we're here in ward 4. a few minutes ago, ward 4 council member muriel bowser showed up to talk to supporters. this is video we shot in ward 7 and 8, a little earlier this evening. five council races are up for grabs, as you said, ward 2, 4, 7, and 8 and that at-large seat in ward 2. jack evans is running unopposed and ward 7, yvette alexander trying to hold on to her seat. marion barry the same in ward 8 and muriel bowser. the big race, though, everyone seems to be talking about tonight and that it could be close. vincent orange wants to keep the seat and has some serious competition from bi it tle and peter shapiro. and we should, brian, hear from elect officials that we might be starting to hear results around 9:00 to 10:00. in fact, we're going to head down to the supervisors of elects office downtown. we're told that the polls will close at 8:00 and then if you're in line at that time, they're going to let you vote and then everything is done and they going to bring everything downtown. we should have

crews began the spraying in wards 1, 2, and 6. other parts of the city will be treated over the next few nights. there are about 900 gingko trees across the district. their leaves have been used as medicine for thousands of years. >> well, now we know what they look like. i don't think i've smelled those stinky gingko trees. >> consider yourself blessed. >> i do. >> okay. >>> nice night to be out sniffing the trees or whatever else you could come across? >> or nice night to be out stopping the smell from affecting millions. let's take a look and show you how things are. >> you take a look. let's move on. >> a pretty nice night to do whatever it is you're doing out there right now. clear skies across the area. temperatures are starting to fall, and they will continue to do so. right on through tomorrow morning. and some of you will wake up to some cold numbers. high temperature today got up to 63 degrees earlier i thought it was around 61. but the average high 63. that's the average high for this time of year. today is the day that

the team says ward will talk about the online uproar sometime after practice is over.ta. >> matt, thank you. >>> many of you have been sounding off about this story all day long. you can still join the conversation at our wusa9 facebook page. >>> what is going on in dc's petworth neighborhood. three people attacked on the streets all bashed in the head, all in the span of 26 hours and all within a few blocks of one another. a tourist killed, another man in critical condition and a woman badly beaten. the chief of police is warning people in petworth don't go out alone. >> all three of the victims did suffer pretty significant blunt force trauma to the head. and preliminarily, it appears that the victims may have been attacked suddenly and without prove vation. >> police can't -- prove indication. >> police can't say for sure it's the work of one person, but it's a pretty good guess right now. there are reports the attacker is beating his victims with a hammer, but the chief says she cannot confirm that. the department also isn't saying something about a federal bulleti

ward would look like in 30 years. his newest friend was, he was instantly confident, the father of one of his mortal enemies sent to tail him and reel out information. norfleet cursed his own egotism for never considering that the swippedlers just might be as devious and obstinate a he. garst woke and drew out an elaborate luncheon of many tempting morsels. as if compensating for his previous susceptibility, norfleet turned down everything, the sandwiches with their curly lettuce, the stuffed olives, the cream-filled cakes, t fruits. his paranoia was strengthened when garst refused to eat his own food and choosing only for himself two hard-boiled eggs. it would be difficult to poison two unbroken shells, and this small act told him all he needed to know about mr. perry garst. he resolved to double his caution. and then in practically the very instant, norfleet broke his own resolution. he simply could not be held back, and he soon found himself in delightful conversation with a woman from georgia. when he learned that

rifled ahead and ward has it. ward shoveled one that is jabbed away by tim thomas to the corner. skidded around behind where it can be played on by zanon. hunted down by ward. kept alive by alzner. off the back of the cage and again with it is corvo. in front. a save by thomas and a big scramble there. along it comes and alzner trying to brush it along. thomas back to his feet in the cage. floated to the shelf in the corner. squibs on for zanon. back up the boards. read by mathieu perreault. dealt it back to ward. slammed one on thomas and the outside of the cage. to the back again, carlson, good keep for washington. thomas scurries out to play that one. back to carlson. shoulder there had by rolston. played in traffic off rolston. jammed on now and can be held and then lifted on back. alzner's shot grabbed and held by thomas. and play has stopped. 6:42 to go. >> pierre: ward and perreault couldn't get to the front of the net. great aggressive fore-check. aucoin getting a quality chance against thomas, a loose puck and they just couldn't corral it. karl alzner puts it on goal. yo

