gray's manager said catania is running a smear campaign. our bruce leshan is out in the middle of it. >> reporter: the district has never elected a nondemocrat for mayor, but david catania thinks he will change that. what is your path to victory at this point? does the mayor have to win the primary? >> not at all. i'm going to be as clear as i can. i've won more city wie races than everyone else in the race combined. i've woman five times citywide and represented every corner of the city. >> this hospital would have been closed were it not for david catania. >> reporter: he's got a web ad touting his record especially on issues like healthcare and education for residents east of the river. vincent gray is out with his own ad and gray's campaign manager says catania is the latest politician who thinks he can become mayor on the coattails of a smear campaign. catania is convinced jeff thompson funded a shadow campaign for mayor gray in exchange for a multi-million dollar settlement for thompson's chartered health plan. >> do i believe the may

council member david catania in november's general election. catania is running as an independent.d the complete results of that poll on nbcwashington.com. all you have to do is search "decision d.c." also, if you need help with early voting, it is underway. we have a guide on line as well. >>> 6:50. soon we could see the blooming cherry blossoms along the tidal basin. if you're not careful, you could be ticketed. richard jordan live along the tach to explain this. -- tidal basin to explain this. >> reporter: a lot of people come down hoping to see the pretty flowers. the last thing they see is one of those bright hot pink parking ticketses slapped on the front of their windshield. we know why it happens. at the marshal mall and tidal basin, parking is tough. a lot of signs that say no stopping, no standing, no parking. you could get ticket. you could even get towed. today aaa is putting out a warning. they say if you plan on coming to the cherry blossom festival, take metro. that's a safe bet to get out here. you don't have to worry about the parking situation or ride a bike or ri

the winner will face a field of four candidates including david catania. primary day is april 1st. >>> the snow moved out is the good news. the bad news, somehow we're still under a yellow alert. >> yes. some things can refreezes tonight and make it tough for tuesday morning's commute. let's get right to chief meteorologist topper shutt with your first alert forecast. >> hey, chiefy. >> the goodness, we've gone from a red alert to a yellow alert, the chance for refreezing tonight. temperatures have been around freezing or below all day. we've had melting because of the high sun angle. when the sun goes down here, this will be just enough to refreeze some stuff. 19 in davis. i point that out because it's cold and they've had 158 inches of snow this year. you feel better about our 26 downtown? i do. the roads look wet but are actually frozen. that is black ice. you need to slow down. we will come back, talk about when we'll make it above freezing tomorrow and look ahead to spring. it arrives thursday. we'll let you know if it will feel like spring. >>> tonig

stand and watch korean drama and listen to hip hop anyone to speak korean and chinese cookery as catania next culture has influenced young people abroad. what about in the twenty eleven there were a total six hundred ninety five korean language classes in elementary and middle schools in twenty countries by the end of twenty thirteen that number jumped to eight hundred eighty two classes in twenty four countries. in a solo over a forty one thousand students for the seventy six schools were offering korean and a curriculum classes were opened and when bulgaria no other countries for the first time daily with thirteen. so was the booming interest in the korean language here to stay. as we provide the training which means to make an effort to learn their culture. i mean we will continue to be successful and why we are foreigners will show their love and appreciation for it. this is the case is as it is working to expand a korean language program the one thousand classes in twenty eight countries by the end of issue then i did on this the breakthrough in the search for malaysia airlines flig

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napoli moved six points behind second place roma at catania.itle, but there are still european place to be played for. bayer leverkusen beat out 3-1. it's been a tough few weeks for leverkusen. he has seen his side drop from second in the table. they equalized before they found a gap. the keeper should have covered. the first win in 10 games. the fourth in the table. defending champion andy murray is out of the miami open after losing straight sets to novak djokovic. they will fall to eighth, his lowest since july 2008. the serbian recovered from an early break in the second set to notch a victory in 1:29. it was the first meeting between the two since murray defeated djokovic in the wimbledon final. it finished 7-5, 6-3. >> i'm not angry. i think my game is just about there. it's not far off. i had many opportunities. i didn't serve so well when i went ahead in the second set. i would have liked to have done that better. but, i mean, i was hitting the ball better from the back of the court. i was playing aggressive. i was talking the ball out.

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. >>> david catania officially entered the mayoral race today and said he planned to do this long beforethe mayor's troubles. the independent signed paperwork to launch his campaign for the city's top job. he said he's won more citywide races at large as a councilman than everyone else on the ballot combined. >>> you know we're following new developments in the 7 for that missing malaysia -- search for that missing malaysia airlines plane. satellite images appeared to show what could be debris from that plane off the coast of vietnam sunday. the satellite images are from a chinese government website and they appear to be three large floating objects in an area close to the original flight path of the missing 777. now it's up to experts on the scene to figure out if this is that plane's final resting place or another dead end. the other big question? did flight 370 really change course as military radar seemed to indicate and turn left toward the malaka strait? >> there is the possibility that this aircraft made a comeback, but we are not sure whether it is the same aircraft. >> the alrea