see, shapiro cut into biddle. biddle was appointed by the democratic state committee and orange beat him in a special election. now it's rematch. if there's anybody who is suffering from sort of the ethical concerns, it is vincent orange and that's why biddle is doing as well as he has tonight. he very well might topple orange. it's too close to call right now. in terms of the other incumbents, yvette alexander in ward 7 and marion barry is invincible, 70% of the vote and then muriel bowser had token opposition and then jack evans was running unopposed. >> let's go to the main event in maryland, the 6th congressional distinct. any surprises there? >> delaney, the martins 2-1 over garagiola. i think -- the margins 2-1 over garagiola. i think what happened there is the people in the newly drawn distinct didn't want governor o'malley or the state senator picking the nominee. delaney had deep pockets, spent $1.5 million, got the endorsement of bill clinton and the washington post and it looks like he trounced joe gara

the blue being mostly white areas for biddle. the green mostly black for vincent orange. you won the white votes -- >> is there a racial divide? >> that is an interesting question. i don't know because we don't -- >> you don't know? >> there may be a racial or class divide in the electorate. there may not be. i don't know because i didn't interview each individual voter to find out who they voted for. >> i don't buy that. >> city paper loose lips columnist alan suderman said the clear racial split is obvious to most anyone. in the district tom sherwood news 4. >> council member orange who is leading in the at large vote could not be reached for comment today. >>> when we come right back on news 4 at 5:00 a news 4 exclusive. the maryland woman who claims she won the lottery is changing her story again. she tells us what happened to her golden ticket. >> we'll tell you why amanda bins was arrested. and in quick bites washington

the attack happened just after ten am at the social service offiie on east biddle street. police say the motter was visiting with her baby, under the supervision of a counselor when she became several times. while police investigate the attack, social service administrators have investigation to deeermine how the kkife got past sscurity. (neeghbor)"and you have to gg through a metal deteetor.. so it goes to let ou know somebody wasst doing their job &pat the front because if that was the case she would have never got in with the knife" 3& tonight.. policc have the say she is expected to undergoo- tonighttthe child is at johhs - hhpkins hospital.. listed in good condition. lv in east balt. kc fox 45 news at 5;30 five eople are dead after an in prince ggorge's county. county. a family member found the bodies of two men outside a home in oxon hill this morning. irefighters arrived to fiid three more victims inssde... two men and one woman.invessiggtors are &plookkng at the nntural gas &pfurnace and stovveas a possible cause of he poisoning. the cleanup continues in canton aat

biddle with 42% of the vote. orange with 39% of the vote. this is with 78% of the precincts voting. in ward 4, we have bowser with 50% over the vote over renee bowser with 15%. if she wins, she could be facing off against republican ron moten in november. he has 62% of the vote. and for ward 8, marion barry with a re sounding 73% of the vote. he, of course, is the incumbent. our bruce johnson live at barry's headquarter. bruce, there was a lot of talk of ousting some of the old, in with the new. what are your thoughts? >> reporter: well, only a 7% turnout against registered democrats in the city. that could be a record low. and if it closes, that becomes less than 1%. we're looking for a recount. barry wins out here despite all of the contrary reports and he winds by a land slide. this is his last campaign says his associates. >> barry, barry. >> reporter: the 75-year-old former mayor had captured about 55% of the vote following the early morning return. marion barry was ready to say i told you so to those who tell us he was vulnerable. >> all the haters banded together. all of the

i'm confident i will be victorious. >> reporter: but biddle says those absentee ballots could put himtop. >> already returned over 1700 absentee ballots, which is much larger than the margin right now. >> mayor gray was careful not no get involved in this tight race. >> i want to work with the best candidate the people send to the council of the district of columbia. i have promised to do that. by the way, i have served with both of them. >>> matt acklin, fox 5 news. >> all the absentee ballots had to be postmarked by tuesday in order to be counted. 1700 have come in, but no one knows how long it will take for all of them to arrive. the final count will happen on friday, the 13th. >>> a maryland primary race is turning into one of the most watched congressional races in the country. the sixth district was redrawn this year, now includes heavily democrat members. rose koa bartlett held that seat for 19 years. his democratic challenger is john delany. today, he met with u.s. senator, ben carden. >> i have spoken to everyone in the party and the one thing i'm certain about, there is terr

