. >> mayor vincent greatay told wtop that davis is "mentally ill." abc 7 news. >> it will continue to update this story all night long. check out wjla.com on the latest on petworth. >> big changes coming to the secret service having to do with age and behavior. this is part of the fall out of the prostitution scandal a c inolombia. they will be prohibited from taking foreign nationals back to their rooms and they will be banned from frequenting "questionable establishments" and they will be unable to drink within 10 hours of going on duty. but there is now an investigation into activities in all salvador. >> a new report on harry thomas, jr., raising questions about whether some people just look the other way or helped him embezzle $300,000. they cited numerous red flags about the way that the earmarks were used and handled. thomas requested the year marks and was the only one that did not designate a recipient. he is scheduled to be sentenced next week. >> developing tonight, concerns about a terrorist strike in the u.s. officials are keeping a clos

wtop n inch of rain at radio. temperatures across the board, part, lo, it to middle 40's. fredericksburg, 48 degrees. you will notice a shot of cold air, 39 in pittsburgh. low pressure, that is what all of the cold air to move again. difference fore the day tomorrow. temperatures may have a hard getting out of the 40's. it could be a first time we have this cold since march 6. it has been a while. this area of low pressure is towards the north. shaded and purple and indicates snow. a lot of that will start to fall next 24 hours. western maryland, they have a warning and a fact. until tuesday morning. anywhere between four and 8 inches. for us, no snow and the forecast. the good news. news, we will deal with another cloudy day. temperatures well below average. finally, as we move to the day tuesday, temperatures will rebound nicely. there is our forecast for tonight. showers. waking up to 45 to 50, the extended outlook shows highs back into the 60's thursday, and friday. you have a chance, go to wjla.com. you can click on the daily wonder. >> sounds good. >> capstans are lo

our news partners at wtop radio reports the camera on foxhall road in northwest d.c. has been taken down. neighbors had launched an aggressive campaign to get it removed after it repeatedly caught them. in just one month, the camera issued 20,000 tickets. >> its been here since heavy rains flooded the georgetown waterfront, but many were upset because they've spelled the flooding could been prevented. foia walls were not put up and a number of restaurants along the harbor were badly damaged as a result. -- they felt the flooding could been prevented. -- flood walls were not put up. you can see all the changes tonight at 5:00. >> the final and third winner of last month's record and mega millions jackpot has come forward. >> the butlers their check. the retired couple is from the small illinois town of red bud. after they won, they went and had a nice breakfast and then made their way to the bank and they're safe deposit box. >> it was only a few people in there at the time. it was early in the morning. one of the people i know in the bank's as i was walking in the dor

wtop is reporting that williams is is being sued by the parents of a young girl who claims that the girl was sexually assaulted by williams' partner at a modeling business. by the way, natalie williams at one time was a producer here at channel 9. you can learn more about the local races by going to our website, wusa9.com. click on campaign 2012 for your maryland and d.c. voters' guide. >>> well, wisconsin is the only other state with a primary today. with 42 delegates up for grabs, it is being considered the big prize for the republican presidential candidates. danielle nottingham has more. reporter: romney is expected to do well here in washington d.c. and maryland. santorum didn't campaign hard in either contest and his name isn't even on the ballot in d.c. the former senator is trailing in the delegate count and has less money in the bank. but he's brushing aside calls for him to drop out of the race. >> i think it would be an energizing thing for our party, a candidate emerged who, you know, isn't the blessed candidate of the republican establishment. reporter: he'll watch tonight's

today on wtop d.c. mayor vincent gray says councilman barry needs to cut that stuff out. >> i made the comment when he made the earlier comment i was extremely disappointed, that he owed people an apology and he needs to cease and desist. it doesn't help the city and move us forward. we need to focus on the real problems. >> earlier this week the philippines ambassador in d.c. demanded an apology. barry says he's requested a meeting with the ambassador about the ordeal. >>> an elderly man has two men to thank for his life tonight after they rescued him from the tracks at the metro station. this happened at 1:30 this afternoon at farragut north. 70-year-old man lost his balance and fell just as the train was pulling into the station. that is when michael sherra and another man leaped into action kneeling down, pulled the man to safety and sherra who is a navy veteran says the train was seconds away when they got him back on the platform. >> there was the thought if this guy is not off the tracks he's goi