next period thomas makes the save but joel ward is there to backhand the rebound.s win 2-1 in overtime to win the series in seven games. dale hunter the only person in nhl history to score a game 7 overtime goal. he did it in '88 against the flyers, and win a game 7 overtime as a coach. he did that rough lin hour ago. next up for the caps, the range -- roughly an hour ago. next up for the caps, rangers, penguins or flyers. >>> next up tomorrow the draft. rb3 put baylor football on the map and won the heisman trophy and she noted his stock with the great performance -- cemented his stock with the great performances at the combine and the pro day. he appeared on fox and friends today and found some new wide receivers. today mike shanahan was asked if he plans to play his top pick right away. >> you want to make sure he's ready to play, so you got to go through the process. you don't want to throw a guy in right away until he feels comfortable and there's a growing process, doesn't happen right away. obviously when you give up a couple first and second, you want that

rifled ahead and ward has it. ward shoveled one that is jabbed away by tim thomas to the corner. skidded around behind where it can be played on by zanon. hunted down by ward. kept alive by alzner. off the back of the cage and again with it is corvo. in front. a save by thomas and a big scramble there. along it comes and alzner trying to brush it along. thomas back to his feet in the cage. floated to the shelf in the corner. squibs on for zanon. back up the boards. read by mathieu perreault. dealt it back to ward. slammed one on thomas and the outside of the cage. to the back again, carlson, good keep for washington. thomas scurries out to play that one. back to carlson. shoulder there had by rolston. played in traffic off rolston. jammed on now and can be held and then lifted on back. alzner's shot grabbed and held by thomas. and play has stopped. 6:42 to go. >> pierre: ward and perreault couldn't get to the front of the net. great aggressive fore-check. aucoin getting a quality chance against thomas, a loose puck and they just couldn't corral it. karl alzner puts it on goal. yo

saying more business owners need to hire locally and need to get involved in ward 8 as a community. >> no, i said asians. i wasn't being derogatory. i was stating a fact of who is there. anybody who comes to ward 8 we're going to try to attract as many businesses as we can, as many restaurants as we can, as many sources as we can. they have to be part of the community. they can't come in here, take our money, take it to virginia somewhere, don't support little league, don't support nothing. and that's what i'm talking about doing is making our community a better place to live. >> reporter: but late thursday barry tweeted a clear apology. i'm very sorry for offending the asian american community although taken out of context by many about the conditions of some ward 8 carryouts. jamie is an asian american advocate for minority business owners nationwide and said barry shouldn't single out asians. >> for him to pit one group against the other was -- i was completely dumb founded by the remarks. he shouldn't have targeted one group. to say you want to clean up the businesses in ward 8

he spent last night at a meeting discussing the 2013 bridge for ward 8. he called the timing disrespectful and says nothing would have been left if mayor gray rescheduled the meeting. gray fired back. >> i think it is disrespectful

apology, the controversy continues over councilman marion barry's remarks about asian merchants in wardin explaining his remarks yesterday, barry said he has serious questions about the health and cleanliness of some asian-owned food stores in his ward. tonight the d.c. department of health is weighing in and fox 5's tom fitzgerald has the story. >> my history is complete and an excellent history with the >> reporter: in explaining his remarks about asian businesses in ward 8 councilman marion barry said while he's apologizing to anyone offended he has long had health concerns about some asian food stores in ward 8. >> we are not going to have business people who come in ward 8 with poor service and dirty facilities taking money out of our community, not contributing to our community at all. that's going to change. >> reporter: this is a store that the councilman himself says is an example of how a food store should be run. martin's food town on martin luther king boulevard in southeast where barry himself shops, but the 1 part about his remarks that councilman barry is not backing down

the department of health receive good complaint from councilman barry about the establishments in ward 8? >> not that i'm aware of. no. >> reporter: robert settler is a manager for the district of columbia's department of health and in charge of food hygiene inspection throughout washington, d.c. >> we're concerned about whether people are getting sick from the food they eating, and we just don't see the evident to support what is being said. >> i while mayor gray and the congresswoman has rebuked his remarks, he has gotten groups -- support from the groups like pan-asian american consumers. >> marion barry is not a person with a mean heart. i know him, knew him many years ago and think he's a big person. politics makes people do and say strange things. >> reporter: for its part, the department of health is hoping from now on that anyone who has a complaint about a food store will call them to report it. and we should tell you that we contacted councilman marion barry's spokesperson and asked him to provide us examples when the couple men or his office requested the health investigatio

