some of stafford's information that he gave us don't pan out. what we're hearing through the rumor mill is that he owed someone some money. we're hearing that he owed the victim some money at one time. stafford and the victim used to be friends, but over the last six months or so, they've slowly separated and went their own way. >> somebody seemed to think i owed them some money. i don't know. i think he was in debt themselves. and to get the bill collectors, so to speak, off of them, i think they just up and said, hey, that guy right there owes me some money. >> stafford said there was two guys that jumped him, which we still haven't proved he got beat up. we'll never know that. at this point, i've got enough information between the witness statements and videos and everything to go ahead and charge mr. stafford with class a-102 battery. that's a violation of our adult disciplinary procedures. we'll put together the case for the prosecutor's office. we'll let them review it and decide whether he wants to present criminal charges. >> the guy tha

actually, i'm fresh off a conversation with councilman stafford.hat must have been a bit one-sided. not a great conversationalist, is he? well, come to think of it, neither are you. (chuckles) till now. all right, come on, what is it? what is it? the suspense is killing me here. for starters, we know you had two of your clients go over and stage a fight at denise baines' house today so you could compromise evidence. it seems, mr. vogel, that she found out the truth about you and lost her life for it. really? well, do tell me, what is this truth exactly? blackmail. because we know you're blackmailing your clients like councilman stafford. my dear, those are some wild, wild allegations. really? listen, i can't speak to the blackmail part of this, but i can speak to the other allegations. that won't be necessary at this time. well, excuse me, i beg to differ there, horatio. miss wade has something that she wants to tell you. i hired clyde novak and another client to stage the fight at denise baines'. i also hired that contract killer to poison her. i

actually, i'm fresh off a conversation with councilman stafford.hat must have been a bit one-sided. not a great conversationalist, is he? well, come to think of it, neither are you. (chuckles) till now. all right, come on, what is it? what is it? the suspense is killing me here. for starters, we know you had two of your clients go over and stage a fight at denise baines' house today so you could compromise evidence. it seems, mr. vogel, that she found out the truth about you and lost her life for it. really? well, do tell me, what is this truth exactly? blackmail. because we know you're blackmailing your clients like councilman stafford. my dear, those are some wild, wild allegations. really? listen, i can't speak to the blackmail part of this, but i can speak to the other allegations. that won't be necessary at this time. well, excuse me, i beg to differ there, horatio. miss wade has something that she wants to tell you. i hired clyde novak and another client to stage the fight at denise baines'. i also hired that contract killer to poison her. i

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to stafford, 2-0 buffalo. saints go in the second. again with the initial save, but thomas slams home the rebound. 3-0 buffalo. michael come on in. and maybe it fired up the caps momentarily. caps still trail 3-1. caps on the power play. the captain turns it over and the sabers captain, jason takes advantage. fires past and gives up two valuable points to the sabers. they lose ugly, 5-1.

stafford maybe about 20 minutes. this will clear charles county in about 45 minutes or so and this will be the last of it over the next one to two hours we'll be done. as far as today skies will become partly sunny over the next few hours. colder air is moving in and we'll be down to the upper 40s by 9:00. back to 52 at noon. breezy this afternoon. not as windy as yesterday. with highs in the mid- to upper 50s. i'll be back in just a few minutes and we'll tell you all about the weekend and the time change and right now monika samtani's in with timesaver traffic. >>> in southern maryland, route 4, route 5, route 305 everything's running well to the beltway but there's an accident. a vehicle into the a pole. i'll have more on that and other area roadways coming up at 4:46. >>> it is time for the first your money segment of this friday morning. >> counting hundreds here's jessica doyle with your money. green yesterday? >> lots of green and lots of places and we like that color. >> we like that. >> stocks of course getti

stafford county, and their insurance company have conducted their own studies to figure out why. all three came to the same conclusions. the land itself failed. >> in my personal opinion, i believe that the land developer who developed the land in the first place and who has ignored us is the one that is responsible. >> that developer is the george realty corporation. they refuse to talk to me and they are refusing to talk to the county. >> we have tried ways to contact the developer. we received a meeting. >> six months later, they still don't know what to do. it's not covered by insurance and a new proposal by the county estimates the repair could cost up to $700,000. almost double what the homes are worth. >> this is a home that we brought our first granddaughter home to. this is the home that had proms and homecoming pictures. this home has so many memories. >> in stafford, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> both the oleary and county says they are not pursuing a lawsuit. they are worried that it could take a lot longer than that. >>> top, you know, we like this spring weather, bu

