gj joins us with the latest -- gary nurenberg joins us with the latest. good to see you again, gary. >> reporter: 86% of the vote in now. santorum and romney are locked in a very, very tight one. separated only by about 5,000 votes. 38-37% right now with romney taking the lead. it's been going back and forth all night. to summarize, romney wins in virginia, vermont and massachusetts. santorum in oklahoma, tennessee. we're watching ohio closely. back to you in a bit more. >> all right. thanks, gary. >>> i'm joined now on the interview set by bob urlick, the former governor of maryland. your guy not able to close the deal tonight. not able to pull away. maybe he gets ohio. but it's going to be 3-3 with him and santorum in the race tonight. >> not on the delegate. he wins big on the delegate count. and derek you know the bottom line here is ohio. a w is a w is a w is a w. we've seen that in american politics. whoever wins ohio, the white house is watching the race tonight. interesting results from ohio tonight. santorum underperformed. that is good for mitt c

gary nurenberg, 9news now. >> i had thai food last night but it's not every day that you get to eat withhe commander in chief. >> pretty good day if you do that. [indiscernible] one of 78 service members being honored at a white house dinner. the d.c. native was deployed in iraq when her convoy was hit. her platoon captured several iraqis earning every member a bronze star. >> if given the opportunity i definitely will invite president obama and mrs. obama to come join us at the d.c. armory and visit -- [indiscernible] >> lee is a full-time service member in the army national guard where she's served for 19 years. >>> then there's maryland congressman ross company bartlet -- rosco bartlet trying to keep a stiff upper lip regarding a mustache tax. his office says there is no such legislation giving a tax deduction for grooming tools for the mustache. >> it is very funny. >> it's hilarious. >>> time for the question of the morning. according to a new survey, this is the number one food women crave when they're pregnant. what is it na, peanut butter, b, ice cream or c, pickles. >> diana wri

gary nurenberg is here with the latest. >> derek this has been going on, on and off, since february. a government building in florida, schools in the northeast, and today washington. it looked like elementary school children were the target, the adams campus of the school was evacuate wednesday for two hours after white powder fell from a letter received there. authorities told 9news now initial field tests showed that the powder was not dangerous. letters were also received at the willard hotel and a nearby business on f street. again, initial tests showed no danger. >> it's very hard to catch the perpetrator. that's the hard part says david willman, author of "the mirage man." there's an easy part. >> i think it's a very cheap, easy, and anonymous way for someone to try and make a point, or to grind an axe. they can bring a building to a halt, they can have it evacuated, they can in their way punish an institution. >> reporter: this week most of the institutions have been schools. this one in newington, connecticut, was one of two evacuated in that state. a similar story at this sc

gary nurenberg, thank you. >>> to another story you won't see anywhere else.internal document obtained today by 9 news appears to show that at police are required to make a certain number of arrests and issue a certain number of traffic tickets every month. as matt jablow tells us, some people are calling it a quota system and charge the police department adamantly denies. >> reporter: the memo was written by two captains in the patrol division of the arlington police department. the subject line of the memo reads, proactivety expectations 2012. the memo clearly states there is not and has never been a quota system for traffic enforcement in arlington county. but having said that, the memo's authors then lay out specific monthly targets that officers are expected to meet, specifically between 3 and 7 arrests, depending on the shift, and between 16 and 28 traffic tickets. failing to meet those goals, the memo says, could result in disciplinary action. the public and generally the legislature have rejected quotas. >> reporter: lon anderson is with triple a atlan