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joel ward. >> reporter: it was one of the finest moments in recent washington capitals history. joel ward backhanding a game seven goal to knock off the defending stanley cup champions the boston bruins in boston no less. >> joel ward, right place, right time. >> reporter: but from that fine moment emerged a stream of postings on several online boston fan forums marked by vulgar racial slurs directed at ward, the capitals veteran forward. >> it's -- it's just ugly. >> reporter: "washington post" columnist mike wise was in boston for last night's game. he says even when you consider the city of boston's historically mixed record on race relations, the online venom directed at ward is hard to believe. >> it's sad, disheartening on many levels. you wonder who would do this stuff. >> reporter: the 31-year-old ward is by all accounts well liked by teammates and well respected by opponents. a few months ago he told 9news sports anchor dave off went that as a black man in a predominantly white man's game, he has some experience unfortunately with racism. >> it's tough at times. kids ca

we have to talk about joel ward. he was beast. tonight he came through big for the caps. is this what the capitals went and got him for? >> kristen, when he signed all we heard about what he done playoffs for nashville. not a bad time for him to come through, putting in the game win tore win the series for the caps bye thought that fourth line overall just played great. keith aucoin was good, mike knuble. how did they went? by a dirty goal. that's key to get those dirty goals. and joel ward put in a rebound thanks to mike knuble. >> from what we've seen we know they can go toe to toe with the champs. how big of a win is this for the caps and their confidence moving forward? >> well, this is the first time since 1990 and '91 that the caps have won playoff series in back to back years. that's how big it is for the franchise overall. for this team, they just won a series where they knocked off the defending stanley cup champs, and each game was decided by one goal. they did it by playing defense something, we never thought this capitals team would do but they had great goal

he is ahead in every ward except for 4, 5, 7 and 8. those wards that are down kind of in this area down across into the anacostia down in these areas. this is a rematch for these two. and orange beat bittle badly in northeast and in anacostia last year. the pun is expected that he would win the neighborhoods this time, and he is winning. but i'll tell you what, in some northwest wards actually, the margin for biddle is way, way apart. he is ahead by two and in some cases by three times more votes than for orange. at last check, again, district wide, they were separated by about two and a half points. those questions about orange's campaign funding, the money orders, the cashier's checks, all of that may well have had an impact on him. anita. >> all right, bruce. thanks for taking a look at it for us. >>> and if you would like to look at more election results yourself, go to wusa9.com. it is right there on the top of our home page. >>> we're going to take a look at other news tonight. a man linked to rapes up and down the east coast has

al ward, who is the retired police officer, has a gun. he takes out the gun. >> there was a struggle, then gunfire. >> i heard all these shots, boom, boom, boom. >> 59-year-old albert ward was killed, shot once in the head. >> immediately upon albert ward dropping to the floor, the two individuals take off. >> the robbers weren't the only ones who fled. >> before i got a chance to even think anything, i jumped up and ran. >> lorenzo woodford and another eyewitness, woodford's heroin dealer, took off. that drug dealer, a man named augustus brown, would turn out to be critical to the case. in the meantime, a retired cop was down. the nypd responded swiftly and with force. >> there's captains, lieutenant, police presence. >> the eyewitnesses, the once who didn't run, gave detectives similar descriptions of the shooter and his accomplice. >> the gun man was a light-skinned black male with braids and the other was a dark-skinned male black. >> at the precinct eyewitnesses were shown hundreds of mug shots. none recognized the shooter, but one d

off with merchants from ethiopia in the hours after securing another victor for city councilman in ward 8, marion barry told supporters this. we have to do something about the asians coming in and opening up businesses and dirty shops. they ought to go. i'm going to say that now. we need african-american business people to take their places, too. a comment the former mayor and civil rights worker attempted to clarify during an interview with reporters. >> in ward 8, we're not going have business people who come to ward 8 full of service and dirty facilities, taking mean out of our community. and not contributing to our community at all. that is going to change. >> reporter: he's not going to allow the merchants to exploit the people of ward 8 and offered an example of what he wants to see. >> and i new breed, ethiopians. they're better and better connected. if you go to the store on miller and martin luther king, you find the honor there and -- >> reporter: he denies his comments are racist and has a good relationship with the asian community. others don't see that that way. vinnent gra