♪ >>> six months ago, a massive sink hole threatened to swallow up two houses in stafford, virginia.ened during a heavy rainstorm last september. as kristin fisher reports, the rain was not completely to blame. tonight, some say those homes should have never been built there in the first place. >>> we love this home. >> michelle and daniel have been watching their landslide away. they are living in fredericksburg, but they come back once a week to check in on their condemned property. >> there's question whether or not the homes are at jeopardy of falling into the landslide. >> when i first came here, these stairs were still attached to the main home. now, take a look at them. it's amazing what will happen in six months. you can see that they literally been ripped out from their concrete foundation. >> two homes teetering on the brink. their insurance company have each conducted their own studies to figure out why. all three came to the same conclusion. the land itself had failed. in fact, it was never stable enough to support a home. >> in my personal opinion, i believe that the lan

. >> will fema have fully funded the stafford act required recovery efforts in alabama and missouri due to the tornadoes and also in the midwest due to flooding and the northeast due to hurricane irene by the end of fy-13? >> i would say, sir, we'll work towards that. there are some based upon my experience, as soon as we have the projects and are obligated, i think that is the real milestone. the work won't necessarily have done. but we obligated the funds and projects as defined. where we may not make that mark is if we have issues about insurance and having to reconcile that or we get into certain environmental historical reviews which may take time to get projects moving. so we look at the obligation occurring when we saw it off from the state and the sign off from the project work sheets. that may not mean the work is done but that means the funds are obligated. but knowing in some of the more technical and complex, we may not be completely written. because we're still working and, again, we have the appeals process when we disagree. so not knowing what may be appealed our goal is

it is 59 degrees in stafford. a mild start to the debt. highs in the mid 60's around the metro area. 270 south of town in culpeper, stafford. upper 50's to the nook west with scattered clouds. increasing clouds later in the day tomorrow with the chance of an evening sprinkle, 59. >> some drivers could be in for repair bills after getting stuck in high water yesterday. m alexander silvfamily decided to take the back roads after getting off of the highway. but she did get help from the emergency crews. she was not injured, but f emily's car would not start. the washington suburban sanitary commission will work for 9:00 p.m. through 6:00 a.m. overnight to fix a water main break that caused a cynicasinkhole in bladensburg. violence storms in the country. >> 12 people killed and dozens of others injured. in harvey bill kansas, a twister hit and the windows blew out and tornadoes started through suck a child outside. -- harveyville. >> each got all the way over here and hipaa coffee table and the screen caught him. -- hit the coffee table. >> ma

all of this will move through fredericksburg and even stafford in the next hour. 72 on our for board today. 72 at quantico. temperatures across the mid- atlantic very comfortable with early spring weather. there is a change in the wind to the north and west. we will get brushed with chilly air. we cannot say it will be cold. it will be in the 40's in most areas. a cool night ahead. normally you look at a map like this and you think, all of the warm air will move in for the next few days. we are talking low 60's for the next couple of days. here is the way we see it in our futurecast. partly cloudy tomorrow with low 60's. by friday night and other disturbances expected to cross the region bringing showers into the pre-dawn areas of saturday. high pressure moves in and gives us a nice weekend. sunny and breezy in the morning around 50. may 50's at lunchtime. partly cloudy and breezy throughout the afternoon. 40% chance of showers over the weekend. another chance of showers as we had through early next week. >>>> what was the last time we had a great conversation about better dam? they

we urge the passage of amendments to the stafford act that are supported by fema and would remove burdens have states and tribes in times of critical emergencies when lives are on the line. native women are the protectors of our culture, our family and future. we call on the senate to pass the violence against women act reauthorization, both of which would take critical steps to address the horrific rates of violence being perpetrated against our women. the native class act offers a chance to provide the kind of education our young people need to succeed today and build economies indian country needs for tomorrow. our young people must not be left behind anymore. congress -- [ applause ] congress must stand with us now to get these bills passed. the long-term success depends on america keeping her promises. that's why ncai, along with our partners in indian country, are making available to you today our plan for the indian budget. this document outlines our vision for investing in the future of our america and stabilizing the indian budget. it will create reliable, safe domestic energy, i