we had a reporter there, gary nurenberg. you want to hear what he asked rick santorum and what santorum promised gary nurenberg and all of our viewers and his supporters. we'll also coming up in my next live report have a look admit romney's schedule in maryland. we'll see you in a half-hour. >> delia goncalves reporting live from our satellite center this morning. >>> here's what the primary calendar looks like going forward. this saturday it's louisiana primary. santorum holds a 13-point advantage over romney in the latest poll there. april 3 voters in the district, maryland and wisconsin go to the polls. it's a big gap from there to april 24 where five states including new york and pennsylvania hold their primaries. >>> you may run into a little extra traffic on route 7 in northern virginia this morning. that is because there will be a funeral procession for a marine pilot. captain michael quin will be buried at arlington national cemetery today. he died during a training accident last month in arizona. he was a 2002 grad

gary nurenberg is there. >> reporter: talk about a tough ticket. the show at the verizon show is sold out, but you have a much better chance of getting a ticket to that than of getting a seat tomorrow at the supreme court where the health care arguments are being held about the constitutionality of that act. on a night where topper is predicting temperatures in the 30's, we're looking at people putting their own health in jeopardy by staying up all night to hear the health care arguments. >> it's been a long, cold night. >> i arrived on friday at 2:00. and i've been here ever since. >> reporter: because: >> this is probably the most important supreme court case in recent years and maybe ever. >> reporter: monday only 110 members of the public got in, leaving outside enthusiastic demonstrators. >> we love obama care. >> reporter: on both sides. >> i truly believe this law tramples our constitution. >> reporter: whether it does is the big issue for tomorrow, when the focus is on the law's individual mandate that requires nearly all americans to be co

gary nurenberg, 9news now. >>> an update now on a story you saw first on 9. a local priest who denied communion to a woman at his mother's funeral said he did it because she openly introduced another woman to him as her lover. the father says barbara johnson openly confessed her sin so he withheld the communion. she forced the issue on him just moments before the funeral. now, she says he is lying and she never introduced her partner, let alone called the woman her lover. he has been placed on administrative leave. >>> a new anti-smoking ad campaign is getting ready to launch nationwide. and when it does, it should raise a few eyebrows and perhaps even turn a few stomachs. and that's exactly what it's intended to do. matt jablow has details. >> i'm going to get ready in the morning. >> reporter: get ready to see a lot of terry hall whose long time smoking habit led to cancer of the larynx. >> my fingers started to go piece by piece. >> reporter: roosevelt smith is about to have his 15 minutes of fame as well. >> even when i was having my heart attacks, i stil

gary nurenberg has the story. >> reporter: derek and anita this is hardly a conspicuous location. at the very end of the platform just before orange line trains disappear into the tunnel for new carrollton it is likely that most metro riders won't even see the sign. it's dark, black and white on the top, barack obama wants politicians and bureaucrats to control america's entire medical system. depo to hell, barack. the sign promotes a movie called "sick and sicker," a documentary playing at tea party get-togethers and is available on-line. >> profanity, obscenity, the kind of crudeness that this represents is just wrong. >> reporter: democratic congressman james moran says children shouldn't have to see that and wants it removed. >> it doesn't marty whether it's a democrat or republican. it's not about politics. it's about appropriateness. and they simply shouldn't have ads like this, that everyone has to see. >> in a government-run medical system, everyone is going to suffer and die. old people, children, middle- aged people. because when the government attempts to run the medica

. >> gary nurenberg introduces us to a georgetown grad who says she just wanted to serve her country. >> reporter: she describes her experience using the words. >> unfavorable, unfair, discriminatory, harassment, psychological abuse, psychiatric abuse, torture. >> reporter: she says she was a dia analyst in iraq before moving to the c.i.a. to become a spy. >> i was with the c.i.a. for about three and a half months before i was sent to their secret psychiatric prison in northern virginia. >> reporter: now she tweets frequently about what she calls her abuse by the c.i.a. the c.i.a. can't stop the truth. dia cannot compare to any of c.i.a.'s nuts. my word is to get the idea out of c.i.a. and dia brainwashing. if the president failed, bye- bye. if you can't deal with the c.i.a. security. she writes about c.i.a. crimes. >> ultimately i got in the car accident and the c.i.a. sent me to their secret prison. >> reporter: a secret psychiatric prison. >> yes. it's a psychiatric facility located in northern virginia. they attempted to drug me. >> reporter: do you think there's any chance they'r