marion berry is doing the same in ward 8 and bowser in ward 4. the big race that everyone is talking about is the at large race. vincent orange wants to keep the seat but has serious competition from bittle who has been on the council for a short period of time and peter shapiro, who served as a council member in prince georges county. earlier, we spoke to a few folks about what they want to see with this election. >> a lot of people need jobs to stay out of trouble, especially in this neighborhood. >> we need to bring in some new people and see what they can do with the city. >> reporter: if you live in the district, you have plenty of time. the polls don't close until 8:00 tonight. if you're in line at 8:00, they'll let you go ahead and go through and vote. we should be hearing results between 9 and 10:00, and we're going to post those results on www.myfoxdc.com, as well as matt ackland on twitter. we'll try to get those out as soon as possible. we'll have a complete update at 10 tonight. >> all right, nearly three hours left to vote in the dis

he had criticized asian owned businesses in ward 8 calling them, quote, dirty shops. news 4's tom sherwood has the latest developments. tom? >> doreen, barry apologized today and he tried to clarify what he meant. marion barry's comment about unwelcomed asian shops that are, quote, dirty, unquote, came tuesday night. >> we have to do something about these asians coming in, opening up businesses, these dirty shops and they ought to go. i'll just tell you that right now, you know, but we need african-american business people to be able to take their places too. >> reporter: in an interview thursday barry insisted he wants all businesses to clean up in the city's poorest ward saying more business owners need to hire locally and get involved in ward 8 as a community. >> i said asians. i wasn't being derogatory because i was stating the fact of who is there. anybody who comes to ward 8 we're going to try to attract as many businesses as we can, as many restaurants as we can, as many sources as we can. they have to be part of the community. they can't come in here, take out

>> the residents of ward 7 will have the final word. >> reporter: ward 8, jacque patterson and others are trying to unseat the biggest name in d.c. politics. >> i'm voting tomorrow for marion barry. >> they love council member barry, but it's time for a change. they look at the economics and unemployment rate. >> i really love people. i like what i'm doing. i care about the underdog. >> reporter: by phone from the wilson building today marion barry predicted a win tomorrow adding it's just a question of by how much. bruce johnson, 9 news now. >> we are also hearing tonight of a potential problem for natalie williams' campaign. she's challenging marion barry in the ward 8 city council race and wtop reports that williams is being sued by the parents of a young girl who claims that that girl was sexually assaulted while working for williams' modeling business. our calls to williams' campaign have yet to be returned tonight. we should note williams is a former employee here at wusa9. you can learn more about all of our local races at www.wusa9.comful that's where we've got a voter guide f

afterwards some of those fans tweeting racist remarks about ward who is black. ward was at practice today and taking the high road. >> i don't let it bother me at all. it's a few people that just made a couple terrible comments and what can you do? i know what i signed up for. i'm a black guy playing predominantly a white sport and it's just going to come with the territory. >> reporter: big news out of nats town. bryce harper will join the team saturday against the dodgers. the former no. 1 pick not even 20 years old but injuries to mike morse and ryan zimmerman precipitating the move. stephen strasburg pitching that day, too. time now to announce winner of the high school game of the week, damascus at sherwood softball, two undefeated teams, highlights tonight at 11:00. >>> before i send it back to you in the studio ryan zimmerman on the disabled list, more about that tonight. a huge sports day and sport week. we'll talk about it tonight at 11:00. >> we are a big time new sports town after this week. we turned the corner. that is it for us. the cbs evening new

crews sprayed ward 1, 2, and 6. they will treat other wards tonight and every night until all the trees have been sprayed. there are about 900 ginko trees across the district. >> 5:07. 46 degrees. >>> ahead, maryland's governor make a play for one of d.c. sports teams. >>> and a check of the holiday weekend forecast. >>> welcome back at 5:10. 46 degrees. chilly again. yesterday ended up being a nice day. i'm hoping that maybe by the end of the day we'll have a warmup. >> all right then. let's see what tom has to say. i didn't go outside at all yesterday. i don't know. >> at all? you missed out. >> tom, should we go out today? >> dream on with that warmup. not much of a warmup today. a cold wind out of the north overnight, still blustery. and temperatures are down to the 30s to near 40 degrees. western and northern suburbs and into western maryland and west virginia and the shenandoah valley. closer to washington, just low to mid 40s. montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties, probably have freezing te

although council member barry apologized for his comments in ward 8 tonight some of his constituents are standing behind them. >> he don't lie. he told the truth of >> reporter: isaac livingston, a native washingtonian, said his frustration is not with the many take-out restaurants owned by asians. instead he says the owners never hire people from the neighborhood. >> you can go to every one of these stores. there's none of us working here. if you want to do something for the community, give us some jobs, you know. >> reporter: at his office thursday barry seemed to dig a deeper hole by suggesting ethiopian owners would be better in ward 8. >> a new breed of persons who are coming are ethiopians and africans which are black and they've got much better connected. if you go to the middle of the store on martin luther king, you find the owner there biffing out turkeys of. >> reporter: mayor gray wasn't happy at all with barry's words and said there was no place for those comments in d.c.'s diverse community. >> i really think in addition to an apology he needs to explain what he meant a