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. >> reporter: cynthia stafford was taking care of five kids and was in tough financial circumstances when she won $112 million. she is living well but not insanely well. making investments here and there and movies too. >> i have a few films. >> referee: ar one thing she doesn't have is a fight on her hands. like the woman on her left who won a million dollar. and this guy, blue shirt, won $260,000 with the ticket she gave him, which she did in error. if the store clerk was the judge -- >> sometimes i give you a ticket that is your ticket, not my ticket, no more. >> reporter: sometimes, people in lottery pools end up arguing. america lopez had to share his win with his co-workers because they argued the ticket he won with one for the whole group and there is a tough mental road. >> maybe people experience symptoms of anxiety, depression, uncertainty. since this money changed who they are as a person and what they do in their lives. >> reporter: such bads odds, so many up happy stories and so many people buying tickets this week, there is only one to to think of it. >> buying that tic

you'll notice the westerly wind. 55 degrees for the high in the district. 69 and stafford.er-50's of parts of western maryland. cumberland 67 degrees. tonight clear. temperatures are from 40 degrees. increasing clouds and a tens of late days sprinkles. >> a beautiful bride. it keeps the visibility rather poor. we're coming out around brown tail. the good on 66. nothing was complicated on 395 between the beltway in the 14th street bridge. nowhere is to report from springfield virginia. >> all right. thank you. ♪ >> fans are remembering davy jones, at the heart throb to talk to the music charts and the 1960's. >> he was 66 years old. he died of a heart attack. this shows how he gained a legion of fans father's songs that are so popular this day. >> -- of bands of three songs that are still popular this day appeared >> they were pieced together to create tv show. in march into an american phenomenon. they beganbecame america's answer to the beatles. >> they did a great job. they were good. ♪ the only brith in the band, he was the lead singer that top the charts. he passed away

stafford to orange. we've got some reports of viewers saying i be barely see the town across the street. our temperatures lower 60s for the most part. some upper 50s in prince william county. a quick look on our michael & son weather camera. just clouds. the forecast today 74. later on could have a couple of storms. tomorrow after being in the 50s to start, we get to the mid- 70s. we dry out friday also in upper 70s to around 80 before unacceptinged and cooler -- unsented and cooler -- unsettled and cooler weather, highs in the 60s. >>> two things affecting our drive this morning in maryland. good morning, everybody. first of all it's the rain as howard was just talking about as we head south on 270. i'm get to that in a moment. also a funeral procession that began at 5:00 out of baltimore. right now they're heading southbound on 95. you see all the slow traffic coming into laurel. they're heading down to our beltway and over to the outer loop of the beltway heading to the gw parkway and arlington nation

students unless congress steps in before the next school year begins because fixed interest rate on stafford loans is set to double on july 1. that is including from pell grant. legislation stalled. one republican suggests colleges should stream line and reduce costs to make tuition more affordable. >> there is a enthusiasm eroding for the tax plan. there is a support at 52%, down from a 68% high in the last poll. and polling shows strong opposition to the spending cuts that kick in if the budget sales. and this is a each supporting initiatives hitting wealthy harder. >> sigh yip activities trying to solve a mystery looking for mussels in san francisco bay. divers went into the channel to collect those muscles and other sources. and this is because they want to measure levels of ddt. the epa detected more of the pesticide in the bay. >> there is still a source of ddt. we're trying to find where that source is. or from operations in the 60s. >> saying the packing plant, pesticides banned in the united states 40 years ago. >> and it's day two of wael watch 2012. and it appears gray whaelz swim

