kevin chavous says he does know culbert. he is more than 100 volunteers. he went to say culbert did not have a leadership or decision making role there. he is well known to councilman yvette alexander. both say they know culbert. they've never seen any of this sort of violence from him and that everyone in the community is really bewildered about the whole situation. >> all right. thank you. >>> in other news, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is due at the white house. >> he will ask president obama to define what red lines iran must not be allowed to cross. president obama told the annual meeting of apac that he would not hesitate to attack iran to step it from getting a nuclear bomb but also said diplomacy needs time to work. juror iran's leaders should understand i do not have a policy of contain thement. i have a policy to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. weapon. and as i have made clear time and again during the course of my presidency, you will not hesitate to use force when it is necessary to defend the united states and its in

che -- chavous say this man is a volunteer but not involved in the leadership. neighbors in this quiet southeast neighborhood say they just cannot make sense of what they're calling a senseless crime. reporting live this morning, john gonzalez, abc7 news. >> thank you, john. and a suspect in custody after allegedly causing a series of crashes that injured nine people. this was yesterday afternoon at a sbre intersection of southern and pennsylvania avenue in southeast d.c. an officer tried pull a driver over but that driver just kept going and sped right through an intersection. six people were taken to the hospital. one person with life-threatening injuries. >> we're following a story in the nhl. league officials are expected to meet with a former redskins defensive coordinator who has admitted to running a bounty program. gregg williams paid new orleans saints players to knock players out of the game. he said he had a similar scheme when he was with this team. williams has now apologized. >> it's getting a lot of attention. we'll stay on top of it. it is 28 deg

culvert is a volunteer for kevin chavous' ward seven council campaign. >> i know he is very active in the community. en around here knows him. he comes to all the meetings. he is very passionate about the community. he has a relationship with a lot of people in this neighborhood. people are shocked. we all are. i've talked to people all over hillcrest and we are just shaken by the news and it is just unfortunate. >> reporter: chavous did go to o. to say while he was well known and active, he did not have a leadership or making role. >>> new details on a hit and run in laurel. police have a vague description of the man who was driving on wednesday. he left the scene and drove towards anne arundel county. the victim remains in the hospital and has not been identified so far. >>> another big story, folk in the south and midwest just beginning to pick up the pieces following those deadly and violent storms on friday. the death toll across five states is now an alarming 39. the latest victim, a toddler who had been found alive in a field in indiana. she died after being taken off life supp

chavous said in a statement, "i hope 9 allegations of mr. colbert's involvement in this killing are false but if they are true he needs to face whatever justice is handed down by the core." >>> in decision 2012 we are just two days away from super tuesday, when ten states cast their pick for republican presidential candidate. fresh off a saturday caucus win in washington state, mitt romney picked up an endorsement from house mangt leader eric cantor. the congressman from virginia says romney has the best plan to make america financially strong. >> mitt romney is the only candidate in the race who's put forward a bold pro-growth, pro-jobs plan for the future. you know, a lot of the things that he's talking about in his plan we're working on in the house of representatives. >> cantor says he has no plans to run as romney's vice presidential candidate if romney does indeed get the nomination. the latest nbc marist poll, it shows that romney and rick santorum are neck and neck heading into super tuesday. in ohio santorum is ahead of romney 34% t

council candidate kevin chavous, jr. chavous had this to say about the incident. >> people are shocked. we all are. i talked to people all over the area and we're very shaken by the news. it's unfortunate. when i heard it was over dog droppings or something in a yard and for someone, a young man to go out and walk his dog and not come home over something like that is just terrible. it's a tragedy. >> the manual has been charged with second-degree murder in the case. >>> a prince george's county father is preparing to say his final goodbyes to his son, one of the victims in the ohio school shooting. >> the 16-year-old is described by his father as a fun loving young man who was taken too soon. timothy hewlin of hyattsville said he last saw his son demetrius hewlin last year when he went to ohio to celebrate his son's birthday. demetrius was one of three students shot at chardon high school last monday. >> when i got that phone call last monday, it was devastating. i'm a religious person. i believe one day we all are going