the blue being mostly white areas for biddle. the green mostly black for vincent orange.there a racial divide? >> well, that's an interesting question. i don't know because we don't know -- >> reporter: you don't know? >> there may be a racial or class divide as we're seeing the electorate. there may not be. i don't know because i am not actually interviewing each individual voter to find out who they voted for. >> reporter: oh, yeah -- >> i don't buy that. >> reporter: the city paper loose lips columnist alan suderman said the clear racial split is obvious to most anyone. in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. council member orange won most of the votes on tuesday. he was unavailable for comment today about the racial split in the voting on tuesday. >>> there is a star-studded lineup in place this year for the easter egg roll. julianne moore, forest whitaker, andy roddick, and michelle kwan will be there. the annual event will happen on monday. it is hosted by president obama and the first family. more than 35,000 people are expected to attend. >>> christians around the

orange as nearly beaton sekou biddle. has 23,000 votes and biddle has 21,000.lection board released the results this afternoon. >> martin o'malley had not yet decided to call a special session. he wants to meet with the senate president first to discuss the budget. that could happen in the next few days. the general assembly will meet without a budget compromise. a decision on a special session could come as early as next week. >> still to come, the john edwards trial and a list of potential witnesses released today. some of them may surprise you. >> getting into a confrontation over his newborn son? why kennedy cited his late father in court. >> what you can see at the cherry blossom parade tomorrow is next. >> i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. the weather forecast for the cherry blossom parade and the week coming up will feel like ring ring hello, progresso. it fits! fantastic!ti [ woman 2] ring ring progresso. they fit! awesome thank you ring, ring [ man ] pro-gresso they fit! okay-y... okay??? you don't understand. i've been eating prog

i want to see it myself. 23,719 for orange and then 21,973 for biddle. no need for a recount or anything like that. that is far more than a percentage, correct? >> it's entirely up to the candidates to take a look at the numbers and make their own decisions as to whether anybody wants to request a candidate. that's something a candidate can do, up to a week after. >> there was some equipment malfunction, which slowed the process down a bit. >> we have two scanners. the same type of scanner that you see in the polling place on election day. we basically have a more advanced high capacity model of that in our office. one of those that we were planning to count provisional ballots on and count the absentee ballots, but we were having issues, so we decided to count all of the ballots on the same machine. >> it is certified next week, is that correct? >> this is an unofficial result. we have our post election audit to do. we have drawn randomly the precincts for audit and tweeted those out earlier today. we'll be auditing one precinct in each ward and we'll g

final numbers show him leading biddle by 2000 votes. >> i am here standing despite the opposition i had been a struggle to get back to this point. we are back and we have a great agenda. >> biddle had a statement congratulating orange but showed that the close numbers indicated dissatisfaction with his service. vice president joe biden and president barack obama has -- have released their tax returns. they have asked mitt romney to do the same. he has not released his tax returns and has asked for an extension. he paid more than 160 -- barack obama paid more than $160,000 in federal taxes. the vice president played more than $87,000 in federal taxes. on the campaign trail, mitt romney addresses an important republican constituency at the national rifle association convention in st. louis. if elected, he will stand up for the rights of gun owners and he accused the president on waging an assault on american freedom. coming up on abc7 news at 11:00 more on the big city mayor who risked his life to save a woman trapped in a burning home. plus, there will not be another hurricane irene ever

incumbent vincent a narrow lead over challenger sekou biddle. the final decision may come down to the 3,800 absentee ballots.a friday, april 13. >>> other d.c. incumbents won back their council seats. it was a landslide victory for marion barry in his fight to serve a third consecutive term in ward 8. he got 73% of the vote there. barry has served four terms as mayor in nearly four decades in politics. also incumbent democrats muriel bowser of ward 4 and yvette alexander of ward 7 won their primaries. >>> maryland primary results have set up a hotly contested house race in district 6. republican congressman ross co-bartlett survived a primary challenge. the incumbent defeated seven challengers. bartlett will now face john delaney, who won the democratic primary. in the senate, former secret service agent daniel bungino won the nomination and will face republican senator ben cardin in the general election, who won the democratic primary. >>> and stay with news4 for all your decision 2012 results. you can find a full list of the winners from every