. >> in ward 4bartow won the nomination. in ward 7 yvette alexander won with 41% of the vote. in ward 8 marion barry won the democratic nomination by a landslide. 72% of the vote. >> reporter: the 75-year-old d.c. mayor had captured more than 70% of the vote in ward 8. a landslide and marion barry was quick to point out the critics had been wrong. >> all the people banded together and we kicked their behinds. >> reporter: vincent orange fighting for his political life says voters want a reformed council. >> the powers that be really want to deal with ethics, then they should join me in pushing and promoting my bill to ban corporate contributions and outside employment by council members that work for entities that are doing business with the city. >> reporter: biddle in a near dead heat with orange said voters sent a message today. >> i think a lot of people want to believe they can have the leaders that aren't constantly going to be caught up in this mess. >> reporter: another surprise was the turnout. only 7% among registered democrats. this is bruce johnson reporting from s

the ward 7 gop race, ron moten defeating don folden and in ward 8 marion barry easily winning the vote there. >> reporter: you said it, brian, the at large race is the one that everyone seems to be talking about. it is close. we came upstairs. we're basically at elections headquarters at the board of elections in downtown d.c. behind me is where all the votes are coming in. if you step into this room, lots of supporters and reporters waiting on all those results to come in, 118 precincts reporting so far out of 143. once again allison is here with the board of elections. talk me through these monitors here. these are a good way to keep an eye on what's going on, right? >> yes. this is our boardroom converted for the use of candidates and the media and those who like to observe our processes. we have some monitors that are showing our tabulation area right here. this is the computers where we're uploading the results from the voting machines as they come in and over here is actually the area outside that room where earlier in the evening you were seeing the returns come in from the poll

and joel ward welcomed back like the game 7 hero he is. take a listen. [ cheers and applause ] ward received numerous race exist threatening tweets after his game-winning goal against the bruins. since the terrible tweets he's received messages from all over including people he went to kindergarten with. it's also sinking in that he will forever be a part of the capitals' history in terms of the game 7 overtime winner that he scored. as for the uproar over the racist tweets, here are ward's thoughts. >> i don't let it bother me at all. it's a few people that just made a couple of terrible comments. and what can you do? i know what i signed up for. i'm a black guy playing a predominantly white sport. it's just going to come with the territory. i feel naive or foolish to think that it doesn't exist. it is what it is. and you know, it's going to be part of it here and part of life. and that's just what it is. >> if i'm going to read what people said about me, you know, and you guys, i don't know, it may be something new for him. but just don'

joel ward is the unlikely hero. his first play off goal of the season in 2:57 in overtime gives the caps the win and they live to play another day. >> we are considered the underdog. we had a few injuries. guys came back. i didn't consider us being a team that barely got in. we are confident. even in overtime, everybody was loose and excited. we got the job done. >> this was a record breaking series against the boston bruins, first time that a play- off series had all seven games determined by one goal. another notable thing that happened, braden holty, he has done so well in the series, he stopped 31 shots for washington in this game 7. now everybody wants to know what happens next. caps play the rangers if the rangers beat otto would or they could play florida. we are waiting to see what will come next at the verizon center. back to you. >> thanks, melanie. >>> the nfl draft is tonight and the redskins are expected to draft baylor quarterback robert lee griffin the third. >> he one the heisman trophy and he submit

in fact, they span all eight wards of the district. all unique and they have a different message. we are going to show you three of them this morning. we can't get to all 25. but that's your job. we're going to pique your interest. we're here at the southwest water front for the first one. we're going to talk to the people in charge of this project. we're also going to talk with one of the artists that is local and one of the curators as well will talk about how the cherry blossoms influenced what they came up with. it definitely was a wonderful partnership and it adds another layer to the cherry blossom festival, which offers so much, audrey, and we all need to take advantage of. it's ongoing and there's lots of pink things for you to enjoy. >> if i could, i would send you a cup of hot chocolate. you look chilly out there today. >> reporter: thank you. it's a little nippy out here for spring. but nonetheless, it's a wonderful friday morning, because it's always wonderful when it's friday. >> and you're going to brighten our day with a

