loza has pled not guilty in that case. >>> metro filled its top safety job. the agency has appointed james daugherty. he'll start at metro on april 19th. as you may recall metro has had a string of safety lapses including a deadly crash last june. >>> get ready for a beautiful weekend here in the district. the weather will be warm and cherry blossoms are in full bloom. if you plan on heading down to the cherry blossom festival at the tidal festival plan ahead. the crowds and traffic backups are expected to be big. megan mcgrath joins us now from the tidal basin with more. you're down there. is it worth it? >> reporter: it is absolutely worth it. i came down earlier in the week and i came down, over course this morning and just look at these trees. they are absolutely beautiful. we're a little bit beyond peak bloom but i tell you it doesn't matter. we're still seeing all kinds of blossoms and just gorgeous down here. as we've been hearing we'll get terrific weather over the next couple of days. a great time to come down here. early in the morning but just star

loza has pleaded not guilty in this case. >>> petco customers may be tricked by a scammer. the utility company says some.customers have received fake letters saying all rate increases have been canceled. there's a phony website telling customers to contact the call center to get renewable energy adjustments. pep coissue aid statement that stipulated customers should contact the pep cocall center for energy adjustments are also lse. rate increases are not being canceled and currently there are no rate adstments. >>> well this weekend, you can get your hands on apple's ipad finally. mark barger shows us what you can expect and how it could change the market. >> a truly magical and revolutionary product. >> apple's ceo steve jobs gave the world a look at the ipad in january. saturday the world gets its hands on it. >> it's a game-changer already. >> smaller and that a laptop, bigger and that a smart phone, it packages familiar functions into a gadget that has options for both wireless and wi-fi. $500 gets you a base model. $800 the high end version. >> it's a matter of whether

ted loza was charged in october with taking bribe from cab companies. the right. now, federal prosecutors are adding extortion, making false statements and conspiracy charges. prosecutors say he took at least some cash, trips and other gifts in exchange for legislative favors for certain certain cab companies. >>> police have now identified a fourth suspect in tuesday's deadly drive-by shooting in southeast d.c. but that person is still on the run. so far, three people have been arrested and charged including 26-year-old nathaniel sims, 0- year-old orlando carter and a 14-year-old with a criminal past believed to be the getaway driver. police say the suspects pulled occupy day crowd along south capital street southeast and began shooting, killing four people and wounding five others. despite the arrests, the fears of retaliation remain. >> we can't say with certainty whether the situation is over right now. >> police are boss it wasly livinged an ak-47 weapon to the shooting on south capital street. investigators want for know if it was used in the murd