still one undecided race after yesterday's primary in the district and tonight, vincent orange and biddle are neck in neck to become the next member of the d.c. council. >> right now, vincent orange at the democratic race for the d.c. council, but everybody is saying this race is too close to call at this point. >> councilman vincent orange came on strong tuesday, pulling slightly ahead of challenger. when the dust settled this morning, orange won the democratic at large primary seat by more than 500 votes. it was the closest contest in recent d.c. history. >> absolutely i feel like a winner. i think we're in a great place. it was a great day for us. >> we are a couple hundred votes away on a city wide race from winning. >> board of election officials won't declare an official winner. meanwhile, incumbent vincent orange likes his chances of at least splitting the outstanding votes with biddle and two other challengers. he remains hopeful of pulling out a miracle finish. if it's less than 1%, there's an automatic recount. this is bruce johnson reporting for 9news now. >> in maryland, an up

vincent orange received 40.4% of the vote beating biddle by 1,700 votes. there will be no recount since the difference is greater than 1%. orange will face two challengers in the general election, mary brooks beebee, a republican and ann wilcox running as the green party candidate. >>> the one remaining undecided race in maryland has a winner, john la furla conceded the nomination to wendy rosen who led by just 58 votes after the state election officials counted most of the ab 10 see and providingal ballots. -- absentee and provisional ballots. rosen will face incumbent andy harris. >>> firefighters across the country are in virginia helping to battle wildfires that have burned over 20,000 acres in the schenn dough, what page, craig and allegheny -- shenandoah, page and craig and allegheny county. the national forest service has been forced to closes down some roads. it's also prompted a warning -- close down some roads. it's also prompted a warning. >> just don't use fire in any form, no campfires, no debris burning, no open air fires because it really is

just 1,700 -- sekou biddle by just 1,700 votes. orange now faces icil member mi republican mary brooks beatty and independent david grosso on the november ballot. >>> we're getting our first look at the witness list for john edwards' trial. it includes the woman at the heart of the sex scandal is that destroyed his career. shawn yancy is everywhere at 11. >> edwards' hunter rielle hunter is expected to testify with his oldest daughter kate. edwards is facing six counts in the federal court related to nearly $1 million in campaign money used to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 presidential bid. >>> the fbi and officials from the department of education raided three a.c.t. colleges following claims of faking student records and failing to hand out student aid, no word on charges or arrests. >>> a teenager recovers after train hit him in gaithersburg. the 17-year-old had his earbuds in listening to music while walking on the tracks. the engineer blew the horn to alert the teen, but the boy didn't hear it. the train hit the b

vincent orange had 23,719 votes to biddle's 21,903 votes. we had some video we took earlier today. there were issues when it comes to counting the ballots. one reason for that, election officials were able to use another machine and it just took a little bit longer, but they were able to get results right around 5:00 this evening. now i did have st chance to speak with vincent orange's campaign manager, doug sloan. take a listen to what he had to say about this victory. >> oh, great feeling. it was a hard fought campaign. council member orange is an excellent campaigner. he was working day and night and hard fought victory. we're happy it's over, it's done. and now we can focus on the business of the city. emancipation day is coming up on the 16th. we have a whole weekend filled of emancipation day festivities. >> how is he feeling? >> he's great. he is elated. it was a hard fought victory. took a lot out of all of us. we sing congratulations to everyone that ran the campaign and you know, we are looking forward to coming together as a city, as a people and moving together in a pos

he was facing sekou biddle. here's the final tally. he beat biddle by 1,700 votes and there will be no recall since the difference is greater than 1%. orange will face two challengers in the election. >>> back with the 9 news now update, according to the washington post a susan g. komen foundation for the cure is issuing grant money to planned parenthood. the two organizations are seeking to rebuild their relationship after a controversy in february over the komen foundation's unsuccessful attempt to defund planned parenthood grants. the washington post says at least 17 manned parenthood affiliates will be -- planned parenthood affiliates will be funded this year, about the same as last year. >>> next monday marks five years since a gunman shot and killed 32 student at virginia tech before turning the gun on himself. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox. monday, april 16th, is the fifth anniversary of the virginia tech massacre. six of the 32 victims were from northern virginia and they all leave behind legacies. the worst mass shooting in u.s.