crews sprayed wards 1, 2, and 6. they'll treat other wards tonight and every night until all trees have been sprayed. there are about 900 ginko trees across the district. >> wonder if they can spray and get rid of all the pollen. we are suffering. wow. >> it did come up a little yesterday. still only half of what it was last week. it has improved a little bit. this morning we've got a clear sky and a big, bright, full moon in the western sky. i took this picture at 3:00 this morning. >> wow. nice, tom. >> that western sky flooded with moonlight now. the moon getting lower in the western sky. and we have temperatures that are dropping, as well. look at all these counties in blue. they are under a freeze warning. so a likely freeze right now going on in montgomery, loudoun, howard counties, and northern fauquier, rappahannock west and north. temperatures near freezing there. the freeze will be underway here probably another hour or two. right now closer to washington, though, montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince geor

joel ward! >> yeah, that winning goal by joel ward electrified capitals fans last night. also ignited some ugly racist comments from bruins fans on social media. ward told usa today this is the first time in his pro career he experienced hostility as a black hockey player and he's not letting any of it phase him. the nhl denounced the comments, so has the caps owner. >>> two hours from now, what may be the worst kept secret in the town should become reality. the skins expected to draft quarterback robert griffin iii as the new face of their franchise. dan hellie. >> reporter: they admitted they will be taking robert griffin iii. this is the first time they had a quarterback in 27 year since joe theismann broke his leg they can call him a franchise guy. he had 36 touchdown passes last year, ran for another 600 yards. runs the 40 in 4-4. off the field might be better. not only does he say the right things, he does all the right things. he graduated high school ranked seventh in his class in texas. redskins head coach mike shanahan knows there will be growing pains but feels

ward is the only african-american on the caps. he told "usa today" he's not fazed.s owner ted leonesis was more stern. he said, in his words, "shame on these people who decided to take to their keyboards and show their ignorance and their racism and hate. i hope they are now publicly identified and pay a huge price for their beliefs." >>> d.c. councilman marion berry says the media is xajtding his beliefs about the asian community. earlier this week he said there are a number of immigrants who are nurses particularly from the philippines, that there are too many of them. he was speaking of his desire for d.c. to grow and train its own nurses. a few weeks ago he referred to "dirty asian stores." at a budget hearing today the ward 8 councilman drew fire from several asian-american groups. >> and race-baiting statements. we're teaching them that statements that demonize a specific class of people -- >> a group of you reporters who are determined to divide us. but i'm not going to fall for this divisiveness and -- >> barry says he'll meet with some of those he's offende

ward is an the fiance of the suspected - phooter's sisttr.e hasn't been charged with any crimes investigation is still ongoing. the death of a 15-year old howard county student is drawing new attention toothe bullying. the amily of grace mccomms has launched a campaign against cyber-bullying after their daughter took her own life on easter sunday. the blue-for-grace campaign hopes to raise awareness about bullying by enccuraggng the wearing ann displaying of 'blue'....which is mccomas favorite color. the ccmpaign first hittfacebook and has ssnce gone viral attracting attentiin from as far away as ireland. the search continnes tonight foo the driver that it andd killed a towssnnuniversity studeet. myranda stephens is live outside the universitt... with more on the growing frustration. 3karen, it was two weeks ago pooay - when towson university student, ryan bailey, was killed in a hit and run.but two weeks later there are still noosuspects.. or an arrest. 3 218 someene out there probablyy has that guilt 21it's been two weeks since towsonnunive

derrick ward, news 4 live.k to you. >> thanks for staying on top of that for us. >>> and switching gears here to another story. it's one of the hottest tickets in town. up next, we're going to tell you some of the stars that are going to be featured at this year's white house easter egg roll. >> it's not your typical easter card. the greeting many people got in the mail that had them fuming. >>> perception shifted from romney as a struggling front n front-runner to likely nominee. the question then became if and when rick santorum would drop out. but santorum, who met with conservatives at his home in virginia thursday, showed no sign of ending his campaign. instead in that meeting santorum backers were trying to chart a way forward. the strategy they came up with hinges on, one, gingrich getting out of the race and, two, getting texas to change its rules. paul, if that sounds like a lot, that's because it is. and it's not likely to happen. gingrich said there's no chance that he's dropping out and telling his

s ward 8 being, quote, dirty. today we found some people who disagreed with barry but at least one ward resident says barry has a point. news 4's richard jordan is live with the latest on this. richard? >> reporter: wendy, barry's comment upset a lot of leaders in the asian business community but now there are some people who could have easily been offended that say barry is right. the district's ward 8 is divided. the issue surrounds councilman marion barry's tuesday night remark aimed at asian businesses and his characterization of their cleanliness. >> got to do something about these asians coming in opening up businesses and dirty shops and getting -- they ought to go. i'll tell you that right now. we need african-american business people to be able to take their places, too. >> reporter: the comment upset some in the asian business community but there are others who say the remark was right on. >> they all are dirty. >> reporter: donny seatso operates a mobile phone store. the shop was recently renovated but