stafford 69. northwest d.c., 61. a little cooler north west of town. 59 in winchester. 54 degrees in cumberland. temperatures will slowly slide this afternoon. low 70's for the high temperature today south of town. >> this is a sure sign spring is here. the national cherry blossom festival nearing. organizers are celebrating a 100 years. john gonzalez has more details. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. 60-degree weather says spring. the announcement for the arrival of the cherry blossoms. march 24 to march 31 for the people looms, a much bigger festival. organizers are not only planning a longer than usual five-week festival but a centennial celebration. this month in 1912 the first japanese cherry trees were planted along the tidal basin. >> my forecast this year? forepeak blooms, that's when 70% of the blossoms are open, will be between march 24 and marks 31. >> first lady michelle obama is serving as honorary chair of the festival this year. the first planted trees were by first lady helen taft. >> are pleased to

a 16-year-old boy from stafford county has now been arrested.e is facing two charges, breaking into a property and damaging the church. there was a rally today in montgomery county for a mother who was brutally killed by her estranged husband. phillip gilberti killed heather mcguire earlier this month before he shot himself. just a day before the murder gilberti was in police custody but a judge set him free. derrick ward spoke to family members who want state laws changed. >> reporter: phillip gilberti was charged with violating a protective order and had been arrested twice for stalking his estranged wife over the same weekend earlier this month. there were threats and violence in the relationship. from mcguire there was relief when gilberti was arrested. >> she thought he was going to be put away for quite sometime. and she told me that she felt happy sunday. we spent the day together. >> reporter: but it would be the last weekend mother and daughter would spend together. by monday heather lynn mcguire would be dead at the hands of philip gil

mary's, now east of i-95 and even over the stafford how quickly the rains are pulling away. quantico just about done as the rain will be crossing the potomac here in the next 10 minutes or so. lighter showers from waldorf down to la plata. down toward ridge and st. mary's city and over to the lower eastern shore but even shady side and baden you guys will be done with the showers very, very shortly. this morning, weather headlines the showers are pulling away. so they'll be done quickly. breezy and cooler today. highs only in the mid, maybe upper 50s. a chilly saturday. we'll be down in the 20s and 30s tomorrow morning with near 50 that's it for the high on saturday. and then that time change saturday night as we spring forward. set the clocks ahead one hour. looking at temps this morning, they're down in the mid 40s now. gaithersburg and bladensville at 44. we've got 45 for lovettsville and leesburg. centreville's 49 along with springfield and still 50-degree readings from alexandria, baden and fort belvoir. outside on the michael & son weather camera, clear skies -- cleari

this is dream come true stuff, like sipt ya stafford.e ig care of five kids and won 112 million in 2007. five years later, she's still wealthy on the winnings, living well, not insanely well. big house, not a huge house. making investments and movies, too. >> i have a few films. i did parlay some of my money into a production company. >> buying the ticket is buying a ticket of hope. >> reporter: that's just it. that's not rational at all. that's magic, backed up by the fact that somebody in the end does gett

closer to us, we've had temperatures in the low to mid-50s in charles and prince williams, stafford and spotsylvania as well as fairfax, montgomery, prince george's county. all around the region, low and mid-50s, including the mountains. only a few locations there down in the 40s. we do have a few of these high clouds coming in over the moon, over the shenandoah valley, and into the mountains. we'll have them coming over us off and on through the day. here's your day planner for this thursday. we'll have our temperatures soaring to the 60s by noon and clouding up this afternoon. a blustery wind sweeping in out of the southwest, getting us into the low 70s by mid afternoon. a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella has a look at the traffic, good morning. >> good morning. it's looking great. travel speeds around our area, not seeing any areas. right now we'll take a check at route 50. we're clear right now. i'll give you a live look at 301. traveling eastbound and web westbound, very light. only taking eight minutes making your way from 301 connecting to the beltway. if you'r