challenged right now losing to biddle. appoint aid year ago. served four months. and orange beat him in elections. it comes around, biddle ahead of the incumbent. >> it's not over. ballots to be counted? >> 78% of the vote is in. 3,800 absentee ballots. curb side voters, voted the curb. possible may not have the result. possible absentee ballots make a difference. it could be ten days before oat fshl resuoat the official result. >> he has a big footprint in the city. and may be stepping on it. >> thank you, tom. >> to texas where there is new video of the widespread damage in dallas fort worth. 18 reported tornados that ripped through the region. today damaging hundreds of buildings. jay gray has the the very latest now from lancaster, texas. >> reporter: texas under attack. >> hey, guys, it's throwing 18-wheelers. >> reporter: the raw power of a massive tornado playing out on live tell vugs evision today. tractor trailers more than 50 feet long. 60,000 pounds tossed hundreds of feet in the air. >> something i have never seen before. >> this section of tornado all

sekou biddle says those who cast ballots want to clean house in a council that's been suffering through scandal after scandal it seems. incumbent vincent orange in fact has been linked to campaign contributions from jeff thompson who is under federal investigation. >> the powers that be really want to deal with ethics, then they should join me in pushing and promoting my bill to ban corporate contributions and outside employment by council members that work for entities doing business with the city. >> i think a lot of people just want to believe they can have the leaders that aren't going to constantly be caught up in this kind of mess and these sort of embarrassing situations. >> reporter: incumbent council member marion barry from ward 8 won reelection despite a large field of young candidates running a change in the council. coming up at 6:30, we head to maryland and take a look at the new sixth district in maryland. back to you, mike. >> thank you, delia, delia goncalves live in northwest washington this morning. >>> just a few more election headlines for you. in the 5 t congressio

biddle was appointed by the state democratic committee to finish that term on the council. he was among the field of candidates vying for an at large seat in the special election. orange won that election. the latest primary did not see an end to the irony and drama. one of the machines used in the counting broke down early in the process. >> a bit of a voter education opportunity for us. >> reporter: all that is only a significant issue because of the razor-thin margin separating them. the challenger tells us he finds that encouraging. >> we thought it was going to be a very close race and this turned out to be much closer than i or anybody else anticipated. so, yeah. certainly we're encouraged. running against the incumbent as a challenger citywide to have it be this close with this many votes to be counted, i'm very encouraged. >> reporter: now they expect to have a count actually by the later this evening and then next week biddit will be certified. that doesn't necessarily end it because if there is less than a 1% difference an automatic recount kicks in and even if th

biddle who is still fighting for the at-large seat responded to the comments on the kojo nnamdi showtical hour" and down played a potential race split this his race for a council seat. >> i think those comments are unacceptable. we have an increasingly diverse city, and when you begin to make comments like that, you only exacerbate it. there's no place for it in our city. >> is there a racial divide? >> so that's an interesting question. i don't know because we don't know -- >> you don't know? >> there may be a racial or class divide as we're seeing in the electorate. i don't know because i'm not actually interviewing each individual voter to find out who they vote for. >> biddle trails orange by 543 votes with a few thousand absentee ballots left to be counted. a "washington post" map shows a geographic and racial split in tuesday's primary with biddle receiving primarily the white vote. >>> new this morning, prince george's county police are investigating an accident involving one of their own. the accident happened on the inner loop of the beltway near the baltimore-washington exi

at least check he leads his closest challenger sekou biddle by 1.2%. d.c.'s board of elections hat not yet counted absentee or provisional ballots. >>> the new martin luther king memorial on the national mall this time last year was not open yet. today will be the first time a ceremony marking the anniversary of the assassination is happening since the monument opened. the civil rights leader was shot and killed april 4, 1968. the public is invited to a candlelight vigil and wreect laying ceremony starting at 6:30 tonight. >>> the megamillions lottery drama may calm itself today. a prominent lawyer says he's been in contact with mirlande wilson and may make an announcement later today. wilson says she has one of the three winning tickets from last year's $656 million jackpot. wilson's co-workers at a mcdonald's are on record saying that winning ticket is part of a pool of winning tickets wilson purchased. wilson disputes that claim. so far no one has actually stepped forward holding a winning ticket. >> the story changes yet again. >>> 5:34. time for another