. >> the suspect, who will face a judge this afternoon, is a volunteer for the campaign of kevin chavous a d.c. council canada for ward 7. >> we have lost a lot of young men to violence like this in more seventh and it cannot be tolerated. >> robert wright was stabbed multiple times and at his home neighbors have dropped off flowers. all is quiet a few doors down at the suspect's house. >> everyone is shocked and are grieving for both families. >> people say that their friend of many years did nothing wrong. colbert is charged with second- degree murder and was arrested and charged the deposed years ago with a salt -- two years ago with assault. >> and candidates crisscrossing the country. >> major meetings today between the leader of the u.s. and israel. get ready to pay for shopping bags in another part of the region. how much that tax could cost. >> and snow i >> you're watching abc 7 news at noon with steve chenevey and cynne simpson. on your side. >> we are counting down the hours to the super tuesday showdown. >> mitt romney picking up momentum and high-profile support one day befo

. >> reporter: colbert is a volunteer for kevin chavous jr.'s city council campaign. >> i want to express my deepette condolences to the family of the victim -- my deepest condolences to the family of the victim and alleged criminal. >> reporter: someone has left flowers next to robert wright's front door, but ellsworth colbert has his defenders, too. >> mr. colbert is a very nice giving person. i have never known him to do anything wrong. i've known him since the 7th grade and he's a very nice guy and he loves his community. >> reporter: this is far from the first time that ellsworth colbert has been accused of assault. he has a long history of what the prosecutor called assaultive behaviors in montgomery, prince george's and d.c. at d.c. superior court bruce leshan, 9 news now. >>> we began the very first full week of march with a little taste of winter, snow in parts of our area, this video from this morning in thornburg, virginia, not quite enough to stick on the roads, though there's a little bit out there. it's more than some of us have s

. >> reporter: culbert has been described as a campaign worker for kevin chavous. he said he is more than one of 100 volunteers. he said he did not have any leadership or decision-making role in his campaign. >> thank you. >>> the tornado aftermath in the south and midwest. rescuers are still going door to door looking for possible victims of friday's violent storms. so far, 39 people have been killed in five states including a toddler who was found alive in a field in indiana. we have the latest on the tragedy. >> reporter: backhoes and heavy machinery work to erase the damage but not the memories. here in indiana, tonya brooks sits in a truck in a driveway and thinks about the scars that won't easy heal, about the ones she lost. >> they're all gone and they shouldn't be gone. they should be here with everybody. >> reporter: joseph babcock, his wife march eye and two of their children were killed in the tornadoes friday. their 15-month-old daughter found alive in a field drew national attention but she too became the latest storm victim on sunday when she was take

s city council campaign and chavi -- chavous said he's shocked this could happen. >> i want to express my condolences. it's shaken our community. >> reporter: someone has left flowers next to robert wright's front door, but ellsworth colbert has his defenders, too. >> mr. colbert is a very nice giving person. i've never known him to do anything wrong. i've known him since the 7th grade and he's a very nice guy and he loves this community. >> reporter: he may love his community, but the judge ordered him held as a throat that community. turns out colbert has -- threat to that community. turns out colbert has a long list of assaults and convictions in prince george's county and montgomery county. so is this a guy who could kill a neighbor over dog poop (the courts will have to sort that one out -- dog poop? the courts will have to sort that one out. >> we have not had much of a winter, but what winter we have had may have just had its last gasp. >> parts of northern virginia got several inches of snow today. this is video from this morning in thornburg, virginia. it wasn't enough to stic

he was a volunteer for kevin chavous, jr. >>> traffic on the outer loop is recovering from an early morning look at that. five cars were involved in this mess near university boulevard about an hour ago. fortunately no one was seriously hurt. >>> just one goal between the caps and flyers last night. caps lose 21-0 -- caps lose 1- 0. >>> cbs this morning begins in a couple of minutes. they'll be talking about the new movie called "game change." >>> we have one more check of traffic and weather right here in a moment. >>> welcome back. one more thing before we go. a lot of furor over this n.f.l. story about an assistant coach with the redskins. he also of course was with the saints where the investigation started, gregg williams, about offering his players $1500 to in effect injure another player. one of the interesting other sides of the story, brett favre has come out, now retired, said it's just a game. it's the way it goes. is it more about people getting caught talking about it or something that needs to be taken seriously? it seems the n.f.l. is taking it seriously. >> it's definitely i