>> the residents of ward 7 will have the final word. >> reporter: ward 8, jacque patterson and othersing to unseat the biggest name in d.c. politics. >> marion barry has done much for the city. >> they love council member bayer, but it's time for a change -- barry, but it's time for a change. >> i like people and care about the underdog. >> reporter: by phone from the wilson building today marion barry predicted a win tomorrow adding it's just a question of by how much. now there are some people out there who are not willing to rule out at least one upset come tomorrow, but they point out the incumbents have the money, the name recognition and probably the most important factor, they're all running against crowded fields. they're splitting the ante and common vote. >> it sounds like if you f you had to handicap this one -- if you had to handicap this one, you would say incumbents have a leg up. >> absolutely. >> we've got a full voting guide for you at www.wusa9.com. it's got all information on the races in maryland and d.c. click on campaign 2012. >>> some local healthcare clinics go

am sorry that my choice of words and expressing my discontent with the asian business owners in my ward offended the asian american community, and i am deeply apologetic for any harm i caused. also, fox 5s matt ackland spoke with mayor gray about the council member's controversial comments. >> well, i think he needs to explain why he did it in the first place. you know, as we work to try to bring this city together, we're increasingly diverse and have many people that are coming to live in the city. we need to make sure people feel welcome. >> reporter: brown called barry's comments divisive while tommy wells called them deplorable. >> paul wagner tonight. >>> and someone's created a face page for d.c. residents to sound off on the comments. lacon error error wrote calling on reverend jesse jackson and al sharpton. please say and do something about marion barry's remark against asians. tyler wrote there are commercial properties available for restaurants. hard to imagine that asian business owners would have to be moved out in order to make room for african-american-owned businesses. >>

ward told our partners at "u.s.a. today" quote, it doesn't phase me at all. he went on to say, we won and we are moving on. people are going to say what they want to say. he added the comments did not ruin his celebration. >>> it is official. heisman trophy winning quarterback robert griffin iii is coming to the washington redskins. he is the redskins' highest draft pick since linebacker lavar arrington 12 years ago. the team drafted griffin during last night's n.f.l. draft being held in new york city. >>> for the first time we're hearing from a man who claims that he saw secret service agents in el salvador at a strip club with prostitutes. susan mcginnis explains the latest revelation comes as the government continues to investigate the prostitution scandal that occurred in colombia. >> reporter: the secret service sandal appear -- scandal appears to be widening. sources tell kivo tv that see vet service agents hired prostitutes at this strip club just days before president obama and his family visited the country in march 2011. members of the president's a

joel ward, the first-year capital puts it in. and the caps eliminate the defending stanley cup champions. they've celebrate on boston's ice, joe ward, the unexpected hero. so, was it more excitement, or relief? >> a bit of both. the fact that i got to contribute, for this team. and on the scoreboard. and at the same time, just a, advance was the key, and i knew coming in here, especially from the summertime. to make a push in the playoffs. definitely, a relief to get past the round. >> 1%, 2% better. in the, in the series. and got the final bounce. so -- yeah, one, one step for us. we got more steps to go. the first big one that you got to have. >> we knew we could beat them. we had confidence playing in the building. we had confidence that we were going to come do the job we had to do. we were waiting for the opportunity. weaned b we battled. ended up winning. a tough series. >> it's our dream to play in the stanley cup playoffs. play for the cup. and, you know there has been some frustration here in the past. and -- to move on

on to ward 7 now, yvette alexander holding the lead in this crowded field of challengers and in ward 7 the gop race ron moten the former peaceoholics organizers beating don wholly here. let's go live to fox 5's matt ackland in northwest following these races and more. >> reporter: hey, laura, yeah, the incumbents are doing really well tonight. in fact, i was just looking on twitter and marion barry is already thanking his supporters. i'm standing outside the board of elections here now as some of the ballots and some of the results arrive here. most of the precincts have sent their information here. we're in the process of waiting for the ballots. basically what takes place is all these ballots and results are brought here from the precincts under police escort and then they're taken inside. i want to introduce you to alex mclaughlin who is the spokesperson here at the board of elections. take me through the process. when will we see more results come in? >> you'll see a steady stream of about 20 precincts at a time reporting to the website. we've got all of the electronic media back