. >>> this morning police in stafford county are looking for vandals who spray painted racial slurs onsm happened at bethel primitive baptist church on chapel green road between 8:00 p.m. saturday and 8:00 a.m. on sunday. spray paint covered a back wall of the church. the pastor says he discovered the offensive words when he arrived to prepare for sunday's services. anybody who might have seen anything suspicious in that area is asked to call the stafford county sheriff's office. >>> now 6:27. 32 degrees. the republican presidential candidate who can vote today but says he won't. >>> and the new allegations this morning about the actions of marines at a base here in d.c. >>> it's just 32 degrees. >>> 6:30. voting is underway for super tuesday. polls are already open in virginia, and they'll soon be open in ten states. we'll break down the field and the more than 400 delegates at stake today. plus, why one of the candidates who can vote today says he won't. >>> good morning, everyone, welcome to "news4 today." i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist in for joe krebs. it is tuesday, march 6

stafford, this is just southeast of you. these showers go back down towards responsibility vain ya and frederickburgs. but this right here fort of goby producing lightning and thunder. north frederick down to 52. we got down to 59. mid-50s in easton and cambridge. at noon well, we're looking at only 64 degrees. that's a 5-degree spread from this morning. 63 in culpeper. it's 64 in easton. annapolis and baltimore are up to 65. the warm spot right now out in luray at 68. looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, still overcast in washington. the temperature of 64. winds still calm. they've been very light all morning. that dew point in the upper 50s. there's a lot of moisture available in the atmosphere. so any rain we get could be locally heavy. downpours. we've had them the last couple of days. nothing like what they're seeing here in louisiana and mississippi. upper level storms spinning over texas. this thing is bringing in all this moisture off the gulf of mexico pouring inches and inches of rain down there. so

the pace is pretty -- out of stafford. the pace is pretty decent.n to 395 to the 14th street bridge. no incidents to report right now if you are making that drive out of springfield on to 395 or for that matter the beltway oxon hill, the alexandria, inner loop heading for tyson's that's still a good race running at speed. travel right now on the beltway north and west of town west of college park on the outer loop, yeah all the road work is out of the way and the pace is just building volume. lanes open 95 and vw parkway. your next check of timesaver traffic is 5:38. back to you. >>> in campaign 2012, today republican presidential hopeful ron paul is making a stop in college park, maryland ahead of next tuesday's primary. >> newt gingrich is scheduled to be in georgetown after some campaign stops in the free state. however the former house speaker has laid off about a third of his campaign staff including his campaign manager. mitt romney stopped in maryland last week, rick santorum has not stopped in maryland recently. >>> and locally the fight for

. >> hope your first flight in addition, des moines, stafford connecticut.ernadette said we have a few friends, you know who you are. maybe there's something positive to four square after all. >> yes, turned out to be a beautiful afternoon. >>> work weather carried over today. we'll get to that in a moment. i want to start with the satellite radar. the rain last night into the morning. notice the clouds from the southeast. they start to clear but then they start spreading inland again. that's because the front that moves through is out and then moving back to the north once again. the winds turn northwest that will eventually bringing in cold air. it's still 49 degrees outside. at this hour, 52 in d.c. and a high of 62 with the average of 49. we're going to be above it again before we go below it in the beginning part of the week. when we open it up, we'll eventually come into play but what's down here will come tomorrow because of this front. this is in the south. this is throwing everything back off to the north. mainly for us, it will be southern maryland

got a viewer down in stafford saying i thought you said conversational. i said we're talking about it, aren't we? i got reports spotsylvania saying eight inches of fluff on the deck. just powdery snow. stanton 4 and a half to 6. look at this one in bash bettersville in orange -- barbersville in orange county, 10 inches of snow. the elevation was just right. a heavy band of snow persisted. this is such a small area that got it. >> this is the stuff you can take your proof-- >> no, this is kind after wet snow with temperatures which have been hovering in the low to mid-30s it's clinging to a lot of stuff. we're looking at snow now in southern maryland. got a picture i want to share with you. this is outside of spotsylvania -- outside of fredricksburg, excuse me, just a couple of hours ago. a real pretty snow. clinging to everything. here's a look at our day planner. we're pretty much done. we may have a couple of flurries or sprinkles lingering if we get warm enough as temperatures will hover around 40, maybe the low 40s. winds will be a factor out of the n