a campaign volunteer for ward 7 council candidate kevin chavous has been charged with second-degree murder. ellsworth colbert was arrested sunday for allegedly stabbing his neighbor robert wright to death after the two argued over a dog wright was walking. >>> a last-minute blitz under way on the eve of super tuesday. 11 states will name their choice for republican presidential nominee. a report from ohio coming up tonight at 6:00. >>> a nice amount of snow in thornberg, virginia in spotsylvania county all starting to melt now. no major traffic problems reported but fast forward to doug. >> you see that snowstorm continuing to make its way across the area and right on out to sea right here some areas picking up 3 to 6 inches and even more than that across the metro area. only a few snowflakes that we saw during the day today and a few snow showers that came on through. other than that it's really about it. let's go down to southwest washington or virginia where they did see a little bit more in the way of snow. >> reporter: this is a look at christiansburg during the morning commute. snow

chavous campaign. the campaign released this statement saying mr. colbert was a volunteer on my campaign as are more than 100 residents of ward seven and the district. he was not involved in the leadership of the campaign and did not have decision making responsibilities. mr. colbert had a charge for attempted threats to do bodily harm dismissed against him last year. he has a history of charges center tg around violence and allegations of violence including domestic violence issues, as well as protective orders that have been placed against him. he's due in court again today this afternoon. in southeast tracee wilkins, news 4. >>> jury selection starts today in a wrongful death lawsuit related to the 2007 mass shooting at virginia tech. the parents of two victims are each suing the school for $100,000. they claim the school waited too long to alert students about the first shooting on campus. the president and other top university officials will be asked to defend their actions, 32 people and the gunman died in the shooting. >>> despite a public ap

. >>> in a statement today ward 7 council candidate kevin chavous expressed his condolences to wright'samily and also said colbert was in his words not involved in the leadership of the campaign. he went on to say that he did not make any campaign related decisions. >>> the case of the prince george's county council woman given a slap on the wrist for driving a hundred miles an hour on the beltway, that case is being reviewed by the county police today. the executive review is to determine why district 7 council member karen towles was just given a warning when she was pulled over for driving 105 miles an hour at branch avenue. that incident happened late last month. towles has since apologized. she plans to enroll in a driver improvement class and the county car has been taken away from her. >>> a d.c. man is facing several charges in connection with a crash that involved a crowded metro fwhus southwest d.c. yesterday afternoon. investigators say 23-year-old rodney miller was fleeing at the traffic stop in prince george's county when he crashed into the metro bus and also hit several c

new at 4:30 a campaign volunteer for ward 7 candidate evan chavous has been charged with murder todaycolbert was arrested sunday for allegedly stabbing his neighbor to death after the two got into an argument. he pled not guilty this afternoon in court. >>> rush limbaugh lost two more advertisers today. a total of nine companies have abandoned the show. this is a response to limbaugh's comments about a georgetown law student last week. limbaugh said he was sorry on the air today after issuing an apology over the weekend. >>> this was the scene in fredericksburg early this morning, a winter storm bringing snow flurries to parts of central virginia forcing some schools to cancel activities this afternoon. there was even more snow farther south. it came as a disappointment for many who hoped winter was over. >>> and worries about slowing economic growth in china and the possible setback for a bailout of greece dragged on the markets here today. the dow lost 14 points to close at 12,962. the nasdaq was off 25 and the s&p 500 lost 5 to close the day at 1,364. >>> a winter storm is adding t

. >> reporter: that's kevin chavous who has tried town seat yvette alexander on the city council. ellsworth colbert work ford him. >> it's outrageous. the world is -- worked for him. >> it's outrageous. the world is coming to bad. the dog doesn't know any better. so i just don't understand it. >> reporter: coal better has a history of run-in -- colbert has a history of run-ins with the law and even his own family in. 2009 an elderly relative who may have been his mother took out a protection order against him writing in a court affidavit colbert was mentally unstable and physically aggressive. sive. in this penn branch neighborhood today many people have told us they knew both men and both of their families, but declined to comment on camera. colbert appeared before a judge here at d.c. superior court and was ordered held without bond. one other note, last night yvette alexander, the council member who lives in that neighborhood and represents that neighborhood, told reporters that this all had to do with a dog defecating on the man's lawn, but there's nothing in the court affidav