day he talked about possibility fee on wtop's ask the governor program. >> i am not looking for it.t asking for it. i have got a great job as you know. but i think any, any public servant, if the nominee comes and says you can help my party and country of course you consider it. >> other names tossed about. chris christie, jeb bush, and former secretary of state, condoleezza rice. >>> secret service forced out three more agents tonight because of ties to the prostitution candscandal in colombia. two resigned. a third had national security clearance revoked. announcement today brings the total ousted to nine. president obama says secret service employees do incredible work but he says those caught in the scandal were in his words, knuckle heads. >>> a rite-aid manager, father two of shot in a bold midday robbery. now speaking exclusively to news 4 tonight. albert mcduffy shot as he was trying to open a register for a robber. this crime caught on store surveillance. from his hospital bed, mcduffy described the moments after the shots rang out. >> can't believe he just shot me. i can't

speaking on wtop radio, mcdonnell said the idea of doubling college tuition is simply unacceptable. >> i said this 10% increase every year, can't do it anymore. it was 9.7% last year. i said listen, i've kept my end of the bargain. we put $230 million in the budget. now i need you as part of this restructuring to keep the cost of tuition down to the cti, consumer price index. >> governor mcdonnell says the state has received a total of about $330 million in new funding of the budget over the last couple of years. >>> some prince george's county middle school students are bound to start complaining at least a little bit once they hear n. starting in august they will have to spend 40 more minutes in class. the goal is to improve student achievement, reduce transportation costs and at the same time merge some bus routes. >>> a school in southeast washington is one of just eight chose frn across the country to -- chosen from across the country to take part in a new white house program. it's part of the turn around arts initiative. it's a two-year program aimed at transforming -- [indiscer

over the belt way in a few years according to fairfax county police chief, during an interview on wtops the chief program the police chief was asked about the use of drones to monitor traffic he says it is certain to happen. >> just from the stand point of an alternative to spotting traffic and sending information back to our v dot smart traffic centers being able to observe back ups and change lights and everything else, there is a reason for drones in future. >> we found out last week drones are being used in the dc area, faa released a list of government agencies permitted to use them. >> switching gears to what is trending a new sky high record in new york, police get an earful in germany and pepsi's new online campaign, 140 characterses or less. >> we are down in the web center pepsi and twitter are joining us to bring live music concerts to twitter users take a listen, twitter will provide, streaming videos of the hotst similarrer concerts the pepsi followers it is part of pepsi's new global ad campaign as it continues to come in second to coca-cola. so far no word on which musici

bob madigan, wtop. pam stevens, msnbc. [ applause ] our guest today is an award-winning actor, producer, director, and author. he has starred on the big screen, on television, and on broadway. alec baldwin has won two emmy awards and a number of screen actor guild awards for playing the self-absorbed jack donaghy on the hit television show "30 rock." he has hosted "saturday night live" a record 16 times and is a well-known frequent flyer and american airlines fan. a native of long island, mr. baldwin began his career in soap operas in the early 1980s before moving on to broadway and films. his most notable films include "the hunt for red october," "the aviator," "pearl harbor," and "it's complicated." mr. baldwin is a member of the americans for the arts artists committee and serves as the 25th annual nancy hanks lecturer on arts and public policy. he is in washington this week working with the committee. he is also a board member of the people for the american way and a strong supporter of the animal r

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 for the d.c. and maryland races. >>> new information tonight about a deadly police shooting in culpeper. today the special prosecutor in that case filed the paperwork asking that a special investigative grand jury be impaneled. james fisher wants that jury in culpeper county circuit court. an unidentified culpeper police officer shot and killed patricia cook in february after she refused his orders to stop. >>> the woman convicted of killing a vacationing virginia couple in ocean city nearly 10 years ago is asking for a new trial. erica siefert says her original lawyers failed to highlight her mental instability at the time of th

this is back from december 2010 and it comes from wtop. the buyers have been linked to problems with the brakes. >> when you hear something like that happening, that's crazy. that should be taken care of. >> people use that as a form of transportation so it needs to be safer. >> the national highway traffic safety administration is investigating the vehicles involved in three fires. model year 2007-2010 to determine if a safety defect exists. the agency and is aware of to read bus fires and is in close communication with local officials. there is already a plan to take them off the streets because they have had multiple mechanical issues and dark unreliable. they say it is not good enough. have filed a grievance that the buses need to go now. >> something else may happen. if you look at the buses come you can tell come at a fire starts in the front and it is the only way off? >> no word yet from montgomery county. how many buses are still on the street bikes we do not know. we do not know how long the investigation will take. there are 800