hear what he had to say coming up when our gary nurenberg asked him that question last night. also in my next report, mitt romney is heading to maryland. i'll have his schedule coming up in a half-hour. we'll see you then. back to you. >> all right, delia. thank you. >>> voters in maryland don't have to wait two weeks to make their choice for a republican presidential nominee. early voting starts this saturday and lasts through next thursday. any registered voter can take part. each county will have at least one early voting center. they'll be open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day except sunday. on sunday voters can cast ballots from noon to 6:00 p.m. >>> a terrible crime that happened two years ago this month may lead to better mental health services for young people in the district. the d.c. city council passed south capitol street memorial act yesterday. it is named for a march 2010 shooting which killed four young people. they were gunned down while they were at a funeral for another victim of violence. council members are hoping these reforms they've enacted will be

gary nurenberg is there with more. gary. >> reporter: anita, santorum had hoped to slow the growing sense of romney in eftibility in his party but romney won. 47% to santorum's 35. gingrich and paul in third and fourth place with 9 and 8% of the vote respectively. although romney spent much of his illinois primary money on broadcast ads sabotaging santorum, his victory speech sounded more tonight like a general election attack on president obama. >> after years of too many apologies and not enough jobs, historic drops in income and historic highs in gas prices, a president who doesn't hesitate to use all the means necessary to force through obama care in the american public but leaves from behind in the world. it's time to say these words, this word, enough. [ cheers and applause ] >> we've had enough. . [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: santorum tried to make it clear he has not had enough of this primary election campaign. as anita said accentuating the positive in illinois, talking about his wins in central illino

release of records show there was a debate about the decision and gary nurenberg is here with that. gary. >> reporter: well, derek, the devastation of the attack meant they were going to be dealing with body parts. there were five categories. bodies essentially in -- victims that after testing proved to be identifiable as human remains, terrorist remains and biological remains not identifiable and mixed with non-biological remains. in total, 1321 pieces that could not be identified. some not identifiable as even being human. perhaps one official said in some cases something from someone's lunch. what to do? one colonel wrote i do like the idea of spreading ashes at sea in that if a neutral area. one response, we should not be attempting to spread residue at sea as it could possibly send a message to the next of kin that we are disposing of humane remains and that is not the case. the remains were incinerated and sent to a landfill. >> the practice in a situation like that with biological would be to treat that as medical waste and dispose of it. >> reporter: after an investigation, h

gary nurenberg spoke to the father of the girl who was killed by the 14-year-old now facing the judge14- year-old evan miller and his friend repeatedly broke into his trailer. >> he robbed my father. he went back over there and at a later time virtually beat him with his fists and with a bat, with blood going everywhere. and then set three or four places of origin, set it on fire to cover it up. >> reporter: but cole wasn't dead when the flames started to spread. >> he died as a result of broken ribs, blunt force trauma to the head in combination with smoke inhalation from the fire. >> reporter: this is miller at 23 posting pictures on a social network site despite a ban on cas

gary nurenberg, 9 news now. >> fluke was on nbc last night saying she was stunned and outraged. she said limbaugh's words are inappropriate and outside the bounds of civil discourse. >>> a group wants to give tours of the borrower jeffrey dahmer met some of his victims. families of the victims are not happy with the venture. they are trying to stop them. the tour organizer says the tours are protected by free speech. >>> up next, why this will be a historic day for continental airlines and howard is back with the weekend forecast. >>> the clouds are starting to thicken. i don't think we'll get that much warmer today. allergy update just came in from the u.s. army allergy lab here in washington. trees are high at 319. mold low 1505. we'll have the forecast right through the upcoming weekend. it's going to get chillier. 9news now at noon returns right after this. >>> when continental airlines flight 1489 arrives in phoenix it will mark an end of an era. continental and united merged two years ago. starting tomorrow, all flights will be under the united name only. >>> big changes i