biddle could indeed challenge the results. that would result in a recount which could take longer. we did make some overtures to council member orange earlier today. his office tells us he was in meetings all day and wasn't able to speak to us. live in northwest, derrick ward, news 4. >> thanks, derrick. >>> today is thomas jefferson's 269th birthday. a crowd watched as a wreath was laid at the jefferson memorial. he was the third president of the u.s. and the memorial along the tidal basin dedicated in 1943 the 200th anniversary. >>> next on news 4 at 6:00 new developments in the standoff that left a police chief dead last night. >> newark's mayor puts his life in jeopardy to help save his neighbor. mount aetna puts on a spectacular show. >> we'll take a look back at the memb memories of the howard theater. >> the weekend looks fantastic. wait until you see the numbers out to the west. it's tornadoes that they're going to be dealing with. out there toward parts of oklahoma. this is a live shot right now right around norman, oklahoma, where tomorrow we could have a major tornado ou

it is the office on biddle street, where parents have supervised visits with their children. the baby's mother was visiting the child when she pulled out a kitchen knife and stabbed the child. the baby was taken to johns hopkins children's center. police say she is expected to survive. >> you have to go through a metal detector. how did that happen? they were in protective custody. how did the child get stabbed? she is supposed to be protected. >> that woman lives in the neighborhood and saw some of the events unfold after the stabbing. ors insidemetal detective the building. the woman is undergoing a mental health evaluation. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a police detective is suspended as please look into allegations he abused his police powers while looking for his own missing child. daniel nicholson is a veteran on the force. he is accused of conducting an unauthorized trade on a home last weekend. baltimore county police were handling the case of a missing girl who was since been found. have been complaints by people targeted in the raid. a man was shot in nor

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he's increased his lead over biddle.w holds a more than 1700 vote lead over biddle who only trailed by about 500 votes following the april 3rd primary. the 3% lead means there will be no recount unless biddle requests one. >>> the mayor of new jersey's largest city is giving new meaning to the term servant. cory booker is being hailed a hero for saving a woman from her burning home. >> reporter: with his hand wrapped in bandages, mayor cory booker tried to down play his injury. >> it's just burn with some blistering. >> reporter: burns from what many are calling an act of heroism. he returned home to find his neighbor's house on fire. >> that's the kitchen. >> that's where the fire started? >> yes. >> reporter: when booker realized a woman was trapped inside, he sprang into action. the mayor reacted before the fire department responded. he went up the stairs to the second floor where he suddenly found himself with a room full of smoke and flames. his bodyguard tried to stop him, but booker ran through the fire, hoisted h

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andt e democratic nominees in d.c., vincent orange has a slight lead over sekou biddle. absentee ballots still need to be counted. begin on aprilll 13. marion barry in ward 8 it beats several challengers easily, getting more than 72% of the vote. >> i want to thank the people 8 for theirward confidence and trust in me. the naysayers that think i am were banding together, not break this army that we have. he will be elected for a .hird term 76-year-old has lost only one election. you can find all the results yesterday's races by going wjla.com. stay with abc 7, election station, as the countdown to november. >> the war between facebook and really heating up. >> and burger king is ready to come back to wall street. linda bell at bloomberg headquarters in new york. >> good morning. burger king coming back to wall street. after revamping its menu this week and hiring celebrities such as david beckham to push its foods, it is expecting to realist on the new york stock exchange within the next few months. company went private in 2010 bought.ing a possible strike is looming and