we have a quarter mile in stafford, half mile culpeper, warrenton. manassas.ndrews a quarter mile. zero if annapolis. this is headed into central prince george's county. bowie just got a report not so bad yet but in prince frederick we're a quarter of a mile. pax river, you get the idea. it's bad down to the south right now with the fog. had the showers down there yesterday. midday in the afternoon. tonight doesn't appear to be that much going on. we have partly cloudy skies upstairs but the low clouds downstairs. our temperatures still very, very mild. some of the lows we've been having have been setting records for low temperatures. this morning here in the low 60s to 61 here in d.c. >>> south and east of town those corridors that you want to be most careful driving in this morning. the north side of town you're okay from college park to bethesda. let's take a look at the camera we promised to show you. this is coming in from annapolis annapolis. here's what it looks like if you're planning to come in from the west side. no problems on 66. a bit of construct

is just down to the south talking about areas just down around the fredericksburg area in through stafford county around the spotsylvania county. also seeing some fairly heavy showers. most of these are moderate to heavy. nothing too strong though and then back toward culpepper county green and orange county. rather madison and orange county. all seeing some very heavy rain right now so we'll continue to watch that rain as it makes its way to our south. it would stay in our southern counties. the counties that are going to be affected are rockingham, green, madison, page, orange, spotsylvania county, including the culpepper area, too. watch out if you're down south of fredericksburg even along the i-95 cord ooh if you are driving so order along i-95 this evening. you will also be running into some rain there too so just watch out. give yourself a little extra time that way but from washington up to the north and even out to the west and to the east, the rest of us seeing a very nice evening. it is going to be quite pleasant on this wednesday evening. probably one of the best evenings we've

one student wrote congrats to spotsylvania and stafford county for getting everyone in school before the snow started. another wrote 4 to 6 inches. why you not let us out? the reason was with 500 vdot trucks deployed, the roads were clear. the spotsylvania county schools canceled all afternoon activities today, but the schedule should be back to normal by tomorrow. in spotsylvania i'm kristin fisher, 9 news now. >>> some areas hit hard by tornadoes last week are now dealing with snow. a blanket of wet snow is covering the indiana town of henryville. a tornado friday devastated that town. indiana officials say the snow will slow the clean-up effort because it's making things slippery and concealing some potential hazards. >>> parts of kentucky are also getting snow. the national weather service issued a winter weather advisory for much of the state. >>> in north carolina three children from the same family were sucked from their home by a tornado but survived with relatively minor injuries. their mother latonya stevens says she has no recollection of the tornado. she remembers being o

. >> mike: a bigup set in the big game at stafford, at what cost for cal.nd the a's get cespedes in camp and strucks up an instant friendship with manny ramirez. we'll tack to hum and h@ >> vladimir putin has claimed victory in russia's presidential election. he made a claim at a rally of tens of thousands of supporters, tallying 58% of the vote according to state television exit polls. opposition and independent observers say the election was marred by widespread violation. >> just a day and a half until super tuesday, when ten states vote in republican presidential primary. the race's front runner, mott mitt romney, told a georgia audience he will reverse policies. >> i'll keep america strong, i will link arms with our allies and promote our values around the world. >> the second place becomes to rick santorum, who spoke at a tennessee barbecue restaurant today. newt gingrich was in ohio yesterday but chose today to appear on tv network talk shows. >> if we don't have somebody who can win the debates in october, we're going to have a very hard time winnin

. >> five years ago, cynthia stafford was struggling to support five kids and make ends meet.he won $112 million. >> we all have dreams, and they do come true. you just got to believe in them and allow them to happen. >> but of course, this dream comes with odds of 176 million to 1. as for cynthia, she runs her own company and her own charitable foundation, and oh, she, too, has a ticket for tonight's drawing. kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> if you're playing, good luck. that's our broadcast for this friday night. thank you for being with us. i'm lester holt in tonight for brian. i'll see you later this evening for "dateline" and tomorrow morning on "today." for all of us at nbc news, good night. >>> good evening. thank you very much for joining us. i'm garvin thomas. >> we begin tonight with the search for sierra lamar. a disturbing discovery. crews found bones but confirmed this afternoon they were animal s.

