i'm megan smith. i'm here representing catholics for choice.o we're going to have a great list of speaks for you from local catholic universities as well as other local noncatholic universities. we were delighted in august of 2011 when the institute of medicine recommends a full package of women's health care services to be covered without co-pays under the affordable care act. this represented a step forward for millions of women and their families, both catholics and noncatholics. similarly, we were very excited when the department of health and human services [ no audio ] backlash and opposition, conservative catholics and conservative politicians the usual suspects who oppose any ruling that included contraception. we did not expect, however, the backlash from so-called liberal pundits to do the same. all of this is especially concerning to us. however, in light of the fact that the regulations on birth control coverage already excludes church employees, janitors, house keepers, cooks, men and some school teachers from this important covera

charley and megan over to you>>> outhave having an event focusing on them part of an event hosted by major leaguer dairld smith. >> so abc2 news education reporter sherrie johnson has more on how he is doing this and the details about the benefit concert. >> reporter: we are here at the gordon center for performing arts in owings mills where it's going to be alive with music and song. you can hear a little music in the background. we are here to talk about the dreams of tomorrow event. darryl smith is the organizer of this convenient and he is a retired professional baseball player and joining us this morning to talk about it. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: tell me a little about the event you have coming up on sunday. >> yes, it's called dreams of tomorrow and it's showcasing our youth and their artwork and the dreams of the kids that are trying to focus on a achievement at tomorrow. and so the adults are teaching the kids and the young adults are teaching the kids that are coming up. so we want to make it nice for the kids and have them keep dreaming because dreams do exist. >> reporter: all rig

megan. >> we now know more about the woman killed in a high-speed crash that ended in a fast food restaurant in landover. investigators estimate the 29-year-old helena smithf 100 miles per hour before she lost control and crashed her vehicle in front of the kfc restaurant. she died on the scene. we searched online court records and found smith was ticketed last month for driving 91 in a 55-mile-an-hour speed zone. she was ticketed for driving with a suspended license and driving with an expired registration. fairfax county officials are investigating abuse allegations at the reston zoo. the allegations focus on the death of a wallabee which looks like a kangaroo. the zoo's director claims she euthanized the sick animal with an iv injection of a drug and investigators claim the zoo doesn't legally have permits or training to administer that drug. >> they have to have a vet on staff. if they don't, documented the euthanasia, it wasn't done. >> no charges have been filed at this point. news4 tried to contact the zoo director. those attempts have been unsuccessful. >> we are going to check again on our weather now with springlike temperatures coming. tom kier