there were a number of developments in this story today, and gary nurenberg is here to narrate that. gary. >> well, anita, as you know, this all started when sandra fluke testified over whether religious institutions should be required to provide coverage for contraception in their health care plan. she said yes. >> these denials of con fra accept of contra tep sif practices affect -- contraceptive practices affect many. >> the president issued a statement accusing limbaugh of -- >> he was calling out of concern and to check in and make sure i was okay given the unfortunate names that i've been called. >> and those who would be president on limbaugh? >> that's not the language i would have used. >> he's being absurd. but that's an entertainer can be absurd. >> democrats used the issue to raise money and went to the house floor to attack limbaugh. >> shame on you. >> and call on the speaker of the house to repudiate his remarks, which he did, also criticizing democrats for using the issue to raise money. and some conservatives criticized fluke. >> the student is like a teenager, that s

as gary nurenberg reports, that was the focus at the court today. gary?reporter: well, derrick, you're right. the fight was over that individual mandate, the requirement that most americans be covered by insurance by 2014 or pay a fine. and the argument raises a very basic and seemingly uncomplicated question. does congress have the power to force americans to buy something from private industry? legal scholars long ago identified justice anthony kennedy as the swing vote that could be decisive. he expressed his skepticism early. >> here the government is saying that the federal government has a duty to tell individual citizens that it must act. that changes the relationship of the federal government to the individual in a very fundamental way. >> reporter: justices generally hate fundamental changes, fear setting a precedent giving congress too much power to force americans to take certain action. the chief justice. >> and we can compel people to do things, purchase insurance in this case, something else in the next case. can i tell you what the somethin

gary nurenberg is here to report what happened when his outraged mom confronted school officials this morning. gary. >> reporter: well, anita, what would you do if it was your kid? >> i went down to the office and i requested to speak with the principal. >> reporter: she had high hopes for the friendship public charter school on 19th street. 9-year-old christian was having trouble in another public school last year. >> they kicked me. they punched me. they did everything. >> reporter: she hoped friendship public char would be better for a boy who has trouble seeing and sitting still. >> on a daily basis, he bumps into things. he stumbles around a lot and he it's difficult. he's a 9-year-old boy. >> reporter: and when he had trouble sitting still in a tutoring session wednesday, he said his teacher taped him to a chair. >> she took the tape and started going around and then right here, over here. there were two pieces of tape right here and one right here. >> his rights were violated. it's against the law. i mean, it should never, ever come to the point where someone is taped to anythi

. >> reporter: gary nurenberg, 9news now. >> f.b.i. is investigating four incidents here in the d.c. area just since monday. >>> seven people including four anne arundel county firefighters were taken to the hospital after an accident in glen bernie. it happened around 7:30 last night near route 648. the firefighters were responding to an apartment fire when their truck collided with a car. four were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. three people in the car were hurt as well. two are at baltimore shock trauma with serious but nonlife- threatening injuries. >>> d.c. police are now searching for whoever beat a 20- month-old baby boy to death. investigators say someone drove the toddler from a home on 30th street in southeast to united medical center. it was so serious, he was transferred to children's hospital where eventually he was pronounced dead. the medical examiner says blunt impact trauma killed the toddler. if you know anything, please call d.c. police. >>> a rockville man is in jail accused of trying to hire a hit man t

