that story we just mentioned. we'll see you

you watched the oscars. >> now only "e.t." is with all the stars inside the vanity fair party. i'm nancy o'dell. >> i'm rob marciano. >> "entertainment tonight's" vanity fair oscar party exclusive. the private photos. the candid video. >> only "e.t." has the hottest ticket in town. come on. >> jennifer lawrence after her on-air wipeout. who rushed to help her up? >> i want to die. >> her second dress. and the secrets behind the stars' quick changes. from this to this. >> nancy's personal pictures. hanging with bradley cooper. jennifer snuggling with justin. sandra bullock's photo bomb. >> plus ben crashing our interview. and -- >> wardrobe controversy with anne hathaway.