who leave those hot items visible in their car, such as their laptop or cell phone as news 4's tracy wilkinsorts, metro's parking garage crackdown holds you accountable. >> we're looking for broken glass on the ground. maybe the keyhole punched. >> a large portion of metro's crimes have been in the parking lot. specifically within and around vehicles. >> if a criminal sees it, they'll more than likely vandalize the car. >> metro police officers are on foot, on bikes and in vehicles patrolling their parking lots and garages, looking for what drivers often forget. >> the casing that they stick on the windows, the patrons should take those down because if a criminal sees that he'll think he just took the gps off and put it away in the car somewhere and then they leave the charger and they should store all of those things away, that way it will cut down on the vandalism of the vehicle. >> a lot of times we see people leaving laptops or loose change, navigation devices in their windows. sometimes they'll leave cell phones. >> and when police find these devices, they'll send a yellow postcard like

news4's tracy wilkins is live along the tidal basin. what are they saying? >> reporter: they were originally saying it was going to come late in march, looking at it happening probably up against the 31st, just a couple of days before that. but, yes, it has changed. let me explain why. these warmer temperatures, we as washingtonians are walking around, stuck between winter and what feels like summer. same thing is happening with the blossoms. let me show you how we arrived at the change in date. if you look over at this building, that is the office of the man who does the forecast for the cherry blossoms. and if you look from one of the windows there right over here to the right, you're going to see a cher roy blossom tree that is almost in full bloom. this is called the indicator tree. now, he says that when this indicator tree blooms and looks like that, about seven days later we're going to see all of these trees in bloom. so this is why he has changed the forecast. he watches the blooms and according to the indicator tree we're looking at the cherry blos

news4's tracy wilkins has more. >> we're looking for broken glass on the ground.he key hole punched. >> reporter: a large portion of metro's crimes have been in the parking lot. specifically within and around vehicles. >> if a criminal sees it, they'll like ll lly van lly vanr to get to it. the casings they stick on windows, the patrons should take those down because if a criminal sees that, you think you took gps off and put it in the car somewhere. they should store those things away to cut down on the vandalism of the vehicle. >> many times we see people leaving laptops or loose change, navigation devices in their windows. sometimes they leave cell phones. >> reporter: when police find these devices, they send a yellow post guard licard to reg owner of the vehicle. >> the way you secured your vehicle was not the best way. there's a better way to do it. >> reporter: police say this program coupled with other initiatives have been working to cut down on parking lot crime. in 2008, there were 966 crimes in lots. since then, there's been a steady decrease and in 20

tracy wilkins has our report. >> robbers are still boldly running red lights at some arlington intersectionsalmost two years after the deployment of red light cameras. >> people are still running red lights, even with the cameras there? >> yes, that's what we're seeing so far. >> now, police are working to add more cameras, while numerous intersections were considered, six were chosen. now, eight new red light cameras are being proposed for jefferson davis highway, and 23rd street south. columbia pike and south gleeb road. numerous intersections wereted. the proposed cameras are in the final stages of approval and are expected to be launched in early summer. the tickets will cost $50 for violation with no points or court costs. police say it's not about the money, it's about pedestrians and drivers safety. >> we're recognized nationally for our efforts. this is another tool for us. >> they're not looking forward to the new cameras. >> it helps deter -- >> i don't think it does, i think it just generate money. >> i hate the red light cameras, the speed cameras, i think they're a terrible viol

in northeast, tracy wilkins, news 4. >>> coming up tonight at 6:00, 8 women in the u.s. federal lawsuit. they claim they were raped and targeted by their superiors when they reported it. a big day across the country and in virginia, in the republican race for the white house, super tuesday will it end with a clear cut candidate? we're following the developments. a local swim team is getting attention for their moves out of the water. i'll be joining jim vance next for news 4 at 6:00. >> you have to stick around for that. >>> when we come right back, we have a family feud over money and the unusual move of a man who adopted >>> an unusual story now out of florida about a millionaire there who adopted his girlfriend. john goodman is going on trial in a dui manslaughter case. he did the adoption to protect his fortune, in case he loses the case. he pleaded not guilty and today jury selection has begun. kerry sanders has the story. >> john goodman's sedan. a high end bentley allegedly ran the stop sign and t-boned scott wilson. pushing wilson's car across the intersection an

news4's tracy -- chevy chase circle. news4's tracee wilkinsive with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. you can hear the humidity behind me. that's the work of the montgomery county fire department as they're trying to remove the bodies from that vehicle after this fiery crash. let me show you what it looked like earlier. this is what montgomery county police say happened. they're saying that just after 1:00 a.m., an officer noticed a vehicle in the neighborhood of dunlap and goodale roads and ran the tag and figured out that the vehicle was stolen. they began to pursue the vehicle. it escalated coming to chevy chase circle, it crashed, lost control, caught fire. the police were able to drag two people out of the vehicle. the driver and the passenger. the driver is critically injured. the passenger evidently has suffered less serious injuries and is cooperating with police. two folks in the back died as a result. chevy chase circle is closed as they continue the investigation. they're trying to quickly get it open in time for rush hour. in

tracy will kin is live in prince george's county with the -- tracee wilkins is live in prince george's county with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: we've already seen one security truck patrolling the grounds here at the high scho school. police are saying even though they're not sure that this is a credible threat, they are taking this seriously. and parents are also concerned, as well. let me give you a look at the school here that they're patrolling this morning and making sure that everything is going to be safe for these students. this all started with some graffiti that was found inside of a bathroom stall this past friday. now on that dpra" because this -- graffiti, because this was considered a threat, a call went out to parents warning of a possible attack. now a prince william county police spokesman says his department is investigating. he says there will be additional officers on patrol at the school on panther pride drive off of u.s. 1. both school officials and police say there's no evidence of the graffiti being a credible threat. parents we spoke with say that the