. >> stafford county teenager is under arrest tonight charged with vandalizing the church.6-year-old is accused of spray painting a racial slur on the back wall of the bethlehem primitive baptist church on chapel green road in stafford county. earlier this month he is charged with illegally entering a property and damaging a church. >>> academy award winning actor gary sinise was injured this morning in a car crash along the george washington parkway. park police tell us it happened around 9:00 near the memorial bridge. three cars were involved and sinise was in the middle car. he was reportedly in town to visit service members and their families. the actor was taken to the hospital with minor injuries as a precaution. no one else was injured. the case of the crash is still under investigation. >>> it is a go-to road for getting around in fairfax county but the 32 miles of the fairfax county parkway can be a bumpy ride. now a big stretch of it is going to get a lot smoother because of a repaving project that is scheduled to get under way soon. julie carey has more. >> repor

to stafford, 2-0 buffalo. saints go in the second.gain with the initial save, but thomas slams home the rebound. 3-0 buffalo. michael come on in. and maybe it fired up the caps momentarily. caps still trail 3-1. caps on the power play. the captain turns it over and the sabers captain, jason takes advantage. fires past and gives up two valuable points to the sabers. they lose ugly, 5-1. >> yeah, it's been very, very frustrating. i have never been part of a season that has been like this, where you start to get really excited about something and you have not just the loss, but a pretty bad loss. >> but you have to come out the next night and play well again. so it's always hard. you won't sleep as good tonight, but tomorrow morning, we'll get back to work. >> caps play thursday at boston. to college hoops now. the maryland terrapins, one win away from heading to the final four in denver. all they had to do was beat the number one seed, notre dame. first half, terps looked okay. thomas was a steal. terps were hanging in there, tied up at

i see the distinguished senator stafford here nodding no. but perhaps the people of ohio would be glad to make a judgment on what they want to see me attired in here in the united states senate. so, mr. president, these are just a few of our concerns here in the senate that i'm sure that none of us will do a thing differently in the senate of the united states, now that we're on television. thank you. >> c p span, created by america cable companies as a public service. >> next a panel of u.s. ambassadors from countries including libya, egypt and tunisia, speak about the economic and political prospects in those countries and others. the national u.s., arab chamber of commerce hosted the eventis month. >> thank you, ambassador, for that. very interesting. we're now our first panel. we're all in full attendance. i think perhaps should we start down at the end with ambassador gray. if you could all just give us five minutes of introduction and then we'll start with our q and a. >> great. thank you. thanks to all of you for coming this afternoon

you folks in stafford, spotsylvania, be on the lookout. some late night rumbles of thunder. what about tomorrow and the rest of the week? that's coming up, chris. >>> thank you, chuck. there is still no word on what sparked the deadliest fire in more than 60 years in west virginia's capital city. it happened early this morning killing eight people including six small children. neighbors say that the victims gathered at this house for a birthday party last night. alicia had just turned 26. >> when you start thinking about young children and this is as bad as it gets. >> one survived the fire but remains on life support. charleston fire department found a smoke detector in the house but it was not working. now to decision 2012. another state goes to rick santorum. he easily won the louisiana primary over mitt romney. santorum was not in louisiana to celebrate, however. he was in wisconsin today. mitt romney took the weekend off the campaign trail. he still has a sizable lead in the delegate count. early voting is open. you can cast your ballots ahead of the april 3rd primaries

, and i see the distinguished senator stafford over here nodding no, but perhaps the people of ohio would be glad to make a judgment on what they want to see me attired in here in the united states senate. mr. president, these are just a few of our concerns in the senate. we will not do a thing differently now that we're on the television. >> c-span, providing current affairs and politics as a public service. >> mick clegg stood in for the prime minister as the prime minister is currently out of the country on official business. the discuss taxation, and the ongoing allegations of criminality in rupert murdoch's newspapers. this is about 30 minutes. >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> the prime minister, liz kendall. >> mr. speaker, my right hon. friend, is visiting the united states. my deepest condolences for the men who died last tuesday. private anton frenton, priva >> to like to give our condolences to the families of those that were killed this past tuesday. these are men of outstanding courage and selflessness. they will be remembered by our nation. they remind us of the risks