now gary nurenberg is here to report she's fighting back 140 characters at a time. gary. >> reporter: well, anita, 35-year-old lena williams is tweeting her complaints about the cia. the georgetown graduate says she wanted to be a spy to serve her country. she describes her experience using the words. >> unfavorable, unfair, discriminatory, harassment, psychological abuse, psychiatric abuse. torture. >> reporter: she says she was a dia analyst in iraq before moving to the cia to become a spy. >> i was with the cia for about three and a half months before i was sent to their secret psychiatric prison. >> reporter: and now tweets about what she calls her abuse by the cia. the cia can't stop the truth. dia cannot compare to any of cia's knots. my goal is to get the word out about dia and cia brainwashing. if member of congress failed the cia shrink test, send them to prison. if the president fail, bye bye if you can't deal with the cia security. she writes about cia crimes. >> ultimately i got in a car accident and they sent me to their secret prison. >> reporter: a sec

gary nurenberg is here to report that whatever the answers are your healthcare costs will be affected. >> reporter: after tuesday's blistering questions about the individual mandate to buy insurance -- >> the individual mandate looks doomed to me. >> reporter: the court wednesday heard arguments about whether the rest of the law can stay on the books if the individual mandate is found unconstitutional. >> my approach would say if you take the heart out of this statute, the statute is gone. >> reporter: the administration concedes provisions like requiring insurance companies to provide coverage for those with preexisting conditions and banning companies from setting rates based on a patient's medical history are dependent on the mandate. but argue much of the law sin dependent and should stand. opponents want it all gone. >> why shouldn't we say, it's a choice between a wrecking operation, which is what you are requesting, or a salvage job, and the more conservative approach would be salvage rather than throwing out everything. >> reporter: but just keeping parts of the law could pote

gary nurenberg is with us to tell us what the numbers mean for him and the other candidates. >> reportering in, the pundits said these two southern primaries were a chance for mitt romney to prove to his party he could win among the most conservative voters in the south. it did not happen. alabama, santorum wins 35%. newt gingrich in second place. mitt romney in third. ron paul in fourth. in mississippi, santorum wins there as well. gingrich again second place. romney again third, not getting the wins he was hoping for. ron paul a distant fourth. the first projection tonight for the santorum win in alabama. the first candidate to the podium tonight, no surprise, rick santorum. >> we did it again. [ cheers and applause ] >> we will compete everywhere. the time is now for conservatives to pull together. the time is now to make sure, to make sure that we have the best chance to win this election and the best chance to win this election is to nominate a conservative to go up against barack obama who can take him on on every issue. [ cheers and applause ] >> rick santorum obviously believes h

gary nurenberg is here with that. >> reporter: georgetown is a catholic school that doesn't want to beced for religious reasons to provide a contraceptive plan for students. a student told a congressional committee there is a cost for that policy, prompting the name calling. >> it's not all about sex, that some students need contraceptives for existing medical conditions, but added-- >> without insurance coverage, contraception as you know can cost a woman over $3000 during law school. >> almost imbaugh characterized it this way. >> essentially says she must be paid to have sex. what does that make it? it's a slut, a prostitute, she's having so much sex she can't afford the contraception she wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex. what does that make us? we're the pimps. >> democrats came to the defense using limbaugh pointing out the d.c. health department will provide free condoms to those who ask. >> so here is the deal. if we are going to pay for your contraceptives and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something for it. and i'll tell you what it is. we want

. >> we go back to gary nurenberg at the 9news new election desk. you've been watching it closely, gary. >> reporter: the big story tonight ohio where mitt romney and rick santorum has to be singing is you is or is you ain't my baby. 90% of the vote in now. now it's romney ahead. they are separated by only 6,000 votes. still too close to call. as super tuesday ends without those results in, romney wins three tonight. santorum wins three. gingrich wins one. still up in the air. alaska, idaho and ohio. that one is a squeaker. whoever wins brags big tomorrow. who knows. >> gary, thank you. and of course everybody with a reason to stay in the race. >> lots of spinning happening. >> all right. that's 9news nor tonight. thank you so much for staying up with us. >> don't forget you can always get the latest news on wusa9.com. letterman is next the good night, everybody. attention - americans living with limited mobility. what do you do when you can no longer get around like you used to? when you fear losing your independence? who do you call? call hoveround