speaking on wtop radio, mcdonnell said the idea is simply unacceptable. >> i said this 10% increase every year can't do it anymore. it was 9.7% last year. i kept my end of the bargain. we put $230 million in the budget. now i need you as part of this restructuring to keep the cost of tuition down to the cpi. consumer price index. >> mcdonnell said the state received $230 million of new funding in the budget over the last couple of years. >>> president obama is visiting three states over the next two days to talk about lower rates for federal student loans. he started out today at the university of north carolina. >> the fact is, that since most of you were born, tuition and fees at america's colleges have more than doubled. and that forces students, like you, to take out more loans. there are fewer grants. you rack up more debt. >> the president wants congress to extend the 2007 law that cuts loan rates to 3.4%. if that law expires on july 1, those rates would double to 6.8%. >> five states are holding republican primaries today in campaign 2012. mitt romney is expected to sweep connectic

governor mcdonald after that piece was posted he went on wtop radio and said no, no, his spokesman wasken. he blamed it on the washington postbut it was his own spokesman statement. he said he was mistaken. he wants it to be clear that he u to force rape victims to bear the child that is the result of rape. if you're raped, say you're raped by your father or uncle, bob mcdonald does want the government to force you to bear the child that's the result of that rape. his whole giving rape and incest victims a break thing, that was totally a misunderstanding. he's not giving them break. >> i've said this for 20 years. as a pro-life catholic, my personal moral view is that abortion is wrong. it should not be permitted except in cases with the life of the mother is in jeopardy. >> period. he won't force you to give birth if doing so will kill you but other than that rape victims shut up. he's in charge. bob mcdonald turns out is kind of a window into the broader republicans. in south carolina republicans are trying to pass a rule that would ban state health insurance from covering abortions

today on wtop's ask the governor program, he was asked whether he would accept the republican party's vice presidential nomination. >> i'm not looking for it. i'm not asking for it. i've got a great job as you know. but i think any public servant if the nominee comes and says you can help my party and country, of course you consider it. although i was not aware of the v.d.o.t. brought up. obviously those -- >> governor mcdonnell's political action committee is planning an advertising campaign to highlight his successes. the "washington post" reports the pac has bought nearly $400,000 of air time in virginia's major media markets. those ads will run on several stations here in washington including this one. >>> well, maryland is now facing a so-called doomsday scenario because the state lawmakers and the governor still cannot reach a budget deal. and if they don't and time is running out, there will likely be deep cuts in services and personnel if the governor doesn't call a special session of the legislature this summer. chris gordon reports. >> reporter: expanding gaming in maryland

today on wtop radio the mayor said that suspect davis may have some mental problems. >> we think this is a case of someone who's mentally ill and someone who acted out, perhaps did not take his medication as he should have. >> reporter: so what impact did that attack last night have on that teenager? today i talked to her grandmother. >> right now she's scared and she's like traumatized. she said she don't want to go back outside because this happened to her. >> reporter: suspect davis scheduled for a court appearance tomorrow. live in northwest, pat collins, news 4. >>> tonight the man accused of swinging a baseball bat inside a daycare center has officially been charged with assault. police tell us michael young pretended to be a parent and stormed it's a family affair center in landover yesterday. he's accused of attacking a security guard there and breaking several windows. no children were hurt. young did not have any children in that center. >>> george zimmerman remains a free man this afternoon. at least for now. he's the man charged with the february murder of florida teenager

today on wtop radio the mayor said that suspect davis may have some mental problems. >> we think this is a case of someone who's mentally ill and someone who acted out, perhaps did not take his medication as he should have. >> reporter: so what impact did that attack last night have on that teenager? today i talked to her grandmother. >> right now she's scared and she's like traumatized. she said she don't want to go back outside. because this happened to her. >> reporter: as suspect davis was running away, police say he tossed a backpack into the alley but they found it. inside they say they found a claw hammer. it appears to have blood on it. live in northwest, pat collins, news 4. >>> day 3 of deliberations over. still no verdict in one of d.c.'s most notorious crimes. five men are facing charges in the south capital street shooting that left five people dead, nine injured. those attacks happened back in march of 2010. prosecutors say the rampage began because of a stolen fake diamond bracelet. the jury heard testimony from more than 100 witnesses and saw more than 1,000 pieces of