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council member vincent orange wins sekou biddle. the race came down to the absentee and provisional balance hots. fox 5 spoke to orange after -- ballots. fox 5 spoke to orange after hearing the news. >> we're back with a great agenda, an agenda that no one can deny. it's good and sound and that's what i'll be working on moving forward, but still not over yet because we still have the general election to compete with as well. >> orange says biddle did congratulate him via text. orange's 3% lead means there will be no recount unless requested. >>> tonight we're getting an early general election preview. in separate appearances today by president obama and former governor mitt romney laid the groundwork for what could be hot button issues. in the wake of the trayvon martin killing today governor romney was talking guns. fox 5's tom fitzgerald has the story. >> reporter: at the national rifle association meeting in st. louis friday governor mitt romney aimed for the votes of the gun lobby. >> i will protect the second amendment rights o

kaahheen cairns joins us now with more from the scene of the aatack on east biddle street.... kathleen? purvive... she sufferedd- several stab wounds to the neckkand upper torso. while police investigate the attack... city occal service administrators are trying to figure out how she got a knife security. (ambo shottsirens)a baay is service's foster care office inneast baatimore.(man)""hhs is dept of social servicessand kids and tuff"(poliie)"when - we got here we found an eeght multiple stab wwunds to the neck and exxreme upper extremities."poliie say the baby's mothhrrwas visiting with her own child.... under the supervisionnof a sscial worker... whee the mother.. got angry.... (pplice)"at some point the motherrbecame irate pulleddout a long kitchen kniff and began ptabbing the baby"(ambo rools by)(mannon steps)"i saw employees coming out..crying hysterical"(ambo rollssby nats) here..") the baby's mother is taken into custody, while questions are raised about how a knife got through security.... (nnighbor) "the pids re over there tt be protected.. so ya know its crazy she go

right now, orange leads biddle by 543 votes. that is a 1.2% lead. will be an automatic recall if -- recount i think it should be if the margin slips below 1%. >>> maryland is close to being the first state banning employers from asking for facebook passwords. the general assembly passed a bill prohibiting companies from demanding employees' user names and passcords to their -- passwords to their social networking sites. a man reports the head of the department of safety asked for his pass words. >>> after nearly two months in the hospital a prince george's county volunteer firefighter is not get -- is getting closer to going home. kevin o'toole suffered burns to over half his body in the fire at the end of february. he had successful surgery on his left hand and arm monday and could be released from the hospital in two weeks. since the fire, o'toole has been promoted to sergeant. >> best of luck on that recovery. >> indeed. >>> 5:51. that means time for a look at weather and traffic. tom kierein has -- what have you got? >> do you have a calendar on

the placement of unit, i am told, on biddle bstreet in east baltimore. >> visiting with the social worker at this location. at some point the mother became i rates, pulled out a long kitchen knife and began stabbing the baby. we do have the mother in custody. she is being questioned. we have to check on her mental stability as well. >> social workers often have to have very difficult conversations with parents regarding their children. it is not known at this point. a matter still very much under investigation. it is not known at this point what specifically triggered this alleged acts of violence. i just got off the phone with social services officials, and they tell us there is a metal detector. the door is right behind me on the other side of the chain-link fence. and people going into the office have to pass through the metal detector. you heard the police spokesperson said the mother allegedly produced a long kitchen knife. so, security very much a part of this investigation. i'm jane miller. wbal-tv and the news. >> falling more breaking news. over the scene of an accident that shut

under the supervision of a social worker in the foster care office on biddle street... when she got kitchen knife and began ng - stabbing the baby again and again.this mooning, there are still questions about how she got a knife throogh security... through a metal detector... and into that office. (neighbor) "the kids are over there to be protected.. so ya know its crazy she got in there with kitchen knife past security"(neighbor)"so it goes to let you know somebody pasn't doing theirrjobbat the front because if that was the case she would have never got in with the knife" knife"the union representing social service workers issued a statement saying... the incident is the result of a lack of staffing and has launched an internal investigation. meanttme, the baby's mother is in police custody. todayy.. firefighters will go door-to-door in prince george's county... to check for working smoke alarms. alarms.the move comes afttr 5 people were killed by what appears to be caabon monoxide poisoning innoxon hill. the victims include a married couple... the woman's sister... an