he will win tomorrow's ward 8 democratic primary. at large councilman vincent orange did not return our phone calls. his office said he had no schedule for the day. >>> tonight d.c. police are trying to figure out what caused a deadly accident after a dump truck hit and killed a pedestrian. it happened near 14th street and columbia road in northwest this afternoon. >> reporter: in columbia heights a d.c. police major crash unit is investigating a deadly accident. the deadly encounter happened shortly after 3 p.m. on this side alley off columbia road. >> waiting here in the alley as the trash was being picked up. >> reporter: witnesses tell 9 news now that it involved this garbage truck and someone walking behind it. >> after the trash was picked up the van -- the trash truck started going in reverse. >> reporter: the silver gray sedan was next to the garbage truck. its driver told police that he saw the victim tangled underneath the wheels. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: his wife says her husband then got out of his car and waved

in the third period, joel ward shoots. mike knuble is there. oh, how about knuble getting the goal after being inactive for a couple of games. capitals up 3-2. but here come the bruins again. on the power play. johnny boychuk with the one timer. past holtby, we're tied one more time. late in the third period, this time it's the capitals on the power play. troy brouwer from the right wing taking care of business. fires home the game winner. 4-3 is the final. the capitals now lead the series 3-2 and winning on the road in boston. not an easy task in the playoffs. >> boston is one of the toughest cities sportswise to play in. but it's the playoffs. you know, it feels good to win here. >> what's the key to your team's success? is it goaltending, defense, special teams? >> i think it's just a bunch of guys buying in. you know, playoff success hasn't been the main thing in washington and there's a lot of guys who spring break here for a while and really are itching to get it. i think this season, you know, we finished in seventh. wasn't what we wante

but continues to argue the business owners in ward 8 "be part of the community of ward 8, not just take the money and run into virginia somewhere". derek. >> thank, gary. >>> up until now, any evidence about gregg williams role in bounty gate was hearsay, at least when it comes to the redskins. not anymore. new audio evidence was released today from williams talking to his players. kristen berset is here with what was on the tape. kristen. >> we've heard plenty of stories from former players detailing how he offered to pay them to take out or injure opponents. well now that evidence is available for everyone to hear and it comes straight from the horse's mouth. an independence sports filmmaker was granted special access to the saints while working on a documentary. he has now released 12 minutes of audio from a pre game speech gregg williams gave his defense before the saints 49ers game on january 13th sth. if you had any doubt about william's role in bounty gate, you may have no more after listening to this. >> you don't [ bleep ] apologize for how you play. make sure we kill. 32 [ ble

mike knuble then ward gets a back hand for the game winner. everybody went crazy including john walton with the call. >> the boston bruins turn it over. two on one. knuble with ward, knuble with a chance. they score, they score, they score. it's over. ward on the rebound. good morning. good afternoon. good night boston. the king is dead. there will be a new stanley cup champion. the capitals are still dancing. >> reporter: i'm sure right about that time there were homes over the d.c. area where people were jumping up and screaming. this is the third postseason win for the capitals since 1998. coming up later this morning, we will hear from the owner about why he likes the caps chances going forward. >> sounds good. >> i hear john walton is always that excited so we shouldn't be surprised. >>> one day after mitt romney's five state primary sweep, another name says he is bowing out of the race for the republican presidential confrontation nfrontation  as a fashion blogger, i love when i get to do a morning talk show. i'm always talking abo

in ward 8 dirty shops. councilman barry made the comments on primary night. yesterday he apologized. while many people in the asian community were offended, one business owner we talked with today says, barry has the a legitment argument. >> if you look in front of the stores, there is not too many stores being swept, the windows are dirty, if you look on the ceiling tiles, take a picture of the ceiling tiles you can see mold, dust. >> councilman barry says while he apologizes for singling out asians he feels that all businesses in ward 8 can do better to keep their businesses clean. >> temperatures are dropping out there. most areas under a freeze warning tonight. what's the deal, doug? >> what's the deal? we haven't had to deal with this a whole lot during months of march. march a very, very warm month. april is something different. going to start tonight. freeze warning in effect for just about everybody. does not include d.c. or southern maryland. but everybody else, if you are west of i-95. you are und