. >> prince william county chief charles deen spoke on wtop's radio ask the chief program with one of the strictest policies in the nation it requires an immigration status check for anyone arrested. deen says the department arrests about 1200 illegal immigrants each year. rohrer said the fairfax policy doesn't go that far but he says officers are not banned from asking about legal status. >>> a proposal to extend bar hours in the district and allow for sunday liquor store sales appears to be headed for trouble in the district. today council chairman kwame brown and ward one council member jim graham both said the city doesn't need to make alcohol more available. graham is chairman of the committee that oversees city alcohol sales. he said extended hours would only add to the problems in the city. it would add to neighborhood noise and other problems. mayor vincent proposed reconciliation to raise more city revenue. the council will vote in the coming weeks. >>> it's ban gray day out there, doug. but it could start to feel a little more like summer around here soon i hope. >> yeah. i

i have my wtop pga and it serves me well. and when i forget, i think that's okay, and the nickel is added on. critics argue they don't want to change. >> the thing is, i carry -- the wife and i, we carry our bags in the car, and sometimes in the mornings when i head to work early, i might go into a convenience store and forget. so it's 5 cents. we are spending a fortune to clean up the rivers, and anacostia is seeing improvement. you will pay one way or the other. that's really the pointed. >> speak of paying, slots 4700 -- almost 5,000 slots from prince georges county. are we just going to see it turned into a casino? >> i think there's another factor from what i have been told. the wealth is not being shared. one of the problems i really have with this is that you don't have -- there are very few minority contractors involved, and that's one of the reasons you don't have a senator support. they are not spreading the wealth. this is in the hands of a few casino owners, and they basically wrote this legislation. >> let me say

. >> wtop >> i guess so. >> that is hilarious. >> caps have not won as of yet but they can still win7, wednesday night in boston and get it done. chance tony and allison to get it done yesterday, game 6, rivetting game 6. mike green scoring here, tieing this game up at 1. verizon center just jumping i was there thursday night for game 4 i believe it was when they tied up the series that was incredible, game 6, the decemberable level when nicki -- the decibal level when nicki backstrom ties up. bray done was good, wasn't great but he was good and he has been very good if not great this whole series, here is ovechkin's goal just under 5 minutes to play we are going to overtime one mistake by the bruins one slipped goal series is over but goes the other way that is your game winner right there. and i mean, bruins again, they are back holding serve now right where the series should be on paper, if everybody held serve you go into a game 7. one chance to go up to boston and get it done. >> let's switch to the nats, rained out yesterday, how about price harper wondering about his maturatio

. >> this morning i couldn't stay up to watch the game when i turned on the radio to wtop before they guys on in the morning i could hear it in their voices i knew they won i could hear them smiling, sure enough 30 seconds later they said it. >> great. >> tucker rocking the red in honor of the caps. >> yes, i am and nationals. >> everybody playing great. rain showers moving through the areas, all that pushing east, now, starting the break out a little bit north and west, and just north of the city as well, getting light showers, beltsville, this will get out of here you will see more rain develop later this afternoon why you ask, warm front moving through at the moment, later today a cold front will move in from the north and west, a couple opportunities, rain showers, perhaps a thunderstorm adds well. 59 right now washington, much milder than we were 24 hours ago, humidity, 22%, trying to keep that warmer air in here we should top out upper 60s and each a few low 70s maybe mid- 70s well south later today lots of clouds around showers on and off, and again maybe a thunderstorm, much i

a lot of questions joining us now with more insight, jj green national security correspondent for wtop's jump in before we get to the specifics of the launch and missile yesterday and speech and all that last week it seems to me has been rather extraordinary we have seen a lot of north korea this week which we don't usually see including you know, the attempts to have the west witness this rocket launch and all that stuff what have you gleaned overall from what we have seen over the past week. >> typical of north korean policy, that is to make sure the west is aware north korea is there x to make sure the west is a-- and to make sure the west is aware north korea knows how to engage make sure the west knows north korea knows how to gets the that it wants using items of power as it views it, its nuclear program its threat to launch rockets just its whole idea of disturbing business as usual in the east. >> they spent all that time leading up to the launch sighing this isn't a missile test nothing like that reas suring us and then yesterday, there is a missile coming down the parade rout