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the stafford loan which helps low and middle income students currently has an interest rate of 3.4%. but it's scheduled to jump to 6.8% in july. >>> some berkshire hathaway investors do not want to wait to she who will replace warren buffett. a group of shareholders from the afl-cio is -- a vote to require a written succession plan. much of the success is attributed to the 81-year-old buffett. last month, buffett announced the board had chosen a successor but buffett says he has no plans to retire. >>> and a new jersey man will have to share nearly $40 million in lottery winnings with his co-workers. america -- he claims he purchased the winning ticket on his own and not part of a lottery pool with his colleagues. but a jury disagreed. lopes five co-workers will be awarded somewhere between 2 and $4 million apiece. betty, can you say hostile work environment? >>> you share with me, wouldn't you? >> of course, i would. i would be scared not to. >> that's true. keep that in mind. go play lottery. >> you know where i live. >> ashley morrison here in new york. thank you. >>> coming up on

you can see the line of clouds advancing to the east around howard county toward stafford county, showers to the west. petersburg. i anticipate this to make its way into the area by around 7:00. fauquier county, loudoun county, advancing to the east. d.c., probably showers hitting our area about 9:00 this morning. here's a look at your day planner forecast. hitting 66 to 74 and 75 from noon until 5:00. let's get a look at traffic with danella. >>> good morning. in f you're taking the trip along i-270 not seeing problems. we'll look at travel speeds. in the region, not seeing any accidents. good morning. 71 miles per hour southbound making your way in germantown. no issues in rockville. in fact, 67 miles per hour. connecting to the split, you are incident free. and on the beltway, you can see no issues here. a live look now. taking the inner loop or outer loop, clear. inner loop speeds for you now 58 miles per hour. only taking about ten minutes to get from i-270 to i-95. now back to you both. >> thank you. >>> when we come back back. a developing story in new york. police are investigatin

there's lingering rain, the moving green in southern maryland, charles county, and across the potomac, stafford into spotsylvania, northern neck, st. mary's, calvert, the eastern shore. it's going to be ending the next couple of hours. look how chilly it's getting farther to the west and north. the area in the dark blue in the 30s. near freezing near oakland and western maryland. while reagan national's at 51, the suburbs in fairfax and montgomery counties into the 40s. prince george's county near 50. sunrise at 6:28. here's the day planner. we'll have increasing sunshine. a blustery wind. will be up near 60 by noontime, then chillier by sunset. we'll be down to near 50 and then near 40 by midnight tonight. here's the evening planner. and we'll have a clear sky. the winds will diminish tonight. cold start to saturday. we'll look at the weekend in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> good morning. still checking the roads, checking camera speeds, as well. we look really good in the area. not seeing any volume. no accidents to report at this time. taking bw parkway, really good making your wa

cynthia stafford dismisses the math and she's the last laugh. >> don't say i'm going to buy a ticket,r money away. >> keep visualizing $640 million. it can't hurt. one of the economists we spoke to says because the jackpot is so large now, he expects there might be as many as three or four winners and hes right now there's a 5% chance, he calculates that there will be no winner drawn tonight. >> 5% where you are, mary. big line over there, or is it relatively easy to go buy a ticket? >> people are getting out of work, so the line is starting to form, but there are so many convenience stores in manhattan that are selling these tickets and we haven't seen long lines that we have seen in other parts of the country. >> mary, thanks very much. >> even with a $640 million payout, there will be lots of cash left over for 42 states that take part in the mega millions game. where does all of that money go. let's bring in our owni ieerin burnett. >> about half of the ticket money actually goes to the winner, 50 cents of every dollar goes to the eventual winner of the lottery and 35% of it -- 35