sekou biddle said those who cast ballots were sending a message. >> i think a lot of people want to believe they can have elected leaders that aren't constantly going to be caught up in this mess. >> reporter: councilman vincent orange has been at the center of a campaign controversy. >> the powers of beale that really want to deal with ethics, then they should join me in promoting my bill to ban corporate contributions. >> reporter: the scandals that embroiled the council did nothing to oust most of the incumbents. mayor barry soared to victory. in another hotly contested race, john delaney won the democratic primary in the redrawn sixth congressional district in maryland. he faces roscoe bartlet. >> we told voters the truth. the voters in the sixth district of maryland got it. >> reporter: officials expect just as many provisional ballots. the count will likely take ten days. at judiciary square, delia goncalves, 9news now. >>> let's turn our attention to the republican presidential race. mitt romney won yesterday's contest in maryland, the district of columbia, and wisconsin. but out of

police say the baby's mothermanaged to get a large kitchen knife inside the building on east biddle street and stabbed her baby girl in the head and neck as they were meeting witha social worker. the 8-month-old s shed to hopkins anis he can spec to be okay -- expected to be ok. is in custody. head ofthe state'puic employee union says the securityfirm used by e state is inadequate. >> it's not thrst we have brought this up to management. just within the lastcouple weeks we brought this up into management there are safety concerns. >>reporter: and he says -- moran says unless more money can be directed to child services, an incident like that could happen again many linda so, abc2 news. >>> today occupy wall street protestersare planning demonstrations across the country. they say today is one trillion dollars day, the student reaches that milestone. so this comes as president obama is at the university of iowa take on student debt for second day. the president ispressing congress to extend a 2007 law that cut los and the rates to 3.4%. if the law is allowed to exspire on july 1 --expire on

right now, orange leads biddle by just 543 votes. that's a 1.2% lead. there will be an automatic recall if that margin slips below 1%. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley is keeping quiet about whether he will request a special session. the state's general assembly failed to pass a budget package before the end of their 90-day session. because of that, next year's budgets is being balanced with more than $500 million in cuts. they can still be avoided, or that can, if a budget is passed before july 1st. o'malley called the failure, the low point of his experience as governor. >>> and maryland is now the first state to ban employers from asking for facebook passwords. just minutes ago, martin o'malley signed a law prohibiting companies from demanding employees' user names and passwords to social networking site. the aclu got involved after a maryland man said the department of public safety asked him for his passwords. >>> coming up, we break down the latest studies on autism with our local psychiatrist in residence here. plus, why you may want to slow

it is the race between vincent orange and biddle for the at large seat. as of this morning, orange was ahead, but only by 500 votes. >> absolutely i feel like a winner. we are in a great place with a great day for us. we are now up by 543 votes. >> we are a couple hundred votes away on a city wide race from winning. i feel pretty good. >> board of elections will not declare an official winner until april 13 after they count a few thousand absentee ballots. >>> mitt romney right here in washington today after sweeping the d.c., maryland, and wisconsin primaries. >> i hope that we're able to resolve our nomination process as soon as possible, of course, because i'd like to focus our time and attention on those key battleground states. >> the gop presidential candidate is more than half way to locking in the nomination. yet his chief rival isn't ready to back down. the latest polling from pennsylvania shows santorum has a 6 point lead in that his home state. he and romney are expected to spend the next three weeks ball ling it out in pennsylvania. >>> foreca

i guess the only race that's still outstanding somewhat is biddle and orange. but if you take a look at for example council member berry, the people in ward 8 have supported him for 30 plus years and so the 73% that he has there was no surprise. browser who won with 66% again, not any real surprise and she's done an amazing job representing the folks of ward 4. that -- yvette alexander was probably one we were watching a little closer as we know they came out and endorsed tom brown one of her opponents. but -- >> yes. >> council member alexander did an amazing job and turned out the vote. respectfully if you really take look though, we actually had the voter turnout was one of the lowest in the city's history. >> it was and that happens in the district of columbia. for primaries. why is that? >> you know, this year, i think it was a little more extraordinary as it has been in the past year. especially when you factor in that it was also a presidential primary. >> yeah. >> respectfully, even president obama receives 41,000 votes and altogether we had about 50,00

it is the race between vincent orange and biddle. as of this morning orange was ahead by 500 votes. >> absolutely i feel like a winner. i think we're in a great place. yesterday was a great day. we're now up by 543 votes. >> we are a couple hundred votes from win sighing feel pretty good. >> the board of elections will not declare a winner until april 13th. >>> new tonight we're learning more about the man who opened fire at a california university killing seven people. a school administrator says juan goh was never expelled but he dropped out on his own and never showed signs of behavioral problems. today he confessed to the deadly shooting but has refused to say where he left the gun. he's now facing seven counts of murder. timothy brown was the fiance of one of the people killed. >> i never thought in a hundred years that judy would be harmed going toly school. >> police say he was ainge drey because students teased him. >>> a judge has ordered a psychiatric exam for the jetblue pilot whose bizarre behavior mid-flight prompted an

top of the hour which is this race between see cow big and vincent orange could even go -- sekou biddle and vincent orange could even go to a recount. you can find all the results of the races at www.myfoxdc.com overnight. >>> another big story this evening, those tornadoes. you hear about them? tore through texas. more than a dozen hit the north texas area today collapsing roofs, ripping down power lines, tossing trailers literally in the air like toys. fox's richard ray has the latest from lancaster texas. >> reporter: early this afternoon the local weather service termed this a tornado emergency. multiple tornadoes on the ground. it may take a couple days before we know just how, but the worst of it seems to be here in south dallas county in the city of lancaster. let me show you what we've got behind here. two cars parked in the street, one across the street from the other after the tornado had gone through, both cars thrown into this house. there was a 19-year-old girl inside that house huddled in a closet on the phone to her folks when the phone went dead. the good news is she got

it's between biddle and orange for the at large seat. last week orange was ahead by just about 500 votes. >> absolutely i feel like a winner. i think we're in a great place. yesterday was a great day for us, now up by 543 votes. >> we are a couple hundred votes away on a city wide vote from winning and i feel pretty good. >> they're not doing to declare an official winner until april 13th after counting all the ballots. the time is 4:43. >>> u.s. military officials say two u.s. troops are among those killed in a suicide bombing in afghanistan. >> the attack this morning in a crowded market, monica villa plea czar has more. >> reporter: police say the bomber rode a motor bicycle into a crowded vegetable market killing at least ten people. u.s. troops were reportedly having tea with the police commander minutes before the attack. the assaults on foreign troops are on the rise. nato says it's unclear who's behind them buttager has been -- but anger has been building after a u.s. soldier allegedly killed u.s. civilians and u.s. troops mistak

. >> reporter: biddle in a near dead heat with orange said voters sent a message today. >> i think a lot of people want to believe they can have the leaders that aren't constantly going to be caught up in this mess. >> reporter: another surprise was the turnout. only 7% among registered democrats. this is bruce johnson reporting from southeast washington for 9news. >> for a look at more election results, just go to wusa9.com right at the top of our home page. >>> 4:32 now. a man linked to rapes up and down the east coast has been indicted in prince william county. a grand jury indicted aaron thomas on charges of raping two teenage girls who were trick or treating back on halloween 2009. thomas' trial in this case is set for july 31. he was also arrested last year in connecticut facing rape charges there, too. connecticut agreed to extradite him to virginia to face the charges here first. >>> hands off or you will get reported. that's the message from metro when it comes to groping or inappropriate contact on trains or buses. they're starting a new campaign to stop sexual harassment.

being stabbed in the head and neck inside the state social services building in the 3000 block of biddle street which is used for meetings regarding child custody and foster parenting issues. e girl's mother got a large kitchen knife and stabbed her baby during a meeting with a social wort worker. >> inadequate resources and revenues to staff and resources the places. unfortunately, we will see horrific events like this occur. >> the mom's name has not been released and it's not clear whether she arrived at the building with the child or whether she was visiting the baby after she had been taken away. the baby girl is expected to survive. >>> opening statemen are expected in the case of th brothers accused of beating an african erican teenwhile on neighborhood watch. a jury of the peers will not her the case. ead,the brothers requested a trial by a judge. at first theywanted the trial moved out of the city for fear of a fair trial. the trial has been publicized comparing ito thatof the trayn martin casen orida. >>> motions hearing will be held at fort meade for bradley manning accused le